Sentences with phrase «films are made today»

This film would go on to inspire and influence how science fiction and action films are made today.

Craven has never made anything so disturbing since, and it's hard to imagine this film being made today (all the ultra-violent horrors seem to come from the late 70s and early 80s, think The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Friday the 13th).

It can easily be argued that in many of the films being made today, there is no place or room for respectful treatment of belief.

(Imagine how eager the New Yorker would be to publish a declaration that we're living through a period of ordinary filmmaking or an article that celebrated any of the better films being made today in other countries.)

Not exact matches

Today, churches have been named after Perpetua; films and graphic novels have been made about her life.

Although White is absolutely right about the tendency of today's animated films (Tangled included) to pander to the most annoying and depressing aspects of popular culture even as they ignore or deny the richer, deeper culture from which most classic fairy tales emerged, the animated features that Disney brought to the screen when Uncle Walt himself still oversaw the studio made a point of drawing considerable aesthetic, emotional, and narrative power from specifically Christian aspects of the culture that, even today, America shares with Europe.

There's been virtually no hint of sex in any of Marvel's recent blockbusters or the Harry Potter franchise, and those films have set the bar for what's going to make money in today's market.

Pedraza, a film student at New York University, is who he is today because his mother made decisions based on her faith, he said.

George suffered from not being filmed every week like the stares of today, but his week in week out performance make him at the very least 2 or 3 of the very greatest players ever.

We were inspired to make the film by the injustice happening to Anna's home birth midwife, Agnes Gereb, who had been imprisoned and at the time of filming was under house arrest and facing multiple criminal charges (and even today, four years later, Agnes is still facing multiple charges).

The least expensive solar cells today are made using thin films of cadmium telluride.

In a study published in the inaugural issue of the journal Applied Materials Today, a new rapid, online only publication, the team of researchers describe how they make these films which are based on the heavy metals lanthanum and europium.

Although the new scenario is based on a mathematical study and computer simulations, the proposed hardware of the sail is already being developed in laboratories today: «The sail could be made of graphene, an extremely thin and light but mega-tough carbon film,» René Heller says.

The thought of watching the writing come to life on the screen is enough to make me cringe and want to crawl out of my skin... so the fact that this entire week has been a celebration of anticipation for the film on The Today Show (my morning must - watch) has made me roll my eyes a little too much.

James Woods is embroiled in a Twitter brawl over his criticism of Armie Hammer's new film, and his habit of dating younger women Today's liberated lifestyle has made room for a whole new set of relationships — older women dating younger men.

Today, Philadelphia has been somewhat overshadowed by the films and TV shows it helped make possible and not entirely without reason.

Chaplin had been making terrific and memorable films up to this point, but it's The Great Dictator which seems to have the most fingers pointing at it today as Chaplin's grand film masterpiece rather than yesterday when it was mostly steeped in controversy.

That story is still very much relevant today and it's crazy to see how accurately made this film was when looking back at what certain parts of the world were like when this movie was made.

There is hardly any religious films made today but films like «The Robe» made me appreciate sprituality more.

Even today, there is something remarkable about a well - structured western, something of an escapist film poised to make us reimagine and relate.

When Spielberg recently told the Hollywood Reporter, «I realized this was the only year to make this film,» he was speaking to what he saw as the immediate need for a project that in effect commandeers yesterday to comment on today.

I think that is a rare statement made by films today.

By the time this film was over, I couldn't help thinking that if it were made today, using modern technology and special effects, «Dementia 13» might be one of the all time great horror and psychological thrillers.

To watch Downey making the classic films within the main film you would actually think Chaplin was still alive today starring in his own bio, amazing work to get it right.

The more important problem is that most films today are junk made to sell popcorn.

Even if you aren't, there's no denying that the film has a charm and energy that makes for a film unlike any out there today, even if inherently cut from a familiar cloth.

Now, it's not one of the year's better films, but this is a bit of a rough slate today, so we'll have to make do.

At the film's press day, actor Paul Giamatti, who's also an executive producer on the movie, talked about what drew him to John Dies at the End, his most memorable experience of the shoot, working with such new actors, how he sees the industry now, and that he doesn't think a film like Sideways would even get made today.

A number of films revealed today, including Andrew Niccol's «Good Kill,» starring Ethan Hawke, are making their North American premieres, meaning they'll probably pop up in the lineup for the Venice Film Festival, which has yet to be announced.

