Sentences with phrase «first film centered»

It's Marvel's first film centered around a hero of color, and Black Panther is one of the oldest and best: the ruler of a fictional African nation called Wakanda and one of the first black superheroes in comics when Marvel introduced him in 1966.

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Hilariously, one of the first films he screened was «All the President's Men,» which is the film that centers on the plot that helped him get into office.

Willie Cauley - Stein, the Wildcats» backup center, but still likely a first round pick in the NBA, filmed the historic shot from the bench.

A research group led by Junichi Isoya, professor emeritus, University of Tsukuba and Tokuyuki Teraji, principal researcher, Optical and Electronic Materials Unit, NIMS, has successfully fabricated for the first time in the world single - photon sources of SiV (silicon vacancy) centers — one of the color centers in diamond during the growth of thin film diamond, which have high purity and crystalline quality — by introducing them at extremely low concentrations.

No matter what makes your heartache, just taking time for yourself, holding onto a warm cup of tea, and either sitting quietly or feeding your soul with nurturing company — be it in the form of books, friends, or films, are the first steps toward healing your heart center.

The tale - tell signs are small churches and cemeteries, some dating back more than 100... Why «Black Panther» Is a Defining Moment for Black America — «It's the first time in a very long time that we're seeing a film with centered black people, where we have a Read More...

Some things that probably factor into the industry's disagreement: Peter Jackson adapted books fifty years old and respected as great literature, the Potter books were being written alongside the first movies; Lord of the Rings centered on adult characters and played to a wider audience with PG - 13 ratings, the first Potter movies were PG, skewed younger, and starred kids (though anyone can see the films matured and so did the fans, many already wrote the series off); finally, where Jackson provided one distinct vision and a cast of respected performers, Potter had a rotating director roster (all of them secondary to Rowling) and limited opportunities for its accomplished actors, giving the brunt of the work to the three kids and spectacle.

I never saw the first Bad Lieutenant film, but this one was presented as a dark drama, centered around the murder of an immigrant family, but that really wasn't the focus of this film.

The article quotes Jamie Broadnax, creator of «pop - culture website» Black Girl Nerds, who enthuses, «It's the first time in a very long time that we're seeing a film with centered black people, where we have a lot of agency... [The cast members] are rulers of a kingdom, inventors and creators of advanced technology.

The former music video director's first feature film since 2004's Birth is based on the satirical debut novel by Michel Faber, which centers on an extraterrestrial who comes to Scotland to pick up unsuspecting hitchhikers and bring them to her corporate bosses for use as meat.

Though he made a pair of low - budget film noirs, Kubrick made his first professional studio movie with The Killing, a tautly - paced heist thriller centered on Johnny Clay, a veteran criminal (Sterling Hayden) planning one last heist before settling down to marriage.

In 1999, Saldana received what seemed to be the ideal first film role when she was cast as a talented but snippy dancer vying for a spot at the fictional American Ballet Company in the dance drama Center Stage.

Clooney proves again that he knows how to direct intelligent films that rely on a great dialogue, and this intriguing character study is gripping from the first scene to the last, centered on a brilliant political battle and with an intense performance by the always fantastic Ryan Gosling.

At the center of the film, however, is a story that not only functions as true continuation of the events in the original, allowing the characters to grow and change in different ways than the first chapter, it's surprisingly emotionally engaging and resonant.

It marked the director's first collaboration with Grégoire Colin, a dark - eyed, arresting young actor whom Denis would also employ to great effect in both Nénette et Boni and Beau Travail.The former film, made in 1996, was another coming - of - age drama that centered on the relationship between a lovelorn young man (Colin) and his rebellious, pregnant 15 - year - old sister (Alice Houri).

The film centers on a beautiful, strong - willed woman, who, frustrated by ongoing injustice at home, leaves the United States after meeting Jude, an American doctor who runs a remote medical mission within the Ottoman Empire — a world both exotic and dangerous, and on the brink of what is about to become the first World War.

Disney revealed the first footage from the film at Comic - Con, and Matt noted that the story is heavily centered on trains.

To spotlight a few of those 7 percenters, BFF included in its five - day run an all - female From the Director's Chair panel featuring Oscar - nominated director Jennifer Yuh Nelson («Kung Fu Panda»), actor - filmmaker Maggie Kiley («Caught,» «We Own the Night»), documentary director Elisa Paloschi («Driving Selvi»), and Meera Menon, director of the fest's opening film «Equity,» the first female - centered Wall Street story (Anna Gunn stars opposite Alysia Reiner, Sarah Megan Thomas, and James Purefoy.)

Producers have, however, said that the film will be set in the 1980s and center primarily around the X-Men: First Class cast members.

The film is centered on the actions of the former First Lady on the days immediately following the assassination of her husband, President John F. Kennedy, on November 22, 1963 in Dallas.

The first edition — a humble magazine - cum - newsletter held together with a single staple and paid for out - of - pocket by Reichert, Koresky, Neal Block, and Erik Syngle — was distributed at key New York film venues like BAM, the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and the late, great video emporium Mondo Kim's.

Though immigration is an issue front and center not only in Europe, but also on these shores, the company sees the feature first and foremost as an art film as opposed to a political one.

