Sentences with phrase «genre effort in»

Simon Rumley, known for The Living and the Dead and Red White & Blue, premiered his latest genre effort in Austin, Texas for the SXSW Film Festival and Conference.

A consistently engaging genre effort in its own right, employing unsettling production values and an enormous cast of well - drawn characters for a narratively splintered investigation into questions of fate and free will.

Not exact matches

This year, I really wanted to make an effort to read more, and branch out in various genres of books.

It melds a mix of genres in a bright, brisk manner that seems nearly effortless and turns into a high - quality effort.

While it's a noble effort on Tecmo - Koei's part (this is, after all, their first foray into this genre), it just doesn't have that «oomph» that a killer action game hits you in the sensory cortex with.

Solid effort in a genre that has a history of many flops.

With solid actors, good writing, vibrant costume work, a terrific score from Coogler - regular Ludwig Goransson (Central Intelligence, Stretch), humor that's delivered with refreshing subtlety, and Coogler's taut pacing that also takes the time to build up its scenarios, Black Panther succeeds at delivering an unlikely solo effort in the superhero genre, and leaves skeptics and those completely unaware of the characters within the comic books hungry for more.

The result is a worthy serialized companion piece to the auteur's prior efforts in the genre: poised, pulsating with dread, and permeated with cautious optimism that, perhaps, scrupulous rationality might help us triumph over modern - day irrationality.

So, in honor of the 30th anniversary of their second feature film, Raising Arizona, we thought the time was right to take a close look at their first effort in the dark comedy genre, an area of film that would undoubtedly become their hallmark.

Picked up by Fox Searchlight following its Sundance premiere, «I Origins» is likely to perform well in limited release due to its genre hook, particularly if it's released as a form of counter-programming to bigger studio efforts in heat of the summer blockbuster season.

Foley delivers a few moments of tension and suspense as the kidnapping plot kicks into gear, but it's clear he has little interest in revisiting the superior genre efforts of his long - ago youth as a director.

Alex Garland's second directorial effort again lands itself in the science - fiction genre, though this time around it is not as easy to explain.

It's the type of assured and intricate effort that restores one's faith in not only a genre that's become far too prosaic and dumbed down, but also today's staggering era of filmmaking that huffs and puffs to survive each passing year and every 10th blockbuster.

The film owes a little to the horror genre, certain visual moments capturing that hair - raising creepiness common in the genre greats — I'm thinking of the way the camera foregrounds and backgrounds people and space in a certain sequence towards the end (reminiscent of Mike Gioulakis and David Robert Mitchell's efforts in It Follows).

Summary: St Vincent is a middling effort in the feelgood genre of the embittered old man realising he still has positive things to contribute to those around him

However, a refreshing effort with a satisfying number of laughs is a not a bad way to kick - off the genre in 2015, and it's a welcome alternative to all the serious Awards Season options currently in theaters.

While there's still plenty to be enjoyed in this genre, the lack of any real innovation has led to a glut of lackluster «me too» efforts.

Following in the same genre as his past efforts (Best In Show and Waiting for Guffman), and using many of the same actors, Christopher Guest presents this mockumentary where any resemblance to real people is purely coincidental — okay, not entirely coincidental... this is a spoof after alin the same genre as his past efforts (Best In Show and Waiting for Guffman), and using many of the same actors, Christopher Guest presents this mockumentary where any resemblance to real people is purely coincidental — okay, not entirely coincidental... this is a spoof after alIn Show and Waiting for Guffman), and using many of the same actors, Christopher Guest presents this mockumentary where any resemblance to real people is purely coincidental — okay, not entirely coincidental... this is a spoof after all.

James DeMonaco also used the horror genre to prop up his career with his second film, «The Purge,» and should note the efforts from second - time filmmakers Hannah Fidell («A Teacher») and Jeremy Sauliner (festival fave «Blue Ruin,» coming in «14).

His following effort, Ashes of Time (1994), varied greatly in genre, successfully subverting the conventions of the period martial - arts drama.

And with a better look at the movie in these first two clips, maybe what we're going to get from Gavin O'Connor is a solid genre effort, no more, no less.

The Divergent Series: Allegiant is the latest genre effort to fail at the box office, and trend could leave such films with female protagonists in cinema purgatory

Unfortunately, the genre that The Man Inside belongs is one that is in need of some fresh ideas, and despite the best efforts of all involved, his film does fall short of providing them.

We can only hope Amirpour offers another highly stylized genre mashup like she did in her first effort, and capitalizes on the extraordinary talent she's been blessed with here.

It presents plenty of classic JRPG elements that fans of the genre will enjoy, but its efforts to follow a nostalgic form result in something that ultimately feels insincere.

Director Alfonso Arau (Picking Up the Pieces, The Magnificent Ambersons) made a splash with his previous effort, 1992's Like Water for Chocolate, and he returns to the whimsical romance genre for the English language A Walk in the Clouds, mostly to lesser but still enjoyable results.

