Sentences with phrase «film kicks up»

The film kicks up in March, for a February 12, 2016 release date.

Which is when the film kicks up into an even higher gear.

Not exact matches

We also know that when Schneiderman finishes up another stressful day at the AG's office, he likes to kick his feet up and unwind with a nice historical drama film — preferably about WW II.

I have to admit that I have always gotten a kick out of whatever sick gag they have come up with for each film and this film has perhaps the grossest of all three films but again, I love the movies because of the characters.

It is hilarious and heartbreaking all at once, especially when factoring in Dave Franco's performance, a beautiful game of shadows in which he's forced to play the more respected artist against his older, more famous brother (who, just to kick things up a notch, method - directed the film as Wiseau).

Egan has lead such films as «Got ta Kick It Up» for the Disney Channel and several «indies» including «The Disappearing Girl Trick,» «Falling.

The movie kicks off with a poorly CGI'd (for Zemeckis) shot of the hero standing in the Statue of Liberty's torch with the Towers looming across the water behind him, talking and talking and talking not to you but at you, often in bizarrely gargoyle - ish close - ups, about the amazing thing he's about to do, or is doing — as if convincing us to buy a ticket to the film we're already sitting there watching.

The interwoven cinematic creature universe is supposed to kick - off with The Mummy reboot but could we see Evans as Dracula (centuries later) teaming up or fighting other classic monsters in a future film?

With adaptations of superhero comics to film, it seems that the only thing of interest to the film maker (s) is getting the shiniest and biggest effects on screen along with «kick - ass» action sequences and one - upping each other on the adrenaline level.

Or maybe it's because she's married to Lou that she can't stop thinking of Daniel... Following up «Away from Her,» Polley's second film is sharply dividing critics and audience in Toronto: Many find it simultaneously exhilarating and depressing; others find it ugly and hateful; a third faction seems to be kicking against the film not for how it says what it says, but, instead, for what it says in the first place.

«Midnight in Paris» McAdams teamed up with Owen Wilson (again) and Woody Allen for the 2011 Oscar winner «Midnight in Paris,» kicking off a stretch of prestige films in which she worked with auteur director such as Terrence Malick on «To the Wonder,» Brian de Palma on «Passion» and Wim Wenders on «Every Thing Will Be Fine.»

When the autumn winds kick up, THE EXORCIST sits atop a demonic pedestal as my staple requirement in film, TV and print.

I really had to crank it up to hear everything properly, which didn't work well when some of the louder portions of the film kicked in later on (airplanes, bombs, etc).

And she may not even end up in Ben - Hur, as The Wrap reports that she's in demand for several films looking to kick off shooting early next year.

We already had a feeling the Guillermo del Toro directed film, starring Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam, and Jim Beaver, would be scary but this kicks it up a notch.

The film occasionally makes good use of its trendy, silence - heavy sound design, and when a good kick is needed, usually when a baddie pops up unexpectedly, the 5.1 DTS - HD Master Audio track is adequate.

If Allen had followed the example of «Streetcar,» he would have had Jasmine sleep with Chili, which might have kicked up the film's dramatic possibilities.

In the end, what the film doesn't have in heart it makes up for in action and creative animation (I still get a kick out of seeing some of my son's more unique Lego pieces make an appearance, like Lego flames or the Lego shark), and you will certainly leave the theater with a smile on your face.

Usually the victory laps that play out on the stage of the Academy Awards are kicked into motion as early as a year prior to the ceremony, when a film, say, premieres at a festival and the media's whipped - up buzz incentivizes a studio to get to work on an awards campaign.

The ever - growing cult behind Russell and his work will undoubtedly enjoy this riveting look back on the maverick director right in the midst of filming his chaotic classic, which, negative press notwithstanding, ended up kicking off a series of successes in the 1970s.

Then there are elements of the film that kick it up to a different level, like making Michael Cera a drugged up, womanizing version of himself and making Jonah Hill a terribly positive, sensitive soul.

He kicked off the entire franchise all the way back in 2008 and has continued to be one of the most important figures in the series, with three standalone films, practically leading the Avengers in two battles to save the Earth, going up against Captain America for the Avengers very own civil war, and helping Peter Parker become Spider - Man.

Kicking off 2018 will likely be the second Deadpool film, but then again, this could very well be another X-Men team - up.

A stark, brutal, yet tender prison drama starring Jack O'Connell as a violent inmate sent to the same lock - up as his jailbird father (Ben Mendelsohn), the film's shot through with a raw energy and authenticity that's closer to «A Prophet» than to most other British films in the genre, with Mackenzie making the movie feel like he's bottled up a hurricane of tension, which at any second could kick through the screen at you and hit you with a sock full of snooker balls.

The Cannes Film Festival is always a rich tapestry of auteur film makers from around the world, films to delight the Francophile and American entries full of stars to light up the red carpet or kick off their awards campaign.

2016 was Gadot's year (so far)-- she starred in films like «Triple 9» and «Keeping Up With the Joneses,» and kicked off her portrayal of Wonder Woman with a kickass appearance in «Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.»

