As
it goes in feature films, once the director is onboard — I mean, I am executive producer, as well, but Dee Rees really, really drove a lot of the casting decisions.
Not exact matches
The
film world will also
go through major shifts, and we foresee a billion - dollar business developing
in how what's known as «PVOD windowing» — that is, premium content that's behind a paywall for some time and eventually is made available to all — changes the way
feature films are produced, marketed and delivered.
Hopefully you're
in Munich so you can
go for a surf session or
in Portland to catch a
feature film.
Not only does the
feature have a good deal of franchise history behind it, but it also has the same advantage that all family
films have,
in that kids
going to see the
film will be dragging along their parents, ensuring extra ticket sales.
With just under two months to
go until this year's Virgin Money Giving Mini London Marathon, London 2012 champions Mo Farah and David Weir are among the athletes to
feature in a short
film highlighting the event's role
in inspiring young athletes.
The day after Lisa Belkin's initial NY Times post she followed up with About that orgasmic birth... and
went into a little more detail about the responses she received, the
film and one of the women
featured in the
film.
Fans may walk away from
films and not remember much as time
goes on, but any
film that
features Petra will be sure to be engraved
in their memories as the city is engraved
in the rocks
in the Jordan landscape.
It wasn't long after her 1998 graduation that the aspiring actress made her
feature debut
in the 2000 drama Our Song, with nominations for the
film at the Independent Spirit Awards and the Sundance
Film Festival serving to increase her exposure among cinephiles, even if the
film did
go largely unseen by the masses.
One of his best - known monologues, «Cioni Mario,» was expanded into the
feature film I Love You Berlinger / Berlinguer Ti Voglio Bene (1977), after which Benigni
went on to star
in a number of popular
films in Italy.
Other previous projects include NBC's medical drama TRAUMA, Millennium Films» PRIVATE VALENTINE, opposite Jessica Simpson, FAMILY GUY, and GARY UNMARRIED with Jay Mohr, Adam Sandler's SPANGLISH, Sony's LIES & ALIBIS, starring John Leguizamo, DIRTY, opposite Cuba Gooding Jr., DRAGON WARS, the highest - grossing
film in South Korea's history, and the Lionsgate
feature,
GO FOR IT!
Rosmer
went on to starring and
featured roles
in such
films as The Passionate Friends (1922), South Riding (1938), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939), and Monkey's Paw (1948).
The
feature debut of writer - director Aimee Lagos, the
film feels overstuffed and overcooked, as if the filmmaker were trying to get too much out all
in one
go.
2010 is supposed to bring both Shrek
Goes Fourth and the
feature - length spin - off Puss
in Boots: The Story of an Ogre Killer, while DreamWorks Animation chief Jeffrey Katzenberg has claimed that a fifth and final
film is
in the works as well.
Being the first
feature film that Steven S. DeKnight has directed (having only worked on television beforehand), I
went in with a little apprehension, to begin with, but his work on television or smaller
films may suit him better.
Neither has
gone on to demonstrate any real potential outside of this series, with Miller participating
in the seemingly endless Madagascar franchise and Hui doing little outside of short
films based off already successful
features.
If you've paid attention to the
film's marketing, or even glanced at the poster
featured in this article, you can see that there is much more
going on throughout «Disobedience» than what initially meets the eye.
In this
feature debut from Zambian - born
film - maker Rungano Nyoni, ancient superstitions and crass commercialism
go into partnership to grotesque effect.
Shot entirely on location
in Barrow, Alaska, On The Ice is the engrossing and suspenseful
feature film debut by filmmaker Andrew Okpeaha MacLean about two teenage boys who have grown up like brothers
go about their lives
in the comfortable claustrophobia of an isolated Alaskan town.
The Coens
went on to cast Buscemi
in nearly all of their
films,
featuring him to particularly memorable effect
in Barton Fink (1991),
in which he played a bell boy; Fargo (1996), which
featured him as an ill - fated kidnapper; and The Big Lebowski (1998), which saw him portray a laid - back ex-surfer.
Next is Into The Wild: The Experience, 17 minutes of talk with the same individuals from the first
feature, this time examining what
goes into 8 - months of
filming over 30 different locations, and how that
filming in practice mimicked McCandless's rough - and - tumble experiences - also enthralling subject matter, and also too short.
6 - 9 year - old girls
going to the theater
in their bright blue dresses with their moms may not enjoy this
film (though they will enjoy seeing Anna and Elsa
in the «Frozen Fever» short that plays before the
feature).
A bit more suspense would have
gone a long way here, and while director David Gelb, whose prior experience had been
in the crowd - pleasing documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi, has turned
in a slick - looking
feature for one with such a small budget (reportedly, only $ 5 mil), it really can't compete with better
films out there
in terms of quality, while it's too straight - faced
in execution to at least give us some choice b - movie thrills.
