Sentences with phrase «film genres with»

They mount their own mini-tributes to fallen out of favour film genres with a ribald glee.

Not exact matches

David Goldman tries to explain the growth in the American horror - film genre while making the assumption that horror is bad in and of itself, with which I disagree.

The movie deals with faith, grief and doubt in a way that continues the «Jesus themes in other genres» trend that's been sliding into mainstream films over the past few years.

Trying to get away from the horror genre, he tried to make a few films with no success.

I am a fun, caring and an easy going person I love spending time with family and friends, I love all types of music and a wide genre of films but I am an ultimate Harry Potter fan.

I am happy outdoors hiking or being with my horse, dog and sheep but also love independent film, whole food, red wine, eclectic music genres, NPR and a good book.

Join me as I take a journey through the zombie genre with reviews and commentary on films and television that embrace the apocalyptic walking dead.

Any horror movie fan can see that this film has been made with a gleeful love of the genre, flaws and all, and the final half - hour delivers one of the greatest visually spectacular finales I have seen all year (even compared to that of another Joss Whedon project, The Avengers).

A buddy - cop thriller recast as Dante's sojourn in Hell, this graphic, allusion - littered film stands the conventions of the genre on end — along with the viewer's hair.

I can say with all honesty that the dick and fart film genre has never been a big draw for me.

And, as a non-reader of the J.K. Rowling books (I'm saving them to read with my daughter when she's old enough) and a non-aficionado of the fantasy genre, I find at least some stretch of every Harry Potter film arcane and a bit dull (usually the parts involving magician - vs.

A decent, well - made, small - scale genre film with a great cast of on - the - cusp players, The Lazarus Effect begins as a modern - day spin on Frankensteinian mad science, but segues into more demonic matters.

[A] descendant of film noir, the film resorts to classic motifs of the genre to suggest an inescapable and destructive presence, destiny, which comes hand in hand with errors in the political and social system.

As with Eli Roth's Hostel films, the context should be clear to anyone aware of the role America plays in the developing world and the festering anti-American hostilities out there... or to anyone interested in the politics of horror and / or familiar with the genre conventions in this regard.

it was certainly a more accessible film in terms of the sci - fi genre and has bolstered the credibility, much like Children of Men, however, I disagree with the seamless integration of the film styles and think the trailer misled, as the film is not really mockumentary at all.

And while the film definitely has a silly side to it (McConaughey's character even has a nasty run of bad luck with animals biting him), it's hardly comparable to a genre classic like «There's Something About Mary.»

Save for the pro forma family drama and Ray's own journey of personal growth, War of the Worlds is remarkably unconcerned with the subplots that bloat most genre films.

With Code Unknown, Haneke implies that such genre films contain little truth in a world so out of control.

I have gravely mixed feelings about every movie on Marc Forster's résumé, from «Monster's Ball» to «Stranger Than Fiction» to «The Kite Runner» to the 2008 Bond film «Quantum of Solace,» but the guy is undeniably a stylistic virtuoso with a Michael Winterbottom - like ability to jump around from one genre to another.

Indeed, the film's reliance on audience familiarity with sources of so - called high culture has been dismissed in some quarters as a pretentious gimmick, as if it were somehow an eighth deadly sin to expect intelligence either in police detectives or attendees of lowly genre films.

Unlike many films dealing with the pending Apocalypse, which are often told in the horror genre with the visual horrors of the end of days, «Seeking a Friend for the End of the World» rightfully took a different perspective by focusing on people's natural reactions.

As the struggle with Voldemort suggests, the premise of the story is allegorical — good / light against evil / dark — with obvious revivals of the genre traditions of British heroic legend and medieval romance, even though the films have modern elements.

With shadowy, black - and - white production, a slow - burning jazz soundtrack, and a wide ensemble of characters that runs the gamut of crime movie archetypes, Dick Hopper serves as a love letter to film noir, even as it skewers the genre with no meWith shadowy, black - and - white production, a slow - burning jazz soundtrack, and a wide ensemble of characters that runs the gamut of crime movie archetypes, Dick Hopper serves as a love letter to film noir, even as it skewers the genre with no mewith no mercy.

Even with a genre film like CREEP, his work has a kind of authenticity that's rare.

While it's hard to deny the ineffectiveness of both Peter Berg's directorial choices and the film's final half hour, Hancock primarily comes off as an engaging and thoroughly innovative spin on the superhero genre - with Will Smith's admittedly impressive performance certainly ranking high on the movie's list of positive attributes.

