Sentences with phrase «good hands of director»

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This Church has fired a well known music composer as choir director because he prayed and was «too spiritual» at choir practice, Fired an amazing organist (who played with one hand because of a disability) for reasons unknown.

Bill Wilson, director of specialty coffee at Nordstrom who oversees the company's 120 coffee bars, says that Mighty Leaf's artisan appeal syncs well with Nordstrom's dedication to hand - crafted products.

Hopefully we also sign a director of football and a manager as well, I do nt see the new manager being able to be hands on with everything like Wenger did at Arsenal.

These funds truly help improve the health and well - being for hundreds of care receivers,» said Kathleen Oczek, Executive Director of Hearts and Hands.

«It is a blow to the image he's created of himself as the hands - on, under - the - hood governmental mechanic of a guy who makes the engine run well,» said New York Public Interest Research Group executive director Blair Horner, a three - decade veteran of the Capitol.

«We explored the opportunity of using sperm RNA elements as a predictor of human health, with applications at the fertility clinic that would go hand - in - hand with the new neonatal intensive care unit genome sequencing to better health outcomes,» said Dr. Krawetz, associate director of the C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development.

«Peter is a guy with a good sense of what science is worth doing, so I think he'll be working at the hands - on level to direct things,» says William Brinkman, a theorist who worked at Bell Labs for many years and served as director of the Office of Science from 2009 to 2013.

In this video, Padma shows Food Director Beth Lipton each step of this recipe — and gets Beth into the act, having her mix the rice, yogurt, and pomegranate seeds with her hands, rather than a stirring spoon, for the best results.

Chef and director of the Unlimited Cuisine Company Tony Tan says wellbeing and good food go hand in hand.

This could easily have turned out to be one of those formula feel good films with their predictable story book endings but, In the capable hands of director Mara Nair («Amelia»), she brings warmth, emotion and an understanding of the Ugandan culture into this lovely and heart warming film.

Oliver's extra-curricular activities are supervised by the assured hand and eye of Ayoade, the British TV comedy triple threat best known for his role in The IT Crowd, who has also been a series comedy writer - director and helmed music videos for Arctic Monkeys, Vampire Weekend and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

That's why it's so good to be in the hands of a director who's guiding you well and has given you the confidence and freedom in your interpretation.»

Reitman has never been a super flashy director, just a really solid one and he maintains that reputation here, serving the story well with some inspired bits of editing and a steady hand, if some unusual frame compositions.

As you might hope, «Alan Smithee» is only used in exceptional circumstances, and most of the movies credited to the non-existent director are rightly forgotten: Mark Harmon / Robert Duvall actioner «Let's Get Harry» (actually helmed by «Cool Hand Luke» director Stuart Rosenberg), Jon Cryer comedy «Morgan Stewart's Coming Home,» ropey Charlton Heston sci - fi «Solar Crisis» (originally by «Vanishing Point» director Richard C. Sarafian), with Dennis Hopper's «Catchfire,» starring Jodie Foster, perhaps being the best known example.

Born from a tightly - guarded storyline crafted by Dark Knight Trilogy architects Christopher and Jonathan Nolan and David S. Goyer - and crafted by the hand of visionary director Zack Snyder (300), the Superman reboot has been considered to either be the best of both worlds (in terms of filmmaking), or an experiment that could blow up in DC Comics and Warner Bros.» faces.

Some of it is director Steven Spielberg at his best, but some of it is too heavy - handed to not make your eyes roll a bit.

Fortunately, in the hands of director Brett Ratner, the material never crosses the line to coming off as meanspirited, but remains the sort of good - natured ribbing unlikely to offend any ethnic group.

The Director's Guild Of America awards have already been handed out, giving Guillermo del Toro one of several major victories on his path to potentially (and seemingly likely) winning Best Director at the Academy AwardOf America awards have already been handed out, giving Guillermo del Toro one of several major victories on his path to potentially (and seemingly likely) winning Best Director at the Academy Awardof several major victories on his path to potentially (and seemingly likely) winning Best Director at the Academy Awards.

