Sentences with phrase «from lesser movies»

We see a lot of things from better movies like «Bachelor Party» and «Wedding Crashers,» and fortunately stuff we don't really remember from lesser movies like «The Five - Year Engagement.»

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In recent years, the statuette has gone home with lesser - seen movies, often from off the mainstream radar — offbeat or «prestige» titles that captured the imagination of Academy voters if not the American public — to the near - total exclusion of big budget Hollywood blockbusters.

Netflix has also been trying to rely less and less on the cheap back - catalogue content from TV networks and movie studios, and more on its own in - house content, including TV shows like House of Cards and Orange Is The New Black.

But the movie doesn't shy away from portraying Mr. Buffett, now 86, as something of a remarkable human computer, gifted with numbers and less so with interpersonal relationships.

I think the issues with the movie extended beyond Twitter; the new voters I've talked to are less enthusiastic about it than the ones you've talked to (New Yorkers, you know), and it sounds like we've both heard from at least some voters who are drawing a bright line between the performances (thumbs up) and the movie (thumbs sideways).

It's a quote from a movie, but it is true none the less.

In Mystery Men, a movie from a few years back, William H. Macy, Ben Stiller and Hank Azaria starred as a trio of lesser superheroes with fairly unimpressive superpowers.

Mead offers a less compassionate portrayal of a freelance, multifaith minister who offers brides and grooms a smorgasbord of options for ceremonies, including the fabled «Apache Indian Prayer» («Now you will feel no rain / For each of you will be shelter to the other»)-- which originates not from Apache tradition but from a movie starring Jimmy Stewart — and a ceremony she concocted in which the bride and groom dab honey on each other's tongues.

I know these days can be hard for so many of us — you may be tired, heartbroken, estranged from loved ones, yearning for more, settling for less, broke, afraid, betrayed, rejected, struggling, addicted, disillusioned, lonely, isolated, thwarted, doubting, numb, any or all sorts of things that aren't showing up on the easily resolved Hallmark Christmas movies or the shiny - happy - Jesus - people.

That gets the point across in 59 seconds less than the one - minute movie «Welcome To The Neighborhood» (You can grab it from the Downloads page of my site.)

Less incredible, and perhaps only to be expected, is the news that Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, the dynamic duo who brought The Lord of the Rings to the silver screen, have donated $ 310,000 from the movie's profits to fund human embryonic stem - cell research.

We're less than a week away from Christmas, and that means it's time for my husband Greyson's 24 hour Christmas Movie Marathon.

Less than a week after the Weinstein Co. seemed destined for bankruptcy, a deal emerged for an investment group to buy assets from the troubled firm in order to launch a new movie studio that will be led by women.

ALBANY — Last year, lawmakers brought in money from outside legal work, lottery winnings and even an appearance in a Jennifer Lopez movie, but they appeared to earn less in outside income than in the past, according to legislators» financial disclosure forms.

That means the fan runs a little quieter than some other models so there's less chance that it will distract you from the movie dialogue.

ANOTHER LOOKING GLASS In science fiction movies like Stargate and Contact, wormholes connect distant points in the universe, allowing people to travel from one spot to another in far less time than the hundreds or millions of years required to make the trip at the speed of light, the greatest conventional velocity.

WestBay Interiors recently did a «Get the look for less» on the amazing Great Room from Nancy Meyers movie, «It's Complicated» (Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, and Alec Baldwin (who seemed remarkably well - behaved at the time!)-RRB-

What did impress me about Who Framed Roger Rabbit even at a young age was the converging of cartoon stars from Disney, Warner Brothers, and elsewhere, all in one movie, animated more or less as they looked in the late»40s.

That reliance is less engaging in the movie's interpersonal relationships, which, despite charming performances from Jackman (who manages to overcome his character's numerous flaws) and Goyo (who avoids the trap of becoming a grating «precocious kid»), are as rote as their development is inevitable.

Offering little dialogue and even less in the way of explanation, this is a movie that's going to engender enthusiasm from certain quarters and head scratching from others.

What's more, the choice to largely wipe from existence characters who are more or less vital to the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a going concern (especially Star - Lord, Spider - Man, and freakin» Black Panther) so dramatically inflates the stakes that it becomes all but certain the next movie will reverse most of these deaths.

The producers have located the two actors in the British Isles who haven't been in one of these things yet: Ciarán Hinds as Dumbledore's brother and Kelly Macdonald as the ghostly Helena Ravenclaw, her angry sorrow on loan from a smaller, less forgiving movie.

While the movie includes narration (by Charles Osgood) drawn from the book, it also allows the stars opportunity for topical pop - cultural references as well as narrative detours, as when the mayor goes in for a Who - Root Canal «Sticking» «Who» in front of everything,» he gripes, «doesn't make it hurt less») or Horton's clover lands in a field of clovers, whereupon he sets out to locate his speck - adorned lower out of the thousands stretching before him.

What redeems the movie, and then some, is the soulful weariness of Clooney's performance, which is in some ways an earthier and less glib version of the go - go axeman from «Up In The Air.»

The eye - rolling predictability of Nancy Sackett's screenplay exacerbates the movie's less - than - watchable atmosphere, as there's virtually nothing that occurs within Ron Howard's Skyward that one doesn't see coming from miles away (eg Julie's parents forbid her from flying, Julie fights with Scott, etc, etc)- which ultimately prevents the finale from packing the uplifting, emotional punch that Howard is obviously striving for.