Director Bryan Singer has already announced X-Men: Apocalypse for 2016, and it has been previously reported that Kick - Ass 2 writer and director Jeff Wadlow was hired to write an X-Force film which X-Force comic book creator Rob Liefeld has talked up in social media.

And before this year's sudden glut of Costner fare, the actor hadn't been ubiquitous since the 1990s, a decade that often saw him star in up to three films per year, and one that kicked off with Dances with Wolves, a western that nabbed seven Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director for Costner.

«Starred Up» is a film about someone sliding out of society, and kicking, screaming and punching as he does so.

Brown Findlay's Linder gives the film — which, it should be said, is much, much better than the fan in me feared — a real energy boost when she turns up; a choppy - haired, confident, beautiful woman who gives the becalmed Morrissey a kick up the backside.

Benjamin Button, Fincher's first PG - 13 movie, would kick off a winning streak for the director that has continued with The Social Network, one of the most talked about films of this century and undoubtedly the runner - up for 2010's Best Picture Oscar, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, unlikely material for a $ 100 million domestic / $ 200 million worldwide run and one of the edgiest movies to elicit an Oscar win, even just a technical one.

I can't think of a better pair of films to kick off and wrap up what is going to be an amazing festival.»

«There was a groundswell of wanting this movie to work, and then when it actually did as a film, itself, it just kicked it up a notch to a level no one could have ever predicted,» said Greg Foster, Imax Entertainment's chief executive.

What's next for him: finding a distributor (he's learning to say»... when we get picked up») and attending more screenings of his film at SXSW, where he enjoys appearing with his mother: «My mom gets a kick out of going up onstage.»

As A Quiet Place ratchets up, the film barrels to an ass - kicking conclusion.

The first John Wick film, released in 2014, offered up many delights, not the least of which was the sight of then 50 - year - old Keanu Reeves (The Neon Demon) running, kicking, punching and shooting his way through hordes of bad guys, all with balletic grace.

Her introduction and the scenes that kick off the material in 2093 catch us up to speed, but from that point on, we're discovering right along with her and, just as she's desperate to reach one more chamber or bring back one more specimen, so are we and that intrigue propels a viewer through more than half of the film.

It asks important questions while living up to the title's kick - ass promise, masking high - school tropes in capes and cowls, to the point that even the film's climax is basically a house - party gone horribly wrong.

The comments section will be lit up with the inevitable questions about how I feel about the first «Blade Runner» so let's kick it off with saying, I am not a fan of the original film by Ridley Scott.

In anticipation of «Kick - Ass 2» opening this Friday, more press has begun to come up about the upcoming «Kick - Ass» sequel, including an interview over at Digital Spy where creator Mark Millar, director Jeff Wadlow and star Christopher Mintz - Plasse discusses the film and what actually got cut from the film.

While I too gave it a good review (solid rock fist up), the comment «Christopher Nolan just got his ass kicked» made me throw up a little in my mouth and now I like the film a little less.

I found the original to be a sweet movie with a bit of a kick thanks to Maggie Smith's zingers, and while the nature of sequels makes me doubt this follow - up will match the quality of that first film, the prospect of seeing this cast play off of each other once again is enticing enough.

When the plot kicks into overdrive it does feels a little overdue because Wright spends a lot of time keeping the film in neutral for the first half, but as soon as Mr Frost picks up a pair of bar stools, all bets are off.

As previously reported, the new Escape from a New York will be a prequel, kicking off a new trilogy of Snake Plissken movies that will lead up the events of the original film.

Every once in a while we end up with a jackpot like Kick - Ass, but most of the time the films find themselves in Witch territory.

With the tempo cooled, director David Yates (back for his third film) and screenwriter Steve Kloves pore over the nuances of character and environmental changes, delighting in the opportunity to kick the kids out of Hogwarts (nowhere to be seen in this installment) and into the treacherous Muggle world, staging much of the action in outdoor locations that open up the scope of the series.

So while Annihilation bypasses cinemas in this country, do call out the movie industry for its lack of faith in filmmakers and film lovers; petition Netflix to team up with Curzon cinemas more to release its original movies theatrically in the UK; support smaller titles that do have cinema releases where possible; but don't spend your time lamenting the decline of cinema when the art of the visual medium is alive and kicking through Annihilation, in US theatres and on UK computers, phones, tablets and TVs.

In telling a simple story of endurance, 70 - year - old writer - director George Miller kicks up a roaring dust cloud of poetic and political meaning, letting viewers interpret the film's swirling thematic storm as they see fit.

It wasn't just a not - so - clever saying that would look totally rad on a t - shirt, but an indication of just how we were kicking against the establishment of film criticism — and those two reviewers were the figureheads of giving thumbs up to boring, pretentious films and thumbs down to many of the films we enjoyed.

In fact, Amazon is kicking off the whole show, having already snapped up the rights to opening night film, Woody Allen's Cafe Society, but that's just the first of many Amazon acquisitions to air on the Croisette: Amazon is also behind Nicolas Winding Refn's The Neon Demon, Jim Jarmusch's Paterson and Iggy Pop documentary Gim me Danger, plus Park Chan - wook's The Handmaiden.