Sentences with phrase «early film screenings»

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Now, with 10 days on screen, it appears director Christopher Nolan's final entry in his three - film Batman epic won't live up to early box office hopes.

When DreamWorks screened an early version of its 2001 film Shrek for test audiences, the female lead, Princess Fiona, made children scream in fear.

But at the film screening in San Francisco early August, Zuckerberg said that U.S. immigration policy extends far beyond foreign high - tech workers and an increase in H - 1B visas.

Studios is aggressively marketing «Man of Steel» to Christian pastors, inviting them to early screenings, creating Father's Day discussion guides and producing special film trailers that focus on the faith - friendly angles of the movie.

AFFIRM said this film has all the makings to be a hit, based on a business model they have honed over the past decade with movies targeted to Christians and early screenings of this film.

Despite a seemingly misleading survey from a faith - based group attempting to show that Christians disapproved of the film (without even seeing it), early screenings of Noah are getting solid feedback from some Christian critics.

The programme is being filmed earlier than usual - at 18:30 BST rather than the usual 20:30 BST - but it will be screened at the same time as usual.

During an early screening of Roland Emmerich's latest disaster flick 2012, which opens today, laughter erupted in the audience near the end of the film thanks to corny dialogue and maudlin scenes (among the biggest guffaw getters: a father tries to reconnect with his estranged son on the telephone, only to have the son's house destroyed just before he could say anything).

October 4: Learn about early filmmaking tech when Thomas Edison National Historic Park in West Orange, N.J., screens the 1910 film Frankenstein.

But at least it provided a talking point, and I think if you book up early for the Summer Screens evenings you can benefit from over 2 weeks» worth of film choices as they play a different movie every night.

Early in my challenge I had heard about the Summer Screen series at Somerset House, and keen to include one of the evenings in my 30 Dates by 30 Challenge, I posted on Facebook to ask if anyone had a friend who might like to go and watch an outdoor film with me.

Along with another early silent - screen actress, Mae Marsh, Clifford would turn up in about every other Ford film, usually playing pioneer women.

Taking on minor film roles beginning with 1979's Hairspray, the burgeoning young actor would subsequently appear in such films as Milos Foreman's Ragtime (1981) and Woody Allen's Zelig (1983), though early struggles with alcohol and substance abuse threatened to sideline his screen career in the mid -»80s.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for their 87th Academy Awards early Thursday morning, recognizing the best films, filmmakers, and on - and off - screen talent of 2014.

In 1927 he began starring in cowboy films, maintaining his career in screen Westerns through the early»40s; he was one of the «Three Mesquiteers» in the series of that name.

The film has already screened elsewhere in the world, and early reviews have been positive, especially for Wasikowska's performance.

The first time they share the screen in The Post (and, surprisingly, in any film to date it seems) is a breakfast meeting early in the film, which Spielberg wisely frames largely in a lingering two shot.

After a three - year hiatus from acting, Robbins returned to the screen in 1997 with the comedy Nothing to Lose; he soon announced plans to mount a film adaptation of Cradle Will Rock, the Marc Blitzstein play first staged by Orson Welles six decades earlier.

And the lackluster early trailers and reports of poor test screenings don't inspire confidence that Singer's film will slay the competition at the box office.

In the early 70's Deep Throat was a porn film that even your parents had heard of, and its star became world famous for her «talents» on screen.

I knew a little about the film during earlier screenings, but I wasn't very prepared for the style and pace at which the movie unfolds.

The earlier Walker began his screen career with pioneering film companies such as Kalem and Thanhouser and reached stardom as Viola Dana's leading man in Blue Jeans (1917), a charming bit of Americana directed by the much - neglected John D. Collins.

He did not complete the three volumes until his early twenties: first in print, and then on camera as one of a handful of actors carefully selected for New Line Cinema's highly anticipated, $ 270 million, three - film screen adaptation of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

The film features some of the earliest screen appearances of Emmy - nominated sitcom veteran Ed O'Neill («Married... With Children», «Modern Family»), playing a mercenary reluctant to go on the mission, and a young Jim Broadbent, who is lowly credited but instantly recognizable in a brief background role.

Steve Carell is an undeniably funny guy, but not in that «carry a bad film to success» way that Carrey was able to do earlier in his career, When you realize that Carell got more laughs in the miniscule amount of screen time he had in Bruce Almighty than he does in the 90 minutes he is in front of the camera for this sequel, that's really all you need to know in terms of this film's overall comedic quality.

Following the exploits of the Paris police department's «child protection unit,» Polisse (which screened early on) helped to establish this year's Croisette - spanning theme of children in peril, which could be found to varying extents in fellow Competition entries Michael (kidnapping and pedophilia), Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin (teenage sociopathy), Aki Kaurismäki's universally admired Le Havre (illegal immigration), and the Dardenne Brothers» Grand Jury Prize co-winner The Kid with a Bike (child abandonment); in the Directors» Fortnight entry Play (bullying); and in just about every film at the 50th - anniversary edition of the Critics» Week, from French actress - director Valérie Donzelli's opening - night Declaration of War (pediatric cancer) to Israeli actress - director Hagar Ben Asher's The Slut (pedophilia again), the fact - based 17 Girls (teen pregnancy), and the profoundly disturbing Snowtown, which recalled Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer in its verité sketch of Australian serial killer John Bunting, who lured local youths into aiding and abetting his violent crimes throughout the Nineties.

