With most eyes looking
for reviews of films premiering out of the Toronto International Film Festival over the next week, it was a surprise to some when reviews hit the Web on Friday morning of the upcoming action - drama «Captain Phillips,» starring Tom...
See page 95
for our review of the film.
This is the DVD release of the film whose Blu - ray incarnation was reviewed by Gino, so I'm going to let him take it away
for the review of the film itself.
While 2013 has given us many cinematic gems to behold (Click film title
for review of film)-- Captain Phillips, Gravity, Mud, Les Mis, Lincoln and ofcourse Life of Pi to name but a few, there are many still to come before the dawning of the new year.
Not exact matches
In addition to interviewing leading legal scholars and activists, like Angela Davis, DuVernay said she
reviewed about 1,000 hours
of archival footage, including
of images
of lynchings, cellphone videos
of police abuse, and The Birth
of a Nation, the 1915 D.W. Griffith
film that glorified the Ku Klux Klan (and was screened at the White House
for President Woodrow Wilson).
Ahead
of the Oscars, the BAFTAs, the Golden Globes, and everything else, the judges
for these events are sent out
review copies, or screeners,
of the
films to watch.
Why am I reading a
film review of Fast and Furious 6 when I decided at age 13, after seeing 2 Fast, 2 Furious, that I was too old
for anything involving Paul Walker?
Markus blogs on issues
of missional leadership at MarkusWatson.com and has published
film reviews for the quarterly journal, Visual Parables.
One example would be Aimee Dorr Leifer's essay entitled «Teaching with Television and
Film,» (TTF) published in N. L. Gage's The Psychology
of Teaching Methods, a widely read Yearbook
of the National Society
for the Study
of Education.1 Even in this essay, however, Leifer
reviews what has been learned from various psychological studies
of television and
film narratives, and the limited range
of the studies limits the vision
of narrative teaching that she puts forth.
generates a «sour»
review they could (in theory) change the end
of that very show as soon as they read it... the Story NXT tells is set on
film (digital file) 4 days to 4 weeks before the Audience sees it, to adjust their sails
for that would require back stage re-shoots and post production edits (look at Impact scrambling to re-write their Pre-tape to cover
for ADR's release)... easier to let it ride, see if the opinions stay sour, and then IF Needed adjust the angle
for the next taping, at which time they'll have a better idea
for the correction and can make it look more organic
The silver lining
of this game is there's going to be A LOT
of game
film to
review for Donovan before his first playoff series begins this weekend.
Then you'll want to see the documentary «Lunch Line»,
for which The Lunch Tray is, fittingly enough, a sponsor: Here's a trailer
of the
film and a recent
review from The -LSB-...]
Addison Cooper, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker and the founder
of Adoption at the Movies, where he has
reviewed over a hundred
films for foster and adoptive families.
In Syracuse, within minutes
of arriving at the Sheraton, he was yelling into a cellphone, arguing with The Villager, the newspaper that publishes his
film reviews, over reimbursement
for two $ 9.50 movie tickets.
We researched and
reviewed the best drones
for filming and photography to bring you a top ten list
of superior models on the market.
A
review of The Trials
of J. Robert Oppenheimer, a
film by David Grubin, airing on PBS January 26
for the American Experience series, in association with the BBC
Dr. Peden has written or contributed to more than 160 peer -
reviewed scientific publications on the kinetics and mechanisms
of automobile exhaust catalysis; the development
of zeolite catalysts
for diesel engine emission control; hydrocarbon reforming over bimetallic catalysts; the structure
of hydroprocessing catalysts; the development
of novel, supported solid acid catalysts
for petroleum refining; the growth and properties
of oxide and semiconductor thin
films; and model studies
of adhesion at metal / metal - oxide interfaces.
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She's Dating the Gangster is a 2014 Filipino teen romantic comedy - drama
film based on the best Pop Fiction book
of the same name originally published on There are no critic
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for She's Dating The Gangster.
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reviews of Also, they discuss their reasons
for why these comic book
films failed either commercially or critically.
These are some
reviews of the features released in 2005 that have generated the most discussion and interest among
film critics and / or the Batman begins making a name
for himself just as the flamboyant Joker takes over the Mafia in director Tim Burton's adaptation
of the comic book.
Personalize hundreds
of music Study finds store receipts could be making you sick 11 Things You Can Get
for Free at an Airport Rotten Tomatoes reveals the best -
reviewed film of all time
While star Johnny Depp's singing earned mixed
reviews — and the movie dropped or shortened some
of Sondheim's songs — the
film as a whole received plenty
of critical acclaim as well as a Golden Globe
for best picture (with Depp himself earning an Oscar nomination
for his performance).
