Sentences with phrase «films as beasts»
As such films as Beasts of the Southern Wild expressed and exploited, when depicting children there's a fine line between free spirit and lost soul, and it can occasionally register as simplistic to use kiddie innocence to prop up a story of genuine economic desperation.
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Now, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Watson will be playing off of actor Dan Stevens, who will star in the film as the Beast.
Not exact matches
The studio has two more big Marvel releases (Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and Thor: Ragnarok) as well as a live - action version of Beauty and the Beast, two new movies from Pixar Animation Studios (including Cars 3), and a fifth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise (two of the first PotC films grossed more than $ 1 billion apiece).
In 2016, critics cited the Oscars» snub of Netflix's critically acclaimed drama «Beasts of No Nation» as evidence that the industry was «turned off» by Netflix's business model, which debuts films on the streaming service simultaneously with theatrical releases.
Dennis Skinner, the long serving MP known as the «beast of Bolsover» is to be the subject of a feature length film tracking his rise from miner and local councillor to becoming one of the nation's best known MPs.
It's only this common theme that links these two films together, as aesthetically they couldn't be more dissimilar (his 2004 film Birth even tops Sexy Beast in the batshit - crazy department).
Sexy Beast manages to be the more visually arresting, as Glazer's talent for composition and impressionistic lighting furthers the intricacies of the film's characterizations rather than resting on sheer showboating.
It's not until the second half of the film that the action and pacing start to gel, as Bilbo and company make their way through treacherous mountain passes populated with goblins, beasts, and the withered creature Gollum (Andy Serkis), original owner of the magical ring that will eventually set larger stories in motion.
Following its premiere in Toronto's Platform strand, «Beast» should enjoy broad festival play thanks to its canny art - horror balance — it's a film as suitable for midnight berths as it is for less genre - inclined programs.
as a kid i grew up with transformers for toys, but didn't watch the actual show (aside from beast wars) until last year, so i wouldn't consider myself a fan boy, but when a tv show based around toys from the 80's has better dialog, humor, character development, and plot than a high budget Hollywood film, you know something is wrong with the film industry.
The film stars: Emma Watson as Belle; Dan Stevens as the Beast; Luke Evans as Gaston, the handsome, but shallow villager who woos Belle; Oscar (R) winner Kevin Kline as Maurice, Belle's eccentric, but lovable father; Josh Gad as Lefou, Gaston's long - suffering aide - de-camp; Golden Globe (R) nominee Ewan McGregor as Lumiere, the candelabra; Oscar nominee Stanley Tucci as Maestro Cadenza, the harpsichord; Oscar nominee Ian McKellen as Cogsworth, the mantel clock; and two - time Academy Award (R) winner Emma Thompson as the teapot, Mrs. Potts.
Del Toro, a master of crossing genres, subtly turned his film into a commentary on American social hierarchy, including reinventing the beast as a romantic hero.
Unlike other recent Disney adaptation, Beauty and The Beast is rumored to keep the original film's musical numbers as well as add some new songs.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them also stars Katherine Waterston (Steve Jobs) as Tina; Tony Award winner Dan Fogler («The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee») as Jacob; Alison Sudol (Dig, Transparent) as Tina's sister, Queenie; Ezra Miller (Trainwreck) as Credence; two - time Oscar nominee Samantha Morton (In America) as Mary Lou; Oscar winner Jon Voight (TV's «Ray Donovan») as Henry Shaw, Sr.; Ron Perlman (the «Hellboy» films) as Gnarlak; Carmen Ejogo (Selma) as Seraphina Picquery; Jenn Murray (Brooklyn) as Chastity; young newcomer Faith Wood - Blagrove as Modesty; and Colin Farrell («True Detective») as Percival Graves.
I usually try to review remakes (or prequels or sequels, for that matter) on their own merit as standalone films, but it's impossible for me to do so with Disney's live - action remake of its 1991 animated take on Beauty and the Beast.
The film stars Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild) in the title role as a young, happy, street - tough foster kid living with the mean Miss Hannigan (Cameron Diaz) who is taken in by New York...
The film stars Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild) in the title role as a...
The film stars Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild) in the title role as a young, happy, street - tough foster kid living with the mean Miss Hannigan...
SAG Award Nominations: Sadly, as expected, «Beasts of the Southern Wild» didn't receive a single nomination, but, on the bright side, a number of deserving films did.
The film stars Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild) in the title role as a young, happy, street - tough foster kid living with the mean Miss Hannigan (Cameron...
Picking up where the first film of the trilogy, «An Unexpected Journey,» ended, «The Desolation of Smaug» follows the group, led by Thorin (Richard Armitage), as they head towards a showdown with the fierce beast that now controls what once was their kingdom.
The film stars Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild) as the spunky, street - smart title character,...
Unlike the Harry Potter franchise, we don't quite know yet where the rest of the Fantastic Beasts films are going as there isn't an accompanying book series.
Directed by Oscar ® winner Bill Condon based on the 1991 animated film, «Beauty and the Beast» is produced by Mandeville Films» David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman with eight - time Oscar - winning composer Alan Menken, who won two Academy Awards ® (Best Original Score and Best Song) for the 1991 animated film, providing the score, which will include new recordings of the original songs written by Menken and Howard Ashman, as well as several new songs written by Menken and three - time Oscar winner Tim Rice.
«Beasts of the Southern Wild» Hailed as a triumph at two major film festivals so far this year (Sundance and Cannes), newcomer director Benh Zeitlin's «Beasts of the Southern Wild» arrives in theaters this summer with a loaded firecracker of hype and expectations under its arm.
