Sentences with phrase «fi element of it»

As the man most likely responsible for the better parts of Prometheus, Spaihts as writer means the sci - fi elements of this labeled «Epic Sci - Fi Romance» are apt to be pretty solid and Tyldum has proven his directing acumen aplenty.

The sci - fi elements of Transcendence — the creation of an A.I.; the uploading of a person's mind / self into a computer; the miraculous nanotechnology — are based on an extrapolation current technology, and are used to ask questions that as yet have no definitive answer.

The historical parkour fantasy and sci - fi elements of Assassin's Creed would be new territory for him.

And now there's «The Only Living Boy in New York»; even though this new turkey avoids the fantasy and sci - fi elements of those previous films, it's pure Loeb all the way, from the consistently unbelievable dialogue to his favorite screenwriting device, the «shocking» third - act reveal that proves more ludicrous than illuminating.

The gunplay feels closely approximate to the modern Call of Duty games, with aiming down sights and punchy shooting, while the sci - fi elements of the game, the dynamic firefights, and the suit abilities — power jumping, armor, and cloaking — all reminded me of Halo.

«Multi-player in particular has been shaped by the fantasy of being a Spartan and the more sci - fi elements of gameplay that go beyond just a typical military shooter.

Not exact matches

The conflict: Malak, a Vancouver café owner, claims Cameron and 20th Century Fox violated copyright by incorporating 45 elements of his sci - fi script, Terra Incognita, into the US$ 2 - billion grossing Avatar.

Key elements of the Ripples experience include: • Wi - Fi enabled device that neatly fits onto a counter top with a small 8.5» x 10.5» footprint • Creates high quality images or messages on foam topped beer in just 10 seconds • Ripples uses malt - based ink, producing beer - based shades and maintaining the natural beer experience • Supports glasses up to seven inches tall • Ripples» provides content / images from its library of hundreds of images and messages.

Visions of the future have long revolved around the automobile, from the ubiquitous flying car of sci - fi flicks such as The Fifth Element to the garbage - guzzling, Mr.

The first indications of life outside our solar system won't be like a sci - fi film — they'll be chemical traces of the elements of life in the atmosphere of a far - away planet.

Low - fi in all the right ways, the feature is a genuine surprise for the early fall, taking known, beaten, dried elements and infusing them with a sunny day temperament, approaching cliché with a glad hand and snappy sense of humor.

This would - be parable just sleepwalks from scene to scene, rarely making much of its fantastical sci - fi elements.

As the first title in an all - new sci - fi action franchise, Borderlands combines the best elements of Gearbox Software's first - person action titles with player customization and vehicular combat.

While it deviates a little from the original concept of the franchise, Dead Space 3 still delivers a great sci - fi experience with some horror elements, a good story and some superb graphics.

On the surface it looks like any other urban drama, but Tipping's use of whimsical fairy tale and sci - fi elements combines with heartbreaking social commentary for a totally unique experience.

Written by Coogler and Joe Robert Cole (a veteran of Marvel Studios» bygone in - house writers program), Black Panther combines many of the best elements of MCU films past, including: the Shakespearean royal family drama of the Thor movies, the political thriller elements of Civil War and Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and even the sci - fi tech aspects of the Iron Man films.

Under its bizarre sci - fi concept, the campaign still has some of the core elements you would expect from the single player mode, but the overly convoluted structure of the multiplayer, chaotic rhythm, the flashy presentation of Zombies in Spaceland and a few technical hiccups will make you hesitate when calling this a Call of Duty game.

There has been no official plot synopsis just yet, but what I do know is that the Paul McGuigan - directed film is said to put a new spin on the tale of Frankenstein and will feature some sci - fi elements.

It looks pretty surreal and may contain some sort of Sci - fi elements, though the trailer gives very little away.

He masterfully balances all of these elements and combines a romantic love story and sci - fi creature fable into a very convincing adventure.

When visionary director Luc Besson released his weird, imaginative sci - fi flick The Fifth Element in 1997, audiences didn't quite know what to think of it, and thus, it was taken to town by critics.

«Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets» is the closest we'll get to a «Fifth Element» sequel since both are quirky sci - fi adventures.

It is 130 minutes long and is Rated PG for sequences of sci - fi action violence and peril, thematic elements, and language.

