Sentences with phrase «irreverent film»

Lester Hamlet, a young filmmaker within ICAIC production, creates an irreverent film: Ya no es antes (2016).

A seminal influence on John Waters amongst many others, these uniquely irreverent films were at the forefront of the New York underground film scene alongside avant - garde filmmakers like Andy Warhol, Jack Smith, Stan Brakhage, and Jonas Mekas, who championed the Kuchars in his influential Village Voice column.

Not exact matches

According to Jamie Perry, vice president of brand and product development for Jet Blue, the airline made the short film a comedy because you can't preach to people but you can be irreverent and humorous to get the same point across.

Whether it's a heartwarming adventure, irreverent comedy or thought - provoking documentary, a film can inspire and motivate a weary business owner.

Myhrvold's irreverent advice was just one of the cutting - edge food science and cooking tips that he shared during his talk, all the while dazzling the audience with film clips of wine glasses shattering, orange zest vaporizing, and a kernel of popcorn exploding in slow motion (as illustration of the kernel's «structural failure» to illustrate how water in food can become a «steam rocket» as the latent heat of the water builds up).

Django Unchained is kind of a typical Tarantino film in that it's a lot of violent, bloody fun — but also in that it deals with a very serious topic in an irreverent manner.

But while the sequel benefits from Reynolds» superhuman charisma as the charmingly annoying, katana - wielding protagonist, the film nevertheless feels too much like more of the same: more of the same gross - out gags, more of the same irreverent jokes, more bits where Deadpool has to regrow severed limbs to the disgust of everyone around him, more running commentary on the movie he's in....

So, while the result is undoubtedly the single most product - centric film of all time, it's also just hip and irreverent enough to leave audiences feeling as though its makers managed to pull one over on the business guys.

If you enjoy irreverent, sexy, and perverse black comedies like Wild Things and Cruel Intentions, Mini's First Time should prove worth a look, especially if you're a fan of any of the film's talented stars.

From writer / director Noah Baumbach and writer / star Greta Gerwig, Frances Ha — both the film, and the titular character — manages to be insightful but irreverent, warm but witty, and amusing yet empathetic in its look at the dreams and disappointments that comprise twenty - something existence.

The pop culture references, the dance numbers and the in - jokes we enjoyed in the first film are here for parents and kids alike, as is the irreverent humour.

However, as the film continues, some familiar storylines begin to unfold: the tough and irreverent cynicism promised in the first act begins to be replaced by something rather sentimental: male bonding, romance, a conviction that the US army is something pretty great.

Save for his two Hellboy movies (among the most irreverent and entertaining comic book films of the modern era), his more straightforward genre fare — Mimic, Pacific Rim, the ripe gothic melodrama of Crimson Peak — are pretty anaemic once you get past the beautiful production design.

John, Paul, George, and Ringo play cheeky comic versions of themselves in a film that captured the astonishing moment when they officially became the singular, irreverent idols of their generation and changed music forever.

At the same time, Rudd, fired from yet another dead - end job, agrees to go in on a heist with his new roommates, and this is where the film finally picks up steam and becomes the irreverent wonder that it remains for the rest of its duration.

The irreverent juvenile humor of Deadpool meets the super-stylized decadence of director David Leitch (John Wick, Atomic Blonde) in this presumably neon - lit sequel to the highest - grossing R - rated film of all time.

For the most part, Last Action Hero is a funny and irreverent good time, not only for action movie junkies, but for film buffs that know and love all of the conventions that the action genre holds.

But he, together with his brilliant editor Peter Hunt (like Bond stalwarts Saltzmann and composer John Barry, invaluable, we'll discuss his contribution later) shook up the language of film to a mad degree to make us, the viewer, step firmly into Harry's irreverent shoes as an outsider, bucking the system, and off - kilter in a paranoid world.

For Best Actor, it would be nice to see the award go to Andrew Garfield in Under the Silver Lake, as his manic energy and stoned confusion is in more rhythmic lockstep with the irreverent shaddy - dog narrative of the film than David Robert Mitchell's direction.

New York rom - coms have been done to death, but Akhavan brings an irreverent and exciting take, making the film worthwhile viewing.

If you've seen any of the trailers or ads for the film, you know what to expect: plenty of cute penguins singing and dancing pop / R & B tunes, acting irreverent, and doing what they have to do to keep us smiling in the audience at their antics.

Almost everything that a second feature should be, the film is bigger, richer, shaggier, and more satisfying than Robespierre's «Obvious Child,» though obviously a product of the same irreverent imagination.

As with the French film «Les Valseuses,» (the French title is slang for «the testicles») Turturro's version follows a trio of misfits whose irreverent, sexually charged dynamic evolves into a love story as their spontaneous and flippant attitude backfires time and again.

