Sentences with phrase «films work because»

Some of the best horror films work because they tap into the primitive, mastering an understanding that what truly scares us can be so simple and basic.

«He was so hard on some of the young guys, I just didn't want to get the extra film work because I was going to get yelled at.»

The acting is decent at best and the scares are good enough, but the film works because it is entertaining and is meant to be a fun film to watch.

The film works because NEVER EVER does it take itself seriously.

The film works because Refn and Gosling created a character who was unforgettable in his unknowability.

This film works because it doesn't merely try to enumerate a history lesson via bland repetitions of Jim Crow injustices.

The film works because McDonagh never judges his characters or their motives.

But the film works because, crucially, Burton also nails the present - day scenes, extracting pinpoint performances from Finney and Crudup to ensure there's real emotion swirling amid the vagaries.

The film works because it gets into their existence and never tries to apologize for it.

The film works because you get the impression that Barratt and Farnaby sunk a lot of time into getting the details right.

But the film works because it doesn't come off as empty provocation; every maddening choice evolves in ways viewers can understand, even if they're grimacing as they watch.

The film works because it is much more than either a ghost story or the tale of a man afraid to come to terms with his sexuality.

The film works because of moments like that, its star holding us with his presence yet never wearing it out.

When Haynes simply allows his character to interact and discover things about themselves and each other, the film works because it allows the drama to breathe and take life.

The film works because we care about the sailors (not much more than really scared eighteen - year - old kids) and because we're not sure how it's going to end.

The film works because it is thoughtful about those concepts.

Not exact matches

If we talk to a prospective client and they only want to work on television, they're probably not the best match for me because I look for people who also want to extend into film, or digital, or possibly start their own production company... I love building an enterprise.

And they said well, you know, we don't think it'll make any money because there'd been another woman boxing picture that hadn't worked out too well though I thought it was a pretty good film

As the film progresses and the ball starts moving away from its center position of the image because of poor camera work, the algorithm can essentially rotate each key frame so that the ball magically appears in the same spot in every frame.

I mean, the distributor of this film told me that all of the work we have done — the film festivals, all the press, the public appearances, the theatrical release — it all has one goal, which is to be No. 1 VOD on the first VOD weekend, because there is so much product out there on demand that if you're not in the top five it doesn't matter anymore because people can't get through it all.

The reason he was the driving force behind the films creation and promotion was not because of the artistic merit he imparted to the work (not to say the movie and book weren't excellent), but because of the cult of personality surrounding his own personal brand.

It's also a film that works because there are lots of stories from the perspectives of heroic soldiers and Jewish survivors of WWII, but far fewer about those living in occupied countries who did what they could, with what they had to pursue justice.

Noah seems to work as a film because of a plot that is paced to move along, convincing special effects, and quality performances from name brand actors like Russell Crowe and Anthony Hopkins.

Few, if any, mainline denominations utilize the film, partly because Campus Crusade officials prefer to work with theologically compatible partners.

And perhaps this is because Star Wars is a film series that seems to work for everyone.

Just because China is working with the the U.S. on film production does not mean it's open to importing western tolerance.

The productions elsewhere in America, such as Los Angeles, were entirely different, though largely because of the time, there were no real attempts to stage or film the work with a primarily dramatic intention in mind.

And it's also because I have two arms, and somehow have to film, make two kids happy, entertain in a video, and make it work...

Our film laminations are preferred by many contract packaging companies because they have experience working with many different flexible packaging companies, and they appreciate that our flexible packaging laminations are consistently high in quality.

The company has worked with confectioners including Cadbury's and Swizzels Matlow, as well as a number of smaller independents.Glyn said Bollore was well suited to confectionary because of its aesthetics and the fact it is a low temperature film.

Two weeks ago I was minding my own business, watching film of the previous weekend's NFL Divisional playoff matchups, specifically the Broncos» victory over the Steelers because I was working on a piece about longtime Steelers rush linebacker James Harrison.

«I started filming because I thought the guy getting all worked up was funny; I didn't think it was going to escalate into a throw down,» says Price.

