Sentences with phrase «film debut does»

Without anything to model itself after, the 1979 film debut does an incredible job of blazing new trails.

Bill Taylor's feature film debut Don't Get Killed In Alaska is an intriguing melodrama that depicts a young woman's attempt to carve out her own path in life and make amends with her fragmented family members.

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While Fandango did not release specific figures for Black Panther «s first day of advance ticket sales, the film's fast start should put it on the path toward a blockbuster box - office debut next month.

What we do know is there will be a sexy Kate Upton skimpy bikini scene (not exactly surprised there), a chest - bumping showdown between Cameron and Leslie, and the highly - anticipated film debut of Nicki Minaj.

It wasn't long after her 1998 graduation that the aspiring actress made her feature debut in the 2000 drama Our Song, with nominations for the film at the Independent Spirit Awards and the Sundance Film Festival serving to increase her exposure among cinephiles, even if the film did go largely unseen by the masses.

Rees, whose one and only feature film until now was her 2011 debut, «Pariah,» has said she set out to make an «old - fashioned» movie, and she's done that, allowing her story to unspool at a refreshingly deliberate pace and her characters to find their own footing within the story and with one another.

Skinny, bug - eyed Steve Buscemi, the twitchy actor du jour of American independent films, makes a striking directorial feature - film debut with «Trees Lounge,» in which he also stars as a twitchy, hyperkinetic loser.

Boll has had the reputation of being one of the worst directors working today, and I'll admit I did enjoy a few of his films, however this is among one of his debut films, and the execution of the film is one that is poor, and it is over the top ridiculous.

Fox made his film debut in The Reincarnate (1971), the story of a cat that really does have more than one life.

(Oddly, AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR makes for a better showing of both Doctor Strange and the Guardians than either Strange's film debut, or the Guardian's sequel did.

Beginning his career as an author and responsible for the source material of Danny Boyle's The Beach in 2000, Alex Garland then directly ventured into the film industry by doing screenplay's - again with Boyle on 28 Days Later and Sunshine - before he eventually took the reigns himself by making his directorial debut with the magnificent science fiction film Ex Machina in 2014.

After Lake Bell's smart, unconventional debut, «In a World...» (2013), her new film, I Do... Until I Don't (she apparently likes ellipses in her titles), is disappointingly ordinary.

Noxon, a TV veteran making her directorial debut here, had suffered from an eating disorder herself, as did the film's star, Lily Collins.

I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore is perhaps most notable as the debut of Macon Blair as a director, who gained notoriety primarily as an actor featured prominently in the films of Jeremy Saulnier (Green Room), to which this film attempts to emulate to some degree.

The actor made his film debut in the Mary Steenburgen drama One Magic Christmas in 1985 and went on to do supporting work in a variety of films that included Francis Ford Coppola's Gardens of Stone (1987), Some Kind of Wonderful (1987), Coppola's Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988), and She's Having a Baby (1988).

Much like the kids in this movie who come of age, so too does Robert Kirbyson's skill as a writer - director in his debut film Snowmen.

Though Boys scarcely represented Cooper's cinematic debut (he appeared in Neil Jordan's Breakfast on Pluto a couple of years prior, among other films), it did prove a watershed, spurring the young actor on to additional film work.

Debut director Robin Pront takes an awfully long time — too long, actually — to get to his inevitable confrontations, and then his film is done.

If nothing else, his debut film does show he has the skills to warrant wanting to see more of his work in the future.

From Humpday and Touchy Feely director Lynn Shelton, her first feature based on a script she didn't pen (that credit goes to first - time scribe Andrea Seigel), Laggies debuted at this year's Sundance film festival to mostly positive reviews.

He's not new to the format — he did commentary for Slither, Super, even his screenwriting debut film Tromeo & Juliet — but you got ta figure he's been waiting his career for something like this and he's clearly engaged to share it all.

Darby O'Gill and the Little People is one of Disney's better films and this long - awaited Region 1 DVD debut does not disappoint.

Siberia Matthew Ross didn't waste much time putting his sophomore film in place, after debuting 2016's...

Shane Meadows» previous film «Once Upon a Time in the Midlands» (2002) was, as its title would suggest, an attempt to transplant the American western onto English soil — but the hybrid which emerged was a disappointing romantic comedy that almost ruined the director's reputation (carefully built upon the improvised do - it - yourself naturalism of his 1997 debut «Twenty Four Seven» and his 1999 follow - up «A Room for Romeo Brass»).

The directorial debut of Macon Blair, «I don't feel at home...» announces a bold new writing - directing talent best known as an actor in such films -LSB-...]

