Sentences with phrase «film takes an interesting»

The film takes an interesting turn as it goes, initially presenting experimental works as something arcane and impressive (too much for the common man — hmpf!)

The film takes an interesting perspective on events, one that leaves enough ambiguity to keep viewers on their toes.

Delving into the complex and timely issue of illegal immigration to the United States from South America, and the large number of missing - presumed - dead immigrants who never make it either home or away, this film takes an interesting approach in combining investigative documentary and dramatic retelling.

Mendes» film takes an interesting «hands off» approach to the politics of the situation, or wars in general, and instead focuses simply on what it's like to be a combatant.

But it's in the final minutes of Never Happened where the film takes an interesting turn, one that makes it more in line with Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror.

The contentious debate over whether quotas are needed to reverse the appalling statistics on women - directed films took an interesting turn this year when the UK's BFI Film Fund, a # 27 million pot of government money, announced a «three ticks» policy which ensures a certain level of diversity behind and in front of the camera on any films they support.

Not exact matches

When legendary film director Martin Scorsese expressed interest in executive producing Verdi and Kraft's biopic about world champion boxer Vinny Pazienza, called Bleed for This, Verdi was out of town, but sent the then 22 - year - old Kraft to Scorsese's house to take the meeting.

Since take off of the aircraft was being filmed, a couple of interesting videos show the crash pretty well.

She is too occupied with her announcing duties for HBO, coaching Navratilova and Mayotte, speaking engagements, a fancy to get into television and film production, a new chain of play schools called the Discovery Zone that promote and study exercise for children under 12, and her longest - standing project, Team Tennis, which represents her most fervid interest: to take the sport out of elite clubs and bring it to the masses.

If nothing else, full - on live access to the candidate is an interesting take on the idea of political transparency, though we can assume that a certain amount of staging and filtering will be taking place — it's an integral part of life on the campaign trail whether you're being filmed or not.

As far as Expelled is concerned, none of that exists and although, yes, the film does say that they give themselves, the sort of, the pretense of not blaming Darwin, you get a couple of people including Ben Stein saying «of course no one is saying Darwin cast the Holocaust,» but of course they then make every possible connection they can; and I think it's interesting that if you took out those little excuses that said, «of course no one says Darwin cast the Holocaust,» that is exactly what someone would understand from the film.

Excited by this review by Mark Sisson of the forthcoming film In Search Of The Perfect Human Diet Mark also has some interesting stuff to say about the benefits of taking a personal retreat - something I enjoy doing from time to time, and need -LSB-...]

I had eHarmony Research Scientist Jonathan Beber take a look over the last year at the most popular movies mentioned in eHarmony subscriber profiles, and the impact mentioning a particular film could have on communication and interest.

These are some reviews of the features released in 2005 that have generated the most discussion and interest among film critics and / or the Batman begins making a name for himself just as the flamboyant Joker takes over the Mafia in director Tim Burton's adaptation of the comic book.

Despite an interesting premise and excellent cast, the film flopped, but Arquette continued to work steadily the following year, with lead roles in the black comedy Goodbye Lover; Stigmata, in which she starred opposite Gabriel Byrne as the unwitting target of a supernatural phenomenon; and Martin Scorsese's Bringing out the Dead, a film starring Arquette's then - husband Cage as a burnt - out paramedic.Following the weightiness of the creepy Stigmata and the disturbing Bringing Out the Dead, Arquette took things in a decidedly lighter direction with her next two projects.

Bullet to the Head is a wasted opportunity to make something quite interesting and worth your time, but instead it just takes bits and pieces to create something that in the end is not worth watching because the film lacks a good story, effective action and more importantly good performances and interesting characters.

Eventually, the story begins to take shape and things get more and more interesting as this 135 minute picture rolls along to the final minute, which is a swell setup for the next 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).

There is also an interesting bit at the end when the characters hold hands take a bow and break out into song serving as a clever reminder that the film was originally set for the stage.

The individual instalments of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, for instance, are perfectly successful films in whichever order you choose to view them - and it is interesting that the same critics who defended Kill Bill did not necessarily take the same line with Peter Jackson's work.

Too muted and pensive to work as a thriller, too withdrawn to be a character study, and too cold to evoke any sympathy, the film is instead a dull and alienating exercise in how to take a strong actor and interesting premise and mostly waste them.

Anyone who is interested in the history of film technology and cinema can certainly take something away from Side by Side, even if it is just learning the opinion of Robert Rodriguez or Danny Boyle.

Honestly, while Samantha Isler gives a great performance in the lead role, I just didn't find the «modern day» stuff (in quotation marks since the film takes in 1977) to be all that interesting to be honest.

There is, as such, little doubt that the film takes a serious dive in its increasingly underwhelming third act, with Ganz and Mandel's script emphasizing elements that couldn't possibly be less interesting - including Chuck's decision to break away from both Long and Keaton's respective characters (ie it's a twist on the dreaded fake break - up cliche).

