Sentences with phrase «film about the revenge»

Writer / director Lynne Ramsay, whose last feature was the disturbing «We Need to Talk about Kevin» in 2011, gives us a very spare, deliberately paced film about revenge and persona.

I'm a filmmaker; I made a film about revenge.

JOHN WICK is a sleek and unrepentant film about revenge and redemption.

M. Night Shyamalan bombed with his film about the revenge of Earth's plants.

Not exact matches

«New York doesn't have a revenge porn law because our politicians are doing nothing about it,» Goldberg says elsewhere in the film.

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The film understands that it is about revenge (as so many westerns are), but it never gets under the skin like No Country for Old Men or deconstructs the concept through brutality in the manner of Get Carter.

The thing I like about that is that, at least at a later point in the film, they bring up the boss of the cartel and how Flores (and Davis) can gain access to him to exact their plan of revenge on him.

A significant film ideologically, this right - wing revenge crimer catapulted Clint Eastwood to major stardom and launched a whole cycle of films about taking the law into your hands.

But here is where the film blossoms and Celie finally gets revenge on Mister too (the scene where Celie is shaving Mister with a straight sharp razor where she is about inches from cutting his throat), along with other characters that blend into this movie.

The story, about a man who is kidnapped and held captive for two decades and seeks revenge upon his sudden release, is very similar to the original, but just different enough to keep fans guessing; Lee has suggested that his film has an even darker ending than Park's.

The film stalls and sputters badly when it gets to Candyland, plodding through a squirmingly long dinner scene and then giving us about three different Final Acts of Revenge that seem increasingly redundant.

I'll say no more about the storyline; the film is titled Revenge, after all.

Her dispensation of justice is the best thing about Bo Arne Vibenius» grim Swedish revenge film, which in some scenes has hardcore pornography spliced into it.

Directed by veteran filmmaker Martin Campbell (who will be helming Green Lantern next), it's a revenge film about a father who discovers his murdered daughter's life was anything but ordinary.

In case you are wondering about the director, Jeff Kanew, he is known best for directing the classic comedy film «Revenge of the Nerds».

It is no surprise that the master of cinematic homage's makes a film that is part Western part blaxploitation film about a slave in search of his wife and revenge.

After writing and directing indies such as Gummo, Julien Donkey - boy, Ken Park and Trash Humpers, Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers was one of last year's most talked about films, with his work in that film expected to help him lure in even more A-list talent for this revenge film.

OPENING THIS WEEK by Kam Williams For movies opening August 24, 2007 BIG BUDGET FILMS Illegal Tender (R for violence, profanity and sexuality) Rick Gonzalez and Wanda De Jesus co-star in this graphic revenge saga about a college student who chooses to defend his family's honor after a ruthless gang kills his father and forces his mother to flee for her life.

The project follows the same story as the 1996 film starring Diane Keaton, Bette Midler, and Goldie Hawn, which followed three former friends who reunite at an old classmate's funeral; there, they commiserate about their new status as divorcées and hatch the ultimate revenge plots against their exes.

«Revenge» star Matilda Lutz tells Playboy about wearing just a bikini to shoot the very violent film

Vinegar Syndrome has the classic blaxploitation film «Dolemite» about a pimp (Rudy Ray Moore) serving a 20 - year prison sentence after being set up by his rival, but when a fellow pimp schemes to get him out, Dolemite tries to take revenge.

Even though this film has a deeply disturbing theme, one of the most frightening things about it is the way it continually threatens to turn into a revenge thriller.

Little is known about the role on film, however in comic books Black Manta is a man from the surface world who now lives under the ocean and has sworn revenge on his former home.

We've seen this before — girl gets raped, girl gets revenge — but there's something different about Fargeat's film.

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (# 13): «The film has a yellow submarine, a midlife - crisis - rattled filmmaker shooting a film he's completely uncertain about, an attempted revenge on a shark that ends with a swim to shore, etc..

Back in 2012, I was contacted about a film called «Sushi Girl», an indie revenge thriller with a knock out cast including Tony Todd, Noah Hathaway, James Duval, Andy Mackenzie, Mark Hamill, Cortney Palm and even the legendary Sonny Chiba.

I'm sure many of us, upon hearing that a film about the operation that led to the death of Osama Bin Laden was set to be released during the holidays, were likely expecting a film more like Act of Valor, all rah rah and bald eagles, wallowing in the success of freedom and revenge, the catharsis was all wanted after September 11.

The film is about a deadly vigilante, Dr. Paul Kersey (Willis), who is out to seek revenge after his wife and daughter were viciously attacked by criminals in a home invasion.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening October 17, 2008 BIG BUDGET FILMS Max Payne (PG - 13 for profanity, sexuality, intense violence and drug use) Mark Wahlberg stars in the title role of this revenge thriller about a DEA agent and an assassin (Mila Kunis) who join forces to find the killers responsible for the murder of his family and her sister.

