Sentences with phrase «fantasy film about»

The film is a sequel to the 2015 fantasy film about humans and monsters who lived alongside — and at odds — with each other in ancient China, making $ 390 million.

It's live - action 70s Disney, so it doesn't carry the esteem of the classics and masterpieces of the studio's past films, but Escape to Witch Mountain is certainly likeable enough to be a favorite among kids interested in fantasy films about young people like them with magical abilities.

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Deniers, as both Lipstadt and Vidal - Naquet show, seem to have an endless supply of polemical tricks and dodges: they simply discount Jewish testimony out of hand as lie or fantasy; inculpatory testimony from the Nazis themselves is said to have been coerced by the triumphant Allies; documents confirming such testimony are said to be forgeries; Nazi statements and memoranda about the Final Solution are taken at face value if they are euphemistically phrased, but are interpreted as hyperbolic or figurative if they are blunt and explicit; photographs and films of executions are dismissed as fakes.

Scotland About Blog This is the Official Website of Joanne Rowling, who writes under the pen names J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith, is a British novelist, film and television producer, screenwriter and philanthropist, best known as the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series.

What's perhaps most amazing about E.T., what distinguishes it from many of the other fantasy films of its era, is its ability to put an audience under a spell of childlike wonderment without infantilizing it.

A lovingly crafted fantasy on an epic scale, Mary and the Witch's Flower is a film about transformation made by filmmakers in transition.

A cross between François Truffaut's sometimes - harrowing dramas about childhood and a Steven Spielberg fantasy, Gondry's film abounds with sentiment - without falling prey to sentimentality.

The biggest surprise for Miike fans and musical lovers alike is that for all the black humor of this deliriously bizarre fantasy «Happiness» is a warmhearted film about sacrifice, support and four generations of family togetherness.

Reality and fantasy are disarmingly commingled in this superb film about a WWII pilot who claims he was accidentally chosen to die and must now plead for his life in a heavenly court.

Universal Pictures have unveiled a new full - length U.S. trailer for the upcoming samurai fantasy action film «47 Ronin» which opens at Christmas.Keanu Reeves stars in the film about a group of banished samurai who long to restore their honor...

While at Comic - Con for a presentation in Hall H, co-stars Jeff Bridges, Ben Barnes and Kit Harington talked to press about their fantasy action - adventure film Seventh Son.

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).

Far more of a hyperactive fantasy film than anything remotely historic or realistic, Prince of Persia is about the quest by the adopted prince Dastan to clear his name and stop a mystical dagger, which has the power to turn back time, from falling into the wrong hands.

The film opens on the island of Themyscira, a paradise island created by the god Zeus and hidden from the real world by a protective shield, and the film stays there for a while as we follow Diana from curious little girl to fully trained warrior princess but once Steve Trevor's fighter plane crashes there and Diana realises there is a war being fought in world she does not know of that is not too far away then we swiftly get brought into London in 1918 and this shift from fantasy into a «real world» scenario gives the film a greater sense of depth, and when combined with characters that you actually care about then Wonder Woman is head and shoulders above all of the other DCEU movies on the strength of that alone.

He's delivered seven films in as many years and they've covered areas as wide as a biographical rugby drama with Nelson Mandela as one of the leads to a supernatural fantasy about the afterlife which featured a stunning tsunami sequence.

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS The Fairy (Unrated) Romantic fantasy about a hotel's night watchman (Dominique Abel) who falls in love with the magical fairy (Fiona Gordon) who vanishes into thin air after granting him two of his three wishers.

The Hobbit is based on J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy novel about the adventures of Bilbo Baggins, who obtains the ring that was the centerpiece of The Lord of the Rings trilogy of books and films.

There's been a lot of discussion about how Allen's proclivity toward May - December relationships mirror his own personal life, and quite frankly, it's getting a bit exhausting watching the director indulge his fantasy of beautiful young women falling in love with older men, especially now that he's no longer playing the lead in his films.

To celebrate the film's premiere at the Music Box Theatre, star Peyton Kennedy, producer Kishori Rajan and writer / director Anne Hamilton are accompanying the movie to Chicago and doing a Q&A for this drama - fantasy about an 11 - year - old girl who lives in a world that blends fables and reality.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Tim Burton's cinematic take on the first of three novels in Ransom Riggs» popular dark YA fantasy series, introduces Jacob (Asa Butterfield in the film), a child who ventures out to find the fabled Miss Peregrine (Eva Green), whom his late grandfather had told him so many enrapturing stories about.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening November 23, 2007 BIG BUDGET FILMS August Rush (PG for slight violence, mild profanity and mature themes) Freddie Highmore stars as the title character in this escapist fantasy about a promising musical prodigy who runs away from an orphanage to New York City to find his parents (Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Myers) only to end up living with a Fagin - like wizard (Robin Williams) and lots of other kids in a makeshift shelter in an abandoned theater which was once the Fillmore East.