For the record, I in no way disapprove of the direction Jolie took on her second directorial effort, but I do believe that working in a genre beloved by the old, white male majority that dominates AMPAS» current membership is extremely advantageous.

The tale of the lonesome migration of the Irish to brash New York is a well trodden storyline.This particular effort is worthy but not the best film in that genre..

By comparison, Diana's efforts to stop the Great War provide a sense of hope not present in films like Man of Steel or Batman v Superman, while also taking the superhero genre out of an urban environment and contrasting Diana's supernatural powers against early 20th century firepower and chemical weapons.

From The Wild Bunch to Heaven's Gate, gritty revisionist westerns and so - called «anti-westerns» have sought to counteract the romantic misrepresentations of violence, history and heroism perpetuated by the genre's talented mythmakers in an effort to bring audiences an undiluted dose of the «real» Wild West.

«The Exorcist» is one of the best movies of its type ever made; it not only transcends the genre of terror, horror, and the supernatural, but it transcends such serious, ambitious efforts in the same direction as Roman Polanski's «Rosemary's Baby.»

Although at times channeling Malick — even featuring Sam Shepard early in the film — and carefully utilizing western genre convention, Dominik broke through in his sophomore effort with an elliptic reverie on obsession and notoriety that displayed an assured patience well beyond his relative inexperience.

It's a sincere moment, unburdened by the self - reflective seriousness found in the genre's contemporary efforts.

«The Desert Bride,» a Chilean - Argentinian film written and directed by Cecilia Atan and Varelia Pivato, belongs to the same de facto genre as Lelio's film, but it's a slighter effort both in terms of length (78 minutes) and dramatic heft and complexity.

Like other offbeat and original efforts such as Spike Jonze's «Her,» Jonathan Glazer's «Under the Skin,» and Richard Ayaode's dour «The Double,» it juggles genres, reverses expectations, and resorts to fantasy in order to explore the enigmas of gender, identity, and love.

It's a picturesque exploration game that feels like a poet's idea of a 3D platformer, one that's significantly classier and more subtle than the cartoonish efforts we've often seen in this genre.

A refreshingly new take on the genre, players guide Baton through a melodic river of sheet music avoiding notes, hitting beats, and masterfully maneuvering through incredibly varied stages and boss battles in an effort to find their way home.

He tackled the «genre parody» material to slightly better effect 13 years ago in the original Scary Movie; at best, his latest effort allows him room to work his improvisational skills but must be considered a sideways career step.

Ever since the launch of Anomaly: Warzone Earth [$ 1.99] back in 2012 which completely reversed the tired Tower Defence genre on its head with beautiful graphics to boot - and even won an Apple Design Award for their efforts - 11 Bit Studios have strived in releasing games that are ever increasing in quality.

The small miracle of it, then, is that in both its absolute glee in finding the line of how much gore to show and then crossing it (a pair of glasses stop a hypodermic needle... but only for a moment) and its surprising efforts at locating a deeper thread in a frayed brother / sister relationship and the impact of drug addiction, Alvarez's film is a solid, even affecting genre piece that allows for an abundance of memorable money shots.

Speaking of comedy: a horror genre workout could be improved immeasurably through Green's idiosyncratic sense of humor and off - kilter dialogue, which turns up even in his most serious efforts.

That movie gets a little of a bad rap, but this go - around, their efforts do feel fresh and original in an R - rated comedy genre that too can feel more staid than the superhero one.

Genre films become what they are by following in the footsteps of others, playing off similar tropes and script mechanics in an effort to improve on the formula or find a new and interesting way to spin it.

I see the game more and appreciate the story, the obvious technical effort and the general proficiency that Platinum has for the mechanics in this genre.

In his debut genre effort, comedian Jordan Peele delivers one of the flat - out best horror movies of the decade.

Some genre purists would certainly take issue with such an obvious effort to create new material by fusing the icons of literary classics, but Sommers» adrenalized upgrading for modern audiences isn't that different from Siodmak's first venture; the former's just over-cranked and way louder (aided by Alan Silvestri's outrageously bombastic score) in a 5.1 mix guaranteed to work out your home's subwoofer.

Although direct writing assessment is still a mainstay of many assessment programs, more recent efforts at performance assessment in reading and writing go further, including longer and more complex reading selections from a variety of genres, higher level comprehension questions, extended written responses, and cross-text analyses.

The parents of your students will appreciate the extra effort that you have put into promoting reading different genres of literature in your classroom.

If you want to write under multiple genres, seriously consider whether a pseudonym will help your efforts in brand recognition — or if juggling more than one author persona will be too much.

How you position your work, how you distinguish yourself from others in your field or genre, as well as how all your efforts are perceived or interpreted by your readers, can be the difference between a brand that's fab, or one that fizzles.