Even though they've been drafted on a computer, those spineless blobs bear all the physical simplicity and facial expressiveness of Aardman's best - loved clay characters, and even at the height of their derring - do, Roddy and Rita move like they're in a movie from another, less slick era.

Which is only to say that «Shrek the Third,» directed by Chris Miller and Raman Hui from a script with a half - dozen credited begetters, already feels less like a children's movie than either of its predecessors.

Director Stanley Kubrick, working from a script cowritten with Calder Willingham and Jim Thompson, kicks Paths of Glory off with an admittedly less - than - engrossing stretch, as the movie boasts (or suffers from) a somewhat talky first act that doesn't contain much in the way of compelling elements - although, by that same token, it's clear that the film benefits substantially from Kubrick's stellar directorial choices and a host of above - average performances.

If it seems less impressive to anyone that Scorsese's source this time around is a four - year - old movie rather than, say, a Nicholas Pileggi book, it's worth noting that the stylistic lexicon from which Infernal Affairs drew was written largely by Martin Scorsese.

Anne's withered lips and wasting features, pulling back from her teeth, carry with them no small shock — less for the cops than for us, as we're not accustomed to seeing such things in a movie.

It's clear right from the get - go that director Alan Poul and screenwriter Kate Angelo aren't looking to reinvent the wheel here, as the movie initially comes off as an almost prototypical example of a modern romantic comedy - with the less - than - innovative atmosphere cemented by the proliferation of wisecracking characters and the protagonists» initial encounter (which essentially defines the term «meet - cute»).

One interesting thing is that there seems to be some early concern regarding the use of digital video to shoot this movie, and I have to admit, it does look a bit bland and decidedly less stylish than we're used to seeing from Michael Mann.

People are far less likely to trash the movie if asked about it as they emerge from the theater (and they still have the ticket stub in their pocket) than they are a few days later, when they are more likely to look back on it as a trial - by - fire bonding experience, and yowl about how hilariously awful it was to sit through.

While DC's live - action movies have suffered from the need to appeal to a broad audience, the animated features have less pressure, and can please the hard - core fans without leaving newcomers in the dark.

«Self / Less» is only days away from coming to the movie theaters, and it would appear that this film is following in the footsteps of other sci - fi films that aim to show what could be part of our reality.

Over the past decade, we've had no less than 19 behemoth movies from the Marvel canon, each one offering their own somewhat ridiculous and awe - inspiring storylines.

Granted, «The Dark World» isn't quite on the same level as we've come to expect from Marvel, but it doesn't make us want another «Thor» movie any less.

Director: Edgar Wright Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman Edgar Wright's follow - up to «Shaun of the Dead» is a bigger, busier, slightly less focused ramble through small - town cop - movie clichés, but it might just be the better film, benefiting from a script packed with smart one - liners and neat riffs on everything from Hammer horror to cosy ITV dramas.

It's actually a surprisingly accurate representation of the movie: it's about women beating each other down while men watch on passively, and it features very strong performances, but the strongest of them come from the comparatively less well known names.

Don't expect less from World War Z. Filled with the requisite depictions of gruesome and disturbing scenes, this movie zeroes in on the almost instantaneous transition from human to zombie.

Having the movie told from the perspective of the TV crew means we have far less shaky cam than usual.

-- which is currently busy dividing critical opinion with its deranged, allegorical depiction of a woman under increasingly heavy siege from within her own life — has been far less polarizing for regular movie - goers, who gifted it with a rare «F» grade via audience polling service CinemaScore.

From the get go you know you're entering a world of absolute brand association, so if you're sick of superhero movies you'll want to like it a lot less than you do.

If you are looking for movie convention, this film strays from that to become less plot - driven and more from emotion, something Guadagnino has proved he can do very well.

On its new summer date, «Mission Impossible 5» will open against the «Point Break» remake starring Luke Bracey from Warner Bros., «Self / Less,» the Ryan Reynolds sci - fi thriller from Focus Features and «Southpaw,» the Antoine Fuqua - directed boxing movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal from the Weinstein Company.

You're getting no more or no less than you'd expect from a movie like The Movie Never Stopped, but I was glad to see Simmons get a chance to help carry a film rather than simply move around the edges of the main story in a supporting movie like The Movie Never Stopped, but I was glad to see Simmons get a chance to help carry a film rather than simply move around the edges of the main story in a supporting Movie Never Stopped, but I was glad to see Simmons get a chance to help carry a film rather than simply move around the edges of the main story in a supporting role.

Assumedly aware that he's making a movie about one of the less inherently cinematic of sporting events, director Janus Metz compensates with a lot of bombastic, jittery style, amplifying the crunch of flashbulbs to a deafening roar, restlessly skittering his camera around, generally taking notes from Ron Howard's Rush playbook.

Less certain to return this time, or at least not yet confirmed: Jon Favreau, who played bodyguard Happy Hogan as well as directing the first two movies (Favreau also has beef with Marvel, according to many reports from the second film), or Sam Rockwell, who played villain Justin Hammer.

The Best Picture nominees have always been the most widely liked, not the best, films seen by the collective Academy, so movies that are weirder and darker will get less love from the old - skewing Academy.

While our primary focus is on horror movies, there are times when something spooky gets our attention from less conventional spaces.