Sentences with phrase «historical war drama»

Warner Brothers realized they had a winning combination, and immediately cast the pair in the historical war drama The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936).

Not exact matches

During his unprecedented twenty - seven - year tenure at Warner Bros., he directed swashbuckling adventures, westerns, musicals, war epics, historical dramas, horror films, melodramas, comedies, and film noir masterpieces.

In television, Sutherland won both Emmy and Golden Globe awards as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the HBO film Citizen X, and he won a Golden Globe for his portrayal of Clark Clifford, advisor to President Lyndon B. Johnson, in the HBO historical drama Path to War.

Approached more like a war film than a historical drama, Bigelow's latest movie is harrowing, upsetting, and demands to be seen.

Advertising drama No amazes with not only its imaginative execution but its historical authenticity, fragile familial effort Sister is delicate, devastating and elegantly disarming, War Witch weaves astute portrayals into its ambitious African storyline, and the typically disorienting Like Someone in Love marks a return to form for Iranian auteur Abbas Kiarostami.

Having emerged from the award season with little more than nominations and from the holiday movie season without having delighted the world, War Horse seems pretty likely to be forgotten pretty quickly, even as Spielberg returns to the prestige historical drama well with this coming Christmas» Lincoln.

«The Woman in Gold,» April 1 Released just yesterday, this historical drama follows Maria Altmann (Helen Mirren), a Jewish World War II survivor who sues the Austrian government to return a piece of precious artwork the Nazis stole from her family.

Mohawk (Blu - ray) Details: 2017, Dark Sky Films Rated: Not rated The lowdown: A historical drama set during the War of 1812 finds a young female Mohawk pursued by a band of renegades thirsting for revenge after members of her tribe set fire to an American soldiers» camp.

Paul Thomas Anderson's latest historical drama is another of his studies of a lost boy and his charismatic parental substitutes, as alcoholic World War II veteran Joaquin Phoenix stumbles into the circle of cult leader Philip Seymour Hoffman and his wife Amy Adams.

Shot on quasi-grainy digital at close range and evenly lit in autumnal tones, Zachary Treitz's Civil War - set Men Go to Battle lacks the polish and bombast of much costlier historical dramas.

Proving he has talents beyond the comedy realm, Krasinski has appeared in the true - life war drama 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Bengazhi in 2016, and most recently, director Kathryn Bigelow's historical crime drama Detroit.

Outside the Law (Unrated) Historical drama revolving around the Algerian struggle for independence, as seen through the exploits of three Arab brothers (Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem and Sami Bouajila) reunited in Paris after the end of World War II.

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It's too late to fix the Free State of Jones, director - writer Gary Ross» well - meaning historical drama about the curious case of Newton Knight, an army deserter who inspired a mixed race coalition of Mississippi farmers and runaway slaves to revolt against the Confederacy during the Civil War.

Here, he talks about his short film, American, a historical drama about the above - mentioned roundup and relocation of over 100,000 Japanese - American citizens during World War II.

At present, Hoult has just finished production of historical drama «The Current War», in which he portrays Nikola Tesla and stars alongside Benedict Cumberbatch, giving him plenty of experience for the role in «The Favourite».

Ken Loach's acclaimed 1995 film marks a rare departure from the director's traditional British milieu, instead focusing on the Spanish Civil War — but his signature realist style brings a raw quality to the historical drama.

A well - intentioned historical drama that unfolds in the 1960s against the backdrop of the Nigerian Civil War, Half of a Yellow Sun features a couple strong lead performances from Chiwetel Ejiofor and Thandie Newton, plus the sort of high stakes and stark socioeconomic class conflict that often lends itself to engaging adaptation.

And all by his side is 12 Years alum Chiwetel Ejiofor who will be in attendance May 19 (6 PM @ The Egyptian Theater) to talk about his new film Half of a Yellow Sun, an African - produced historical drama about Nigerian's civil war through the 60s.

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Following the duo's most recent directorial effort, 2013's Inside Llewyn Davis, they co-wrote the screenplays for the 2014 war - sports drama Unbroken (directed by Angelina Jolie) and Steven Spielberg's upcoming historical thriller Bridge of Spies, out October 16th.

Benedict Cumberbatch (War Horse, Sherlock) is the latest addition to New Regency's historical drama, Twelve Years a Slave.

Ironclad is an entertaining picture that combines historical drama with violent war movie.

Based on the book by Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth is a powerful historical drama / war film and a brilliant showcase for Alicia Vikander's talents.

In the historical drama, Rudd portrays Moe Berg, a major league catcher who teams up with the Office of Security Services (the precursor to the CIA) during World War II.

THE POST Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Bob Odenkirk, Carrie Coon, Sarah Paulson, Tracy Letts, Bradley Whitford, Bruce Greenwood, Matthew Rhys, Jesse Plemons, David Cross, Zach Woods Director Steven Spielberg has spent the recent part of his career making historical dramas with Munich, Lincoln, and Bridge of Spies, not to mention all of his war - based films.

Red Tails - The rare non-Star Wars Lucasfilm production offers merely adequate historical drama.

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Barrett revels in the drama, wonder, and politics of pioneering scientific inquiries in intellectually stimulating and lushly emotional historical short stories of family, ambition, discovery, and war.

I really enjoyed this civil war historical drama.