Sentences with phrase «more engaging films»

Honestly, this is one of the more engaging films I've had the pleasure of viewing in quite some time.

It's a captivating message for the most part, but you can't help feel there's a leaner, more engaging film here.

Not exact matches

As an industry content leader, Participant annually produces up to six narrative feature films, five documentary films, three episodic television series, and more than 40 hours of digital short form programming, through its digital subsidiary SoulPancake — all aimed at entertainment that inspires social awareness and engaging audiences to participate in positive social change.

Though there is a much smaller pool of backers here, they're more engaged and are more willing to support film makers.

DB will have wasted more than a year engaged with a surreal investor who has disappeared into the mist like a character in a bad Chinese martial arts film.

It has a similar feel to that film, particularly in some of its observations on contemporary society, but a more engaging (and far....

Suffragette (released 12 October) is an engaging and entertaining film which highlights the work of thousands of British women throughout the... More

The more we see of Shuri, the more we engage with this crucial component of the film's worldbuilding.

To overcome this, Jin recommends scientists engage more with the public, uphold ethical standards, and increase the production of science - related films and shows.

A well directed film by Daren Afronsky, Micky Rourke and Marisa Tomei are more than able to bring their respective characters and all of their flaws to life in a realistic and engaging manner..

There's not much going on here that most audience members won't see coming miles away - ie the transformation of a crusty old blind character into someone distinctly more kindhearted, thanks to the presence of Quill - but the film nevertheless remains engaging, primarily thanks to director Yoichi Sai's patience in allowing things to play out naturally.

A technologically marvelous animated movie that's just as funny and inventive as the first, but also more emotionally engaging than most live - action films.

Critics Consensus: Well - written, well - meaning and solidly acted, The Life of Emile Zola film may ultimately be more earnest than dramatically engaging.

Much more emotionally engaging throughout than the first film.

And while this adaptation - written by Akiva Goldsman - contains many of the same beats and plot twists as Brown's book, the film never quite becomes anything more than a sporadically engaging but mostly dull murder mystery.

When I said that the film hits particularly bland spells, I really did mean it, though I'd be lying if I said that the film ever slips into downright dullness, thanks to an adequate degree of colorful wit within Sherriff's, West's and Maschwitz's screenplay, which, at the very least, delivers on engaging characterization that is made all the more engaging by the portrayals of the characters.

It takes ba ** s to come right after Avengers: Infinity War, one of the biggest superhero movies of all time and sh ** on its star power by presenting a film that's more entertaining, engaging, relatable and immersive (without relying on 3D).

I also detested the title character a bit more than perhaps the writers intended or would have wanted, since it kept me from engaging more with the film.

There's more than a glimmer of something engaging in Red Sparrow — a grim, sorrowful thriller with a keenly rendered texture — but the film gets tripped up as it both resists classification and invites all of it in.

The interviews are appealing enough, if sometimes too bland, but the more engaging passages in the film are those that show Francis out in the world, visiting migrant camps in Italy and Greece, mingling with the poor in his native Buenos Aires, and even spending time with prisoners in the U.S. as well as other countries.

The wait is more than worth it and I found myself engaged in this film from beginning to end.

Without knowing what has been lost in the process, it would be hard to imagine the original film was any less repetitive or more dramatically engaging than what remains.

«I, Tonya» is far more engaging when its characters aren't winking at the camera, and Gillespie almost squeezes his heroine out of her own movie instead of more directly reckoning with her secondhand involvement in the incident that has come to define her life, but the film always rediscovers its poise by returning to Harding's circumstances.

The film's world - building is more engaging than its plotting, which skews toward the generic as the embattled good guys set out on their last - ditch effort to save what remains of humanity; there's a sense, while watching Blame!

He's so much more engaging when directing these smaller films (Oscar - winning Tsotsi) than the big budget Hollywood blockbusters (X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Ender's Game).

I was engaged by the film's charm, but with too strong a reservation to recommend it as anything more than an enjoyable trifle.

While engaging in some of the compression and conjecture that mark any enterprise in historical fiction, the film tacks closely to the established record, including a piquant third - act reveal that will surely send curious audiences to Google for more information.

One couldn't find a culture more different than the simian society of Planet of the Apes (1968), a film that Schaffner was engaged to direct after Blake Edwards pulled out.

