Sentences with phrase «coming film battle»

Already moving on from La La Land, the romantic musical which is picking up nominations and awards left right and centre this year, Emma needed to prepare for her role as tennis player Billie Jean King in Fox Searchlight's up - coming film Battle of the Sexes.

Not exact matches

The film's most joyous musical scene comes not at the big climax performance (which is definitely pretty great), but rather about halfway through, when the campus» four a cappella groups meet at the bottom of an empty swimming pool (just go with it) and have a battle.

She's also the co-writer of Zachary Treitz's Western «Men Go to Battle,» and the full panoply of her experience comes to the fore in Greene's film.

The last similar one to come close was the Thai film The Legend of Suriyothai, but that one had better elephant battles.

Loni Anderson's most recent husband was film superstar Burt Reynolds, whom she met on the set of Stroker Ace (1983); after several months of well - publicized courtroom histrionics (most stemming from a custody battle over their adopted son), Loni and Burt's marriage came to a comparatively swift and silent end in 1994.

I came into the film with a certain «checklist» of things that I expected from a popcorn blockbuster like Transformers... explosions, great set - pieces, great battle sequences, amazing cgi and 3D, and of course beautiful women, and was hugely satisfied with the film.

It Comes at Night: Director Trey Edward Schults follows his acclaimed drama «Krisha» with a horror film about an isolated family battling an unnatural force.

Even with the solid work behind the camera, the times when the film truly comes to life occur when Langella and Sheen are together on the screen, especially in their battle of wits in their recreation of real - life argumentation.

As always, summer also means plenty of comedies («Snatched,» starring Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn as kidnapped tourists) and horror films («It Comes At Night,» featuring Joel Edgerton as a family man battling an unnatural evil).

His film acting credits also include Steel Magnolias, playing the husband of the beauty shop owner; Terence Malick's Days of Heaven, for which his movie career took off; Resurrection; Frances; Country; Fool for Love; Crimes of the Heart; Baby Boom; Bright Angel; Defenseless; Hamlet; The Notebook; Black Hawk Down; Don't Come Knocking; The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford; Brothers; Safe House; Mud; August: Osage County; Cold in July; Midnight Special; Ithaca; In Dubious Battle; and You Were Never Here.

Nine Catalyst films premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival: Akicita: The Battle of Standing Rock, Dark Money, The Devil We Know, Inventing Tomorrow, Night Comes On (NEXT Innovator Award), Sorry To Bother You, A Thousand Thoughts, This Is Home (World Documentary Audience Award), and Won't You Be My Neighbor?

There is only one battle scene — at least, of the military variety — in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, and it comes at the very beginning of the film.

That said, as an efficient, low - stakes thriller, A Patch of Fog comes recommended, mainly thanks to the showcase it provides for its leads: two reliable character actors given a chance to headline a psychologically probing battle - of - the - wits, something usually reserved for bigger movie stars, when this sort of film had an easier time getting funded in the current landscape.

However, if you want sizzle and action that's even more violent than what we've seen in previous films, you've come to the right place, as «Smaug» is more aggressive with its fight sequences and battles.

This renewed push for Battle Angel Alita comes as James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez are filming a live - action film based on the 1990s manga.

I come from screenwriting, from Danish film school, and that's where I feel the biggest battles of moviemaking happen.

Hope's prediction that if she had been with Scott, he never would have been sent to the Raft comes off as a potential clue and a compelling tease of what's to come in Avengers 4 next year: Will we get to see the superhero battle royale again in the fourth Avengers film, but in a different way?

One of the biggest twists and surprises in Thor: Ragnarok came near the end of the film, when Thor battled Hela for the fate of the realm.

Schaffner came from TV, and while he has few of the obnoxious visual affectations of the TV - trained director, he tends to restrict the most significant actions and relationships in his films to spatial arenas that could be served very adequately by the tube rather than the Panavision screen: the real convention hustle in The Best Man takes place in hotel rooms, hallways, and basements; the tensest moments in his strange and (to me) very sympathetic medieval mini-epic The War Lord are confined to a small soundstage clearing or that besieged tower; the battle scenes in Patton are hardly clumsy, but the real show is George C. Scott; and Nicholas and Alexandra comes alive only after the royal family has been penned up under the watchful eyes of Ian Holm and then Alan Webb, far from the splendor of St. Petersburg or the shambles of the Great War.

Some other notable films from female directors include the Telluride breakout «Lady Bird» by Greta Gerwig, a semi-autobiographical coming - of - age movie about women and female familial relationships; Brie Larson's magical realist directorial debut «Unicorn Store»; and «Battle of the Sexes,» a chronicling of the run - up to the landmark 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, directed by Valerie Faris and her husband, Jonathan Dayton.

Director / Screenwriter (and part - time comic book writer) Joss Whedon's love for comics is apparent right from the start with an opening act that would be the climax in many action films and carries through to one of the more spectacular final battle scenes you're likely to see for years to come.

When it comes to LGBTQ representation, the films with the best chance for nabbing some academy recognition are «Battle of the Sexes,» in which tennis and lesbian icon Billie Jean King is played by reigning Oscar champ Emma Stone, and Luca Guadagnino's «Call Me by Your Name,» in which Timothée Chalamet delivers a breakthrough performance as a 17 - year - old boy who falls in love for the first time.

As the postscript to a successful year for the Australian film industry — 2007 has seen the release of Clubland, Noise, The Home Song Stories and IF Best Feature Film award winner The Jammed — and hot on the heels of horror film Rogue comes Gabriel, a moody and visually impressive genre piece about the battle for the souls of those committed to purgatory.

