Sentences with phrase «indie feel to it»

That means over-the-top humor, a lot of action and a definite indie feel to the whole experience.

That being said, while the film is easily classified as sci - fi, it has a low - budget, almost indie feel to it that makes it come across in a more organic fashion than your average sci - fi pic.

Some would say they have crossed into the mainstream a little with Cyrus but it still had an indie feel to it.

Loved the concept of the film, but the trailer tells too much and the film just might go the familiar commercial way rather than having an indie feel to it.

Not exact matches

Speaking with friends in the industry, it feels like a few years ago there was such a move by indie developers to build apps and put them up in the smart device stores.

In One Thousand Risks, Johnson shares the story of hanging out at Barista Parlor, one of Nashville's trendiest coffee shops, when he felt a nudge from God to walk over and pray for an «indie - rock looking dude.»

While there's no doubt that artists should push into new territory, many listeners may wonder why their favorite indie rock band seems to be leading them through this particular soundscape, which at times feels like the backing music to the 1971 action movie Shaft.

Fe is being hold back by a few ancient choices when it comes to game and level design, but certainly is a beautiful Indie game that, as the kids like to put it, will hit you right «in the feels».

Still, worth watching if you like movies featuring good acting and a story that has an «indie» sort feel to it all.

You feel everyone involved trying to «go indie,» but the finished product never stops feeling like the Hollywood version of tabloid fare.

That famous quote from Roger Ebert helps me explain why the Canadian indie comedy Sundowners, though it runs only 97 minutes, felt to me like it lasted 14 hours.

The new levels feel rich and generous, and will absolutely reinvigorate the game for anyone who played it to death at indie gaming events.

Coupled with a simplistic approach to its morality — secrets are bad, telling the truth is good, y ’ all — it's the kind of heartfelt, solid indie that you almost feel bad for not being more moved by, but its beats are so predictable, and it ploughs such a well - worn groove, that nothing snags the attention or sparks it to a proper flame.

But before the event even kicks off, Nintendo will be hosting a Nindies@Night event, so if you're in Seattle and you feel like playing some Nintendo Indie Games, you might just want to add Nindies@Night to your bucket list.

His previous indie darling — indeed the film that put him on the map — was last year's Krisha, which wasn't technically a horror movie, but it sure managed to have a tight grasp on making the audience feel tense and creeping dread throughout a contentious family holiday.

The Way, Way Back is a crowd - pleasing, indie comedy that clearly has a fondness for adolescence and a story that will bring warm feelings to adults and coming - of - age teenagers alike.

It's a collection of life - lessons and unduly angsty characters in search of something to do, all set to the kind of mellow, indistinct indie - rock soundtrack that makes everything feel more soporific.

Steven Soderbergh once promised to retire and for a time did, perhaps because the indie filmmaker in him felt constrained by the trappings of his success.

While the movie feels every bit like the work of a first - time filmmaker (it's pretty rough around the edges, even for an indie), there's enough good stuff here to suggest that Martin has a promising future beyond the stage.

The opening act in Toronto feels like a standard indie comedy about (yet another) white male's arrested development, the piano - based score and aversion to dialogue feels indebted to silent films, and once the film transitions to the wilderness it goes into European arthouse territory (the title card doesn't appear until James ends up in BC, a choice that implies this is where the film really begins).

The only personal touch would seem to be Green's goofy sanctimoniousness and lyrical feel for derelict rural landscapes, although it's a bit uncanny that his first movie, the 2000 indie production George Washington, would have as its hero a silent, self - contained black kid with a justified sense of destiny, nicknamed for the first president of the United States and thus a corrective of sorts for Rufus Jones.

Really cool to get an early feel for these films and see what indie films will be must - sees when they hit domestic theaters.

Madtown may have mainstream writing talent bolstering the indie feel, but it's that low budget Richard Linklater feel which really makes you warm to these people.

Boasting a staggering array of splashy premieres, the latest from a barrage of auteurs and a host of indie efforts that have hitherto flown below the radar but that could surprise in a big way, it feels like the TIFF 2013 program may be their most packed ever (though we seem to say that every year).

I do know that I have never felt so close to all the other indie filmmakers who wake up at four and five in the morning to unload trucks, spend their day fighting to get the sun to do what they want, smile in the face of all hostilities, and then go home exhausted and excited to start all over again.

