Angela Bassett, Simon Pegg and Vanessa Kirby also star in the Chris McQuarrie -
directed film opening July 27th.
Not exact matches
The drama,
opening in theaters Nov. 23, stars Warren Beatty, who also wrote and
directed the
film.
It led me to discover theater set design, which in turn
opened my eyes to a career in
film design and art
directing.
If the trend continues, too, Garland should be embraced with
open arms, as his
directed films avoid many of the studio genre traps and confront challenging topics head on — whether by droids or cancerous, world - eating prisms.
Visceral action (including an
opening sequence that masterfully sets the tone for the rest of the
film); a sharply written and
directed script; rich, dynamic characters; and, as promised, the world's cutest cat (other than yours if you have one) combine to create a gut - busting, endearing, salty - sweet, and highly re-watchable comedy.
When Greengrass was unable to produce a workable script, Tony Gilroy, who shared writing credit on all three Bourne
films and
directed the excellent Michael Clayton 82 and much less excellent Duplicity 69, was selected to write and
direct a fourth
film that would star a new operative but leave the door
open for Damon's Bourne to return in the future.
It has been hailed as a subversive feminist take on this form — although it is
open to question whether the
film would look all that different if it were
directed by a man.
The
film which
opens on October 17th stars Michael Keaton as Riggan Thompson an actor trying to distance himself from an iconic superhero
film franchise by starring and
directing his own broadway production.
Magic In the Moonlight, the new
film written and
directed by Woody Allen, has been selected as the
opening film of the 40th edition of the Deauville American
Film Festival, held in Deauville France.
The
films opens in theaters on March 10th, 2017, followed by Godzilla 2, which is being
directed by Michael Dougherty, on March 22, 2019, and Godzilla vs. Kong on May 29, 2020.
He has created a
film whose superb technical finish and closure seems to me in contrast to its status as an «
open» text, a work which resists clear interpretation... This is a profoundly disquieting movie, superbly acted and
directed.
Yet for all the set - pieces he
directs the hell out of — an
opening hunt; a piranha attack — it's only in its elliptical final throes that the
film eclipses its surface pleasures, as the eponymous city shifts from narrative goal to vaporous MacGuffin.
The Cannes roster has been the subject of wide speculation, and the festival announced this morning that the Javier Bardem - Penelope Cruz drama Everybody Knows will be the
opening - night
film,
directed by Asghar Farhadi.
«It Happened in Saint - Tropez,» a comedy
directed and co-written by Danièle Thompson, is the
opening night
film at the City of Lights City of Angels
film fest (COL • COA) tonight at the Directors Guild in Los Angeles.
The
film stars Naomi Watts, Jacob Tremblay, Oliver Platt and David Cubitt, Shut In is
directed by Farren Blackburn (Luther, Doctor Who) and will
open on November 11th.
Anyway,
Open Road is on a roll — they already shared great success on The Grey, End of Watch, Chef and recently Nightcrawler, and their upcoming slate is looking good too, with Triple Nine, the upcoming crime - drama heist
film directed by John Hillcoat and written by Matt Cook.
The
film directed by Anton Corbijn and co-starring Rachel McAdams and Robin Wright
opened to $ 2.7 million from 361 locations.
It's clear that Masters of the Universe is a derivative
film, from the very Superman - like
opening credits and theme song, to the Star Wars type confrontations, and some even cite Jack Kirby's «New Gods» comic books as a primary source, although my belief is that the
film's creators merely ripped - off other sources that were influenced Kirby's creations rather than a
direct lifting of characters and themes.
Smartly, the filmmakers — who include screenwriters Jenny Bicks and Bill Condon (the latter
directed the live - action Beauty and the Beast and Dreamgirls and wrote the
film version of Chicago)-- also know how to keep a four - quadrant family musical from sinking into Chitty territory by employing devices that also will please the Broadway crowd, particularly the Bob Fosse - like
opening number as well as sensational choreography throughout.
The first
film, also
directed by Tim Story and starring mostly the same ensemble led by Hart,
opened with $ 33.6 million in April 2012.
The big showing for «Zootopia» — which was
directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore and voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, J.K. Simmons, Octavia Spencer and Shakira, among others — was the best March
opening ever for an animated
film.
And the first
film led by a black cast,
directed by a black filmmaker, expected to become a global blockbuster before it even
opens.
«Bad Samaritan,» which is
directed by Dean Devlin and is the first
film distributed by Devlin's Electric Entertainment, is looking at an
opening of $ 1.75 million from 2,007 screens.
Early projections had the Ryan Coogler -
directed film earning around $ 100 million stateside in it's
opening bout.
This collection of production - diary - style footage finds Brian De Palma on the set of his 2002
film Femme Fatale
directing the shoot, a process that — as seen in these specific clips — includes rehearsals with actors Rebecca Romijn and Antonio Banderas, working through movement / blocking and fight choreography, and the management of the movie's bravura
opening setpiece that takes place at the 2001 Cannes
Film Festival.
The
film picks up at Tony's (Emmanuelle Bercot — who
directed this year's
opening film Standing Tall) emotional low point after a skiing accident that left her with a seriously injured leg.
The Gal Gadot - starring, Patty Jenkins -
directed film made history by making $ 100 million in its
opening weekend, the biggest
opening for any woman -
directed movie.
