Not exact matches
Four months ago, I descended upon the desert in Sedona and had a crazy experience with a shamanic healer and soul guide — an experience that I
highlighted in this 20
minute Facebook video that I
filmed afterward.
The relatively grounded
film goes into full pixels - and - dynamite mode in these final
minutes, beating the audience into submission rather than
highlighting the spectacular trio of Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman.
But even at a scant 90
minutes, the
film manages to cover a lot of ground, hopping around from interviews to live footage, the
highlights of which are a live studio take of «Higgs Bossom Blues,» a 9
minute epic whose slithering slow build plays out uninterrupted and the finale, a blistering live performance of «Jubilee Street» featuring a string section and children's choir, intercut with scenes of Cave onstage over the years.
It's ultimately clear, however, that Fear and Desire simply isn't able to justify its feature - length running time (ie the whole thing feels padded - out even at 61
minutes), with the movie's less - than - consistent vibe paving the way for a second half that could hardly be less interesting or anti-climactic - which does, in the end, confirm the
film's place as a fairly ineffective first effort that does, at least,
highlight the eye - catching visual sensibilities of its preternaturally - talented director.
All the Money in the World A first - rate thriller from Ridley Scott, about the Getty kidnapping in 1973, the
film is
highlighted by terrific performances from Michelle Williams as the victimâ $ ™ s mother and Christopher Plummer (a last -
minute re-shot substitution for Kevin Spacey) as the tightwad billionaire, J. Paul Getty.
Sadly, these are the only
highlights in «The Incredible Burt Wonderstone,» a slow, humdrum comedy that would have worked better as a 10 -
minute sketch than a feature
film.
Extras include a six -
minute behind - the - scenes featurette whose
highlight is star Wilson suiting up for a pre-production supersonic flight; seven deleted or extended scenes — among them odd alternate opening and closing title sequences — with optional commentary from director Moore and editor Paul Martin Smith — these trims carry a viewer discretion warning, for they would've threatened the
film's PG - 13 rating; a fantastic, largely CGI pre-visualization (with, again, optional Moore / Smith commentary) of the virtuoso ejection set piece that at times gives Final Fantasy a run for its money; the teaser trailer for Spielberg's upcoming Minority Report; and two engrossing full - length commentaries, one by Moore and Smith, the other producer John Davis and executive producer Wyck Godfrey.
In what turned out to be one of the
highlights at this year's CinemaCon was the stunning, 10
minute footage from Peter Jackson's new movie, the epic 3D
film adaptation of Tolkien's The Hobbit (which opens December 14) that was shot at a frame rate of 48 per second achieving an unprecedented combination of uniformity and brightness.
With a 30
minute running time, it goes by way too fast but it is a great documentary that
highlights the joy that Scorsese had in making the
film with his cast and crew and how much they all loved going to work with the masterful director.
The
highlight of the «2 - Disc Special Edition» DVD and Blu - ray editions is 30 -
minute video interview with Quentin Tarantino and Brad Pitt (conducted by Elvis Mitchell for his radio series «The Treatment») that brings out a calmer (yet still enthusiastic) QT to discuss the creative ideas behind his
film, with Pitt in full support of his vision and his collaborative engagement with actors.
The interplay between the two leads, along with some
highlights from John C. Reilly, Harrelson, and Heather Graham works well enough to carry this
film for an hour and forty - five
minutes.
Blu - ray
Highlight: There are no special features to be found, but fans will want to check out the included extended cut of the
film, boasting 36 additional
minutes of footage.
Blu - ray
Highlight: The 30 -
minute documentary «Between Good and Evil» is an excellent retrospective on making the movie, featuring interviews with various cast and crew, as well as a few Kubrick experts, about everything from the casting process, to
filming in East London, to the director's notoriously long shooting schedules and much more.
Slap bang in the centre of the
film comes its
highlight, a fifteen
minute encounter between Marcus and the college's Dean Caudwell (Tracy Letts), who has to insist more than once that the overly polite young man doesn't call him sir.
At the start of the disc, there is the 1 1/2
minute preview for classic live action Disney
films on DVD, which
highlights The Parent Trap, The Apple Dumpling Gang, The Absent Minded Professor, The Love Bug, and Escape to Witch Mountain, among others.
And while the
film's
highlight is clearly a continuous, absolutely jaw - dropping five -
minute tracking shot, Atonement is - from start to finish - one of the most effective big - budget epics to come around since 1997's Titanic (it's not quite as stirring as that, however).
It's an audacious 15
minute segment that instantly establishes itself as the
highlight of the
film and unfortunately ensures that what comes after feels awfully anti-climactic, with the eye - rollingly melodramatic and sentimental third act certainly exacerbating this feeling (it also doesn't help that there reaches a point at which the movie could logically end but chugs along for another 20
minutes or so).
Blu - ray
Highlight: As you might expect from a movie like «Safe,» the coolest piece of bonus material is a 10 -
minute featurette called «The Art of the Gunfight» that takes a look at the action choreography in the
film, focusing on three sequences in particular.
But Blood Wars «screenplay (by Kyle Ward, who co-conceived the story with Cory Goodman) is clunky and uneconomical; for a
film that runs 90
minutes, it frequently stops dead in its tracks so characters can narrate the action, or
highlight their shallow thoughts and emotions to the point of absurdity.
Byrne and McCarthy's private - plane banter is the
highlight of the
film and could have gone on another 30
minutes as far as I'm concerned.
Of the four production featurettes — including «Dodgeball Boot Camp,» «Anatomy of a Hit» and «Go for the Gold» — the best of the bunch is «Justin Long: A Study in Ham and Cheese,» a five -
minute highlight reel of the actor's best moments in the
film.
Blu - ray
Highlight: Sony definitely hasn't skimped on the bonus material for the
film's Blu - ray release — which includes about 16
minutes of deleted scenes, a short gag reel and a series of production featurettes — but none of them are particularly memorable.
These 2 -
minute film excerpts from Reporter introduce important themes in the
film and
highlight provocative moments.
The team compiled excerpts from
filmed conversations with principals to create a five -
minute film that
highlights how various principals feel about their libraries, their vision of what a school library should be, and a variety of initiatives that are underway in their schools that support literacy and learning.
Renowned photographer William Wegman's 30 -
minute film, «The Hardly Boys in Hardly Gold,» starring four of his own Weimaraners in costume, will be
highlighted at the first screening.
The
highlight of the current show is an eight -
minute film in which the artist kicks a flaming football around the streets of Ciudad Juárez, at night.
Richter, having been a member of the board of trustees since 2009 and designing covers for their annual CDs since 2014, was involved with some of his abstract works that were digitally cut and edited into a 32 -
minute film that accompanied the performance of music by Markus Schmickler,
highlighting the connections between art and music.