Sentences with phrase «from drama films»

Emma Roberts has been acting since she was 10 years old, staring in everything from drama films to comedy television.

Not exact matches

His films span decades and genres, from sci - fi classics to historical dramas.

Of course, the company is inseparable from founder Larry Flynt, the larger - than - life personality that was notably brought to the big screen in the 1996 drama The People vs. Larry Flynt, a film that grossed $ 20m and was nominated for two Academy Awards.

This structure is the basis of films from Star Wars to The Lord of the Rings, from thrillers and dramas to romcoms.

All the cars from the film have been recreated in incredible detail, and the format definitely lends itself to the drama and cinematography that made the movie such a hit with motorsport enthusiasts.

So I flew in late to NYC since I stayed on to watch my daughter's 1st play from her drama club (totally worth the wait) I was really keen to get to the filming, even though I knew I was coming down with something (and boy was I ill for the rest of the week with an ear infection — yikes).

Award - winning film maker, Cary Joji Fukunaga has issued a statement requesting for his critically acclaimed war drama, «Beasts Of No Nation'to be removed from the 2015 Ghana Movie Awards nominations announced on Friday afternoon in Accra, Ghana.

Buoyed by an additional $ 25 million production tax credit and peak TV, there's been an explosion of movies and shows filming in New York — from superhero dramas to sitcoms.

The former star of Party of Five and films like I Know What You Did Last Summer is embarking on the fourth season of Ghost Whisperer, the creepy hit drama in which she plays Melinda, a young newlywed able to pass messages from the dead to the living.

I love watching movies, particularly anything in the period drama category or films from the 1930s - 50s.

The film explores the relationships of four sets of siblings who have Four sets of siblings struggle to work out their differences in this episodic comedy - drama from writer and director Carl Bessai.

Based on a popular British television drama, this 1957 film features a riveting performance from Yvonne Mitchell as a housewife who can't keep house.

This kids» film mixes the heart of Rocky and dozens of other come - from - behind boxing dramas with the geeky gadget gestalt of films like The Transformers and Star Wars.

The chief problem with any post-apocalyptic film is that last act - mostly because all the interesting parts tend to stem from the events leading up to the destruction of civilization, humanity's efforts to cope with the few vestiges of once plentiful technology, and the small dramas and action sequences which reduce a group of irritable survivors to a select and more compelling few.

In both films the drama emerges organically from the characters, not the reverse.

Of course it would take more than a small independent film to truly set Washington apart from the pack, and many saw her performance in the 2001 romantic drama Save the Last Dance as one of the few redeeming qualities in the otherwise forgettable teen drama.

Borrowing a few tricks from Martin Scorsese, the film isn't a slavish imitation but an engrossing and grounded drama.

Owens carried much of the film's story and drama, which were told in flashback from her character's point - of - view.

Departing from two decades» worth of domestic and personal dramas and returning to his roots as Japan's maestro of mayhem, Kinji Fukasaku has delivered a brutal punch to the collective solar plexus with one of his most outrageous and timely films.

It is always refreshing to see a film that treats the human condition with such respect and extracts drama from everyday life.

This is not a horror film, exactly, but a dark drama in which a self - imposed curse is the only reprieve from a neighborhood where violence is routine.

After being cast as Lorene Rogers in a TV remake of From Here to Eternity (a role she reprised in a subsequent series based upon the film), Basinger finally made her way to the big screen in the low - budget drama Hard Country.

Filming is expected to begin in March for this period drama from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire director Newell, which depicts the 1986 Reykjavik summit between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev.

A national health care crisis in the United States yields this tense drama from screenwriter James Kearns and director Nick Cassavetes, who experienced a real - life dilemma with his daughter's congenital heart disease that mirrors the one in this film.

But there were also numerous duds, including animated family film Free Birds, drama Out of the Furnace, and thriller misfire Paranoia, which all finished in the red (some in more ways than one, judging from those scores).

Foreign - language films and documentaries are Kino Lorber's twin specialties, though this year it also released a trio of British dramas (which doesn't quite count as a foreign - language) from director Joanna Hogg: Archipelago, Unrelated, and Exhibition.

Critic Consensus: Though this ambitious noir crime - drama captures the atmosphere of its era, it suffers from subpar performances, a convoluted story, and the inevitable comparisons to other, more successful films of its genre.

Much ballyhooed for its on - location filming in and around the United Nations building in Manhattan «The Interpreter» works better as a captivating drama than it does as an espionage thriller due to some sticking plot points that prevent the audience from

Even with the presence of a rare outright misfire (Third Person, from Crash director Paul Haggis), SPC managed to boost its already - high average Metascore by a few points last year, thanks to widely praised films like Mr. Turner (the year's # 2 drama, behind Boyhood), Leviathan (2014's best - reviewed foreign - language film), and Sundance hit Whiplash.

