Sentences with phrase «excellent films came»

Last year two excellent films came out in the form of Lincoln vs. Zero Dark Thirty, both received good word from their respective fans before receptions turned bitter in January.

Not exact matches

Critics Consensus: It's sentimental, and some viewers may feel manipulated by the melodramatic final act, but The Man in the Moon offers a finely drawn coming - of - age story with an excellent cast — including Reese Witherspoon in her film debut.

Critic Consensus: It's sentimental, and some viewers may feel manipulated by the melodramatic final act, but The Man in the Moon offers a finely drawn coming - of - age story with an excellent cast — including Reese Witherspoon in her film debut.

House of Sand and Fog is a ponderous, slow moving film which, if you allow yourself to take the time and let yourself fall into the excellent characterizations by Connelly and Kingsley, becomes a ponderous film with a killer ending that, even if you see it coming a mile away, is still a killer ending worth sitting for.

Like the first film, Insurgent came with an excellent transfer.

Having gone from globetrotting Bond - ish adventure to Michael Mann crime film, Nolan switches genres again into a Dickensian, dystopian epic, as Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) comes out of retirement, aided and abetted by Selina Kyle (an excellent Anne Hathaway), to face off against the mysterious terrorist, Bane.

Part of this comes from the excellent characterizations provided throughout the film, with many archetypical elements of Hispanic women getting together for a tug - of - war between old - fashioned values and the new independent spirit.

It's not a great film, but it looks beautiful, is well - acted (Jeremy Irons is excellent as the passive senior missionary, Robert de Niro as a reformed mercenery and Ray McAnally as a papal representitive and smaller roles for Aidan Quinn, Ronald Pickup and Liam Neeson) and then of course comes the pièce de résistance, one of the greatest contributions to cinema of one of cinema's all - time - greatest contributors, Ennio Morricone.

Out goes director John McTiernan, who helmed the excellent first film in the series and the dreadful third one, and in comes Len Wiseman.

It's clearly the year of Isabelle Huppert... at least at AFI FEST presented by AUDI, Huppert starred in two excellent films: «Elle» a thriller by Paul Verhoeven and «Things to Come» a family drama by Mia Hansen Love.

Having been stuck on the same arcane, decidedly non-commercial project for the past decade, Josh feels an entire career's worth of pride and self - doubt come bubbling to the surface as Jamie's first film enjoys instantaneous payoff — and worse, garners the approval of Cornelia's father, the renowned documentarian Leslie Breitbart (an excellent Charles Grodin).

Still, while expectations were undoubtedly high for their third (and hopefully not last) cinematic outing, Wright, Pegg and Frost have produced another excellent comedy that, although it falls a little short of their previous films, still delivers all the laughs that we've come to expect from the trio.

Whit Stillman's work is ceaselessly talky, so the clarity with which his loquacious heroes comes through is crucial to the success of the film, and thankfully Criterion has done an excellent job piping in these conversations loud and clear.

I am always skeptic when it comes to most sci - fi action films but Looper is the rare exception that proves from time to time excellent ones are made.

But a come - from - behind victory for Peele's film — or «Lady Bird,» «Dunkirk,» «Call Me by Your Name» or «Phantom Thread,» to cite a few excellent alternatives — was not in the cards.

While Thomas W. Kiennast's black - and - white cinematography is quite beautiful to behold (Gröning's film certainly features some excellent cinematographic moments as well), Atef's film never manages to convey why we should care, today, about this brief moment in Schneider's well - documented life, including her never - ending struggle with the German press, her inability to escape the role of Sissi that made her instantly famous as a teenager, and the various tragedies that befell her, including the suicide of her ex - husband.7 The film is not a biopic per se (and Atef declared that she did not intend to make one): thus, audiences who are not already familiar with Schneider certainly will not come away from viewing the film with much of a sense of her life's story); yet, given it is not a biopic, one wonders what the film is, or what it tries to accomplish.

For this latest episode of Film Club, A.A. Dowd and Ignatiy Vishnevetsky return to Farmhouse Tavern to talk about three excellent smaller films in theaters or coming soon to them: Richard Linklater's»80s campus comedy Everybody Wants...

For this latest episode of Film Club, A.A. Dowd and Ignatiy Vishnevetsky return to Farmhouse Tavern to talk about three excellent smaller films in theaters or coming soon to them: Richard Linklater's»80s campus comedy Everybody Wants Some, now in theaters everywhere; the smart, moving family drama Louder Than Bombs, which opened in select theaters today and will expand in the coming weeks; and the forthcoming punk - rock thriller Green Room, which begins its theatrical release next week.

Bolstered by Emma Stone's gracefully layered performance, the film's emotional connection comes from King's dueling inner conflicts: the responsibility of carrying the women's game forward and her growing attraction to the tour hairdresser (an excellent Andrea Riseborough).

Apparently screened theatrically in Dolby Digital, the film has been downmixed to Dolby Surround for DVD but sounds excellent all the same — the Hebrew dialogue (supplemented by optional yellow English subtitles) comes through clearly and the diegetic song selections are of strong fidelity.

