Sentences with phrase «film dabbles»

As written and directed by Thomas McCarthy (The Station Agent), the film dabbles in messages and liberal guilt, but more importantly, it sets up a reasonable and genuine space for a fascinating and heartbreaking character, Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins — a sure Oscar contender).

I think the film dabbles with an element that could have made it a pithy and less forgettable comedy — to see how those who grew up in the «me generation» struggle with the lives they ended up having when they became as old as their parents.

And that's really the fascinating thing that the film dabbles into but is too afraid to explore with much depth: what if humanity had the capability of actually creating «God» — all - seeing, all - knowing, with the capability to heal and protect people, and to rid the world of hunger, strife, war and pollution?

The cross-Atlantic culture clash is something that the film dabbles in, but ultimately never takes anywhere.

There are times when the film dabbles in material that intrigues, such as Greer's inability to see his wife Maggie (Pike, Fracture) except through her surrogate, which she finds immensely more preferable and liberating to her own flawed, aged self, especially as she continues to grieve over the death of their child.

Not exact matches

He dabbled in other industries, including film and television, but never left the energy sector entirely, continuing to sit on boards for oil companies and teach geophysics.

Rather than going to film school I did a PhD at a university where I could also dabble in student journalism.

Last year I played around with makeup to create a spooky skeleton waiter, which I loved but this year I've gone more casual and never really dabbled in makeup or costumes and just enjoyed watching horror films and series instead!

I also dabbled in the adult film industry.

I love writing music, playing it, programming it, listening to it and I enjoy dabbling in film once in a while.

Sadly, director Ridley Scott had to deal with the passing of his brother while filming the Cormac McCarthy - penned Counselor, in which Fassbender plays a lawyer who learns that no one dabbles in the drug trade.

But at the same time the film traffics in the pseudo-psychological mumbo - jumbo that is the standard folk religion of the film biography, and undermines its interest in reason by dabbling in emotive pop occultism.

Hotel Transylvania — $ 26.3 million [$ 85 million in total; 2nd week]-- The family animated film continues to check - in new audience members and held up well despite competition from a well - respected director who enjoys dabbling in animated films.

Perhaps it's nostalgia, if not for the simpler thrills of childhood viewings (this was my first time seeing the film) than for the off - the - wall, predictable, and good - natured stories that the Disney studio has long dabbled in.

Aquaman will also feature a strikingly different world from that of other superhero films - something that also extends to other upcoming superhero movies, such as Marvel Studios» Doctor Strange (which dabbles in supernatural horror) or even 20th Century Fox's Wolverine 3 (an R - Rated film with a modern - western vibe).

Local filmmaker Stephen Biggin, who says he's dabbled in film in the past and has done «industrial videos» for various businesses, originally planned to make...

Quentin Tarantino has dabbled in just about every genre at this point in his career, so it's only natural that he would try his hand at a Western, although «Django Unchained» is actually more of a genre mash - up between a spaghetti western and a blaxploitation film, with all the musical cues, whip pans and other stylistic flourishes that both genres are known for.

Olga Kurylenko almost literally phones it in as his former CIA handler and the script dabbles with some truly dire dialogue — «It's no secret that you and Ben were... intimate,» recites one agent, who might as well be called Basil Exposition — but Stölzl's visuals actually benefit from the film's plodding pace.

Though one of the finest directors of the era, Ridley Scott (Robin Hood, Body of Lies), dabbling here in subject matter that would definitely have attracted his sibling director (not surprisingly, the film is dedicated to Tony Scott, who died while Ridley was shooting it), is a bit stymied in trying to find the proper hook by which to make McCarthy's ponderous, foreshadow - heavy script cinematically compelling.

Where better for a film series that dabbles with time lines to begin but ancient Egypt.

There are many in - jokes and witty allusions to be found throughout the film, mostly dabbling into Arnold's filmography for references, although the makers aren't afraid to send - up such high - brow artists as Shakespeare, Mozart, and Ingmar Bergman for a few choice gags.

Sony Pictures Classics, who typically dabbles in foreign films and art house fare (and interestingly hides their usual branding from the front cover here), opened this wider than they have any other film, in over 1,000 theaters.

Our outlet specializes in covering the film aspect of the festival, but you may see us dabble in some comedy and television this year as well as in the future.