With her role in the The Hulk as well as with this film, Jennifer has proven that she can take on any role from any genre and inject the passion it needs to make it crediWith her role in the The Hulk as well as with this film, Jennifer has proven that she can take on any role from any genre and inject the passion it needs to make it crediwith this film, Jennifer has proven that she can take on any role from any genre and inject the passion it needs to make it credible.

With an astoundingly funny vein of dark comedy running through the entire film, this film sets itself apart as a treatise of the horror genre, something that Scream accomplished a decade previously but Cabin in the Woods elevates to another level.

Director Abel Ferrara applies his eccentric vision to the vampire genre with this cerebral «Art» film about graduate philosophy student Kathleen Conklin (Lili Taylor), who is bitten by an aggressive female vampire (Annabella Sciorra) and soon spirals into a nightmarish world of blood addiction and existential angst.

What I saw in my several viewings was an embracing yet acerbic melange of genres polished to a single piece through a screenplay larded with wit, superb filming, and masterful performances.

Nothing on Lionsgate's 2014 schedule of YA novel adaptations, horror, and other genre films suggests that the studio is going to start churning out critically praised films, but with another Hunger Games installment due this year, the studio should remain in the green financially, if not score-wise.

The film does a fine job at presenting the facts, and with that being said, it's a genre classic that is a must watch for war or history enthusiasts,.

One of the central pleasures of genre cinema is running your fingers along well - worn grooves, but while Man Hunt trots out a lot of chestnuts, it's the film's tendency to burn through them with bemusing haste.

Juggling conventions, skewering clichés and referencing genre cues, Stefaniuk packs the film with so many insider jokes that what could have been a wild ride simply isn't.

Eastwood directs a sensible - looking genre film with smooth expertise, but its plot is quietly berserk.

If the trend continues, too, Garland should be embraced with open arms, as his directed films avoid many of the studio genre traps and confront challenging topics head on — whether by droids or cancerous, world - eating prisms.

His revelations verge on going too far but by the end you realise that you've witnessed a film that crosses all sorts of genres; it's an introspective drama, a restrained chase movie and an imaginative Sci - Fi and it tackles all the tropes with a deftness and skill.

The future of blockbuster films such as these lie with directors like Coogler (and Patty Jenkins, and Taika Waititi), ones who are bringing much - needed new life and ideas to the superhero genre.

Shoplifters is a return to the family - centered drama of those earlier films after a dip into genre with The Third Murder.

The plot is pretty much one set piece after another with little plot in between which normally would be poor but this film is practically a late entry in the 80's action genre so its easily forgiven.

Cinematically, Van Winkle made his mark in glossy, big - budget Hollywood genre films, often laden with heavy special effects.

Pearce, meanwhile, pulls off a tricky hire - wire act of his own, keeping the film's whodunnit structure tightly screwed without lapsing too far into genre contrivance — with the many, varied screeches and squeaks of Jim Williams» terrifically rattling score lending a significant hand in this regard.

The old Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers serials were not science fiction, the «alien invaders» flicks of the 50s were likewise fantasy, and it continues today with such non science fiction films as Independence Day, Red Planet and Event Horizon trying to claim a genre title of which they are not worthy.

Despite Franco's laudable desire to shake up a stodgy genre, his film could have done with more life, and less art.

Eigenberg returned to the same genre amid a cast of unknowns with the 2007 film The Trouble with Romance, directed by Gene Rhee.

And yet, amid all that overdue and well - deserved scorn, the lone aspect of Deadpool 2 that is treated with gravid, wet - eyed sincerity — the thing the film wants us to care most deeply about, that acts as the plot's triggering action — is itself the biggest, oldest, dumbest and most useless superhero - genre cliche of them all.

Once again the most prolific distributor of the year, IFC maintained a more - than - one - film - per - week pace throughout 2013, with releases in multiple genres coming through a variety of sub-brands, including the artier Sundance Selects and the horror - oriented IFC Midnight.

With an eclectic mix of ground - breaking and genre - defining content including horror films, documentaries, Director's Nights and supernatural series, you'll be entertained, informed and terrified.

As far as the film itself is concerned, its a credit to its genre, another incredible reason to follow / watch / talk about indie animation and to share it with your kids so that they can be educated in film beyond the typical.

Filmed with widescreen grandeur on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, The Rider reinvigorates tropes from the western genre of men, horses, honor codes and vast expanses of nature with a refreshing lack of sentimentality, without sacrificing their inherent lyricism and poetry.

Which is fine because Antal does well with all the boring stuff that most other genre filmmakers don't, and it shows in the way that the film's mostly talky second act never slackens the film's brisk pace.