Sentences with phrase «family films of»

You may be one of the millions of people who saw The LEGO Movie this past weekend; one of the most surprisingly critically - acclaimed family films of the last few years.

Feathers & Fur Co-presented with Market Square Park and the Houston Humane Society Saturday, April 16, 4 - 9:30 PM (screening at 8PM) Location: Market Square Park, 301 Milam FREE Animals have played a central role in some of the best family films of all time.

The follow - up to one of the most charming family films of the last ten years is almost equally charming, featuring the return of everyone's favorite bear in an adventure that takes him behind bars and includes a wonderfully villainous performance from Hugh Grant.

In 1982, director Steven Spielberg and screenwriter Melissa Mathison teamed up to create one of the greatest family films of all time, «E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial.»

Recalling the family films of Hirokazu Koreeda or even Yasujiro Ozu, with its camera an aloof observer of subtle and understated interactions, Harmonium is certainly a domestic drama — but it is also something much darker, capturing the violence and vindictiveness latent in family structures with an austere tension.

In Theaters January 12, 2018 Following the worldwide hit «Paddington,» one of the most successful family films of all time, this much - anticipated sequel finds Paddington (Ben Whishaw) happily settled with... Continue reading >>

In Theaters January 12, 2018 — Following the worldwide hit «Paddington,» one of the most successful family films of all time, this much - anticipated sequel finds Paddington (Ben Whishaw) happily settled... Continue reading >>

It's no Mary Poppins, but it definitely ranks among the better family films of its time

Danny DeVito's film adaptation is a rare thing, because it crackles with the exact same electricity that Dahl evokes and it truly holds up as one of the great family films of the 1990s.

In fact, it's one of the funniest family films of the year.

It should be one of the best received family films of the year and seems perfect for children.

Cast aside any doubts you might have had, because The Lego Movie is wickedly funny, smartly written, surprisingly heartfelt, and will almost certainly end up being one of the best family films of 2014.

Good reviews across the board couldn't persuade moviegoers to come, and they missed out on the best family film of the year.

Paddington 2 is yours to own on digital download: http://scnl.co/Paddington2HE «The family film of the year» ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Daily Mirror The much - anticipated sequel finds Paddington happily settled with the Brown family... Continue reading >>

Paddington 2 is yours to own on DVD, Blu - ray & 4K UHD: http://scnl.co/Paddington2HE «The family film of the year» ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Daily Mirror The much - anticipated sequel finds Paddington happily settled with... Continue reading >>

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In addition, as Spielberg's shop moves more into the family space, it could run up against part of the deal that forbids DreamWorks from making animated films for any company other than DWA.

The film, directed by Barry Jenkins and based upon the play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by Tarell Alvin McCraney, follows Chiron, a young African - American boy coming of age in Miami, navigating his family, both found and biological, and his sexuality.

Sreyneang Oun plays a daughter of the family in the film — and has since developed a friendship with Jolie's family.

Through a network of volunteers, Miracle Messages does just that, by letting people film video postcards to reach out to family that they've lost touch with.

In response to such forces, Disney shrank its film - productions arm to focus on family - oriented titles — concepts at little risk of dying from loneliness.

First opened by the Zelepos family on Main Street in Mystic, Conn., this seaside establishment serves as the backdrop to the 1988 film of the same name, starring Julia Roberts.

Not only does the feature have a good deal of franchise history behind it, but it also has the same advantage that all family films have, in that kids going to see the film will be dragging along their parents, ensuring extra ticket sales.

Romero's family said he died while listening to the score of «The Quiet Man,» one of his favorite films, with his wife, Suzanne Desrocher, and daughter, Tina Romero, by this side.

As the Sony hack continues to prove, with cyber crime, more than money is at stake — besides the PR catastrophe, the threat to some jobs and leaks of unreleased films and other IP, employees and their families have had their medical data exposed and are receiving personal threats.

One of the biggest surprises in «Avengers: Age of Ultron» occurs about halfway through the film when our heroes break away from the action for a more light - hearted family - centric scene on a farm.

DreamWorks Animation, the studio behind beloved family movies like «Shrek» and «Kung - Fu Panda» that is headed by CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, will become part of NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast, specifically the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, which includes Universal Pictures, Fandango, and NBCUniversal Brand Development.