It's an almost exceptionally high - concept premise that is, at the outset, employed to agreeable effect by filmmaker Alexander Payne, as the director, working from a script cowritten with Jim Taylor, delivers a briskly - paced opening stretch that's rife with uncommonly compelling elements - including a typically engaging turn by Damon and a proliferation of sci - fi - themed ideas and interludes.

It's an engaging, low - key premise that stands in sharp contrast to the over-the-top fare that generally dominates multiplexes during the summertime months, as Shyamalan, working from a script cowritten with Gary Whitta, offers up an engrossing father / son tale that's enhanced by the inclusion of intriguing sci - fi elements.

The film is an excellent and wildly entertaining effort from writer / director Edgar Wright, co - writer / star Simon Pegg, and star Nick Frost that uses elements from the sci - fi genre to explore issues of friendship, adulthood, and growing up.

I think they should have taken elements of both previous films and then thrown in some new story arcs for a familiar but ultimately new kind of sci - fi adventure.

A drama with sci - fi elements following the FBI probe of mysterious deaths aboard an airplane that landed at Boston's Logan Airport.

It's almost as if a conscious effort has been made to make this mix of western, sci - fi and time travel genre elements as banal as possible.

To recap, Alcon Entertainment just picked up the rights to create stories set in the Blade Runner universe, using elements of both the 1982 sci - fi classic directed by Ridley Scott and the Philip K. Dick short story Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

The MPAA rated The Maze Runner PG - 13 for thematic elements and intense sequences of sci - fi violence and action, including some disturbing images.

MPAA Rating: PG (for sequences of sci - fi action violence and peril, thematic elements, and language).

Prismata is a sci - fi - themed turn - based strategy game that blends elements of RTS, card games, and tabletop strategy games.

Then, if you happened to have caught Thor 2: The Dark World during the fall of 2013, you'd have noticed elements of sci - fi and fantasy added to the first God - of - Thunder movie's Shakespearean drama.

I also caught retrospective sci - fi screenings of The Fifth Element (one of my all - time favorites) and the original Ghost in the Shell anime - a treat to see them on the big screen.

In Take Shelter we saw Nichols and Shannon examine the nature of paranoia in a fascinating way, but with an added sci - fi element and a thriller pursuit narrative, Midnight Special opens up a world of possibility for the actor - director team.

A clunky throwback to the days of the paranoia thrillers and doom - and - gloom cautionary sci - fi flicks of the yesteryear, Eagle Eye suffocates in its own ineptitude by taking the worst elements of both subgenres.

MPAA Rating: (for intense sequences of sci - fi violence and action, language, and some thematic elements)

This year Wimmer is back with Ultraviolet, an Aeon Flux - like sci - fi movie he claims to have written specifically with lead actress Milla Jovovich of Fifth Element and Resident Evil fame in mind.

The sci - fi element doesn't really kick in until about the midway point, however, and so early on, it plays out more like a «Big Chill» - style reunion movie, with Gary serving as the symbolic corpse that reunites the group of friends.

Oscar - winner Jennifer Lawrence addresses the sexism elements that led to the critical trashing of her 2016 sci - fi film Passengers.

Thor lives in that genre border country where sci - fi meets fantasy, and these two new promo posters showcase both elements of the franchise.

The riveting flick is a harrowing mindbender which successfully blends elements of X-Men, The Matrix and Memento while adding some of its own unique sci - fi flava.

There are a number of elements which appear to have been influenced by sci - fi films from the last thirty years or so.

Director Luc Besson (The Fifth Element, Leon: The Professional) is in the middle of production on his return to epic sci - fi filmmaking, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.

That's been a core plot element of dozens of sci - fi movies — most recently «Life», a film that, thanks to solid character development and a couple of great twists, was able to rise - above the generic efforts of this genre.

The simplest analogy I can think of is a Mass Effect Lite style template that leans far more on sci - fi 3rd person shooting (with skill leveling and weapons / equipment upgrading) than the bootleg Zelda, action / rpg elements of SF Adventures.

But the beauty of Jonathan Glazer's film is how unfamiliar the whole sci - fi element feels (visually and sonically — Mica Levi's score is excellent), while the setting of drab, rainy contemporary Scotland couldn't feel more familiar.

MPAA Rating: (for thematic elements and intense sequences of sci - fi violence and action, including some disturbing images)

Alice Rohrwacher's time - travel puzzler Happy as Lazzaro is well positioned to win the Palme d'Or, after a festival dominated by films with elements of sci - fi or fantasy, and out - of - place protagonists.