Sentences with phrase «decent film like»

(Or at least fund another halfway decent film like «Shopgirl.»)

This is Stuart Baird's first attempt at directing a Star Trek feature, but his career as editor and also as director for decent films like Executive Decision and U.S. Marshals prove he has the talent necessary to bring it all together.

After spending a decade and a half in family film purgatory (where he made decent films like «The Nutty Professor» and godawful movies like «Meet Dave»), Murphy has finally returned to the edgy hero he was known for in the 1980s.

Not exact matches

After seeing this in films like Lethal Weapon I would've thought script writers would use decent researchers to depict the issue correctly but hell, it's good television!

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Manages to deliver a decent film with some strong scares, yet certain moments will feel like a haunted trip you've already taken one too many times before.

The sweetness of the first stories seems now entirely gone, with this one adopting a much more serious tone, and Yates manages to condense the longest (and weakest) book into a decent film even if it feels more like a transition chapter between the fourth and sixth chapters.

Overall, like I said the film often had a sweet charm to it and decent performances, but I wouldn't really give this too heavy of a recommend.

With these three films, Spielberg has crafted something like a Trilogy of Good Decisions, in which, at pivotal moments in our nation's history, more or less decent people took the opportunity to make the right choices based on fundamental beliefs in foundational American values.

The cinematography and location shooting are excellent and things look great, the music is decent, and this is one of those films that was made at a time when you could still make them like this and not have to worry about too much tinkering and interference.

I can't say I can fully blame the critics, because even though, like I said, I like this film alright, it has more than just some decent, if annoying punk rock classics to give you (Yes, I'm going to say it again) «heebie - jeebies» (There).

What follows is a standard cat - and - mouse game between Shaun and the thieves» leader, Eddie (Billy Burke), that makes decent enough use of its domestic interior / exterior dynamic; the trash talk between the two underscores most of this, with Burke's character making do with corny, one - off lines like, «Moms don't run, not when their babies are trapped inside the nest,» providing the bulk of the film's punch.

While I prefer to avoid spoilers, I try to give decent plot information, but a film like Insurgent makes that a challenge due to its placement in the Divergent series.

Overall this is a decent film, that is somewhat entertaining, but like I said, it never grabs your full attention, and it's a shame because the filmmakers could really have kept the momentum going, but it also seems they were a bit too overconfident with this one, and they seemed to try and outdo previous entries, and in a way they failed to capture the essence of what makes fort a truly entertaining and ultimately memorable Star Trek film.

Within seconds the film goes from being a really decent sensible fantasy to dumbed down superhero crapola just like the original trilogy, in places.

There weren't too many British films about at that time, and there were people like Daniel Day Lewis and Tim Roth competing for the few decent parts going.

The acting isn't as bad as everyone is making it out to be, for an action film focusing on robots vs robots carnage, it's pretty decent, and the film had it's comedic moments without overdoing it like they did in RoTF.

Following the success of last year's Million Dollar Arm, which was pretty decent, and previous efforts like Cool Runnings (brilliant), Invincible (okay) and even Remember The Titans with Denzel Washington (decent), the studio presents McFarland, a film named after one of the poorest towns in California, situated just north of Los Angeles.

Like I said, I thought it was decent, but it also lacked the sense of wonder, excitement, and adventure than the other films possessed.

Go into this one expecting something decent, but be prepared to see that the film needed more depth to really make this one a unique monster movie like the original.

I thought Vantage Point looked like a pretty decent thriller from the trailer - quite refreshing to see actors of a certain vintage in a film like this, rather than a bunch of kids - but reviews suggest my enthusiasm was possibly misplaced (I'll get to make my own mind up soon enough).

Looking back at earlier films like City by the Sea or Stone, it's invigorating to see the effect a decent script and a strong performance to play against (from Frances McDormand and Edward Norton respectively) have on upping his game.

A trip to college in the film's opening moments with the couple's daughter Alex (Ryan Simpkins) feels like it's missing a decent punchline.

Apparently, just like one of the other summer tent pole franchise films, Transformers, Pirates apparently has run out of decent stories to tell.

Snitch (second preview with The Rock, this one not so good), Oblivion (now the third time I have seen this, and my reaction by now is: «blech»), Broken City (I'll be seeing the film this Tuesday at a press screening, and just from the trailer it looks like it could be decent), and After Earth (is it just me, or does anyone else find it annoying how Will Smith keeps pushing his son on us?).