Keown explained that when he was working at Arsenal and wanted to take a defender aside and show him film of his errors that Wenger would not allow it because he didn't want to hurt confidence!!!

The reason he is filming his work in the schools and creating this show is because we, as working parents, don't always have time to go into the school and see what it is our children are eating there.

The film acknowledges that first lady Michelle Obama raised the issue of childhood obesity, but it pretty much declares her «Let's Move» campaign a failure because it focuses on exercise and because she has worked with food companies rather than opposing them.

When introducing his latest documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival Saturday night, director Alex Gibney joked that he was leaning towards keeping the name of his «mostly finished but not quite done» work the «Untitled Eliot Spitzer Film» because he'd never before made a film where he was «so uncertain about where [he] was going... and what the conclusions would be,» given the «divisive» nature of his subject.

Additionally, the legislation seeks to end the experiences most visibly depicted in recent cases of alleged abuse by actresses who worked for film producer Harvey Weinstein; their legal remedies were limited in many cases because they were considered independent contractors.

The post-production work such as sound editing and music recording is being done in Poughkeepsie and Los Angeles, not DeWitt, because SUNY Poly has not yet furnished the film hub with post-production equipment, Johnson said.

Among other things, I ran the Great Wall of China Marathon; worked out on a pearl boat in the Kimberley; appeared semi-naked in a music video wrapped only in cling wrap; worked on a Norwegian reality TV show filmed in Malta; trained eagles in Mongolia; donned a wig and lived like Dolly Parton in her hometown in Tennessee for a month; rode a bicycle around Taiwan; sailed on a pirate ship from Seattle towards Mexico before hitting a storm and having to be rescued by theUS Coast Guard; and helped educate young girls in Kosovo who are banned from attending school because they wear headscarves.

And then instead of coming out and going to a back bend because I've already done like 50 back bends, because they were filming it and it has to look perfect and that's how it works.

I didn't film the Tricep work because my machine is in the storage room adjacent to the garage and it is scary in there.

This work has been optioned for a movie, but I'm not sure if it's because of the work, or because Ms. Halperin works in the film / entertainment business in So. California so has the right connections.

It's a throwback to that more innocent kind of film, where you know who's good and who's bad, where you boo the villain and cheer the hero... The movie makes fun of those clichés, but director George Lucas must love them too, because he makes them work.

The film bustles along through a series of reveals — a storytelling technique that can lose an audience's sympathy or suspension of disbelief pretty fast, but which works flawlessly here because the filmmakers and the performers know exactly who their characters are and what kind of world they live in.

And while the film is at times scarily atmospheric — a hunt in the cramped sewers under Baltimore, a horse chase through a foggy wood — it too often abandons the stony, old - timey horror that should be its main motif, because despite all the nonsense it works, in favor of slow - motion bullets and a super villain-esque masked crusader who is capable of impossible feats of speed and marksmanship.

The only advantage I'd say I have over you is that I caught onto this quality of his work earlier simply because I've got more time to focus on his films than you.

The film lacks any kind of real «action», which makes it a departure from Mann's other work like Heat or Last of the Mohicans, but it still feels like an action movie because of the aggressive way in which Mann directs it.

That movie took a long time to get off the ground and before she ever appeared as Nova, Harrison served as a stand - in in the role of Dr. Zira (the part ultimately played by Kim Hunter) in the screen tests and extensive make - up tests through which the project evolved, even participating in a test for Edward G. Robinson in the role of Dr. Zaius (Robinson was forced to withdraw from the project because of a heart condition that prevented him from working under the heavy make - up and in the high altitude location where much of the film was to be made).

As hard as it may be to trash a movie that looks so glorious, an unavoidable conflict has been created, because «The American» is clearly intended as an art film and it works perfectly fine as that, but it fails on so many levels in terms of telling an interesting story.

Suffice it to say, I now really want to see The Room, but perhaps only as a double back - to - back feature with this film - because they work so harmoniously together and it allows me to appreciate what actually happened here, what was really going on with this film (and why it is what it is).