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Men wrote more reviews of films in all genres than women.

Not exact matches

Kingdom of Heaven is a far, far more interesting film than most of its reviews have suggested and a far, far more morally complex film than any of Ridley...

generates a «sour» review they could (in theory) change the end of that very show as soon as they read it... the Story NXT tells is set on film (digital file) 4 days to 4 weeks before the Audience sees it, to adjust their sails for that would require back stage re-shoots and post production edits (look at Impact scrambling to re-write their Pre-tape to cover for ADR's release)... easier to let it ride, see if the opinions stay sour, and then IF Needed adjust the angle for the next taping, at which time they'll have a better idea for the correction and can make it look more organic

A forensic assessment of the filmed recordings by father and son team (Hypothetical Premier League) of every match played in the Premiership and the critical decisions made by referees shows that Arsenal would have finished top of the League (2 points more than they got) and Leicester should have been 2nd (9 points less than they got)-- if the use of video evidence had been used to review important decisions.

Dr. Peden has written or contributed to more than 160 peer - reviewed scientific publications on the kinetics and mechanisms of automobile exhaust catalysis; the development of zeolite catalysts for diesel engine emission control; hydrocarbon reforming over bimetallic catalysts; the structure of hydroprocessing catalysts; the development of novel, supported solid acid catalysts for petroleum refining; the growth and properties of oxide and semiconductor thin films; and model studies of adhesion at metal / metal - oxide interfaces.

She used to film a lot of tutorials, but has moved into more haul, tag, and review videos.

[Blu - ray Review] Looking and sounding like a million bucks (or more) and full of exhaustive bonus content new and vintage, the Blu - ray release of «The Jungle Book» is a must - own for anyone who loves animation, the Walt Disney studio, or film in general.

The negative reviews of the film, No Escape, is more proof that people just jump on the internet bandwagon of stupid every.

PYONGYANGST - My Review of THE LOVERS AND THE DESPOT (3 Stars) Evoking more questions than answers, THE LOVERS AND THE DESPOT, a documentary by filmmakers Ross Adam and Robert Cannan details the stranger than fiction account of a prominent South Korean film director and his actress ex-wife who were kidnapped by North Korea during Kim Jong Il's reign and were forced to make over 17 movies for him.

Built as a road movie in its first hour of footage, the film accompanies a truck driver on his way from Kosovo to Belgrade... It's in the whole of this journey where the film seems more robust... [Full review in Spanish]

I think it would be a great idea to have more diversity of content in this site (an early review of Beloved was a pleasant surprise some weeks ago) but right now the balance is definitely in favor of sci - fi, fantasy, horror, action, and some crime films created for a demographic probably best described as «geek».

Having won the Golden Lion at this year's Venice International Film Festival and a Special Filmmaking Achievement Award (but no mention in the ten best films list) from the National Board of Review, Sofia Coppola's Somewhere is one of the more highly anticipated independent releases of December, especially if you liked her previous films.

Let me start off my review with saying that I have come to view the Transformers films as nothing more than mindless entertainment, popcorn flicks of the summer to pass the time.

As a film critic and movie lover, my days of reading Roger's reviews and watching him spar with Gene Siskel go back as farRead More →

It take a serious pair of stones to release a production this major without warning, and their bold choice to make the film available directly after the game caught more eyeballs than a usual press cycle of screenings and reviews might have.

Excellent analysis of Torso, far more thoughtful than most reviews appear to deem the film worthy of.

«Schrader works in a stately, dark - toned style that's far more compelling than the frenetic genre hash of his last two films, «Dying of the Light» (2014) and «Dog Eat Dog (2016),» Variety opined in a review, coming into «First Reformed» as a summation of Schrader's work: «Paul Schrader pours all his obsessions, from Robert Bresson to pulp violence, into a grindhouse art film you can't stop watching.»

It may be surprising for you to learn that in a country with more than one billion people, the fastest growing film industry in the world, and a 10 billion rmb (1.5 billion usd) box office gross in 2010 alone, there is hardly any professional film criticism accessible to its public.When I say hardly any, I mean that there is an absence of professional film critics who work for major, national publications and media outlets, and thus a lack of regular film reviews of new Chinese movies, at least for the mass audiences.

Netflix recently premiered the third film of Sandler's original deal, «Sandy Wexler,» which is getting more positive reviews than his other ventures on the platform.

Neither of us is disputing that the film is a mess, but where Kris thought it clumsy, ill - judged junk, I was more forgiving in my Cannes review: for me, -LSB-...]

It also received highly positive reviews with some critics lauding it for doing the near - impossible task of compressing more than a dozen superheroes in a film that while feeling overstuffed never overwhelms moviegoers with exposition.