Paul Rudd becomes Ant - Man in theaters today, but it was here in Haddonfield, as Tommy Doyle in Halloween 6 where Rudd made his feature film debut.

There are not that many films made today that throws one back to the 1980s high school classics written by John Hughes.

Add gorgeous watercolor backgrounds and no shortage of sight gags and you have a film that has as much zest today as it did when it was first made.

A Disney animator once told me that if you were to remake Pinocchio today the way it was made then, it might end up being the most expensive film in history.

Colman wasn't happy with the film because it clashed with his established persona, but that is what makes the film so fascinating today.

Luca said that this was a frivolous reference, and that he would not make such an allusion if he was directing the film today.

The cinematography was gorgeous and well deserving of the Oscar and no other director around today could have made this as special as Marty did with his love for film preservation.

Though it has cut into theatrical viewing, the omnipresence of DVD screeners and the likely future streaming of contenders, by making it easier for voters to follow their taste into the world of independent, non-studio film, has turned the Oscars into a more accurate reflection of where we are today.

During a press conference at the film's press day, co-stars Chadwick Boseman and Harrison Ford, along with writer / director Brian Helgeland, talked about the influence of Jackie Robinson in both his own era and today, what made them want to be a part of this film, how much involvement Rachel Robinson (Jackie Robinson's widow) had, and how they hope the positive portrayal of African Americans in this film will inspire other filmmakers.

This film reminded me a lot of what that film and what it would have been like if it was made today.

This is yet another jewel in the Ghibli crown, and I only wish that more films like these - animated or not - were made in today's mass - production environment.

Formerly known as that blonde girl who was once engaged to Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow has made a name for herself without the help of past beaus (Pitt and Ben Affleck) by maturing from Hollywood's princess into one of today's more classier actresses, willing to take a chance on smaller art films for the improvement of her career rather than her bank account.

, or My Brother's Name, or, frankly, Fatih Akin's simplistic and overrated film about Nazi violence against Turks in contemporary Germany, Aus dem Nichts (In the Fade), Oskar Roehler's tired satire about the wealthy, Herrliche Zeiten (Subs), or Helene Hegemann's Axolotl Overkill, a Berlin film about a reckless female teenager that could have easily been made in the 1990s during the city's famous raving decade but that today lacks any raison d'être.

While Thomas W. Kiennast's black - and - white cinematography is quite beautiful to behold (Gröning's film certainly features some excellent cinematographic moments as well), Atef's film never manages to convey why we should care, today, about this brief moment in Schneider's well - documented life, including her never - ending struggle with the German press, her inability to escape the role of Sissi that made her instantly famous as a teenager, and the various tragedies that befell her, including the suicide of her ex - husband.7 The film is not a biopic per se (and Atef declared that she did not intend to make one): thus, audiences who are not already familiar with Schneider certainly will not come away from viewing the film with much of a sense of her life's story); yet, given it is not a biopic, one wonders what the film is, or what it tries to accomplish.

Filled to the brim with effortlessly etched comedic performances from Bill Murray, Teri Garr, Sydney Pollack and a debut Geena Davis, Tootsie is a sweet - natured and hilarious look at the actor's life and makes for a delicious and entirely undated film that today's comedy makers could take a few tips from.

Sena, who is known for making contemporary films that appeal to today's audiences, wanted to incorporate a modern twist into the historical backdrop of the movie.

The «True Detective» and «Beasts of No Nation» director discusses his debut film, film versus television, and how much harder it is for indie films to get made today.

Independently made (on a reported $ 80 million budget) by French producer Dimitri Rassam, «The Little Prince» may lack the fast pace and high - concept storytelling of today's most popular animated fare, but it should strike a solid chord with family audiences around the world (where the film has been heavily presold) and particularly in France, where Paramount opens the film July 29.

What makes the film ultimately compelling is precisely the fact that while it is based on a true story, its primary goal is not to represent historical events truthfully but rather to find aesthetic means by which to investigate how one can cinematically render visible past crimes that nevertheless are also suggestive about today without affording viewers the ability to assume the comfortable subject position of historical distance and moral superiority.

A classic holiday movie that is still relevant today always makes for a great film.

Most horror films today seem to put less of an emphasis on form, which makes I Am a Ghost such a breath of fresh air.