Sentences with phrase «epic war film»

Jeremy Irvine, an English actor, debuted in Hollywood with Steven Spielberg epic war film directorial War Horse.

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American actor Mark Hamill became famous for his role as Luke Skywalker in the epic film «Star Wars,» as well as its sequels «The Empire Strikes Back,» «Return of the Jedi» and «The Force Awakens.»
With the new Star Wars film, Rogue One, in cinemas and the F1 2016 season having just come to an end, surely it's the perfect time to crossover the two with some epic concept renders?
The tale of the Trojan War has captivated generations of audiences while evolving from its origins as an oral epic to written versions and, finally, to several film adaptations.
Much like his other epic films about war, Spielberg paints a picture words can never portray.
Two potentially higher - profile films, the disco period film 54 (1998) and Ang Lee's Civil War epic Ride With the Devil (1999), failed to make a positive impression on critics and audiences.Ruffalo's luck began to change, however, when he was cast in an off - Broadway production of This Is Our Youth.
As a standalone film, The Phantom Menace probably won't appeal to kids raised on rapid editing and epic explosions, nor does it work as an introduction to the Star Wars universe.
During his unprecedented twenty - seven - year tenure at Warner Bros., he directed swashbuckling adventures, westerns, musicals, war epics, historical dramas, horror films, melodramas, comedies, and film noir masterpieces.
The light - saber battle with Lord Vader at the end is epic, and it is a film that will leave you craving for the next development in the world of Star Wars.
A solid piece of storytelling that doesn't pander, skips the usual POW stereotypes and allows the film to work reasonably well as an epic of war, a survival story, a prison thriller, a murder mystery and a courtroom drama.
While Christopher Nolan has enlisted a number of A-list stars for his upcoming World War II epic Dunkirk, 19 - year - old newcomer Fionn Whitehead (Him) is set to take on the lead role in his feature film debut, and Entertainment Weekly has released a new image of his character, the young British soldier Collins; check it out here... -LSB-...]
Steven Spielberg's film is less a war epic than a love story between a boy and his horse, a throwback to the sort of film Hollywood does make anymore, but that Spielberg has mounted with stunning beauty.
With a little over three weeks to go until Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk arrives in cinemas, a new poster has arrived online for the hotly - anticipated World War II epic featuring Fionn Whitehead; take a look below... SEE ALSO: Dunkirk will be Christopher Nolan's shortest film since Following «Dunkirk opens as hundreds of thousands of British and -LSB-...]
Already adapted once in 1955 by Elia Kazan, with the classic film starring James Dean, this version will span two films to tell the epic saga of the Hamilton and Trask families, and their interlocking stories that span from the start of the 20th century through World War I.
After a little more than half a month of its release, Disney and Marvel's epic superhero film Avengers: Infinity War has become the fifth highest worldwide earner in the history of cinema.
In Lucasfilm's Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the Skywalker saga continues as the heroes of The Force Awakens join the galactic legends in an epic adventure that unlocks age - old mysteries of the Force and shocking revelations of the past.The film stars Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong» o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie, Kelly Marie Tran, Laura Dern and Benicio Del Toro.
A culmination of 10 years and 18 movies, bringing together an enormous cast and running at a bulky 2 hrs 30 min, Infinity War is nothing if not epic, ambitious and experimental (for a Marvel film).
Not only are «Get Out,» «The Shape of Water» and «Blade Runner 2049» some of the very best films of 2017, but from the no - budget indie realm («Prevenge,» «A Ghost Story,» «Transfiguration,» «Raw») to expensive studio epic scale («War for the Planet of the Apes,» «Kong: Skull Island») and newly blazed ground out of the predominantly formulaic superhero («Logan,» «Wonder Woman,» «LEGO Batman») and Star Wars («The Last Jedi») factory farms, fantasy filmmakers tried their hardest to be smart, visually adroit, sometimes startlingly innovative and — strangest of all for this escapist format — humanely, emotionally credible.
It doesn't take long for Hughes, with his passion for airplanes, to jump from producer to director of his first major film project, a World War I air epic called Hell's Angels, which took three years to complete thanks to the shift from silent to sound filming and Hughes» relentless perfectionism.
His character, Lazarus, is a «very serious Oscar - winning actor» who is cast for a role originally written for a black man in the most expensive Vietnam war epic ever filmed.
Yimou's last feature film was the big - budget Chinese epic The Flowers of War, starring Christian Bale.
After the Australian master broke out to the global film community with 1975's atmospheric «Picnic at Hanging Rock,» followed by 1977's «The Last Wave,» he expanded his horizons with war epic «Gallipoli» and Indonesia - set «The Year of Living Dangerously,» starring an emerging Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver.
You'd be forgiven for thinking Avengers: Infinity War was the be-all and end - all of Marvel Studios» movie plans - it's hard to look past a superhero crossover epic that big - but now that the film has been out for a while, I'm hear to tell you that there's actually plenty of new Marvel movies coming soon.