Rodriguez had some fun and made a trailer for a fake film that he titled «Machete» with Danny Trejo (Robert Rodriguez's second cousin), about a Mexican who is sent to assassinate a politician and is double - crossed and is now seeking revenge... Continue reading «MACHETE NEWS»

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS A Bloody Aria (Unrated) Appearances can be deceiving in this gruesome examination of bullying about a perverted music professor (Byeong - jun Lee) who kickstarts an escalating roundelay of revenge after making unwanted advances on his pretty protégé (Ye - ryeon Cha) while driving her to an audition.

, a documentary about the battle over prescription pain medicine; Pet Fooled, a documentary about the dangers that lurk in your pet's food; the Criterion Collection's Blu - ray release of actor Marlon Brando's sole outing as a director, the 1961 Western One - Eyed Jacks, a great revenge tale that pits partner against partner; and the Criterion's massive Blu - ray collection, «Trilogía de Guillermo del Toro,» which features director Guillermo del Toro's Cronos, The Devil's Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth (his three Spanish - language films), each exploring different facets of the juncture of the real and the fantastic.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening March 27, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS 12 Rounds (PG - 13 for intense violence) Crime thriller, set in New Orleans, about a police detective (John Cena) who finds his fiancée (Ashley Scott) kidnapped by a revenge - minded escaped - con (Aidan Gillen) whose own girlfriend had been accidentally killed during their apprehension for a multi-million dollar heist.

revenge film instead of making an interesting statement about violence begetting violence and turning the charismatic and terrifying villain of the first half into a simpering moron in the second).

When two best friends team up to film a comedy about getting revenge on bullies, the exercise takes a devastating turn when one of them begins to think of i...

As the name implies, the film is about all of the stupid ways people died in the Old West, but it's also a tale of love and revenge.

When two best friends team up to film a comedy about getting revenge on bullies, the exercise takes a devastating turn when one of them begins to think of it as more than a joke.

Before Wes Craven hit box - office oil with A Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream, he ruffled censors» feathers with his deeply upsetting 1972 feature debut, a exploitation film about an abducted and slain teenage girl — and the demolished parents who exact revenge on the criminals who unwittingly crash for the night in their home.

Quentin Tarantino's favourite film of 2013, Big Bad Wolves is an Israeli comedy - thriller about a series of brutal murders and the three men whose lives are on a collision course as a result: the father of the latest victim now out for revenge, a vigilante police detective operating outside the boundaries of law, and the main suspect in the killings - a religious studies teacher who was arrested and then released due to a police blunder....

The film hasn't exactly aged well, though, and a story about a Superman-esque hero going on a petty revenge kick after being dumped by her boyfriend is kinda cringe - worthy in 2017.

This affecting film about a superintelligent suburban kid and his loving family goes totally bonkers midway through when it morphs into a bizarre revenge scheme guided from beyond the grave.

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What is entirely new about The Villainess is that it marries its revenge scenario to a melodrama of maternal sacrifice, with the film's terrific star, Kim Ok - bin, suffering more than Joan Crawford ever did.

The movie that many believe speaks most directly to the moment — the revenge dark comedy Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, about a mother avenging the rape and murder of her daughter — emerged as the night's top film.

Two high school friends set out to film a comedy about getting revenge on bullies, but one of them begins to take the joke too far.

San Francisco Examiner critics Jeff Anderson and Anita Katz's varied top 10 lists both include «Detroit,» director Kathryn Bigelow's account of the siege of the Algiers Motel during 1967 riots in that city; «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,» writer - director Martin McDonagh's dark comedy about maternal revenge; and «Wonderstruck,» director Todd Haynes» film (based on a young adult novel) about parallel tales of fearless, curious 12 - year - olds — in 1977 and 1927.

The movie that many consider speaks most directly to the moment — the revenge dark comedy «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,» about a mother avenging the rape and murder of her daughter — emerged as the night's top film.

Everyone Else writer - director Maren Ade is underway on Toni Erdmann, another film about a strained relationship, this time focusing on woman whose father believes she has lost her sense of humor and proceeds to bombard her with jokes... John Travolta and Ethan Hawke will team with Ti West on In a Valley of Violence, «a revenge Western film set in the 1890s.»

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS Assassination Games (R for torture, profanity, sexuality, nudity and graphic violence) Revenge thriller about a pair of rival assassins (Jean - Claude Van Damme and Scott Adkins) who reluctantly join forces in order to take on a blood - thirsty drug cartel backed by corrupt, undercover DEA officers.