Release: Friday, July 10, 2015 (limited)[Netflix] Written by: Sean Baker; Chris Bergoch Directed by: Sean Baker How I felt when I first tucked into indie dramedy Tangerine — yes, that film, the one shot entirely on the iPhone 5s — and how I felt when the last scene faded to black couldn't have been more radically different... Continue reading Tangerine

Her early descent down the Times Square stairs in Mistress America, the second film she co-wrote with Baumbach, felt like more than just the perfect introduction to her self - mythologizing character — it was also the coronation of indie royalty, like the star taking her place as the quick - witted queen of millennial New York neurosis.

Recreating the no - holds - barred, cheaply constructed, no - budget thrills of a 1960s and»70s exploitation double feature, Grindhouse sandwiches together two movies from indie mavericks Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino with some crazy, fake trailers in the center, old school titling to start each feature, and editing tricks to give the whole affair a well - worn feel.

Indie farming sim Stardew Valley has the feel of a game that would fit perfectly on the Nintendo Switch and owners of the hybrid console have been waiting for release ever since it was confirmed to be getting a Switch release.

But there are some things to like in this devil - may - care indie, from the surprising occasional creative flourish to Gary Cole feeling like a John Hughes movie dad.

How does it feel to be one of the first indie companies to have a game on Switch during launch month?

So for me, the argument scene between Stephen Strange and Christine Palmer, that fight scene in the apartment — even to this day, every time I watch the movie, it feels like, «How did I get this scene from this gritty little indie film into this Marvel movie?»

Her Oscar win for Best Actress feels slightly like an acknowledgment of over fifteen impressive years in the business, from her childhood debut in The Professional to respectable indie and studio turns to being the rare performer to sustain a career following Star Wars.

Over the course of the next few weeks and months then, we'll be using this space to keep you Gamewatchers appraised of all the indie titles that we feel you should know about.

Thor: Ragnarok 2017 showed that there's more than one way to challenge genre conventions - redefining the superhero movie with the indie feel of Logan and the empowerment of Wonder Woman, to pushing psychological tension with horrors Get Out and mother!

Bigelow, who has some idea how it feels to be the indie spoiler in the race, recently hosted two private screenings of the film — though she has no personal connection to it or to director Debra Granik.

But while it the movie may proclaim the importance of finding a unique voice and sharing it with the world, the film feels akin to an alternative indie that lands on the Top 40.

Ordinarily, we try to avoid dual entries like this, but in the case of Sean Baker's indie sensation «Tangerine,» as great as these two newcomer performances are individually, they feel inseparable, as though the film doesn't star Rodriguez and Taylor as much as it showcases the the buzzing electric connection between them.

His startling «We Are Still Here» announced a director who was willing to do things a little differently from the rest of the indie horror scene, and this film really makes his unique voice clear in that it doesn't feel like anything else that came out last year.

* Asked how he feels about going from very small indie films to a massive, effects - driven fantasy / comedy, Green said: «Well, just like probably all of you guys like to see different kinds of movies every week — a little of this, a little of that — it's fun professionally to, like, get in the ring and design creatures and have guys in suits and puppets and just, y ’ know, bring in all this stuff... I remember when I was a kid, and if something like «Behind The Scenes of Return of The Jedi» would come on, I'd just be glued to the screen, wishing that one day I'd be able to get my hands dirty doing something like that.

Director Danny Boyle returns to the crime scene of his 1996 breakthrough: an indie bubbling with humor, attitude and pounding techno (it now feels like a classic).

While his «Twilight» co-stars are busy starring in obscure indie films that may make them feel better about not selling out but aren't really helping their careers either, Lautner is being primed to become the next Tom Cruise.

Bridesmaids - This smart and funny Judd Apatow - produced comedy looks like a chick flick and feels like an indie yet delights the masses with everything from heart and strong characters to poop jokes.

It's a feel - good film that's meaningful, striking that same tonal balance that catapulted Little Miss Sunshine from indie darling to mainstream success.

Overall though, this is a nice addition to the genre and it feels right at home in the PS4's indie bracket.

As with his breakout indie hit Tangerine, Baker's approach is to immerse you so deep in a place, and the patter of the people who live there, that it begins to feel like your home.

As much as he protests it wasn't his intention, Jon Favreau's stripped down, strip steak sandwich of a film feels like an indie auteur who has been toiling in blockbuster land getting back to his roots.

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Away feels like it wants to be an American indie film, the sort that people theorize about for years, but instead it is sadly one of those British films that will disappear very quickly.

Interpol hope to have an «eternal feel» to all their records The US indie group say they attempt to make all of their records with intricate layering...