Sentences with phrase «earlier movies less»

Army of One is so bad and so thoroughly without merit that it actually made me like Charles» earlier movies less in retrospect, because it feels like the ugly, snide arrogance tainting every frame of Army of One is present in those earlier, better films, albeit in smaller, less toxic doses.

Not exact matches

Captain America: The Winter Soldier, this year's top - grossing film so far, came out in early - April and the scattering of big movies around the calendar is one reason why all 2014 films have only grossed about 5.4 % less than all films had last year at this point.

«Come summer, I'll feel less stress about stopping work early to go to a barbecue or movie because I know, come autumn, I'll be hunkering down,» he reflects.

In order to be less contrarian, let me recommend a sentimental movie that Peter earlier mentioned.

The promising atmosphere is perpetuated by an engrossing early sequence in which the central foursome debate the fates of three seemingly innocent bystanders, and yet it's equally clear that the movie begins to peter out almost immediately following that electrifying interlude - as writer / director Berg's less - than - cinematic visual choices result in a lack of thrills that grows more and more problematic as time progresses.

One introduces the Djimon Hounsou character earlier in the film, and the alternate ending provides a less effective conclusion to the movie.

Black Panther's third act is less impressive by comparison, as the movie's action gets bogged down in CGI overload and its plot beats lack the emotional resonance of earlier moments, either because they are rushed or a bit too conventional (re: predictable).

One interesting thing is that there seems to be some early concern regarding the use of digital video to shoot this movie, and I have to admit, it does look a bit bland and decidedly less stylish than we're used to seeing from Michael Mann.

It was 1954 when Gojira first hit the big screen in Ishiro Honda's now iconic monster movie, made as a reply to the USA dropping two atom - bombs on Japan less than a decade earlier.

... There's less than two weeks to go until Thor: Ragnarok begins its international roll out, and if early tracking is to be believed, the God of Thunder's third solo outing is tracking a domestic opening weekend of between $ 100 and $ 110 million, which would put it comfortably ahead of the first two Thor movies, as well as putting it ahead of rival 2017 superhero movies Logan ($ 88.4 million) and Wonder Woman ($ 103.3 million).

But its place on the calendar, in February, doesn't quite fit with the awards - season - obsession of Hollywood, and so its line - up is often less star - studded than its rivals, with its biggest premieres often coming from movies that screened in the U.S. months earlier.

I laughed less than five times and left early, it was just awful — be a long while before I see another Ben Stiller movie.

«In this day and age, getting the theatrical experience, it's hard to get people to go see the movie, and much less a three - hour - and - ten - minute, two - part character movie,» Benson told TheWrap earlier.

As a whole, this is distinctly less polished than some of the brothers» earlier and later movies.

A political drama that re-imagines William Shakespeare's historical tragedy by replacing ancient Rome with modern - day Serbia, the movie has its moments (particularly early on), but there's a good reason why it's one of the Bard's lesser known works.

That the movie doesn't actually exist might flummox some old - school guardians of the sanctity of non-fiction film - making, but Greene makes it clear early on that his interests lie less with a news report than with what Werner Herzog dubbed «ecstatic truth».

This is a much less frequent concern than on Leone's earlier movies.

In his earlier movies, especially «Citizen Ruth» and, to a lesser extent, «About Schmidt,» I thought he sometimes made fun of his characters at the expense of their humanity.

The movie, a Norwegian historical thriller by Erik Skjoldjaerg (who directed the original «Insomnia» and, less happily, «Prozac Nation «-RRB-, sounds awesome: set in the early eighties, it details the potentially unjust dealings that paved the way for the Norwegian oil industry, which we all remember as being part of the Norway ride at EPCOT Center.

With the theatrical release of Doug's 1st Movie in March of 1999, Disney began a new annual tradition of releasing a second - rate animated feature film early in the year, when there is less box office competition.

Even their weak predictive percentage in 2009 — 5 out of 10 — can be mostly explained away: An Education and District 9 were foreign - made, and Avatar and The Blind Side's Oscar buzz only begun to generate after the AFI's early - December list was released; I'm convinced that if AFI had waited until the actual end of the year, they'd have included those two titles and knocked off two «lesser» movies.

Introduced and narrated by Parton - from Dollywood, no less - NBC's movie focuses on a narrow slice of the singer's early biography, defined by the power of love and religion.

After a significant amount of pre-release backlash and a opening weekend that netted slightly less money than a kids movie that's been out for a month, it's still not too late (early?)

And yet, with its layers of allusions and deep meaning, this apparent horror movie is no less intelligent or cerebral than the earlier film.

Tracking young Mason (Ellar Coltrane) from childhood to college, the near - three - hour picture «feels much less like a greatest hits package and more analogous to being in the moment,» according to Rodrigo Perez's review, proving to be «warm, soulful, funny and quietly insightful,» and something of a crowning achievement for the filmmaker, feeling «disarmingly light on its feet, sweet, funny and playful in the early years not unlike the director's movies about kids, but as they mature, so does the movie.»

«The Lego Movie» Go back a year ago, or even less, and suggest that a 90 - minute computer - animated toy commercial would be one of the best movies of the early part of 2014, and you'd probably be committed to a mental asylum.

Throughout the earlier parts of the movie you can see how determined she is to instill a great sense of normality in Jack's life despite their less than ideal circumstances.

The 2015 Dragon Ball Z movie, Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F, is less than a month away from its official Japanese release of April 18, but early showings in select locations in the Land of the Rising Sun have already begun!

The Good Dinosaur is half of said pair, and it seems to be taking an unorthodox approach to the well - worn prehistoric setting of animated family movies, asking the question of how things might have gone had dinosaurs lived alongside early humans with sufficiently less intelligence than themselves.

Earlier this week, we struggled to find five movies based on video games that are worth an online rental much less a Blu - ray purchase price.

Searching for the origin of the mountain's name, the artists embarked on a journey traversing the landscape of early silent - era film production, uncovering a peculiar possible relationship between Movie Mountain and Gaston Méliès, the lesser known brother and business partner of the famous filmmaker George Méliès.