Sentences with phrase «last handful of films»

Anyway, here are my thoughts on the last handful of films I saw at Cannes in 2013.

Not exact matches

Comcast's (cmcsa) Universal Studios held the previous single - year box office record, which it set just last year, and the studio has a handful of sequels from franchises that have recently produced billion - dollar films on deck for 2017 — The Fate of the Furious and Despicable Me 3 — as well as the sequel to last year's sleeper hit, Fifty Shades of Grey.

Directed by Mel Gibson (Braveheart)-- who funded the film himself and co-wrote the screenplay — The Passion of the Christ uses flashbacks to substantiate a handful of pertinent moments in Jesus» life and teachings, such as the Sermon on the Mount and the Last Supper, as well as his relationships with his mother and his disciples.

Marvel Studios films in the last few years have been playing around with a handful of different genres — and succeeding almost every time.

What You Need To Know: One of a handful of teen flicks to premiere this year, «The Spectacular Now» marks the return of two separate Sundance successes: duo Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber who wrote «(500) Days Of Summer» and director James Ponsoldt, whose film «Smashed» won a ton of acclaim in Park City last yeaof a handful of teen flicks to premiere this year, «The Spectacular Now» marks the return of two separate Sundance successes: duo Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber who wrote «(500) Days Of Summer» and director James Ponsoldt, whose film «Smashed» won a ton of acclaim in Park City last yeaof teen flicks to premiere this year, «The Spectacular Now» marks the return of two separate Sundance successes: duo Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber who wrote «(500) Days Of Summer» and director James Ponsoldt, whose film «Smashed» won a ton of acclaim in Park City last yeaof two separate Sundance successes: duo Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber who wrote «(500) Days Of Summer» and director James Ponsoldt, whose film «Smashed» won a ton of acclaim in Park City last yeaOf Summer» and director James Ponsoldt, whose film «Smashed» won a ton of acclaim in Park City last yeaof acclaim in Park City last year.

However, aside from a few jokes — which unfortunately don't always land where they're supposed to — and a handful of enticing action sequences — especially the ones surrounding Flash and Wonder Woman — the film, as a whole, feels simplistic in structure and lazy in execution, with the story lacking substance, ingenuity and enough heart to leave a lasting impression.

When we filed into one of the Alamo Drafthouse's South Lamar theaters last night, we immediately discovered that each of our seats had been thoughtfully prepared for the shenanigans that would soon follow: we had a little Your Highness chalice / cup (presumably for drinking games we might want to apply to Krull and The Sword and The Sorcerer, both of which were playing alongside Universal's new film), a plastic sword, and a handful of posters commemorating the event.

We're starting to assume that unlike Abrams, we could be getting more little titbits like this from the social media savvy Rian, who posted a handful of production photos while making his last film Looper.

The Weinstein Company acquired the film back in September 2011, showed it at Sundance 2012, and eventually released it to just a handful of US theaters last fall, conceding this was too strange for a wide release and not good enough to warrant an awards campaign (at least not at the risk of the studio's three genuine contenders).

Punctuated by a handful of well - observed scenes that belong in a better film (including a hypnotic close - up of Huppert's face that seems to last an eternity), it's ultimately a flat, ineffectual affair that goes off with a whimper rather than a bang.

by Walter Chaw Mike Hodges has only made a handful of films in the last three decades, even disowning a couple of them along the way because they were taken from him and edited to accommodate someone else's vision.

Though comprised almost completely of a handful of characters talking, the knockout performances of the small cast, committed to John Patrick Shanley's resonant script, elevate this to standing as one of the best films of last year.

Belize is one of the last strong - holds for this threatened apex predator and the more we can share with the world our efforts here on Ambergris Caye and countrywide to protect, study, rehabilitate and conserve the American Crocodile the better chance they have of surviving.» Although a handful of other international filming companies have documented ACES, this will be the first time an entire episode will be dedicated to their story.

The love affair between Hollywood and the Wild West may be long gone, with only a handful of truly great films and a plethora of cheesey rugged hero damnsel - in - distress flicks to show for it, but the last few years have proven that the video game industry is less than willing to let the setting go so easily.