Sentences with phrase «event film opening»

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Set in 1959, the narrator reflects back on the events from the present, highlighting the novelty of the encounter in the film's opening line: «I was twelve going on thirteen the first time I saw a dead human being.»

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«The film is very much about family, specifically the importance of remembering family and passing along stories to future generations so that people aren't forgotten and lost to time,» director Lee Unkrich told Vanity Fair at the Morelia International Film Festival in Mexico on Friday evening, where the picture opened the event with its world premiere.

The main contradiction to all of this praise, of course, is that the events that occurred in the first film (like killing off the entire team in the opening mission) lead to the less - than - impressive sequel.

Opening with a disclaimer that merely reinforces audience suspicions that the purportedly «fictitious» film is a thinly veiled account of actual events, «Belgica» takes its name from the crappy bar where nearly the entire story takes place.

So far Venice has revealed its opening night film, the Jake Gyllenhaal - led survival drama Everest, and an out - of - competition screening for Scott Cooper's Johnny Depp vehicle Black Mass, while Telluride won't announce its lineup until shortly before the annual event launches on 4 September.

In the film's opening moments, Kwon drops a bundle of letters sent by Mori, which is Hong's narrative justification for jumbling the chronology of events and exploring, once again, the fickleness of memory, perception and affection.

12 Years A Slave opens is now playing, I screened it as part of the 51st New York Film Festival, you can read our red carpet coverage from the event with an interview from the film's star Michael Fassbender.

As the film opens, she is at her mother's funeral, a key event that leads to a life change.

The film starts off with some awkward, painfully lame flashback scenes of Kyle's childhood and transitions into an opening act that is loaded with full - on patriotism that sees him go to war to get back at the people who brought suffering to our doorstep in the events of 9/11 (he was already enlisted, but if we believe the film that decision was also motivated by seeing news footage of American lives being taken), but one of the most interesting surprises is how balanced it eventually becomes and how we see the way that Kyle's actions negatively impact others and how even he begins to question his commitment to the cause, despite the fact that he would never vocalize it.

After the near miss of the film's opening, in 1943 the 26 - year - old Louis suffers through a more prolonged, relentlessly life - threatening series of unfortunate events.

The film bravely opens with an event for which Brown is arguably better known (certainly in lower brow circles) than for his entire discography combined, that being the drug - addled police - chase he embarked on in the days following his son's death in 1988.

«The choice of this film may seem surprising, given the rules generally applied to the Festival de Cannes Opening Ceremony,» explains Thierry Frémaux, Event Director.

That's not entirely the case but don't get me wrong, there is much to enjoy here in terms of its humour, it's vibrant well - drawn characters and its colourful palette but this opening actually serves as irony to the events that take place throughout the film.

With Montrealer Jay Baruchel heading up opening film THE SORCERER»S APPRENTICE, and SCOTT PILGRIM coming in at the festival's tail end, the Canadians are representing in a major way at this year's event!

Festival Passes (# 150) and VIP Passes for the event — including 10 free tickets and Picturehouse members» rates for additional films — go on sale from Thursday 5th May, with priority booking for both Picturehouse Members and pass - holders open on Friday 6th May.

The Cannes Film Festival is opening with a Spanish - language film — a psychological thriller starring Penelope Cruz — the first time since 2004 that the star - studded event is kicking off with a movie that's not in English or French.

In a real sense, it's a film about perceptual reality, and as the plague inevitably breaks out again in an American - run, Ellis Island-esque NATO outpost, Fresnadillo's escalation of the events from an observation room to a subway tunnel to an open air carnival (with a brief stop in - between for an American helicopter to one - up Robert Rodriguez amidst a horde of zombies) demonstrates a firm handle on how to intersperse God's - eye perspective with impossible - to - assimilate ground - level chaos.

The film opens on a quick recap of the big early events of Genesis through the fall of Man, leading into a quick prologue wherein Noah as a young man sees his father murdered by descendants of Cain.

Extras include an alternate opening that recaps the events of The Exorcist through freeze - frames and Burton voiceover — a 2 - minute prologue whipped up for the TV version of the film; teaser and theatrical trailers for Exorcist II: The Heretic; and filmographies for Blair, Burton, Boorman, and screenwriter William Goodhart.

This year's CinemaCon event in Las Vegas opened up the visibility to this year's Oscar race a bit, giving us peeks at a handful of as - of - yet unseen films and some films that aren't even finished with production yet.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening October 24, 2008 BIG BUDGET FILMS Changeling (R for profanity, violence and disturbing content) Clint Eastwood directs this psychological thriller, set in L.A., inspired by events arising in 1928 during a real life case involving a single - mom (Angelina Jolie) whose hopes for the safe return of her kidnapped nine year - old (Gattlin Griffith) were seemingly answered but then dashed when she realized that the boy brought to her was not hOPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening October 24, 2008 BIG BUDGET FILMS Changeling (R for profanity, violence and disturbing content) Clint Eastwood directs this psychological thriller, set in L.A., inspired by events arising in 1928 during a real life case involving a single - mom (Angelina Jolie) whose hopes for the safe return of her kidnapped nine year - old (Gattlin Griffith) were seemingly answered but then dashed when she realized that the boy brought to her was not hopening October 24, 2008 BIG BUDGET FILMS Changeling (R for profanity, violence and disturbing content) Clint Eastwood directs this psychological thriller, set in L.A., inspired by events arising in 1928 during a real life case involving a single - mom (Angelina Jolie) whose hopes for the safe return of her kidnapped nine year - old (Gattlin Griffith) were seemingly answered but then dashed when she realized that the boy brought to her was not her son.

