Sentences with phrase «concept film like»

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Of course, there will always be skeptics who claim Nolan cast the singer to help market his film, but the truth of the matter is, the director's films have always contained concepts (like «Inception» and «Interstellar») or iconic figures (Batman and The Joker) who are far bigger than any actor who has appeared in them.

From the Inside Out - «Making Avengers: Age of Ultron»: A 20 - minute video going back 18 months showing what it was like on set of the film in Italy and Seoul, Sourth Korea; a look at the Avengers Tower; some of the behind - the - scenes early visual effects of Ultron; early concept work for Quicksilver, the Hulk, and Vision; and more.

We have all heard of the concept used in horror films of aliens invading our bodies and minds, such as in movies like Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

The existence of terms like «cougar» and films like Last Vegas and Hope Springs «acknowledge older men and women's sexual desire and expand our concept of sexuality through the life cycle,» she says.

I liked the concept of the film and enjoyed some it.

The film understands that it is about revenge (as so many westerns are), but it never gets under the skin like No Country for Old Men or deconstructs the concept through brutality in the manner of Get Carter.

Adam Sandler is an idiot for presenting this film to us like we're idiots that love such grotesque concepts.

Much like the high concept films pioneered by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, it quickly becomes clear that the bare - bones concept is the start and end of the story.

They have plenty to share about the film, including lots of details about the thought process behind the designs and concepts in the film, as well as small details they find particularly interesting (like the inclusion of modern things like cell phones and social networking.)

And I wouldn't mind that concept, if the film at least had a story to go along with it, instead of segments (or skits) of humans acting like selfish, reactionary assholes.

What is interesting is (like some original sci - fi concepts) back in 66 when this film was made the idea was of course deemed fantasy, these days I don't think it is, well with robots anyway.

An amazingly weird assemblage of notions from Greek mythology and concepts from pessimistic geniuses like Stanley Kubrick, Roman Polanski and Michael Haneke, the film creates something akin to a dreadful dream.

A well acted, and executed film with an interesting concept, Fallen delivers, and with a cast like this, it's also a must see.

While I like the concept of this film, and truly enjoyed the performances, not everything lands.

French filmmaker Luc Besson (The Family, Brick Mansions) writes and directs Lucy, a loopy, high - concept science fiction thriller that, like most Besson efforts, is actually just a dumb and goofy action genre film masquerading as a smart and insightful one.

Jonathan Glazer (Birth, Sexy Beast) delivers this often mesmerizing, minimalist concept film, Under the Skin, which delves into what it's like to be human from the inside out, and the outside in.

This felt like an old - school, big budget sci - fi film with massive special effects, great visuals and a concept that made you think in Director Joseph Kosinski's love letter to 80s and 90s science fiction trendsetters.

Like many of us, Drew Pearce misses the smaller, high - concept science fiction films of the 1980s like RoboCop and The TerminaLike many of us, Drew Pearce misses the smaller, high - concept science fiction films of the 1980s like RoboCop and The Terminalike RoboCop and The Terminator.

I don't even think they have the concept of the film right, as it appears that even the «Natural History Museum» angle was taken beyond natural history to include actual human history, as characters like Teddy Roosevelt (Williams, Man of the Year), Attila the Hun (Gallagher, Sideways), Egyptian princes, and the mighty Roman Empire itself are part of the overall ensemble.

The film's central concept is the aversion most people have to the actor Nicholas Cage, and he accepts this mantle so honourably and humbly that I think maybe now I quite like him.

While The Discovery plays in many ways like a more effective version of the concept - choked Brit Marling / Zal Batmanglij movies, the cult scenes feel underdeveloped next to their film The Sound of My Voice, an intriguing but ragged thread left dangling as The Discovery turns towards more concrete, backstory - driven explanations for its characters» obsessions.

An Italian import from 1965, the film suffers from the string of similar bloodlust fantasies that followed in its wake and addressed the same concept much more interestingly and convincingly, from «The Running Man» all the way to an indie effort like «Series 7.»

Marshall, not content to simply toy with one concept, however, takes his conceit further; in addition to crafting a wholly claustrophobic and tense caving adventure, the second half of his film forks, morphing into a gory, blood - fueled creature feature as the group is attacked by an Ork - like army of cave dwellers.

The New York Times has a audio commentary slideshow with Aaron McBride, the visual effects art director for Iron Man, describing how the suit up machine was created for the film, featuring concept art like the photo seen above.

Based on Sandberg's short film, the film is about a malevolent ghost that only appears when the lights go out, which seems like a simple concept but it's done so effectively it makes this horror completely original and very, very scary.

Because Doctor Strange is going to be dealing heavily with concepts only touched upon in other Marvel movies — like the Quantum Realm, which was introduced in Ant - Man — I asked Feige which character will serve as the eyes of the audience to introduce them to this film's new world.

He's also worked on concept art and character designs for films like Blodd: The Last Vampire, Hell Boy, and Sucker Punch.

