Sentences with phrase «film genre tributes»

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It's not that it revitalizes a dead genre, but it does give a bit of new life and twist to the zombie genre, while also paying tribute to the classic cult films like Dawn of the Dead, Evil Dead, Mad Max, among others.

His stamp on the film is evident and his adoration and tribute to the genre is clear and ostentatious.

Through John Logan's sharp - as - a-razor script filled with hilarious run - on sentences and oddball sensibilities, the film is at once a reverential tribute to a genre and a wholly original piece of work.

The film launched a new wave of Hong Kong filmmaking and you can feel its influence in everything from Bruce Lee's martial arts thrillers of the 1970s to Jackie Chan's Drunken Master films to the Tsui Hark - led new wave of high energy, special effects laden adventures in 1980s Hong Kong, and of course, the Oscar winning Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ang Lee's tribute the magical, colorful genre that King Hu reinvented with this film.

Together with director Edgar Wright, actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost created two of the funniest and most loving tributes to genre films in recent memory: The zombie spoof «Shaun of the Dead» and the action movie «Hot Fuzz.»

The routine leads into a welcome tribute to horror, the most under - recognized genre in film.

The last shot of the film would be incomprehensible but for a memory of this «over-the-hill» unfortunate, creating a fascinating subtext for what by all rights seems a misogynistic picture paying tribute to a misogynistic genre.

Very good film makers such as Darren Aronofsky and Nicolas Winding Refn have sourced inspiration from the mood and saturated hues of a genre classic, which remains the perfect way to pay tribute to past pioneering while producing something new and exciting.

Set for July 24, the mtvU Fandom Awards will pay tribute to the best offerings in genre film and television from the past year, with musical act Linkin Park headlining the ceremony at San Diego's Petco Park.

But this isn't mere tribute to the genre, it's a celebration of the style, the texture, the psycho - sexual atmosphere of the best films, recreated in a triptych that could be a horror film, a coming - of - age story or a twisted Walter Mitty adventure from a Dario Argento fanatic.

This stylish but emotionally distant film is the Coen brothers» clever tribute to the film noir genre, and it features a sharp turn by Johansson as a precocious object of desire.

81 % The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) Stylish but emotionally distant, this is the Coen brothers» clever tribute to the film noir genre, and it features a sharp turn by Johansson as a precocious object of desire.

Sheer, luxuriant noir all the way — apart from a brief Women on the Verge - style film - within - a-film — Broken Embraces is a ravishing film from the Spanish maestro, a glowing tribute to the genre, and one to delight his fans and film buffs everywhere, althouth the wider audiences of Volver are less secure.

Hopefully, whatever he and his team manage to conjure, this new film will be a worthwhile tribute to one of the genre's all time greats.

Fans of noir film and fiction will find a lot to enjoy in this loving genre tribute, and those already familiar with Moore's books will simply be in love.»