Fredrik Edfeldt's feature debut is the type of film I long for and rarely get: a beautifully shot film which captures as much emotion and story from silence as it does from any dialogue.

His even more complicated relationship with Patsey (Lupita Nyong» o proving herself to be the film's scene stealer in her feature film debut), the «Queen of his field» demonstrates how McQueen doesn't leave a single character one - dimensional, and their respective demons and qualities are equally fascinating.

The directorial debut of Macon Blair, «I don't feel at home...» announces a bold new writing - directing talent best known as an actor in such films as «Blue Ruin» and «Green Room.»

While Dippold unfortunately gave into stereotypes and cliches in her feature film writing debut, the characters» free - spirited nature did garner genuine laughs.

Say Anything... has also just made its DVD debut in the US this month, and reviews of that disc are full of praise for the new 16:9 anamorphic video transfer that's been done of the film under the director's supervision, making mention of its detail, sharpness, colour saturation and perfect black levels.

«I Give it a Year»: «Borat» scribe Dan Mazer makes his feature film directing debut with this romantic comedy about a young couple (Rose Byrne and Rafe Spall) who are doing their best to stay married despite the doubts of their friends and relatives.

Writer / director Martin McDonagh - making his debut here - has infused the majority of In Bruges with a deliberately - paced, overly talky sensibility that undoubtedly reflects his background as a playwright, and it's certainly difficult not to admire the fervor with which both Farrell and Gleeson tackle their respective characters and the film's ample dialogue (the actors» heavy accents does make it difficult to make out every word, admittedly).

The Indian movie star, who makes his Hollywood debut in «Silver Linings Playbook» as Dr. Patel, initially tried to connect with director - writer David O. Russell via Skype, but when that didn't work, he asked the hotel attendant to film his audition.

To label Francis Lee's feature directorial debut as Yorkshire's answer to «Brokeback Mountain» does the film and its actors a disservice.

Wind River is not Sheridan's directorial debut; he did helm the no - budget 2011 horror film Vile.

So, I'm really excited for Joel, because this is his feature film directorial debut, and he did a great job.

IFC Midnight has debuted a short teaser trailer for an indie horror film titled The Autopsy of Jane Doe, a new thriller about morticians who encounter a «Jane Doe» body unlike any other.

The festival closed with a screening of another Sundance debut, «Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot,» Gus Van Sant's new film about cartoonist John Callahan.

While we didn't see it ourselves, buzz on the film was mixed, but there are definitely a lot of people impressed by Ruairi Robinson «s feature debut.

Nyong» o (who made her feature film debut with this movie, never mind being a first - time nominee) snagged the Screen Actors Guild prize, but Lawrence did win the Golden Globe and British Academy of Film and Television Arts prize.

Todd Haynes scored big in 2015 when his film Carol debuted on the Croisette, so hopes are high that he can do the same this year.

«You don't need to go ride today...» Sony Classics has debuted the second official trailer for the phenomenal film The Rider, which premiered at last year's Cannes Film Festival and played at every other major film festival - Telluride, Toronto, Sundance.

He made his directorial debut with the excellent Gone Baby Gone and while that film didn't set the box office on fire, it did show his skill behind the camera.

The experience of making Johnson's debut film, BRICK, did more than give Gordon - Levitt a great role in a dazzling film, it was the start, as they say, of a beautiful friendship.

While I wouldn't proclaim it a great film as a whole, it is a great debut as a film creator for its star, as there are so many ways this material could have been done wrong, potentially tarnishing the good - guy appeal of Gordon - Levitt, one of the rare child stars who has made the transition to movie star into adulthood without being pigeonholed or gone off on a path of self destruction.

Interesting casting sees singer Norah Jones in her feature film debut, and while you certainly won't see anything in her performance to suggest big things in her future from an acting standpoint, she does a decent enough job in a relatively undemanding role.

This alarming horror film, a brilliant debut for Australian director Jennifer Kent, is as hard to shake as its title character whether you take it as a straightforward monster film, a mental illness or grief allegory, or get hung up on its minefield of taboos (mothers who don't much like their children / over-medication of children / weapons in schools).

He's grown since his directorial debut with Alien 3 into a great director so I have faith that Fincher will do the books and the Swedish films proud!

The Iron Giant (Brad Bird, 1999) Brad Bird's feature debut was traditional 2 - D animation when computer animation was the craze, released by studio folk who didn't realize just how special a film they had on their hands.

You can't turn away wondering what Epps is going to do next from attacking Solomon to lusting after his top cotton picking slave, Patesy (Lupita Nyong» o, who is also generating serious award buzz for thanks to an incredible feature film debut).