A Band of Thieves has a carefree, fun - loving vein that runs through its core, from cute little set pieces, to slomo - gun battles, the film is Ruiz - Healy's NYU thesis project, and hopefully the shape of more things to come.

While the meeting between these two great players will provide the film's central plot, the trailer suggests that Battle of the Sexes might also tell a more nuanced tale of an athlete coming to terms with her sexuality while in the limelight.

The reasonably - coherent and sensible action scenes interspersed throughout the film are replaced by a full - scale battle, a swirl of mud - brown and grey with the kind of shoddy camerawork and random editing we've come to take as normal from 21st century Hollywood.

The effects team at Industrial Light and Magic came to Ant - Man well after filming was completed, called in to create the effects for two of the film's most iconic scenes: the battle between Ant - Man (Paul Rudd) and Falcon (Anthony Mackie), and the trippy «Quantum Realm» scene, which was an exciting prospect for veteran Russell Earl.

With the latest film, «The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies» coming out in High Frame Rate 3D (HFR 3D), other 3D and 2D formats and IMAX in select theaters on Dec. 17, a new «Hobbit» poster and new character banners have been released!

The climactic battle, when it comes, however, is surprisingly well done, and might have even served to nudge the film up half a grade if our eyes hadn't fallen out of our heads with rolling at a thing that happens at the end.

The special effects are outstanding and Abrams never lets you forget the cast is in outer space, from simple touches like light reflections seemingly coming out to the viewer or in space battles that far and away eclipse anything done before in the Star Trek films.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening October 9, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Couples Retreat (PG - 13 for profanity and sexuality) Battle - of - the - sexes comedy revolving around four couples vacationing on a tropical island who come to regret booking themselves at the therapy getaway when they learn that participation in the retreat's relationship counseling sessions is not optional.

But if the premise is... Look, I fight battles all day long, and really it's not my fight, but the impression I have is that the idea of an embargo is to maximise interest in a film by ensuring that reviews come out close to release.

What I thought was so wonderful was the way all of those things came together and you had a much deeper understanding of what was going on in the world at the time with the characters and it comes to fruition in this battle of the sexes at the end of the film.

«Damsels In Distress «In a decent year for comedy, two femme - centric examples of the genre were battling it out of for this place, and while «Bridesmaids» is certainly the best of the Judd Apatow films to date and as consistently funny a mainstream film as has come along since «Anchorman,» nothing brought me greater joy than Whit Stillman «s return after 13 long years away — «Damsels in Distress.»

The Mirkwood is home of the wood - elves, and suddenly Orlando Bloom comes dashing out of the trees during a battle with some spiders, followed closely by Evangeline Lilly playing the role of an entirely new elf character created for the film.

The first third of the French film «120 BPM» (Beats Per Minute) deals mostly with the comings and goings of ACT UP Paris in the early 1990s — their actions, stridency, the internecine battles between various players.

Over the course of ten years and 18 films, Marvel Studios has slowly built up its cinematic universe, putting vast amounts of time, money, and effort into introducing and developing its plethora of characters, all of which has been leading up to the point where they would finally come together to do battle against the most dangerous foe any of them has ever come across.

The greatest moment of the entire film, for instance, comes after Deadpool has assembled his X-Force team of newcomers to battle Cable.

Additionally, I find the climax of the film to be a great flip, both literally and figuratively, on what has come to be expected from third act battles in the genre.

The ideas and effects throughout this film opens the minds of general moviegoers and eases the concept of the eventual battle with Thanos when the time comes for Avengers: Infinity War.

The ideas and effects throughout this film opens the minds of general moviegoers and eases the concept of the eventual battle with Thanos when the time comes for

And while the conclusion to The Battle of the Five Armies ultimately feels like a bit too much table - setting for Jackson's earlier The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the ending hits a lovely, bittersweet note when Bilbo realizes, as perhaps The Lord of the Rings fans did when they came to the first two meandering Hobbit films expecting more of what Jackson had offered in his earlier trilogy, that you really can't go home again.

With Call Me by Your Name and The Battle of the Sexes we have two films that are about sexual identity, about coming of age as a gay man and a gay woman, and how the culture around them reacted to their embrace of their reality.

Marvel and DC Comics may be viewed as equals in the publishing arena, but the latter is hopelessly losing the battle when it comes to their respective film divisions.

The film places an emphasis on blood over flesh when it comes to Jennifer (and Needy as well, in a childhood flashback of the girls featuring either a kissing - a-cut-to-make-it-better or forming - a-blood-bond-via-quick-blood-sucking you'll - have - to - decide move by Needy on Jennifer's cut palm which may or may not form a psychic connection between the girls, you'll have to decide on that, too), which in turn draws one away from demonic connections towards vampiric ones, which sets Cody against Whedon; a battle Cody can't really hope to win.

to Chadwick Boseman's sandal - wearing T'Challa / Black Panther may have been one of the funniest lines ever said in a Marvel Studios film) and heroic (when it came time for the final battle, she strapped on panther gauntlets and bravely took on Michael B. Jordan's villain Erik Killmonger head on.)

- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them coming to LEGO Dimensions - get a Newt Scamander minifigure, Niffler animal and a fresh Lego desktop theme for your portal - theme is based on MACUSA - the Magical Congress of the United States of America - contains six levels based on the film and a fresh open - world to explore - also includes a multiplayer battle arena

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5 - 7 follows the final three books and final four films as Harry Potter comes to terms with his last years at Hogwarts confronts Lord Voldemort in his toughest battle yet in the ultimate fight between good and evil.

What would come of film is a Battle Royal mode as Epic has done with Fortnite and is having an incredible success with more than 40 million players.

Kennedy is equipped with his custom Sentinel Nine firearm, and the pose comes from one of the film's bigger battles against a horde of zombies.