Sentences with phrase «description of the film as»

In a recent interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Wiseau says he welcomes descriptions of the film as a «cult classic.»
You may be surprised to learn that this comment did not appear to be a facetious one... nor, for that matter, was our earlier description of the film as a lost classic.
The film's first hour fits Sony's description of the film as a «wicked comedy,» offering some gleefully mean - spirited laughs as Kathryn and Sebastian not only plot Annette's ruin, but that of the innocent and naive (to put it mildly) Cecile (an effectively over-the-top Selma Blair, Zoe of the sitcom Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane), whose boyfriend rejected Kathryn.
Stevens relates his initial enthusiastic response to the script, as well as his favored description of the film as being like «Captain America gone very, very wrong.»

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It had the same description of work as the first contract, only with the film industry references crossed out.
Both agreements describe the service as «specialized» and «unique,», but list the same job description: «to promote and attract film industry projects to Nassau County with the purpose of advancing the marketability of the county and its many famous and historic sites and attractions.»
Speaking with reporters in a gaggle outside of his office, Skelos compared the tax break which covers «every description of watercraft other than a seaplane used or capable to being used as a means of transportation on water» to the film - tax credit, which has expanded in recent years.
As Derrickson explained at a panel discussion on his film at the California Institute of Technology — where he was joined by Keanu Reeves, Caltech cosmologist Sean Carroll, and Jet Propulsion Laboratory roboticist Joel Burdick — Shostak redacted some meaningless mumbo jumbo in the description of the spaceship's approach to Earth and replaced it with «The object was not following a gravitational free - fall trajectory; as such its path was recalculated.&raquAs Derrickson explained at a panel discussion on his film at the California Institute of Technology — where he was joined by Keanu Reeves, Caltech cosmologist Sean Carroll, and Jet Propulsion Laboratory roboticist Joel Burdick — Shostak redacted some meaningless mumbo jumbo in the description of the spaceship's approach to Earth and replaced it with «The object was not following a gravitational free - fall trajectory; as such its path was recalculated.&raquas such its path was recalculated.»
Newton was sufficiently encouraged by this to offer the society another paper on light, which included a description of the way coloured rings of light (now known as Newton's rings) are produced when a lens is separated from a flat sheet of glass by a thin film of air.
London About Blog There Ought to be Clowns is a brilliant place to find reviews of plays, musical theatre, TV and film, describing itself as a «theatrical diary» which actually turns out to be a very accurate description.
The film tells the story of speed dating addict James Van Der Bexton as Description: A hot busty brunette goes to a speed dating place to see if she can catch a good - looking guy that can give her the attention she deserves.
I don't say «comedy» as a description of the genre to which this film belongs (which is the sad case for a lot of garbage being passed of as comedy).
The trick soon becomes so stale as to be boring, which also fits as a description of the film itself — comparatively short at only 88 minutes it nonetheless feels far longer than it is, meaning many may be wishing that the ending (such as it is) will hasten and allow the to credits roll.
Flawless may take its title from a drag queen beauty pageant that figures not - at - all - prominently in the plot, but it best serves as a description of the terrific performances featured in the film.
«Beautiful Boy» casts Kyle Gallner as a college student who goes on a campus rampage, but the film skips graphic description of the horrific violence itself.
When Variety reviewed Not Quite Hollywood they concluded that the film was «Energetic almost to the brink of excess» (2), which could also serve as an apt description of the «Ozploitation» films it chronicles, the era in which those films were produced, as well as this memorable segment with Tarantino, which shows his uninhibited passion for — and witty observations of — those unforgettable moments of exploitation cinema.
It's as manipulative as it is dishonest, but unlike many other far lesser films worthy of the same description, all this flick's shamelessness is on purpose.
Based on the description and on Robinson's track record, my hope is that the strength of these women will be the highlight of the film, and real attention will be given to the fact that they didn't just exist as Marston's «harem,» but were also in a relationship with each other, and remained together after his death.
Description: Roddy McDowall returns in the fourth Planet of the Apes film as Caesar, the son of Cornelius, leading an ape revolution that bridges the historical gap of the previous films.
Starring Ayame Misaki as a young woman working in the audio description of films for the visually impaired and Masatoshi Nagase as a photographer who's losing his sight, the film touches on the essence of communication and the subjective nature of art I find captivating.
While the film is being promoted as a psychological horror - thriller, this trailer definitely leans towards the horror side of that description.
Helena Bonham Carter was 19 and had made just one previous film, but she fit Forster's description of Lucy as «a young lady with a quantity of dark hair and a very pretty, pale, undeveloped face» to the life.
In addition to the plethora of comic book - based superhero movies in the next few years, there are a variety of other films such as science fiction, fantasy and action under the umbrella description of «genre.»
Fellowship Description: The Asian American Fellowship aims to further the presence of Asian American voices in independent film as an extension of Sundance Institute's ongoing commitment to support a diverse group of emerging artists.