In the mid -»30s, Leonard truly hit his stride as a director, making the fine «A» pictures A Tale of Two Cities (1935) with Robert Donat and The Great Ziegfeld (1936), which took the Best Picture Oscar for that year; his version of Pride and Prejudice (1940) starring Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson also remains highly regarded, despite its rather heavy - handed adaptation of Austen's novel.

So director Susan Seidelman (She - Devil, Desperately Seeking Susan) and the stars of The Hot Flashes — a well - meaning, by - the - numbers sports comedy — deserve credit for at least trying to take their cinematic destinies into their own hands.

Shakespeare in Love Year: 1998 Directed by: John Madden Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Judi Dench, Geoffrey Rush, Ben Affleck, Colin Firth Why it's essential: This might seem like an odd pick for the single most essential Oscar - winner of the»90s, given that Shakespeare in Love beating Saving Private Ryan in a Miramax - backed last - minute coup that seemed to annoy even presenter Harrison Ford (who was clearly chosen to hand Best Picture over to his Raiders of the Lost Ark director Steven Spielberg).

Director Gary Ross (incongruously best known for the sugar - coated Seabiscuit) and his director of photography Tom Stern (Clint Eastwood's regular DoP for the past decade) establish a shrewd visual contrast between the muted blues and greys of District 12, where Katniss leads a hand - to - mouth existence, and the garish neons of the television studio into which she's laterDirector Gary Ross (incongruously best known for the sugar - coated Seabiscuit) and his director of photography Tom Stern (Clint Eastwood's regular DoP for the past decade) establish a shrewd visual contrast between the muted blues and greys of District 12, where Katniss leads a hand - to - mouth existence, and the garish neons of the television studio into which she's laterdirector of photography Tom Stern (Clint Eastwood's regular DoP for the past decade) establish a shrewd visual contrast between the muted blues and greys of District 12, where Katniss leads a hand - to - mouth existence, and the garish neons of the television studio into which she's later thrust.

But kinda how you pointed out, the films feel like an empty shell, a facade of what would otherwise be a great trilogy or standalone film in the hands of a better scriptwriter or director.

Amidst those early signs of viewer interest (Blade), franchise launches (X-Men), moments of director / source material synergy (Raimi's Spider - Man) and 18 or so MCU films, Deadpool is recognizable as a triumph of perseverance and (baby) hand - in - glove casting, as well as proof that R - rated superheroing is viable at the box office (which in turn smoothed the way for more serious takes like Logan).

It is almost as if director Nicholas Winding Refn has taken all the good regard generated from his last film, Drive, and experimented to see just how far he could use it to push the audience before they stopped to question the actual worth of the work at hand.

We're thinking we're in pretty damn good hands with director Shane Black (The Nice Guys) at the helm of next year's...

The film is shot in Greengrass» signature documentary - like style that puts the audience right in the middle of the action, and he brings shades of grey to a story that could have — in the hands of a lesser director — been a straight good guys / bad guys /» hooray USA» story.

The AMPAS allowed for an embracing of the New American cinema with their awards for Best Picture and Best Director for «Midnight Cowboy» in 1969, and only they had the courage (and the smarts) to recognize that «The Godfather Part II» was a superior film to the first in handing it the same two trophies.

Reunited two years later on a chilly late - afternoon on the balcony of a West Hollywood hotel room, the sun setting, other guests on display on their own terraces («I bet there is a lot of debauchery at this hotel,» Ronan guesses, to which Gerwig answers, «Not us... we're just drinking Cokes»), the pair settle in with blankets, clasping hands throughout a lengthy conversation about their lovely movie, which was nominated Tuesday for five Oscars, including best picture and director, and nods for Ronan and Metcalf.

It's impossible to imagine how the Russo Brothers — Directors of Avengers: Infinity War will end Captain America in the movie (Well there is no shame in dying at the hands of Thanos though).

