Sentences with phrase «done dramatic movie»

Like an exceptionally well - done dramatic movie or must - read book just too good to stop watching or put down, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons has striking visuals, a strong narrative and good - enough puzzles.

Not exact matches

Still, the inclusion of dramatic actors such as Cruise and Kidman on the overpaid list does lend credence to the fact that paying an actor large amounts of money to star in a movie is pretty risky, if not foolish.

All this goofiness can hamstring a movie's emotional beats, and there are a few Ragnarok moments that don't have quite the dramatic pull they should (one early scene between Thor, Loki and their father, played by Anthony Hopkins, particularly suffers).

There's no denying Defoe brought the same dramatic commitment to his role that he always does, but Christians were not happy with this movie.

We are bombarded by the tv, movies, soaps, newspapers, all trying to out - do themselves to show birth as dramatic and dangerous.

But heart attacks in real life don't always resemble the dramatic clutching of the chest that happens in movies, so if you or your partner has any kind of chest discomfort, play it safe and postpone the action.

It's worth noting, however, that the movie does lose some steam as it takes an expectedly dramatic turn towards the end, as, despite what screenwriter Bert V. Royal clearly believes, the narrative simply isn't deep enough to withstand the increasingly pervasive emphasis on sentimental elements (and all the John Hughes references aren't really helping, either).

It wasn't funny (though I actually loved «Sarah Marshall» and «Greek», movies that didn't try to be something they weren't), it wasn't dramatic, the bits that were supposed to be funny just felt kind of depressing, and although I've been a fan of Jason Segal since Freaks and Geeks, his Eeyore shtick is starting to get a little old.

While movies about deadly epidemics have been done before (think Will Smith in I Am Legend and Matthew McConoughey in Sahara), this one is particularly disturbing because Director Steven Soderbergh doesn't indulge in dramatic hyperbole.

After reading up on the summer movies of May and June in yesterday's preview, readers were left with the dramatic cliffhanger of wondering whether The A.V. Club would do the movies of July through August, or whether it might go back to Queens.

What's more, they do so in a story — scripted by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, who worked with the Russos on the last two «Captain America» movies — that delivers action, emotion and a dramatic conclusion that will leave fans floored.

Kevin Smith is adequate sidekick material, although he's on thin ice when the movie requires him to do something dramatic.

Pumped to see Reilly do some dramatic acting again, and as Polanski gets up there in age I think we should start appreciating every new Polanski movie because we may not get a lot more.

Carrey has done excellent dramatic roles before, especially in movies like «Man on the Moon,» «The Truman Show» and the highly underrated «The Majestic.»

«American Sniper» wants to have it both ways — as a war - on - terror fantasy and poignant PTSD drama — but while it doesn't shy away from the physical and psychological horrors of battle, the movie is so heavy on pro-military propaganda that it doesn't realize its dramatic potential until it's too late.

The movie does indulge in a few «based on a true story» conventions, and the wobbly Russian accents are sometimes distracting, but these are minor quibbles in a brutally effective, brilliantly constructed dramatic thriller.

With Buchanan's heists in plain sight, the movie doesn't hold its dramatic irony for long.

was a little dramatic and I did not like the trailer nor would I want to see the movie!

Granted, it would be pretty unusual for a Star Wars movie to not feature some dramatic landscapes, but — as previously established — we still don't know much about The Last Jedi.

What I like in Frederick Wiseman movies is that he's filming a whole layer of content, but he's adding a layer of decisions about how to structure the film, where to cut, that doesn't relate to relaying dramatic information.

Kenneth Turan of Los Angeles Times: «A superhero movie whose characters have integrity and dramatic heft, filled with engaging exploits and credible crises all grounded in a vibrant but convincing reality, laced with socially conscious commentary as well as wicked laughs that don't depend on snark, this is the model of what an involving popular entertainment should be.

10:48: (Chris): Do you get the sense Terrence Howard took his attention - grabbing dramatic pause right before the wrong movie, then realized it?

Not only does it begin with an account of how bits of movie dialogue (from «Rio Bravo,» «His Girl Friday») have entered her life, and the lives of her friends and colleagues, but it then segues into a great quotation from Steve Roman on SCTV (playing Juan Cortez, the first Puerto Rican Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court in the dramatic television series, «There's Justice for Everybody»): «It's got good actors, and that spells good acting.»

But undoubtedly the most popular interview I'd do with James Horner (let alone any composer) was for On the Score in 2006 to primarily discuss his massive, tragically dramatic score to «All the King's Men» — a movie whose score was the definite highlight.

A shortage of usable high - res photography and a feeble attempt to be associated with the video game series probably explain the dramatic, glitzy cover art, which has near - nothing to do with the movie it adorns.

The tunes provided again by John Murphy don't pander to action movie clichés, rather providing a sweeping dramatic backdrop.