For Farber, Rivette's film was «a new organism, the atomization of a character, an event, a space, as though all of its small spaces had been de-solidified to allow air to move amongst the tiny spaces» — a description that applies just as well to Farber's porous, slippery sentences.
This entails facing up to a personal affliction that neatly — a touch too neatly, I found — gathers and contextualises his character flaws in a final - page twist that could be difficult to transfer to film, dependent as it is on the selective self - descriptions of an unreliable narrator.
Thanks to the Cannes presentation we have a few new comments from John Lasseter about each film, and tantalizing descriptions of environments in The Good Dinosaur as among the most realistic Pixar has ever created.
Carey Mulligan is physically and vocally right for Daisy Buchanan — when she flirts, the famous description of the character having «a voice like money» nearly makes sense — but the film doesn't idealize her, as Gatsby and Nick often seem to.
The film sounds scary as shit, and detailed descriptions of Michael's actions are demented as hell.
After showing off the first official look at Apocalypse, Storm, and Psylocke in X-Men: Apocalypse earlier today, Entertainment Weekly is doubling down and giving us our first shots of more of the new mutants debuting in the film, as well as some brief descriptions.
Economically, each of his films is tailored to allow him a large measure of creative control and make close collective work possible (even Les Destinées sentimentales [2000], to some degree, fits such a description, as we will later see).
The «Roly - poly» description certainly fits that of classic Blue Beetle Ted Kord, but if this film's incarnation of Blue Beetle is Jamie Reyes — as earlier reports indicated — then Tudyk wouldn't be a fit for the teenage / Hispanic part.
While the film and the memoir have been given the unfair label of being ONLY ABOUT «slavery is bad» (as if that fact alone would not be worthy) many of the more subtle points have been ignored, but is best summed up this way, «It is notable not only for its lucid description of plantation life, with detailed passages on the methods by which cotton and sugarcane were harvested and processed, and how slaves were fed, housed and punished, but also for the author's evenhanded treatment of his subject: although he denounces slavery as an institution, Northup expresses his gratitude to the masters who treated him with gentleness and generosity, and shows a surprising ability to forgive even the most unimaginable cruelties.»
City of Lakes is written and directed by Kevin Shahinian and my first thought reading the film's description is that this started as a personal film that evolved into something more.
Telling the story of a mother and daughter on the outskirts of society, the film is set in a project just outside of Disney in Florida, and while that simple description could make the film sound like it dwells in the realm of «poverty porn,» what makes this a crowning turn for Baker is that it cements him as an heir apparent to the humanist mantle held by directors like the late Jonathan Demme.
My previous description of the basic plot doesn't even mention the star of the movie, Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg), the new young heroine played by Isabela Moner, supporting roles by Anthony Hopkins (as the leader of the Witwiccans), Jerrod Carmichael (as Cade's assistant), John Turturro (reprising his role from the first three films), Josh Duhamel (also reprising his role from the previous films, but this time as a spy), Tony Hale (as a Nasa JPL nerd), Glenn Morshower (reprising his military role), and many others.
If the description seems deliberately obtuse, it is necessarily so, as the revelation of the nature of Faulque's mystery house - guest provides much of the very little interest this film provoked in this viewer.
And while early reports cited the film as a «romantic drama» — and the French site still holds that description — Malick's films aren't easily categorized and that too is likely only a very vague indication of what's in store.
The description makes it sound like Geostorm is trying to be a sci - fi disaster film, a space adventure, and a conspiracy thriller all at once, when the more advisable route would be to concentrate on making just one of those elements as good as it can be.
Mercifully, at least no one referred to Renoir's masterpieces as «cult films», that patronising description that acts as the discursive gatekeeper allowing our intellectuals to avoid engagement with the beauties and complexities of cinematic art.
That description may sound like a glib dismissal, but it's actually an appreciation of the film's wit: it is actually quite smart and mature as well as clever and entertaining.
For example, evaluate historical characters popularized in literature or media, such as Pocahontas in the Disney films compared with a portrait of Pocahontas created during her life as well as written descriptions of her appearance and actions.
Giordano has a talent for turning a few words into a portrait - in - depth, an example being his description of a slender young dilettante as looking like every French film director's dream — «unbearably lonely, ultra-sexy, Sartre - reading Gallic beauty.»
London About Blog There Ought to be Clowns is a brilliant place to find reviews of plays, musical theatre, TV and film, describing itself as a «theatrical diary» which actually turns out to be a very accurate description.
The concentration of his replicated gestures aggregate as veneers of suggestive descriptions, as if condensing multiple film frames into one overall composition.
London About Blog There Ought to be Clowns is a brilliant place to find reviews of plays, musical theatre, TV and film, describing itself as a «theatrical diary» which actually turns out to be a very accurate description.
London About Blog There Ought to be Clowns is a brilliant place to find reviews of plays, musical theatre, TV and film, describing itself as a «theatrical diary» which actually turns out to be a very accurate description.
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