Sentences with phrase «joyous film»

Baker has made a surprisingly joyous film from this despairing situation, but even more difficult, he has done so without obscuring the inherent bleakness of the circumstances of this life or romanticizing them.

But I'm terribly glad I did catch up to it, because Mike Mills «sophomore feature, based on the director's own experiences of his father coming out in his 60s and dying not long after, is an absolute gem, a melancholy and joyous film that's both deeply, specifically personal and strangely universal.

Premium Rush is an improbably joyous film.

As well as bringing audiences a fun, joyous film full of great laughs and seriously impressive effects, Waititi also appears in the film as CGI character, Korg.

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The Thor / Hulk dynamic is absolutely joyous, offering some of the best gags of the film, and the friendship between Hemsworth and Ruffalo just bleeds right through into their roles on screen.

The film's most joyous musical scene comes not at the big climax performance (which is definitely pretty great), but rather about halfway through, when the campus» four a cappella groups meet at the bottom of an empty swimming pool (just go with it) and have a battle.

such a joyous and entertaining film that might become a tad too cheesy and silly at times, but that's just part of its charm.

The best mainstream film since «E.T.,» is an uplifting reminder that Hollywood can still produce truly great entertainment... The plot is so exquisitely developed that divulging anything beyond the basic outline might diminish the joyous surprises that await an audience thirsting for originality in a reactionary medium.

The Playlist believes the film to be «one of Baumbach's most accessible and joyous works,» and Slant agrees, calling it «an unassumingly potent and rich film which represents a long - awaited return to peak form for Baumbach.»

Adding to the joyous spirit is VJ Emmie, whose running commentary throughout the film, while comedic, is less Mystery Science Theater 3000 and more Flavor Flav.

«Independent film, even documentaries, can be a joyous and triumphant experience,» said Alexandra Lipsitz, director of the wildly entertaining documentary «Air Guitar Nation,» which opens Friday.

This is especially true of his new film, The Life Aquatic, his most joyous and enjoyable so far, loosely based on the life of marine explorer Jacques Cousteau.

As a result, the film becomes a joyous romp.

The scene of the Weasley twins» revolution should be a joyous celebration of teenage rebellion; instead it's curiously workmanlike and hollow — and those are the words I'd use for the feel of the film overall.

«The Martian» turns the familiar tropes of the space - disaster genre on its head in a film that's exhilarating, joyous — and surprisingly funny.

The trailer also points out the fiercely strong female characters (who are the true unsung heroes of the film), Andy Serkis» «joyous» portrayal of Klaue (mainly because he's sans MoCap suit this film) and Michael B. Jordan's «Killmonger», who is the «Michael Jordan of Marvel Villains».

The film stays true to the beautiful story and heart of the musical that may have its fair share of deaths, but can also be downright hysterical and joyous.

Today, Disney regards Mary Poppins as the crowning achievement of Walt's career, a film released two years prior to his death that merged the elements of his entire oeuvre in film, television, and theme parks into one joyous crowd - pleasing extravaganza.

Except that the final scene is of her dancing to the eponymous track by Umberto Tozzi and, in itself, provided me with one of my very favorite film moments from 2013 — a perfectly uplifting, joyous ending to a movie that manages to be optimistic without being pat, funny without being scornful and happy without being slight.

Steven Spielberg always puts his best foot forward and while the story wasn't paced or created in the best of fashions, it was a joyous visual film that allowed newcomer Jeremy Irvine and Emily Watson to show some beautiful humanity.

The performances are fantastic, but also: the cinematography is jaw - dropping stunning, the score is wonderful, the whole film has this joyous cathartic feel to it that goes beyond the story at hand.

Rock and roll hall - of - famer Leon Russell is the heart of an ineffable, joyous collage of mesmerising live performance and vérité realism in A POEM IS A NAKED PERSON (1974), filmed between 1972 - 1974 by director Les Blank.

«It's been an amazing and joyous run at Focus, where our love of film has always been matched by our love and respect for our filmmakers and for each other,» said Schamus.

The original black comedy about suicide, it is, in fact, an incredibly positive, joyous and life affirming film.

