Sentences with phrase «fi film drama»

The theme of the Founders Gala is based on Metropolis, Fritz Lang's 1927 epic German Expressionist sci - fi film drama.

Not exact matches

His films span decades and genres, from sci - fi classics to historical dramas.

Geeky Indies Robot & Frank: This bittersweet, cuttingly funny movie somehow succeeds at being a near - future sci - fi film, a domestic drama, and a heist flick, all while introducing the most likable robot since WALL - E.

Part cerebral sci - fi and part relationship drama, this film is a tightly focused, intimately shot film that quickly ratchets up with tension and mystery.

His revelations verge on going too far but by the end you realise that you've witnessed a film that crosses all sorts of genres; it's an introspective drama, a restrained chase movie and an imaginative Sci - Fi and it tackles all the tropes with a deftness and skill.

And you're choosing to ignore all the female - centered dramas and comedies that have been SUCCESSFUL compared to budget: Lady Bird, Winter's Bone, Wild, Girls Trip, Trainwreck, Bridesmaids, Mean Girls, Clueless, Pitch Perfect, and on and on (not including the huge box office of the female - led action / sci - fi / Disney films like Frozen, Hunger Games, Gravity, Wonder Woman, etc).

A film that full of mystery, thrills, horror and good old crime drama, this is one film that can appeal to a broad audience, and not just Horror fans or Sci Fi fans.

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.

This decade has seen a significant increase in what can only be described a «prestige genre,» a Sci - Fi or Fantasy film that is treated as serious drama and, usually, with a distinctly more artistic vision than traditional commercial fare.

Comedy, sci - fi, horror, romance, adventure, action, drama, and thriller, it covers quite a lot of territory in a short amount of time, and does so with its own sense of style that makes it different from any other film, even if it is an homage film at its core.

The Brit has proven elastic with the release of three largely disparate feature films — the sci - fi action thriller Kill Command, the romantic drama Me Before You, and a period drama Genius, in which she takes on the effusive role of Zelda Fitzgerald — and appeared in two theater productions including a turn as Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn and as Elena in Robert Icke's Uncle Vanya in London.

Amid the bang boom of Furious 7 dominating the box office again in its fourth frame with a $ 320.5 M domestic gross, a cult film was percolating on the charts: A24's sci - fi drama Ex Machina.

Despite devoting roughly half its running time to Ian and Sofi's relationship, I Origins is ultimately not a romance, or at least, not only a romance: As the plot advances, Cahill's film reveals new incarnations of itself in a variety of genre trappings — sci - fi parable, grisly medical drama, globe - trotting thriller, and even, in one bizarre and possibly genius scene, a Saw-esque horror flick.

Among the films nominated for Picture but not Director are some clearly bucking tradition: the animated Up, sci - fi flick District 9, and inspirational football drama The Blind Side.

What begins as an enjoyable sci - fi drama about mankind's last hope quickly stumbles into a nightmarish thriller with heavy resonances of the underappreciated Paul W.S. Anderson film, «Event Horizon.»

This decade has seen a significant increase in what can only be described a «prestige genre,» a Sci - Fi or Fantasy film that is treated as serious drama and, usually, with a distinctly more artistic vision than...

Although she frequently expresses her love for sci - fi and fantasy in interviews, DuVernay, who rose to prominence with 2015's Selma, has stuck to drama in her previous low - budget feature films.

This year, Adams is blowing up the festival circuit with two films; Arrival, her sci - fi drama from director Denis Villeneuve set...

The British actress will soon be seen in the Wachowski's sci - fi movie «Jupiter Ascending» and the Keanu Reeves courtroom drama «The Whole Truth,» and she's currently filming Sony's Untitled NFL Concussion Drama with Will Sdrama «The Whole Truth,» and she's currently filming Sony's Untitled NFL Concussion Drama with Will SDrama with Will Smith.

Payne's new sci - fi comedy - drama Downsizing, about a man who decides to shrink himself, was announced as the festival's opening film earlier this month.