It's got a decent director on - board (I really liked Act of Valor), a great cast (including Michael Keaton who I didn't even know was in the film until I saw the TV spot during the Super Bowl) and, of course, killer stunts (which look phenomenal because they were largely shot for real).

David Mackenzie — «Starred Up» Scottish helmer David Mackenzie is easily the most experienced name on this list: his latest is actually his eighth film as director, and his previous work has included major movie stars like Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell and Ashton Kutcher in films like «Young Adam,» «Hallam Foe,» «Spread» and «Perfect Sense,» some of which were decent, some of which weren't.

The movie has a decent script that remains true to the characters and Boyle boils a fix that mixes the grimy, disgusting, heroin - filth aesthetic of the original, with more modern stylistic quirks he's implemented in recent films (like the phenomenal Steve Jobs).

A decent boxing film that spends time on training and tactics — something like Raging Bull or Rocky — always has a shot at becoming one of the best action movies ever.

Unfortunately this film is not one of my favorites, it plays more like a slapstick comedy, which is not funny, with a few decent action scenes chucked in.

The film doesn't stack up perfectly against similarly - themed contemporaries like Black Swan, but it's a decent film nonetheless.

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While I wasn't a huge fan of the first film (I thought it was decent), I'm excited to see what a guy like Foy does with such a massive property, as this will be a big opportunity to show the horror community what he's made of.

Yeah, there were the tongue - in - cheek teenage quips, with burps and cowabungas thrown in for good measure, but from a glimpse of the trailer, it looked like they set out to make a decent film.

END OF WATCH made back almost double its budget on its first weekend in the US, so it isn't like they really need our money, but if you wan na go and see a supposedly decent film, then why not?

Jake and Michael Pena are terrific together and if they had hired decent actors as the gang members and just shot it like a normal film it might have worked.

Much like last year's film Exodus: Gods and Kings, she is only given a handle of scenes and is not given any decent material.

I liked «Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector,» and with the chubby redneck lending his voice to Disney's «Cars,» I thought he might turn out another decent film.

But beyond that, it sounds like the film doesn't bring anything else potentially groundbreaking to the table, offering another metaphor for our society to deal with in relation to war with some decent performances and occasionally beautiful visuals scattered throughout.

The only decent scene in the film (one that honours the cruelty and sense of humour of the film's premise), of a girl vomiting up her fat after wishing to be thinner, is quickly overwhelmed by the dead weight of unhelpful exposition, strange inconsistencies, embarrassing line deliveries, and bald rip - offs of scenes from films like Silent Night, Deadly Night, The Unholy, and The Relic (they've even pilfered the tongue - chewing moment from the non-horror Midnight Express).

Also like Saw and Identity, Mindhunters offers some superficial thrills that makes it a decent diversion, even if it never approaches sufficient quality to think it to be a very good film.

As exaggerated as the film is, it nevertheless has a moral centre, like much of the Coen's output, concerning essentially decent people being buffeted by circumstances beyond their control, and trying to keep their head above water, make sense of the chaos around them and ultimately do the right thing.

Personal Shopper (Olivier Assayas, 2016) I would like to go on record that I have been a fan of KStew AND RPatz since I listened to their DVD commentary of Catherine Hardwicke's actually pretty decent film Twilight (2008).

Nevertheless, the film's three stars — Jack Black, Steve Martin and Owen Wilson — still turn in some decent performances despite the lack of any real laughs in the script, and although the terrific supporting cast (which includes the likes of Kevin Pollack, Brian Dennehy, Rashida Jones and Rosamund Pike) is mostly wasted in throwaway roles, it makes «The Big Year» a lot more enjoyable than it has any right to be.

While it's great to see M. Night Shyamalan return to the twisty horror genre, his use of found - footage leaves the film feeling like a decent premise with nowhere to go.

We find decent notes about the characters; I especially like Koepp's remarks about how he wanted to update Cruise's parts from his earliest films.

Like its predecessors, it's a decent, relatively generic martial arts flick, with some added poignancy due to both the 52 - year - old Yen's encroaching retirement from action films and a subplot involving the terminal illness of Ip's wife.

The film does seem to peak a little too early, as its strong set - up gives way to decent but unextraordinary set pieces, like a county highway car chase.

The movie itself provides a decent look at the dark side of the dream, but I'd take better films like Taxi Driver over this one.

Still, even if it doesn't quite stick the landing, there's a lot to like here; it's a fundamentally decent, very well - acted and cannily written film.