Sentences with phrase «film about monsters»

The characters and settings are taken from Monsters University, the next computer - animated Pixar film about the Monsters, Inc. universe and set to release in June this year.

But this is no Nordic crime thriller, or horror film about monsters emerging from the deep.

Not exact matches

The new film «A Quiet Place» is an edge - of - your - seat tale about a family struggling to avoid being heard by monsters with hypersensitive ears.

Back in 2012, a short film called Montauk from filmmaker Charlie Kessler garnered some attention at The Hamptons Film Festival for its intriguing sci - fi story about a government research lab conducting strange experiments outside of a small American town (which leads to a bunch of weird stuff happening, including a child going missing and a monster from another dimension being released).

On the surface, the films — and their fire - breathing, unrelenting force of destruction — are about a monster that devours cities.

Director James Cameron's 1986 blockbuster follow - up to Ridley Scott's Oscar winning science - fiction / horror flick that became one of the biggest grossing films of 1979 asks a good question to a successful hit... How do you make a successful sequel to a film in which much of the suspense comes from learning about the mysterious monster?

Heder scored better on all fronts by voicing Reginald «Skull» Skulinski in the Steven Spielberg - produced, CG - animated family film Monster House, a spooky and funny romp about a home that begins devouring trick - or - treaters, and the three youngsters who set out to stop it.The November 2006 release School for Scoundrels returned Heder to live - action material.

I have gravely mixed feelings about every movie on Marc Forster's résumé, from «Monster's Ball» to «Stranger Than Fiction» to «The Kite Runner» to the 2008 Bond film «Quantum of Solace,» but the guy is undeniably a stylistic virtuoso with a Michael Winterbottom - like ability to jump around from one genre to another.

Glazer puts all this into scenes that play out like a classier version of a science - fiction / horror film — one of those cheesy ones about a monster in human form.

As vital, disturbing, and powerful now as it was when it was written and filmed, All Quiet on the Western Front is an excellent film about war and both its inhumanity — the moments when people are turned into monsters and pawns — and its humanity — the moments when despite the contexts people attempt to regain their decency.

Instead, this particular video game movie fits squarely into Johnson's established «brand» and could have easily been an original sci - fi film about The Rock battling giant monsters, had it dropped the references to the original games.

If Rampage's giant monsters stand for anything — and giant monsters usually do, even in films as silly as this one — it is the destructive self - interest of the monstrously rich, and there is an unexpectedly topical plot thread here about billionaire grifters in gilded office blocks getting their FBI - mandated just desserts.

Plus, hilariously, he praises the appearance of the «infant» demon - critters from the first film as being a directorial choice rather than a throwback to Silent Hill 1 (the game), which is what he hates about the appearances of the monsters in Revelation!

The last time McKellen and director Bill Condon worked together, the result was the Oscar - winning Gods And Monsters — another film about memory, legacy, and the august years of a famous man.

This soon enough resulted in it becoming the third film in this unlikely Twilight Zone-esque tapestry of sparsely - connected tales about monsters both human and otherworldly.

At the time, many of us knew nothing about the director other than the fact that he'd made a monster movie that was more than a monster movie but since then, he's become a recognizable name (at least among film fans) and the announcement of a new project brought much joy to my heart.

Then, in the wake of 2017's massive revelations about sexual assault and harassment in the film industry, Emma, Rochelle and Lee discuss whether it is actually possible to separate the art from the artist, and whether it is permissible to enjoy the product of makers who turn out to be monsters (16:14).

The film is already set to star Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina) in a story about monster hunters.

Monsters And Men writer / director Reinaldo Marcus Green stopped by Deadline's Sundance Studio, along with cast members John David Washington, Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Anthony Ramos to speak about the film's perspective on the racial aftermath when a white police officer wrongfully shoots a neighborhood street hustler.

While it's about a young child facing her father's fading health and an impending environmental disaster (not to mention a herd of prehistoric monsters migrating ominously towards them) in a fictional part of the U.S. called «The Bathtub,» the emotionally rousing «Beasts of the Southern Wild» is simply an inspiring and celebratory look at love, loss and life that's moving and passionate in the way few films are these days (read our review).

How much subtext should be expected from a film about giant monsters fighting giant mecha robots?

Whether A Monster Calls should be considered a children's film or adults» film about childhood is uncertain.

The impulse to explain too much about the creature midway through the film (even to the extent that it is a creature) hurts the flow of the picture with monologues and tortured explanations that add little to the texture of the monster's lore and sway.

Alien is revered as one of the greatest horror films of all time, as well as one of the greatest films set in space, so what happens when the director of the film that originated the franchise returns to it to provide us back - story about one of the biggest monster movie icons more than three decades after the fact?

The less that is said about Roland Emmerich's disaster of a disaster film the better, but the entire genre of giant monster movies in the tradition of Godzilla from areas beyond Japan is hit or miss at best.

Plus, go behind the scenes of Weta Workshop in New Zealand to learn about the designing of the giant kaiju monsters of Pacific Rim Uprising, and learn some things you might not have known about the sci - fi classic film Logan's Run.

The 1954 Japanese version of the film is just so grounded, and this harrowing tale about nuclear war, and at the same time a badass monster movie, so it's kind of amazing.