The Scottish actor talks with SPINOFF about bringing his brogue back for the DreamWorks Animation sequel, just the first in an ambitious slate of fantasy - fueled films on his horizon.

We've sat through an entire generation of fantasy and science fiction films about a protagonist gifted with extraordinary powers who first Resists, then Accepts The Call, which almost always involves saving the world, defeating a powerful villain, and re-establishing the status quo.

Other highlights in this strand include: Miguel Gomes» mixes fantasy, documentary, docu - fiction, Brechtian pantomime and echoes of MGM musical in the epic ARABIAN NIGHTS; the World Premiere of William Fairman and Max Gogarty's CHEMSEX, an unflinching, powerful documentary about the pleasures and perils associated with the «chemsex» scene that's far more than a sensationalist exposé; the European Premiere of CLOSET MONSTER, Stephen Dunn's remarkable debut feature about an artistic, sexually confused teen who has conversations with his pet hamster, voiced by Isabella Rossellini; THE ENDLESS RIVER a devasting new film set in small - town South Africa from Oliver Hermanus, Diep Hoang Nguyen's beautiful debut, FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, a wry, weird socially probing take on the teen pregnancy scenario that focuses on a girl whose escape from village life to pursue an urban education has her frozen in mid-flight; LUCIFER, Gust Van den Berghe's thrillingly cinematic tale of Lucifer as an angel who visits a Mexican village, filmed in «Tondoscope» — a circular frame in the centre of the screen; the European premiere of KOTHANODI a compelling, unsettling fairytale from India; veteran Algerian director Merzak Allouache's gritty and delicate portrait of a drug addicted petty thief in MADAME COURAGE; Radu Muntean's excellent ONE FLOOR BELOW, which combines taut, low - key realism with incisive psychological and ethical insights in a drama centering on a man, his wife and a neighbor; and QUEEN OF EARTH, Alex Ross Perry's devilish study of mental breakdown and dysfunctional power dynamics between female best friends, starring Elisabeth Moss.

Described as a «darkly humorous, weird, and soulful fantasy that examines the inner demons in all of us», the film is about a heartbroken man who attends a spiritual retreat, only to discover that the course releases more than toxins and traumatic experiences.

Not exactly what you'd expect of a «foreign» Russian film, Night Watch may have subtitles, but it is a violent, action - packed fantasy flick about «battle between Light and Darkness», that old Hollywood plot standby.

What's impressive about Middle Of Nowhere isn't just the care with which it's put together, but the way DuVernay cannily bridges the gap between the ghetto tales and Tyler Perry fantasies that comprise so much of contemporary African - American film.

We've selected highlights from some of today's best Backstage casting notices: a feature film from Paramount Pictures, an intriguing new play, a medieval fantasy TV series, and a sitcom about a coffee shop.

The grand old man of Japanese animation has retired and this film, not a fantasy or mythical adventure but a delicate biographical drama about an idealistic engineer devoted to making «beautiful airplanes» for a country he knows will use them as instruments of war, is his final feature.

The film as a whole has a similar problem, feeling uncertain at the script level about which characters to emphasize or discard, what genre or tone to pursue, and how much flashback or fantasy to incorporate.

I caught some of the titles: Nugu - ui ttal - do anin Haewon (Nobody's Daughter Haewon) is a delightful film from the South Korean auteur Hong Sang - soo, the story of a female student's «sentimental education» as it were, as she traverses through reality, fantasy, and dreams, we viewers never quite sure what we are watching; Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive (TIFF's Opening Night film) is an engaging and drily humorous alternative vampire film, Tilda Swinton melding perfectly into the languid yet tense atmosphere of the whole piece; Night Moves is from a director (Kelly Reichardt) I've heard good things about but not seen, so I was curious to see it, but whilst the film is engaging with its ethical probing, I found the style quite laborious and lifeless; The Kampala Story (Kasper Bisgaard & Donald Mugisha) is a good little film (60 minutes long) about a teenage girl in Uganda trying to help her family out, directed in a simple, direct manner, utilising documentary elements within its fiction.

-- «Belle de Jour» (1967): Hailed by critics as an erotic masterpiece, Luis Bunuel's first big - budget film, about a fantasy - obsessed young wife, holds up nicely and works well without the typical DVD audio commentary.

