Sentences with phrase «film black death»

Somewhat outside the purview of films that depict present and very - near - future epidemics, but nonetheless worthy of an appreciative final word, is the doom - laden 2010 British film Black Death, set in 1348 England and starring Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne, and Carice van Houten.

That's kind of what director Christopher Smith is offering with his new film Black Death.

Not exact matches

When Philando Castile was shot by police during a routine roadside stop in Minneapolis, and his death was filmed by his girlfriend Lavish Reynolds as her daughter sat in the back seat, the footage helped galvanize protests about police violence against blacks in the U.S.

Some employees of an international arms dealer go out into the Hungarian wildeness for a weekend company retreat, only to find themselves menaced by a group of militants who don't like having them around their territory in this modestly budgeted dark comedy / horror film from Christopher Smith, who also directed Black Death (with Sean Bean).

After these notable performances, Mihok continued to create memorable and diverse roles in such films as THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, DARK BLUE, BASIC, CONNIE AND CARLA, director Shane Black's KISS KISS BANG BANG, 10TH & WOLF, HOLLYWOODLAND, SEX AND DEATH 101, THE LONGSHOTS, Marvel's PUNISHER: WAR ZONE, and the unsettling motion - capture performance of the Alpha Male creature that went toe - to - toe with Will Smith in I AM LEGEND.

As the film jumps from location to location, chyron to chyron, picking up storylines listlessly while letting others lay fallow for a while, out of sight but without any sort of urgency at their displacement, the best moments emerge as those featuring Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner / Hulk, conveying an ocean of regret in the delivery of the word «Nat» to his lost love, Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson)-- or those between Paul Bettany's «Vision» and Elizabeth Olsen's «Scarlet Witch,» who share a stolen moment together in Scotland before what they believe will be their deaths.

The film was the product of a partnership between British studio Anglo - Amalgamated (the same studio that brought us PEEPING TOM and Roger Corman's THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH) and US genre machine American International Pictures, their second after the successful Michael Gough vehicle HORRORS OF THE BLACK MUSEUM.

HollywoodNews.com: Christopher Smith's upcoming film, Black Death has debuted a new movie poster depicting a lone warrior imposing himself on a gloomy atmosphere.

In film form, Black Panther tells the story of T'Challa, a newly - reigning king who returns to his home country of Wakanda to rule after the death of his father.

Coupling that with a few of the points mentioned above, like the fallout from his father's death and the disdain from his sister regarding the mantle of Black Panther, we'd expect next year's film to knock this one out of the park.

The Panorama section, on the other hand, clusters more recent titles making the rounds on the festival circuit, usually plucked from the A-listers such as Venice, Berlin or Cannes, in this year's case films such as Quand on a 17 ans (Being 17, André Téchiné), 24 Wochen (24 Weeks, Anne Zohra Berrached), Heart of a Dog (Laurie Anderson), La mort de Louis XIV (The Death of Louis XIV, Alberto Serra), Neon Demon (Nicolas Winding Refn), Sieranevada (Cristi Puiu), or the black horse of this year's Cannes competition, Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade).

It's not every director who can show three kids (including an infant wrapped in swaddling clothes) perforated by bullets without so much as flinching, but that's Cooper's M.O., refined over the three films since his relatively marshmallowy «Crazy Heart»: As in «Black Mass» before this, violence packs more punch if depicted matter - of - factly, which somehow registers as «realistic» these days (although one suspects that it would be far more horrifying if his victims suffered slow, agonizing deaths after being shot).

From March's twelve - year - old daughter Holly (Angourie Rice) spewing out lines that Black and Anthony Bagarozzi seem to have written solely for shock value, to several grotesque scenes of head - bashing and bone - cracking, to countless inexplicable and pointless deaths by gunfire, the film was too extreme and thoughtless with its violence for my taste.

Some of the biggest black entertainers in comedy today who aren't Tyler Perry come together in Death at a Funeral, which African - Americanizes a 2007 British film directed by Frank Oz.

Other popular sub films include Crimson Tide (1995), The Hunt for Red October (1990), and K - 19: The Widowmaker (2002), and for those of us who are fascinated by life (and possible death) under the sea, we gladly welcome a new entry to the sub-genre, especially one as well made and tension - packed as Black Sea.

It's more conventional than it seems at first, opening with swipes at the phoniness of birth - to - death musician biopics — via a black - and - white film - within - the - film — before indulging in some phoniness of its own.

HollywoodNews.com: The U.S. rights to Christopher Smith's film «Black Death» have reportedly been acquired by the Wagner / Cuban Company's Magnet Releasing, genre arm of Magnolia Pictures.

9:35 am — Sundance — A Girl Cut in Two One of the last films from great French director Claude Chabrol before his death, with Ludivine Sagnier as an up - and - coming TV personality faced with choosing between two men — with Chabrol at the helm, you know there's more than that to it, and his touch for black comedy thrillers should make this one an enjoyable watch.

