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I encourage anyone who wants to watch a thoroughly engaging film who has yet to see Spielberg's near - masterpiece to devote some time out of their day to this one.

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DB will have wasted more than a year engaged with a surreal investor who has disappeared into the mist like a character in a bad Chinese martial arts film.

This is a conversation worth having and you can have it if you engage with this film and those who see it.

James Dashner, the author of «The Maze Runner,» a top - selling dystopian science fiction series that was turned into a film trilogy, has been dropped by his publisher, Random House, due to his inclusion on a list of authors who allegedly engaged in harassment.

But my favorite person here is Crothers» Dick Hallorann, who provides the most engaging performance throughout the film.

In one of the film's most poignant scenes, the pregnant Theresa, who still has a soft spot for Tommy, replays home videos of a raucous Christmas gathering at which Tommy and Rob engaged in some friendly roughhousing that in retrospect seems ominous.

This independent film concerns three married couples who engage in wife - swapping in suburbia.

Pieced together like a crime picture, but marked with the bloody thumbprint of the horror genre, the film tells of newly engaged couple Sam (Harriet Dyer) and Ian (Ian Meadows), who discover an abandoned tent and evidence of a multiple murder.

Even when the film gears up for one of its many tonal shifts, from its Old Boy-esque hallway action set - piece in a lavish upmarket Georgian town house, to its intense abandoned warehouse finale with The Businessman (William Houston)-- who seemed to be channelling the foreboding gunslinger in Westworld, ensures the film has a wonderfully rich and engaging backdrop throughout.

As the first film shot in Atikamekw, a dialect of the Algonquian Cree language, it is an engaging portrait of a young man who finds himself in an awful situation, one in which he's forced to come to terms with his actions.

She raves: «I take comfort in knowing that we have a director who thoroughly understands and is willing to deeply engage with the social realism of today's America, one film at a time.»

And while the storyline, characters and sets could only come from the quirky imaginations of the Coen brothers, the film remains critical and engaged with the world we live in — a world where the little guy struggles to change their own tough situation, let alone the world at large, and the big ones who don't give a damn.

3 1/2 stars Story: Animated film about a teen girl who discovers a tiny world of forest creatures engaged in a constant battle between good and evil.

Actress Scarlett Johansson plays another character that engages in ill - advised romance in the film In Good Company and Hugh Jackman plays a wealthy gentleman who discovers there is almost a century between himself and the love of his life in the movie Kate and Leopold.

Maybe my expectations were duly lowered but director Francis Lawrence, who took over the series from filmmaker Gary Ross and raised the bar, and screenwriters Peter Craig and Danny Strong turn out a surprisingly engaging film about rebellion, propaganda, media, and the emotional and psychological scars of war, all seen from the point of view of a young woman (Jennifer Lawrence) who becomes a symbol of resistance simply by surviving with courage, dignity, and compassion.

Formerly known as that blonde girl who was once engaged to Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow has made a name for herself without the help of past beaus (Pitt and Ben Affleck) by maturing from Hollywood's princess into one of today's more classier actresses, willing to take a chance on smaller art films for the improvement of her career rather than her bank account.

It even has engaging (not to say great) performances, especially from a creepy Merritt Butrick (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan), a cool Rosalind Cash (The Omega Man) as a cop, and Brenda Bakke (later in L.A. Confidential), who spends much of the film emoting with bandages covering her eyes.

Yelchin, typically an engaging performer who wears his vulnerabilities on his sleeve (see Green Room for reference) is distant in the film, delivering lines in a monotonous droll.

The largely interior, dialogue intensive picture sometimes veers into feeling like a TV movie (not helped by Howard Shore «s often overbearing, obvious score) with its static visuals, but strong turns by Del Toro and Amalric (who thankfully ditches a sea of quirks early on and settles into the part) at least keep things engaging, even if the narrative remains stuck in neutral for large chunks of the film.

In the film, Weisz is mesmerizing as Hester, the middle (ish)- aged wife of a much older judge (played by Simon Russell Beale) who engages in a doomed but passionate affair with Freddie, a young RAF pilot (played by Tom Hiddleston).

Film Journal International's Maitland McDonagh called the film «A slog of a movie, an instantly forgettable rehash of genre rehashes that isn't even engaging on a «Who done it?»

All three characters engage in the kind of sexual practices and dizzying social behaviour that will ensure viewers stick around for every minute of the eight episodes, the first two of which are being directed by James Kent — who made the film Testament Of Youth with Alicia Vikander.

This event gives film fans a unique opportunity to engage in a live question and answer discussion with Steven Spielberg and Academy Award winner Daniel Day - Lewis, who portrays President Lincoln, by submitting questions via Twitter using the hashtag #Lincolnmovie.

The film is the latest release from acclaimed filmmaker Martin McDonagh (In Bruges) and stars Frances McDormand as a woman who goes to war with local police, as she engages in a quest to avenge her daughter's murder.

But it's Emily Blunt who steals this uneven but engaging film, bringing sly humour and warmth to her portrayal of the baker's flaky but resourceful spouse.

If you're the type who likes small, independent films full of colorful characters engaged in extraneous conversations, The Daytrippers may be right up your alley.

Shane Black, a bright, experienced screenwriter directing his second movie, is an anonymous leader of a vast technical army, and the film's saving graces are Downey's Stark, a charming neurotic; Rebecca Hall, an old flame who seems to have taken a wrong turn but is infinitely more engaging than Stark's tiresome current girlfriend Gwyneth Paltrow; and especially Ben Kingsley, a big surprise in every sense as the villainous «Mandarin», his best performance since Sexy Beast.

