Sentences with phrase «led genre films»

Still, the box - office performance of female - led genre films will dictate whether that trend is here to stay.

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While the film's reach exceeds its grasp when it comes to deconstructing the western genre and the real life history that it reflects, Hostiles nevertheless makes for a respectable mood piece, as well as an acting showcase for its main leads.

Many real life musicians of the genre plays roles in this film, most notably Zakk Wylde of Black Label Society, Jeff Pilson Of Dokken and Ratt and Jason Bonham the son of the late John Bonham, phenomenal drummer of Led Zeppelin.

Featuring dazzling performances from an all - star cast led by Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore, and Bill Hader, Rebecca Miller (The Ballad of Jack and Rose, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee) delivers a brilliant genre - bending film that works on many levels.

Frontières began in 2012 at Fantasia and is now the leading industry event entirely focused on genre film.

FRONTIÈRES began in 2012 a and is now the leading industry event entirely focused on genre film.

This identity disorder — Sofia is one of contemporary cinema's most filmed cities, yet rarely plays itself — is personified by the lead character (Elika Portnoy), a Bulgarian woman with multiple personalities, each one belonging to a different genre: a bespectacled, blonde educator with a controlling husband (domestic drama), a redheaded belly dancer (romance à la Zalman King), and jet - black - haired professional assassin (thriller).

Directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (Crazy, Stupid, Love) breathe life into the genre with Focus, a frisky con film with plenty of flashy diversion, compliments of leads Will Smith and Margot Robbie keeping you from seeing too far beneath the surface.

Language: English Genre: Adventure / Action MPAA rating: PG Director: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack Actors: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot Plot: An adventurous film crew leads a ship to an X on a rare map to find mysterious animals including Kong himself!

Already leading an impressive career highlighted by his seemingly effortless ability to hopscotch between genres — from crime caper («Trainspotting») to horror («28 Days Later») to family film («Millions»)-- it wasn't at all impractical to think that Boyle could be the one responsible for delivering this generation's «2001: A Space Odyssey.»

Within a very few years, artists like John Carpenter, John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante, Rob Bottin, Rick Baker, Sam Raimi, Brian DePalma, Bob Clark, Dan O'Bannon, Sean S. Cunningham, Wes Craven, Tobe Hooper, Stan Winston, Larry Cohen, and on and on and so on, were working in and reinvigorating the horror genre — many under the tutelage of Roger Corman, still others the initial products of formal film school training, almost all the consequence of a particular movie geekism that would lead inevitably to the first rumblings of jokiness and self - referentiality - as - homage that reached its simultaneous pinnacle and nadir with Craven's Scream.

But the filmmakers adhere too prominently to the tropes of the sports genre, all leading up to the big, dramatic encounter at the end, whereas tonally it felt the film may have benefited from avoiding such an approach — for while a necessity Billie Jean King took place in the match, the entire endeavour was more about putting Bobby Riggs in his place rather than to prove herself as an athlete.

The movie doesn't seem very different from the other films in the genre apart from its premise, and while that formula worked for David Gordon Green's «Pineapple Express,» that was mainly as a result of some excellent chemistry between the two leads.

Commendable then is the Chinese musical wish box at the center of veteran genre cinematographer John R. Leonetti's latest film where, after each of the lead's wish is realized, a swath of our tolerance is immolated.

The film launched a new wave of Hong Kong filmmaking and you can feel its influence in everything from Bruce Lee's martial arts thrillers of the 1970s to Jackie Chan's Drunken Master films to the Tsui Hark - led new wave of high energy, special effects laden adventures in 1980s Hong Kong, and of course, the Oscar winning Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ang Lee's tribute the magical, colorful genre that King Hu reinvented with this film.

On the other, it doesn't for one minute escape the sad realization that this would be the second time a woman wins «Best Picture» for a film belonging to a male - centric genre, with male characters leading the narrative charge (see: Kathryn Bigalow's The Hurt Locker).

The routine leads into a welcome tribute to horror, the most under - recognized genre in film.

Elite's transfer is very nice, and along with deleted scenes and trailers, the commentary track (which includes two of the film's lead actors) also provides a rather vivid portrait of the horror genre at the time, which, for many burgeoning filmmakers, was the only way to enter the film business before the larger studios devoured the remaining independents.

From the mid -»80s until the mid -»90s, the films of Merchant Ivory Productions, which he led with his late life partner, Ismail Merchant, and their late longtime writing collaborator Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, were such a dominant force at the box office and during awards season that «Merchant Ivory» became a genre unto itself.

With San Andreas taking in more than $ 113 million globally upon its launch, the disaster film would seem to be a proven genre again, one that Roland Emmerich has parlayed to success several times, though they don't tend to lead to sequels, so this might be another one off.

Made within just two years, the five - film series brought a new kind of realism and ferocity to the crime genre in Japan, revitalizing the industry and leading to unprecedented commercial and critical success.

Viewed today, Tim Burton's Batman, the runaway # 1 film of 1989, is silly at times (particularly when utilizing original songs by Prince), but it unquestionably kept the superhero movie alive, bridging the genre's gap between the diminishing returns of the Christopher Reeve Superman series» good - natured fun and the Spider - Man - led revival of the early 21st century.

The familiar «noir,» (defined as a genre of crime film or fiction characterized by cynicism, fatalism and moral ambiguity) is made to feel new here - and it does - thanks to its anchor lead actor, Krisztián Kolovratnik.

