Sentences with phrase «did local film»

State Sen. John DeFrancisco and Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney expressed enthusiasm about Xu's pending arrival, as did local film advocates.

Not exact matches

I was doing some local training for film people in Toronto when I got a call from someone who was producing the movie Gothika in Montreal.

Feedback from our customers was that this innovative packaging was not as strong as our previous plastic film and although the packaging was fully recyclable, many local authorities did not have facilities to recycle it.

With one of the largest product offerings in the industry and a «local» partnership approach to doing business, Coveris is a true global leader in the manufacture and distribution of packaging solutions and coated film technologies.

In the end, Oliver agreed to help revamp LAUSD menus without actually filming in the schools and, according to the L.A. Times, he's agreed to do so «following federal and local regulations and costing no more than 77 cents a serving.

As the number of films produced here increases, so, too, does the number of local people needed to work on their crews.

You can become a consultant on a film, do an internship (through AAAS, National Geographic Television, the Discovery Channel, or at your local public television station, for example), or even go to film school.

If you really do love films, then think how amazing it would be to have a partner who loves going to the cinema with you rather than spending your Sunday's at the local sports centre!

When we do finally get a glimpse of what happens to the victims after Johansson lures them to her would - be boudoir, the film suddenly sheds its local color and naturalism and takes us just far enough into the alien lair to quietly offer some of the creepiest imagery you're likely to see in any movie this year.

Corbijn eschews score for sizable portions of the film, letting Clooney set the mood, but the actor's only able to do this when he's allowed to interact with the world around him, whether that manifests itself as building a gun or allowing himself to get drawn into regular conversations with a local priest, Father Benedetto (Paolo Bonacelli).

When the local authorities decide to turn Motherland into a shopping mall, there is only one thing he can do: make a successful film with a top celebrity and pay off the crooked officials.

As much as I love the various film retellings of Robin Hood over the years, I'll probably skip this one; Crowe is ridiculously miscast (might have been a good sheriff per the original plan though), and while I'm glad the movie isn't all swordplay and archery, it sounds seriously short of what made Robin Hood an actual legend — you know, derring - do and outsmarting the local (corrupt) government.

Both films feature in the Best Picture lineup, as does «Public Enemy Number One,» a sprawling biopic of gangster Jacques Mesrine that has been a local box - office smash and leads all nominees with 10 bids.

In the film's biggest surprise, Johnny Knoxville is actually quite entertaining (or at least not annoying) as local gun - nut Lewis, who supplies the heroes with their heavy firepower in the tradition of the greatest of all desert town defence movies — and no, I don't mean Rio Bravo, I mean Tremors!

Wearing red gloves in a cold, blue world, Heidi has the warm hands, warm heart that don't come so easily to her emotionally troubled, noncommittal new boyfriend (but do come easily to the gratuitous local kid with Asperger syndrome, the film's sole unspoiled man).

Local filmmaker Stephen Biggin, who says he's dabbled in film in the past and has done «industrial videos» for various businesses, originally planned to make...

The appeal of the film is manifold - its serenity as The American meticulously goes about his craft; the paucity of dialogue that heightens its few action sequences when they do occur; a superb ensemble of actors led by Clooney that also includes Violante Placido (Clara), Thekla Reuten (assassin), Johan Leysen (controller), and Paolo Bonacelli (as a local town priest); the artistic framing of the film by director Anton Corbijn both in its interiors and the long shots of the Italian settings; and simply the story's uncertainty that grips one from its very beginning.

There's never a doubt that the local drug pusher (a terrific Linda Emond) will come calling, and the familiar genre trappings that follow do hamper the film's ambitions.

It's odd that Poehler — who was given such rich material as a government official on Parks and Recreation — appears in a film that doesn't take advantage of the absurdities of these local public officials.

Anton was extraordinarily immersed in the role, even limiting his diet to local junk food like «Francesinhas» (meat and cheese sandwiches that are typical in the region) the entire time we were in Portugal, true to his character, who at one point in the film tell us that he doesn't take care of himself.

Perhaps because this is a film written and directed by men, cutting loose for these moms does not mean acting like they did when they were young and single, but rather a frat boy fantasy involving speeding in muscle cars, downing bottles of vodka and Jell - O shots, shrugging off any responsibilities, flipping their condescending boss the bird, throw wild and hedonistic parties, and trying to get laid with easy hookups at the local bar.

Caan does a funny cameo as the local crimelord but the film belongs to Anderson's co-conspirator Wilson, whose wired performance leaps off the screen.

Relative to other PG - 13 offerings, the film's content issues are few, but do include some brief strong language, a short reference to drug use, drinking among the locals and some adult and pre-teen smoking.

Some critics have felt this film lacks engagement with the local population or the wider scope of the war, but surely that's exactly the point: these soldiers are just ordinary blokes (they're all blokes), a long way from home, doing an incredibly dangerous job without much sense of why.

Edgar Wright's new film Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World hit theaters this weekend and two of the films stars took their improv talents to Atlanta... to do the local weather.

