Sentences with phrase «film is a real hit»

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During the moments of greatest suspense, activity in the frontal parietal brain regions, which are devoted to orchestrating attention, flared up in healthy participants and became increasingly intense until the end of the film, when the boy nearly hits the family maid with a real bullet.

James Woods and Kathleen Turner are sublime as Mr. and Mrs. Lisbon, Kirsten Dunst, Hanna R. Hall, Chelse Swain, A.J. Cook, and Leslie Hayman are all really good as the Lisbon sisters, Josh Hartnett showed some real star potential as Trip the love interest of Dunst's Lux, and Giovanni Ribisi hits all the right notes and puts in fantastic work as the film's narrator, conveying a great sense of both maturity and youthful wonder.

I wasn't sure if I'd enjoy a film about suicide, and, though the film does have its somber moments, it's filled with good sequences, evidence of real talent, and hits a tone that makes it all work.

Yet, this new flick is a lot better than some of the real terrible CGI films to hit the screens, like «Doogal» and «Happily N'Ever After.»

The involvement of so many real musical luminaries (in particular Aerosmith's Steven Tyler in a key rôle as himself, and Outkast's André Benjamin eating up his scenes as trigger - happy gangsta Dabu) may bring a certain postmodern edge to the proceedings, but it also goes some way to explaining the film's gently - gently approach to the record industry — an industry which would be unlikely to release its stars to a project that was aiming to score any real hits against it.

Though it practically qualifies as an original film, taking little from Matheson's text and teleplay (including virtually nothing in the way of social commentary), Real Steel is a tired and familiar production, hitting all the beats to tug at your heart strings but without real conviction or personalReal Steel is a tired and familiar production, hitting all the beats to tug at your heart strings but without real conviction or personalreal conviction or personality.

The Oscar - nominee (for Alexander Payne's «Sideways») returns to the multiplex after a part in the hit religious film «Heaven Is for Real» from last year, while having previous appeared in a mix of indie and studio projects that range from «George of the Jungle» to «Lucky Them» and even «Spider - Man 3.»

For all its good parts (and there are lots of them), Real Steel perhaps fails because it tries too hard to be more than what it is: a film about giant remote - controlled robots hitting each other.

It's a new era for James Bond, the debut of Daniel Craig in the starring role, and on nearly every level, it's a real step in the right direction for this hit - and - miss franchise, perhaps the best Bond film since the 1960s (some might say since Goldfinger, but I also have a fondness for On Her Majesty's Secret Service).

It was the solo directorial debut of Jack Hill (whose Coffy and Foxy Brown both recently hit Blu - ray from Olive), a low - budget film that was financed by real estate developers who wanted to get into the movie business and got stuck in limbo for years when the producers went bankrupt.

But this week's competition is facing her down with a real buried gem, somebody only the mosy diligent of cineastes has heard of and whose film adaptation of a serious difficult piece of theater just hit theaters this past weekend... a Saoirse Ronan?

Not every conversation leads somewhere, but no second is wasted — everything builds a complex yet tangible world.Sean Baker's previous film was Tangerine, a surprise indie hit filmed on iPhones and starring real life transgender sex workers.

The first part of the film allows us to get a real feel for both Tracy and Brooke, but it's the change of pace that occurs when the setting hits a house in the wealthy area of Connecticut that is most startling.

We know where the story is headed — toward Oscar's death — and we know that this real - life tragic «hook» is the reason the film got funded and made (and the reason it went on to become an art house hit).

Additional bonus material on the final disc includes Eric Vespe's Butt - Numb - a-Thon greeting from 2011, the «Rivers of Gold» music video, a not - very - clever fake hit piece on one of the dwarf actors «The Real Adam Brown» and a touching tribute to cinematographer Andrew Lesnie, who passed away shortly after the film was released.

So, one us asked, did making a movie about excessive drinking make the young cast feel like hitting the bars for real after a day of filming, or did it have the opposite result, and were the youthful thespians so tired of pretend - drinking that they had become a bunch of teetotalers?

«For films that tick off all the boxes, it's pretty clear there's real audience interest right now, which is exciting,» said David Linde, chief executive of production company Participant Media, which helped produce the Lionsgate hit «Wonder» and Steven Spielberg's awards contender «The Post.»

Hardy's buzz is such that if only more people had seen this amazing one - man - show from director (and Oscar - nominated screenwriter) Steven Knight, we'd say it would have a good chance of landing a nomination for real, but it's a really minuscule film, and Hardy himself has two more higher profile movies due to hit before the year is out («The Drop» and «Child 44»).

The first real departure from type for Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul, Sundance hit Hellion is a type of film with roots dating back to Italian neorealism but is ultimately insubstantial and unsatisfying.

Scary Movie 5 Might Really Be Coming: It's been over five years since Scary Movies 4 hit and rumors of a fifth film first cropped up, but it looks as though the production is finally firing up for real.

But we think her fourth novel — with its of - the - moment 1920s setting and memorable portrayal of real - life silent film star Louise Brooks — could be a breakthrough hit.

Disney fans, rejoice: someone has created a real - life version of the balloon house from the hit film Up, and it's flying over Australia.

As the second series of real - world vehicles hits the world of Rocket League, Fast and Furious films are enjoying the limelight of a three year top selling title.

I»M JUST A SLAVE TO THE TRUTH; as His Hard - Hitting New Film Hits Cinemas, Director Steve McQueen Tells Julia Molony of the Traumatic Real - Life Story Behind It Belfast Telegraph; January 11, 2014; Molony, Julia; 700 + words Film by film, Steve McQueen is surely and steadily building a case for the crown of most important... as a reverential film school graduate but as an already feted, Turner prize - winning video artist, whose vision had not yet been blunted...