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If you're looking for an entertaining film about climate science denial, check out Merchants of Doubt instead, which happens to feature Marc Morano.

Acclaimed director Pedro Almodóvar is back with what looks like a joyously entertaining film about a group of people on an airplane facing a dangerous situation.

It's a spectacularly entertaining film about guns, money, cars and rock and roll but it also reflects the kind of deeply personal, idiosyncratic vision you don't see enough in commercial filmmaking these days.

THE KIND WORDS A perfectly entertaining film about finding your roots, and coming to terms with them.

About as rebellious as a squeaky clean Disney Channel film can get, Radio Rebel is still a relatively entertaining film about being true to yourself.

But this is a highly entertaining film about a boys love for his brother and his robot.

It pays attention to issues of racial, religious and gender discrimination without wavering from its main objective: giving us an entertaining film about a couple of guys who are in way over their heads.

There is nothing conspicuously revolutionary about the «The Kids Are All Right», a sleek, smart, enormously entertaining film about a middle - aged lesbian couple (played by Annette Bening and Julianne Moore) whose teenage kids seek out the sperm donor who is their biological father (Mark Ruffalo); it has big - name actors, a sun - dappled Los Angeles setting, and the feel of a classic Hollywood comedy at its snappiest.

An entertaining film about sobering true events, this is the story of notorious screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, who defied McCarthy's communist witch - hunt hearings in the late - 1940s and was blacklisted by Hollywood for more than a decade...

A powerful and entertaining film about a gang of girls, and what friendship means, the protection it provides.

Is it possible to make an entertaining film about the risks of Mortgage - backed Securities?

If you love blues, or just entertaining films about music in general, Crossroads is one to seek out at your local rental store when the new releases aren't satisfying enough.

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All the statistics about attendees indicate that horror films are still solid date movies» and, in an American society where an ever - increasing percentage of young men and women are staying unmarried longer and having children later, the appeal of thrills that entertain without forcing one to think too hard is expanded to a larger market.

Although it is entertaining to see whether the restaurant manager will try to dodge the reporter — yes, a manager was caught on film running away and hiding behind a wall — or lie about what happened, it's everything Van Warner says to avoid doing in a crisis.

It's a beautiful and entertaining film that will give you and your kids plenty to talk about and a clever and vivid way to understand emotions.

This custom content creation strategy was used to generate enthusiasm for the film as one that has something important (and entertaining) to say about fatherhood.

These parents decided to film one of the conversations their daughter had about Star Wars Episode IV, giving her interpretation of the entire film, which is definitely more entertaining than the official summary of the film.

Michael Winterbottom's new film is an entertaining knock - about look at social inequality, starring Russell Brand as banker basher in chief.

It was also fun meeting so many of my parents childhood friends... stories about your parents when they were teenagers is more entertaining than any oscar nominated film.

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«Looper» Movie Review By Joan Alperin Schwartz «Looper», written and directed by Rian Johnson («Brick») is an intelligent, engrossing, thought provoking, and totally entertaining, sci fi film about time - travel and what a person will or won't do to save the person they love.

Sure, the film is generally entertaining, or at least not as dry as it could have been, but there are still those fair deal of slow spells that throw you off and give you time to think about how the film is, well, kind of aimless.

For this Jonathon Demme - directed, Denzel Washington, Meryl Street and Liev Schreiber - starring remake of the 1960s film of the same name, is that rare of beasts — a film that not only manages to entertain but which also manages to challenge and provoke its audience into thinking a little deeper about the state of the world and how it is run.

To get a really good and entertaining film, you need: 1) characters you care about 2) a plot that is more than twenty words when boiled down 3) stunning action (on which Transformers delivers 4) believability and credibility And all Transformers has is eye candy.

An unusually effective film about these very unusual nutria, «Rodents of Unusual Size» is an exceptional work of non-fiction that illuminates as much as it entertains.

Two performances in Game Night stood out to me, which is an accomplishment, since everyone in the film gave memorable and entertaining performances from Magnussen's look of child - like wonder when he was right about something everyone else doubted to Horgan's quick wit and ability to quickly and naturally go from moments of honest laughter to moments of unforgettable deadpan.

As for the portions that focus on Annie's personal dramas, it's not that they're not enjoyable rather that the parts that make due on the film's title are so immensely entertaining, you'll wish the entire film had been just that, about the bridesmaids.

For my money, The Ides Of March — with its dark view of human nature and satisfyingly twisty plot — is one of the most entertaining films ever made about the political process.

