Sentences with phrase «journeyman director»

Arteta, who is a prolific journeyman director of film and TV comedies, doesn't have the flashiest or most distinct of styles, but he has a solid grasp of those physical dimensions that complement White's highly verbal script.

This affectionate portrayal of an unpretentious journeyman director will engage his detractors as well as his admirers.

Journeyman director James McTeigue's better work (V for Vendetta, Sense8) has always maintained an element of social commentary: we sense him lingering when Burke tells Union «You are a woman, alone, at the mercy of strangers», which makes it even more cathartic whenever our resourceful heroine locates a weak spot.

The great cinematographer Jack Cardiff turns his Norway locations into a lush Valhalla on Earth and journeyman director Richard Fleischer, faced with an absurd story, goes for the gusto in brawling Viking parties, furious sieges, and clanging broadsword battles.

Ben Stiller has been playing the same character, his co-star Eddie Murphy doesn't seem to care about acting anymore, and Ratner is an unimpressive journeyman director.

Visually astute journeyman director Gordon Douglas brought some welcome fluency to this rethink of the 1938 «Four Daughters,» itself adapted from a story by Fannie Hurst of «Hope For The Best, Expect The Worst» fame.

At one end of the scale were those who were pulling their hair out in shock and alarm at a perceived second - tier journeyman director being entrusted with so iconic, beloved and pivotal a comic book character.

F. Gary Gray has been a steady journeyman director since the 1990s, but he landed a massive hit this summer with Straight Outta Compton.

Helmed by journeyman director Craig Gillespie (The Finest Hours, Million Dollar Arm) and co-starring Sebastian Stan, a.k.a. Bucky Barnes, I, Tonya will triple - axle its way into theaters December 8.

Francis Lawrence is a bit of a journeyman director, but that's probably the thing that makes him so successful here, in that he doesn't try too hard to differentiate his vision of the material from that of former director Gary Ross.

More of a journeyman director than anything, Hackford's shown talent over his career.

Marc Forster, the journeyman director behind Finding Neverland and Stranger Than Fiction, seemed like an odd choice to helm the 22nd James Bond adventure.

For years, Ken Russell made a name for himself as a journeyman director on British television, but in an odd twist, James Bond co-producer Harry Saltzman signed him for his theatrical film directorial debut.

Unfortunately, 8MM is by the numbers, a snuff - movie fable that's shot with the comforting sensibilities of a journeyman director.

This week on The Collision, we talk about franchises, auteur directors, journeyman directors, studio prerogatives, faithfulness to the franchise, and much more.

Plus, Attenborough was probably not the man for the job; he had won an Oscar for making Gandhi, but he's a journeyman director without even the tiniest sliver of the artistry made Chaplin great.