Sentences with phrase «film for the first time since»

I just watched the film for the first time since it opened (it recently became available on Blu - ray from the Warner Archive), and was surprised to find that Perez isn't nearly as pedal - to - the - metal hysterical as I'd dimly remembered.

Old pro Roger Deakins shot on film for the first time since True Grit (2010) and the results are fantastic.

This week on Alcohollywood, we're headed back to our roots by tackling a Steven Spielberg film for the first time since our first episode!

Not exact matches

«I see that life comes once, and it's quite short,» he says in this latest film, speaking confidently for the first time since he was 7.

Robert Zemeckis has been spending time in the motion capture lab the last few years directing The Polar Express 61, Beowulf 59, and A Christmas Carol 55, but he's returning to live - action film directing for the first time since 2000's Cast Away 73 with Flight.

Spielberg leaves too much on the table between the two characters, especially in a film that earns the right to breathe for a few seconds, but Streep shines in these scenes all the same — this is Spielberg's first female - driven film since «The Color Purple» in 1985, and the actress is eager to make up for lost time.

And, though the studio was shut out of the best picture nominations for the first time since 2010, it still picked up five nominations in other categories for films such as Before Midnight (one of critics» favorites last year) and Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine.

I saw RIP TIDE (Aussie strictly Disney flick, cute for tweets but that's about it), Argento's DEEP RED (for the first time and on the big screen - was a gooey delight tripped up by the usual giallo issues), VICTORIA & ABDUL (odious and blandly crafted), and FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER (thankfully on the big screen since Anthony Dod Mantle's cinematography deserves it - the film is strong, even if Jolie is definitely not a subtle direcfirst time and on the big screen - was a gooey delight tripped up by the usual giallo issues), VICTORIA & ABDUL (odious and blandly crafted), and FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER (thankfully on the big screen since Anthony Dod Mantle's cinematography deserves it - the film is strong, even if Jolie is definitely not a subtle direcFIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER (thankfully on the big screen since Anthony Dod Mantle's cinematography deserves it - the film is strong, even if Jolie is definitely not a subtle director).

Woody Allen returns to modern day NYC for the first time since Manhattan with Hannah And Her Sisters is one of Woody Allen's most loved films.

However, everything is done so well between the direction of Anthony and Joe Russo, a screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely with James Gunn, and music by Alan Silvestri for the first time since the first Avengers film.

Fox announces their distrust of critics with this title by splaying «Property of 20th Century Fox Publicity Department» in huge letters across the screen for the duration of the film on both sides of the disc (the first time a major studio has done so since DreamWorks sent out advanced copies of the Gladiator Signature Selection in 2000 — which is why you never saw a review of it at FILM FREAK CENTRAL), in turn prohibiting an ethical assessment of the imfilm on both sides of the disc (the first time a major studio has done so since DreamWorks sent out advanced copies of the Gladiator Signature Selection in 2000 — which is why you never saw a review of it at FILM FREAK CENTRAL), in turn prohibiting an ethical assessment of the imFILM FREAK CENTRAL), in turn prohibiting an ethical assessment of the image.

Glastonbury (15) Running time: 135 min *** Julian Temple's loving documentary may at first appear to be aimed at the sort of music fan who prefers Glasto streamed live to their TV.But this collection of archive and commissioned footage from 36 years of England's greatest music festival is likely to appeal more to diehard fans than non-festival-goers, since it revels in precisely the eccentricities that makes the armchair people dive for cover.Most of this film is a structureless, rambling celebration of Glastonbury's boozy, hedonistic, liberated, political and frequently bonkers character rather than of the actual music: great if you were at the party, presumably less great if you weren't.

Now after 13 long years away see's director «Robert Zemeckis» return to the physical world for his first live - action film since 2000's Cast Away, so as you can imagine excitement and expectations are at an all time high.

The 5.1 DTS - HD MA track is nice, though — the film's soundtrack breathes for the first time since it played in cinemas, and the cheerleading sequence is a triumph of simulated acoustics.

In the DVD commentary track for The Man Who Wasn't There, Billy Bob Thornton makes the brilliant observation that the logical casting for the dapper, taciturn barber would be Clooney while he, himself, would have been the obvious choice for Clooney's character in O Brother, Where Art Thou; that the brothers have «corrected» themselves for this picture goes a long way towards explaining both the pleasures to be gained from Clooney's deft comic timing (and a courtroom scene that is at once a throwback and a revelation), and the problems with a film that in apparently striving to be accessible and lightweight becomes something, for the first time in the Coens» joint - career since Crimewave, disposable and undistinguished.

Serkis's performance as lead ape Caesar has been widely praised since the first film in this reboot debuted in 2011, but the effects team — among them Joe Letteri, a three - time winner for Rings — has lost out to Hugo and Interstellar.

The only foreign language film to make our top ten this year, the Spanish generic hybrid The Skin I Live In saw leading man Antonio Banderas reuniting with filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar for the first time since 1990's Tie Me Up!

Speculation over which YA property would become the next Twilight has been swirling for some time now — since the first film hit theaters in 2008, really.

For the first time since January, six films managed # 1m in weekend takings at the UK box office, spreading the wealth evenly.

After working on television series and a documentary, Ana Kokkinos has returned to the feature film format for the first time since 1998's Head On.

With an unexpected election outcome, director John Madden (Shakespeare in Love, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) and first time screenwriter Jonathan Perera may just luck out since their film can alternatively be interpreted as a scathing commentary on a corrupt existing system... the single biggest reason for that surprise election result.

