Sentences with phrase «dramatic film side»

On the dramatic film side, I could have lived without Jerusha Hess's «Austenland,» a feather - light dingbat comedy about a Jane Austen - themed resort in England.

Not exact matches

Going in Style, in comparison, sometimes bounces to life with a cheeky one - liner or an amusing side remark, but it doesn't contain any of that film's comedic or dramatic heft.

While I do think, from a story standpoint, it's a shame that Garrigan wasn't limited to being a mere witness to the events of the Amin era, as he was portrayed more in the book, instead of a constant catalyst for Amin's rage, considering he is a fictional character, we'll just chalk up his constant missteps as dramatic license taken by the screenwriters in drawing out Amin to commit some of the most heinous acts of torture shown in film this side of a Mel Gibson directorial effort.

You might plan for the one moment where Ruth Negga's proud woman rises from silence to shout down her oppressors, or you might picture all of the dramatic build - up of the film coming to a head in a jubilant courtroom victory scene circled by shouting protesters on both sides.

McDonagh devises such a superb dramatic scenario — two people with a begrudging mutual respect, on opposite sides of an impossible situation, headed straight at each other like cars playing chicken — that it's almost a disappointment when the film ends up subverting its own trajectory, then squiggling off in other directions.

Other than branching out to the darker side of comedy (think Inherent Vice or maybe Marley & Me), Owen Wilson rarely leaves his comfortable broad and quirky comedies for more dramatic films.

Yet, Smith also has a dramatic side, which he's shown in such films as Ali.

Alcon, one of the longest - running independent film finance and production companies in the world, has financed and produced, and / or co - financed / produced 33 films to date, including the recent critically acclaimed film Blade Runner 2049 from Academy Award - nominated director Denis Villeneuve and starring Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford; the Academy Award - nominated Best Picture The Blind Side, which earned Sandra Bullock a Best Actress Oscar; The Book of Eli, starring Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman; Insomnia, starring Al Pacino, Robin Williams, and Hilary Swank and directed by Chris Nolan; The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants; P.S. I Love You, starring Hilary Swank; the critically acclaimed dramatic thriller Prisoners, directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Melissa Leo, Terrance Howard and Paul Dano; and the family hit Dolphin Tale starring Morgan Freeman, Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd and Kris Kristofferson.

Based on the setting alone, the film trips over every obvious German stereotype in the book - from the uninhibited cultural attitudes, to the kinky sexual indulgences, to the peculiar artistic tastes, smaller automobiles, penchant for beer and Euro - trashy nightclubs, etc., etc., etc.... Beyond that, the lineup of comedic gags and sequences feels like mishmash of ideas that never seem to balance out tonally with other jokes, not the entire dramatic side of the film.

But, since the run - away success of Mary, the Farrelly's have seemed determined to emphasize the dramatic story sides of their films and have gotten away from the comedy.