Sentences with phrase «golden age of»

Perhaps nothing better makes the case that this is the much - claimed Golden Age of Television than the fact that highly - lauded filmmakers Jason Reitman and David Gordon Green have directed programs that premiere this week.

He is currently co-directing The Orange Years, a documentary that examines the improbable rise and golden age of the Nickelodeon Network.

Set against the sexy and glamorous golden age of Formula 1 racing, RUSH portrays the exhilarating true story of two of the greatest rivals the world has ever witnessed — handsome English playboy James Hunt and his methodical, brilliant opponent, Niki Lauda.

Also on this podcast you'll also hear Karina Longworth talking about the Golden Age of Hollywood, Slate culture writer Aisha Harris (host of the show Represent) on the importance of representation of women and people of color in Hollywood and film awards, actor Paul Scheer on some of the worst movies ever made (which he talks about on his own podcast that he co-hosts with his wife, actress June Diane Raphael, and their pal and fellow actor, Jason Mantzoukas.

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.

So now that we know that an R rating is officially no longer an obstacle for superhero blockbusters in this golden age of comic book movies, where does Deadpool 2 go next?

But it rarely has strayed beyond the golden age of noir.

Sundance Institute / Sloan Lab Fellowship ($ 15,000) Bell (U.S.A.) / Darcy Brislin (Co-Writer) and Dyana Winkler (Co-Writer) At a pivotal point in history, hearing society began a golden age of communication with the advent of the telephone, while deaf society plummeted into a dark age with the eradication of sign language and spread of eugenics.

Martin Scorsese's nostalgic family film fills every frame with gorgeous images of the golden age of silent cinema.

We live in a Golden Age of superhero TV shows, but these ugly costumes have made us think twice about watching these heroes on the small screen!

With some 10,000 entries, including hundreds of titles we never covered in our annual guide, this is the perfect companion for anyone who watches TCM or dotes on silent films, European classics, and the golden age of Hollywood.

A handsome throwback to the golden age of British horror anthologies, the supernatural thriller «Ghost Stories» transforms a hit play into something surprisingly cinematic.

But Hark is a seminal figure in the Golden Age of Hong Kong cinema, and has crafted some of the more fantastical action extravaganzas to come out of Asia over the last decade - plus.

More consciously seeking to recreate an old Hollywood vibe is the latest from Peter Bogdanovich, the refugee from the first golden age of cinephile directors who has found film work increasingly hard to find in recent years (this is his first theatrical fiction feature since 2001's The Cat's Meow).

Sony Masterworks Classic Film Scores In 1972 Charles Gerhardt released his famous Classic Film Score Series featuring the music of some of the greatest composers of the Golden Age of film.

The picture's so cheerfully, indefatigably strange, in fact, that at times it approaches the Golden Age of Looney Tunes.

Mexican actor Mario Moreno was one of the pioneers of what's considered the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema, the South of the Border answer to Charlie Chaplin.

Only two years after Return of the Jedi and one year after Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, this film centered itself in the middle of the golden age of blockbusters.

The film project, based on the book The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking by Brendan I. Koerner, is about an Army veteran named Roger Holder and girlfriend Cathy Kerkow hijacking a Western Airlines Flight in a protest against the war in Vietnam.

Bonus: • Audio Commentary with Director Martin Scorsese, Former GoodFella Henry Hill, Co-Screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi, Producers Irwin Winkler and Barbara De Fina, Cinematographer Michael Ballhaus, Editor Thelma Schoomaker, and Actors Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Paul Sorvino, Lorraine Bracco, Joe Pesci And Frank Vincent • Audio Commentary with Henry Hill and Former FBI Agent Edward McDonald • «Scorsese's GoodFellas» Featurette • «Getting Made: The Making of GoodFellas» Featurette • «The Workaday Gangster» Featurette» • «Made Men: The GoodFellas Legacy» Featurette • «Paper Is Cheaper Than Film» Featurette • Theatrical Trailer • «Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film» Documentary • Four Looney Tunes / Merrie Melodies Shorts • Trailer

Damien Power's debut feature harks back to the golden age of Australian genre film but its approach to landscape is sadly ahistorical.

is an episodic dark comedy set in the Golden Age of Hollywood, starring Josh Brolin as fixer, Eddie Mannix.

It was a golden age of action films, and there was no better person to head it up than Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Many people point to Sleeping Beauty (1959) as the last film in the Golden Age of Disney Animation and consider the seven full - length animated features that the House of Mouse made over the next three decades to be lesser accomplishments.

