Sentences with phrase «love of action films»

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By following Vanier as an old man, the film allows Vanier's body to offer the witness of his words and actions: We are all fragile, and we must love one another.

This film reminds us that we are called upon to love those who are hurting even when they threaten to hurt themselves or others, and we are asked to offer support to the beleaguered parents who often become isolated from others through the actions of their children.

We love Disney movies and animated films in general because of how dynamic the art form is and how it can uniquely tell different kinds of stories that live - action ones can't.

WATCH: Some of the best romantic movies are set in London (think Notting Hill, Love Actually, and About Time), but popular feature films such as Skyfall or Sherlock Holmes offer action - packed alternatives.

While a considerable number of women favor tear - jerkers or love stories, men find their enjoyment from action films or adult entertainment like Adult Avenue DVD's.

I'm not saying I want just pure action but as said I would have loved to see more space beasties, the look of the film cries out for it.

Action - packed film Spandex Sapiens follows also the colourful love life of Michael who is fantasizing about the return of stone age (or even the 80s) relationship politics.

While Amma's teachings of love, inner peace and Karma, or action, resonate in the film — obviously, Amma is a woman called to God — her background remains pretty much a mystery.

But overall if you LOVE fast paced action games that remind you of the film expendables, get this game.

Like director Michael Bay filming one of his many explosive action scenes, Hollywood loves to unleash its biggest guns (and sometimes subsequent duds) during the summer season.

I love everything about it and consider it one of few nearly perfect action sci - fi films.

I love action movies anyway and this has to be one of the best films released this year.

That's when he recruits a ragtag band of militiamen — a supposedly hearty, lovable bunch, the equivalent of the scruffy fun - loving techies found in sci - fi action films.

I love the narrative structure of the film, telling two different stories about the parents of a boy who is supposedly killed - in - action, and the story of the boy on assignment at a remote military outpost (where nothing happens all day).

For all the film's techno sophistication, which mixes motion capture, live action, and computer animation, «Ready Player One» at its heart resembles a dewy, coming - of - age love story.

They're also the kinds of places that Kormákur's camera loves, as embracing as he is of the modern - day action - film aesthetic of deliberate imperfection.

But Lee's real genius is taking what everyone expected to be one more summer superhero action film and turning it into the summer's best love story, the romance of Eric Bana, who plays Banner, and Betty Ross, portrayed by Oscar - winner Jennifer Connelly.

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi embodies about what you'd expect out of a marriage between the political firestorm that is Benghazi and Michael Bay, the action director everyone seems to love to hate, despite the fact his films make hundreds of millions of dollars.

A comedy and a labor of love, the movie is a takeoff on 1970s action films that's been stripped of filler to concentrate on pure visceral thrills.

Goofy and entertainingly cartoonish, the seriousness and the darkness of the original is nowhere to be found in this latest action - adventure bonanza — a strength and a weakness at the same time depending on your love for the original film — with director Jake Kusdan ensuring that a steady pace of undertakings and jokes is kept throughout its reasonable runtime.