I think in the end a Joker solo movie would be a better bet than a joker origin movie, in the hands of a good screenwriter and director.

Cuarón masterminded the audacious deep - space thriller Gravity (for which he won the best director Oscar) and was handed the reins of a Harry Potter film, but has also made more intimate, Mexico - set dramas such as Y Tu Mamá También.

However, under the skillful hand of director Nolan (Memento, Batman Begins), it's a much better film than many other Hollywood remakes have been in recent years, with some of the best work the main players have done in years.

In a twist that nods in the direction of «Midsummer» (apparently a key influence on the script by David Berenbaum, Irene Mecchi and first - time feature director Gary Rydstrom), Roland, still bent on winning Marianne's hand and the crown that comes with it, decides to exploit the good - natured Sunny (Elijah Kelley), a diminutive, ebony - skinned elf who has unrequited feelings for Dawn.

In the hands of a more visionary and experienced director, Wind River could have been something special, but as it stands, it's a movie that's well made but rarely memorable in terms of style.

For as big of a star as Wahlberg has become, he's always been a director - dependent actor, turning in better performances for better directors while other times looking pretty adrift when the directorial hand lets him down.

From an aesthetic standpoint, Maleficent may as well be protecting Pandora from the grubby hands of the human scum who threaten its unobtainable beauty — and beauty really is unobtainable in a movie from first time director Robert Stromberg, who carries over his grotesque production design aesthetic from Oz The Great and Powerful and the Tim Burton incarnation of Alice in Wonderland.

For 82 out of 86 Oscar years the directors have controlled the way Best Picture has been handed down.

Never Let Me Go is a film born of pedigree; director Mark Romanek is a much loved music video director, writer Alex Garland is a dab hand at adapting difficult material (The Beach) as well as intelligent sci - fi (Sunshine), and the source material is the critically acclaimed novel by Kazuo Ishiguro.

Alas, if a good film could be made out of this, it isn't going to be a the hands of co - writer / director Lustig, as she employs heavy and largely unnecessary doses of directorial masturbation throughout.

Marling — who also co-wrote and co-produced this with director Batmanglij (and has written two other films including the cult hit Another Earth)-- is clearly a roaring talent, and here she inhabits the role of the cold - hearted, all - business operative well, perhaps too well, as this is rather a cold movie, the only person you ever really feel remotely sympathetic to being the shaky - handed, brain - damaged Doc.

Good news for fans of Michael Haneke's acerbic wit — the Austrian director is turning his hand to a television series for the first time.

Starting with 1988's «Beetlejuice,» director Tim Burton has had a hand in a series of popularly accessible and critically acclaimed horror - skewed films, including the Johnny Depp vehicles «Sleepy Hollow» and «Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,» both of which won Oscars for Best Art Direction, reflecting Burton's dark, twisted style.

As in his most effective thriller, «The Hand that Rocks the Cradle,» director Curtis Hanson provides some good, creepy moments in the process of slowly revealing to Streep and her family that the somewhat appealing stranger in their midst is, in fact, a psychopath.

Henry Hathaway, well recognized as an effective director of classic action films, maintains a veteran's sure hands on the film - allowing it to breath comfortably in the first half and then ratcheting up the action in the second.

by Walter Chaw On the strength of his scripts for The Hired Hand, Ulzana's Raid, and Night Moves, Scottish novelist Alan Sharp seems well at home with the better - known, more highly - regarded writers and directors of the New American Cinema.

Today at New York City Comic Con I got the chance to get my hands on a bit of LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 as well as check out the panel with Creative Director Arthur...

It will be interesting to see how the Southern - Gothic flavor of the screenplay translates in the hands of a foreigner, but we assume this might be the beginning of a new career in America for the director if all goes well.

In the hands of a better director (say maybe Nicholas Winding Refn who directed Bronson), Legend could have been organized into a fascinating crime film, all the ingredients are there but Brian Helgeland (Paycheck, A Knights Tale) can not seem to get everything in order.

And when you're in the hands of a good director, this is much easier.»