Sentences with phrase «lavish production»

There is romance, action, history, disaster, state - of - the - art visual effects, sumptuous period costumes and lavish production design.

In this most lavish production the carefully planned colour scheme and the skillful use of the camera make the film one of the most satisfactory colour films yet created.

Young audiences will likely enjoy watching these antics, even if the special effects and acting may seem a little cheesy by today's lavish production standards.

But we do get a fairly lavish production, though a few flaws hold it back.

«There's been a lot of slick art, art by people like Jeff Koons with lavish production values, whereas it's sometimes important to have a tear or a rip,» Walter says.

Lavish production numbers of Gershwin's works were to be related to scenes from his life as discussed by Gershwin on a psychologist's couch.

She then went to work for Cecil B. DeMille, who admired her courage and tenacity and cast her as the glamorously (and provocatively) garbed heroines of such lavish productions as Don't Change Your Husband (1918), Male and Female (1919), and The Affairs of Anatol (1920).

It was that kind of Series, a sprawling, lavish production made for the biggest stage and, at last, the biggest star.

The film chronicles the discovery by Steve Young, a longtime writer for David Letterman's «Late Night,» of a long - forgotten world of «industrial musicals» — lavish productions put on by major corporations at annual sales meetings.

42nd Street (Warner Archive, Blu - ray)-- Released in 1933 by Warner Bros., which specialized in snappy, fast - paced pictures with working class heroes and street smart characters, 42nd Street launched a series of great backstage musicals that featured lavish production numbers in a Broadway culture where the depression was a reality just offstage and the dancers were one flop away from the breadlines.

While not an epic set in the desert, «Auntie Mame» contains lavish production designs which reflect the passing of time and styles in Mame's apartment; moving from cool blue, earth tones, and minimalist décor, Mame's consistently lavish home breezes from the flapper 20s to the space - obsessed 50s.

Lots of lavish production splashed across the screen, but The Patriot is one film that's far from Revolutionary.

Mixing lavish production numbers with a tale about 19th century social injustice may seem like an ill - fated match, but that is exactly what Lionel Bart accomplished when he put Charles Dickens» Oliver Twist to music.

Konami apparently refused to continue paying for Kojima's long, often lavish productions (Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain apparently cost around $ 80 million to make).

Albeit more financially successful than many of the late - 60's film musicals that helped speed up the genre's demise, this lumbering picture features some catchy (though not top - drawer) Lerner & Loewe compositions and lavish production values but remains dramatically inert throughout its three - hour running time.

Mark Tildesley's lavish production design ranges from mouldering fruit bowls to posh parties decadent enough to cause a French revolution.

it seems the modern Protestant churches are more into marketing schemes, bigger is Better, We have God all figured out, lavish production & music via «American Idol» etc..

The lavish production stages key episodes from the war in a dramatic retelling of a pivotal conflict in U.S. history.

But I was instantly seduced and hooked by its lavish production values, the immediately gripping storyline and a strong cast.

It's a sprawling, lavish production that was made under extraordinary circumstances (during the Nazi occupation of Franch).

It fatuously bends the truth in the usual Hollywood style: favoring a sumptuous setting, a lavish production, convoluted stortytelling and then titillating us with unaffecting sexual encounters and courtly ladies prancing around with their bosoms about to pop out of their fancy gowns.

While it's reasonable to argue that the trinket / trifle (delete as personally applicable) that is Magic in the Moonlight may bear a slightness at odds with its lavish production values, one can't help but be wooed by an aesthetic and directorial commitment that places it at the top of the filmmaker's Euro - flick deck.

Live by Night is a lavish production, and yet its opulence unintentionally reveals its vapidity.

Behind The Candelabra - Sadly consigned to TV in America, this Liberace biopic's lavish production design deserves to be projected on the biggest screen possible.

(Following in Stahl's soap - opera tradition was the great Douglas Sirk, known for his lavish productions underpinned with stinging social criticism.

Shearer was also nominated for a second Best Actress award that same year for her performance in Their Own Desire (1929); she would go on to receive four more nominations, ending with her performance in the lavish production of Marie Antoinette (1938).

It lets me marvel as its lavish production values, its excellent period details, and its marvelous performances, yet it doesn't quite have the rapturous, compulsive, intensive energy of Murphy's best, most palatable programs, and I'm not entirely sure if it ever truly will.

Sammy Sheldon Differ's costumes meanwhile are similarly beautiful and classy, while cinematography from Kurzel regular Adam Arkapaw brings out the best in everything, adding atmosphere to breathtaking sets and lavish production design.

The House of Mouse has long since purchased the imagination of boys everywhere with its Star Wars and Marvel Entertainment acquisitions, but advances in movie - making technology now allow former girl - targeted Disney Princess films to be remade with live actors and lavish productions.

Reviews were mixed, but just about everybody agreed that the lavish production values were second to none.

Writer John Logan and director Damon Thomas have vastly expanded the show's scope, and what was already a lavish production is taken to new heights.

The lavish production numbers, particularly the ones depicting motorcycle lesbians in leather thong things, are definitely diverting; alas, the same can hardly be said for the pedestrian plot, laughable dialogue or shallow characterizations.

The film wouldn't be possible without its lavish production value, but at the same time there's an unblemished glossiness that undermines the material's grim (m) potential.

The lavish production design of the»70s mansion would have been enough to maintain a degree of visual interest throughout, but Schepisi and his cinematographer went the extra mile, resulting in a skillfully crafted motion picture.

With a big - name director one might expect a lavish production but instead we get a discreet, indie - style road movie complete with acoustic soundtrack music reminiscent of Juno and the ilk.

The Downton Abbey star plays Natasha Rostova in the latest BBC version of Leo Tolstoy's classic novel, and the lavish production is due to air from...

As expected from a BBC Films costume drama, the production design is exquisite, with faultless, lavish production values.

In each case, the films could be considered «period porn,» as it were, lavish productions with massive thread ensembles.

5 Mirror support is a lavish production in its own right.

This lavish production by Roxley not only immeasurably improves the games aesthetics but something special has been added in the form of the God cards whose abilities make every match more dynamic and exciting.

I've reviewed one game from Vital previously and utterly adored its lavish production values and stellar gameplay, but damn was it hard to review simply due to the way every mechanic tied to everything else.

Lavish production values, complicated storylines and multitudinous characters have come to typify the Final Fantasy franchise of role - playing ventures, but as one of Square Enix's earlier experiments with free - to - play for iOS and Android, All the Bravest was an utter failure.

To anyone who suggests that video games need to be lavish productions with infinitely complex systems, bleeding edge graphics, and cinematic stories, I suggest taking a look at Subset Games» Into the Breach.

Originally published by Bandai Namco when it was first released, the extra funding that went into crafting this adventure is evident right from the outset, as it sports some lavish production values that are leaps and bounds above what we've come to expect from the developer.

From the lavish productions of Hollywood's Golden Age through the high - tech blockbusters of today, the most memorable movies all have one thing in common: they rely on the magical transformations rendered by the costume designer to communicate mood, personality, and setting.