Sentences with phrase «films of the last few years»

He directed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Sense and Sensibility, two of the best films of the last few years; he won an Oscar.

A Quiet Place doesn't have the pin - you - to - your - seat originality of «Get Out,» or the psychological depth and pure scare impact of «Lights Out» or the wall - to - wall intensity of «Don't Breathe,» but it is one of the smarter and more involving horror films of the last few years.

One of the most affecting and enigmatic teen - targeted Japanese films of the last few years, Horie Kei's Forget Me Not (not to be mistaken with Hirayama Hideyuki's 2010 drama that bears the same English title) defies easy categorization, veering confidently...

Alongside the family - friendly Marvel films of the last few years has been a more twisted series of comic - book films, mostly based on Mark Millar comics.

This is a great essay on what is certainly one of the best films of the last few years.

That's right, the young man who brought us one of the most penetrating films of the last few years was just a 26 year man from Oakland California.

You may be one of the millions of people who saw The LEGO Movie this past weekend; one of the most surprisingly critically - acclaimed family films of the last few years.

Both Trainspotting and Young Adam, the two big Scots films of the last few years, are both pretty bleak and existential in nature.

Not exact matches

Female leads comprised 24 % of protagonists in the 100 top domestic grossing films last year — five percentage points fewer than in 2016.

China only allows a certain number of foreign films to showcase in the country each year, however the backing of companies in its own country could mean The Last Race is one of the select few which gets shown.

In a highlight film of his career that was shown at a testimonial dinner for him last year, Marino appears on camera, full frame, with a few earnest opening remarks about how he'd like to be remembered as a team man who worked as hard as he could, and as a team leader, etc..

NASA's Deep Impact and Cassini missions and the Indian probe Chandrayaan - 1 last year reported detecting a water film only a few molecules thick over large parts of the lunar surface.

With that pallid skin tone and permanently pestered expression (the kind of face you hate to love), Buscemi has appeared in virtually every major independent film of the last 10 years (Parting Glances, Mystery Train, Reservoir Dogs, Living in Oblivion, and Fargo are just a few titles).

Though he's played his share of misanthropic characters over the last few years (including Bad Santa's Willie and Bad News Bears» Morris), Thornton - to his credit - avoids the temptation to simply regurgitate his past work and instead offers up an entertainingly mean - spirited performance that proves to be the highlight of the film.

Even with the presence of a rare outright misfire (Third Person, from Crash director Paul Haggis), SPC managed to boost its already - high average Metascore by a few points last year, thanks to widely praised films like Mr. Turner (the year's # 2 drama, behind Boyhood), Leviathan (2014's best - reviewed foreign - language film), and Sundance hit Whiplash.

A few studios did release at least 7 film sin the U.S. last year but are not listed because some or all of their films do not have Metascores.

Formerly a home - video distributor, Monterey Media now releases films theatrically as well, though few of them were worth heading to theaters to see last year.

After all, the 71 - year - old French auteur, whose film Beau Travail remains one of the great works of the last few decades, has taken an especially grim turn as of late, with movies like Bastards, White Material and The Intruder exploring some of the darker sides of contemporary humanity.

A few additional distributors did release at least 7 films in the U.S. last year but are not listed because most or all of their films do not have Metascores (these were mainly films in foreign languages).

A few additional distributors did release at least 7 films in the U.S. last year but are not listed because some or all of their films do not have Metascores (these were mainly films in foreign languages).

Paramount may release even fewer films in 2014, with only eight titles on the calendar so far (and one of those is Labor Day, which already screened in a few cities last year and thus qualifies as a 2013 release in our book).

It's one of the most arresting, affecting science fiction movies of the last few years, and certainly one of the best films to see release in 2018 thus far.

When films tend to recycle ideas under different titles, the genre as a whole suffers, and we have several films in the last few years that show the decline of great horror.

Better known in the last few years for directing episodes of such shows as The Wire, Treme, and the American version of The Killing, Agnieszka Holland returns to her native Poland for another film of hers concerning the plight of people during the Second World War.

The film tells the story of Liraz Liberti, the 22 - year - old commander of Beaufort, and his troops during the last few months prior to their withdrawal.

The Australian actor has been keeping busy over the last few years but sadly, he hasn't been in a whole lot of memorable films.

In my rankings of all the 2013 films I saw last year, In a World... placed 50th and though a few things I've seen have bumped it down since, it still remains among the top third of last year's offerings, residing in the «Good, Not Great» section.

The film follows the members of Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS), journalists who have spent the last few years trying to document the repression and brutality in their home country.

Not everything he's made has been a hit, but the last few years have seen Nicholas Stoller establish himself as one of the more reliable comedy directors in the business, with films like «Forgetting Sarah Marshall,» «The Muppets» (which he co-wrote) and «Get Him To The Greek.»