If the film's riff on «The Champ» works at all, it's because of the lived - in relationship between Gyllenhaal and Laurence, and it suggests big things to come: she was also excellent in SXSW drama «Lamb» and as the young Pensatucky in «Orange Is The New Black» this year, and is playing a lead role in David Lowery's upcoming «Pete's Dragon.»

The visual spectacle certainly compensates for the few misgivings, but with a few tweaks in the storytelling, we came so close to a trifecta of excellent Star Trek films.

As for the film's plot: the con man hijinks don't do anything new, and some of the film's twists aren't too hard to see coming, but the pace is quick and there are a few excellent scenes.

The video transfer is in crisp 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen while audio is provided in an excellent and immersive Dolby 5.1 English dub (and here my qualification of a «general» lack of a western bias comes into play) that is, nonetheless, inferior to the Japanese - language 2.0 surround track, which features the original vocal talent who have, not including this film, logged over twenty - six hours of finished time voicing these characters.

Naturally, there were some areas where you could see things coming, but there is some excellent misdirection that occurs throughout the film.

Connery and Pfeiffer are both excellent, but much of the film's pleasure comes from watching the consummate pros filling out the roles of various bureaucrats, among them James Fox (as a perceptive MI6 head), Roy Scheider (as a wily CIA chief) and director Ken Russell (as an excitable British official — and amusingly looking like Bernie Sanders with bedhead).

Even though it features some excellent performances and a great story, Being Flynn isn't without its faults most notably the pacing which leaves the film dragging through the second act when Jonathan comes into the shelter for the first time.

The best playing in flashback comes from the excellent Howle, who gives Tony a dreamy timidity that lifts the film immensely — not least because of the distance we have to travel to get to the crabby, disappointed figure cut by Broadbent.

A lot of the film's success ultimately comes down to the excellent action sequences, and that's where having a guy like Bradley — who worked as a stunt coordinator and second unit director on several big movies — pays off.

The film, coming from the director of the excellent ghostly - thriller THE ORPHANAGE, is due in cinemas in the US on the 21st December and later arriving in the UK on the 1st January 2013.

I personally would have preferred the best actress award to go to Saoirse Ronan for that excellent film Lady Bird, which came away from Oscar night empty - handed.

My absolute favorite moment in the film came as Charlie is being chased through Bucharest to Moby's excellent After (remix) soundtrack.

I had the chance to see the movie the week before its UK premiere, and while expectations are undoubtedly high for their third (and hopefully not last) cinematic outing together, Wright and Co. have produced another excellent comedy that, although it falls a little short of their previous two films, still delivers all the laughs that we've come to expect from the trio.

Word quickly came through, though, starting with Tom Birchenough's review of Episode One here, that there were many sterling features, not least excellent filming in locations focused mostly upon Lithuania - cinematographer George Steel deserves a gong or two - and a brace of excellent performances alongside the not so good.

Garden State, as well, is an excellent film, as well as an excellent romance, coming out of the indie film world.

Focusing on female roller derby — a sport rarely depicted in cinema (aside from Drew Barrymore's excellent but underseen coming - of - age drama Whip It)-- the film centres upon the players who brought the game to Ireland.

On reflection, some of the other superhero movies were better with the sharp direction and themes, but when it comes to a superhero movie that never forgets to be a fun, action thriller at the same time, Singer's first X-Men film is excellent at rising to the challenge.

Director Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station, Creed) does an excellent job making Black Panther feel unlike the Marvel Universe films that came before it.

The transfer of Ford's gentle, excellent film is perfect, coming from a new 4K restoration.

While this film may come up short in terms of romantic insight, it does provide excellent comic characters and some delightfully snappy writing that will charm even the saddest old sod.

In addition to the excellent transfer, the disc comes with phenomenal extras, first and foremost a minutely detailed commentary track from film historian Rudy Behlmer.

The 2006 DVD comes with several new features, notably an excellent audio commentary track by Redford, who — it turns out — had quite a bit of input on the look and feel of the film, and even managed to influence the tone of Woodward and Bernstein's 1974 book.

Here you'll find one of 2017's most underrated films; an early Martin Scorsese classic; a unique coming - of - age drama; a melancholy musical; two vastly different documentaries; one of Spike Lee's most commercial (yet still excellent) films; a German action - horror film; and one nasty slasher movie.

Speaking on the process of movie selection and shortlisting, Emirati writer and filmmaker Manal Bin Amro, said: «The main challenge was the large number of entries received from many countries and filmmakers, and also the multitude of excellent films in terms of production, content and cinematic creativity, which created a deep discussion to sincerely try to come up with unbiased and fair results based on a comprehensive cinematic vision that takes into consideration the general approach and categories of the competition.»

The Fire comes with 30 days of Prime membership, giving access to over 10,000 films and TV shows to stream over its excellent video player, plus 5000 free Kindle books.

I also recently came across this excellent fanmade poster for the hypothetical Asteroids film, designed by Maxellito.

«The Harry Potter and the Half - Blood Prince game will be an excellent interactive extension of the film and all of the new action that comes with it,» said Martin Tremblay, President, Warner Bros..

The Full HD, HDR - enabled display makes watching TV shows and films a pleasing experience, while the front - facing speakers are excellent when it comes to projecting stereo sound directly into your ears.