Sentences with phrase «in film canon»

Chances are that Fox will be adapting that relationship, especially with an X-Force film on the horizon, and the two's first mutual enemy (at least in film canon) would've been Kesy's unknown bad guy.

Not exact matches

Fans had issues with it too, and the second installment in the trilogy, 2002's» Attack of the Clones,» won the dubious distinction of being the least commercially successful film in the «Star Wars» canon.

The movie took a lot of liberties with the plot, but it remained one of the more theologically informed supernatural films in the Hollywood canon, owing largely to its reliance on Catholic teaching.

Within DreamWorks» 21 - film canon, I'd rank Megamind in the upper portion, although the studio's output is so generally and reliably middling, that it's tough to establish a really clear range of high and low points.

In Basterds, however, Tarantino was engaged with an exhaustive canon of World War II movies, from Casablanca to Schindler's List, while the subject of Django Unchained — slavery in the American South — is one that has been conspicuously absent in Hollywood films in the century since D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a NatioIn Basterds, however, Tarantino was engaged with an exhaustive canon of World War II movies, from Casablanca to Schindler's List, while the subject of Django Unchained — slavery in the American South — is one that has been conspicuously absent in Hollywood films in the century since D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Natioin the American South — is one that has been conspicuously absent in Hollywood films in the century since D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Natioin Hollywood films in the century since D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Natioin the century since D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation.

It interestingly comments on the film's dichotomies, its relationship to Psycho, its place in the De Palma canon, and its use of shower scenes.

Working through an enormous canon of cinematic influences in a far more satisfying way than Carax's glib offering (Gomes» titular allusion to Murnau is no coincidence), Melbourne's resplendent Forum Theatre proved a fittingly grand venue for Gomes» expansive vision: this film is a joy to watch.

At the end of the day, the film aims at displaying the second chapter in the new Spider - Man canon by casting a web of multiple threats and thematic elements, but it ultimately fails to focus on any one thing.

A film that failed to impress critics 30 years ago but which now seems eerily prescient in its depiction of a futuristic police state beset by economic instability and the increasing toxicity of TV culture (Stephen King's source novel is set in 2025, with screenwriter Steven E de Souza backdating the action to 2017), The Running Man is among the most thematically rich sci - fi offerings in the Arnie canon.

Despite these triumphs, Leonard's reputation mainly rests on the series of six musical films he made with the singing team of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy; Leonard directed all but two of their features, including Maytime (1937), long established as the uncontested favorite of the cycle.In Leonard's late career, the properties he handled were somewhat less auspicious, though there is a surprise in the hard - boiled melodrama The Bribe (1949), a respected film noir that is the only film of its kind in Leonard's canon of 161 known titles.

I guess in many ways, my favorite film of the whole Blue - Tongues» film canon, is I've got a massive place in my heart for The Square.

This canon of films will inspire many indie filmmakers and, hopefully, Hollywood to realize that our wealth is in our history, that we have so very many stories yet to be told.

(Critic Raymond Durgnat once wrote that in this film «she blends a soft body with a butch suspicion and a childlike potentiality for devotion» — a description that clearly ties her to Seberg, MacNamara, and many other of her weird sisters in the Preminger canon.)

While waiting for this film to enter its rightful place in the canon of great movies, buy it now and enjoy its distinctly up - to - date sensibility.

I will grant you that Sleeping Beauty is the most beautiful film in the Disney canon, but Hanz Zimmer's award winning score coupled with some fantastic direction makes «Lion King» the best.

Sharing the rather grim nihilism of his angriest late period films, Deconstructing Harry and Celebrity, Anything Else is singular in Allen's canon for its almost total lack of charm or empathy.

Porco Rosso, another «canon» classic from Studio Ghibli, somewhat bucks the trend of the majority of director Hayao Miyazaki's other films, in that it feature a male character as the main protagonist.

Just as Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark was the «special guest» in Spider - Man: Homecoming, essentially gluing that film into the canon, here you get three crossover names: a briefly glimpsed Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Benedict Cumberbatch's Doctor Strange, and the Hulk, within whose lumbering digitized mass somewhere lurks Mark Ruffalo.

The continued dominance of the latest entry to the Marvel canon allowed it to become only the fourth film ever to bring in over $ 100 million in its second weekend of release, this also makes it the fifth highest grossing title domestically in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

This film is as quotable as any in Allen's canon.

This indie crime film feels perfectly at home in the canon of mid-1990s indie crime cinema, and is a fantastic origin tale for one of our most remarkable filmmakers.

There aren't that many to choose from given every film he's made holds an important place in the canon, but it appears that Lorenzo's Oil (1992) may have slipped a little out of the general consciousness recently.