Unlike those other two James films, which focus as much or more on James's killer, this film is more of a straight biopic, as, after a opening sequence establishing a robbery gone wrong and James's mother lying sick in bed, various characters relate the major events of James's life in 15 minute episodes.

Marvel's highly - anticipated crossover event film Avengers: Infinity War has taken the world by storm, its opening weekend box office now hailed as the biggest worldwide opening of all time.

Blunt begins the film looking open and unformed, but her face subtly transforms throughout the course of the film, as if events altered her outside as well as in.

The movie, which opens Friday but made its Houston debut Saturday night as part of a day - long community event celebrating the film sponsored by the Houston Museum of African American Culture that also included a welcome from Democratic congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, actually has its start in «Captain America: Civil War» two years ago.

The film opens with her mother's funeral, an initially anxiety - inducing event that soon allows Doris to embrace new opportunities, aided by a talk given by a self - help guru (Peter Gallagher in a cameo, offering such cheesy advice as reading «impossible» as «I'm possible»).

Several of the Harry Potter film stars including actor Daniel Radcliffe were on hand for a celebrity event to kick off the grand opening celebration for the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando.

Empire State made its world premiere as GIFF's opening night feature, while festival darling, The Iceman, was one of the last films to screen on the fest's closing night event.

Its irony turns grotesque if you remember the film's opening text: «Inspired by true events.»

«The Pyramid,» Dec. 5 Some of the most compelling horror films are the ones rooted in actual events, for example, the deaths of archeologists who after opening King Tutankhamen's tomb were said to be cursed.

The popular annual film event, which showcases cutting - edge cinema, launches with the opening - night drama «The Grand Seduction,» a remake starring Brendan Gleeson and Taylor Kitsch.

After the opening credits sequence, the film opens to the events leading up to that dramatic confrontation, where we find another surprise; the woman in the prologue is Ethan Hunt's fiancée, a doctor named Lindsey Ferris (Monaghan, North Country).

The film moves back and forth between events, opening with an interview with an unnamed journalist (Billy Crudup, «Spotlight») modeled after Theodore White.

Lancaster is a quiet gas station attendant killed in the opening of the film by two hitmen — the events that lead up to his death (involving, among other things, a classic femme fatale played by Ava Gardner) are told in flashback throughout the rest of the film.

He opens the film with a quote from Andy Warhol about Keane's art, and how its popularity must presuppose some baseline artistic quality (this comes after the infamous «based on true events» title card), but does not do enough to flesh out the two external antagonists.

For Gavin, despite the film being somewhat based on real events and in fact on him, he is incredible open.

The film opens with a bang as Janet points her gun directly at the camera to an unseen figure, only to flashback to show us how the sequence of events came to conclude so shockingly.

Sofia Coppola's debut film was a true event in arthouse cinema in 1999 (when it premiered at Cannes) and 2000 (when it opened stateside).

Open to: Young film critics or journalists — Fluent in English (in writing and speaking); — Eager to report on films screened at the Berlin International Film Festival and on events held during the Berlinale Talents 2015; — Having published articles in newspapers, film magazines, on websites or at universities.

The event was captured by various cell phones from bystanders to the event, and as the film opens, we see the real - life footage from one of them, as the Bay Area Rapid Transit officers are standing over several seated young men they've detained at the Fruitvale station in Oakland's subway.

According to Variety, this film about a married couple that opened the first legal brothel in Nevada is based on real events.

The fest opens at 7 p.m. Thursday with a red carpet event featuring a screening of «Blaze,» a new film co-written by Ethan Hawke.

But, of course, what makes this film that is (per the opening titles) «inspired by real events» certain to inspire future real events is the enduring legacy of the Airmen.

From its opening image (wherein a tried - and - true «Based on actual events» crawl is slowly blacked out to reveal the film's title), Redacted revels in a mixed, often muddled sense o...

Set a few years after the events of that film, it sees Cap semi-settled in the modern world (though he's still catching up on the seven decades or so he missed), and working special ops for S.H.I.E.L.D alongside Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Brock Rumlow (Frank Grillo), reclaiming a hijacked vessel in the opening scenes.

«Blade Runner 2» is slated to open opposite a Marvel - related event film from 20th Century Fox, which previously had «Gambit» opening on that date.

The film opens with a designation — «An educational experience... filmed by J.L. Guerin» — that downplays directorial solicitation, as though the proceeding events are merely recorded by an impartial filmmaker for the purposes of posterity.

The film's conclusion may be a bit too open - ended and upbeat (a crucial event in the novel has been left out), leading viewers to infer that she has «found herself.»

Historically, good films choose not to place their openings during Super Bowl weekend in order to not be humbly defeated by the number one watched TV event of the year.