Sentences with phrase «lesser movies because»

The Company Men frustrates more than lesser movies because it tackles a timely real topic like an insincere Hallmark sympathy card and isn't even as effective as that would be at relieving the pains of crisis.

Not exact matches

«Come summer, I'll feel less stress about stopping work early to go to a barbecue or movie because I know, come autumn, I'll be hunkering down,» he reflects.

That could be all - important for consumers, because without the deal, AT&T and Time Warner separately could be left weaker, compared to competitors such as Comcast and Disney, and less willing to deploy new services or green - light new movies and TV series — an argument made by the companies and analysts covering the sector.

At night we had a pizza and watched a horror movie, because... Halloween is in less than a week!

The sea foam green dress she wore to boyfriend Casper Smart's movie premiere isn't without showstopping accents, though (because, really, would you expect anything less?)

This way, there was less pressure because it wasn't a full date, such as dinner and a movie or whatever.

He may start developing interest in things that she likes, such going on a hike with her (because she likes), going to different types of concerts (bands that she likes), watching different movies and TV shows (that she likes), going to different restaurants, and even reading some books (less common tough).

The reception of this movie is a perfect example of how less - than - bright, thin - skinned, lily - livered critics destroy perfectly enjoyable movies because they don't like people being «mean» or because the characters aren't «likable.»

All it really suggests is that Marlo, in marrying a less successful version of her brother, has some provocative psychosexual issues that the movie can't be bothered with, mostly because it's one of those character - driven stories that reduce personalities to a set of readily defined traits and quirks.

Black Panther's third act is less impressive by comparison, as the movie's action gets bogged down in CGI overload and its plot beats lack the emotional resonance of earlier moments, either because they are rushed or a bit too conventional (re: predictable).

«State of Play» (2003): This is a cheat because I'm choosing the dense, six - part BBC series of the political thriller, not the lesser 2009 movie adaptation.

French director Pierre Morel more or less started the «aging action star» trend with Taken, and now he's giving Sean Penn the «Neeson» treatment with The Gunman, an international action thriller that unfortunately won't be Penn's springboard into genre superstardom because frankly, the movie's sort of a bummer.

Sweet, because those first two movies were outstanding enough for even lesser episodes involving the same characters and universe to hold value above and beyond most teen - oriented cinema.

The film also has an extra layer of fun guesswork built in because its characters are constantly explaining how magic tricks and misdirection work, so it's essentially giving you the answers while daring you to figure it out («The closer you look, the less you see») before the movie's over.

The character, Tilda Johnson, a.k.a. the villain Nightshade, has, by my count, less than fifteen words to say in the movie, and is unceremoniously murdered by Killmonger because Klaue is using her as a shield and Killmonger just ain't got time for that.

Just because they do them well, though, doesn't make the movie less reliant on shock value than any other zombie flicks.

I guess I'm a little surprised that this is more poorly received, because to me at least, it's the same movie as the first more or less, just a little more bloatedness.

On the downside there was less surprise for me with this sequel simply because I experienced most of these reactions when I saw the original movie.

Turns out, Soderbergh's less widely reported remarks clarifying his retirement as a sabbatical were more accurate because after four years out of the director's chair, he returns with Logan Lucky, exactly the kind of movie you hope to see from the maker of the Ocean's trilogy and Out of Sight.

The outrage over both movies focused around titillation; that Black Swan received a lesser rating because it depicted two hot women getting it on (and based on the ending, didn't really happen) and Blue Valentine showed a boring married couple getting it on.

Yet, I must take the road less traveled as a movie reviewer here because, in truth, Xanadu is one of those films that, despite all of the naysayers and evidence of a bad movie against it, still manages to work its magic on me.

- The original title of the movie was «Tomorrow Never Comes» - Anthony Hopkins was cast as Elliott Carver and joined the production, but dropped out after three days because filming was disorganized and chaotic and there was no completed shooting script - First Bond film since Diamonds Are Forever to have a running time of less than two hours.

This part of the movie is less fun, because from a filmmaking standpoint (and in life), picking on the 98 - pound weakling doesn't take any courage or risks.

@rjdelight The studio would make far less from the movie because of the huge marketing costs associated with releasing a movie through a major studio.

And because we're used to her in lightweight movies, she comes to this role with less weight than a Meryl Streep or a Sally Field would have brought.

So even if Johnson wanted to venture from his action - adventure sandbox into something a bit more character - driven, something a little less fast and furious, his options are limited because Hollywood just isn't making many movies these days that don't allow for sequels, merchandising and expanded Cinematic Universes.

