Sentences with phrase «few films of this year»

It is one of the few films of this year that I can not wait to see again.

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I juxtaposed the two views a few years ago in my TEDx talk by comparing a pair of cartoons: The Jetsons, which in the 1960s proposed a Utopian future of flying cars and robot maids, to WALL - E, the 2008 Oscar - nominated film that had humans reduced by technology to useless blobs unable to walk.

For years he held private screenings of the movie (it's also been shown at a few film festivals), and there was even a moment when he and Stern thought of remaking it with Hopper directing once more and a younger actor in the lead.

Only in the past few years have a large percentage of films been shot digitally, and shooting on celluloid is still alive and well.

Since launching a few years ago, the brand's products have been worn by Beyoncé and her dancers on tour, as well as by the cast of the blockbuster film Hidden Figures.

Female leads comprised 24 % of protagonists in the 100 top domestic grossing films last year — five percentage points fewer than in 2016.

The rest of Disney's lineup over the next few years includes a mix of animated films, superheroes, reboots, sequels, and multiple trips to a galaxy far, far away.

China only allows a certain number of foreign films to showcase in the country each year, however the backing of companies in its own country could mean The Last Race is one of the select few which gets shown.

A few years back writer and RELEVANT contributor Jon Negroni caused a stir online when he outlined a theory in detail of how all Pixar film are connected and exist in the same universe — some, at the same time.

It's a safe bet that the film will win at least a few of those, but even if it doesn't, 12 Years a Slave has undoubtedly brought back up an important, though often glossed over, part of American history.

Truth be told, it is mysterious that DC has managed to churn out three Batman movies, two Superman movies, a Green Lantern movie, a Green Arrow TV show and a planned Flash TV show (and that's all ignoring the previous film adaptations of these characters) without turning its attention to one of its heaviest hitters (aside from a famously disastrous attempt at a television show a few years back).

In a highlight film of his career that was shown at a testimonial dinner for him last year, Marino appears on camera, full frame, with a few earnest opening remarks about how he'd like to be remembered as a team man who worked as hard as he could, and as a team leader, etc..

A slew of films about presidents over the past few years has likely contributed to the popularity of using presidents» names as baby names.

The theme of parental responsibility comes up over and over in the film, which begins with his son's birth and a quick slideshow of his development during his first few years of life (we learn, for example that Jason enjoys dancing, being a ninja, making films and sand angels).

What's shocking is how much our political culture has changed in just 60 years — the producers of this film lived in a country that had just seen REAL despotism in the form of Nazi Germany and a military - ruled Japan (note the brownshirt - style uniforms, and also the lack of any of any depiction of their Soviet equivalents), and they pull few punches about what leads a society away from freedom.

What began a few years ago as a trickle of small independent films shot in and around Kingston has of late turned into a veritable flood, including big - budget productions with real movie stars, thanks to a new tax break and efforts by local officials to woo and accommodate the industry.

NASA's Deep Impact and Cassini missions and the Indian probe Chandrayaan - 1 last year reported detecting a water film only a few molecules thick over large parts of the lunar surface.

This gap is expected to close over the next few years, making thin - film cells — which cost half that of silicon - wafer cells — a better bet.

I wore this outfit a few days ago, hanging out with my partner in crime, and we then talked about how this outfit reminded us of the look Carrie wears in the first film on new years eve.

After a string of blockbuster films, Rooney Mara has spent the past few years on smaller, psychologically demanding projects, and she's nowhere near done Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara aren't just dating, but they're now living together!

After a string of blockbuster films, Rooney Mara has spent the past few years on smaller, psychologically demanding projects, and she's nowhere near done

She is the daughter of Timothy Christopher Mara, an NFL scout and vice president of After a string of blockbuster films, Rooney Mara has spent the past few years on smaller, psychologically demanding projects, and she's nowhere near done

Truly one of the greatest horror films of the past few years.

After five years of Jeannie, Hagman took a few film and TV - movie parts, co-starred with Donna Mills on the 1971 sitcom The Good Life, co-starred with Lauren Bacall in the TV rendition of the Broadway musical Applesauce, acted and directed in the low - grade horror spoof Beware!

With that pallid skin tone and permanently pestered expression (the kind of face you hate to love), Buscemi has appeared in virtually every major independent film of the last 10 years (Parting Glances, Mystery Train, Reservoir Dogs, Living in Oblivion, and Fargo are just a few titles).

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, one of the most dumbed down action films of 2001 gets the sequel treatment (that everything is getting this year), turns out to be one of the few that actually works better than the original, if only slightly.

Deneb's Review: You may recall, a few years back, there being a lot of hoopla over a certain animated film.