While filmmaker Jon Favreau has been dabbling in big - budget studio fare for the past few years, his next film returns him to his indie roots.

With outrageous humour that bubbles to the surface, director Michael Showalter's film is most importantly, not without hard - hitting questions, dabbling with issues of cultural identity within a poignant illustration of a couple's relationship.

While most films that deal with alcoholic characters only deal with the monstrous, ugliness of the disease, Smashed dabbles with the struggles, benefits and sometimes difficult consequences of becoming sober as well.

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

In someone else's hands, dabbling in a bit of post September 11 prejudice might have come off as awkward, but a great script and Lee's confident direction mean that such moments are the most effective in the film.

After talking about how his next film would continue playing in the southern America / slavery playground that Django Unchained dabbled, Quentin Tarantino revealed that the title of his much anticipated new film would be The Hateful Eight.

Dabbling between the sitcom and film work, Woody's big screen career didn't really begin to soar until late in the «Cheers» run with the 1991 release of «White Men Can't Jump,» with Woody opposite Wesley Snipes.

After dabbling in just about every genre at this point in his career, it was only natural that he would eventually try his hand at making a Western, even if «Django Unchained» is more of a genre mash - up between a spaghetti western and a blaxploitation film, complete with all the musical cues, whip pans and other stylistic flourishes.

I had my doubts that Robert Zemeckis could return to form so easily after a decade of dabbling in motion capture animation, but Flight proves the director hasn't missed a beat, easily ranking among his better films and one of 2012's best.

But Julian Fellowes's very British symphony of «sorry «s is extraordinarily familiar — an Adrian Lyne film without slickness or sex about what happens when a desperate housewife dabbles in the dangerous and the commensurate desperation with which her stiff - upper - lip husband scrambles to keep his dignity and status intact.

Now, a number of the major studios dabble primarily or even exclusively in tentpoles, costly films expected to perform big.

Like his other explorations into the world of magicians in efforts such as The Curse of the Jade Scorpion and Scoop (and New York Stories» Oedipus Wrecks), it's merely meant to entertain, and occasionally dabbles with interesting themes as the icing on the top of this sumptuous dessert of a film.

Lockdown tries very hard to be a serious film, but when you dabble in the action genre, occasionally you have to feature an action scene.

He's dabbled extensively in effects films and navigated the treacherous waters of steep budgets on movies like X-Men and Superman Returns.

The one exception is Joseph Cross, who after starring in the much - maligned Christmas family film Jack Frost, dabbled in television, and has since returned to films, appearing in movies like Untraceable, Milk, and Steven Spielberg and Daniel Day - Lewis» upcoming Lincoln.

Robin Write looks at the César Awards - winning film Divines, directed by Houda Benyamina, about two best friends dabbling in crime in Paris.

Unlike Sean Baker, who found great success in his 2015 street drama Tangerine, interestingly among the first few feature films to dabble in Apple, Soderbergh's implementation tends to draw attention to style and like the worst of found - footage (which this film mercifully isn't), ends up more as a gimmick than the product of creative budgeting.

Dabbled in making films but settled on watching them instead.

After dabbling in film at Modesto Junior College, Lucas won admission to the University of Southern California's prestigious film school in 1967.

The answer is that they've fared okay, their creation aiming for a relatively straightforward set of mechanics so that fans of the film who perhaps don't dabble frequently in tabletop games can sit down and enjoy it.

There's been films based on games like Doom, Tomb Raider, Assassin's Creed, and (infamously) Mario Brothers, and movies featuring game developers; Grandma's Boy and David Croenberg's Existenz, and even House of Cards occasionally dabbled in gaming culture.

Many film directors will tell you about the experience they gained by dabbling in acting and gaining perspective in front of the camera.

For several years he divided his time between Paris and Stockholm, making the acquaintance of artists, organizing exhibitions and dabbling in underground films.

Reble Dabble Babble is a theatrical and grotesque production taking on the theme of Hollywood and film Rebel Without a Cause.

Most of us who dabble in local history have heard the legends about how the old print backfiles were rescued from a dumpster after filming, and stored in the loft of someone's barn.

I dabble in film myself.

He also dabbled in the theatrical world, including working with Hollywood great Myrna Loy on a film produced in Qualicum Beach.