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Today's trailer is for an emotional drama from British filmmaker Stephen Frears that is getting rave reviews saying this is his best work since The Queen.

KW: Larry Greenberg asks: How did co-directors Jon and Andrew Erwin protect the subtle emotional drama from the politics that surround the movie's incendiary topic?

Not exact matches

President Benigno Aquino told CNN the death toll from the typhoon was 2,000 to 2,500, saying «emotional drama» was behind the higher estimate.

Physical, mental, emotional, and financial stability are essential, so focus on your health, be optimistic, deal with issues from the past, avoid unnecessary drama, and plan your finances.

Our energy field, together with our diet and lifestyle, choreographs our health and emotions, and predisposes us to the heart conditions, the breast conditions, and the emotional dramas we inherit from our parents.

A handful of New Yorkers with little in common cross one another's paths as they try to sort out their romantic and emotional troubles in this comedy drama from writer and director Eric Schaeffer.

45 minutes of outrageous situation comedy with hilarious consequences, 45 minutes of gut wrenching and heart felt emotional drama, 45 minutes of impeccable acting from its two leads, who's on - screen chemistry (excuse the pun) has garnered them with a total of 4 Emmy's, and 45 minutes (im about to come back full circle here) of impossible to predict story lines that make the twists and turns in shows like Lost and Fringe genuinely feel like amateur hour.

Strong entertaining performances from the cast (including the dogs) and an emotional touch turn it's typical comedic premise into a touching memorable drama.

From Danny Strong, this emotional new drama follows one woman's fight in the name of the innocence.

Hall brings a worried, intelligent gravity to the central role, and if the drama doesn't stretch the actor's range in its opening hours, we know he's capable of much more, should later installments of «Safe» require a wider variety of emotional colors from him.

He is genuinely humorous (which we already knew) but he deftly handles the profoundly emotional drama, managing to single - handedly separate Star Trek Into Darkness from other recent charismatic Sci - Fi thrillers.

This acclaimed comedy / drama from former SNL head writer Chris Kelly tells the emotional story of a son (Jesse Plemons) returning home to take care of his dying mother (Molly Shannon).

From 1975's Jaws, which started the summer blockbuster phenomenon, to 2017's Academy Award - nominated The Post, Spielberg has moved audiences with his rich, emotional stories, thrilled them with some incredible action sequences; made them think with his political dramas and inspired them to explore a world beyond our own.

Overall, Battle of the Sexes is a wishy - washy emotional drama injected with some quality humor, stale sports tropes and unconvincing performances, not only from Stone but the ensemble as well.

Over the course of the three acts, the film's context evolves from social satire (set in a public space) to emotional intimacy (confined to the private space of a single room and a single bed) to domestic drama (set in the awkward private - public space of a family apartment).

Emotional beats and life lessons test De Niro's abilities at coaxing drama from the dick jokes.

He just wants to go home to his family, and the emotional punch that side of the drama builds up is every bit as palpable as the hilarity that comes from the man's reactions.

Curiously much of the stirring emotional moments comes, not from the romantic plot, but from the on - the - field «perfect game» drama.

From what I can see, though, Dear John the film seems to hit on all the emotional peaks and valleys it's supposed to, and if you're a fan of the sweet romantic drama with a melancholy ending genre, you should pull out some tissues and get ready to cry a bit.

The level of drama Danna manages to extract from this ensemble is impressive indeed: the emotional intensity of pieces like «An Agent Named Robert Hanssen» and «The Last Drop» never lets up, and is done with great skill.

In this surprisingly emotional and powerful musical drama from Damien Chazzelle, Miles Teller has grand ambitions of becoming one of the world's elite jazz drummers, and J.K. Simmons» unforgettable Fletcher has every intention of breaking those dreams into teeny, tiny little pieces.

Much anticipated items include the latest from Wash Westmoreland (Colette) and should make for an emotional preem without the departed co-creator Richard Glatzer, Debra Granik «s third feature which is no longer going by the book title of My Abandonment, Gus Van Sant (could be a tear - jerker of a drama with Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot) & Zellner Bros. with the long awaited Damsel.

Working from a traditional, cliche - filled screenplay by Christopher Cleveland, Bettina Gilois and Grant Thompson, New Zealand - born director Niki Caro («Whale Rider,» «North Country») perceptively elevates the familiar sports drama, establishing a strong emotional core, amplified by compelling performances.

Though the indie drama doesn't hide the difficulties of living with someone suffering from the illness, it too often relies on humor to shrug off the dark emotional moments that are constantly being teased.

Bigger Than Life (Criterion) Ostensibly a drama about prescription drug misuse and abuse and drawn from an article in The New Yorker, this portrait of a grade - school teacher and middle class father (played by James Mason, who also produced and helped develop the project) is as much about adult male masculinity and responsibility as a husband and father, and the pressure on him to live up to the ideal, as Rebel Without a Cause is about the emotional realities of being an American teenager.

What it gets right on paper is immediately apparent: Casting hot - ticket stars against type as crestfallen romantics struggling to cope with mental illness provides two attractive but ostensibly vacuous mainstream celebrities (Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence) the enviable opportunity to prove their worth with conspicuously «revelatory» performances; meanwhile, the fundamental seriousness of their characters» respective arcs, with Cooper hoping to control the outbursts caused by his bipolar disorder and Lawrence attempting to overcome her grief over her husband's recent death, raise the emotional stakes considerably, elevating largely light material from rote comedy to overtly «adult» drama.

Documentarian turned film director Gabriela Cowperthwaite, keeps this war thriller and emotional drama away from melodramatics.

It's a film about empathy, forgiveness and parental bonds, and another sublime low - key drama from a director who never fails to raise the emotional stakes in a subtle and sensitive manner.

«The Immigrant» Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Marion Cotillard and Jeremy Renner as directed by Playlist favorite James Gray («We Own The Night,» «Two Lovers «-RRB-, period drama «The Immigrant» screamed Oscar - contender from the outset, but it's actually quite a different animal with divergent concerns, as Harvey Weinstein found out (he pretty much dumped the movie, despite rave reviews, one of the biggest shames of 2014 so far), really more of a slow - burning emotional drama exploring the ideas of forgiveness and redemption via terrible characters that are nearly beyond salvation.

The aim is to develop emotional literacy through «wellbeing words» and creative activities from A to Z - incorporating film, art, storytelling, drama and music.

A new manga from the creator of the acclaimed A Silent Voice, featuring intimate, emotional drama and an epic story spanning time and space, To Your Eternity is a totally unique and moving manga about death, life, reincarnation, and the nature of love.

Be it drama or comedy alike, exploring existential philosophical or simply very personal ideas and thoughts on the human condition and working from deep down my own emotional pipeline.»

From Rebel Without a Cause to The Breakfast Club to American Pie, the teenage years have been synonymous in our culture with angst, rebellion, and emotional drama.

The aim is to develop emotional literacy through «wellbeing words» and creative activities from A to Z - incorporating film, art, storytelling, drama and music.