Sentences with phrase «for lesser films»

Veteran actors often settle for lesser films in their older age, like De Niro, Walken and Michael Caine, yet Stamp is the kind of actor, who only takes a role he truly believes in.

It does come down to the script, which is so flawed, and fitting for a lesser film, one that isn't rewarding inspired in most every other department, including the musical one.

Not exact matches

In fact, of those eight films, five of them have made less at the box office than Crash, which is currently the fifth - lowest grossing film of the past four decades (in terms of sales adjusted for inflation).

For most of the films that were offered in both two and three dimensions this summer, the enhanced versions accounted for less than 50 % of opening weekend revenuFor most of the films that were offered in both two and three dimensions this summer, the enhanced versions accounted for less than 50 % of opening weekend revenufor less than 50 % of opening weekend revenues.

This was the case recently when Amy Pascal, Sony's co-chairman and chief of its film division, came under intense criticism for her remarks about President Barack Obama and less than flattering statements about high - profile actors, including Angelina Jolie, Kevin Hart and Adam Sandler.

But for serious collectors, nothing less than a tangible piece of the film's history will do.

EASTWOOD: So anyway, we did that and then I went to Tokyo and where they hadn't been too fond of Americans going there and filming, I sold the governor who was actually the mayor of Tokyo, I sold him on the idea that this would be a great thing for the Japanese people that didn't even know this battle even existed much less how tough it was.

That's an impressive return for a film that cost less than $ 5 million to make.

MoviePass allows users to watch one film a day theaters for less than $ 10 a month.

Redstone was so upset about the disappointing performance of Mission: Impossible III, which grossed almost $ 100 million less than the previous installment, he blamed Cruise and his controversial behavior leading up to the film's release for costing the studio money.

Marketers promoting an R - rated horror film, for instance, are far less skittish about the content accompanying their ad than the marketer of baby shampoo.

Less than a decade later, the association garnered criticism for distributing API's «Fuel-less» film to teachers while API funded the association's educational website for kids.

But unlike other films with more direct Christian messages, churches are much less likely to buy out theaters in bulk as they did for «Son of God» and «God's Not Dead,» a move that brought those films big returns at the box office.

Considering the subject of the film is more or less an interpretation of Scripture on the big screen, Paul earning $ 12 million is not only surprising, but perhaps another future signpost for Hollywood to sit up and take note.

The film has already won a slew of awards — from BAFTAs to a Gold Globe — and is nominated for no less than nine Oscars.

This is because her life radiates beauty: through her hospitality to friends and strangers alike, through her joyful laugh, through her care of those in need, through her passion for education, through her love of framing things on film through the lens of a camera, through her ability to be patient with her doofus husband, through her genuine love for God, through her sacrificial generosity to those with less than we have, and even through her stubborn refusal to let me get away with any of my trademark snark.

Thus males, whose performance is unpredictable and who are in any case secondary attractions for the heterosexual audience of the films, earn far less money than female porn stars, whose appeal is largely visual and whose standard of performance can be counted on.

«I see us being less of a paper - feeding machine and rather a dispenser of value added substrates like water - soluble flavorings or ingredient - bonded films used for flavor transfer.

This is good news for supporters of the movie as the film drew just $ 3.5 million less than «Despicable Me 2» which is a sequel to the widely popular original released in 2010.

He ended it with no individual accolades to speak of, a 1 — 2 team record in games he appeared in and less than an hour of film for NBA front office types to pore over.

It offers less hassle with an impeccable finish and is the best film we've ever applied for ease of application — it should have creased with squeegeeing but it didn't.»

«Our new film has been produced specifically for use in less extreme graphics applications where cost is more of a deciding factor,» said Kim Brewer, Marketing Manager, 3M's Commercial Graphics division.

While film has blossomed in New York — especially since the opening of Steiner Studios in the Brooklyn Navy Yard — the addendum notes that «the industry accounts for less than one percent of the state's employment» and «many of the film industry jobs are temporary.»

A much smaller contract to supply office furniture for the film hub built by COR, worth less than two hundred thousand dollars, attracted interest from twelve companies after being advertised more widely.

While it will be some time before 3D printing becomes as widely available, precedents from music and film sharing platforms suggest that the more accessible content is made for consumers, the less likely they are to resort to illegal downloads.

