Sentences with phrase «fiction films in»

Written and directed by Joseph Kosinski (of Tron Legacy fame), Oblivion is one of the more fascinating and frustrating science fiction films in recent memory.

But if you're willing to forgive it just a little, it delivers a whole lot in return: as much as its predecessor and more than enough to rank it among the better science fiction films in recent years.

It's one of the best films of the year, one of the best science fiction films in nearly a decade and quite simply, a perfect sequel.

A lot of noise has been made this year over how fans of Science Fiction should go see some of the larger studio - produced Sci - Fi flicks like Jupiter Ascending and Chappie if they want to see more «original» science fiction films in theaters in the future.

It's one of the most comforting science fiction films in years.

There have actually been few real science fiction films in American Cinema, but a list of some titles will demonstrate the difference: Blade Runner, Soylent Green and A.I. come to mind.

Previous owner Kenneth Schacter bought the German artwork for Fritz Lang's 1927 science - fiction film in 2005 for a record $ 690,000, but had to give it up after filling for bankruptcy.

District 9 is the most original, innovative and entertaining science - fiction film in years and contains the best mix of politics and spectacle since Starship Troopers.

The best purely British horror / science - fiction film in decades.

That sequel isn't the only science fiction film in the mix, as Alex Garland returns with his «Ex Machina» follow - up titled «Annihilation.»

South African - born filmmaker Neill Blomkamp returns for his third science fiction film in the last 6 years, Chappie, a film about a a robot who becomes the first of his kind with Read More →

«There's a water ballet, there's a roman swords - and - sandals epic — but it breaks my heart that there's no science - fiction film in there.»

Hilary Swank has signed on to I Am Mother, a science fiction film in which she takes on a robot mother who's been raising children underground.

It's a science - fiction film in J.G. Ballard's barest definition of the genre — an exploration of time, space, and identity set in the near future in a cloud of languages and ideas — that periodically soars like invention can when it's raised from a foundation of familiar catastrophe and intimate calamity.

Dubbed the «first forgotten female filmmaker,» Alice Guy Blaché wrote, produced, and directed the first narrative fiction film in 1896.

Not exact matches

Lewis wrote, noting that such salted weapons were featured in the 1964 science - fiction Cold War parody film «Dr. Strangelove.»

As the actor who redefined what it means to be The Man in Hollywood with films like «Pulp Fiction,» he simply put too much into the role, making the Octopus one of his least memorable characters to date.

The series, now produced by Netflix, presents science - fiction short films about how tech could change the world in the near future.

«Ready Player One,» director Steven Spielberg's science - fiction thriller about a grim world where people seek escape through virtual reality, opened as the top film in North American theaters, delivering the first No. 1 debut this year for Warner Bros..

From singing show tunes in Grease to playing a ruthless hitman in Pulp Fiction, Travolta's talent has transcended many decades as he continues to take on A-list roles in blockbuster films.

He didn't want to make it look like just a mechanical mat... which is typically what happens with robots in science fiction films.

Actor John Travolta — best known as starring in films such as Pulp Fiction and Grease — will be among the numerous celebrity attendees, serving as a special guest speaker.

First of all, it's not apparent when watching Suburbicon that fact and fiction are being blended, either from the marketing of the film or in the movie itself.

I took this from a discussion of Jesus» bloodline that is in wikipedia - «Differing and contradictory versions of a Jesus bloodline hypothesis have been promoted by numerous books, websites and films of non-fiction and fiction in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, which have almost all been dismissed as works of pseudohistory and conspiracy theory.

The studio currently has two more films — titled Snakehead and Fiction and Other Realities — in post-production.

But they are far more apt to be interjected into the more adult sitcoms and late - night comedy, and to be reflected in films, editorials, art, fiction, and memoirs considered enlightened and liberating.»

In film and fiction, Rembrandt has long embodied the archetype of the profligate, rags - to - riches genius who willfully defies expectation in both art and lifIn film and fiction, Rembrandt has long embodied the archetype of the profligate, rags - to - riches genius who willfully defies expectation in both art and lifin both art and life.

In fiction and drama and film the traditional forms of plot are being pressured out of shape in a way that has never happened since people began to tell storieIn fiction and drama and film the traditional forms of plot are being pressured out of shape in a way that has never happened since people began to tell storiein a way that has never happened since people began to tell stories.

