Sentences with phrase «good film in general»

Although some dismissed Pee - wee's Big Adventure as little more than an inventive movie for kids when it was released back in 1985, over the years (and as those children grew older), it has gained more respect as being a good film in general, although Paul Reubens» personal problems does still leave this in the «guilty pleasure» category for different reasons.

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The Pyongyang government denounced the film as «undisguised sponsoring of terrorism, as well as an act of war» in a letter to U.N. Secretary - General Ban Ki - moon in June.

Or were not a few of them like the General Patton we are shown in the famous (and quite factual) film, relishing the trial and potential glory of combat, loving the strategic game, certainly not wanting to «sit back and watch,» but still ultimately knowing that this «love of war» in them was not an entirely good trait?

A good picture of the general squalor, cynicism, and despair in Soviet life was provided by a documentary film Tak Zhit Nel» zya (roughly «We can't go on living like this»), which was released into movie theaters in the summer of 1990.

The VR film has been used in a series of experiential tasting events in leading bars and travel retail environments across the world, as well as being available on YouTube and Facebook for the general public.

If Arsene Wenger and his assistants decide against adjusting their tactics to get the best out of their marquee summer signing by letting him run with the ball at defences, Lacazette needs to take the initiative by training and watching game film to learn how to thrive in Arsenal's system and in English football in general.

Comprised of interviews with finance types, individuals involved in the escort business, as well as Spitzer himself, Gibney's film traces the former New York Governor's career from his start as an attorney general determined to take down corruption on Wall Street, to his status as a political joke after he was forced to resign for patronizing the Emperor's Club VIP escort service.

Companionship, dancing, music, film, theater, literature, the arts in general, and simple things like spending hours vegging at home, or cooking a good meal, having a hot chocolate in...

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Johnson writes her character well enough, though the film's general dearth of women characters — there are three, two of them serve mostly as Mother figures (and, in Perabo's case, as a hooker), and the other is a waitress — is something I hope he takes note of.

«The Intern» stars both of them respectively and say what you will about sappy plots like this, «The Intern» is a very, very good film about life in general.

These minor points aside, Beginners is without doubt one of the best films of 2011, with an outstanding performance from Plummer, great writing, and through being an immensely rewarding viewing experience in general.

They're all impressive - large, well engineered monstrosities with actors thinking and acting in ways that humans never think or act - and not one of them has the pure humanistic love that this film has for its characters and for people in general.

Laura Poitras» thrilling look at the Edward Snowden affair (and government snooping in general) is one of the year's best - reviewed documentaries (and possibly this month's best new film, period).

There's a unique novelty in general to this film's featuring its protagonist as a biopic in the starring role, and as a war film, it has a few other twists, but when it falls to formula, it falls pretty hard, with very mid-20th century Hollywood tropes to its plotting, characterization and, for that matter, fluff which tends to get a little too fluffy for its own good.

There is promise in the one episode of Dome sent to critics and the series could work well, despite the fact that the general conceit of people living in a microcosm has been a staple of literature, film and TV forever.

The result was a new megastar period for him he is still in and the film holds up very well considering what has followed in the genre and big budget filmmaking in general.

It is also an interesting political take on the chain of command in the military, lampooning the superior officers as incompetent fools, despite having their hearts in the right place, the film manages to successfully create sympathy for Col. Berman (Ed Harris) in that despite his general inability to do the job, he is actually well liked.

Terrible plot, lackluster effects, a trainwreck sense of direction, and an absolute lack of an epic scope that the first two delivered on so well makes Superman IV: The Quest for Peace not only the worst Superman film, but one of the worst comic book movies in general

I tend to agree here on the fact that «The Departed» has certainly is Scorsese's best film in over a decade, it works on multiple levels for not just fussy cinemagoers but general audiences as well, and unlike those aforementioned examples it never feels slow, self - important or clunky.

One of the best things about Tarantino films in general and Django Unchained in particular is that the viewer is never sure where the narrative is going.

If you are a fan of Tarantino and just good movies in general, Django Unchained is one film you can count on.