The first few years of his career following the departure from the show were somewhat lackluster, but Smits eventually landed the role of Senator Bail Organa in the second and third Star Wars prequels, a move that would permanently cement him in film history in the minds of at least one very large fanbase.In addition to his work with the Star Wars franchise, Smits also made an inevitable return to the small - screen mid-decade with a prominent role on NBC's The West Wing during the show's 2004 - 2005 season.

Though he's played his share of misanthropic characters over the last few years (including Bad Santa's Willie and Bad News Bears» Morris), Thornton - to his credit - avoids the temptation to simply regurgitate his past work and instead offers up an entertainingly mean - spirited performance that proves to be the highlight of the film.

There's every reason to remake the film for the current generation of teens and twenty - somethings, Craig Brewer's version scripted by him and Dean Pitchford updated to the current year, but one in which the high - school kids barely use cell phones and only a few computers are in sight at the school library.

Over the past few years, we've seen many strong non-fiction films that are either one or the other: The you - are - there doc Restrepo and its sequel, Korengal, are like visual journalism, embedded in a disputed valley in Afghanistan; and a number of other non-fiction films, from These Birds Walk to 12 O» Clock Boys, have an ecstatic beauty that evoke the term «Malick-esque.»

The film did only a fraction of the business of, say, the previous year's Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, but it did earn a few favorable reviews even as it repulsed critics such as Roger Ebert.Thereafter, Fleming's career waxed extremely uneven from a critical standpoint, though his grosses remained generally favorable throughout and the projects kept rolling in.

Strand released a few more mediocre films in 2015 than it did in the year before, but impressed critics with Céline Sciamma's coming - of - age drama Girlhood.

Spike Lee has made one of the few films in the year 2000 that is actually about something, and for that he deserves great credit.

In just its second full year of operation, the New York - based A24 managed to release 11 films, with one (Under the Skin) landing on quite a few critic top - 10 lists, and two others (the Tom Hardy - starring Locke and the just - released A Most Violent Year) also greatly impressing reviewyear of operation, the New York - based A24 managed to release 11 films, with one (Under the Skin) landing on quite a few critic top - 10 lists, and two others (the Tom Hardy - starring Locke and the just - released A Most Violent Year) also greatly impressing reviewYear) also greatly impressing reviewers.

Even with the presence of a rare outright misfire (Third Person, from Crash director Paul Haggis), SPC managed to boost its already - high average Metascore by a few points last year, thanks to widely praised films like Mr. Turner (the year's # 2 drama, behind Boyhood), Leviathan (2014's best - reviewed foreign - language film), and Sundance hit Whiplash.

A few studios did release at least 7 film sin the U.S. last year but are not listed because some or all of their films do not have Metascores.

The film jumps between the terrorist - hostage standoff and Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's (Lior Ashkenazi) cabinet deliberations, and nearly every exchange of dialogue sounds like sparring blocks of Wikipedia - like information, with career Israeli politicians summarizing the past few years» worth of events to each other for a presumptively ignorant audience.

His fourth film under his 20 - year ban is «an artful, surprising and thrillingly intelligent story about a few women trying to make a difference, forging bonds of solidarity in quiet defiance of the repressive, small - minded men in their rural village,» writes L.A. Times critic Justin Chang, who also finds «its insights casually profound.»

In the»50s Fernandez's prestige declined as the quality of his films slackened and he returned to acting; however, every few years he also directed.

For the sixth straight year, we have examined both the box office performance and overall film quality of the six - ish major studios and a few dozen of the larger «indie» distributors in an attempt to determine the best and worst studios of the past year.

Formerly a home - video distributor, Monterey Media now releases films theatrically as well, though few of them were worth heading to theaters to see last year.

For the seventh straight year, we have analyzed both the box office performance and overall film quality of the seven - ish major studios and a few dozen of the larger «indie» distributors in an attempt to determine the best and worst studios of the past year.

After all, the 71 - year - old French auteur, whose film Beau Travail remains one of the great works of the last few decades, has taken an especially grim turn as of late, with movies like Bastards, White Material and The Intruder exploring some of the darker sides of contemporary humanity.

A few additional distributors did release at least 7 films in the U.S. last year but are not listed because most or all of their films do not have Metascores (these were mainly films in foreign languages).

A few additional distributors did release at least 7 films in the U.S. last year but are not listed because some or all of their films do not have Metascores (these were mainly films in foreign languages).

Paramount may release even fewer films in 2014, with only eight titles on the calendar so far (and one of those is Labor Day, which already screened in a few cities last year and thus qualifies as a 2013 release in our book).

It's one of the most arresting, affecting science fiction movies of the last few years, and certainly one of the best films to see release in 2018 thus far.

Paul Haggis, who spoke with such remarkable confidence through his screenplay for Million Dollar Baby, one of the best films of the past few years, seems to be his own worst enemy in Crash, his directorial debut.

When films tend to recycle ideas under different titles, the genre as a whole suffers, and we have several films in the last few years that show the decline of great horror.