Where those previous films felt compelled to lunge for edginess (read: sneering raunch) as chaos dutifully descended on characters they didn't like very much — and weren't particularly interested in getting audiences to like, either — Game Night takes care to locate our sympathies with Bateman, and McAdams, and its cast of charming ringers.

Writers, editors and film students should take note, because for once, it is interesting to compare the two endings.

To the Bone isn't all that interested in the actual treatment of the condition, even though the majority of the film takes place in a treatment program.

But these are esoteric points of interest that will intrigue mostly those who've seen too many films in their life and actively seek out strange and opaque takes on familiar subject matter.

It is also an interesting political take on the chain of command in the military, lampooning the superior officers as incompetent fools, despite having their hearts in the right place, the film manages to successfully create sympathy for Col. Berman (Ed Harris) in that despite his general inability to do the job, he is actually well liked.

I found it terribly interesting that the Swedish team that took much of the historical footage of this film caused an international incident by highlighting race tensions in the U.S. which resulted in a recalling of ambassadors.

Fit and trim, the ever - capable Cruise (he also co-produced the film) looks like he pumped iron between takes, drawing as much attention as possible to his biceps in the interest of audience demographics.

The picture is completely devoid of cinematic interest, adopting instead a tiresome theatrical aesthetic in which showy monologues are filmed in interminable, usually ill - chosen long takes.

To clue everyone in on some of the movies we've taken an interest in, here's our pick of the Top 10 films we're excited for, ones we're keeping an eye on and will be seeing at the earliest opportunity.

While the movie delivers some interesting insight into the world of arms dealing and even takes a few jabs at the Bush administration, it's never as effective as the films that it's clearly aping.

It's difficult to think of a director less - suited to take on the intricate, minutiae - obsessed writing of Peter Morgan than Howard — a director who, even in his finest films, has always been interested in the big picture first, with characters serving history rather than the other way round.

You think of Spellbound, and there are obvious references to Vertigo, but the way that's integrated into a modern film that takes place in the past — that layering of time is really interesting.

Scott Waugh («Act of Valor») helms the $ 75 million film which seems to be taking a very serious approach to its story, an interesting choice considering the racing game source material.

When the film is about the specific individual characters, it's still interesting, but it takes the focus away for a spell on the thematic material, even if it seeks to expose how immoral the propagators of foreclosures - for - profit have to be in order to maintain their businesses in the face of daily suffering for many families in their broken communities.

They don't even really make a big deal out of gayness in this version, which is odd, but this is a dumbed down and less interesting version of the same story, which would be fine if it took advantage of having actors who don't even have to act if they can dance in a film like this.

After here the film takes a pretty formulaic route, with Max now being taken in by Kyle's family and his brother Justin (Josh Wiggins) being obviously resistant to this adoption and pretty much a total douchebag, only interested in himself.

It'll be interesting to see if Harry (Dane DeHaan) or Norman Osborn takes a villainous turn in this film, or if they're part of a larger arc that will play out over subsequent entries in the franchise.

At the Critics» Week — where, in the interest of full disclosure, I served on a competition jury comprised of three other critics and the South Korean director Lee Chang - dong — the highlight of an unusually strong lineup was Take Shelter, the second feature by Shotgun Stories director Jeff Nichols, an acknowledged Malick acolyte whose new film shares a producer with The Tree of Life as well as a leading lady, Jessica Chastain (reportedly at Malick's personal recommendation).

While Freddy's Revenge isn't really in keeping with the first film in the nature of Freddy, whose powers seem to now come with the house, it still has an interesting premise and at least takes a direction that makes it less of a rehash of the first film than other slasher film sequels have been.

Towards the end, the film starts to take some mildly interesting turns with Christopher's reappearance.

Doctor Strange a wickedly interesting and amusing take on the Marvel film.

Interesting Fact: In order to get the film made with the studio's modest take - it - or - leave - it $ 28 mil budget, Washington and director Robert Zemeckis accepted a reported tenth of their usual salaries.

OUR TAKE: The trailer looks like a mix of so many other horror movies - and we're not sure our horror interest will extend beyond the Halloween holiday (at least not for this film).

Taking Lives threatens to be interesting, nearly falling into the latter camp before it capitulates and turns out to be just another film that threatens the obvious twist only to deliver it unapologetically.

Robert Totten / Don Siegel — «Death Of A Gunfighter «(1969) A flawed, but nevertheless interesting, minor Western that fits neatly into the revisionist movement in the genre at the end of the 1960s / beginning of the 1970s, «Death Of A Gunfighter» is best remembered as the film that birthed the name «Alan Smithee» (or here in its original spelling, «Allen Smithee»), which became the standard DGA pseudonym when a director took their name off a movie for the next thirty years.

Commentary with Fede Alvarez, Rodo Sayagues, and Stephen Lang — All three bring something interesting to the commentary, especially Lang who's such a big presence in the film that it was great to hear his take on the film.