Sentences with phrase «in lesser films»

Killmonger is the kind of character who, in a lesser film, would have been an easy, rote villain.

In a lesser film, there would be no room for such supporting player kinship — but Nebraska fills in the margins of this family and it makes all the difference.

In a lesser film, that would be that: The directors would expect us to laugh at his misfortune, and the plot would roll on.

In a lesser film, this bizarre love triangle might stumble out of the gate, but the actors and screenwriters (Shane Salerno, Don Winslow, and Stone) totally commit to it.

Well, it's good enough that I didn't begrudge it the appropriation of Bowie's «Starman,» which in a lesser film would be an act of criminal coyness.

In a lesser film about Edward R. Murrow and the way he used television to bring down Joseph McCarthy, there would have been the obligatory unburdening scene with his wife.

Not exact matches

The short film reached 6.5 million YouTube views less than two weeks after its September 2013 premiere, while the free game reportedly topped 500,000 downloads within about six weeks of landing in Apple's App Store.

In fact, of those eight films, five of them have made less at the box office than Crash, which is currently the fifth - lowest grossing film of the past four decades (in terms of sales adjusted for inflationIn fact, of those eight films, five of them have made less at the box office than Crash, which is currently the fifth - lowest grossing film of the past four decades (in terms of sales adjusted for inflationin terms of sales adjusted for inflation).

For most of the films that were offered in both two and three dimensions this summer, the enhanced versions accounted for less than 50 % of opening weekend revenues.

The film, which is less than two minutes long, tracks a young girl's transition from child to adult via key moments in her life.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier, this year's top - grossing film so far, came out in early - April and the scattering of big movies around the calendar is one reason why all 2014 films have only grossed about 5.4 % less than all films had last year at this point.

It's called «Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon» and it refers to the fact that pretty much any actor or actress is most likely just a few roles away (or less) from having worked with Bacon, who has starred in more than 80 films and TV shows.

The company envisions systems that will let consumers download a high - definition, full - length feature film in less than five minutes, allow rural health clinics to send 3 - D medical images over the Internet and let students collaborate with classmates around the world while watching live 3 - D video of a university lecture.

Despite the fact that the number of screens showing 3 - D films increased to nearly 15,000 in 2012, moviegoers are showing less interest in the three - dimensional format.

But all varieties of horror flick are easily identifiable at this point, whether they're spooky, low - budget films (numerous); viscera - stained slasher movies (more numerous); quick - cut zombie flicks (even more numerous); macabre sci - fi, floating - in - space efforts (somewhat less numerous than they should be); sexualized vampiric tales (I trip over one of these whenever I get the newspaper); films of the more critically favored retro - mashup variety (Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's Death Proof plus Planet Terror feature Grindhouse); or foreign entries of the psychological horror variety (the works of Dario Argento, of course; Alexandre Aja's films, which have their defenders; and Juan Antonio Bayona's El Orfanato, which only someone who truly dislikes cinema can dismiss).

But unlike other films with more direct Christian messages, churches are much less likely to buy out theaters in bulk as they did for «Son of God» and «God's Not Dead,» a move that brought those films big returns at the box office.

While classification freed directors to use explicit language in marvelous films like Platoon and Something Wild and has allowed films like Out of Africa and Children of a Lesser God to explore the complex nature of human sexuality, it has also given us a series of slasher films — Friday the 13th, with its many parts; The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, parts one and two — and films like Brian DePalma's artistically significant but deplorably explicit Body Double.

A lesser film would have opened by loading her with backstory about her royal heritage, her home planet and her ties to the Rebel Alliance (in fact, the lesser prequels committed just such errors with their own characters.)

This is because her life radiates beauty: through her hospitality to friends and strangers alike, through her joyful laugh, through her care of those in need, through her passion for education, through her love of framing things on film through the lens of a camera, through her ability to be patient with her doofus husband, through her genuine love for God, through her sacrificial generosity to those with less than we have, and even through her stubborn refusal to let me get away with any of my trademark snark.

In truth, there are times when the film feels less like an addition to the franchise than it does a remake of the original movie.

Thus males, whose performance is unpredictable and who are in any case secondary attractions for the heterosexual audience of the films, earn far less money than female porn stars, whose appeal is largely visual and whose standard of performance can be counted on.

It was also based on a real exorcism in Washington, which was far less dramatic than the film.

And despite less - than - enthused early reviews, Baz Luhrmann's film adaptation of The Great Gatsby has garnered heightened anticipation and excitement over the past few months of lavish themed parties, soundtrack leaks and previews and even special edition fashion lines in the film's honor.