In his review for The Times, Kenneth Turan wrote, «A superhero movie whose characters have integrity and dramatic heft, filled with engaging exploits and credible crises all grounded in a vibrant but convincing reality, laced with socially conscious commentary as well as wicked laughs that don't depend on snark, this is the model of what an involving popular entertainment should be.

Instead, the Grand Jury Prize in Dramatic Competition went to Macon Blair's directorial debut I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore and the Audience Award went to Crown Heights, and while neither is a bad movie, I don't think either will get the buzz that something like Whiplash received.

A curiously joyless movie that tries to channel the giddy amorality of Dr. Strangelove but forgets to add jokes or dramatic stakes, War Dogs is a major whiff from Hangover trilogy director Todd Phillips, who won't be graduating to serious material like Anchorman's Adam McKay did with The Big Short.

The movie gets a little lost trying to justify his being the only bad guy and the final dramatic showdown suffers from this confusion in a way the film's other action sequences do not.

Loved how the movie skated between a dramatic psychological meditation and a flat - out horror thriller... very, very well done.

A superhero movie whose characters have integrity and dramatic heft, filled with engaging exploits and credible crises all grounded in a vibrant but convincing reality, laced with socially conscious commentary as well as wicked laughs that don't depend on snark, this is the model of what an involving popular entertainment should be.

What is acclaimed dramatic actor Tony Leung, better known for starring in arthouse flicks such as In The Mood For Love (2000), doing in a frivolous family fantasy movie such as this?

The fact that a movie leans more towards the serious and the dramatic doesn't mean that nothing happens.

To be fair, this movie aims to tell a more straightforward, dramatic story... I just wish it hadn't almost completely squandered a killer premise to do so.

Don't take this the wrong way, but your review is 265 words about the sexual politics of the movie and two words («dramatic» climax) about the movie.

We don't get nearly enough movies about the love lives, let alone the sex lives, of people over the age of 60, and while «Our Souls at Night» never achieves the dramatic depths of, say, «Hope Springs,» it's lovely and moving in a decidedly understated way.

Also, I do think Chris Pratt can play a serious dramatic role, but in a movie like this, where it is very self - serious most of the time, and doesn't give his character much to do, let Chris Pratt make jokes, and release some of the forced tension.

Jamie Foxx is the rare comedian who didn't really hit it big in movies until he began appearing in dramatic roles — like his lead performance in Ray, for which he was awarded the 2004 Best Actor Oscar — and is now better known as a dramatic actor than a comedic one.

Compared to Cranston, he is wooden, dull, and uncommanding, and the movie begins to deaden with his lead weight (the emotional and dramatic transference the movie tries to give Taylor - Johnson simply doesn't resonate like Cranston's lead).

SNUB: Will Smith This blockbuster movie star hasn't taken on a heavy dramatic role since 2008's «Seven Pounds,» and he did it convincingly this year in NFL medical drama «Concussion» as the Nigerian - born doctor who took on one of the biggest sports institutions in America to raise awareness for the brain damage players risk with every tackle.

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I love Meet the Parents and don't mind him dabbling in that kind of crowd - pleasing comedy, but I see every movie he does hoping that he might find the meaningful, dramatic glory he has long deserved as much as any actor.

In other words, the answer to the movie's dramatic question has little to do with Ricki's choices.

«Gravity» star, Sandra Bullock, was absolutely the biggest winner of the night because not only did «Gravity» claim a top prize, but Bullock herself won Favorite Movie Duo with George Clooney, Favorite Comedic Movie Actress, Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress and Favorite Actress overall, too.

The excessive narration by Bridges kicks off with an observation about how young people always declare their love in the rain because they saw it in movies; that idea would hold more weight if «The Only Living Boy in New York» didn't open up the clouds every time something remotely dramatic happens.

OK, so you may not go to the movies to see it play out, but your decision of where to do business has a significant impact on your financial future — and that's about as dramatic as it gets.

Experience the best of Australia and New Zealand on an unforgettable tour filled with fascinating wildlife, dramatic scenery, and the region's favorite cities.In New Zealand, float by boat through the Waitomo caves under the brilliance of thousands of glowworms, visit the picturesque farm that brought the Hobbiton movie set of The Lord of the Rings trilogy to life, and find inspiration from the majestic beauty of Fiordland National Park, where you'll cruise the stunning Milford Sound to experience its pristine natural setting just as the Maori and European explorers did hundreds of years ago.

Of course the counter argument is that we all knew they'd team up, because we've got the Justice League movie to do yet and Snyder was never going to have one of the characters kill the other, but that's where our own suspension of reality comes into play; sure, we know these things will happen because Hollywood is nothing if not predictable, but there's still a degree of mystery surrounding the events and the vague chance that something dramatic and shocking will happen that we never see coming, despite Warner Bros. and DC clearly not being willing to delivering something surprising because they would never want to damage either the Batman franchise or the Superman franchise.

The story does not take any dramatic twists and turns along the way as it is fairly straightforward, but it certainly serves as the perfect backdrop for a game that should appeal to gamers who are fans of such movies as Caroline or The Nightmare Before Christmas.