Stars Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Gugu Mbatha - Raw and Josh Gad together with director Bill Condon open up about the uniqueness of Belle as a Disney princess in the new «Beauty and the Beast» film, how important she is for 21st century women as a role model - industrious, learned and courageous as she is - and why Emma is the perfect choice for the role.
The film stars British actors Luke Evans («Furious 7,» «Beauty and the Beast») and Rebecca Hall («The Town,» «The Prestige») as the psychologist, educator and inventor William Moulton Marston and his wife and co-developer of the lie detector test Elizabeth, and Australian Bella Heathcote («Fifty Shades Darker,» «The Man in the High Castle») as his student turned both Marstons» lover Olive Byrne.
I felt that the early 90's showed the studio delivering some of their strongest animated films such as Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Lion King since their heyday.
When I reflect on 2017 as it relates to the films we released, the idea of Beauty (and the Beast), strength («Stronger») and «Wonder» surface not only as film titles, or films I'm especially proud of but as ideals to remind myself of as I continue filmmaking.
And this year promises further films, including female - fronted blockbusters such as Wonder Woman, Beauty and the Beast, Alien: Covenant and Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
When the film opens, the X-Men crew — which features Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique, James McAvoy as Charles Xavier, and Nicholas Hoult as Beast — is a marked change from their usual position as outcasts.
Directed by Bryan Singer and written by Simon Kinberg, the film stars James McAvoy as Professor X, Michael Fassbender as Magneto, Jennifer Lawrence as Raven / Mystique, Oscar Isaac as Apocalypse, Nicholas Hoult as Beast, Rose Byrne as Moira MacTaggert, Evan Peters as Quicksilver, Sophie Turner as Jean Grey, Tye Sheridan as Cyclops, Alexandra Shipp as Storm, Lucas Till as Havok, Olivia Munn as Psylocke, Ben Hardy as Archangel, Lana Condor as Jubilee and Kodi Smit - McPhee as Nightcrawler.
They don't need to be period pieces or intimate dramas (although that won't hurt), but they have to be in films that hit creative peaks such as «Room» or «The Revenant» («Beasts of No Nation» should have been one of those films, but more on that in a minute).
We're taking our «Beauty vs Beast» series to a film that did well but maybe not as well as expected (no director, no screenplay)- Jordan Peele's masterful horror comedy Get Out, which we just happened to re-watch last night in an effort to reaquaint ourselves with a movie that was fading from memory.
Every element is stretched as far as it can possibly go, including a sequence at a casino that feels like it belongs in a «Harry Potter» or «Fantastic Beasts» film rather than a modern - day «Star Wars» chapter.
Smartly, the filmmakers — who include screenwriters Jenny Bicks and Bill Condon (the latter directed the live - action Beauty and the Beast and Dreamgirls and wrote the film version of Chicago)-- also know how to keep a four - quadrant family musical from sinking into Chitty territory by employing devices that also will please the Broadway crowd, particularly the Bob Fosse - like opening number as well as sensational choreography throughout.
Through AFI's Narrative Labs project, with support from the Sundance Institute and New York's Cinereach organization (which has also helped produce small, memorable films from Citizenfour to Beasts Of The Southern Wild), Howe was able to complete Gabriel, which stars Rory Culkin as a young man navigating a mental illness that distances him from his caring and frustrated family, and leads him on an increasingly desperate quest throughout the film.
David Yates, director of two of the worst films in the Harry Potter film franchise — and the director of the first Fantastic Beasts — made this comment about the backlash that came from Depp being cast as Grindelwald:
She stars alongside Dan Stevens as a fearsome CGI Beast in the live - action remake of the animated film
Mark has worked on such notable films as: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Gremlins, Die Hard, Star Trek, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Fifth Element, The Green Mile, Warrior and Jack the Giant Slayer.
The Telluride Film Festival, a presentation of the National Film Preserve which takes place beginning tomorrow, Friday Sept 2 and runs through Monday Sept 5, is an unusual beast as far as film festivals go.
Not only do they think they can get this thing looking as good as at least Toy Story 2 (a movie that still holds up), but they also brought in Oscar - winning composer Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast) to write original music for the film.
Otherwise I'd give the film 3 stars as it is still entertaining, looks amazing, and the songs are still wonderful for newcomers, but as a standalone film it doesn't pack the emotional punch that it should, due to slightly off - putting CGI characters, unnecessary new songs and a lack of spark between Belle and the Beast.
Disney continues to look to its library for inspiration, as upcoming films include «Cinderella,» «The Jungle Book» and «Beauty and the Beast.»
Kevin's mind houses a mysterious 24th personality known as the «beast» that threatens to emerge as the film progresses.
The Toronto International Film Festival has announced its first wave of films, and they include the world premieres of The Martian, Trumbo, Demolition, and Michael Moore «s new documentary Where Do We Invade Next, as well as screenings of Tom Hooper «s The Danish Girl, Charlie Kaufman «s Anomalisa, Black Mass, Spotlight, Beasts of No Nation, Jason Bateman «s The Family Fang, and many more.
The association voted BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD as the winner of the Russell Smith Award, named for the late Dallas Morning News film critic.
If the early moments of the film evoke memories of similarly cerebral sci - fi Arrival, as soon as they're inside Area X, Garland starts to bring in other genres and influences — mutated beasts roam the swamps, twisted human remains hide in the shadows and the squad members» trust for each other is stretched to its limits.
Director David Yates, who is currently set work on the film's sequel too, revealed that the future Headmaster of Hogwarts would be returning at a roundtable discussion with journalists ahead of the release of «Fantastic Beasts,» as reported by Screenrant.
Fantastic filmmakers and an author responsible for a whole new world of magic can be found at Carnegie Hall on November 12, as JK Rowling hosts a special advance screening of «Harry Potter» spinoff / prequel film «Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them» to benefit the Lumos Foundation.