Sentences with phrase «film of this run time»

Which is a particularly weird thing to say about a film of this run time.

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A week after The New York Times and The New Yorker ran back - to - back reports cataloguing Harvey Weinstein's alleged serial sexual harassment of women in Hollywood, actress Selma Blair saw a story on HuffPost about writer and director James Toback's new film that made her blood run cold.

Wood, the actor who famously played Frodo in the Lord of the Rings films, told the Sunday Times that abuse runs rampant throughout Hollywood because of all of the «vipers» and people who only have their own interests in mind in the industry.

There is still time for Arsenal to rescue the campaign and lift the EPL trophy in May and I'm sure that all Gooners will be Geordies for the night when Newcastle take on Leicester tonight, but it will take an epic comeback like the one produced by the Arsenal side of the late 80s, the one in the film Fever Pitch that blew a promising position and then went on a late run that culminated in a title decider on the last day at Anfield.

I'm sure the coaches will address this in film, but there were a few times where our receivers still had the same pre-Willie mindset and were jogging back out to their positions instead of quickly running to get lined up to begin the play.

Costello and his aggressive assistant Tom Nissalke — the Bucks are one of the few NBA teams with a full - time assistant coach who has only minor scouting responsibilities — looked at motion picture films of each of their playoff opponents eight or 10 times to prepare for Milwaukee's run to the championship.

Making an audience laugh in the aisles while smuggling in deep political points is not as easy as it seems, and In The Loop's outrage at the events which led to the Iraq war shine through every minute of the film's running time.

The film, which will be told in four parts, chronicles the period from the submission of the petition in 2013 by then presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo - Addo, his running - mate, Mahamudu Bawumia and Chairman of the NPP at the time, Jake Obetsebi Lamptey, to the final declaration by the Supreme Court.

After taking account of total run - time and years since release, children's main cartoon characters were 2.5 times as likely to die as their counterparts in films for adults, and almost three times as likely to be murdered.

During its 23 - minute running time, the film seeks to capture the entire history of the universe by focusing on stars.

It twists and turns multiple times throughout its short running time, borrowing heavily from a variety of films in the horror genre (and other genres as well), but under the sure direction and

Empire Strikes Back ended with the Empire winning, Han Solo being taken by Jabba the Hutt, and Luke Skywalker facing his darkest moment, and the next film more or less reversed all of that over the course of its running time.

The job of assembling all of this was given to film editor Fred Raskin, who, while working closely with Tarantino, cut the film to a final run time of two hours and 45 minutes, leaving almost two additional hours of footage on the cutting room floor.

Given almost the same running time as Citizenfour and having the use of non-linear storytelling, jumping back and forth through time, you'd think that the pacing and energy would be the highlight of the film.

One of Elvis Presley's best films, Viva Las Vegas benefits from the exuberant direction of MGM vet George Sidney, the young and sexy Ann - Margret as romantic interest, and over 12 melodic songs that take up half of the running time (only 85 minutes).

It is, as such, not surprising to note that A Most Wanted Man remains hopelessly, utterly uninvolving for the duration of its often interminable running time, with the who - cares - about - any - of - this vibe ensuring that the film only grows more and more exasperating as time slowly progresses.

The plot is the worst part of the film, which packs way too much action into the sparse 86 - minute running time.

PANDA 2 is just about as much fun as the first film, with lots of laughs and action peppered into the brisk ninety minute run time.

Despite the hour and a half running time, the script manages to fit in a lot of details and backstory from the video game, but it also tries to tie up loose ends from the first film.

With a running time of one hour and thirty minutes, the film moves quickly and fits a lot of comedy into a short time period.

In the film production - within - the - film, the recycled story, during most of its running time, goes according to plan: the virgin's friends die, leaving Dana alone to kill the redneck zombies.

While the choreography is generally fairly minimal (at least for this sort of mega-production), first time film director Phyllida Lloyd (who helmed the original stage version) has woven together a tightly edited and exceedingly well shot film that capitalizes on the music wonderfully while never worrying too much about such nettlesome items as character or motivation, providing enough other movement that one ultimately doesn't miss huge dance numbers a la Robbins or Fosse that much in the long run.

It's two or three films all running at the same time, unafraid of offending and unashamed of being called naive.

At a running time of close to two hours, School for Scoundrels is clearly much longer than it has any right to be - although, that being said, there's little doubt that the film remains consistently watchable thanks to Todd Phillips and Scot Armstrong's surprisingly clever screenplay and the uniformly effective performances.

This film just doesn't have that same kind desperation, that same kind of «we're running out of time»... even though one of the film's main visual concepts is the big clock counting down.

A film that is unrelenting, grabbing you by the scruff of your neck and dragging you through its 90 - minute run time.