With a modest budget and a short shooting schedule, there wasn't time for the 30 - year - old Evans to hit any local bars or restaurants or do much of anything other than the film.

(With the actress having also hit UK cinema screens this year in «White Material» and «Villa Amalia,» local critics are likely wondering when she sleeps: «Do the French have some kind of loyalty card system where Huppert gets a free meal every tenth film she does?»

With his halting French and bashful ways, the emigré at the film's centre, Antek Liebmann (Godehard Giese), seems quite far from a parading peacock: simple in look and affect, he, a school teacher, does not seem overly complicated or needy in his dealings with the friendly and curious locals.

If this limited release film didn't come to a theater near you, be sure to look for it in on the shelves of your local video / DVD rental shop.

Critic - proof, though, much in the same way that the Transformers films» lack of critical raves didn't dissuade the legion of fans of the toys or loud explosions from flocking to the local theaterplex in droves.

While it earned a lot of awards in the local city scenes of film critics it's a shame it didn't get a bigger spotlight.

This past week Matt helped present Craven's The Serpent And The Rainbow at The Royal cinema here in Toronto and then did a live on stage podcast directly after the film (inviting several other local podcasters to join him).

In this regard, legends that have come out of Philadelphia are referenced both by dialogue from the characters within the film, and within the soundtrack.The most notable needle drop occurs when Creed arrives in the city, a quick montage unfolding to «The Fire» by John Legend and The Roots - not just a great song about ambition and drive, but also by Philly's local boys done good.

High profile Aussie films are doing well in 2017, with Lion and now Jasper Jones occupying prominent positions in the local box office.

It's Got: An impressive Ryan Reynolds doing his best Jack Torrance impression minus the grotesque gurning (no mean feat); the great Philip Baker Hall having his inestimable talents somewhat wasted in the rôle of local priest and would - be exorcist Father Calloway; Lisa (Rachel Nichols) the babysitter from hell - although not literally, unlike several other of the films characters; and a brisk economy that more ponderous, minute - heavy horror films of recent times would do well to emulate.

Even though Nicholson, 44, is the only local lead in the film, she didn't pay much attention to the Bulger story when she was younger, partly because she was living in Western Mass. from the late»70s to the early»80s, the period of focus in «Black Mass..»

Together they conspire to intercept a local drug dealer, Tim (the late Anton Yelchin, in the last of his filmed performances to appear before the public), and blackmail him into doing their dirty work for them.

Two childhood friends growing up in poverty in south Boston come under the influence of a local crime boss, only to strike out on their own when he is caught and imprisoned by the F.B.I. Despite the marketing that features explosions and SWAT teams galore (neither of which actually appear in the film) What Doesn't Kill You is a character - driven drama set in the world of petty urban crime.

This aspect of the film becomes glaring once Patty Wafers (Angie Cepeda), a local stripper, joins up with Red and Gally and declares that Red see her for who she truly is, which doesn't necessarily carry the intended bittersweet sentiment after we've seen Red treat a litany of women as nothing more than a means to fulfill his sex drive; Red even seems to frequently imply that women should either be whores or allow themselves to be domesticated, a belief rooted in his ex-wife running off while he was «waiting on [his] biscuits.»

Ultimately the film — a pitch - black, brutal and strangely poetic picture about a convict seeking revenge for the death of his brother at the hands of a local crime lord — didn't move forward in that incarnation.

For someone who is not quite old enough to legally order a drink, she has amassed an impressive body of work that showcases not only her considerable talent, but also a commitment to intelligent, thoughtful films that do more than just kill a few hours at the local cineplex.

Whereas locals might take such an image for granted, de Fontenay was compelled to make a film about it («Mobile Homes» is actually the second time he's done so, following a 2013 short of the same name).

Don't miss it when it comes to your local cinema - it's not only terrifying to watch, but an extremely impressive film between performances and cinematography and script.

Also, for those who don't know, the film is currently shooting in Michigan, so that's why Snyder would be listening to a local radio station.

We do get treated to another brawl involving all of the local news teams, which is the high point of the film.

Please keep in mind that most of these films are limited releases, if you don't live in a major city, it may take a while for it to hit your local theater.

Bryan Singer Indie Work: Singer's first film «Public Access» (about a drifter who causes an uproar in a small town through its local cable station) didn't get a distributor, but it did win the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 1993, and thus managed to grab Singer some attention.

I highly urge you, that if you love cinema, to check out your own local film festivals and take the time to surround yourself with the same people who love movies just as much as you do.

I was thrilled when Alfonso Cuaron's 2006 film «Children of Men» won my local film critics group's award for Movie of the Year, and what he does here dwarves that in terms of technical achievement, while Sandra Bullock delivers as raw a performance as she's ever given in her life.

Later that day the children filmed each other in front of a map of the UK giving the weather report after watching some weather reports in the local news by using the ideas from the sheet and other ideas of what the weather type was to suggest activities to do that day.