We've got nine movies based on three different media (literature, drama, film / television), further subdivided into three different genres (adventure, sci - fi, musical).

Because no Star Wars film is as good as the one they've dreamt up in their head, nerds everywhere are finding every conceivable means of criticizing what is a perfectly enjoyable sci - fi action drama.

Excellent, Excellent, Excellent but if your expecting a full on action film, throw that away because it's mostly a sci fi drama with action elements thrown in

The film was one of two breakout hits for star / co-writer Brit Marling at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, the first being the sci - fi drama Another...

Although it debuted in limited release over a month ago, it continues to be released in more and more, and playing to sold - out crowds — and with the film's success, Monroe is finding more and more opportunities in Hollywood, including the upcoming sci - fi action film The Fifth Wave (alongside Chloe Grace Moretz), and the coming - of age - drama The Tribes of Palos Verdes, about a surfer... the perfect fit for the former athlete.

From period dramas and comedies, to action - adventure films and sci - fi flicks, there are originals, remakes, reboots, and adaptations that will have you buying movie tickets every weekend this month.

Sound of My Voice has the cult concept from Martha Marcy May Marlene and the lo - fi drama feel of Brit Marling's previous film, Another Earth.

Last year Ridley Scott delivered the crowd - pleasing sci - fi survival drama The Martian, and now he's busy shooting Alien: Covenant, the first film in what is supposed to be a new trilogy that will lead up to the events of the original Alien from 1979.

Amy Adams leads Denis Villeneuve's brainy sci - fi drama Arrival, which had its North American premiere at the Telluride film festival on Saturday, but she often prefers being a supporting player.

Michelle Monaghan has shown her versatility in a wide variety of films over the years, from comedies like «Kiss Kiss Bang Bang» and «Made of Honor» to dramas like «Gone Baby Gone» and «North Country» to sci - fi thrillers like «Source Code» and «Eagle Eye.»

It's a startlingly creative film that zig - zags between comedy, drama and sci - fi action in ways surprising and memorable.

The AFCA also announced its Best Austin Film nominees: two films from director Jeff Nichols, the harrowing period drama «Loving» and the sci - fi thriller «Midnight Special;» Keith Maitland's animated documentary «Tower;» Greg Kwedar's border patrol thriller «Transpecos;» and Clay Liford's coming of age comedy «Slash.»

Halle Berry - Halle Berry spotted filming her Sci - Fi drama series «Extant» in Los Angeles Ca.

Unlike his past two films, this one is a more conventional drama with real people (and no sci - fi).

A trio of reissues, all 4K restorations, highlight the Labor Day weekend film offerings: Steven Spielberg's 1977 mashed - potato - stacking sci - fi classic «Close Encounters of the Third Kind,» with Richard Dreyfuss; Merchant - Ivory's 1983 India - set drama «Heat...

A trio of reissues, all 4K restorations, highlight the Labor Day weekend film offerings: Steven Spielberg's 1977 mashed - potato - stacking sci - fi classic «Close Encounters of the Third Kind,» with Richard Dreyfuss; Merchant - Ivory's 1983 India - set drama «Heat and Dust,» starring Julie Christie; and Jacques Becker's 1960 crime drama «Le Trou.»

Other notable films that will screen at TIFF include Tom Ford «s «Nocturnal Animals,» with Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams; «Whiplash» director Damien Chazelle «s musical «La La Land,» with Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone; Peter Berg «s «Deepwater Horizon,» a true - life drama about the oil spill, starring Mark Wahlberg and Kurt Russell; Werner Herzog «s «Salt and Fire,» a drama in which Michael Shannon and Gael Garcia Bernal face ecological disaster in South America; Ewan McGregor «s Philip Roth adaptation «American Pastoral,» the actor's directorial debut; Denis Villeneuve «s sci - fi drama «Arrival,» formerly titled «Story of Your Life,» with Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner; Juan Antonio Bayona «s «A Monster Calls»; «Denial,» Mick Jackson's drama starring Rachel Weisz as a historian sued by a Holocaust denier; Irish director Jim Sheridan «s «The Secret Scripture,» with Vanessa Redgrave and Rooney Mara playing two different ages of a woman who keeps a diary of her time in a mental hospital; and «Mascots,» Christopher Guest «s comedy about the world of sports mascots.

