Sentences with phrase «film of nudge»
A one - joke film of nudge - nudge, wink - wink sexual adolescence and fat jokes, it lacks the inimitable mix of bad taste, romantic charm and spirited performance that defined «There's Something About Mary.»
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That's where perhaps the film represents any sort of nudge to the president: yes, you've made it through but don't relax on your laurels just yet...
Agora proves that it is entire possible to have an old - school blockbuster (and I am talking Cecil B. DeMille and Alan Mann spectacle films with casts of thousands wearing togas and swords) coupled with science, mathematics and commentary on modern times nudge shoulders with romance, upheaval and politics of antiquity.
But the film doesn't really have time to dig into deeper themes or nudge us to appreciate the difficulty of implementing a utility we largely take for granted — for these men, power is simply power, and they each race to gobble up exclusive contracts with one city after another.
It felt like I was waiting a decade for this film, and that last gentle push that nudged its Australian release date into January meant that its foretold (but hardly inevitable) place in my end - of - year list would be delayed by another full calendar year.
Since his debut film Pi in 1998, director Darren Aronofsky has cultivated a unique brand of esoteric cinema that implants itself into audiences» brains and refuses to nudge, and that's probably the best way to explain his latest film, mother!
Many nudge - nudge hints are dropped in the first section of the film, so when the film goes back to fill in the sordid details, it feels schematic and exasperating.
The film still has all the little Soderbergh touches — there's a scene involving a prison riot that gets caught up in the differences between the TV version and the book version of Game of Thrones in which you can almost sense Soderbergh nudging the camera — but what's perhaps most impressive about it is how effortless it all seems.
He brings it back to grapple with a couple of tragedies that befall the family, nudging the film past the two - hour mark and into a sluggish custard of voiceover impressing on us the importance of living each day as if it were our last, and how all life is time travel, etc etc..
The heart of the film is in the number of scenes just between the two women, with Tully nudging out bits of truth about Marlo's relationship with her kids and husband that the older woman seems wary to admit lest it suggest that her suburban lifestyle is built upon a lie, or is something to be ashamed of.
As for the feminine side of the equation, Rachael Stirling, as a Ministry wonk in charge of making sure the film does not go off the rails, gives off Eve Arden vibes in natty Marlene Dietrich - style menswear — and on several occasions gives nudge - nudge hints of being proudly lesbian.
The climactic battle, when it comes, however, is surprisingly well done, and might have even served to nudge the film up half a grade if our eyes hadn't fallen out of our heads with rolling at a thing that happens at the end.
Elder is a canny, discerning moderator although he doesn't have to do much nudging to get his subjects to really get to the heart of why they love these films.
It should be noted that I've been awaiting Jim Broadbent's appearance in this series since the first film, so now that he's finally appeared the film gets a little extra nudge of popularity in my book; the man has an interesting way of handling himself in his roles.
Since his debut film Pi in 1998, director Darren Aronofsky has cultivated a unique brand of esoteric cinema that implants itself into audiences» brains and refuses to nudge, and that's pro...
Evil Dead II returns Ash and his girlfriend Linda (Denise Bixler — Betsy Baker in the first film, Bridget Fonda for two seconds in the next) to that cabin in the woods where a tape is played, the Book of the Dead is opened, and a portal to Hell is nudged ajar.
This marks the first film where Tony Stark appears without Pepper Potts although she is mentioned as being «busy», while Natalie Portman's Jane is also referenced but not included; further examples nudging the few women out of the series.
While the behind - the - scenes aspects of making 2003's infamously terrible cult film The Room are undoubtedly entertaining (especially for those who are familiar with that movie), the reason James Franco's The Disaster Artist is elevated above mere nudging and winking is because of the co-dependent relationship at the center of the movie.
He's the outlet for the film's sarcastic self - mockery and only with his kind of wink - wink - nudge - nudge attitude is Need for Speed able to get away with all its gravity - defying shenanigans.
Additionally, White imbues his film with an added layer of surrealness with occasional cutaways to fantasy sequences; and while the use of voiceover narration is arguably on - the - nose, it does nudge the film closer into earnest territory and further away from conceited, navel - gazing white middle - class folly.
For a film that is constantly nudging us in the ribs with allusions to the original «Star Wars» trilogy, it does «Solo» few favors to bring to mind the incendiary interplay between Ford and Carrie Fisher that gave those films so many of their standout moments.
Eleven years after film critic Roger Ebert pronounced that video games are not art, the possibilities of the medium and the creativity of the people working with it continue to nudge him into the wrong side of history.
Knights of the Old Republic eschewed the films» timeline, yet still delivered an engrossing tale — one that you could shape as you made decisions and nudged either way on the Force spectrum.
Our goal with the film is to nudge everyone out of their comfort zones a bit, get them to see issues from slightly different perspectives, and hopefully elevate the conversation about environmentalism, terrorism, activism, and how police should react to activism.