Sentences with phrase «events of the film even»

One can almost forget what the man has done before the main events of the film even start, but his acts inform and haunt the movie to the end.

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A similar case to EuropaCorp's «Kursk,» the true story of a Russian submarine that sank in the Barents Sea in 2000 and killed everyone on board; though Putin had a significant role in the events, appears in the source material of Robert Moore's best - seller «A Time to Die,» and even featured in early versions of the screenplay, he's nowhere to be found in the finished film.

News, sports events, dramas, situation comedies, musicals, soap operas, documentaries, full - length feature films, even the weather report — all are providing part of the mass media «s mythic world.

The immediacy of the film, however, tends to make these events appear contrived and even mechanical.

They also offer special events on Thursday evenings when the museum is free to Illinois residents from 5 - 8 p.m. Examples of programming include concerts, film screenings, lectures and artist conversations.

Depending on what night you choose or what time of day you go along, you could be enjoying a play, a theatre show, a film, a gig, a comedy, a dance event or even an art exhibition.

Sugar Club is Dublin's most creative nightspot, where the very slick theatre - style venue hosts an array of events from music to comedy to classic film - themed nights and there's even some saucy cabaret and sexy burlesque dancing shows to heat up your evening.

Nevertheless, even though the etirety of the movie focuses on the events of one man, the overall scope of the film is certainly impressive.

And although nothing terribly exciting happens throughout the film we still hope for Nazneen to live a happier life and follow her story, as the events of 9/11 make her life even a little more complicated.

But he never gets overenthusiastic for big events; even with 2001's always magnificent sometimes dramatic choice of music, the visual pacing of the film never changes.

«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.

True Story isn't exactly a graphic film, but it's definitely an unsettling one that explains such events in a brutal matter, while also playing with the idea of truth and how far people will go to expose it or even bend it in their favor.

These aspects provide the film with a novel focus, even though all of its events are entirely predictable.

The Second Mother also eases the tone to make its events less caustic and bruising to those involved, meaning the film's initial, impending sense of dread is eventually discarded in favor of peppier resolutions, even though its economic concerns haven't been so much resolved as temporarily brushed aside to provide an illusory, optimistic capper.

Like most of Mr. Ferrara's films, The Blackout takes place in a trance state — events are fuzzy, line readings even fuzzier.

It's uncertain if the film even has a firm opinion of our sitting president, for with Sawyer's reductive preachings about a stereotypical black upbringing, and actions to end a «limitless war on terror» that plainly contradict current events, the movie is both a simplistic Obama insult and an aspirational Obama fantasy (and if you don't think it's channeling our real - life president, look no further than the Easter egg of Nicorette gum, which Sawyer keeps in his own nightstand).

Well, in the case of Avengers: Infinity War, we get a solidly entertaining event film that still may leave viewers wanting more, even if they're unsure what more the writers and directors could have done.

While the stakes involved may be high, this dramatization yields low returns as a film, and with a helping heaping of embellishments, it isn't even worthwhile as a realistic account of events.

Another thing that was a bit off - putting (and I mean this in a strictly historical and filmcraft way), the film seemed to go out of its way to stamp our current morals, mores and politically - correct culture to events supposedly taking place in 18th - Century France (with minorities holding high positions in the Parisian Court and even an openly gay character introduced).

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.

Also, if the plot of Halloween Returns does in fact connect to the events of the 1981 Halloween II, as reported but not yet confirmed, it makes even more since to involve Howarth, who worked with Carpenter on that film's soundtrack.

Even as someone born in England with half of my heritage still residing there, I personally never even knew that this alliance had existed until the arrival of Pride, the new film from director Matthew Warchus depicting the events that took place as the LGSM worked to help the strikEven as someone born in England with half of my heritage still residing there, I personally never even knew that this alliance had existed until the arrival of Pride, the new film from director Matthew Warchus depicting the events that took place as the LGSM worked to help the strikeven knew that this alliance had existed until the arrival of Pride, the new film from director Matthew Warchus depicting the events that took place as the LGSM worked to help the strikers.

The best thing about the film, though, is that even though it's all about real events and real people, it still feels like a very well - written piece of fiction — not to say it feels unrealistic, it's more to say that the characters are more developed and intriguing than in most biopics.

Anorak: «The film flows at a good pace, and even without the fantasy action pieces every 20 minutes the events transpiring in the whorehouse world are captivating in and of themselves.»

But though Kassovitz sticks to black - and - white in the body of the film - black - and - white still says verite to us, even though news footage is now invariably in colour - he doesn't restrict the camera's role to passively registering events.

Perhaps even mentioning Cloverfield kills the best twist (the fun of the movie is trying to figure out if an apocalypse has actually happened or not, but assuming the events of the first film are the catalyst Goodman mentions, that mystery is answered before we even begin), but the characters sell the emotional struggle of their own ignorance.

M. Night Shyamalan's 2000 superhero movie Unbreakable is the rare film that's still cool to like, even if it wasn't a commercial or critical smash on its original release, but due to an unfortunate series of events that can only be described as «his next few movies,» Shyamalan has had trouble recreating that level of...