As said, the acting is superb, especially Ruffalo and Dern, but Krause's character gets left behind big time, and the kids that are treasured so much by the characters as well as the story in general get next to no development, which isn't good when you consider the film's emotionally heavy climax.

Now, for most video game adaptations or huge tentpole films in general, such a comment would sound too good to be true — but this is coming from the director Snowtown Murders and last year's Macbeth.

I don't think film festival mega-stars like Lars von Trier or Abbas Kiarostami or Wong Kar - Wai are nearly well - known or influential enough to have this kind of impact, on movie fans in general or on other filmmakers.

Sure, MCU films had done spectacularly well in the past, but who among the general movie - going public had ever heard of a superhero who shrinks to the size of an ant?

Jackman has done a wonderful job in the role, widening the character's popularity from a comicbook fans to the general cinema - going public: It is only well - earned audience affection that allowed him to survive the execrable X-Men Origins: Wolverine, as idiotic a film as has ever had the misfortune to be screened publicly.

Look at «The Hangover», because the first film was so well liked the sequel became an even bigger hit, but because the sequel was considered to be inferior by critics in general, the 3rd film really suffered and paid the price as it came nowhere near the previous films domestic box office grosses.

This Asian (South Korean / Chinese) film made good use of that figure, with sometimes disturbing, but very well done fight scenes and in general, beautiful cinematography.

Billy offers several asides to Marty over the course of the film, expanding on the lack of good roles for women, and the sexist component to moviemaking in general.

The first half of the film sets the stage (coach), with Ruth feeling out his wagonmates as well as Brit and professional executioner Oswaldo Mobray (Tim Roth), one - time Confederate general Sandy Smithers (Bruce Dern), cowpoke Joe Gage (Michael Madsen), and a Mexican watching over the joint in Minnie's absence named Bob (Demian Bichir).

I would advocate trying to see the film in the 70 mm roadshow presentation (a list of theaters offering such a presentation is here) on the general principle that it's good to see things in 70 mm.

They were effusive in their response, as well as disclosing some of the in - jokes put in the film by the animators, and, on a serious note, what fantasy in general, and zombies in particular, can teach bout bullying that makes it both effective and palatable.

Director Jonathan Liebesman background in horror films shines through in some genuinely tense moments, and one or two of the action sequences are well executed (a massive shoot - out on a freeway overpass is a particular highlight), but the potential of this movie is both wasted by a lack of general coherence, and then destroyed by dialogue that swings wildly from cheesy patriotic to unintentionally hilarious.

In an era where so many films are merely stealing elements from each other, The Mack emerges as one of the most unique, and even if it lacks the focus and jointed structure to call it a great film for mainstream viewers, it is well worth seeking out for fans of not only Blaxploitation films, but gritty crime dramas in generaIn an era where so many films are merely stealing elements from each other, The Mack emerges as one of the most unique, and even if it lacks the focus and jointed structure to call it a great film for mainstream viewers, it is well worth seeking out for fans of not only Blaxploitation films, but gritty crime dramas in generain general.

If, in general, foretelling what's going to be good and what's not is a bit of a blindfolded darts game, these films at least are known quantities, and on their strength alone, we can be pretty excited for 2014.

This had the effect of making it far better known to general audiences, yes, but it simultaneously obscured a bit of the film's brilliance in terms of its critical appraisal.

TIFF doesn't go overboard with awards, but because it is a public festival in the middle of a big city, the Audience Award is one of the most important awards they give out because it not only indicates which film is truly spectacular, but it means it also plays very well with general audiences.

Particularly notable are the obsession with technology and surveillance from Benny's Video, here updated from VHS to smartphones and the Internet; the racial suspicion of Code Unknown; the revenge nightmare from Hidden; the euthanasia theme from Amour (which also featured Trintignant and Huppert as father and daughter, suggesting a sequel of sorts), as well as more general themes of family dysfunction and the obliviousness of the well - to - do towards immigrants — it's no coincidence that the film takes place in Calais, yet never once shows the Migrant Jungle.

The 1970s were not in general a good time for film composers, until Star Wars came along at least.

A year after reissuing it on DVD in an apparently barebones platter, Echo Bridge gave the film its Blu - ray debut, initially as a Best Buy exclusive in January but one that moves to general retail on the first Tuesday of May.