Controlling for everything else that might affect the returns for a movie, the researchers found that post-BitTorrent films made less money than pre-BitTorrent films.

Another U.S. company, First Solar, claims it can make its variety of thin - film solar cells for less than $ 1 per watt.

The CNT films made using the microcombing technique had more than twice the tensile strength of the uncombed CNT films — greater than 3 gigapascals for the microcombed material, versus less than 1.5 gigapascals for the uncombed material.

A thin, stretchable film that coils light waves like a Slinky could one day lead to more precise, less expensive monitoring for cancer survivors.

It was easy to watch and complete the workout, but the quality was less than I'd expect for a professionally filmed DVD.

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Daniel Radcliffe has graced the covers of no less than three magazines this season as part of his promotional duties for his latest film, Victor Frankenstein.

This narcissistic mockumentary is less a film than a full - length promotional video for Roc - a-Fella Records mogul / director Damon Dash.

It's a slightly trite bit of viewer hand - holding, as are most of the recollections that punctuate Louie's harrowing wartime horrors, but it sets the tone for a film less interested in blame than in illuminating commonalities.

Also unlike Hollywood's current slate of animated films, this one is decidedly less for adults and geared more toward a young audience, as most scenes depict the childish adventures of Ponyo (voiced with high - pitched glee by Miley Cyrus's little sister Noah) and her new best friend.

The constant fighting and punching gets nastier and less funny, the film drags on for far too long, and the ending is uninspired and predictable.

That statement is less of a spoiler than it seems, but is suitably Byzantine for the twists and turns of the final installment of the stupendously popular film franchise based on the even more adored book series by J.K. Rowling.

In the end, this is again a very good horror comedy which needs to focus less on the main characters (lets face it, they are cliches and the interest of this whole movie is to the idea behind it) and more on the variety of monsters that were created for this film.

The film feels a little less amateur than «Pusher», - a cheap debut feature for some underexperienced Dane trying to make abstract art - and it's that which brings the final product closer to decency, because many of the missteps that ruined «Pusher» feel more considerable in this superior, but still misguided effort, which has a good bit to commend, but even more to complain about as questionable «story «telling notes that ultimately send the final product crashing into mediocrity.

And although the pervasive atmosphere of quirkiness often threatens to become overwhelming, it does become increasingly clear that Satrapi intends for the film's style to represent the central character's less - than - sane mindset - with the heightened reality of the movie's environment going a long way towards fleshing out the protagonist and his deranged psyche.

Actually a pretty staid affair, showing much less nudity than most R - rated films and coming down firmly, for the most part, in the pro-monogamy camp.

The plodding timeline of a film such as «Tulip Fever» — which was in the works for about 13 years before premiering this past summer — is much more typical than a turnaround of less than a year.

The 2.40:1 / 1080p / MVC - encoded 3D image is less impressive than the 2D but still quite good for a post-converted film.

Rick's business model does have some flat - out illegal elements, which become important to resolving matters near the end of the film, but it's ironic how those illegal activities do far less harm to ordinary people — even providing work for some of Dennis» friends — than the legal ones.

Featuring a screenplay by no less than five writers, Flushed Away has clearly been geared to appeal primarily to small children - as evidenced by the film's emphasis on action - oriented set pieces and distinctly broad bits of comedy (there's even a fart joke thrown in for good measure).

Little appears to be filmed for the movie itself, or at least within the last decade, and the caliber tends to be less than a Bravo profile.

Unaware to the film, this nightmare could be a vision that Carmen, a self - described clairvoyant, passes along to Beth, suggesting in Freeway a temperament less on par with a collie than a bull terrier, the breed featured in Baxter, a 1989 French film, whose anthropomorphism is unusual for its anti-Disney idiosyncrasy of having an animal depict the baser side of man.

Aside from this being a lot less interesting than the original stories, it also gives us a film with more characters than the story has any use for, and that in turn makes what there is of a story feel baggy and drawn out.

The metaphor for terrorist attack is so front and center it hardly bears mentioning; War of the Worlds is pure popcorn escapism of the highest order if you want it to be, or more, but it's never less than thrilling, thanks in enormous part to the film's magnificent, sternum - rattling sound design, surely another of the film's Oscar - calibrated achievements.

For that, we await a film that's less «One Love» and more «Stir It Up.»