The HFCS were split over their picks for the year's best new filmmakers and their debut films, as Henry Hobson's Arnold Schwarzenegger - starring zombie drama, «Maggie,» tied with Alex Garland's stylish sci - fi thriller, «Ex Machina» (which also tied with Ridley Scott's «The Martian» for Best Sci - Fi Filmfi thriller, «Ex Machina» (which also tied with Ridley Scott's «The Martian» for Best Sci - Fi FilmFi Film).

After a detention - worthy incident with their enemies in the drama club, Luke and his AV crew persuade the thespians to join their effort to make a cheesy sci - fi film on video.

A menacing horror movie set in a pitilessly silent world, director John Krasinski's latest film A Quiet Place is also a fine sample of smart sci - fi, solidly buttressed by arresting human drama.

Whether she is defined for audiences by Rita Hayworth as the hair - flipping title character in the 1946 noir Gilda or by Scarlett Johansson as an irresistible, ethereal being in the 2013 sci - fi drama Under the Skin, male film characters have had plenty to concern themselves over when a potential love interest starts batting her eyelashes or — as Oscar - winning actress Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook) does in her new spy thriller — bares all for the uncomfortable assignment at hand.

His last film prior to Dunkirk was Interstellar, an epic sci - fi drama.

Both types of films come in a variety of forms or genre - hybrids: sci - fi or space, thrillers, crime - drama, war, horror, westerns, etc..

Tyldum, who is finishing sci - fi drama Passengers, is looking to start work on the film in January in the UK, with an autumn awards time release pencilled in, though a distributor is yet to hop on board.

My list of didn't - see - yet shame includes: Eskil Vogt's Blind that everyone raved about, Brendan Gleeson's Calvary which Fox Searchlight picked up, German drama Wetlands, Jake Paltrow's sci - fi western Young Ones, Jim Mickle's Cold in July, bedtime horror The Babadook that some said is the best of the fest, Mark Duplass & Elisabeth Moss in The One I Love, Jenny Slate in Obvious Child, A.J. Edwards» Lincoln film The Better Angels, plus the highly praised closing night film They Came Together, not to mention the Audience Award winning doc Alive Inside: A Story of Music & Memory.

His major films include the supernatural thriller The Sixth Sense (1999), the neo-noir superhero drama thriller Unbreakable (2000), the science fiction thriller Signs (2002), the psychological thriller The Village (2004), the fantasy thriller Lady in the Water (2006), the natural horror thriller The Happening (2008), the fantasy adventure film The Last Airbender (2010), the sci - fi action - adventure film After Earth (2013) and the horror comedy film The Visit (2015).

Rather than spending your time scrolling through categories, trying to track down the perfect film to watch, we've done our best to make it easy for you at Paste by updating our Best Movies to watch on Netflix list each month with new additions and overlooked gems alike, bringing you our favorites from across genres: Oscar - winning dramas, independent and art - house films, action blockbusters, documentaries, comedies, sci - fi flicks and animated movies for both kids and adults.

Spanish director JA Bayone, known for 2012 disaster drama «The Impossible», will helm the sequel to the hit adventure sci - fi film.

Fox Searchlight, which released Cahill and Brit Marling's first collaboration «Another Earth,» scooped up the brainy sci - fi drama co-starring Marling and Astrid Bergès - Frisbey at Sundance, where it won this year's Alfred P. Sloan prize, which is awarded to a film pertaining to science or technology.

Fabbo indie film and theater star Tanna Frederick has snared the lead role in a new Jane Spencer written / directed sci - fi drama that'll...