For the first time since the original film, Kevin Bacon is returning to Perfection to fight Graboids in Syfy's «Tremors,» which...

His next film, Isle of Dogs, sees a return to the world of stop - motion animation for the first time since 2009's Fantastic Mr Fox.

If you loved the first film, you may have a hard time enjoying the second film as much since the focus has shifted from Austin to Dr. Evil and his henchmen, as if Myers had exhausted all his material for Austin.

The first one was for the Argentinean director Maria Luisa Bemberg; the second for a hero of Latin American film archives, the Brazilian Cosme Alves Netto; in both cases the awards were blessed with good timing, since they unexpectedly died in the following months.

But he's making a return to fantasy - free, low - budget fare here — really for the first time since 1994's «Ed Wood» (which is perhaps his most critically acclaimed film).

HOW HE MADE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE: Regardless of how the film turns out, Abrams got us excited about Star Wars for the first time since 1999.

This 82nd Oscars is the first time since the»40s that 10 films are nominated for Best Picture, a decision made to include the diverse range of options in the film industry such as indie film Precious.

But then, the film starts piling on details of the two, both awkwardly single for the first time since going out with the high - school sweethearts they married, both raising a crop of kids on their own.

The Girl Who Played with Fire is much more of a thriller than a traditional murder mystery — a pity since one of the reasons I liked the first film was that I hadn't seen a straight murder mystery on the big screen for quite some time.

And in this film (which he has apparently wanted to make for nearly 30 years, since he first read Shusaku Endo's novel), Judas is again key - this time a 17th century Japanese version called Kichijiro (Yosuke Kubozuka), who haunts Portuguese missionary Rodrigues's (Andrew Garfield) journey from profound blind faith through agonies of uncertainty.

Britain's Aardman Animations had been going since the early 1970s, and had won three Oscars for its short films «Creature Comforts,» «The Wrong Trousers» and «A Close Shave» (the latter two featuring Wallace and Gromit), by the time that the company's founder, Peter Lord, and his collaborator Nick Park codirected their first feature, Chicken Run, in 2000.

Disney has three nominees in this category for the first time since 2002, when Spirited Away won the award over two in - house films.

It is true that 3D technologies were not mature enough for him at the time, since the film is well known for its long development time — Wong first began preparing it in 2001.

What's interesting to note: if Lady Bird, The Shape of Water, or Three Billboards win Best Picture, it will be the first time since 2004 that a film featuring a woman nominated for Best Actress took the top prize.

Employing a workshop format to cast the film, he ended up with quite the impressive roster; working with DiCaprio again for the first time since his take on «Romeo & Juliet,» he also has a galaxy of stars in support, including Maguire, and, playing against type, Mulligan as the materialistic, sometimes simple - minded Daisy Buchanan; curiously, it's her first leading role in a big Hollywood production.

«Veep» creator Armando Iannucci returns to the film world for the first time since «In the Loop» with his latest political satire, «The Death of Stalin.»

The writer - producers - actor team of Four Weddings has been reunited for the first time since the 1994 film (though the producers worked together last year on Elizabeth).

Brizé has made the sort of film that wins plaudits for preferring the «modest detail» to the «grand gesture,» to borrow from one trade paper review — a formula, replete with its quiet reverence of that «modest detail» that I've seen repeated at least several hundred thousand times since I first started making a practice of reading film criticism.

Since our screening of FUDOH: THE NEW GENERATION in 1997, which was the first time Miike's unique vision was shown in North America, no fewer than 29 of his films were showcased at the festival, including such modern classics as AUDITION, ICHI THE KILLER, and VISITOR Q. Miike's work also opened Fantasia three times with YATTERMAN and North American premieres of the Cannes selections FOR LOVE»S SAKE and SHIELD OF STRAW.

Lily Tomlin's welcome return to a starring film role for the first time since the 1980s comes via this acerbic comedy about a snappish senior poet (Tomlin) whose hapless granddaughter (Julia Garner) needs an abortion.

While first - time director David Atkins gives the film a surrealistic feel in certain scenes, he actually could have made the film better by going further into the bizarro world, a la David Lynch — and why not since Lynch favorite Laura Dern (Jurassic Park III, Dr. T and the Women) is on board for the ride.

Universal executives also noted their films have held pole position for three weekends in a row — the first time since January 2010 when Fox's Avatar ruled the roost for five sessions.

Rewinding to the Deep South of the 1850s means that, for the first time since his colour - coded debut Reservoir Dogs, this is a Tarantino film set in a man's world.

Harrison has started filming the new Indiana Jones film Harrison Ford has been pictured as archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones for the first time since 1989 as «the man in the hat» returns for his latest film.

The actor spoke on Sunday for the first time about the role since Marvel confirmed the news last week that Cumberbatch will star in the 2016 feature film, Doctor Strange.

A sumptuously mounted gangster film from Ben Affleck, behind the camera for the first time since Argo, continues his intriguing offscreen career.

For the first time since Jean - Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia (in his final role) duked it out in 1994, a Street Fighter film is premiering across the US.

Plus, for the time being, the film may be the closest thing to a Creature from the Black Lagoon film fans will get, since Universal's Dark Universe — which had plans to remake the classic Creature — appears to be on indefinite hold given the tepid response to its first offering - the modern - day remake of The Mummy.

For the first time since James Cameron's 1998 award winning film Titanic, a December release (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle) has topped the weekend box office in February.