An extremely positive view of what goes on inside the Grey Lady is made memorable by the film's center character David Carr, who initiated the Times» first dip into the Oscar pool with «The Carpetbagger.»

Though Black Panther will be Marvel's first film with a black lead and a predominantly black cast, the Wakandan king isn't the first black hero to take center stage in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The first is Marcus» new partner, Chris Allen (Casey Affleck), who is transferred to snickers from «Zone 2» and provides the film with its moral center.

She came of age in New York indie film, interning first at Killer Films with Christine Vachon, and going on to screen her work at festivals such as New Directors / New Films MoMA / Lincoln Center.

Returning to his native tongue for the first time in a decade, the film centers on Uxbal (Javier Bardem), a working class father who's diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer.

The film, written by first - time screenwriter Pat Rushin, centers on Qohen Leth (Christoph Waltz), a nervous, very bald man who lives in a church, has spent his life waiting for a mysterious phone call, and works as an «esoteric data» cruncher for the Mancorp corporation.

Twenty - three years before Paul Blart first scooted around on his Segway, a film centered on a rather different mall security guard on wheels.

Looking back I actually started thinking about some sort of career in film when I accepted my first «Film Extra» job in Chicago working on the film, The Express, (2007) a true historical film centered on Ernie Davis the first African - American to win the Heisman Trophy in 1961.

Wan gives us some closure on the Amityville case, which helps center in on the timeline at hand in conjunction to the first film.

Young star - crossed lovers: Amidst the mile - a-minute screwball antics in the trailer, you get your first peek at what may be the true center of the film: a budding relationship between Tony Revolori and Saoirse Ronan's characters.

Before the movie began, Film Society of Lincoln Center program director Richard Peña took the stage to introduce Spielberg and noted that the director showed his first film at the less prominent New Directors / New Films festival.

A healthy portion of the first part of the Golden Globe conversation centers around Get Out, both in its quality as a film and its likelihood as a Golden Globe Best Picture nominee.

GC: It started when the editors of Film Comment asked me to go see the first festival of post-revolutionary Iranian films at the Lincoln Center in the fall of 1992.

«It will scare the living shit out of all of you,» Curtis said just before the first footage was revealed in March, also calling the new film «hella scary ``, and later describing it as «old school meets new school with Laurie at the center of it... who has turned into a warrior.»

«The Meyerowitz Stories,» Baumbach's first film to screen at the Cannes Film Festival, sounds Baumbachian enough: It centers on an estranged family that convenes in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.

Still, there are nice details for fans as the actors and producers examine the characters — Emma Thomas describes Alfred as the emotional center of the films — and Tom Hardy reveals his excitement at first seeing Christian Bale in the makeup chair.

Worse yet, the main story focuses on two supporting characters from the first film that simply aren't interesting enough to be front and center, while Nia Vardalos and John Corbett languish in the background with a clichéd subplot that goes nowhere.

It's sort of an exciting prospect that, for the first time in a long time, we're going to have a pop culture «moment» centered around a film that actually made the effort to tell its story well (even though it's a shame that this is now the exception to the rule).»

Anderson's first film is an interesting look back at the development of filmmaker's now signature style: the methodical cinematography, with its bright coloring and compulsive need to center - frame the actors, along with humor so dry you'd better pack a canteen.

Adonis Johnson (Michael B. Jordan), the son of late champ Apollo Creed — Sylvester Stallone's respected nemesis in the first two Rocky films — is rescued from a delinquent childhood spent bouncing between foster homes and detention centers by Mary Anne Creed (Phylicia Rashad), Apollo's widow.

It's a flat, fish - eyed stinker that positions itself as a ripper of both the Price - anchored Roger Corman / Edgar Allan Poe films and the bona fide cycle of Jules Verne spectacles that began with Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), continued through From the Earth to the Moon (1958) and Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959), and culminated in 1964's still - creepy First Men in the Moon, to which this film might owe its greatest debt.

This film treats 17 - year - old Simon Spier's quest for love and self - acceptance with the tender, timeless, Hollywood touch of John Hughes: It's a classic story of a first crush made groundbreaking by centering on a closeted gay kid.

Rizzo — who screens the film at juvenile detention centers around the country — is the first to point out that some audiences can and will find the film's subject matter challenging.

Set 15 years after the original film (and ignoring the events of EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC), the film centers on a character from the first film, Police Lt. William Kinderman (George C. Scott, played before by the late Lee J. Cobb).

In the film, helmed by first - time feature director Luke Scott, Kate Mara (House Of Cards) plays a corporate risk management consultant who's sent to a remote research laboratory in order to investigate a deadly accident and determine what should be done with the experimental artificial being at its center.

The film boasts an ambitious story, first taking place in 2020, centering on a modern day marine biologist Jay Fennel (Hartnett) who undertakes a near - fatal dive to save his wife Laura (Campbell) while exploring an 18th Century merchant ship wreckage.

Universal Pictures has just released the first trailer for Straight Outta Compton, a biographical film which centers on the legendary hip hop group from Compton, California, N.W.A.

«Trance» reunites Boyle with screenwriter John Hodge, who has written four of his films, including «Shallow Grave» and «Trainspotting,» and it also marks a first for the filmmaker: the story centers on a female protagonist.