Kevin Bacon, Mary - Louise Parker, Stephanie Szostak and Robert Knepper co-star in the MEN IN BLACK-esque
fantasy film set for US cinemas from 19th July and the UK from the 20th September.
Oscar nominee will reunite with his Drive co-star Christina Hendricks for dark
fantasy film set in a macabre underworld
Not exact matches
Although computer imagery is now common in blockbuster
films — it was used, for example, to create the
fantasy world of Pandora that was the
setting of Avatar — it is usually created by large teams using special, often bespoke equipment.
MovieMan, In Pan's Labyrinth it didn't bother me, because the Spanish Civil War was approached more like an atypical backdrop for a
fantasy movie, unlike in District 9, where the
film purports itself to be an allegory by having Johannesburg as the
setting.
I think this third
film is generally better than the last because its
set completely within a
fantasy realm.
The
film had great
set design and art pieces, but it's not really like a blatantly fantastical
fantasy — it is shot and depicted almost like a historical fiction with some bizarre creatures in it.
A violent
fantasy set during the Spanish Civil War, this magical
film from Guillermo del Toro manages that intellectual high - mindedness, even as it resonates on a primal, mythic level.
My biggest problem is that the
film was obviously trying to
set up a trilogy-esque story, like many of the
fantasy classics out there, with the characters of Soren and Kludd.
A great
fantasy film and a real
set up for what is to come.
Although clearly
set in modern day, there is a timelessness in the look and feel of the
film that makes this
fantasy work, despite being
set in reality.
BEST FESTIVAL
FILM: Of the many wonderful
films that were afforded one, maybe two festival sessions before disappearing back into the sales market ether, Kamili Andini's Bali -
set study in grief and
fantasy THE SEEN AND UNSEEN proved cinematic perfection.
In the real world of the mental asylum the
film is
set in (and even the
fantasy world of the brothel) they are simply victims and remain so.
The only praise that I can give the
film is that
setting most of the story in Gnarnia was a good idea, as being in a
fantasy land means that most anything can happen.
Set for a 2016 release, the
film has found it's
fantasy setting in former Middle Earth New Zealand, instead of just green screens (thank goodness).
Synopsis: The
film is
set in a
fantasy world where the four elements of earth, air, water, and fire can be controlled through martial arts called bending, and the ruthless flame - manipulating Fire Nation is waging war to control the other nations of the world.
The trailers for this
film indicate that audiences will be buying a ticket for a fun comedy with a
fantasy setting and Depp being a goofy vampire.
I believed this to be the way movies naturally were, unaware then that I was poised at the cusp of a decade of filmmaking that would redefine
fantasy and science - fiction,
setting precedents for the genre with
films like Back to the Future and Predator, E.T., and Blade Runner, Near Dark, and Miracle Mile — the well was as deep for flights of fancy in the Eighties as it was for incomparable character - driven paranoia in the Seventies.
That the
film works as anything more than an elaborate game of guess - the - citation is a credit to two key elements, the first being its imaginative visual sensibility, an expressionist approach to costuming and
set design that comes as welcome relief from the grays - and - earth - tones look of contemporary tentpole
fantasy filmmaking.
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.
The Face / Off icon teams with retro - obsessed director Panos Cosmatos (Beyond the Black Rainbow) for this
fantasy revenge
film set in an alternative 1983 informed by clam - shelled VHS sci - fi flicks.
SPECIAL MENTION AWARDS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Emma Thompson — for her eclecticism in switching from period
films to
fantasy genre, to contemporary
settings.
Although Europa Europa's blackly comic tone might seem to
set it apart from Diamonds of the Night or Come and See, it does share several formal traits with these earlier
films such as the puncturing of linear narrative progression with dream /
fantasy sequences.
Maybe I'm just nostalgic because Red Dawn was the first
film I'd ever seen
set in my home state of Colorado (Calumet — which is a real town, but deserted)-- albeit shot in New Mexico, but whatever — and that the image of a bunch of «necks tooling around in old Fords with bristling gun racks was less
fantasy than cozy, front - porch documentary.