Animated feature «The Croods» «Despicable Me 2» WINNER: «Frozen» «Monsters University» «The Wind Rises» Action movie «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» «Iron Man 3» WINNER: «Lone Survivor» «Rush» «Star Trek Into Darkness» Actor in an action movie Henry Cavill — «Man of Steel» Robert Downey Jr. — «Iron Man 3» Brad Pitt — «World War Z» WINNER: Mark Wahlberg — «Lone Survivor» Actress in an action movie WINNER: Sandra Bullock — «Gravity» Jennifer Lawrence — «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» Evangeline Lilly — «The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug» Gwyneth Paltrow — «Iron Man 3» Comedy WINNER: «American Hustle» «Enough Said» «The Heat» «This Is the End» «The Way Way Back» «The World's End» Actor in a comedy Christian Bale — «American Hustle» WINNER: Leonardo DiCaprio — «The Wolf of Wall Street» James Gandolfini — «Enough Said» Simon Pegg — «The World's End» Sam Rockwell — «The Way Way Back» Actress in a comedy WINNER: Amy Adams — «American Hustle» Sandra Bullock — «The Heat» Greta Gerwig — «Frances Ha» Julia Louis - Dreyfus — «Enough Said» Melissa McCarthy — «The Heat» Sci - fi / horror movie «The Conjuring» WINNER: «Gravity» «Star Trek Into Darkness» «World War Z» Foreign language film WINNER: «Blue Is the Warmest Color» «The Great Beauty» «The Hunt» «The Past» «Wadjda» Documentary feature «The Act of Killing» «Blackfish» «Stories We Tell» «Tim's Vermeer» WINNER: «20 Feet from Stardom» Song «Atlas» — Coldplay — «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» «Happy» — Pharrell Williams — «Despicable Me 2» WINNER: «Let It Go» — Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson - Lopez — «Frozen» «Ordinary Love» — U2 — «Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom» «Please Mr. Kennedy» — Justin Timberlake, Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver — «Inside Llewyn Davis» «Young and Beautiful» — Lana Del Rey — «The Great Gatsby» Score WINNER: Steven Price — «Gravity» Arcade Fire — «Her» Thomas Newman — «Saving Mr. Banks» Hans Zimmer — «12 Years a Slave&Action movie «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» «Iron Man 3» WINNER: «Lone Survivor» «Rush» «Star Trek Into Darkness» Actor in an action movie Henry Cavill — «Man of Steel» Robert Downey Jr. — «Iron Man 3» Brad Pitt — «World War Z» WINNER: Mark Wahlberg — «Lone Survivor» Actress in an action movie WINNER: Sandra Bullock — «Gravity» Jennifer Lawrence — «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» Evangeline Lilly — «The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug» Gwyneth Paltrow — «Iron Man 3» Comedy WINNER: «American Hustle» «Enough Said» «The Heat» «This Is the End» «The Way Way Back» «The World's End» Actor in a comedy Christian Bale — «American Hustle» WINNER: Leonardo DiCaprio — «The Wolf of Wall Street» James Gandolfini — «Enough Said» Simon Pegg — «The World's End» Sam Rockwell — «The Way Way Back» Actress in a comedy WINNER: Amy Adams — «American Hustle» Sandra Bullock — «The Heat» Greta Gerwig — «Frances Ha» Julia Louis - Dreyfus — «Enough Said» Melissa McCarthy — «The Heat» Sci - fi / horror movie «The Conjuring» WINNER: «Gravity» «Star Trek Into Darkness» «World War Z» Foreign language film WINNER: «Blue Is the Warmest Color» «The Great Beauty» «The Hunt» «The Past» «Wadjda» Documentary feature «The Act of Killing» «Blackfish» «Stories We Tell» «Tim's Vermeer» WINNER: «20 Feet from Stardom» Song «Atlas» — Coldplay — «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» «Happy» — Pharrell Williams — «Despicable Me 2» WINNER: «Let It Go» — Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson - Lopez — «Frozen» «Ordinary Love» — U2 — «Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom» «Please Mr. Kennedy» — Justin Timberlake, Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver — «Inside Llewyn Davis» «Young and Beautiful» — Lana Del Rey — «The Great Gatsby» Score WINNER: Steven Price — «Gravity» Arcade Fire — «Her» Thomas Newman — «Saving Mr. Banks» Hans Zimmer — «12 Years a Slave&action movie Henry Cavill — «Man of Steel» Robert Downey Jr. — «Iron Man 3» Brad Pitt — «World War Z» WINNER: Mark Wahlberg — «Lone Survivor» Actress in an action movie WINNER: Sandra Bullock — «Gravity» Jennifer Lawrence — «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» Evangeline Lilly — «The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug» Gwyneth Paltrow — «Iron Man 3» Comedy WINNER: «American Hustle» «Enough Said» «The Heat» «This Is the End» «The Way Way Back» «The World's End» Actor in a comedy Christian Bale — «American Hustle» WINNER: Leonardo DiCaprio — «The Wolf of Wall Street» James Gandolfini — «Enough Said» Simon Pegg — «The World's End» Sam Rockwell — «The Way Way Back» Actress in a comedy WINNER: Amy Adams — «American Hustle» Sandra Bullock — «The Heat» Greta Gerwig — «Frances Ha» Julia Louis - Dreyfus — «Enough Said» Melissa McCarthy — «The Heat» Sci - fi / horror movie «The Conjuring» WINNER: «Gravity» «Star Trek Into Darkness» «World War Z» Foreign language film WINNER: «Blue Is the Warmest Color» «The Great Beauty» «The Hunt» «The Past» «Wadjda» Documentary feature «The Act of Killing» «Blackfish» «Stories We Tell» «Tim's Vermeer» WINNER: «20 Feet from Stardom» Song «Atlas» — Coldplay — «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» «Happy» — Pharrell Williams — «Despicable Me 2» WINNER: «Let It Go» — Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson - Lopez — «Frozen» «Ordinary Love» — U2 — «Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom» «Please Mr. Kennedy» — Justin Timberlake, Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver — «Inside Llewyn Davis» «Young and Beautiful» — Lana Del Rey — «The Great Gatsby» Score WINNER: Steven Price — «Gravity» Arcade Fire — «Her» Thomas Newman — «Saving Mr. Banks» Hans Zimmer — «12 Years a Slave&action movie WINNER: Sandra Bullock — «Gravity» Jennifer Lawrence — «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» Evangeline Lilly — «The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug» Gwyneth Paltrow — «Iron Man 3» Comedy WINNER: «American Hustle» «Enough Said» «The Heat» «This Is the End» «The Way Way Back» «The World's End» Actor in a comedy Christian Bale — «American Hustle» WINNER: Leonardo DiCaprio — «The Wolf of Wall Street» James Gandolfini — «Enough Said» Simon Pegg — «The World's End» Sam Rockwell — «The Way Way Back» Actress in a comedy WINNER: Amy Adams — «American Hustle» Sandra Bullock — «The Heat» Greta Gerwig — «Frances Ha» Julia Louis - Dreyfus — «Enough Said» Melissa McCarthy — «The Heat» Sci - fi / horror movie «The Conjuring» WINNER: «Gravity» «Star Trek Into Darkness» «World War Z» Foreign language film WINNER: «Blue Is the Warmest Color» «The Great Beauty» «The Hunt» «The Past» «Wadjda» Documentary feature «The Act of Killing» «Blackfish» «Stories We Tell» «Tim's Vermeer» WINNER: «20 Feet from Stardom» Song «Atlas» — Coldplay — «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» «Happy» — Pharrell Williams — «Despicable Me 2» WINNER: «Let It Go» — Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson - Lopez — «Frozen» «Ordinary Love» — U2 — «Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom» «Please Mr. Kennedy» — Justin Timberlake, Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver — «Inside Llewyn Davis» «Young and Beautiful» — Lana Del Rey — «The Great Gatsby» Score WINNER: Steven Price — «Gravity» Arcade Fire — «Her» Thomas Newman — «Saving Mr. Banks» Hans Zimmer — «12 Years a Slave»