Did it help, say, «Argo» that we knew a man named Tony Mendez wasn't simply a Hollywood creation but a real - life CIA hero who continued to travel the world and was even present at some of the film's award - season events?

Shot (with one exception) in black and white by Florian Ballhaus (son of Michael), the film is set to a score that is more industrial sound than music; yet, it is the combination of the clinically clean black - and - white cinematography, the disturbing score, and the narrative's single - minded focus on the protagonist's actions (there is no moment when the film seeks to psychologise him) by which the film manages to simultaneously solicit, on the one hand, our fascination with and, increasingly, horror about the events depicted — even long after Herold has proven how scarily easy it is for him to order mass murder (and, whenever necessary, to set an example by killing himself)-- and, on the other hand, to ensure that we keep some intellectual distance from the diegetic events.

The film plays out quietly as the long days of summer stretch to weeks and even months, until eventually unexpected events prod out of her slump and force her to face the difficult search for a job and a career in a country struggling with two decades of a flatlining economy.

Nevertheless, it does retain a small cult following, and can even be seen as a precursor of sorts to such films as the horror flick Event Horizon and Danny Boyle's dying sun thriller, Sunshine.

Outside of Clive Barker's Hellraiser, it's sort of crazy to think that, even with films like Event Horizon and As Above / So...

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.

I don't pretend to understand everything about «Hidden Figures», about three brilliant women who worked for NASA in the early 1960's, but instead of being put off, I found myself intrigued, even wanting to know more about the work they did following the events of this film.

Though the shooting itself is found - footage by - the - numbers, Brice includes a few terrific structural surprises that whisk the film in new directions, even though they lead to a sequence of events down the stretch that rely on suspect decision - making.

Stylistically, Mungiu's preference for long takes and rugged handheld camerawork remains intact, it's just that the slender facts in this particular case (since it's yet another film «based on true events») can't even begin to withstand the mammoth weight of a 150 - minute running time.

These characters aren't limited to Californian residents because you have encountered or might even be one of these types of people, giving the film an almost personalized relevance that keeps you engaged even when the events become cringeworthy.

In the editing room, he conjures up a film form for Joy that's extremely artful, even experimental, as he disrupts the chronology of events within a scene, piecing together some sequences in unconventional ways, most laudably used in the film's conclusion which intertwines the present day with the future.

While characters like Phil Coulson, Nick Fury, Maria Hill and Lady Sif have appeared on «Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,» and both the ABC and Netflix dramas have referenced, and even directly addressed, events from the films, it's clear fans desperately want to see the TV heroes interact with Earth's Mightiest Heroes.

A double love story based on real events from the life of Leo Tolstoy, this period film combines comedy and emotion in a way that's always entertaining, even if it sometimes feels camp and contrived.Valentin...

Neustadter and Weber tweaked the structure of the book to fit the film, frontloading material from the even - numbered chapters (the main characters» friendship) before transitioning to the events of the odd - numbered chapters (the production of The Room).

As expected, very little is actually known about the plot of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom at this point, including how it builds off of the events of all the previous Jurassic films or what its standalone story even is.

Per the film's publicity department, Everest is totally not based on Jon Krakauer's book, Into Thin Air, even though they use his version of events and basic characterizations of the people involved.

On the day of the event, Chang Chen even revealed that director Wong Kar - wai would often have inspirations out of the blue, as he kept adding in these new ideas to the film.

With the first reviews of the film being stellar, the evening was bound to be a celebration, with fans who weren't at the bash loving the livestream of the event.

The only place where the movie really falters is in the final minutes, which is a little too nice for the events that precede it, because even though the subject matter may be bleak, «Starred Up» is a truly captivating film about the ineffectiveness of the penal system and hands - down one of the best prison dramas in recent memory.

With three or four different time periods over the course of the eight - year investigation covered and returned to time and again, but without any discernible rhythm, it's really only by paying stricter attention to Speedman's facial hair than we'd like to have had to, that we eventually worked out a rough timeline and even then, certain events are unmoored: how long before she went missing did Dunlop discover the cameras that were filming Tina?

Although this isn't Hollywood's first attempt to turn a historically black superhero into the main event, headlining their own tentpole film — consider Wesley Snipes run as the vampire - hunter Blade, Halle Berry's turn as Catwoman, Will Smith's alcoholic anti-hero Hancock or even Shaquille O'Neal's turn as Steel — this feels like a first in part because of how much effort has been poured into its making and, more importantly, how readily it embraces its fundamental blackness, from its colorful African settings to its tribally - influenced makeup, hairstyle, and costumes to its predominately black cast and crew, a verifiable assemblage of talent that'll turn even the most skeptical of heads.

A hilariously outrageous story based on real events, this film recounts the making of the 2003 movie The Room, which is widely considered to be one of the worst films ever made, even as it has developed a cult following.

«Only The Brave» (Oct. 20): This one almost feels too sad to bear, sort of like «The Perfect Storm» was back when that film came out, but we'll trust a cast that includes Josh Brolin, Jeff Bridges and Miles Teller to find a way to inspire us even as the true - life events of Yarnell Hill Fire that claimed the lives of 19 of the Granite Mountain Hotshots firefighting team, including Seal Beach native Kevin Woyjeck, unfold on screen.