God of War Not Rated Rotten Tomatoes Score: 88 % On DVD and Blu - ray I do love me some big Asian epics so I was ready to dive into this lavishly produced film about a 16th century war between Japanese pirates and the Chinese as the pirates attempt to invade the Chinese coastliWar Not Rated Rotten Tomatoes Score: 88 % On DVD and Blu - ray I do love me some big Asian epics so I was ready to dive into this lavishly produced film about a 16th century war between Japanese pirates and the Chinese as the pirates attempt to invade the Chinese coastliwar between Japanese pirates and the Chinese as the pirates attempt to invade the Chinese coastline.
As a piece of epic sci - fi, it's a good way to spend two hours, if only because it's so rare that such films get made (outside of Star Wars / Star Trek anyway).
Today, we have two new Underworld: Blood Wars trailers for your viewing pleasure, which show off the films epic special effects and intense action scenes.
Almost a pseudo Avengers film, this impending epic sees the beloved Civil War comic storyline adapted for the screen, another milestone / seminal moment for superhero cinema and its fans.
There are also those who classify Anthony Minghella «s «Cold Mountain» as a western, in which case it could qualify, but it feels more of a war film / epic journey / love story to us.
takes us back to many different genres of filmmaking from the 1940s, including historical epics, war films, musicals — tap dancing Frank Sinatra musicals and Esther Williams musicals with vibrant colors, rich black and whites — all the while allowing Deakins to do what he always does with any movie he's working on whether it's the shittiest film you've ever seen or the best — making it 100 % better just by having shot it.
«Entertainment Tonight» will premiere the first trailer for Paramount's epic zombie film «World War Z» on Thursday, but they've already posted up the first footage of the Marc Forster - directed project.From the single protagonist in Pitt to the very CG...
Not the typical super hero film, TDKR is part war epic, part tragic drama.
Peter Weir has broken his six year film dormancy by kicking off principal photography on his next project, World War II Siberian exile epic The Way Back.
Based on the screenplay of the eagerly anticipated final film in George Lucas's epic saga, bestselling Star Wars author Matthew Stover's novel crackles with action, captures the iconic characters in all their complexity, and brings a space opera masterpiece full circle in stunning style.
The film is nicely balanced between sweet fish - out - of - water comedy and frantic interstellar epic, and includes a surprisingly frank allegorical treatment of 9/11 and the ensuing wars in the Middle East.
An environmental sci - fi epic about resource wars involving a precious commodity known as melange, the book was philosophical and dense; the film would be head - trippy, mind - expanding.
Filming for «Avengers: Infinity War» is officially underway, and Robert Downey Jr. premiered a first look video Friday at the epic production.
Filming for the Marvel blockbuster Avengers: Infinity War is officially underway, and Robert Downey Jr., who plays Iron Man in the series, premiered a first look video Friday at the epic production.
The fact that these guys are movie fans and decide to film the scenes as tropes from gangster movies or war epics or musicals is something else.
Despite it, the story feels like small potatoes in comparison to other war epics to grace the silver screen, more a personal quest to solve a mystery and redeem the family name, and along those lines, the film does work so long as you see it as a simple tale of valor.
World War Z wants to be a little bit of everything — a tense, edge - of - your - seat thriller, a star - powered summer blockbuster and chaotic zombie epic, but ultimately like the film's antagonists, I didn't leave out feel very satisfied at all.
Will Mackenzie be able to match the epic nature demanded of a war film of this nature and will Chris Pine be up for the accent?
But make no mistake, this is no soft, touchy - feely enterprise but a tough war epic, and the film accordingly has a stunning and spectacular look.
Of course, true film lovers believe an epic World War II era drama deserves to be seen on the big screen, and since Mudbound will be shown in select cinemas, I suggest you make the effort to see it there if you can.
Before she was starring in world - shattering big - screen epics like «Avengers: Age of Ultron» and «Captain America: Civil War,» Elizabeth Olsen made her mark in independent films like «Martha Marcy May Marlene» and «Kill Your Darlings.»
In the upcoming war film, «The Ottoman Lieutenant,» the epic love story shows how the two strong - willed members of the war effort must decide who they should prove their loyalty to - their respective countries or each other - and how they can survive after experiencing such a strong connection.
The Avengers: Infinity War - themed mode, which lets players take control of Thanos, the film's antagonist, has proven popular with players, but a few complaint threads on Reddit convinced Epic to go back and reevaluate just how strong the Mad Titan is in Fortnite.
When the studio originally announced their Phase 3 slate, it was assumed that the films released between Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers 4 would take place between the epic two - parter.
Thandie is set to impress audiences once again as the mysterious Val in Solo: AStar Wars Story, the latest film in the epic space opera franchise.
Avengers: Infinity War may be the first superhero film to match the scale of epic films like the Lord of the Rings and Star Wars.
It was only a few years prior that Star Wars set the world aflame and with its success they think a new space epic would be a good film to sell to the Iranian government.
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