Dorsey's movie career ranges from heavy drama (WALK THE LINE), to lighthearted family comedy (JUST LIKE HEAVEN, Disney's GIRL VS. MONSTER, and the American Girl series MCKENNA SHOOTS FOR THE STARS), but her appearance in the Golden Globe ® and Academy Award ® nominated film MONEYBALL established her as a bona - fide star.

The film's condensation of the years that took Wiseau to get over his heartbreak regarding the unexpected laughter that resulted in screening his «drama», and finally embrace the comedic aspects of the film, takes a bit away from important character development that could have given the third act a bit more substance.

Universal's films were also mainly absent from this year's Oscar nominations, with just one (Ron Howard's racing drama Rush) even making much of an impression on critics.

Rupert Goold's True Story is a dark and relentless drama, with two absolutely phenomenal performances by James Franco and Jonah Hill, which not only elevates the material, but saves the film's soft ending from becoming a complete disappointment.

The strong, decidedly unconventional conclusion confirms Paths of Glory's place as a fairly striking drama from Kubrick, with the film ultimately faring better than the director's next few (and far more well - known) endeavors.

From 2007 — 2013, Wilson starred in various British Television films and miniseries, including MISS MARPLE: NEMESIS, BBC's CAPTURING MARY, SMALL ISLAND, THE DOCTOR WHO HEARS VOICES, THE PRISONER, and the Emmy ® - nominated and Golden Globe ® - winning crime drama, LUTHER.

Now and then, brisk restaurant visits and slow strolls through a cemetery (an unnecessary foreshadowing, given the movie's title) ventilate the film, but Final Portrait (adapted from Lord's 1965 book, «A Giacometti Portrait») is pretty thin on drama.

Taking inspiration from the personal life of his leading man (Lustig is a widowed grocer upon whose stories the screenplay is loosely based), Weinstein draws on his experience as a documentary film - maker to conjure a drama rooted in the reality of these characters and their community.

Owned by Starz Media, Anchor Bay released a fairly dismal slate of films in 2011, with only drama Beautiful Boy (sort of an inferior, tamer version of We Need to Talk About Kevin) scoring favorable reviews from critics — and just barely.

But though the film's publicity and advanced buzz focus on Weisz's Ronit Krushka — a woman whose return to the cloistered London Jewish community she exiled herself from causes disturbances in the field — Ronit's story is not where the most involving parts of the drama lie.

Now, this isn't a film that will instantly have you singing his praises from the rooftops but what it is, is a slow moving but deeply involving drama that pays attention to it's characters and their subtleties.

Sure, this film's subtlety lapses are limited in quantity, and even when they're at their very worst, a descent into just plain corny is never made, or at least very rarely made («I thought I was gonna die from your love»...), but this drama can only go on for so long before slipping out of relative consistency in bonafide resonance, which isn't to say that unevenness ends there.

The film is called «The Walk» for a reason — Petit's spectacular aerial stunt is the focal point, not the man himself, and certainly not any drama from his private life.

The latest film adaptation of Far From the Madding Crowd will delight fans of period dramas.

As the title suggests, it's a film more interested in the birth and nurturing of ideas and their relationship to society than it is in extracting a crude drama from Darwin nervously pressing a knife to God's throat.

Combined, and with a touch of help from Josh Lucas & Chloe Sevigny, this is a stellar cast in a surprisingly good movie, not one that will rise to top of a lot of lists, but a film that's worth much more exposure than it received, something a fan of hard drama shouldn't miss.

From Hungary, this year's Oscar - winning foreign film is a remarkably fresh take on the Holocaust drama.

Like Barry Sonnenfeld, Wally Pfister and many more before her, Reed Morano is making the jump from esteemed cinematographer (her work includes «Frozen River,» «Kill Your Darlings» and more) to feature film director with the upcoming drama, «Meadowland.»

Enough Said is a romantic comedy - drama from Nicole Holofcener, the writer - director of other critically acclaimed films exploring the daily travails of mostly upper middle - class affluent women (and men) in such as Lovely & Amazing and Friends with Money — something that invites comparisons to the works of Woody Allen often.

Of the world premieres, the major gets for Toronto include Freeheld, Peter Sollett's LGBT drama starring Julianne Moore and Ellen Page; Stonewall, Roland Emmerich's drama about the birth of the gay rights movement; Alan Bennett's The Lady in the Van, which is rumored to feature an awards - worthy performance from Maggie Smith; Jay Roach's film Trumbo, starring Bryan Cranston as the famed Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, who was blacklisted in the 1940s; Terence Davies's anticipated follow - up to The Deep Blue Sea, Sunset Song; Charlie Kaufman's first stop - motion film, Anomalisa; and Eye in the Sky, Gavin Hood's thriller about piloted aircraft warfare, starring Aaron Paul and Helen Mirren.

Continuing our coverage of images from films that will be featured at January's Sundance Film Festival, we bring you images from two of the higher profile dramas that will be screened in - competition at the festival: The Ledge and Like Crazy.