It's a teaser poster, and it doesn't even
feature the
film's title but any
film geek will know what's
going on and it's certain to get people talking when it appears
in cinema lobbies.
The
film features some of the earliest screen appearances of Emmy - nominated sitcom veteran Ed O'Neill («Married... With Children», «Modern Family»), playing a mercenary reluctant to
go on the mission, and a young Jim Broadbent, who is lowly credited but instantly recognizable
in a brief background role.
Spawning a juggernaut of a franchise
featuring a number of sequels, comic books, toys, novels, and Internet videos, «Predator» has become completely immersed
in pop culture and
gone from a cult classic to an iconic
film.
Robin Williams
went on to establish an amazing career
in both stand - up, comedy and
feature films.
In a tradition going back almost to the birth of cinema, the Hong Kong film industry in particular has always had a major subgenre devoted to female action heroes, and now, thanks to various streaming services, there's a good cross-section of films featuring sword - wielding or gun - toting, kick - ass women available for American fans» viewing pleasur
In a tradition
going back almost to the birth of cinema, the Hong Kong
film industry
in particular has always had a major subgenre devoted to female action heroes, and now, thanks to various streaming services, there's a good cross-section of films featuring sword - wielding or gun - toting, kick - ass women available for American fans» viewing pleasur
in particular has always had a major subgenre devoted to female action heroes, and now, thanks to various streaming services, there's a good cross-section of
films featuring sword - wielding or gun - toting, kick - ass women available for American fans» viewing pleasure.
Lee's latest
film went to the festival with distribution already
in place —
in April, Focus
Features set the fact - based
feature for an August 10 theatrical release date, picked to reflect the one - year anniversary of the Charlottesville protests, which took place on August 12, 2017.
Some of his finest work can be seen
in Drake's video for «Hold On, We're
Going Home,» and he also starred
in Damien Chazelle's short
film for Whiplash, before Miles Teller moved into the role for the
feature film.
With a little over three weeks to
go until Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk arrives
in cinemas, a new poster has arrived online for the hotly - anticipated World War II epic
featuring Fionn Whitehead; take a look below... SEE ALSO: Dunkirk will be Christopher Nolan's shortest
film since Following «Dunkirk opens as hundreds of thousands of British and -LSB-...]
While the supporting cast,
featuring James Franco, Sharon Stone, Chris Noth, and Chloë Sevigny (the list literally
goes on and on), is amusing simply for the novelty of seeing them dressed
in kitschy»70s getups playing the likes of Hugh Hefner and Harry Reems, the revolving door of familiar faces is just one example of the
film's lack of focus.
As someone currently pursuing a master's
in film producing, I'm immensely impressed by
film school students who
go on to make their first
features a reality, and so is the case with Andy Viner and his movie, «Dick Night.»
Although it's hard to pick just one highlight from the treasure trove of special
features, the 12 - part «Spider - Man 2» documentary «Making the Amazing» is an incredibly
in - depth look at the amount of work that
went into making the
film.
Directed by Dan Trachtenberg (his first
feature), announced via a trailer
in January, and out less than two months later, it bears scant similarity to the first
film —
gone is the found - footage shaky - cam device.
The Hoosier Award, which recognizes a significant cinematic contribution by a person or persons with roots
in Indiana, or a
film that depicts Hoosier State locales and stories,
went to «Columbus,» the debut
feature film of director Kogonada, which was set and shot
in the southern Indiana city noted for its Modernist architecture.
Essentially a subversive homage to the B - movie creature
features of the era, the
film doesn't even try to pretend that the monster — which has been dragged up from a river
in South America — is
going to be the bad guy.
That Let's
Go to Prison remains fairly entertaining throughout is clearly due
in no small part to their efforts, and it's hard to entirely dismiss any
film that
features a character singing along (quite badly, no less) to Technotronic's «Move This.»
After a few more action stints
in such
films as Rising Sun (1993), which
featured him opposite Sean Connery, Snipes
went in a different direction with an uncredited role
in Waiting to Exhale (1995).
With Gaspar Noe's Enter The Void, Michael Rowe's Camera d'Or winner Leap Year, UK indie apocalypse
film Monsters, Aussie rom - com The Wedding Party and a four
feature tribute to cinematographer Jack Cardiff (including Hitchcock
goes Down Under
in Under Capricorn), BIFF 2010 has, as Moore so eloquently put it, «snap, crackle, pop, kick, bite and relevance».
It is a bold move, as The Black List
goes from championing well written scripts to becoming an active cog
in getting them turned into
feature films.
