Sentences with phrase «films run time»

This movie is very character driven, with more than half the films run time taking place with our main characters just sitting in detention and talking with each other.

All voice and dialogue sounds clear and there are no overbearing drops in quality during the films run time.

Many pivotal scenes feel rushed and several plot points are unresolved in order to bring the film running time in at a marketable two hours.

This film is a pleasure to watch, after taking in the first five minutes of dialogue which sounded like a lot of gibberish (get used to the dialogued - heavy accents) it transforms itself into an easy watch with a meager film running time.

Either by masterful direction, or the fact that the movie monster was little more than a guy in a rubber suit, Ridley Scott keeps his monster in the shadows for most of the films running time.

Not exact matches

Avnet (whose father, Jon, is a veteran Hollywood director and producer as well as the studio's co-CEO) told Fortune the studio wanted to maintain the film's authenticity — they wanted viewers to think the horror film playing out in real - time might really be happening — so they avoided marketing the movie and, in fact, they did not even run the idea by Snapchat before proceeding.

Post-Oscar sales depend on numerous factors — release dates, theatrical runs and theatre counts, to name a few — which is why some films are tapped out by the time they're awarded best picture.

A week after The New York Times and The New Yorker ran back - to - back reports cataloguing Harvey Weinstein's alleged serial sexual harassment of women in Hollywood, actress Selma Blair saw a story on HuffPost about writer and director James Toback's new film that made her blood run cold.

Wood, the actor who famously played Frodo in the Lord of the Rings films, told the Sunday Times that abuse runs rampant throughout Hollywood because of all of the «vipers» and people who only have their own interests in mind in the industry.

The Washington Post and the New York Times ran long, fawning, feature stories on the film, its director, stars, and author.

Eco-CutTM enables 20 percent less film to be used per pack sealed, which gives longer running time between film reel changes and impressive cost savings.

There is still time for Arsenal to rescue the campaign and lift the EPL trophy in May and I'm sure that all Gooners will be Geordies for the night when Newcastle take on Leicester tonight, but it will take an epic comeback like the one produced by the Arsenal side of the late 80s, the one in the film Fever Pitch that blew a promising position and then went on a late run that culminated in a title decider on the last day at Anfield.

I'm sure the coaches will address this in film, but there were a few times where our receivers still had the same pre-Willie mindset and were jogging back out to their positions instead of quickly running to get lined up to begin the play.

Costello and his aggressive assistant Tom Nissalke — the Bucks are one of the few NBA teams with a full - time assistant coach who has only minor scouting responsibilities — looked at motion picture films of each of their playoff opponents eight or 10 times to prepare for Milwaukee's run to the championship.

Focusing on those details began this offseason, thanks to extensive time in the film room with Wisconsin running backs coach John Settle.

Making an audience laugh in the aisles while smuggling in deep political points is not as easy as it seems, and In The Loop's outrage at the events which led to the Iraq war shine through every minute of the film's running time.

The film, which will be told in four parts, chronicles the period from the submission of the petition in 2013 by then presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo - Addo, his running - mate, Mahamudu Bawumia and Chairman of the NPP at the time, Jake Obetsebi Lamptey, to the final declaration by the Supreme Court.

After taking account of total run - time and years since release, children's main cartoon characters were 2.5 times as likely to die as their counterparts in films for adults, and almost three times as likely to be murdered.

During its 23 - minute running time, the film seeks to capture the entire history of the universe by focusing on stars.

«s run time - which I thought was two hours, but it really seemed to be like four - seems devoted to a tertiary subplot in the art house Coherence, a film that lacks traditional narrative structure and drips with the ideas mother!

Every film has to justify its run time and The Stand doesn't manage to pull it off once hours four and five get started.

It twists and turns multiple times throughout its short running time, borrowing heavily from a variety of films in the horror genre (and other genres as well), but under the sure direction and

A higher budget and a longer running time would have made this even better, but even as it stands, it's a satisfying film in the Saturday - matinee mold.

Empire Strikes Back ended with the Empire winning, Han Solo being taken by Jabba the Hutt, and Luke Skywalker facing his darkest moment, and the next film more or less reversed all of that over the course of its running time.