Among the dead were several Avengers and most of the Guardians of the Galaxy, but given that quite a few actors still have pictures on their Marvel Studios contracts, and sequels are lined up for casualties like Black Panther and Spider - Man, in true comic book fashion, fans have begun theorizing how these deaths will be undone come the next film.

Winstead has primarily been called a scream queen because of her roles in the horror films Final Destination 3, Black Christmas, Death Proof, and The Thing.

Other minor problems are Stans death - row inmate character when the film attempts some black humour with his diatribes.

Like countless other disease films, Black Death forebodingly dabbles in the supernatural.

Other well - known projects Irvine has been involved are A Night in Old Mexico, Beyond the Reach, The World Made Straight, The Woman in Black: Angel of Death, Stonewall, and Daniel Grigori in the film adaptation of the young adult novel Fallen.

Presenting five poor, black and white North Carolina preteens as they awaken to love and death, George Washington (2000) tells a common adolescent story, yet the film is distinguished by the poetic, ruminative style of its twenty - five - year - old...

Honored with the French Legion of Honor in 2001, the 2000 Acapulco Black Film Festival's Best International Film Award for Le Conte du ventre plein (aka Bellyful, 2000), the 1999 Chicago Underground Film Festival's Lifetime Achievement Award, the 1987 Children's Live - Action Humanitas Prize for The Day They Came to Arrest the Book, a 1972 Tony Award nomination for «Don't Play Us Cheap», two 1971 Tony Award nominations for «Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death», along with a Grammy Award nomination and Drama Desk Award for this earlier musical, Melvin Van Peebles is more than a one - note film director.

The lack of mourning for the murder of Sirius Black, Harry's idolised godfather, slain by the Death Eaters in the previous film felt odd.

The movie features a bevy of hot young actresses, a streak of black comedy and more than a few grisly death scenes that almost make up for the fact that the film's very existence is completely unnecessary.

That movie also featured Jordan playing a black man who became a victim of his circumstances because of the color of his skin (the film is based on the 2009 shooting death of an unarmed Oscar Grant at the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland, California, by a police officer).

Like Centurion, Solomon Kane and Black Death before it, this is textbook low - budget film - making, with an eye for character and a healthy lust for blood.

A new synopsis for the Marvel film was also released: Marvel Studios» «Black Panther» follows T'Challa who, after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation to succeed to the throne and take his rightful place as king.

Two horror films, January's «Woman in Black 2: The Angel of Death» and February's «The Lazarus Effect,» both topped out at roughly $ 26 million domestically.

Beltrami's career began with the soundtrack of the thriller Death Match in 1994, and he gained renown for his work on horror films such as Mimic (1997), The Woman in Black (2012), and all four films in the Scream series (1995 — 2011).

and the film wiggled into a black - and - white flashback depicting their thoughtful reverie, I prayed for the sweet release of death to take me.

Ultimately the film — a pitch - black, brutal and strangely poetic picture about a convict seeking revenge for the death of his brother at the hands of a local crime lord — didn't move forward in that incarnation.

Directed by Destin Cretton, the film is an adaptation of Equal Justice Initiative founder Bryan Stevenson's 2014 memoir on his first case, Walter McMillian, a young black man sentenced to death for a crime he didn't commit.

New films reviewed include The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death, [REC] 4: Apocalypse, A Most Violent Year and a better - late - than - never review of The Interview.

In a simplified comparison, Black Rock is indeed like a movie such as Death Proof, and shares qualities with those films that influenced Tarantino's own take.

The exhibition will include some the collective's key pieces including their film works, KI - AI 100, Black of Death and REAL TIMES.

Tate Liverpool In their bizarre black - and - white films, the Americans confront war and death — with a boisterous, cartoonish take on Das Boot

Arthur Jafa's film Love is the Message, the Message is Death (2016), at Gavin Brown's cavernous West Harlem space, combined disparate video clips — from the 1963 March on Washington to footage of the 2015 murder of Walter Scott, an unarmed black man, by a Charleston police officer — and set it to the tune of Kanye West's Ultralight Beam (2016), resulting in a kind of music video for contemporary Black Ameblack man, by a Charleston police officer — and set it to the tune of Kanye West's Ultralight Beam (2016), resulting in a kind of music video for contemporary Black AmeBlack America.

I decided I'd capture the scene from the Brazilian film Black Orpheus (1959) where doomed lovers Orfeu and Eurydice plummet to their deaths.

All images courtesy of the artists and Pace Gallery.Featured images in slider: Glenn Ligon — Death of Tom, 2008, 16 mm black and white film / video transfer, 23 min.; 4:3 aspect ratio, Edition AP 1 of 1.