Supporting Actor (I really try, but don't always succeed, to focus on the SMALLER parts that blow me away): Christina Bale — The Fighter — amazingly appealing and interesting as a real scum bag — he makes him fascinating, understandable, and sympathetic AND he does so with flair and power Andrew Garfield — Never Let Me Go — I know, I'm supposed to prefer him in Social Network, but I didn't — in fact, he sort of didn't do it for me in that film but in Never Let Me Go he was moving and had a lost, hopeless but yearning aura about him that I found very haunting Mark Ruffalo — Kids Are All Right — very joyous, very charming, very sexy, and totally believable — he made me want to sleep with him and then have a nice long heart to heart with him too!

Widely criticized as simply too much of a downer at the time, the film has been rehabilitated quite a bit since, and it retains an absolutely keen cutting edge even eight years later, and even after Baumbach himself has taken another of his patented career about - turns, this time into the gentler and more joyous territory of his post - «Frances Ha» period.

A big three - time winner at the Sundance Film Festival, here is a film with talent, sophistication, humor, and sensitivity rolled into a joyous, grief - cleansing, heart - lifting 90 minutes that earns both good word - of - mouth and positions itself for year - end acclaim on more than a handful of top - ten best lists.

Bottom line, the film is magical, and as early 2015 shockers are concerned, this might just be the biggest — and most delectably joyous — one of them all.

A joyous occasion for most of the cinephile kingdom, but one for which warnings need to be issued before film reviews start trickling in.

At its heart, Ponyo is a film about a global catastrophe, but the apocalypse has seldom seemed so joyous or tender.

In a surprisingly straight and eventually rather mawkish film, she was riveting: raw and unpredictable, vulnerable and joyous, physical and flirtatious — especially, and most uncomfortably, with her teenage son.

However, plot threads aside, there is still much to love about the auteurs latest showcase, and none more so than the films glorious cast, delightful cinematography and joyous soundtrack.

Some other memorable moments that emerged while compiling this: Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep (both Oscar - nominated) and Tom Waits on the downward spiral in Hector Babenco and William Kennedy's bleak «Ironweed»; John Huston's lyrical direction of the posthumously released adaptation of James Joyce's «The Dead»; the joyous Cajun -, zydeco -, R&B and gospel - flavored soundtrack of «The Big Easy,» gumbo for the ears; the consummate character actor John Mahoney breaking out (at least for me) in «Tin Men,» «Suspect» and «Moonstruck» and and Hunter delighting in «Raising Arizona,» «Broadcast News» and just about anything that came after; plus two British indies: Emily Lloyd as a cheeky 16 - year - old in David Leland's delightful comedy - drama «Wish You Were Here»; and one of the great cult films of the decade, Bruce Robinson's savagely witty «Withnail and I» with Richard E. Grant and Paul McCann.

The jumps and atmosphere of Insidious: Chapter 3 are still plenty good, however, to render audiences silent with anticipation, and the joyous stress release of gasps and laughter afterwards make the film a fun, effective horror entry.

One Two Three Swing is as joyous as that film, a delightful communal experience in distilling complication down to its barest, boldest designs.

It's fortunate, then, that Wilder, and his «Love In The Afternoon» collaborator I.A.L. Diamond, wrote a film that still stands today as one of the funniest and most joyous ever made.

Our Little Sister tends towards the warmth of these latter films, and like the joyous, crucial moment of the speeding train in I Wish, there is a similarly ebullient defining moment in Our Little Sister, where two children on a bike fly through an avenue of blooming cherries.

Fairbanks and Flynn were cut from the same cloth, both joyous swashbucklers, and both playing Robin Hood in the two best filmed versions of that tale to date: Robin Hood (1922) and The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938).

He hopes that this further perversion of the film — «defanged and desexualized,» as he calls it — will stand as a new art piece, «even more perverse than the original, transferring innocence into a new, joyous, G - rated obscenity.»

Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was first shown to a theatrical audience in December 1937 and brought overwhelming, joyous applause from a house full of hardened film - industry professionals.