Connery has since provided the voice for a low - budget Scottish animated film called Sir Billi and the video game adaptation of From Russia With Love, but has been adamant that he'll never return to perform in a live - action role.

The majority of the film's action takes place long after Eric and Sara's love affair is discovered (you can probably guess how Freya reacts to it) and Eric has escaped the icy North to be a Huntsman of his very own.

Michael Bay is a guy who makes big and dumb action movies, and a lot of superhero films are big and dumb action movies, but he still hasn't taken the plunge and embraced modern Hollywood's love for men wearing capes.

Winging between deadly serious starts (this is a film that opens with an incinerated baby, for chrissakes), heartbreaking lost loves, kingdom - destroying action scenes and Blunt and Theron yelling at each other to the point of camp, the film never even comes close to striking a balance.

Anyway, I loved the dreamlike atmosphere, the religious symbolism and, especially, the soundtrack and the way the director uses it in the manner of a silent film to highlight and explain the actions (or non-actions), facial expressions and emotions being played out on screen when there isn't any dialogue present.

It's a film about what is not said; filled with painfully reserved people unable to express their feelings about life, love, right and wrong until it's too late; the sort of movie where the most action - packed scene is a maid asking to borrow a book.

In their previous screenplays, Wright and Pegg have very shrewdly thrown genre conventions on their collective ear; they clearly love horror movies and action flicks and buddy comedies, and they understand the structure of those films with such clarity that they can rewrite the rules, scramble up our expectations and wind up with a creation that's both an homage to and a subversion of past classics.

At the start of the DVD, there is a 90 - second trailer for classic live action films on Disney DVD and video, highlighting Apple Dumpling Gang, Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again, The Love Bug, The Parent Trap, Escape to Witch Mountain, Return from Witch Mountain, and The Absent Minded Professor.

This is really Tom Tykwer's (Perfume, Paris I Love You) showcase, and what the film lacks in terms of exciting and novel plotlines, it makes up for with the director's more realistic approach to the action, where the hero can get hurt, characters aren't always living or dying on cue, and one bullet isn't enough to kill every nameless henchman instantly.

The division, part of billionaire Haim Saban's media empire, racked up five total by the end of the festival: the Gerard Butler psychological thriller «Keepers,» Keanu Reeves» romantic thriller «Siberia,» «Berlin, I Love You» with Kiera Knightley and Helen Mirren, Nicolas Cage's «Between Worlds» and the historical action film «Viking Destiny.»