Moriarty (Jared Harris) and the rationale (or, better, the lack thereof) of his plan are the best things about this sequel, which broadens the scope of the first film to have Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) and Watson (Jude Law) traverse Europe by train, horse (Holmes is forced upon a miniature one, since he sees the larger ones as «dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle»), ship, and foot — fighting, outrunning bullets, and witnessing or causing general destruction as they go.

Fans of the Korean auteur (as well as fans of good sci - fi in general) were understandably very vexed by the decision to cut the film down by twenty minutes and add expository voice over, eager to see the director's original, uncompromising vision.

Civil War was also partly filmed with IMAX cameras and the movie in general tends to feel big, visually - speaking, in - between its action sequences and many establishing shots of locations around the globe (as well as the massive title font that's used to identify each individual change in location)- making IMAX the preferable viewing format for Civil War.

Distributor eOne reported that the film did exceptionally well in London, as you'd expect for a reviews - driven title, but also in the south - east in general, with big numbers at plexes in Guildford, Tunbridge Wells and Chichester.

The film starts off with the imminent collapse of the planet Krypton, where the powerful General Zod (Shannon, Mud) tries to take over the system in an attempt to save the planet, while the great Jor - El (Crowe, Les Miserables) and his wife Lara (Zurer, Angels & Demons) secure the escape for their infant boy, Kal - El (Cavill, Immortals), as well as a codex containing the DNA of Krypton's unborn future, to a remote but habitable (for Kryptonians) planet Earth.

The editing in this film, the fimmaking in general, is among the best films of the year.

Basically, it is good news that Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel have performed so strongly: excellent films in that «indie - literate» middle ground that many in the industry have been worrying had been neglected in the general rush to big - budget, big - box - office superhero pictures.

Four years later, he again stole the show as Bill Lumbergh in «Office Space,» and although it helped to buy him comic cred and parts in films like «Dodgeball,» «Talladega Nights» and «Pineapple Express,» he still remains a well - kept secret from the general public.

In the 1960s, his feature film debut, he plays the haunted and pale Boo Radley in To Kill A Mocking Bird; in the 1970s he immortalized his love for the smell of napalm in the morning as a general who like to surf and plays Wagner when going into battle; in the 1980s he plays a quiet, down - on - his - luck country singer who does odd jobs for room and board while trying to put his life back together; and in the 1990s his turn as the bombastic Apostle E.F. might just be the best single performance of that decadIn the 1960s, his feature film debut, he plays the haunted and pale Boo Radley in To Kill A Mocking Bird; in the 1970s he immortalized his love for the smell of napalm in the morning as a general who like to surf and plays Wagner when going into battle; in the 1980s he plays a quiet, down - on - his - luck country singer who does odd jobs for room and board while trying to put his life back together; and in the 1990s his turn as the bombastic Apostle E.F. might just be the best single performance of that decadin To Kill A Mocking Bird; in the 1970s he immortalized his love for the smell of napalm in the morning as a general who like to surf and plays Wagner when going into battle; in the 1980s he plays a quiet, down - on - his - luck country singer who does odd jobs for room and board while trying to put his life back together; and in the 1990s his turn as the bombastic Apostle E.F. might just be the best single performance of that decadin the 1970s he immortalized his love for the smell of napalm in the morning as a general who like to surf and plays Wagner when going into battle; in the 1980s he plays a quiet, down - on - his - luck country singer who does odd jobs for room and board while trying to put his life back together; and in the 1990s his turn as the bombastic Apostle E.F. might just be the best single performance of that decadin the morning as a general who like to surf and plays Wagner when going into battle; in the 1980s he plays a quiet, down - on - his - luck country singer who does odd jobs for room and board while trying to put his life back together; and in the 1990s his turn as the bombastic Apostle E.F. might just be the best single performance of that decadin the 1980s he plays a quiet, down - on - his - luck country singer who does odd jobs for room and board while trying to put his life back together; and in the 1990s his turn as the bombastic Apostle E.F. might just be the best single performance of that decadin the 1990s his turn as the bombastic Apostle E.F. might just be the best single performance of that decade.