Sentences with phrase «for films in this genre»

Jordan's Killmonger has a legitimate grievance, one that rattles our heroes, making them re-think and change their ways — unprecedented for a film in a genre like this one.

It's rare for a film in any genre to valorize writing poetry and literacy, and rarer still for a film essentially about nothing to sport so many moments of genuinely fruitful observation in its interpersonal interactions, which makes the picture's flights of fancy feel the more unnecessary.

If not, look for films in your genre; horror films attract fans of a good scare, and period films attract an audience

Not exact matches

For that reason, many adults go to the movies to enjoy the latest animated film without children, not because they want to delight in «kid's stuff,» but because the genre offers poignant messages in a beautiful format that only these types of movies can really deliver.

If they have demonstrated an interest in a particular genre and have viewed similar films in the past, they are more likely to be prepared for the moments that have contributed to the movie's rating.

5 MUST - SEE FILMS FOR HORROR FANS IN 2018 By R. C. Americo - 2018 is shaping up to be a fantastic run for the Horror genre, but don't just take my word for FOR HORROR FANS IN 2018 By R. C. Americo - 2018 is shaping up to be a fantastic run for the Horror genre, but don't just take my word for for the Horror genre, but don't just take my word for for it.

Bottom line: this is one of the most impressive and influential sci - fi action films out there, so it is basically required viewing for fans of the genre, and people interested in great cinema in general.

It is very rare for a third film (especially in the horror genre) to surpass it's predecessors, and while «Insidious: Chapter 3» doesn't quite capture the brilliant atmosphere created in James Wan's original, it definitely is a step above his first sequel.

It works for your appreciation, which is more than can be said for many similar films in the genre.

This carping ignores the fact that this sort of thing now seems dated and even faintly embarrassing in the genre, a point brought home through the exciting but positively antediluvian coming attractions trailer for the next Bond film, Tomorrow Never Dies, prior to the Peacemaker screening (which, in retrospect, makes the other trailer, for the Bruce Willis film The Jackal, seem even more pointless).

The sports biography has maintained its status of being one of the most popular genres in the American film industry today by emphasizing the main character preparing for an important game.

Unlike many films dealing with the pending Apocalypse, which are often told in the horror genre with the visual horrors of the end of days, «Seeking a Friend for the End of the World» rightfully took a different perspective by focusing on people's natural reactions.

Following its premiere in Toronto's Platform strand, «Beast» should enjoy broad festival play thanks to its canny art - horror balance — it's a film as suitable for midnight berths as it is for less genre - inclined programs.

They ought to be a whole lot scarier than they are in this tepid genre offering from director Robert Harmon, whose debut film «The Hitcher» set a high bar for screen terror in the 1980s.

Tomb Raider, by merely being an OK video - game film, is a great step in the right direction for the struggling genre.

No matter how exhausted cinema is in its dystopian anguish, this film shows us that there are still independent horizons for the genre in the future.

Though he has provided a strong role model and has proved that there is a place for Native American actors outside the Western genre, he considers himself neither a spokesperson for Native rights, nor a great trail blazer paving the way for other Native American actors in film and television.

Box office receipts, however, were down by more than half, and Magnolia's genre film sub-label Magnet Releasing was responsible for Storage 24, which had the lowest reported domestic grosses for any theatrical release in 2013.

Rope is a classic picture, one that definitely needs to be seen by genre fans, and it's a film that steadily builds up the tension, in order for the viewer to really get into the story and not turn away.

The genre is arguably one of the riskier for filmmakers to tackle because the film must not only make the audience believe in a world or setting that is seemingly ambitious, but the filmmaker must also convey a contemporary message of some kind.

Sure, this film possesses a better pedigree than most movies of its type — director Fatih Akin is rated higher in international film circles than «Death Wish» remake director Eli Roth, Diane Kruger won the Best Actress prize at Cannes for her performance and the movie is Germany's entry for this year's Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film — and its intentions may be nobler, but, at its heart, it is not markedly different from its genre brethren.

In one of the many subtle touches Coogler adds to a film in a genre not known for them, Black Panther ambiguously refers to either of theIn one of the many subtle touches Coogler adds to a film in a genre not known for them, Black Panther ambiguously refers to either of thein a genre not known for them, Black Panther ambiguously refers to either of them.

It's a long movie for its genre, but don't think for a second that it's going to drag; there's story and detail stuffed in every frame of this film, and it seems to run for half the time it actually does.

The result was a new megastar period for him he is still in and the film holds up very well considering what has followed in the genre and big budget filmmaking in general.

Viewers of «Django Unchained» should know exactly what they're getting before they walk in the theater, but for those who are uninitiated to the director's style or the genre of the film, please proceed with extreme caution.

Since then, Ballhaus has lensed films in every conceivable genre, receiving Oscar nominations for his work on Broadcast News (1987) and The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989).

Whereas across earlier films Haneke's predilection for deceit served a high - minded, if still somewhat suspect, intellectual purpose (an interrogation of privilege and meaning in Caché, the deconstruction of genre in both versions of Funny Games, and so on), here his disingenuous approach is not only unwarranted, but is actually at odds with the tone and tenor of the drama.