Romanek shoots the hell out of the film, turning in one of the most beautiful looking pictures of the last few years.

«After a flurry of documentaries like «The Cove» and «Blackfish,» we'd seen a decline in films about the climate over the last few years,» recalled John Cooper, the festival's director.

Ava DuVernay over the last few years has become a mighty presence in cinema, and an important voice that shines a light on diversity in her films and the stories she tells and while I Will Follow came first and Selma counted as her big break out moment, Middle of Nowhere is what officially started the stir.

Ryan Coogler's Marvel movie is drawing in audiences at a pace only a few films ever released can match, and within the next week it is likely to pass the domestic runs of some of last year's big superhero hits like «Thor: Ragnarok,» «Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

In the last few years, films made by first - timers with tiny budgets have tended to dominate, together with worthy documentaries examining social problems and global warming, the latter one of Redford's favourite hobby horses.

«The Last Days On Mars» Synopsis: A group of scientists discover evidence of bacterial life on Mars, only to be stranded there What You Need To Know: There's plenty of giant sci - fi epics on the way in 2013, but given the run of the past few years, we're more excited about the potential sleepers out there, and no film holds greater promise to be the next «Moon» than «The Last Days On Mars.»

Freestyle Digital Media has debuted an official trailer for an indie comedy titled Bernard and Huey, from director Dan Mirvish (co-founder of the Slamdance Film Festival), which premiered at a few small film festivals last year.

It's a gloriously written film, with jokes that are crafted rather than excavated from reams of on - set improvisation1; the success of the punchlines is scattershot and up for debate (connoisseurs of the Borscht belt should find much to admire, but a rehash of Lloyd's lovesick daydream flatlines, due in no small part to an overestimation of the comic chops and kitsch appeal of Honey Boo - Boo's mom), yet there is something bracing about its structural classicism after the last few years of watching the Church of Apatow whack off.

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The small country of five million people has punched above its weight, producing a string of top - drawer films in the last few years.

Whilst Blood Simple and Barton Fink were incredible films I just can not enjoy the last few years of Coen productions.

Dan Scanlon) Cast: John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Steve Buscemi, Helen Mirren The presence of some kind of animated studio blockbuster at Cannes in the last few years has been a constant, with «Up,» two «Kung Fu Panda» films,» «Over The Hedge» and «Madagascar 3» all unspooling there.

The film's virtually a solo effort for much of the running time, and Bullock (who won four years back for «The Blind Side «-RRB- is doing something different here from the bulk of her work in the last few decades (you have to go back to «Speed» for its closest counterpart, and there's much greater emotional heft here).

Matthew McConaughey may have become a star as a leading man in major - studio films like «A Time to Kill» and «The Wedding Planner,» but in the last few years the laid - back Texan has reinvented and revived his career with a string of sparkling performances in low - budget indies: Richard Linklater «s «Bernie,» Steven Soderbergh's «Magic Mike,» William Friedkin «s «Killer Joe,» Jeff Nichols» «Mud» and now Jean - Marc Vallee's «Dallas Buyers Club,» which has made McConaughey a strong favorite to land a Best Actor nomination.

I had never heard of Ant Man until I went to see this film and I did not expect too much though I have really liked most of the Marvel films that have come out in the last few years.

Marvel Studios films in the last few years have been playing around with a handful of different genres — and succeeding almost every time.

WHY: There's been a surge of meta horror films released over the last few years, but while Todd Strauss - Schulson's «The Final Girls» boasts a really clever premise and a solid cast, it doesn't succeed on the same level as other recent entries like «The Cabin in the Woods» and «You're Next.»

In the last few years we've seen quite a few films that center around a coming of age story with a female character, directed by a female director.

One of the more interesting trends amongst film trailers in the last few years, however, is that of the collage method, which aims to do little more than show audiences a slideshow of images.

Marvel has done a really good job over the last few years of creating a rich cinematic tapestry that's almost interactive in the way that it feeds off the excitement of its fans, and «The Avengers» is the culmination of all that careful planning — a superhero film with style and substance.

The last of this year's 18 Competition titles, Clouds Of Sils Maria, screened this morning, effectively bringing the 67th Cannes Film Festival to a close, although repeat screenings continue through Sunday, and I'll likely be catching up with a few sidebar filmof this year's 18 Competition titles, Clouds Of Sils Maria, screened this morning, effectively bringing the 67th Cannes Film Festival to a close, although repeat screenings continue through Sunday, and I'll likely be catching up with a few sidebar filmOf Sils Maria, screened this morning, effectively bringing the 67th Cannes Film Festival to a close, although repeat screenings continue through Sunday, and I'll likely be catching up with a few sidebar films.