Sentences with phrase «film toes the line»

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Phil Ross: And then, if these things line up head to toe, they would become a long conducting wire, let us say, and if they line up in sheets, as you might have them do if they were as film, on top of another, film, or top of a substrate, then you could get one molecule or one virus - thick sheet.

Yes, we've seen these elements before, but the film carries a wise self - awareness about the familiarity, and is even able to toe the line between questioning the folly of war and respecting the sacrifice of soldiers in battle.

But as the team comes together and lessons are learned, the film is content to keep the cultural issues broadly drawn, toeing an awkward line between awareness and pandering.

Cyrus keeps Seth Rogen and Gordon - Levitt on their toes — «Call me Hannah,» she insists, snagging the film's best line and indicating she's ready to move on.

Snitch toes the line of what's realistic and even crosses it a number of times before hopping back over, but it's never so much as to take you out of the film completely.

We've got everything from silly buddy comedies, big splashy commercial comedies, more esoteric indies, and even a couple of films that toe the line between comedy and drama.

Reading between the lines, Millar tip - toed around some of the past problems with super hero films at Fox, but also gave credit to Bryan Singer, for revitalizing comic - book movies with the «X-Men» series.

«La La Land» isn't the most original story — it borrows from all the classics, like «Singin» in the Rain,» «An American in Paris» and «A Star is Born» — but while the film treads very familiar ground, Chazelle freshens it up with some delightful song - and - dance numbers that attempt to redefine the movie musical, including one where the two lovers literally dance among the stars that toes the line between fantasy and reality.