The producers should also be commended for hiring inexperienced young actors in the lead and supporting roles rather than the typical seasoned stars of the high school / frat pack genre, who you would normally associate with films of this nature, and they by and large acquit themselves rather well.

Patricio Valladares» English - language remake of the Chilean horror film Hidden in the Woods has been giving us a lot of great things to look with a solid cast led by genre favorite Michael Bi...

That adds up to an insubstantial and underwhelming horror film probably only likely to appeal to fans of the three young lead actors and undiscerning genre enthusiasts.

Bridge of Spies seeks to differentiate itself not only through the pedigree that comes with Spielberg and lead actor Tom Hanks, but by approaching the genre from more of a cloak and dagger / back alley dealing sense of a spy film than the explosives and gadgets and hot women that has come to define the rest of these releases this year.

If one could allow the bright colours and intriguing movements to stimulate one's retinas without requiring any higher brain involvement, Avatar would be an extremely enjoyable film that would lead its genre in terms of effects and integration of real - life performance with animation.

The auteur is alive and well, arthouse and blockbusters are plentiful, documentary films are on fire, genre films are stronger than ever, and let's just echo it all once more for posterity: female - led projects are popular, bankable, and breathtaking, as are strong women characters.

It's that attempt to create an easily marketable genre piece that quite obviously led Fox Searchlight and the film's producers to the doorstep of Training Day «s writer and Street Kings «helmer, David Ayer, who made his directorial debut with the similarly gritty Harsh Times, but can't be judged one way or another here, so convoluted is the story.

There are a lot of interesting things Woody Allen does with Blue Jasmine — genre shifts, a somewhat fractured narrative style where he reveals lead Cate Blanchett's past in glimpses — but the most surprising one has to be when she ceases to be the film's protagonist and becomes its subject.

Mani Haghighi's latest is the rare film that has the ability to remain eerie and abstract without becoming vague or untethered, and further evidence that Iran is one of the leading national cinemas when it comes to experimenting with film genre.

It's exactly the kind of film that money - focused studios are afraid of — intelligent, thoughtful and led by women in a genre whose «traditional» fanbase skews male.

When in Rome is formulaic and at times borders on silly, and yet its adherence to (what seems like) a common sense principle of making its lead characters likeable means it is simply more fun than many recent films in the genre.

With its combination of startlingly effective visual effects, a trippy screenplay that served both as a enormously effective genre narrative a mind - bending meditation of what it means to be human and strong performances from the three leads, the film was celebrated as one of the best of the year and it even went on to become a modest commercial success as well.

The heart and pluckiness, and credible rapping talent, of its lead only carry the film so far before spirit is replaced by genre demands.

Inspired by decades of Japanese horror films, F.E.A.R injected a sense of genuine terror to the FPS genre, much of which was owed to a psychic ankle - biter named Alma who (spoiler) turned out to be the leading man's mother.

Thanks to her consistently stellar performances in indie films over the years, Larson has a string of indies lined up through next year, but is also in talks to lead the epic genre film Kong: Skull Island.

But fans of the Canadian director's more genre - led fare were encouraged by the news a couple of years ago that he would write, and possibly direct, a new version of «The Fly,» the 1986 film about a scientist (Jeff Goldblum) who accidently crosses his DNA with the humble insect of the title, that was arguably the director's biggest ever crossover hit.

Although a witty and inventive genre work in many respects, the film is still noted mainly for the dazzling architecture of its editing, which ingeniously integrates scenes of leading man Terence Stamp in Ken Loach's 1967 «Poor Cow» in place of flashbacks.

Random mega-violence — which has become such a part of these genres — generated a healthy bit of shock among those who first witnessed it, and might have overtaken the entire film had it not been for the career - defining performance of its titular lead, played by Peter Weller.

While never rising above the B - movie standard that defined his subsequent career — including classics like Creature From The Black Lagoon (Jack Arnold, 1954), It Came From Outer Space (Jack Arnold, 1953) and The Valley Of Gwangi (James O'Connolly, 1969)-- he is quite effective at adapting his performance to the tonal shifts of the film, ultimately delivering a suitable lead character for each of the genres the film navigates.

A recent viewing of all my old 1970s disaster movie DVDs has led me to conclude that Mark Robson's «Earthquake» (1974) is a film worth discussing, even if it is clearly far from the best of its genre.

That's the hook that will lead you into «The Commuter», a well - made thriller that borrows a lot from other films from the same genre, but is effective all the same (at least until the chaotic climax).

commentary on the elasticity of this genre model (Bond films in particular, the lead in said franchise McGoohan was offered, er, once upon a time) as allegory for the plastic - fantastic of a progressively absurd world.

Double Dragon provided an important stepping stone that would lead to Capcom defining the beat»em up genre with Final Fight, as well as leading to its own long franchise of titles (including the profoundly depressing Double Dragon 2: The Revenge) and even a feature film adaptation.

It proves that making women the leads of genre films doesn't have to involve them running around half - naked, screaming, or with any body parts jiggling.

SEE THIS MOVIE IF: if your favorite movie genre is non-descript love stories OR you have been anxiously awaiting a film with a lead character who is a fish expert

Ultimately, these genre movies contain some tragedy that brings forth a change in the characters and eventually leads to the resolution of the film.

Guillermo del Toro kind of returns to the horror genre with his 2015 effort Crimson Peak, a film that reunites him with Pacific Rim star Charlie Hunnam, along with lead actors Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Chastain and Mia Wasikowski.