Overall, the weekend is running about 15 percent behind Super Bowl weekend last year, when the sci - fi fantasy «Chronicle» opened to $ 22 million and the Daniel Radcliffe horror film «Woman in Black» debuted to nearly $ 21 million.

Starring Charlie Sheen as the titular self - destructive graphic designer, the film is a comedic fantasia about his various alcohol - fueled fantasies and dreams, but it also finds time to showcase best friend and standup comedian Kirby, as played by an acerbic Jason Schwartzman.

The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro's strange and thrilling fantasy epic about a woman who falls in love with a sea monster, will lead the charge at this year's Bafta film awards with 12 nominations.

Beside Dorval, the best thing about the film is probably the cinematography, even though it sometimes calls a bit too much attention to itself, what with all the off - center close - ups, slow - motion tracking shots à la Wong Kar - Wai, B&W shots of Hubert talking to the camera, colourful fantasy cutaways... Still, you can tell that the kid has seen a lot of movies and instinctively knows how to recreate the things he likes in others» work through his own.

Steve Carell could compete in two rival films: Robert Zemeckis's «The Women of Marwen,» based on the 2010 documentary «Marwencol» about a designer who creates a miniature fantasy world as a way to recover from a devastating attack, and «Beautiful Boy,» in which he plays the father of a drug addict (Timothée Chalamet).

Originally aired in 1986, and featuring Michael Gambon in a tour - de-force performance as psoriasis - deformed writer Philip E. Marlow, The Singing Detective fused three narratives: a present - day drama about a psychiatrist trying to get the root of Marlow's childhood trauma, flashbacks to the writer's past, and a Raymond Chandler - eseque 1940s film noir fantasy.

Writer Joe Kelly pens the feature - film adaptation of his own comic book series in this fantasy drama about a young outsider (Madison Wolfe) who finds refuge from the realities of her day - to - day life in a more imaginative world of monsters.

But yes it was like a fantasy he had — after doing these big amazing films that we know, he wanted to do a story about fantasy and love and it was like that for all of us actors who were involved in it.

* Asked how he feels about going from very small indie films to a massive, effects - driven fantasy / comedy, Green said: «Well, just like probably all of you guys like to see different kinds of movies every week — a little of this, a little of that — it's fun professionally to, like, get in the ring and design creatures and have guys in suits and puppets and just, y ’ know, bring in all this stuff... I remember when I was a kid, and if something like «Behind The Scenes of Return of The Jedi» would come on, I'd just be glued to the screen, wishing that one day I'd be able to get my hands dirty doing something like that.

There's been lots written about Anne but not much is in the historical record about Mary, and so the film is, in a sense, a fantasy about what she might have been like.

For instance, last year we had the fantastic Troll Hunter, a Norwegian fantasy film directed by Andre Ovredal about a group of students who get more than they bargained for when they attempt to capture the actions of a supposed bear poacher on camera.

I think that for a lot of people, what sticks in their minds about Call Me by Your Name is the sensuousness with which it is shot and its almost fantasy - like setting in a ramshackle villa in Italy — essentially, the beauty and emotion of the film.

Reverse Shot's Damon Smith talks to Bong Joon - ho (Mother, The Host) about the psychological costs of making better films, the blurring of reality and fantasy, and the drinking habits of Korean auteurs.

That it stuck to its guns as an offbeat arthouse fantasy message film without becoming cartoonishly absurd was the thing I most admired about it even though, at the same time, that was what made it so tiresome and disingenuous and left me feeling this was more about Hollywood's bogus take on reality than an actual depiction of real - life.

Talk about a bore, who would think that a fantasy film featuring good looking females could turn out so bad?

After Russell Crowe's one - two punch of Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind (both very standard, Oscar - friendly choices), the Academy chose a cynical musical (Chicago), a fantasy epic (Return of the King), a tiny, short story boxing fable with a pro-euthanasia message (Million Dollar Baby), a wild ensemble film about racism (Crash), a dark crime epic (The Departed), another dark crime epic with an inconclusive ending no less (No Country for Old Men), and a movie about modern India (Slumdog Millionaire).

At the recent press day for The Bourne Ultimatum, David Strathairn took some time to also talk about his work on the forthcoming fantasy film The Spiderwick Chronicles, directed by Mark Waters.

In reality, the film is actually a surprisingly enjoyable, thoroughly heartwarming fantasy about a woman (Queen Latifah) who learns that she has three weeks to live and decides to spend her life savings on an extravagant vacation.