Film historian Stephen Thrower offers a brief introduction for each film, in which he makes an argument for each film's complexity and placement within the»70s horror canon.

Not every actress makes her film debut in a Richard Linklater movie and becomes a stalwart of the Nora Ephron, Hal Hartley and Christopher Guest canons, but Parker Posey isn't like most actresses.

All in all, however, True Grit is exceptionally entertaining and is probably the first in the Coen canon that could almost be categorized as a family film.

is exceptionally entertaining and is probably the first in the Coen canon that could almost be categorized as a family film.

Or, perhaps, the ten films in the catalog that in fact do measure up, according to a variety of standards that may not all be one's own but that can still be acknowledged as rightly, if loosely, binding for us members of the community of film lovers, films that make up a canon of common touchstones?

Though in many of the Bond films Moneypenny has been little more than M's secretary, it is actually canon that she spent time in the field.

The black film canon; Relevance of «Weiner»; Executive pay higher when women are on boards; Fate of female - driven Wall Street movie; Nate Moore puts Marvel in the black.

One of the more infamous decisions in the Marvel canon was the move to put «Hulk Dogs» in the Ang Lee / Eric Bana film.

It's not the first time Soderbergh has experimented with formats and platforms: 2002's «Full Frontal» was shot on a Canon prosumer digital video camera, while 2005's «Bubble» was the first film to be released simultaneously in theaters and on VOD.

I may not have made such a bold statement had I not had the ridiculous historical perspective that my 1 Year, 100 Movies project has given me, but this film feels like it fits in this particular canon pretty well.

The latest episode of Observations on Film Art, an exclusive Criterion Channel program that explores elements of cinema as used by great auteurs, features professor Kristin Thompson highlighting one device that has earned the film its permanent spot in the cinematic canon: Renoir's characteristically subtle yet elaborate staging.

Anger Management is an unapologetic starfuck and a flat in - joke (Kurt Fuller, who played Werner Klemperer in Auto Focus, is referred to as «Col. Klink» in this film) predicated on our familiarity with Sandler's canon and our tolerance for toilet humour and obese cat gags.

Only die - hard series fans will find any of this distracting, as the film works just as well as a standalone spy adventure as it does an entry in Bond canon, delivering most of the goods anyone might expect while also offering a handful of new twists to keep it from being just another entertaining - but - forgettable entry.

When it comes to a film about the Hulk, fans want to see their favorite superhero wreaking havoc, not crying about his problems, and the fact that Lee so effortlessly ignores the character's official canon (by allowing the Hulk to grow in size the angrier he gets), certainly doesn't help his cause.

After the film was released, Reese and Wernick did confirm that the scene was in fact canon, so Vanessa is safe and sound in the X-Men universe.

David Bowie's contribution to fantastic cinema can not be underestimated, and the inclusion of a special program highlights the importance not only of his presence, but his films in the western fantastic cinema canon.

Maybe this explains the film inexplicably rewriting its own canon to insert the Transformers into history's most important moments in giant, metal Forrest Gump - style.

The news comes in after director of the Chris Hemsworth - starrer, Taika Waititi, said back in July that the film would be one of the shortest in the Marvel canon.

I really liked The Void, it's a fun film that provides several solid scares in a familiar feeling package, but different enough to make it a worthy addition to the canon.

Aside from being another rote addition to the revenge - film canon, John Stockwell's In The Blood is also a supreme waste of Gina Carano's talent.

The idea of terrorism and rebellion from within an organization grounds the story in a more realistic society than some of the other films in the canon have dealt with as themes.

There's a legacy sound to Burwell's canon that triggers emotional recall: You can't imagine his music in any other film than the one it's in.

The film picks up after events of «The Rise of Cobra,» though it's not exactingly rigid in its adherence to canon, given the significant turnover in cast.

, wherein Dindal makes statements about the film's place in the Disney canon (apparently it's in the tradition of «memorable characters, great storytelling, eye - popping visuals, and emotional music») that would be arrogant if they weren't merely delusional and the Barenaked Ladies jam out an impromptu rap - ballad that's superior to the song they recorded for the soundtrack.

$ 5 a Day, a father - son reconciliation road movie with he and Alessandro Nivola, isn't terrible, or worthy of inclusion in that risible, latter category of Walken's canon, but it is a film that is illustrative of the difference between narrative charm and conflict.

Different sects of the Harry Potter fanbase hold up different films in the soon - to - be concluded canon of motion pictures as the pinnacle of adaptation from the page to the screen.

While it does not top Force Majeure, the film is still in the top tier of his wonderful canon of films.

Despite those shortcomings, Tom Holland perfectly embodies the character and Michael Keaton's Vulture is one of the universe's best villains, creating a great first film for the friendly neighborhood Spider - Man in the official MCU canon.