In short, Wonderland is an extraordinary film, as entertaining as it is observant, about ordinary people.

Despite the problems with the characterizations and the lack of an interesting storyline, the true test for the film will likely be among pre-teen girls, who will likely find the film colorful, lively, and charming enough to be entertained by, even if they may forget all about it a week after they see it.

Director Oliver Stone provides a chatty commentary that ranges from the making of the film to the real - life Wall Street culture, and as usual he's animated and entertaining and quite passionate about it all.

Upon man meeting the man who was The Shape in Halloween IIat an intimate screening of the film in Williamsburg, Virginia (you can read about it here), I was simply in awe, not only of his entertaining storytelling style but also candid humor and unbelievably impressive wealth of tales from some of the most iconic movies sets in history.

«This a fresh and original film from Gianni Zanasi about accepting yourself and others — dramatic, amusing and entertaining with a twist of mystery,» said a jury of four European exhibitors, adjudicating the award.

And any time spent thinking about how ridiculous what they're actually talking about is, is still more entertaining than some of the antics the supporting characters get up to, be it John Malkovich trying to kung fu a robot or a former Special Forces soldier complaining stress or all the running he was having to do, or dear God anything having to do with Sam's parents who offer nothing to the film but reminders why they shouldn't be in it.

Her attempts to get back inside run the gamut from the wild (something about fireworks) to the simple (just finding an open door), but Union relishes each one, and there's nothing more entertaining in the film than watching her face move from bafflement to anger in a split second.

Though the film is not really about the historic Idi Amin, it is an entertaining film for a couple of reasons: one, Forest Whitaker, and, two, the fact that the movie was shot in Kampala, Uganda.

It's a thunderously entertaining film with powerfully thoughtful themes about the blurry nature of good and evil.

In spite of its failings on the dramatic level, Disco is still a very entertaining film, thanks to an appealing cast (which also includes Beckinsale's Much Ado About Nothing love interest, Robert Sean Leonard, and a briefly - seen Jennifer Beals) and those wordy discussions.

Garland is very intelligent and he knows that the film needs to be entertaining, seductive enough to draw you in, but provocative enough so that it doesn't fail at making the audience think about what they're watching.

As with Sideways and About Schmidt, Payne finds clever ways to blend sharp comedy and warm drama to create a seriously involving and entertaining film.

Part heist flick and part history lesson, Closer to the Moon is best viewed as an entertaining, albeit flawed, entry in the sub-sub-genre of films about the aftermath of WWII.

It isn't difficult to imagine it generating a wildly entertaining film as a small production where there isn't a huge budget to worry about recouping, and where the creators could therefore go crazy with ideas.

The difference is that Marschz's play appears to be a result of his strained relationship with his father (a particularly tacky remark about being molested provides one of the film's more cringe - worthy moments), and it's more a cry for help than an attempt to entertain.

These filmmakers may be guilty of being fanatical about football but, for a narrative documentary, this is a remarkably entertaining film even for non-fans.

It cared about the subject matter and I think Vaughn conveyed this decently and made an overall entertaining enough film.

«Air Attack: Firefighters From The Sky» is a fun and entertaining behind - the - scene look at the real life inspiration for the film with Director Roberts Gannaway and Producer Ferrell Barron talking about the making of.

The new Fright Night, which remakes and updates Tom Holland's enduring and entertaining 1985 film about a high school kid who finds that a vampire has moved into the house next door, is about vampires and feelings, but not vampires with feelings.

Although about the humble roots of hip hop and b - boyism, the makers of the film have a more grandiose spectacle for its subject matter in mind, featuring some manufactured melodramatic elements, culminating in a farfetched song - and - breakdance concert featuring Melle Mel and the Furious Five (recently broken up with Grandmaster Flash) and future Rolling Stones back - up vocalist Bernard Fowler's gospel chorus entertaining a packed hall of enthused aficionados.

Lastly is the formidably entertaining «Mechanics: Technologies of a Fantastic World» (17 mins., HD), in which James Kakalios, a Minnesota - based physics professor who served as technical advisor on Watchmen as part of the National Academy of Sciences and Engineering's «Hollywood matchmaking» program, talks about the credibility or lack thereof of the film's science.

Even when I'm not crazy about a particular film of his — or, say, anything he's done since 1995 — I just can't put him down too harshly, because he has the energetic and fun spirit of a guy who genuinely likes entertaining horror flicks.