The film is a celebration of everything irreverent and taboo about fraternities, but also topically explores what life can hold once you're past that point in your life.

10:15 am / 9:15 am — TCM — The Miracle of Morgan's Creek Preston Sturges» highly irreverent but hilarious film tells of Trudy Kockenlocker (Betty Hutton), who may or may not have married a soldier (whose name may or may not be Ignatz Ratzkywatzky) in a drunken whim before he shipped out, then finds herself pregnant with only her hapless suitor Norval Jones (Eddie Bracken) to save her reputation.

When Reitman was at the top of his game in the 80s, his films were always irreverent.

By parting ways with the irreverent duo Phil Lord and Christopher Miller four months into filming on the Han Solo stand - alone movie, Lucasfilm and its president, Kathleen Kennedy, made one thing clear: the Star Wars universe is not a playground.

Written and directed by Paul King (TV's The Mighty Boosh, Bunny and the Bull), the film combines his irreverent sense of humour with the books» inherent charm to entirely wonderful effect.

If you guessed that the Rush Hour series is popular primarily because of the irreverent repartee among the two film's stars more so than the plot itself, you'll understand why Rush Hour 3 is the lesser of an already mediocre series of action - comedies.

It's a scrappy, frenetic film, a bit irreverent, and it muddies ideas of good and evil, introducing unexpected shades of grey.

When a film like Prince appears out of nowhere, with its pseudo-incendiary electronic score and sophisticated examination of revenge, it revives hope for a pop - art cinema that's not only capable of balancing enraged critique with playful, irreverent aesthetics, but also treats its characters like actual human beings rather than pawns on a chess board.

But I'm risking painting the film out to be just irreverent fun, because, for the most part, the actors play their roles with grim seriousness.

This irreverent start does a fine job at setting up the atmosphere for this barely feature - length direct - to - video film.

This third film, Major League: Back to the Minors, will do little to bring new fans to the series, but for those who like these irreverent, eccentric sports flicks, it's dumb entertainment, but entirely watchable nonetheless.

Extras include a chatty, slightly irreverent feature - length yakker with Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz, who know the film backwards and forwards.

While the film revels in its frat boy humor and irreverent satire, it does wallow in the cheesiest of period trappings including disco, shag haircuts and sadly, a misogyny that comes with the territory.

DVD Review by Kam Williams Ryan Reynolds Is Simply Sublime as Irreverent Superhero Technically, Deadpool is the 8th installment in the X-Men film franchise, although it's different enough from the others to stand on its own.

Although this is undoubtedly a sour film in message, there are many terrifically funny moments amid the tragedy, the sort of irreverent, crazy tone that Tarantino did so well in the aforementioned Pulp Fiction.

But his irreverent style also caught the attention of auteur indie directors like Alex Cox and Gregg Araki for whom he scored the films The Winner and Splendor.

His irreverent combinations of musical styles soon earned him a reputation as a wholly original composer and he became the favorite of iconoclastic film - makers.

But the raunchy, R - rated comedy with an ever - game Ryan Reynolds as Marvel's irreverent mercenary is another showpiece in Marvel's impressive gallery of adult - oriented films and series, which includes Netflix's riveting «Jessica Jones» and the intense «Daredevil.»

It's actually the balance between irreverent fun and underlying seriousness that makes Sneakers such a good film, with the humor never offsetting the importance of any situation, while it also never takes itself so seriously that the tone of the comedy loses edge.

The film itself then kicks off, and it quickly establishes a lively, irreverent tone which never abates.

The irreverent opening credit sequence sets up the tongue - in - cheek film that is to follow perfectly; the somewhat sentimental Cooper font, bubbly in appearance and forever associated with the Beach Boys» Pet Sounds — how's that for nostalgic?

Bold and irreverent, it's a surprisingly detailed riff on Taylor Swift's last album cover featuring a pensive Lady Bird and headlines about the film's historic success.

Of course, in a film that relies so heavily on the personalities of its comedic leads, it certainly helps (in fact, it may be crucial) if you like Will Ferrell's irreverent hamming and Jon Heder's lackadaisical, dorky nature.

This film should have been an irreverent nose - thumb at everything and anything that smacks of convention.

A cult classic from an earlier time, Downey's wildly irreverent underground breakout film presents hilarious vignettes of an ad agency takeover by black nationalists.

Directed by Charlie Bean («TRON: Uprising»), the third big - screen Lego outing looks to feature the hallmarks that made the first film such a hit: visually spectacular animation, irreverent humor and strong voice work.

After the first film, which was on my list of the ten best films of 2001, I was ecstatic about the possibilities of a sequel, but after this satisfying but occasionally dull entry, I'm starting to think there's no gas left in the creativity tank for our irreverent heroes.