The film, about the first caveman family, performed better than the release of «How to Train Your Dragon» back in March 2010.

Seeing a severed hand as one of the opening shots of a film meant for families probably would have been a difficult conversation to have with children too young to recall 1980's «Empire Strikes Back.»

The new film «A Quiet Place» is an edge - of - your - seat tale about a family struggling to avoid being heard by monsters with hypersensitive ears.

That «The Equalizer» was going to dominate the weekend was a given, since the only other wide opener was the animated family film «Boxtrolls,» but not many people anticipated this powerful of a debut.

But one thing was always clear in my mind: «The Incredibles,» about a family of superheroes, is Pixar's best film.

Combining with Disney are 21st Century Fox's critically acclaimed film production businesses, including Twentieth Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures and Fox 2000, which together offer diverse and compelling storytelling businesses and are the homes of Avatar, X-Men, Fantastic Four and Deadpool, as well as The Grand Budapest Hotel, Hidden Figures, Gone Girl, The Shape of Water and The Martian — and its storied television creative units, Twentieth Century Fox Television, FX Productions and Fox21, which have brought The Americans, This Is Us, Modern Family, The Simpsons and so many more hit TV series to viewers across the globe.

But if the story told by the film - makers is even close to accurate, the world the workers live in is anything but sane, and they're struggling, after all, to feed their families without the help of the power - brokers who see them as mere pawns in a very high - stakes game.

Last month, Ms. Powell Jobs and Mr. Guggenheim traveled to Washington with several young immigrants and their families who were featured in the film; the purpose of the trip was to screen the documentary for a group of lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

Director Nora Twomey deftly guides her film through the thorny politics of Afghanistan to tell a story about family and hope.

The leader of the conservative evangelical organization Family Research Council said that evangelicals were happy to give President Donald Trump a «do - over» after a previously unpublished 2011 interview with adult film actress Stormy Daniels revealed that she may have been paid to remain silent about an extramarital affair with Trump in 2006.

Our region is the home of George Eastman, founder of Eastman Kodak Co. in Rochester — the man who brought roll film to families everywhere.

The opportunity: The head of a South - East Asian family was looking to invest in a film company in New York.

As an unofficial conclusion, Abernathy McGraw's essay «Life Lessons from Kill Bill» commends readers to five themes of Tarantino's films: the world as a stage, the response to injustice, the importance of family, the limits of revenge, and the cost of redemption.

This is, maybe most of all, a SOUTHERN film — the honorable, violent, classy (sir and mam), men - of - few - well - chosen - poetic - words, chivalrous, gun - toting, fishing, motorized - vehicle - loving, woman - idealizing - and - protecting, family - and - place - oriented, unprosperous, rural (but not agrarian) South.

But thanks to Ellis, the film is not at all cynical about love, while remaining truthful about today's rural South as a world of broken families and kids left more than they should be to their own devices.

Winter's Bone is the highlight of Netflix's independent films section, telling the story of a young woman from the Ozarks of America who must find her meth - cooking father to avoid eviction after dad skips bail, leaving the family on the brink of homelessness.

Breeders, a film by the Center for Ethics and Culture, investigates the growing practice of surrogacy: «Surrogacy is fast becoming one of the major issues of the 21st century — celebrities and everyday people are increasingly using surrogates to build their families.

I think that Terrance Malk's film «Tree of Life» makes this connection between family and inner belief in an impressionistic, and striking way.

I hope that the family's legal battles will be resolved quickly so that a second season of their lives together can be filmed for public viewing.

While many of his films have been adored by film critics, his family life — and...

Osteen even took his family to Morocco during some of the filming.

Noah begins the film as a rugged environmentalist who teaches his family to respect the Creator and all of creation.

Anyhow, one summer in the early 80's my family and I watched a number of Christian slasher films put out by Russell Doughton including «Thief in the Night,» «A Distant Thunder,» «The Rapture,» and «Image of the Beast.»

Disney had an amazing year in terms of box office, but that doesn't exclude some of their smaller hits, including this film about a chess prodigy in Uganda who tries to balance her success with responsibility to her family.