Animated
feature «The Croods» «Despicable Me 2» WINNER: «Frozen» «Monsters University» «The Wind Rises» Action movie «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» «Iron Man 3» WINNER: «Lone Survivor» «Rush» «Star Trek Into Darkness» Actor
in an action movie Henry Cavill — «Man of Steel» Robert Downey Jr. — «Iron Man 3» Brad Pitt — «World War Z» WINNER: Mark Wahlberg — «Lone Survivor» Actress
in an action movie WINNER: Sandra Bullock — «Gravity» Jennifer Lawrence — «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» Evangeline Lilly — «The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug» Gwyneth Paltrow — «Iron Man 3» Comedy WINNER: «American Hustle» «Enough Said» «The Heat» «This Is the End» «The Way Way Back» «The World's End» Actor
in a comedy Christian Bale — «American Hustle» WINNER: Leonardo DiCaprio — «The Wolf of Wall Street» James Gandolfini — «Enough Said» Simon Pegg — «The World's End» Sam Rockwell — «The Way Way Back» Actress
in a comedy WINNER: Amy Adams — «American Hustle» Sandra Bullock — «The Heat» Greta Gerwig — «Frances Ha» Julia Louis - Dreyfus — «Enough Said» Melissa McCarthy — «The Heat» Sci - fi / horror movie «The Conjuring» WINNER: «Gravity» «Star Trek Into Darkness» «World War Z» Foreign language
film WINNER: «Blue Is the Warmest Color» «The Great Beauty» «The Hunt» «The Past» «Wadjda» Documentary
feature «The Act of Killing» «Blackfish» «Stories We Tell» «Tim's Vermeer» WINNER: «20 Feet from Stardom» Song «Atlas» — Coldplay — «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» «Happy» — Pharrell Williams — «Despicable Me 2» WINNER: «Let It
Go» — Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson - Lopez — «Frozen» «Ordinary Love» — U2 — «Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom» «Please Mr. Kennedy» — Justin Timberlake, Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver — «Inside Llewyn Davis» «Young and Beautiful» — Lana Del Rey — «The Great Gatsby» Score WINNER: Steven Price — «Gravity» Arcade Fire — «Her» Thomas Newman — «Saving Mr. Banks» Hans Zimmer — «12 Years a Slave»
It's an ugly
film full of ugly messages and
featuring a performance from Macchio so irritating that the goodwill left over from the The Karate Kid is
gone in a finger - snap.
Along with the trade show floor that
featured the latest technological advances, concession goodies, comfort seating and more to enhance the theater audience movie
going experience, each of the movie studios presented a sneak peak of their upcoming
films slated for release
in 2012 and beyond, many which were being seen for the very first time.
The trailer for this year's New York Film Festival has
gone online, and it
features two or three clips from the Thomas Pynchon adaptation, nestled
in amongst footage from the rest of the festival's high - profile
films.
Which
films will fare best tomorrow is another matter — it's not uncommon for a
film to
feature strongly
in the longlists only to
go MIA on nomination morning.
Of the various
films in the Netflix Original roster to date, Spectral, the debut
feature of director Nic Mathieu, stands out as considerably more expensive - seeming than its relatively modest brethren — although who knows how much Adam Sandler's future excuses to
go on paid vacation will end up costing?
The Hunger Games
films veer off into a different direction with Mockingjay, Part 1, as we no longer have a highly televised arena
featuring combatants battling to the death so much as a battle for the people of Panem
in terms of whether they want to stay with the oppressive regime led by the Capitol and President Snow (Sutherland, Horrible Bosses), or whether they're
going to join the revolution and fight for a new way of life.
Peter Strickland's Berberian Sound Studio marks his second
feature film and while he may not have many
films under his belt just yet, his latest effort proves that he's
going to be a force
in the industry
in the very near future.
The Danish Girl — if it is
going to rally anything
in the race it could hit here, with Eddie Redmayne — both
films from Focus
features that made Best Pic hit here first
in the past two years.
Other significant personal preems,
in order of original release, included: Buster Keaton's
Go West (1925) and College (directed by James V. Horne, 1927); Howard Hughes's and James Whale's Hell's Angels (1928 - 30),
featuring (sorry, other Howard) the most awesome aerial scenes I've ever witnessed; John Ford's Up the River (1930) and Airmail (1932); Michael Curtiz's The Kennel Murder Case (1933), utterly silly but quite beguiling as an empty exercise
in directorial pizzazz; Gordon Wiles's — and Daniel Fuchs's — The Gangster (1947), an archetypal arty
film noir; Val Lewton's Apache Drums; (directed by Hugo Fregonese, 1951); Richard Fleischer's The Narrow Margin (1952); Robert Bresson's Quâtre Nuits d'un rêveur (1971); Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974); Phil Karlson's Framed (1975); Clint Eastwood's The Gauntlet (1977); and Robert Mulligan's Bloodbrothers (1978), which returned to Seattle (after a five - day first run
in» 78) only via Showtime.