Sentences with phrase «effective human drama»

I've already seen Paul Thomas Anderson's confounding and often hypnotic tale of a battle - scarred World War II veteran (Joaquin Phoenix) and his postwar indoctrination into a Scientology - like religion formed by the title character, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman.Ö Some of it is startlingly beautiful cinema, photographed in 70 mm; most of the effective human drama is confined to the first half, but it's well worth the time and effort.

Nichols has made a career out of penning and directing intelligent, effective human dramas, from his 2007 debut Shotgun Stories through 2011's psychological masterpiece Take Shelter (also starring Shannon) and 2012's Mud, which featured a stunning turn from Matthew McConaughey.

Not exact matches

Instead of putting itself best foot forward this game offers a complete arcade fighter experience against humans, and AI fully equipped with static manufactured drama with its sudden and most time random flash knockdowns, to strikes that deal significant damage not causing the fighter to show any visual que that it was effective.

The Revenant, his latest cinematic creation, is a brutally effective drama about the power of the human spirit that was filmed in some of nature's harshest conditions.