Sentences with phrase «genre efforts of»

As a screenwriter, Garland has been behind some of the more distinctive minimalist genre efforts of the past few decades, including 28 Days Later... and Never Let Me Go.

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.

It's currently my number one genre effort of the year with it's ingenious mix of slowly built - up suspense, brutal twisted humour and a stand - out central performance from Vinson, not forgetting an hilarious Joe Swanberg.

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I may have a difference with Lewis here (one day, God willing, we will find out), but I wonder whether his relentless effort to open people to the truth - disclosing genre of myth did not, because of the connotations surrounding the word «myth,» obscure the truth he most wanted to be disclosed.

It may be the effort to articulate the unconscious or hidden logic or meaning system or semantic pattern which connects a set of texts or narratives; it attempts to define a genre.

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.

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.

Production companies: Kinberg Genre, Maximum Effort, Twentieth Century Fox Distributor: Fox Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin, Zazie Beetz, Julian Dennison, Karan Soni, T.J. Miller, Stefan Kapicic, Brianna Hildebrand, Eddie Marsan Director: David Leitch Screenwriters: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Ryan Reynolds Producers: Simon Kinberg, Ryan Reynolds, Lauren Shuler Donner Executive producers: Stan Lee, Jonathon Komack Martin, Kelly McCormick, Rhett Reese, Ethan Smith, Aditya Sood, Paul Wernick Director of photography: Jonathan Sela Production designer: David Scheunemann Costume designer: Kurt and Bart Editors: Craig Alpert, Elisabet Ronaldsdottir, Dirk Westervelt Composer: Tyler Bates Casting directors: Marisol Roncali, Mary Vernieu

Mantis Burn Racing expands the Nintendo Switch catalog on the racing genre and brings forth a fun and well - made effort, featuring an entertaining driving challenge, with plenty of content to explore and very detailed visuals.

Creator Steve Franks» comedic entry into the crime - solving genre follows the investigative efforts of fake psychic Shawn Spencer (James Roday) and his childhood pal and sidekick Burton «Gus» Guster (Dulé Hill).

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.

The lack of half - naked men aside, it's impossible not to see what a superior, rewarding effort Dragon's Crown turned out to be — it looks great, it feels great, it's smart and deep, and it utterly revitalizes a genre that went stale years ago.

This isn't a major Dante effort, but his ability to make a good - natured satire that allows an audience to read it several ways at once is as strong as ever, and many of the sidelong genre notations are especially funny.

The comic mockumentary has become a full - fledged genre, thanks to the consistent efforts of Christopher Guest (from Waiting For Guffman to For Your Consideration) and the decidedly inconsistent efforts of numerous others.

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.

A fine piece of genre film making, The Town is Ben Affleck's follow - up directorial effort to Gone, Baby, Gone.

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).

The film is an excellent and wildly entertaining effort from writer / director Edgar Wright, co - writer / star Simon Pegg, and star Nick Frost that uses elements from the sci - fi genre to explore issues of friendship, adulthood, and growing up.

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

Being the huge horror fan amongst our talented team of collaborators, the one genre effort that I'm most looking forward to this year is Fede Alvarez» remake of Sam Raimi's cult classic, THE EVIL DEAD.

Being the huge horror fan amongst our talented team of collaborators, the one genre effort that I'm most looking forward to this year is...

For awhile after seeing «Lights Out» I wondered if my enjoyment of the film was for not entirely respectable reasons, if I enjoyed it for reasons closer to that of an MST3K film than that of a truly solid genre effort.

It's almost as if a conscious effort has been made to make this mix of western, sci - fi and time travel genre elements as banal as possible.

An enjoyable genre effort that invests fun into the many fright - inducing moments, The Innkeepers is illustrative of West at the top of his game.

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.

A golden age of comic book movies may be dominating Hollywood right now, but over the past few years there have also been signs of an effort to turn around the thus - far lackluster genre of video game - turned film adaptations.

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.

Transcending genre, infamous ensemble efforts include the original incarnation of rat pack comedy Ocean's Eleven (and subsequent remake, and sequels), John Hughes» seminal teen flick The Breakfast Club, and Steven Spielberg's war offering Saving Private Ryan.

David Lynch's first Hollywood effort retains his characteristic air of menace while conforming somewhat to the conventions of its genre.

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 all.

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

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.

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.

The film from Roar Uthaug, who directed the fantastic 2015 Norwegian disaster epic The Wave, doesn't smuggle the same genre - defying intelligence that his prior effort did — lots of Tomb Raider is numb, bumbling and ripped from better movies — but Uthaug and his production team make good work of bringing the world of Tomb Raider to life.

is the latest effort to attempt to engage audiences eager for comic courtship content, however it too proves a pale imitation of the progenitors of the genre.

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..

The stories ostensibly reflect the worst nightmares of their creators (Charles Burns, Marie Caillou, Romain Slocombe, Richard McGuire, Michel Pirus, Blutch, Lorenzo Mattotti, Jerry Kramsky, Pierre di Sciullo and artistic director Etienne Robial), whose efforts have yielded an innovative flick which figures to delight fans of the genre.

But they're a special genre of Hollywood war effort films featuring tons of cameos by famous stars, which makes them an interesting snapshot into the studio system of the time.

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.

That's been a core plot element of dozens of sci - fi movies — most recently «Life», a film that, thanks to solid character development and a couple of great twists, was able to rise - above the generic efforts of this genre.

«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.»

However, his name is no longer amongst the Hollywood elite following so woeful genre efforts, which is why he's effectively at the helm of the low - budget adaptation of HERCULES: THE LEGEND BEGINS as opposed to the epic version, HERCULES: THE THRACIAN WARS, being led by Dwayne Johnson (although the name Brett Ratner is equally fearful).

All of the sub-par outcomes also eventuate, Brad Furhman's third feature absent the charisma and confidence that made his previous effort — sleaze - dripping legal drama The Lincoln Lawyer — an unanticipated crime genre gem.

Nichols is playing with genre this time, a soft sci - fi effort that shows his ability to captivate an engaged audience with his confident control of craft.