Sentences with phrase «film characters such»

But after the massive success of the 2003 film, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, based on the attraction, film characters such as Captain Jack Sparrow and Captain Barbossa joined the attraction in 2006.

Not exact matches

«Bennett has become a master of storytelling through character, and while there are clearly no people in these films, it was clearly a very human story, which we knew a director such as Bennett would zero in on and draw out very real human - like emotions from these poor inanimate objects,» Lennon said.

Possible office - friendly ideas might include a time - period theme such as the 1950s or the Renaissance, or employees can dress up like their favorite TV and film characters.

And only 32 % of films featured 10 or more female characters in speaking roles (compared to 79 % with 10 or more such male roles).

A lesser film would have opened by loading her with backstory about her royal heritage, her home planet and her ties to the Rebel Alliance (in fact, the lesser prequels committed just such errors with their own characters.)

This list is limited to those that focus mainly on Jesus» life story as told in the Gospels; thus, it does not include films about characters who are only peripherally connected to Jesus, such as Ben - Hur (1925, 1959).

In particular, they and the young people involved noted the lack of disabled characters as protagonists in video games, compared to other media such as television and film.

Such a strong reaction persuaded Pixar to avoid making uncannily realistic human characters — it has since focused its efforts on films about living toys, curious robots and talking cars to win Academy Awards and moviegoers» hearts.

Such a setup, however, does not allow the film's dramaturgy and characters» development to properly play out.

Fans will wonder what happened to a lot of things in the final book, and this movie fan wishes more time had been set aside for quiet, inventive moments, such as the shocking murder of a key character early in the film.

Rambo is such an interesting action film character, and we get to know more about him now with this film.

There's no place for mawkishness in a film like this; such elements might have worked had the movie claimed to be a realistic portrayal of young adults, but when you have a character as outrageous as Stifler, that's clearly not the case.

Writer / director James Bridges made his name in the 1970s with such socially aware, character - driven films as The Paper Chase (1973), but his unassuming style and non-blockbuster mentality slowed his career in the 1980s.

One year later, Apfel appeared again as an actor known for playing distinguished characters in films such as Romance of the Underworld (1928), and the 1931 version of The Maltese Falcon.

The film only genuinely falters in its string of resolving scenes (We learn some vital things, such as the extent of Curtis» need to bet on a loser and the subtle way the crux of Gerry's character is revealed in his meal choice, but many of the late scenes feel more uncertain than everything else in the film).

That narrative slyness is especially welcome in Friedkin, acting as a palliative to the sensory overdose in which he habitually deals; such a contrast was nowhere to be seen in «Bug» (2006), a film that sent me straight from the cinema to the pharmacy in search of anti-itch cream, but we find it in the first half of «Killer Joe,» thanks to the title character.

While the choreography is generally fairly minimal (at least for this sort of mega-production), first time film director Phyllida Lloyd (who helmed the original stage version) has woven together a tightly edited and exceedingly well shot film that capitalizes on the music wonderfully while never worrying too much about such nettlesome items as character or motivation, providing enough other movement that one ultimately doesn't miss huge dance numbers a la Robbins or Fosse that much in the long run.

A busy schedule of character roles in such films as Junior, Lolita, and The Ninth Gate followed, though Langella still remained a frequent and distinguished presence in the New York theatrical community.

There is, as such, little doubt that the film takes a serious dive in its increasingly underwhelming third act, with Ganz and Mandel's script emphasizing elements that couldn't possibly be less interesting - including Chuck's decision to break away from both Long and Keaton's respective characters (ie it's a twist on the dreaded fake break - up cliche).

the script is linear and actually makes sense, but it's such a cold film that it only works as a procedural film, much in the way The Day of the Jackal (1973) dealt with icy characters from opposing sides eventually converging in a climax.

Moreover, such rhetoric overlooks one of the film's Asian performers, and its most unsettling character: an extraterrestrial being played by Ex Machina's Mizuno, named in the film's credits as «the humanoid.»

By the mid-1920s, Fazenda was an extremely popular character actress, contributing frolicsome comic characterizations to such films as The Bat (1925), The Babe Comes Home (1926), The Cradle Snatchers (1927) and Noah's Ark (1928).

For over a decade, sold out audiences have enjoyed Rocky Horror - like participation consisting of hilarious traditions such as screen - shouting, football playing, throwing spoons at the screen, rooting on the shockingly long establishing pans of San Francisco, and generally laughing hysterically at the film's clunky pseudo-Tennessee Williams dialogue, confused performances, and bizarre plot twists, like the mother - in - law character whose breast cancer ought to play like it matters a great deal, but really comes off as a non-sequitur.

Such is the profusion of lately added characters that plenty of them haven't met yet, and these introductions are reliably good value: the best line in the film, just about, is simply Captain America saying his own name.

This is what the film gets right, a loss such as what Hoffman's character experienced is not easily gotten over, and does not offer happy endings or easy answers.

It was back to dramatic roles in the early 1940s, and as age crept up on Dunne, she made a seamless transition to starring character roles in such films as Anna and the King of Siam (1946) and Life with Father (1947).

Roles in such high - profile features as The Faculty and Dracula 2000 served to balance parts in more obscure films, including Wild Horses and Dirt Merchant (in which he played the eponymous character).