The details:
Set in a ritzy Swiss spa, Paolo Sorrentino's follow - up to The Great Beauty stars Michael Caine as a world - famous conductor navigating relationships with his daughter (Rachel Weisz) and his best friend (Harvey Keitel, playing a celebrated
film director), while simultaneously being inundated by memories,
fantasies, and regrets.
«Hugo,» director Martin Scorsese's lavishly staged
fantasy set in 1930s Paris and a reminder of the importance of
film preservation, tied with «The Artist» for five wins.
It's certainly a darker turn for the character on
film, but still
set within a fun
fantasy environment, where bullets fly and hit their targets, sans blood or damage, and the victims ham up their death throes.
That
film was a mix of autobiography and pop
fantasy set in Paris during the»60s, it mixed influences as diverse as «Day For Night» and «Barbarella,» into something strangely original.
Well, that long - held
fantasy looks
set to become reality courtesy of adidas, who have recreated the previously - fictional, retro - styled shoe as it appears in the iconic
film.
If there are no surprises here, one of the non-surprises is that the movie is an easy watch, combining, as Meyers
films do, pleasant
fantasy with aspirational
settings.
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.
Based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien, this new
fantasy adventure
film is
set to hit cinemas this winter on December 13th 2013.
Many auteur directors create
films that seem to exist in pocket universes as self - contained, circumscribed and minutely thought - through as the virtual - reality environment of a computer game or the
fantasy setting of a paperback trilogy.
The quasi-historical basis of the
film sets it apart from the
fantasy and whimsy that usually dominates Disney animated features, and the animators further
set it apart through their drawing style.
As you would expect, the main menu showcases a montage of scenes from the
film set to grand
fantasy score.
Yet, it's hard to knock Agent Cody Banks, as the
film accomplishes exactly what it
sets out to do, which is to be the ultimate adolescent male
fantasy.
by Walter Chaw Opening with a series of panels from Golden Age comics produced circa the era in which the
film is
set (i.e., 1962), The Butcher Boy identifies Neil Jordan as a director with a secret yen for superhero
fantasies.
A Wrinkle in Time
sets its sights on being more of a coming - of - age
film folded into a sci - fi /
fantasy adventure rather than a
film hellbent on exploring more of the world and darkness beyond its own singular mission.
It's just one of several beautifully arranged and composed pieces, which immediately
sets the tone of the
film as one that exists somewhere between reality and
fantasy.
Working with his most trusted collaborator, Denis Lavant (who turns in an Oscar - worthy performance), Carax
sets Holy Motors in a cinephile's wet dream
fantasy land, where a man pops in and out of various characters, various stages of
film history, and multiple storylines revolving around love, loss, family, and coming home.
sets its sights on being more of a coming - of - age
film folded into a sci - fi /
fantasy adventure rather than a
film hellbent on exploring more of the world and darkness beyond its own singular mission.
Lewis» writing takes a
fantasy world but
sets it on a very solid religious and philosophical base, and while the most overt representation of that foundation is here, screenwriters Adamson, Ann Peacock, Christopher Markus, and Stephen McFeely have lessened the substance of the story to the point that the
film operates almost exclusively as a visual adaptation.
At its heart, the
film is a classic oil - and - water buddy comedy but
set against a unique, animals - only
fantasy world where predator and prey live in harmony.
The
set and costume design is shimmery and glamorously detailed, with the fancy cars and mansions looking so stunning the
film blurs the line between period piece and pre-war
fantasy.
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FILMS The Warrior's Way (R for graphic violence) Western action
fantasy,
set in the Badlands, about a martial arts master (Jang Dong Ton) who emigrates from Asia to America to retire in peace, only to have to pick up his sword again to defend his adopted hometown and a beautiful local gal (Kate Bosworth) from the returning gang of marauders who had made her an orphan many moons ago.
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In a clever curatorial maneuver,
sets of Cantor's drawings which amalgamate sexual
fantasies and popular culture, are being paired with select clips of the
film; playing on her deep - rooted assault on the placid and imbecilic presentation of female characters in animated movies.
The action
film is
set in a modern
fantasy world where elves, humans, and orcs live alongside one another, but it only alluded to the larger world that drives much of the story.