The appearance here of Miles Davis (played by Kedar Brown) reminded me of Don Cheadle's recent movie about Davis — Miles Ahead — which is superior because it takes a more unpredictable, leftfield approach, displaying less solemnity, more humour, more excitement.

One of many, many, many superheroes movies to grace the screen in 2016, Suicide Squad looks the most promising because it's less of the same.

She hasn't made a movie in a long time The Wire Archer will return to its spying roots next season after an experimental latest season Vulture Whoa, I hadn't heard about this (because I don't watch ESPN) but on Monday's they're reairing those Battle of the Network Stars specials that were so popular in the 70s and 80s - a precursor to modern shows like Dancing With the Stars only populated with less has - beens and more stars that were actually popular at that moment showing off their athleticism Empire pics from Denzel Washington as The Equalizer.

There's a lot less careless disregard for civilians in «Batman V. Superman», but that's because much of the movie is spent building up to the fight between Batman and Superman.

CATHERINE ZETA - JONES is adamant it's a «myth» there are less «juicy» movie roles for actresses over 40 - because she has succeeded in finding...

It puts less pressure on the movies I'm making, because I often am not taking big salaries, or any salaries on these movies, because I want as much to be on the screen as possible.

Maybe it's because this movie takes its bike messenger street drama completely seriously or maybe it's because none of its ideas (from bizarre staredowns to unclear stock market trading scenes) really pays off, but this emerges as one of the more embarrassing and less lovable pieces of»80s cinema.

I'm going to write that sentence again, if I may, because it is a reality I find only slightly less confounding than I would the arrival on this planet of actual alien robots inclined to disguise themselves as backhoes and eighteen - wheelers: The new Transformers movie is two - and - a-half hours long.

I was never one to watch the television series, and a big screen movie excites me even less, but I thought I'd post this because someone reading is probably interested (oh, and the news is slow today).

The plotting gymnastics required to bring Avigal and Fioravente together are contrived at best, because this is a character with even less need of a gigolo than any of the movie's wealthy women with inexplicably awful taste in art.

It was interesting when Christopher Nolan's movie opened because they are strong similarities, not that... our beach is less ambitious than his beach!

Yesterday Vulture reported that Damon was stepping down because of «script issues,» but why would the actor talk up a movie he was imminently going to make — that he co-wrote no less — and then suddenly decided the script wasn't where it needed to be?

(Bateman said if he had his druthers he'd direct and act in his movies for the foreseeable future, in part because wearing both hats means «one less actor you have to direct — and that actor is reading your mind.»)

Todd: I would suggest this movie struck a chord because fashion is less the point (though I think looking at the film through the lens of food and fashion yields plenty of rewards) than it is the vehicle to talk about something Hollywood loves: the difficulty of being in a relationship with a demanding person.

The Oscars» acting branch, which votes for the actors nominated at the final awards, rarely rewards acting in blockbusters, because it's not as obviously showy as the acting in smaller, less visual effects - dependent movies.

But the longer I sat with Three Billboards, the less I felt able to grasp on to whatever it was trying to say — probably because, in the end, I'm not convinced the movie itself even knows.

Army of One is so bad and so thoroughly without merit that it actually made me like Charles» earlier movies less in retrospect, because it feels like the ugly, snide arrogance tainting every frame of Army of One is present in those earlier, better films, albeit in smaller, less toxic doses.

Although the sequences with Longoria Parker are bizarre - less because she resembles a piece of wax fruit than because she seems to be in bossy Desperate Housewives mode and not in this particular movie - Rudd and Bell have nice rapport.

Can we argue that language plays a less important role in this movie because it is about love and emotion?

After it's over, we are disappointed, because what actually happens in the movie is so much less interesting than where it happens and how it looks while it's happening.»

I'm not talking about the extremely entertaining Captain America: Civil War, because it made the uninspired decision to have Captain America's genre - jumping land in the less - than - storied genre of «Marvel Movie,» or the similarly enjoyable X-Men: Apocalypse, because I apparently liked it more than almost anyone else.

I don't care, and I'm trying to stay as ignorant as possible because the first movie worked best the less one knew about it.

The latest nostalgia trap to get a nerd baptism (an AICN - sponsored reunion screening at Austin's Alamo Drafthouse is more or less single - handedly responsible for the picture's splashy DVD release), it's at least better than the movie to which it's most often compared, the Steven Spielberg - produced The Goonies, if only because it's a good half - hour shorter and, by extension, comparatively unpretentious.

If this description of «Less Than Zero» makes it sound like a downbeat retread of «The Lost Weekend,» that's because I haven't described the movie's visual style.