Jennifer Garner rocks a black jumpsuit while attending the premiere of her latest
film Draft Day held at Regency Bruin Theatre on Monday (April 7) in Los Angeles.
To get a fair and balanced assessment of the new
film Draft Day, we unleashed PFT Commenter on the local multiplex for an advanced screening.
Not exact matches
So when SB Nation asked me if I could review «
Draft Day» - the new NFL movie starring Kevin Costner, I told them I do nt know about «movies» but I'll take a look at what theyve put on
film and give a full evalutation.
Western New York has missed out on being the setting for a major motion picture, but Republican state Senator Patrick Gallivan hopes the loss of the movie «
Draft Day,» starring Kevin Costner, will help push along a bill that would offer tax credits for
films to be shot in New York state.
His
film credits include playing Captain George Stacy in The Amazing Spider - Man, voicing Francis in A Bug's Life and Diego in the Ice Age franchise and other movies such as The Ref, The Sandlot,
Draft Day, Wag The Dog, Monument Ave and The Thomas Crown Affair.
«
Draft Day» (2014)-- Boseman gave a memorable supporting performance in a
film about the inner workings of another sport: football, as player Vontae Mack.
The
film is set almost entirely on the
day of the NFL
Draft, which comes a week after the death of Sonny's father.
Draft Day would appear to be the least comedic
film he's directed to date.
The
film takes place within the span of one
day, the
day of the NFL
draft, as Kevin Costner plays a general manager who...
Browns» general manager Sonny Weaver Jr. (cinematic lunesta Kevin Costner) has got problems: On one of the biggest
days of his professional career (NFL
draft day), his girlfriend Ali (Jennifer Garner) announces she's preggo, his demanding mother Barb (Ellen Burstyn) wants to spread his recently deceased father's ashes on the practice field, and his team owner boss Anthony Molina (Frank Langella, who doesn't take his sunglasses off at all during the
film) wants to fire him if he doesn't choose wisely.
I am proud to say that not only is
Draft Day a very entertaining movie for casual and hardcore fans of the entire league, but Clevelanders will really appreciate all the little attentions to detail used from historic landmarks, real members of the fabled «Dawg Pound,» and local radio personalities as not only the
film's narrative, but as an honest voice of the Cleveland fan.
«
Draft Day» is the new
film from director Ivan Reitman («Ghostbusters,» «Groundhog
Day») and it looks like a real winner.
And we spent five
days that we were going to see
films at the festival writing this movie, and we wrote the first
draft of «Lemon» there.
From bit parts on television to starring in the hit Jackie Robinson biopic «42», Boseman is hoping to keep the momentum going this year with a James Brown biopic «Get on Up» and the Kevin Costner
film «
Draft Day».
We know Trevorrow and screenwriter Derek Connolly have made significant changes to that
draft, but considering present
day would mean 22 years after the events of the first
film, it's certainly possible that the functional Jurassic Park scenario could remain intact.
Draft Day, a propaganda
film of the most subtle kind, calls upon an inner craving for America's greatest sport in a time of absence: football.
He's already been in such great
films as Magnolia, The Innkeepers, Cheap Thrills, and
Draft Day, but he's only getting better.
His best — and the best of his
films in a while — is the beleaguered but savvy general manager of the Cleveland Browns in
Draft Day.
The extraordinarily bloated «On the Clock: The Making of
Draft Day» (60 mins., HD) is standard quasi-promotional fare discussing the jitters, the awe - inspiring scope of the NFL spectacle, and the challenge of doing a
film about the most popular vice in American culture.
It's easy to look at a movie like «
Draft Day» as a cynical attempt to promote the upcoming NFL draft in the form of a feature - length film, and to be honest, we wouldn't a
Draft Day» as a cynical attempt to promote the upcoming NFL
draft in the form of a feature - length film, and to be honest, we wouldn't a
draft in the form of a feature - length
film, and to be honest, we wouldn't argue.
This time, our assassin is the aptly - named Ethan Renner, taking his surname from one of the most boring action leads in
film today — he's played by
film legend Kevin Costner, who's trying to make a comeback between this, Man of Steel and the dire sports comedy
Draft Day.
While
Draft Day could be an interesting glimpse into football, the
film doesn't make Sonny's effort into a sufficiently compelling story.