Sentences with phrase «first time a film»

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.

No The Interpreter «s biggest selling point is the fact it was the first time film cameras were allowed inside the inner sanctum of the United Nations.

It is actually filmed in Italy, Kiarostami's first time filming outside Iran I'm told.

The release comes from Twilight Time and marks the first time the film has been released in high definition.

I'm no expert when it comes to restorations (2k, 4k, or otherwise), but I do know this is the first time the film has been presented in its intended aspect ratio (1:85:1) and that the images are striking.

Indeed, the first time the film's weekend box office was less than its opening weekend was January 26th — a full month after the movie first hit theaters.

A Wrinkle In Time director Ava DuVernay is the first woman of color to direct a film with a $ 100 million - plus budget, and alongside her «little brother,» Black Panther's Ryan Coogler, she crossed another milestone this past weekend, which marked the «first time films by black directors with $ 100 million plus budgets have ever placed in the first two box office spots,» as CNN puts it.

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«Fantastic Beasts» wouldn't be the first time the films flashed back to his (relative) youth; «Harry Potter and the Half - Blood Prince» also showed some of the character's earlier years, including the day he recruited a young Tom Riddle to Hogwarts.

This is certainly not the first time a film has played fast and loose with both anticipated genre and gender conventions, but Faults approaches the material with a zeal and conviction that energizes its audience and ratchets the tension of the encounter admirably.

Freeman: The first time I filmed outside, I think it was minus 10.

This is certainly not the first time a film has played fast and loose with both anticipated genre and gender conventions, but

(And it's not the first time this film has spawned a TV series.)

This is the first time the film has been enhanced for 16x9 televisions in Region 1.

Shot for $ 1.5 million over 30 days, Laughlin's film, while heavy on extended takes and a few awkward edits, overall looks very nice, and Elite's transfer marks the first time the film's been available with its original, evocative Technicolor - styled cinematography by Louis Horvath (who also photographed «Chandler,» and Laughlin's other directorial efforts); and in its original aspect ratio, which, in previous full screen versions, chopped Condon's second appearance as a «dead kid».

This release is the first time this film is being presented in high definition and is released from up - and - coming Blu - ray studio Synapse Films.

This is also the first time the film's Italian audio has been made available domestically (in Dolby Digital 5.1 and original mono, no less), though it hardly impacts the performances, which are post-synched no matter the preferred language option.

This is the first time the film has arrived on video in the lengthened directors version and the new footage really makes a difference to me, filling things out a bit more and making the film feel more real.

Warner Archive is yet again behind this release, which is the first time this film has been put out on DVD.

Veteran British theater director and first time film director Stephen Aldry weaves together a touching and funny story about a young boy learning ballet.

This is the first time this film has been shown in Canada.

Not exact matches

The new streaming service will also be the exclusive streaming home to the full catalog of classic British sketch comedy show Monty Python's Flying Circus, which has been remastered in HD for the first time, along with Monty Python films.

This may be the first time that DiCaprio was genuinely free to be the most energetic and commanding character in a film, not left to share his spotlight with a veteran actor in a flashier role.

This time, it's the regimen of Robert Patrick, star of the CBS series Scorpion, the new film, The Last Rampage, and a guy (if you're my age) you probably first saw twenty - five years ago as the shape - shifting T - 1000 in Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

The film, which will be released on Dec. 15 of this year, will pick up after the action of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the franchise's huge 2015 release that shattered box office records and marked the space opera's return to theaters for the first time in a decade.

As has become standard for bankable intellectual property (see the Harry Potter and Twilight franchises), the book is being split into two films, the first of which, An Unexpected Journey, will arrive in time for Christmas.

China is crucial if Disney's first foray into the world of Jedi knights is to earn a spot among the top - grossing films of all time.

Brenda Chapman, an animation writer - director with a storied career (Disney's The Lion King, DreamWorks» The Prince of Egypt), made headlines three years ago when she penned a New York Times op - ed addressing her painful experience being removed as the first female feature film director for Pixar's Brave, a mother - daughter fairytale she created, and replaced by a male colleague.