As
for this
film I can't quite understand why it has received such negative
reviews, it has excellent action, stealth, espionage
of sorts and has the 80's recreated very well.
I have been involved with DVD and
film review for eight years, since the age
of sixteen.
He has quote after quote from
reviews on how bad the scripts
of the time were
for most
of the Fox
films.
I was not looking forward to it
for the director, as he has mostly done some pretty terribly
reviewed direct - to - disc
films, but
for the likes
of Sam Rockwell and Anna Kendrick as two leads.
[Blu - ray
Review] Looking and sounding like a million bucks (or more) and full
of exhaustive bonus content new and vintage, the Blu - ray release
of «The Jungle Book» is a must - own
for anyone who loves animation, the Walt Disney studio, or
film in general.
Gere actually panhandled on the streets
of New York
for the
film, and it received mostly good
reviews when it premiered in Toronto in 2014.
Quentin Tarantino started the hype machine by anointing it his favorite
film of 2013, and good early
reviews have followed
for Ahron Keshales» Big Bad Wolves.
PYONGYANGST - My
Review of THE LOVERS AND THE DESPOT (3 Stars) Evoking more questions than answers, THE LOVERS AND THE DESPOT, a documentary by filmmakers Ross Adam and Robert Cannan details the stranger than fiction account
of a prominent South Korean
film director and his actress ex-wife who were kidnapped by North Korea during Kim Jong Il's reign and were forced to make over 17 movies
for him.
Another distributor that goes
for the quantity and quality approach, Magnolia had one
of the year's most popular documentaries in Blackfish and one
of critics» favorite foreign
films in The Hunt, even as its percentage
of films receiving positive
reviews dropped from 50 % in 2012 to 45 % last year.
Pace's cinematic high point was her portrayal
of street - smart Iris in Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970),
for which she received many
of the
film's best
reviews.
Falling just one
film — and two points — short
of «perfection,» ARC scored negative
reviews for eight
of its nine releases last year.
The inevitable sequel strictly follows the structure and the tone
of the first
film so religiously, that I could have easily copy - pasted my
review for that one and called it a day.
(Note that any Tribeca premieres that have already debuted to the public prior to today — including the
film Duck Butter, the Netflix miniseries Bobby Kennedy
for President, and the new season
of Westworld — are omitted, since they have subsequently been
reviewed outside
of the festival.)
As a huge horror fan, I thought I was in
for a real treat with this
film considering some
of the fantastic
reviews it's received.
Her first
film was 1955's The Court Martial
of Billy Mitchell,
for which she was generously
reviewed as one
of the most dynamic young actresses
of her time.
In all, Sony managed to collect terrible
reviews for a third
of its movies and saw its percentage
of films with positive
reviews drop from 42 % in 2012 to just 27 % last year.
In the gallery above, we've identified 30 filmmakers from the past four decades who have directed at least five features but have managed to receive positive
reviews for just a single one
of their
films.
I actually appreciate
reviews like this, not because I agree with them (or are likely to agree; I haven't seen the movie yet), but because they say exactly what I would expect to read from an articulate
film lover who just isn't really
of the mindset to enjoy the MCU
for what it is.
Voted Most Outstanding Journalist
of the Decade by the Disilgold Soul Literary
Review in 2008, Kam Williams is a syndicated
film and book critic who writes
for 100 + publications around the U.S. and Canada.
Michael O'Sullivan has covered the arts
for The Washington Post since 1993, contributing
reviews and features on
film, fine art, theater and other forms
of entertainment to Style and Weekend.
In addition to his studio
films, Monaghan garnered excellent
reviews and a lot
of buzz at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival
for his performance in JAMIE MARKS IS DEAD, which was a Sundance 2014 Official Selection in the dramatic competition.
It represents the percentage
of professional critic
reviews that are positive
for a given
film or television show.
I think it would be a great idea to have more diversity
of content in this site (an early
review of Beloved was a pleasant surprise some weeks ago) but right now the balance is definitely in favor
of sci - fi, fantasy, horror, action, and some crime
films created
for a demographic probably best described as «geek».
Reviewing independently since 1998, the Savant database has grown to over five thousand
reviews and articles, and become one
of the most respected and sought - out
review pages on the web
for news and opinions about classic
films on disc.
As
for the story, it has potential but fails to follow through; writes the Guardian in a two - star
review typical
of the overall reaction, «Byzantium starts to introduce issues that you'd seldom find in most vampire
films, before cutting
of the blood and leaving them to die.»
The buzz has been building since Sundance, and early
reviews for Before Midnight have been great (the current Metascore is 99), but if you want to avoid any spoilers before the
film's May 24th release, stop now, because the first trailer
for the
film can't help but reveal a few things that fans
of the series might not want to know.