Other highlights in this strand include: Miguel Gomes» mixes fantasy, documentary, docu - fiction, Brechtian pantomime and echoes of MGM musical in the epic ARABIAN NIGHTS; the World Premiere of William Fairman and Max Gogarty's CHEMSEX, an unflinching, powerful documentary about the pleasures and perils associated with the «chemsex» scene that's far more than a sensationalist exposé; the European Premiere of CLOSET MONSTER, Stephen Dunn's remarkable debut feature about an artistic, sexually confused teen who has conversations with his pet hamster, voiced by Isabella Rossellini; THE ENDLESS RIVER a devasting new film set in small - town South Africa from Oliver Hermanus, Diep Hoang Nguyen's beautiful debut, FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, a wry, weird socially probing take on the teen pregnancy scenario that focuses on a girl whose escape from village life to pursue an urban education has her frozen in mid-flight; LUCIFER, Gust Van den Berghe's thrillingly cinematic tale of Lucifer as an angel who visits a Mexican village, filmed in «Tondoscope» — a circular frame in the centre of the screen; the European premiere of KOTHANODI a compelling, unsettling fairytale from India; veteran Algerian director Merzak Allouache's gritty and delicate portrait of a drug addicted petty thief in MADAME COURAGE; Radu Muntean's excellent ONE FLOOR BELOW, which combines taut, low - key realism with incisive psychological and ethical insights in a drama centering on a man, his wife and a neighbor; and QUEEN OF EARTH, Alex Ross Perry's devilish study of mental breakdown and dysfunctional power dynamics between female best friends, starring Elisabeth Moss.

Screenwriter Eric Heisserer talks with SPINOFF about his new supernatural horror film, the status of «Sandman» and his part in the new Universal Monsters universe.

The film's few scares and gory moments fail to compensate for the fact that the story really isn't about anything other than a big monster living in the basement.

There's also a drive - by on the new Romeo and Juliet film, and Kevin expresses his desires for the movie to have more robots and monsters in it (along with his desire for Captain Phillips to be about Popeye).

Special Makeup Designer Bob Keen anchors the proceedings, offering up what he believes the film is about («It's an epic love story») and speaking like a true monster - maker («They're sexy — they're what you want to be»).

Of course, with Guillermo del Toro behind the film, «Pacific Rim» really isn't just about giant robots fighting giant monsters.

The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro's strange and thrilling fantasy epic about a woman who falls in love with a sea monster, will lead the charge at this year's Bafta film awards with 12 nominations.

To get you in the mood, check out this horror comedy short film titled Bundle of Nerves about two friendly local cops from the Willowbrook police department battling a slime - sucking monster.

The film is a sequel to the 2015 fantasy film about humans and monsters who lived alongside — and at odds — with each other in ancient China, making $ 390 million.

There are plenty of cheesy TV movies that have cornered that market, and more than a handful of films that feature a meteor shower as the catalyst for disaster: NIGHT OF THE COMET (1984) brings about zombies, THE BLOB (1958, with the remake out in 1988) hitches a ride on a meteorite, THE MONOLITH MONSTERS (1957) delivers killer crystals, and a rogue comet in Stephen King's MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE (1986) prompts machines to come alive and attack us.

The film that arguably established this trend was the 2008 found footage monster movie Cloverfield, originally announced to the world through a series of teasers that only referred to it as 01-18-08, which resulted in rampant speculation about what sort of film it would actually be.

A conversation with actress Zoe Kazan about the election and her thematically appropriate horror film, «The Monster.»

Writer Joe Kelly pens the feature - film adaptation of his own comic book series in this fantasy drama about a young outsider (Madison Wolfe) who finds refuge from the realities of her day - to - day life in a more imaginative world of monsters.

I thought, «There's no way this film about giant robots fighting giant monsters can possibly live up to the hype.»

The London - born actor will star alongside Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day and Ron Perlman in the film about a battle between giant alien monsters who ravage Earth and giant man - made robots known as Jaegers.

We interview Colossal director Nacho Vigalondo about making his unconventional monster movie and the process of helming an American film.

The horror film is about a post-apocalyptic world where blind monsters have culled humanity and survivors have to live without making a single sound.Things get complicated when the couple find out that they are expecting another child and must survive with the risk of a noisy newborn in a world where the slightest whisper can get you killed.

In this film, how does the general public feel about monsters?

It's a rare film that makes you think deeply about the world around you while also making you laugh hard at scenes of nudity or a grown man walking down the street wearing a hairy monster costume.

The mantra of «pain is temporary, film is forever» is the kind of thing that reminds guys like me why we sit through stuff like xXx: State of the Union, Monster - in - Law, even Star Wars: Episode III — films that the filmmakers themselves wouldn't see and have as much as said they don't give a shit about beyond the bottom line.

But Telluride, and Venice before it, offers up so many great roles for women — so many brilliantly told films about real and imaginary women: a gay rising tennis star, a cleaning lady who falls in love with a monster, an aging movie star, a bratty teenager, a young Cambodian girl, and on and on it goes.

«When I first heard about a film where a woman falls in love with a hideous monster, I thought it was a Woody Allen movie,» he said.

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.