Sentences with phrase «film follows a number»

The convoluted episodic film follows a number of adventures the unlikely duo get into while on the road.

Not exact matches

Celebrities lead fabulous and often hectic lives — jetting across the country on a whim, partying at late - night hot spots, following rigorous touring or filming schedules — so it's no surprise that sleep may not always be a number - one priority.

He followed these films with collaborations with Stephen King as well as a number of other horror projects.

As a follow - up to his Oscar ® - winning The King's Speech, he could have played it safe and done another smart, funny period piece or a family drama — or any number of equally small independent films.

After the first Deadpool enthusiastically flipped the bird (and hung a moon, and performed a number of other obscene gestures) at the comic - book - hero film genre, what could the creators of the follow - up do for an encore?

By calling the film Predators the filmmakers are evoking the relationship between the original Alien film and its sequel Aliens by implying that Predators is the rightful follow - up film to Predator and promises to up the ante in terms of action and the number of creatures for the human characters to contend with.

The kind of film that makes you wish they had perfected choose - your - own - adventure technology for movies, one that would allow you to ditch the central character and follow any number of the story's more interesting second bananas.

Following the film's great success, Macdonald began finding steady work in a number of films as both a lead and supporting player.

It was for his portrayal of an embittered DJ in another of Egoyan's films, Exotica (1994), that Koteas garnered his second Genie nomination; following this critical success, he began to appear in an increasing number of high profile productions.Koteas was subsequently featured to great effect as the creepy Vaughan in David Cronenberg's controversial Crash (1996), and he invested his brief but pivotal role as Holly Hunter's mystery man in the acclaimed Living out Loud (1998) with memorable charisma.

He then appeared in a number of psychedelic films, including 1967's The Trip and the following year's Monkees feature Head, and earned a new audience among anti-establishment viewers.With friends Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson in front of the camera, Hopper decided to direct his own movie, and secured over $ 400,000 in financing to begin filming a screenplay written by novelist Terry Southern.

The original film, a reinvention of the espionage TV series, was followed by a number of sequels.

And, of course, one needn't list the number of films that followed «Die Hard»» s gloriously simplistic structure from «Speed» («Die Hard» on a bus) to «White House Down» («Die Hard» in the White House).

In hindsight, the 1984 hit Footloose — starring Kevin Bacon and directed by Herbert Ross — along with its contemporary Flashdance, can be seen as the link between the old Hollywood model of a let's - put - on - a-show musical, based on original songs brought to life in elaborate choreographed numbers, and the later Hollywood model of youth films, perfected in the»80s by John Hughes and terminally calcified over the decades to follow, in which a contemporary pop music soundtrack serves as both a structural backbone to the film itself and an ancillary product that can outgross and outlive the film that spawned it.

In 2014, Cinema Eye returned to the Museum of the Moving Image on January 8, following several days of film screenings in Toronto, Los Angeles and New York as well as a number of events that honored the work of that year's nominees.

This updated version follows the formula of other Romero remakes by upgrading the visuals and production value while at the same time gutting the story of any satirical or sociological aspects leaving a competent but rather generic horror film that barely explores its underlying concepts, instead relying on by the number horror film «scares» and gore.

While It Follows drew the typical under - 25 horror crowd, Ex Machina is skewing older, attracting 25 - 34ers and charting as the No. 1 film in a number of arthouses.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, box office numbers following Sunday's earnings state that the film has grossed a global cumulative total of $ 862.9 million with THR noting the film could finish its theatrical run in the $ 875 million sector.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I (Lionsgate, Blu - ray, DVD, VOD), the number one box office hit of 2015, follows the lead of the Harry Potter and Twilight series by splitting the final book into two film installments, making this the third of four films.

What You Need To Know: On the slim off - chance that you've heard none of the deafening buzz surrounding Steve McQueen «s «Hunger» and «Shame» follow - up (which also stars Michael Fassbender), let's get to it: by all accounts (our own included), lead Chiwetel Ejiofor is anything from a good bet to a surefire winner for this year's Best Actor Oscar, with the film itself a likely player in the Best Picture race and any number of the other actors (Fassbender foremost among them) potentially primed for Supporting Actor nod.

Faris has amassed a large following thanks to her flighty - but - empowered roles in films like «The House Bunny» and «What's Your Number?»

Taking place just after World War II, the film follows the shambling young soldier Tyrone S. as he wanders through the forest looking for German V2 rockets and encounters a number of inexplicable figures, including an eyepatch - wearing Englishman, a garrulous octopus and the girlfriend he left behind to join the army.

«Miral,» Julian Schnabel's follow - up to his 2007 award - winning «The Diving Bell and the Butterfly» has a number of readers excited, so thanks to Matt for trackking down the French trailer to the film.

This is the second narrative feature film by writer / director Derek Cianfrance, who followed his little - known, Sundance - playing 1998 debut Brother Tied (made at age 23) with a number of shorts and music documentaries.

