Sentences with phrase «made docudrama»

Research and facts are usually a surefire way to dull a movie, but Cameron isn't making a docudrama.

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No points for timeliness here; made - for - TV docudramas and the independent film «Longtime Companion» have already explored the subject, and «Philadelphia» breaks no new dramatic ground.

He played a dramatic role as one of the inventors of silicon breast implants in the made - for - television docudrama Breast Men (1997).

Recouping after 2010's annoyingly unfunny «Dinner for Schmucks» and returning to his political interests after his recent HBO docudrama «Game Change» about Sarah Palin, director Jay Roach and screenwriters Chris Henchy («The Other Guys») and Shawn Harwell (HBO's «Eastbound and Down») have no pretense of making a smart, spiky political satire with teeth.

This inventive, episodic indie about a Senegalese immigrant employed as a Seattle bike cop suggested interesting things to come from Devor, who proceeded to make an avant - garde docudrama about a man fucked to death by a horse.

I'm not a fan of docudramas, but with Citizen Lane I'll make an exception.

Captain Phillips 2013, 134 minutes, PG - 13 / Director: Paul Greengrass / Writers: Billy Ray, Richard Phillips, Stephen Talty / Stars: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi Buy It: Blu - ray Combo • DVD • Instant Video Paul Greengrass» docudrama instincts make this piracy story riveting and suspenseful.

Meanwhile, the fine docudramas of Affleck and Bigelow make their omissions among the most dubious in a long time.

A made - for - TV docudrama that breeds Edward Dmytryk's The Caine Mutiny with Rob Reiner's A Few Good Men, A Glimpse of Hell impresses only with its dedication to mediocrity.

McKay's docudrama approach isn't entirely successful, but the movie's flaws are offset by some solid performances and a steady stream of humor that makes the infuriating subject matter a little easier to swallow, even if we seem doomed to repeat those same mistakes again.

Those are some big shoes to fill, but «End of Watch» certainly has the right ingredients to make it happen, including a talented cast led by Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena, and an interesting docudrama style that will most likely divide audiences.

While one way to approach this sort of material is through the filter of horror, another would be just to make a straight docudrama (or even documentary) on black lives in white America.

The iconoclastic director has made presidential docudramas before (JFK and Nixon), but W. is the first about one still in office.

Two gritty docudramas make their way to Blu - ray and DVD, but each take a different approach to worthwhile bonus content.

«American Made» is the best - reviewed Tom Cruise movie in ages, a crackling, witty drug trade docudrama about a hot shot pilot who gets himself in the middle of the Iran / Contra Scandal, and Reagan Administration extra-legal shenanigans that flooded the country... Continue reading →

It's Clooney's second film, but he doesn't just know how to make a restricted setting story (the film takes place in the CBS building, a bar, and two to three other locations) exciting... he also knows how to make an informative docudrama into an affecting and revealing look at people working together.

What makes this piece unique is its documentary format, as the aforementioned entries were docudramas, criticized by some for indulging in speculation and paranoid conspiracy theories.

There are some early scenes in Somalia that are obviously fictionalized, set up to draw a contrast between the environs of the Somalis with that of Americans, which makes Captain Phillips more a Hollywood story based on a real life event than a docudrama.

Masterson and her cast make these characters, and others, into specific people and not elements in a docudrama.

Next up was the narrative feature The Creep Behind the Camera, an edgy dark comedy / docudrama that told the story about the making of The Creeping Terror, arguably the worst monster movie ever made.