Sentences with phrase «directed film opens»

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 trOPENING 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 tropening 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.
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