By pulling in Brian De Palma to direct, having the legendary Robert Towne, join red - hot David Koepp and the ever - amazing Steven Zaillian to write the story, the film helped launch a revival of the genre like nothing since the Roger Moore trilogy of The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker and For Your Eyes Only.

Doesn't add much to the coming - out genre, as it has been established in countless Sundance competition films and made - for - television movies.

In fact, the film did pick up some honors and nominations, rare though they may be for its genre.

As for the film itself, though Waititi includes aspects that play like genre parody — a montage scored to Leonard Cohen's interpretation of the «Song of the French Partisan» unexpectedly recalling McCabe & Mrs. Miller; a Mad Max - like chase climax; Lukasz Buda, Samuel Scott and Conrad Wedde's 1980s - style synthesizer - laden score — Hunt for the Wilderpeople is ultimately disarming in its innocent sincerity.

WHY: Michael Dougherty's 2007 horror anthology «Trick «r Treat» is one of the most underrated films in the genre, so it's a little surprising that audiences have had to wait so long for his follow - up.

Writer - director Thom Eberhardt (Captain Ron, The Night Before), who had just come off of a similar survivalist horror tale, Sole Survivor, imbues his film with a tongue planted firmly in his cheek, and a genuine love for the various B - movie genres that gives the film the necessary sense of fun needed in order to not get bogged down in deadly seriousness that would have done the film in for sure.

However, for all lovers of Bruce Lee, kung fu flicks, and revivalists of Seventies cool, it's a quintessential film, indispensable in its genre and firmly implanted forever in film history as the one that set the mold, even if future endeavors would top it in terms of breathtaking action, daring stunts, and more substantial stories.

Akira's popularity obscures the finest examples of the medium, films that manage to balance serious metaphysical musing with actual forward momentum (the two Ghost in the Shell films, for instance); to tell adult tales in affecting ways (Grave of the Fireflies); to redefine genre thriller (Perfect Blue), action (Ninja Scroll), and fantasy (Princess Mononoke); and to present children's fables as artifacts that are as useful for adults as they are for kids (Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro).

A smash hit on the drive - in circuit, Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry was a key film in the post-Easy Rider road movie genre, for although it retained the explosive fatalism of the others within the movement, it did away with their taciturn, enigmatic protagonists.

Refreshing, in these times, to find a spoof on a genre of films that isn't just a rattling off of pop culture references and obvious sight gags, though Shaun of the Dead is still a favorite for many audiences.

Beyond the Black Rainbow (d. Panos Cosmatos) When the dust settles and the smoke clears, I do wonder if guys like Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and Pascal Laugier won't finally get their due as the spearhead of a horror revolution, the two of them landing with new films in the same year that Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon received a round of applause for their genre - hating The Cabin in the Woods.

Named for the frozen treat that appears in each film, the two comedies feature British actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost combining comedy with elements of the horror and action film genres.

Though the film follows a pretty standard cops - and - robbers formula, it does so with such razor - sharp proficiency and well - drawn characters that it succeeds not just as a terrific genre film but a modern American classic in the same vein as «No Country for Old Men.»

Sprinkled with little personality bits here and there (Tallahassee's mad quest for an ever - elusive Twinkie, Columbus's crippling fear of clowns, etc.), Zombieland doesn't break any new ground in the horror genre so much as make for a strong dose of escapist fun for knowing fans of the films.

It feels like a detached exercise rather than a project which the director was passionate about, a chance for him to develop his skillset in another genre and while there is certainly nothing wrong with a stripped down action film too often Haywire feels diffuse and perfunctory.

In a memo distributed to staff, Cooper said, «Kim's curatorial vision combines a voracious appetite for films across genres with a creative instinct for the work that will affect audiences and culture.

Click for showtimes and tickets — JR Byzantium Neil Jordan (The Crying Game) shows there's plenty of life left in the undead - bloodsucker genre: His Irish - seaside horror story features a brilliantly brooding performance by Saoirse Ronan as an adolescent vamp, and the kind of mythic, adult - fairy - tale imagery — a mountain waterfall running crimson red — at which this incomparable film fantasist excels.

Robert Totten / Don Siegel — «Death Of A Gunfighter «(1969) A flawed, but nevertheless interesting, minor Western that fits neatly into the revisionist movement in the genre at the end of the 1960s / beginning of the 1970s, «Death Of A Gunfighter» is best remembered as the film that birthed the name «Alan Smithee» (or here in its original spelling, «Allen Smithee»), which became the standard DGA pseudonym when a director took their name off a movie for the next thirty years.

His best or his worst film, depending who you ask (we're in the former camp) there's no escaping his unloading a lifetime's appetite for genre fare into the film's astonishing set - pieces.

The film is set to hit theaters in September of this year and be sure to keep an eye out for this one because it looks to be an unforgettable journey into the sci - fi genre.

Language: Japanese Genre: Anime / Biography MPAA rating: PG - 13 Director: Hayao Miyazaki Actors: Hideaki Anno, Jun Kunimura, Mirai Shida Plot: Hayao Miyazaki's latest film focuses on the life of Jiro Horikoshi - the man responsible for the design of the Japanese Zero fighter that saw much use in WWII.

Mann would not reach this film's level of stripped - down genre purity for another decade, but the almost pixelated look of his blurred streets looks even further into the director's future, to his radically innovative use of digital cameras in the 21st century.

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