He's good at speed and deception, and although his hand - to - hand fight scenes are just a smidgeon too jittery, his work is both confident and enthusiastic; he handles the lengthy 131 minute running time better than most directors handle shorter films.

The job of assembling all of this was given to film editor Fred Raskin, who, while working closely with Tarantino, cut the film to a final run time of two hours and 45 minutes, leaving almost two additional hours of footage on the cutting room floor.

Given almost the same running time as Citizenfour and having the use of non-linear storytelling, jumping back and forth through time, you'd think that the pacing and energy would be the highlight of the 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).

It is, as such, not surprising to note that A Most Wanted Man remains hopelessly, utterly uninvolving for the duration of its often interminable running time, with the who - cares - about - any - of - this vibe ensuring that the film only grows more and more exasperating as time slowly progresses.

The plot is the worst part of the film, which packs way too much action into the sparse 86 - minute running time.

PANDA 2 is just about as much fun as the first film, with lots of laughs and action peppered into the brisk ninety minute run time.

Despite the hour and a half running time, the script manages to fit in a lot of details and backstory from the video game, but it also tries to tie up loose ends from the first film.

With a running time of one hour and thirty minutes, the film moves quickly and fits a lot of comedy into a short time period.

In the film production - within - the - film, the recycled story, during most of its running time, goes according to plan: the virgin's friends die, leaving Dana alone to kill the redneck zombies.

While the choreography is generally fairly minimal (at least for this sort of mega-production), first time film director Phyllida Lloyd (who helmed the original stage version) has woven together a tightly edited and exceedingly well shot film that capitalizes on the music wonderfully while never worrying too much about such nettlesome items as character or motivation, providing enough other movement that one ultimately doesn't miss huge dance numbers a la Robbins or Fosse that much in the long run.

It's two or three films all running at the same time, unafraid of offending and unashamed of being called naive.

However, what is a distraction and perhaps the film's damning aspect is the fact that Defendor changes genres several times throughout its running time.

At a running time of close to two hours, School for Scoundrels is clearly much longer than it has any right to be - although, that being said, there's little doubt that the film remains consistently watchable thanks to Todd Phillips and Scot Armstrong's surprisingly clever screenplay and the uniformly effective performances.

The film's underdeveloped characters and thin — though busy — story are forced into the foreground, and its 88 - minute running time feels far longer.

This film just doesn't have that same kind desperation, that same kind of «we're running out of time»... even though one of the film's main visual concepts is the big clock counting down.

A film that is unrelenting, grabbing you by the scruff of your neck and dragging you through its 90 - minute run time.

This tense but at times funny film takes father - son tension to a place we haven't really seen before — the Talmud runs through it.

Why else would the director not devote a single moment in the film's 105 - minute running time to trying to understand what distinguished the young author from his contemporaries?

The film tries to pack in a little bit too much in its running time, and there isn't a comedic moment until well into the film, a strange choice in a movie for kids, but The Wild Life has its moments of charm, hilarity, and slapstick that worked really well.

Financed, produced, directed and starring Oscar - winner Robert Duvall, this film is a down - home yet very grittty at times story of a disgraced preacher on the run from the police after beating his soon - to - be ex-wife's new boyfriend with a baseball bat at a baseball game.

Films like 127 Hours that work unique visuals in, in order to tell the story, are remarkable, but films like Free Fire just don't have enough substance to sustain its 90 minute run time.

It's ultimately clear, however, that Fear and Desire simply isn't able to justify its feature - length running time (ie the whole thing feels padded - out even at 61 minutes), with the movie's less - than - consistent vibe paving the way for a second half that could hardly be less interesting or anti-climactic - which does, in the end, confirm the film's place as a fairly ineffective first effort that does, at least, highlight the eye - catching visual sensibilities of its preternaturally - talented director.

The film's running time — it clocks in at just around two hours and fourteen minutes — goes unnoticed as there's never a dull moment onscreen.

It is the kind of film that never feels long, despite the nearly two - hour running time, because it is in a state of constant motion.

The 2nd half isn't too bad but the film didn't need any where near the run time.