Called Common Ground, the film followed three Harley riders from around the world visiting Canada for the first time.

It's closer to an immersive film than a fully interactive simulation, but as Fortune reported when we first checked in on StriVR in 2015, research shows that seeing real humans in action helps the brain refine its timing and stay focused.

That makes it the first time in nine years a non - «Mission: Impossible» Cruise film hit that landmark number.

For several years, the MPAA has tracked what it calls the «piracy - free window,» the time elapsed between a film's release and the first appearance of illegal copies.

While Black Panther rode a huge wave of critical acclaim and fan excitement to the biggest opening weekend ever for the month of February (and the fifth - largest of all - time), raking in more than $ 426 million worldwide, a small number of Internet trolls still did what they could to dampen the good vibes surrounding the trailblazing film, which features Marvel's first African - American director (Ryan Coogler) and a cast led by black actors such as Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong» o. Starting last week, in the first few days of Black Panther «s highly - anticipated theatrical release, some Twitter accounts started trying to spread false accounts of attacks at screenings of the movie.

For the first time ever in his career he went the independent film route and quickly found Brian Unkeless (the «Hunger Games» franchise) as a producing partner.

The two were graduate film students at Columbia University in New York when they first read a The New York Times article about Avery's arrest in connection with Halbach's murder.

Last year, First Solar announced it could take an impairment charge of between US$ 500 and US$ 700 million in the phasing out of the thin - film solar panel model it was producing at the time, its flagship Series 4, and speed up the development of the new model, Series 6.

The personal wealth and holdings of President Trump's chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, were detailed for the first time on Friday in a filing that showed a large chunk of his income coming from right - leaning political news, film and consulting companies.

Giuliani also signaled his assertive new role by disclosing for the first time Wednesday that Trump reimbursed his personal lawyer Michael Cohen for a $ 130,000 hush payment to porn film actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign.

The first four months of 2018 saw the third highest - grossing movie of all time and the highest opening weekend ticket sales ever achieved by a film.

By Eli Yokley Top Stories President Donald Trump acknowledged for the first time that his longtime personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, paid a former adult film star in October 2016 to keep quiet about her alleged encounter with him «through reimbursement.»

Filmed Entertainment has been producing operating losses as far back as 2015 and acted as a drag on Viacom's earnings power; this is the first quarter of profitability in quite some time.

President Donald Trump acknowledged for the first time that his longtime personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, paid a former adult film star in October 2016 to...

Super Size Me, first - time director Morgan Spurlock's documentary film in which he undergoes a self - imposed experiment to eat fast food exclusively for one month, makes its way to theaters.

Although the films Alibaba Pictures Group has invested in like So Young (by actress - turned director Zhao Wei, who is also a major shareholder of the company) and Tiny Times (by popular writer Guo Jingming) have recorded remarkable box - office revenues, the company has yet to turn a profit, with a net loss of HK$ 443.54 million for the first half of last year.

Obviously, it's not the first time the book has been adapted for the big - screen: At the time, the 1927 version was one of the most acclaimed films ever made.

There are two answers to this: first, because the film is released on DVD this month and is expected to challenge all - time sales records, and second, because the central story contained within it is remarkably, profoundly and intentionally stuffed with powerful theological messages.

It came to this the first time the rating system permitted schlock films to show nudity because of the precedent set by worthwhile pictures like The Pawnbroker.

At the same time, the film harks back to Disney's first - ever fairy - tale feature, 1937's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, with its story of a princess in disguise living hidden in a forest; a villainess with access to supernatural powers; a supporting cast of lovable eccentrics; frolicking animal friends; and a handsome prince who awakens the heroine from a deathlike sleep with love's first kiss.

The film was produced by RED and first aired on HBO (which is owned by Time Warner, the parent company of CNN).

The producers said this is the first time in the history of the Roman Catholic Church that a Pope has agreed to play a cameo role in a film.