Set in the»60s, that halcyon era of political action and cultural definition evoked in Sayles» first film, this story of an ambitious Jewish high school student's affair with a dapper Italian - American petty criminal renders assimilationist concerns through the tender prism of a love story.

It's cool to see the return of two iconic sci - fi / action franchises such as Alien: Covenant and now Predators which both can hopefully bring back and add the things we loved from the original films.

In a sense, the film is the anti-Departed, quietly insisting on an authenticity of location that is far more crucial here than in Martin Scorsese's New Yorker's love - letter to Boston, where Beantown provides only a convenient situs of crime and police corruption appropriate toa transplanted Hong Kong action film.

I love the action, but I did a lot of action in the Rush Hour films.

James Mangold for caring about all the right things in his work and blessing us with Logan and Copland, Refn for Drive alone, Stallone for giving us Rocky and THE «Just keep going» monologue that everyone in the arts needs when they have that inevitable bad day, Joe Carnahan for being able to blend heart stopping action with character drama and Phil Joanou for making my favorite film of all time with State of Grace (1990)(I'd love a Cinephilia and Beyond piece on it someday...)

For the most part, Last Action Hero is a funny and irreverent good time, not only for action movie junkies, but for film buffs that know and love all of the conventions that the action genre Action Hero is a funny and irreverent good time, not only for action movie junkies, but for film buffs that know and love all of the conventions that the action genre action movie junkies, but for film buffs that know and love all of the conventions that the action genre action genre holds.

Transferring all of the familiar action cliches and plot devices to rural England was a masterstroke, and Pegg's obvious love of cult film and TV offers up a wealth of targets for homages, from Bad Boys II to The Stepford Wives to The Wicker Man.

The Hitman's Bodyguard, which bears the tagline «Get triggered» and is essentially a dumber, tackier Midnight Run, was destined to be one of those Neanderthalic, faux - merican EuropaCorp action movies, like The Transporter or From Paris With Love — except fate fumbled, and the film ended up as a coasting - on - star - power...

Like the Japanese condiment itself, this is a film for acquired tastes, so if you love the cheesiest of action - comedies, you might find this blend of international flavors much to your liking.

Together with director Edgar Wright, actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost created two of the funniest and most loving tributes to genre films in recent memory: The zombie spoof «Shaun of the Dead» and the action movie «Hot Fuzz.»

Director / Screenwriter (and part - time comic book writer) Joss Whedon's love for comics is apparent right from the start with an opening act that would be the climax in many action films and carries through to one of the more spectacular final battle scenes you're likely to see for years to come.

Romantic comedy crosses with spy action in This Means War, a film that forms a love triangle out of two CIA operatives and the civilian object of their affections.

This entry is more of an action film than others he's done, which makes it at least somewhat different, but at its heart, it's the same old Adam Sandler you've either come to love or loathe since Billy Madison.

After our own Alex Billington and Jeremy Kirk both loved John Wick so much that we have not just one, but two glowing reviews of the film starring Keanu Reeves, we have another tease of the action thriller coming next month.

Billed as «the world's first oil painted feature film», which is slightly harder to quantify than the film's PR people might hope, Loving Vincent consists 65,000 frames painted by a team of 125 classically - trained painters on glass, with about two - thirds of those have been copied over live - action reference footage.

As much about the tragedy of repressed love and the rebellion of a feisty young princess (Zhang Ziyi) against an arranged marriage as a hot - blooded action film, it bubbles with heart, soul, and sheer poetry in motion.

Like I said, I love your movies, and I truly hope that you continue to do more great and hilarious works of arts, comedy, and action, but, as a black movie buff and a film studies student, PLEASE INCLUDE MORE PEOPLE OF COLOR IN YOUR FUTURE FILMof arts, comedy, and action, but, as a black movie buff and a film studies student, PLEASE INCLUDE MORE PEOPLE OF COLOR IN YOUR FUTURE FILMOF COLOR IN YOUR FUTURE FILMS.

The enduring and healing power of love, the strength of the human will, living for the moment — these are a few of the themes Cameron covers, but instead of coming off as blatantly preachy (which, in some of his previous films, he comes dangerously close to), he addresses these issues with careful subtlety, expressing them mostly through the characters and their actions rather than explicitly written dialogue (with the exception of a few words of wisdom dispensed by Jack).

It's oddly romantic for a western, lost love being the driver of the action, and incredibly well performed, especially breakout Caren Pistorious who I genuinely hope to see in more films soon.