The film tries to pack in a little bit too much in its running time, and there isn't a comedic moment until well into the film, a strange choice in a movie for kids, but The Wild Life has its moments of charm, hilarity, and slapstick that worked really well.

Financed, produced, directed and starring Oscar - winner Robert Duvall, this film is a down - home yet very grittty at times story of a disgraced preacher on the run from the police after beating his soon - to - be ex-wife's new boyfriend with a baseball bat at a baseball game.

It's ultimately clear, however, that Fear and Desire simply isn't able to justify its feature - length running time (ie the whole thing feels padded - out even at 61 minutes), with the movie's less - than - consistent vibe paving the way for a second half that could hardly be less interesting or anti-climactic - which does, in the end, confirm the film's place as a fairly ineffective first effort that does, at least, highlight the eye - catching visual sensibilities of its preternaturally - talented director.

It is the kind of film that never feels long, despite the nearly two - hour running time, because it is in a state of constant motion.

Although I usually run as fast as I can from films like this, I'm pleased to say The Hangover ends up being one of the funniest movies I've seen in a long time.

It's a long movie for its genre, but don't think for a second that it's going to drag; there's story and detail stuffed in every frame of this film, and it seems to run for half the time it actually does.

While previous editions have had six or seven short films, Boys Life 4: Four Play requires only four titles for its 87 - minute running time, a sign of how much more substantial and ambitious work in the field has become.

She does this, again and again, for most of the film's running time... until she meets a man who is deformed, and his sweet disposition and loneliness touch something within her and she decides to stop doing what she's doing.

By the time Louis winds up at a forced labor camp, also run by The Bird, the film feels like it's just spinning its wheels and upping the ante of his mental and physical suffering until the eventual Allied victory.

While the film doesn't span decades, but instead concentrates on a moretightly prescribed patch of time in Darwin's life, it still proves true an old maxim regarding cinematic postscripts: the more you feel it necessary to say in pre-end credit crawl text, the less you've probably said during the entire rest of your movie's running time.

One of the stars of Fox's long - running prime - time teen show Beverly Hills, 90210, Jennie Garth also branched out into made - for - TV films and B - movies.

Not long after our intrepid heroes» arrival in Hollywood, there's a big showdown including most of the characters from the film, and this single scene probably packs in as much madcap insanity as the whole running time of Meet the Feebles.

It's the right film at the right time, a cathartic moment in which audiences will shed tears for a little machine made of silicon and aluminium, wrapped in tin foil and running on less computing power than our smartphones, yet which will outlive us all — perhaps by billions of years.

The film is a faithful if rather rushed adaptation of the Dickens original, encompassing within its 100 - minute running time such unforgettable characters as the vindictive recluse Miss Havisham, the arrogant Estella, the likeable blacksmith Joe Gargery and Joe's less likeable wife.

That's the story — and the promise — embedded in the title of this, the second film from Angelina Jolie as director, and there's nothing in its near 2 1/2 hour running time that allows for the idea that happy endings are impossible and redemption is never far off.

The plot really takes a while to pick up with very little in the way of dialogue; by the time the lead characters reveal a portion of themselves, it is already deep into the film and it seems late, granted the run time is just under 90 minutes.

The primary theme of the film, «feeling connected to yourself,» is poorly developed and far too oblique to sustain it for its 160 minute running time.

While I was watching the film, I got very confused, and near the end of it's almost 2.5 hour running time, I felt like the film was starting to drag.

Presented in 70 mm and with a running time of 187 minutes (because Tarantino), the film continues his love for old school cinema, right down to the three minute «overture» that opens the film, something I don't think I've seen since Dancer in the Dark.

The Assassin's Creed movie has only just started filming and it's already in the running for the best video game movie of all time.

Yet, despite costing a meagre # 400» 000 to make, this first time feature filmmaker, along with an incredible cast and crew, have managed to push through the boundaries of their financial constraints to produce a calibre of film that rivals many of its Hollywood mainstream siblings, giving them a real run for their money.

Merely tiresome for most of its running time, the film teeters into vileness with the late (and very real) threat of female genital mutilation.

Reviewed by Damien Straker on the 9th of March 2018 Roadshow presents a film by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein Produced by John Davis, Jason Bateman, John Fox and James Garavente Written by Mark Perez Starring Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Billy Magnussen, Sharon Horgan, Lamorne Morris, Kylie Bunbury, Jesse Plemons, Michael C. Hall and Kyle Chandler Music by Cliff Martinez Cinematography Barry Peterson Edited by Jamie Gross, Gregory Plotkin and David Egan Running Time: 100 minutes Rating: MA15 + Release Date: the 22nd of February 2018

That's largely a gimmick and a pretty odd one for a film that spends most of its prodigious running time inside a single building.