In Suzanne Collins» phenomenally successful teen fiction series of the same name, and in the recent inevitable film release, Katniss» sacrificial act is the catalytic moment for one of the most thrilling fiction plots of recent yearIn Suzanne Collins» phenomenally successful teen fiction series of the same name, and in the recent inevitable film release, Katniss» sacrificial act is the catalytic moment for one of the most thrilling fiction plots of recent yearin the recent inevitable film release, Katniss» sacrificial act is the catalytic moment for one of the most thrilling fiction plots of recent years.

The result is a movie that blurs the lines between fact and fiction, documentary and feature film, telling the story of childhood elation and adult struggle, in a motel where this happens every day and featuring dozens of extras who live within miles of the set.

Christian actor David Gyasi stars as space explorer Romilly in science fiction film Interstellar.

Knowing of my interest in crime fiction and detective stories my late father - in - law, John Thynne — who had supported Arsenal from before the war — was always talking about a film made in 1939 called The Arsenal Stadium Mystery.

I also find joy in reading and film, particularly in Sciene Fiction and Fantasy genres.

James Dashner, the author of «The Maze Runner,» a top - selling dystopian science fiction series that was turned into a film trilogy, has been dropped by his publisher, Random House, due to his inclusion on a list of authors who allegedly engaged in harassment.

Adonaijah Owiriwa and Izu Ojukwu's movie, «76» a 2016 Nigerian historical fiction drama film which stars Ramsey Nouah, Chidi Mokeme, Rita Dominic and Ibinabo Fiberesima, won in five categories, which includes, Best Actress in Drama / TV / Movies (Rita Dominic), Best Director (Izu Ojukwu), Best Art Director (Pat Nebo), Best Costume Designer (Pat Egwurube).

This year's books had something for everyone with mysteries, historical fiction and non-fiction, books in a series and books that have been made into films.

Empire State Development Takes Home Emmy Award for Best Corporate Welfare Reclaim New York Initiative offered the following statement in response to Empire State Development's shameless bragging about taxpayer - financed productions winning Emmy awards: «The state's film tax credit job claims are a fiction straight out of the Hollywood productions they're forcing New York taxpayers to finance.

The ability to erase traumatic memories in humans, as shown in the film «Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,» remains science fiction for now and any attempt to do so would raise serious ethical considerations.

It shares its name with an ill - fated planet in the science fiction film Serenity.

Counselors in rehab often warned me of watching films like Pulp Fiction or Requiem for a Dream, which have a reputation for glorifying drug use and could have led me to a relapse.

If the server decides that there are objects with geographic coordinates that fall within the camera's field of view, it superimposes these objects on the picture from the phone camera, in a fashion similar to the way the director of a science fiction movie might use special effects to add a spacecraft to a filmed scene.

In the typical science fiction film circa 1950, there's that scene in which scientists return from the just - landed flying saucer and tell the Army brass that no tool known to humankind can cut, burn, bend, or otherwise scar the hulIn the typical science fiction film circa 1950, there's that scene in which scientists return from the just - landed flying saucer and tell the Army brass that no tool known to humankind can cut, burn, bend, or otherwise scar the hulin which scientists return from the just - landed flying saucer and tell the Army brass that no tool known to humankind can cut, burn, bend, or otherwise scar the hull.

The remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still closely parallels Robert Wise's 1951 science fiction film classic that was a Cold War warning shrouded in a Christ allegory.

That is a far likelier scenario than the portrayal of aliens in most science fiction films.

«It is a science fiction film set in a place with a complicated, aggressive history.»

At other places and other times, the fictions have been ghost stories and fairy stories delivered in penny - dreadfuls and Hollywood films.

Events will include a film festival of science fiction films «before and after the discovery of DNA», in Italy, an overnight camp at the Science Museum in London for children from all over Europe, science contests in newspapers, and a «scientific ballet» organised by CERN, the centre for particle physics near Geneva.

In fiction, pneumatic technology is often associated with a creaking bureaucratic dystopia, such as George Orwell's 1984 or the satirical film Brazil, but it was once widely lauded.

In the recent science fiction film Passengers, a huge spaceship flies at half the speed of light on a 120 - year - long journey toward the distant planet Homestead II, where its 5000 passengers are to set up a new home.

Neill Blomkamp: I'm very interested in science personally, especially speculative fiction, outside the realm of my films.