If the Palme d'Or win for Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life struck some in the international press corps as a foregone conclusion, it didn't stop a few of them, gathered to watch the live simulcast of the Cannes Palmarès in the Théâtre Claude Debussy, from booing as loudly as they had at the film's official press screening a few days earlier.

Cinephiles, especially those enthusiastic about the avant - garde, are probably familiar with Robert Gardner «s series Screening Room, which hosted numerous directors working in documentary and experimental film in the 1970s and early»80s.

After the premiere screening at Sundance of his wonderful debut feature «Kings Of Summer,» director Jordan Vogt - Roberts — responsible for the short «Successful Alcoholics» and a veteran of «Funny Or Die Presents...» — told the audience his influences for his first feature included early Amblin films like «The Goonies» with «elements of [Terrence] Malick,» and most surprisingly, «Bad Boys II.»

International rights for the film sold out at Cannes earlier this year and it will be screened at the upcoming 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.

The film mightn't have set the box office aflame like many predicted it would (based on those early word - of - mouth screenings that the...

This weekend, Mike Leigh's 1990 comedy Life Is Sweet will screen at the Trylon microcinema in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as part of a monthlong retrospective of the director's early films.

Paul Thomas Anderson did another early screening of his new film The Master in 70 mm last night at Chicago's Music Box Theater, to follow on the Santa Monica showing that took place a couple weeks ago.

Despite Philip Seymour Hoffman «s tragic death earlier this year, the actor will continue to appear on screens for just a while, thanks to films completed before his passing.

Early reviews from a private screening of Zack Snyder's «Sucker Punch» agree on the stunning visuals, but disagree on the overall film.

JustJared.com hosted a special screening of the film earlier this month.

Atypical for a horror film, there's not a single wrong - note performance to be found, though unsurprisingly the performers who exit the screen early impress the least.

No film in 2013 made me feel more than «Upstream Color,» and an early morning festival screening meant walking around in a haze for hours after, not quite sure what I'd just seen (though I think it's more narratively coherent than many give it credit for, especially after a rewatch), and almost wanting to shake it, but also not willing to trade the experience for anything.

Mitch Glazer — «Passion Play» A writing veteran whose work goes all the way back to the early»80s when he wrote for «SNL,» Mitch Glazer «s first major screen credit (and most well - known film) is 1988's «Scrooged» starring Bill Murray.

Earlier this week, I visited the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to see a screening of The Shape of Water, the newest fantasy film from director Guillermo del Toro.

Word from an early screening in February has created tremendous buzz for «Inside Llewyn Davis,» and Deadline has already pegged it as a possible in competition film this year.

There was a scuffle to get into the screening of James Toback's new film at Venice earlier today, which was tucked away in the fun - sized, 149 - seater Sala Casinò.

Earlier today, we posted the trailer for Sony Screen Gems Underworld: Blood Wars, the fifth film in the series that began...

The spot was surprising, since the 87 - year - old screen legend had just been spotted filming his first scenes for the biopic earlier this week.

In early 2017, the Oscar nominee bought out a Hidden Figures screening in Los Angeles and invited families who couldn't afford to purchase tickets for the film about the pioneering black female mathematicians involved in NASA's earliest efforts.

Earlier today, we posted the trailer for Sony Screen Gems Underworld: Blood Wars, the fifth film in the series that began in 2003.

We got our first official still from Guy Ritchie's big screen take on the classic spy series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. earlier this week [see here], and now we have another image from the film featuring the two leads Henry Cavill (Man of Steel) and Armie Hammer (The Lone Ranger)... Set against the backdrop of -LSB-...]

As West explained in an impressive question and answer session after the film's first Melbourne screening, the aforementioned return is of the literal as well as stylistic kind, with the supposedly spooked location visited whilst shooting the earlier feature inspiring and providing the setting for the current ghost tale.

I should really have drawn attention to this earlier, but as Jeff Wells pointed out on Hollywood Elsewhere, Lars von Trier's Cannes hit «Melancholia» began a one - week, once - a-day screening run at Los Angeles» out - of - the - way Laemmle Fallbrook 7 theatre on Friday — a handy opportunity for local film buffs with free afternoons to sneak a look -LSB-...]

But after a string of loopy comic gems that included 1997's «Waiting for Guffman,» 2000's «Best in Show,» 2003's «A Mighty Wind» and 2006's «For Your Consideration,» Guest didn't direct another one of those films for a decade, which made Saturday's 8:30 a.m. screening of his new «Mascots» at the Toronto Film Festival worth an early wake - up call.