The $ 20 million film stars Charlie Day and Ice Cube as a pair of schoolteachers who engage in a no - holds - barred brawl on the last day of the school year.

«It has always been my intent to find an engaged distribution partner who deeply understands the wide reach of the project, not just as a film but also for the impact it can have on a larger global conversation,» Fox explained in a statement.

Luke Wilson plays Mitch, a real estate lawyer who discovers at the beginning of the film that his girlfriend has been engaged in some serious extra-curricular activities.

Starring Hemlock Grove's Kaniehtiio Horn — a First Nations Mohawk who grew up on the Kahnawake Reserve — as a Mohawk woman driven to violence by soldiers» assault on her family and her ancestral home in early 19th - century New York, the film engages with the horrors of American history in an uncommonly blunt way, using them to tell a tale of supernaturally tinged revenge.

It is also recommended for those who enjoy offbeat films, and even if the meanings of the films aren't always clear, the fact that you're watching something that feels important and refreshing will probably keep you engaged, despite the perplexing nature of what it's all supposed to mean.

«A lot of it is about who inspired these filmmakers, and we're thrilled that people like Werner Herzog and Bret Easton Ellis were open to engaging in conversations about films that are not theirs.»

The film similarly follows a group of married guys who throw a bachelor party for their engaged friend, but find themselves fractured when two of them fall for the same lounge singer, who will be played by Oscar winner Mary Steenburgen.

The film is a romantic comedy that follows a family traveling to the titular city for business, including a young engaged couple who have their lives transformed throughout the journey.

And as film criticism written by passionately engaged people with actual knowledge of film history has gradually faded from the scene, it seems like there are more and more voices out there engaged in pure judgmentalism, people who seem to take pleasure in seeing films and filmmakers rejected, dismissed and in some cases ripped to shreds.

Working closely with screenwriters Hampton Fancher (who co-wrote Ridley Scott's original Blade Runner back in 1982) and Michael Green (2017's Logan, already on this very list), and his sensational cinematographer Roger Deakins, visionary Canadian film director Denis Villeneuve did the near impossible task of following up Scott's Blade Runner with a sequel that retains much of the tactile splendor and future noir poetry of the original while manufacturing an objet d'art that is perhaps even more emotionally engaging and narratively a more complete experience.

Closing Night It Stains the Sand Red Colin Minahan, USA, 2016, 92m The solo feature directorial debut of Colin Minahan, one half of the Vicious Brothers (Grave Encounters, Extraterrestrial), makes his strongest impression yet with this engaging, visually striking film, set during apocalyptic times, about a woman, Molly (a fearless Brittany Allen), who finds herself stranded in the desert after her dumbass boyfriend is killed by a zombie.

Tither - Kaplan, who has starred in several films directed by Franco, told the LA Times that the actor - director had engaged in an «abuse of power» on the set of his films, alleging that during one sex scene Franco removed protective plastic guards covering the genitalia of female actors while simulating oral sex with them.

Knowing that, however, does not change the fact that the film proves engaging and compelling, particularly in examining the culture clash of Squanto and the monks who take him in.

In the earlier film O'Neal was engaged in a battle of wits with an insurance investigator (Warren Oates), very much a model of his former, straight self, who has sworn to nail him; here he is up against a manic police detective (Bruce Dern) determined to do the same, and to break the law if he has to to get the job done.

Still a moving, exceptionally produced social study on family, Fox Home Video had the good sense to add Ford biographer Joseph McBride, who gives a warm, engaging, and superb lecture on the film that alone is worth the price of the disc.

1 of DigitMovies» Mario Bava Soundtrack Anthology series assembles two scores by Roberto Nicolosi, a composer who had the misfortune of having his score for Bava's breakthrough film, Black Sunday, junked from the English release version when AIP bought the rights, and engaged staff composer Les Baxter to rescore the film.

The film already boasts Jesse Eisenberg and Melanie Laurent in the tale of a crack squad of FBI agents engaged in a cat - and - mouse game with a group of the world's top illusionists, who pull off daring bank raids during their shows.

Both films take the form of curdled dark comedies about raging misanthropes who abuse their positions of authority — or at least their power over small children, since drunken mall Santas and Chicago's public - school teachers both lack real power — to engage in criminal schemes.

is a nice, small film with good performances and engaging direction, worth the trip for those who love fact - based historical dramas with lots of sweeping shots of the landscape, and who are more interested in the little personal stories than the great historical ones found in all the text books.

Actor Oliver Phelps, who played one half of the Weasley twins in the films said Rickman was «a funny and engaging person who put a young shy actor at ease when I was on HP».

Rabbit - Proof Fence is a nice, small film with good performances and engaging direction, worth the trip for those who love fact - based historical dramas with lots of sweeping shots of the landscape, and who are more interested in the little personal stories than the great historical ones found in all the text books.

I personally caught it at TIFF and gave a full point more than our Tommaso Tocci, who out of Venice made the comparison between his debut and now this sophomore film citing «he returns with a much more complex and layered three - part drama that nonetheless retains the urgency and authenticity of Maoz's desire to engage with his own experience of war.»

It features a terrific lead performance by Nicolas Cage as a man at war with himself, an equally compelling supporting performance by up - and - comer Tye Sheridan (so engaging in Mud), and a riveting art - imitating - life performance by real - life homeless alcoholic Gary Poulter (who drowned in a lake before the film was released).