In comparison, my film cameras (which were much less expensive) are as old as I am, are still going strong, and take beautiful photos.

In mixed plastics recycle streams such as this, using Fusabond ® improves impact resistance, surface finish, and processability of parts and films... so the recycled material can be made into more sustainable articles with less material loss and higher end - use value.

New hot - embossing technology and an in - house engineered calander are used to create a film that has a higher seal integrity than standard polyethylene and weighs up to 30 % less, while still having the same thickness as standard packaging.

The Katan - Ex microlayer film excels in increased pallet stability at elevated temperatures, uses 30 percent less material per pallet and reduces damage products during transportation by 80 percent.

Less than twenty years later, the hotel established by Lucien Barrière on the Croisette was at the forefront of the beginnings of a cinematic event that became the most important film festival in the world — the Cannes Film Festival.

This is good news for supporters of the movie as the film drew just $ 3.5 million less than «Despicable Me 2» which is a sequel to the widely popular original released in 2010.

However, the two sets of fans have fallen foul to less regal clashes in recent years as a Newcastle fan was filmed punching a horse last season.

A forensic assessment of the filmed recordings by father and son team (Hypothetical Premier League) of every match played in the Premiership and the critical decisions made by referees shows that Arsenal would have finished top of the League (2 points more than they got) and Leicester should have been 2nd (9 points less than they got)-- if the use of video evidence had been used to review important decisions.

There's a little less film on Jackson than most of his peers at the top of the class, but his play in 2017 was so good that there shouldn't be many questions about him.

He ended it with no individual accolades to speak of, a 1 — 2 team record in games he appeared in and less than an hour of film for NBA front office types to pore over.

Mom is beside herself when she realizes that she's been filming a baby sitting in a pile of foamy liquidly poop, she laughs, but I'm sure cleaning that stain will be less than funny.

Yes, Omalu found CTE in Webster's brain while personally funded his quest, but the film's lack of placing Omalu on the shoulders of those who came before him, leave one feeling that the film is telling less than the truth.

«Our new film has been produced specifically for use in less extreme graphics applications where cost is more of a deciding factor,» said Kim Brewer, Marketing Manager, 3M's Commercial Graphics division.

In a recent YouTube campaign film, he complained that «we have gone down the road of mediocracy and compromise, we don't like the idea of excelling of anything because we worry that it implies that somebody is less good».

The Milibands insist they are still close, but relations between their camps have become strained, with David's key allies branding rival Ed «Forrest Gump» after the less - than - bright character played by Tom Hanks in the hit film.

Our exclusion, Hein said, made filming in Ulster County a less attractive proposition despite its varied scenery, proximity to New York City and local film industry talent pool.

While film has blossomed in New York — especially since the opening of Steiner Studios in the Brooklyn Navy Yard — the addendum notes that «the industry accounts for less than one percent of the state's employment» and «many of the film industry jobs are temporary.»

Simply put, by employing less expensive semiconducting material thin - film solar cells would be cheaper to make, a fact born out by thin - film solar manufacturer First Solar's world - beating module that costs 73 cents per watt in 2011, albeit before the expense of installing it on the roof.

When the viewers used old - fashioned red and blue 3D glasses, their brain scans suggested they were less engaged in the film than when modern polarised glasses were used.

And a second study with 130 undergrad participants showed the same effect in comparison to a neutral film clip: Participants who watched a sad clip were less accurate in identifying colors on the blue - yellow spectrum than those who watched a neutral screensaver.

Although the product didn't contain nanoparticles — the problems were ultimately traced to the formation of a super-thin film — the incident put the concept of nanomaterials (which incorporate particles or components measuring less than 100 nanometers, or about 1/250, 000 inch) squarely in the public eye and raised the question of how to harness their potential while addressing their potential risks.

The wider the cracks are, the less edges are in contact, blocking more electrons from passing through the film.

The flat tips of the diamond anvils are less than half a millimeter in diameter, and the metal film (gray), ruby sphere (red), and pressure medium (blue fluid) are sealed between the diamonds by a metal gasket (solid purple).

I've found it difficult to produce a short video with less than a half - day of shooting — usually that's a mix of interview, and filming in the lab or field.

Bioplastic films were less durable and deteriorated sooner than biofabrics, especially in the field environment.

«The resistance increases less over time in the hybrid thin - layer film, so a display made from this type of film will last longer,» Park said.

The hybrid films showed less depreciation in flexibility after 10,000 bending cycles than the inorganic layered films.