A documentary entitled Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film comes next.

True Lies deserves full HD treatment so future generations can look back upon a golden age of action movies in their full glory.

«We are so happy to be able to celebrate the supremely talented, leading voices in this golden age of documentary filmmaking and nonfiction television,» said BFCA President Joey Berlin.

«Daniel Day - Lewis would have always been counted as one of the greatest of actors, were he from the silent era, the golden age of film or even some time in cinema's distant future.

The French Connection helped usher in the second golden age of Hollywood (arguably the best decade in movie history) and went on to win 5 Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing) and be named on AFI's list of 100 best American movies of all - time.

«The Golden Age of Musicals» Details: 1937 - 57, Film Chest Media Rated: Not rated The lowdown: A five - disc set featuring 17 musicals — all public domain and all previously released on DVD.

We've entered a new golden age of Stephen King adaptations.

As with The Hudsucker Proxy, it harkens back to the golden age of the screwball, though this time out the Coens dispensed with the stylized 1930s / 1950s tone and setting, instead placing the film in the present day.

In the golden age of television, the convergence of directors, actors, and production design between TV and Feature Films, there is clearly a domain of one: complex plots and characters, novelistic storytelling, and the other: pure, overwhelming audiovisual power.

If further proof were needed that we are living in a golden age of animation, the arrival of this weekend's tribute to Japan's Hayao Miyazaki at the same time that Nick Park's «Early Man» hits theaters should do the trick.

Expectations were low for this because the golden age of North American indie horror has been comprehensively remade as 21st century nadirs of the genre, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Dawn of the Dead, Halloween and the rest all looking too clean and healthy, as if the grubby originals were digitally disinfected.

From the return of David Lynch's Twin Peaks and NBC's Will & Grace (proving that some revivals do work), to the rise of Hulu series, through the continuation of prestige dramas from HBO, the golden age of TV continues.

Kawachi's presence hearkens viewers back to the golden age of Nikkatsu Action filmmaking, having starred in titles like The Warped Ones (1960) and Tokyo Drifter (1966), and Sugata is a familiar character actor from Kill Bill: Vol.

By that point, the film was almost a decade old (I wasn't even born when it opened in June 1988), part of the Golden Age of Murphy's Hollywood career that included works such as 48 Hrs., Trading Places, and Beverly Hills Cop.

As the Golden Age of Television began, Rooney kept himself busy with appearances on many of the popular shows of the day, including his most memorable role as Kris Kringle in the animated «Santa Claus is Coming to Town.»

Freak Show, the much - anticipated Season 4, arrives during a golden age of horror television: AMC have just announced a sixth season and a new spin - off for its record - smashing zombie romp The Walking Dead, with 17.3 million Americans tuning in for the Season 5 premiere earlier this month, while Penny Dreadful and Hemlock Grove have both snagged second and third seasons respectively.

«Unlike the other major players in this golden age of television, Dexter isn't sophisticated in a showy way.»

Finally becomes a somber, sentimental and rather profound romantic fantasy that is more true to the spirit of the Golden Age of science - fiction writing than possibly any other movie of the»90s.

A throwback to the golden age of video games where old - school homebrew titles fused arcade action with a distinctly British sense of humour.

In this epic movie, Cate Blanchett plays Queen Elizabeth I during the golden age of her reign when the young ruler is challenged by threats of war from King Philip II of Spain (Jordi Molla), questionable council from her advisor Sir Francis Walsingham (Geoffrey Rush), an assassination attempt by her cousin Mary Stuart (Samantha Morton), and the yearnings of her heart for Sir Walter Raleigh (Clive Owen).

The Mickey Mouse short which heralds the golden age of Hollywood by its reference to King Kong is counterpointed by Italy's gradual descent into fascism and the impact it has on both Marco and the pirates.

It was about comic characters from the Golden Age of Comics [approximately 1939 - 1946 — your mileage may vary].

The 2nd season has to become rotary in development of a plot, and it is good - dynamics of series became such what has to be in series about the Golden Age of piracy.

A game for passionate players but above all for everyone so lucky to have seen the golden age of The Beatles.

Focused on the tradition of the Day of the Dead, in which families gather to celebrate their deceased ancestors, Coco offers a festive, reverent, and wide - ranging pastiche of Mexican culture, touching on everything from Frida Kahlo to luchadores to the golden age of Mexican cinema.

With 25 classic games and 9 live arcade this game could be a good choice for players that wants to revive the golden age of the videogames: the glorious» 80!