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening December 23, 2011 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Adventures of Tintin (PG for violence, drunkenness and smoking) Steven Spielberg directs this animated adaptation of the classic comic book series about an intrepid young journalist who is abducted from Europe to Morocco where he escapes his kidnappers to embark on a perilous quest for hidden tr
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies
opening December 23, 2011 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Adventures of Tintin (PG for violence, drunkenness and smoking) Steven Spielberg directs this animated adaptation of the classic comic book series about an intrepid young journalist who is abducted from Europe to Morocco where he escapes his kidnappers to embark on a perilous quest for hidden tr
opening December 23, 2011 BIG BUDGET
FILMS The Adventures of Tintin (PG for violence, drunkenness and smoking) Steven Spielberg
directs this animated adaptation of the classic comic book series about an intrepid young journalist who is abducted from Europe to Morocco where he escapes his kidnappers to embark on a perilous quest for hidden treasure.
AFI has already announced that its
opening night
film will be bookended by two Brad Pitt
films; By the Sea, starring Pitt and Angelina Jolie Pitt, who also
directed the pic, will
open the festival.
Based on the iconic DC Comic book, Wonder Woman has earned more than $ 410 million in the U.S. and over $ 820 million worldwide, set numerous box office records, including becoming the highest - grossing
film directed by a woman, the highest - grossing superhero origin
film domestically, and the largest
opening for a female - led comic - based
film.
The
film is
directed by William Brent Bell, who previously experienced January horror success on 2012's big -
opening, short - legged The Devil Inside.
The
film, which Fox plans to
open June 6, is
directed by Josh Boone («Stuck in Love»); Michael H. Weber and Scott Neustadter wrote the adaptation.
A projected ten - day domestic total of approximately $ 425 million and an overseas total of $ 325 million by Feb. 25 («Black Panther» has already made $ 184 million internationally) would put the total for the Ryan Coogler -
directed move at roughly $ 750 million after 13 days in theaters, starting on Feb. 13, when the
film opened in several overseas markets.
As everyone knows, I'm certainly not what you'd call a horror / thriller person, but I couldn't miss the
opening night
film for SXSW 2018, A Quiet Place,
directed by John Krasinski.
Marvel Studios» President Kevin Feige has talked about meetings with Ava DuVernay for the possibility of
directing the announced Black Panther
film, but now the Selma director has
opened up on why she turned down the
film, announced for release July 6, 2018.
The first
film Gerwig has solitarily written and
directed (this is not, as many have claimed, her inaugural turn behind the camera; she shares a directorial credit with Joe Swanberg on 2008's Nights And Weekends), Lady Bird arranges an even better entrance for its own irresistible heroine: Squabbling with her combative, witheringly disapproving mother (Laurie Metcalf, granted her best role in ages) while driving around to look at colleges, Christine «Lady Bird» McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) decides she's had just about enough conversation,
opens her passenger - side car door, and rolls out.
Eastwood
directs the
film which centers on the three men who managed to subdue a man who
opened fire inside a train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris.
In the latest Picktainment posting from
Open Letters Love Amy, Amy Lindorff tells George that after hearing him at a Q and A after a screening of Ides of March she knows the real reason why he chose to
direct the
film himself.
Seven years have passed since «Sideways,» the last
film directed by Alexander Payne, but he's back with «The Descendants,» which
opens the Lone Star International
Film Festival in Ft. Worth tonight.
PREVIOUS EXCLUSIVE, THURSDAY, 1:36 PM:
Open Road Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights to the untitled Oliver Stone -
directed film that will star Joseph Gordon - Levitt as Edward Snowden, the American who fled to Russia seeking asylum after making public more classified documents than anyone since Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War.
Bernard and Huey is
directed by American filmmaker Dan Mirvish, co-founder of the Slamdance Film Festival, and director of the
films Omaha (The Movie), Stamp and Deliver,
Open House, and Between Us previously.
The dearth of opportunities for female filmmakers is one of Hollywood's biggest problems these days, so it's cheering to note that fully half of the
films in the U.S. Dramatic Competition were
directed by women, including Stacie Passion's Concussion, Lake Bell's In A World..., Jill Solloway's Afternoon Delight, Cherien Dabis's
opening - night selection, May in the Summer, and...
To be fair, it only
opened on one screen, but # 260 is still immensely ropey for a
film directed by a well - known actor, Andy Garcia, and featuring proper stars like Bill Murray and Dustin Hoffman.
How much Banksy «
directed» the
film is
open to question, but he's a delightfully wry personal presence in it — albeit one who maintains his cover with a hoodie and a voice - distorter.
As previously announced, Universal's By the Sea, written,
directed and starring Angelina Jolie - Pitt and also starring Brad Pitt, is the festival's
opening night
film.
This flag was firmly planted by Exhibit A, the
opening - night
film, which was — gasp —
directed by a woman.
: Heaven Knows What played extremely well with the IONCINEMA team — our Jordan M. Smith called the
film an «
open - hearted, rawly bellicose realization of addiction has only been graced on celluloid but a handful of times, making the Safdie's
film a new exemplar of narcotic cinema for the ages,» the
directing team plus regular contributor Bronstein are undoubtedly at the top of their game early into their filmography.
You
direct films that make really strong, clear choices... the moment, in Mommy, when the actor
opens up the aspect ratio — wait, I don't want to ruin it!
The
film,
directed by Emilio Estevez, had its premiere in the United States this week at the American
Film Institute's Fest 2006
opening night gala in Hollywood.
* 1/2 / **** DVD - Image B Sound A Extras B - BD - Image B Sound A Extras B - starring Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Sam Spruell, Peter Stebbins screenplay by Christopher Kyle
directed by Kathryn Bigelow by Walter Chaw The
film opens with a false alarm because drills are how all cookie - cutter closed - vehicle thrillers begin.