In this lively, illuminating and unexpectedly moving documentary, directors Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow engage in a personal and candid discussion with De Palma, exploring not only his life and work but also his singular approach to the craft of filmmaking and his remarkable experiences navigating the film business, from his early days as the bad boy of New Hollywood to his more recent years as a respected veteran of the field.

The results are fairly engaging; the many scuba - diving treasure - hunting scenes in The Deep were filmed on location rather than in a tank, and Challis's submerged but uncompromised lensing makes them all the more impressive.

Unfortunately, she's probably the only member of he cast that manages to give more than what's expected, with Jamie Foxx looking uncomfortable having to restrain his warm and engaging personality, and the mish - mash supporting cast of Rose Byrne (Neighbors), Cameron Diaz, and Bobby Cannavale (Chef) all giving the film requisite energy, but none of them are particularly appealing in their roles.

Seyfried makes for a fine older Cosette and has a beautiful voice, but as Cosette doesn't do all that much besides trail behind Valjean and wait for Marius to come for a visit, Éponine (Samantha Barks) becomes the more engaging of the film's two young women.

But it only serves to highlight how good the core aspects of the film are, there are far more real laughs than you would expect, keeping both children and adults (and everything in between) engaged with the fun.

As an industry content leader, Participant annually produces up to six narrative feature films, five documentary films, three episodic television series, and more than 40 hours of digital short form programming, through its digital subsidiary SoulPancake — all aimed at entertainment that inspires social awareness and engaging audiences to participate in positive social change.

So good is Cable that you wish the film would've allowed more room for growth with his inclusion into the story and while he plays a key role in proceedings, you still can't escape the feeling that the film would've grown as a whole had Brolin been allowed more spotlight, ditto for Dennisen and Reynolds budding mateship, that despite forming the core of the narrative thrust is never properly built up, making Wilson's mission as a whole less engaging than it could've been.

We see the destruction of Metropolis from his ground - level viewpoint in a genuinely tense and engaging opening sequence (after the contractually obligated retelling of Bats» origins during the credits), that does far more to convey the true horror and damage of that fight than the previous film.

It's an unabashedly high concept premise that's employed to positive effect by director John Landis, although it does go without saying that the lion's share of praise for the film's success belongs to both Aykroyd and Murphy - as the actors» exceedingly engaging work ultimately proves instrumental in smoothing over some of the more questionable elements within the narrative.

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It's much more inventive and engaging than most of these films, despite the requisite...

With each stop adds more intrigue to the story and the anticipation of what will come next keeps you engaged throughout the entirety of the film.

In our dossier on «American Extreme», we are joined by guest co-editor Jack Sargeant: not, in this case, to make «sense» of these films as such, but rather to engage with more sensorially demanding cinematic experiences, often well beyond the scope of what is deemed acceptable.

Hot on the heels of 1981's Body Heat, One Deadly Summer follows suit by updating noir conventions and archetypes, but while Lawrence Kasdan intensifies «noirishness» by amping the dial to 11, Becker integrates even more cinematic influences and engages with lingering post-WWII anxieties in a manner that broadens, rather than distills, the film's revisionist stakes.

Their film is zippy and funny but also layered with a let's - all - get - along message that feels more relevant and engaged than your average kids» movie (including feminist gags about not calling women animals «cute»).

Never a fan of the novels, I find the film to be more coherent, more emotionally engaging, and a good deal more exciting than anything Tolkien presented in his self - described «histories» of Middle Earth.

The effects are amazing, of course, and show off the technological advancements in moviemaking since Twister (although I still found that film more engaging).

Altman is more engaging on «Imagining Images,» an archive featurette in which he freely discusses his influences, including Persona, and confirms that Images was conceived and shot in the same improvisational style as many of his other films, even if it feels more hermetic and controlled.

More than a screed against alcohol, this film is a plea for us remain engaged with people and with society.

Typical for a del Toro film, more thought has gone into fanciful creature design than in crafting an engaging experience for viewers.

Older audiences may find Hook, the live action film starring Dustin Hoffman as the evil pirate and Robin Williams as a grownup Peter to be a more engaging portrayal of the story.

Formerly known as that blonde girl who was once engaged to Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow has made a name for herself without the help of past beaus (Pitt and Ben Affleck) by maturing from Hollywood's princess into one of today's more classier actresses, willing to take a chance on smaller art films for the improvement of her career rather than her bank account.