One of the most talented — and often underappreciated — character actresses of the late 1990s, Allison Janney first began courting critical attention with roles in such acclaimed films as Big Night (1996) and American Beauty (1998).

The big lebowski is one of the best films of all time the characters have a likability that most films cant capture, the dialogue is one of the funniest and most natural I have ever seen and the film has a lot of things to uncover such as

It's ironic that the actresses in the film such as Emma Watson may lead lives equally as narcissistic as the characters they play.

Unlike series co-star Biel, Mitchell remained with the program throughout its run, and through many character changes that found Lucy marrying Kevin Kinkirk, working as an associate pastor, giving birth, and surviving both a miscarriage to twins and clinical depression.Although Mitchell branched out from television into cinematic work as early as 1996, with a turn in the fantasy - action thriller The Crow: City of Angels, and continued intermittent film appearances (such as a supporting role in 2005's slasher movie Saw II), she made no secret of her real passion: performing country music as a guitarist and vocalist.

By following five Atlanta - based couples, the film wants fervently to incorporate all its character's diverse fluff into one sitting, but such hopes are subverted to an emptily - flat experiment that pairs audiences with familiar faces acting out a weak script, while the experimenters stand back and pray that the audience doesn't notice just in fact how hollow it all really is.

Yes I dislike the way Legolas is portrayed in these films, as if he's some kind of invincible super God - like character who can do virtually anything such as defy gravity.

Stage and TV work took up much of his time in the 1950s and 1960s, with occasional choice character parts in such films as The Rat Race (1960) and Lover Come Back (1962).

The makeup artists in Perfect People do such a remarkable job in turning the dazzling Lauren Hutton and Perry King into baggy old frumps that, once the characters return to their «normal» selves, interest in the story lags and the film loses its comic momentum.

From his first film (Those High Gray Walls [1939]-RRB- onward, the versatile Van Zandt was typed as «everyday» characters whenever he chose not to wear his mustache; with the «stache, however, his face took on a sinister shade, and he found himself playing such cinematic reprobates as evil caliphs, shady attorneys, and heartless Nazis.

Carole Shelley's film appearances of the 1990s have included such choice character roles as Mrs. Hookstratten in The Road to Wellville (1994) and Charles Van Doren's (Ralph Fiennes) aunt in Quiz Show (1994).

The big lebowski is one of the best films of all time the characters have a likability that most films cant capture, the dialogue is one of the funniest and most natural I have ever seen and the film has a lot of things to uncover such as theories that are not directly told but in a subtle way so multiple viewings is beneficial and a lot of fun.

Civilization is comprised of little islands of humanity (we call them cliques) and this film takes a look at one such pocket led by a curious individual who hides his persona beneath a paper mache head of some cartoon character.

A trip to Wikipedia reveals that the novel, written by Michel Faber, actually gives lots of information the film wilfully withholds, such as the name of Johansson's character or the story of her race or the reason why they're mulching men or the story behind the mysterious men on motorcycles who pop up occasionally to help out / hunt Johansson down.

The common problem of Solondz's characters is an inability to see the world in shades of grey, which is fitting in a film where color - garish, boring or just plain ugly - is so important, and the actors are working off palettes of such extreme emotions.

The film is a faithful if rather rushed adaptation of the Dickens original, encompassing within its 100 - minute running time such unforgettable characters as the vindictive recluse Miss Havisham, the arrogant Estella, the likeable blacksmith Joe Gargery and Joe's less likeable wife.

Sean Harris is known for creating intense, offbeat characters in an eclectic range of films, such as Rowan Joffre's BRIGHTON ROCK, HARRY BROWN, THE RED RIDING trilogy, 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE, and the 2005, award - winning horror thriller ISOLATION, OUTLAW AND CREEP.

Playing a variety of striking characters, she would be prominently cast in such films as The Color Purple (1985), American Flyers (1987), and Commando (1985).

Crowe has come up with such a wonderfully personal story and such intricate characters that merely describing the plot doesn't do the film justice.

After Panettiere showed up in such films as Remember the Titans and Joe Somebody, her next notable role was Maddie Harrington, the long - lost daughter of the quirky title character on Fox's Ally McBeal.

The big lebowski is one of the best films of all time the characters have a likability that most films cant capture, the dialogue is one of the funniest and most natural I have ever seen and the film has a lot of things to uncover such as theories that are not directly told but in a subtle

«Naked» is certainly a performance driven film, with very little storyline and as such is an insight into the main character's (David Thewlis) ways, charms, crimes and philosophys as twisted and as controversial for it's time as it might be.

Well, what we didn't tell you (because we didn't know) is that it's a prequel to My Sex Life... or How I Got into an Argument that takes us back to the teenage years of the characters in the 1995 film... And least promising sequel of the week has to be Spring Breakers: The Second Coming, a cash - in scripted by Irvine Welsh and directed by Jonas Akerlund, the man behind such bad - boy music videos as «Smack My Bitch Up» and the 2002 meth - addict comedy Spun.

We can't recall Moore playing such an evil character before but we'd love to see her unleash her inner psycho in the role as Laurie did in De Palma's film.