The concept of one of our most lauded actresses taking the lead in a Woody Allen film always seemed like it had awards potential, even if no one's been nominated for a lead in an Allen picture since Sean Penn..

This wild concept of chaos reigning in a suburban neighborhood has its edge reduced by its incomplete image of characters, an aspect that affected Get Him to the Greek in the past, and has made for slower moments in other Stoller films (on the other hand, when characters were solid like in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, they lead to a great introduction for a bare - all Jason Segel).

When you are dealing with a concept like this, it can be all too easy for the film to lose sight of what it is trying to achieve, and it certainly is true that This Is The End has moments of indulgence and is often too self - aware for its own good.

If you're looking for a film that features ridiculous concepts like Gerard Butler (300) trying to outsmart malfunctioning satellites that control the weather while Jim Sturgess (Across the Universe, 21) and Abbie Cornish (Limitless) kidnap the President (Andy Garcia), you're going to love this.

Tristan Carné's concept behind Paris, Je T'aime is a doozy: A «collective film» that assembles short works by directors the likes of the Coen brothers, Alfonso Cuarón, Alexander Payne, Sylvian Chomet, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven, Gérard Depardieu, Christopher Doyle, Walter Salles, Tom Tykwer, and 11 others to tell «little love stories» in the City of Light.

That movie represents a much more explicit look at the concept of molding a woman in your image of what you want her to be, positioning itself as a rebellion against the manic pixie dream girl tendencies of films like (500) Days of Summer or Garden State, often the result of lazy writing that had a tendency to treat women simply as a formula to complete the man's desires.

I liked the crazy concept of the first film but it was far too short and undeveloped.

Paramount Pictures has assembled a writer's room including Michael Chabon, Akiva Goldsman, Christina Hodson, Nicole Perlman, Jeff Pinkner, Lindsey Beer, and Joe Robert Cole to adapt a film franchise based on the popular YA series of encyclopedias exploring concepts like «Alienology,» «Oceanology,» «Monsterology,» «Dungeonology» and «Spyology.»

This is a crazy cool, twisted concept for a film and it seems like it's actually pretty messed up with the footage they show in this trailer.

Like a lot of cult movies though, it has it's flaws; the settings are basic and it has the old flashing computers with an abundance of lightbulbs on show but it's testament to Carpenter's vision that his concept overrides these dated faults and the film still manages to remain suitably futuristic.

question is a rich cinematic tradition and the backbone of so much good psychological horror, so I'm excited to see what a filmmaker like Soderbergh can do with the concept — especially when he's mixing it up even further by filming the whole damn thing on a smartphone.

I feel like the subplots were all only ok but the central concept and the three leads was the glue that held this film together.

Like Liar Liar, it was a high - concept project that would have been perfect for a TV movie, if only it wasn't a vehicle intended to let loose Carrey the $ 20 - million - plus - per - film comedian.

The sort of problem Sontag has with Jameson is, of course, the very argument Bordwell has with anyone from Slavoj Žižek to Jacques Lacan, evident in a comment he makes on his blog (but not in the book) that echoes directly Sontag's: «Most of FRT [Zizek's The Fright of Real Tears] offers standard film criticism, providing impressionistic readings of various [Krzysztof] Kieslowski films in regard to recurring themes, visual motifs, dramatic structures, borrowed philosophical concepts, and the like.»

Playing off the concept of knowing what kind of film they are making, it is quite evident that the director is playing homage to Steven Spielberg films like Jurassic Park and Jaws.

Low budget films like Chronicle and Sleight have put fresh spins on the concept of super-powered people in years past.

In fact, Deadpool 2 is so much more a complete vision of a Deadpool movie that the first film retroactively feels somewhat lesser in comparison, like a proof of concept experiment (with little confidence behind it) or extended test footage reel... Ultimately, it pays off with a Deadpool sequel that is bigger and better than the first film.

Yes, it's hard to shallow that this is not just another «make a movie to sell toys» film, but the directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (best known for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and 21 Jump Street) really have a lot of fun with the concept and there's a very careful attention to detail that makes the film feel like it's truly made out of LEGO blocks (despite being CGI).

Annihilation is one of those films with a concept that seems like it's right up my alley, so I've been excited about it since it was announced.

The film works more as a concept than as a collection of funny lines, and some comic premises bomb outright, like the «three hippies» standing in for the three witches.

A handful of his futuristic concepts — like self - parking automobiles — crop up, and the film claims (erroneously) to be predicated on Asimov's classic «Three Laws of Robotics.»

The latest in the trend of board games movies, Ouija is something that one might call «high - concept» only in irony - because like Battleship before it, this film proves to be anything but.

Extracted Directed by: Nir Paniry Starring: Sasha Roiz, Dominic Bogart, Jenny Mollen Rating: Not Yet Rated Release Date: TBA TRAILER SCORE: 7/10 Thoughts by TSR: Selling a high concept sci - fi film like this is hard enough.