Sentences with phrase «flight of fancy features»

Directed by Ivan Reitman, who after years of whiz - bang entertainments like Ghostbusters and Kindergarten Cop now reveals an unexpectedly gentle side, this agreeable flight of fancy features Kevin Kline in a dual role.

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Featuring an incredible ensemble cast — including Mathieu Amalric, Jean - Paul Roussillon, Emmanuelle Devos, Melvil Poupaud, and Chiara Mastroianni — A Christmas Tale is told in the emotionally unhinged register Desplechin does best, mixing storybook flights of fancy with genuine, heartbreaking drama.

Flights of fancy also imbued Nguyen's previous feature Rebelle, which premiered at the 2012 Berlin Film Festival, where Congolese newbie Rachel Mwanza won best actress, before going on to nab an Oscar nomination for best foreign language film.

There is some conceptual weight to drive the film along: an homage to silent cinema, an index of Todd Hayne's filmography, a flight of fancy along the road of childlike wonder and a favourable gesture of the impossible... but none of this adds up to a feature film, and instead Wonderstruck comes off about as insightfully as a cluttered brainstorm session from a writer's blocked first grader who can't quite figure out what his thoughts are all about.

And this year, the Detroit show featured more than 60 product debuts, some ready - to - roll production vehicles, some one - shot flights of fancy.

Arranged in a spacious design that resembles a Shel Silverstein collection with its pairing of ink drawings and short lines of verse, the images feature odd flights of fancy and creatures that are not quite what they seem.