Daggers, however, is director Zhang Yimou's follow - up to the callowly beautiful Hero and, like that movie and a number of others (Ashes of Time, Bride with the White Hair, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Kill Bill, Zatoichi, Warriors of Heaven and Earth, and, in a way, Goodbye Dragon Inn), it belongs to a martial arts / art - house genre of films by hip young directors upgrading genres they loved as teenagers - «martial arts plus.»

The films follow a strict formula, each running at least three hours and each containing approximately six song - and - dance numbers.

Of course, he made reference to Black Panther, but was it everything we hoped and dreamed it would be following the instant hit the film was — a film that is still climbing in ranking as on of the biggest grossing films of all time as it recently hit number three?

The film follows the true story of the infamous 1973 tennis match between world number one's King and Riggs in Houston, Texas.

Following countless allegations of sexual harassment and assault against film producer Harvey Weinstein, a number of other stars have been accused of...

After following up her TV debut with a number of appearances in television commercials and music videos, Penelope went on to star in a handful of critically acclaimed Spanish films that brought home a number of Spanish Oscars and even an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.

Disappearing fingers, Looper Rian Johnson's third film, Looper (following Brick and The Brothers Bloom), raised a nigh - infinite number of questions about the mechanics of the time - travel plot, which has young men working for a criminal syndicate that, among other things, requires them to murder their 30 - years - older selves.

Release Date: Since her excellent 2010 debut I Will Follow, DuVernay has become an impressive force to be reckoned with, challenging herself across a dizzying number of projects and platforms (including the short film The Door, which went to Venice 2013, television projects such as a compelling portrait of Venus Williams with Venus Vs. for ESPN's «Nine for IX» series, and «Scandal,» plus she unveiled a surprise documentary project this year with The 13th, an excellent portrait of the troubling history of racial injustice within the criminal justice system — and also the first documentary to open the New York Film Festival).

As expected, this offers all of the film's musical numbers with accompanying lyrics that change colors so the singer can follow along.

Yet another rite of passage for a number of actors is that awkward experience between the release of your breakout role, which is then sometimes followed up by other films that were filmed before your breakout role but were released after you hit it big.

Following a number of screenings, the film is...

Despite a number of rumours and teases in the run up to the film's release, Superman's black suit was absent from Justice League, with Henry Cavill's Man of Steel opting to stick with his classic blue and red costume following his resurrection in the DC blockbuster.

Also starring Rose Byrne and directed by Alex Proyas (who brought us Dark City, The Crow, and I Robot), the film follows the father of a boy with special needs whose number scribbling begins to predict the future.

Coming on the heels of 2005's A History of Violence, Eastern Promises certainly feels like an apt follow - up for director David Cronenberg - as the film possesses a number of similarities to its forebearer, including an expectedly deliberate pace, shocking bursts of violence, and an absolutely compelling turn from star Viggo Mortensen.

While his detractors blame Kinsey for much of the looseness of morals that developed in the decades following his published studies, Condon's film seeks to make him somewhat of a hero, as sexual repression and lack of adequate education were responsible for a high number of unhappy and confused people who saw anything but heterosexual intercourse as deviant behavior — even oral sex was against the law in some parts of the United States at the time.

His star turn in Guns Akimbo follows a number of unlikely film roles undertaken by Radcliffe post-Potter.

Gunn, who recently confirmed he will return for a third Guardians film, tweeted out about the number of post-credits scene following reports coming out of the first press screening on Monday.

Hidden Figures, which was previously at number one for two weekends in a row, comes in at number three with $ 16.2 million (# 13.1 million), while animated film Sing follows with $ 9 million (# 7.3 million).

While the film exhibits wit and provides a number of hearty laughs, at its core it's a serious drama about life, hope, family, friendship, taking chances and following dreams.

Snyder hasn't directed a hit movie since 300 in 2007 and has seen his box - office numbers decline with each of his following three films (Watchmen, Legend of the Guardians, and Sucker Punch took in $ 107, $ 55, and $ 36 million, respectively).

Following Get Out's triumphant reception, scoring the number one spot at the box office in February 2017 and grossing $ 225 million worldwide, it's pretty certain that this will be a film worth waiting for.

A number of his films that followed «Paranormal Activity» adapted this formula, to varying degrees of success.

A Daredevil reboot, following the much - maligned 2003 film starring Ben Affleck, has been in talks for a number of years.

Failure to follow these guidelines can result in platelet clumping, which yields low platelet counts by automated machines and also makes it impossible to accurately estimate platelet numbers on a blood film.

Shot in breathtaking 4K, this film follows the world's current number - one - ranked surfer, John John Florence, as he explores breaks in Hawaii, Brazil, South Africa and Australia.

Following on from the previous post about Northumberland's village film - makers, and in the context of the Turner Prize exhibition's record - breaking visitor numbers at Gateshead, here's news from Creative England.

Following by only five years on the heels of the story of Ada Lovelace — and Ada's belief in the power of numbers to manipulate machines so they can, for example, create repeatable patterns and make music — the film Teknolust (2002) provides a visual glut of the ravishing Swinton playing cyborg triplets — Ruby, Marine, and Olive — as well as playing the role of the computer scientist Rosetta Stone who invents them.