It is hard to remember how few serious film critics held podiums twenty years ago (when Time magazine carried more influence, for that matter, than all the rest of the media combined — among the handful of moviegoers who read reviews at all).

Vittorio Storaro comments at some length on the color symbolism in Bertolucci's The Last Emperor, which he shot, demonstrating more critical insight into how the film works and what it's about than we are likely to find in reviews, and there are similarly revealing commentaries from Michael Chapman about the iconographic and stylistic sources of Raging Bull (Life magazine and the photographs of Weegee) and from Hall about the role played by chance in the lighting of a scene from In Cold Blood, where the shadows of raindrops appear to be running down Robert Blake's face.

The film is, as I wrote in my own review, an immaculate and often startling piece of work, and while I think Haneke has made richer, more satisfying films in his career, I'm already looking forward to revisiting this one.

Granted, some of this has been generated by Malick, and the promotional efforts for the film, but, frankly, many big name, and lesser name critics, have simply imbued and misconstrued their own critical lack and imaginative dead rot into their reviews, and missed the boat on this film, from some of its most basic elements through its more nuanced themes and evocations.

Our studio had its first ever $ 1 billion worldwide grossing film in Michael Bay's hit «Transformers: Dark of the Moon;» we successfully re-launched our «Mission Impossible» franchise with Tom Cruise, JJ Abrams and Brad Bird; our latest installment in the «Paranormal Activity» franchise had another $ 100 million dollar success; our first original animated film «Rango,» from director Gore Verbinski, earned rave reviews and more than $ 100 million at the domestic box office; and we released global phenomenon «Super 8,» directed by JJ Abrams, who will now direct the newest «Star Trek» for 2013.

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At various points in his fantastically varied and storied career he wrote position papers on the need of support for a moribund Australian film industry, wrote and directed numerous episodes of such seminal TV shows as Homicide and Division 4 for Crawford Productions, was central in establishing film courses and departments in places such as Canberra and Brisbane (Griffith University), wrote plays and performed poems at Melbourne University and La Mama in the 1960s, directed feature films in the early 1980s (most memorably Ginger Meggs in 1982), made documentaries for the ABC and SBS (The Myth Makers, Images of Australia, The Legend of Fred Paterson, and numerous others), wrote and edited such books as Screenwriting: A Manual and Queensland Images in Film and Television, helmed commercials for a vast array of companies and government bodies, contributed film reviews to ABC radio (and more occasionally TV) across various states (for almost 40 years), wrote for numerous publications including Overland, The Canberra Times, Metro, The Concise Encyclopedia of Documentary Film, The Hobart Mercury, and so much more.

Perhaps due to the choices to cover older works, they're more able than ever to produce intelligent, thoughtful, and informative criticism — while this article maligns their production value as no better than «the average Youtube video,» editing a video review to provide context via clips of the film is a step beyond what the vast majority of populist or even academic film criticism has done in the past, let alone other related films in the genre and in the director's oeuvre for context.

Film criticism is not something people seek out unless they either love film or find the critic entertaining on their own — the issue may be more pronounced in the era of the Internet and review aggregators, but it's certainly not a new issue.

A bit more over the top than the recent R - rated animated film, Batman: Gotham Gaslight (reviewed elsewhere on this site) which had a more traditionally cell animated look, Batman Ninja is a visually dazzling and fun film and an interesting take on the classic DC characters which include The Joker, Harley Quinn, Gorilla Grodd, various Batman villains, and members of the Bat Family as well.

A warmly engaging film about the «New York Review of Books» might have been more than a birthday love - in

Ethan Hawke has given many brilliant performances in his 33 - year film career, including standouts like «Gattaca», «Before the Devil Knows You're Dead», «Boyhood», and the «Before Sunrise»...... Read more «New Review from Jeff York of Creative Screenwriting Magazine: Paul Schrader and Ethan Hawke stun with «First Reformed» ``

I truly enjoyed this film and if you want to read more of my thoughts on it, feel free to check out my review of the film below:

After securing the 2013 Sundance Film Festival's Screenwriting award, a slot on the National Board of Review's top ten list of indie films, and the vocal support of critical heavy hitters like A.O. Scott, Lake Bell's pitch - perfectly precise comedy In A World... announced itself as one of the more confident debut features in recent memory, let alone from an actor - turned - director / writer.

If you are looking for more of film review, check out our review for the 2D Blu - ray combo pack here.

Good review dude, I'm growing more and more concerned about the way the characters fare in this film (and not in terms of life vs death, I read Krakeur's «Into Thin Air» awhile ago so I have a good idea of who makes it and who doesn't) and how much screen time Krakeur himself will have.

by Walter Chaw The only genre that boasts more direct - to - video fare than horror is porn, and since we haven't quite reached the point of quiet desperation needed to begin reviewing porn, find here a smelted cheddar of four dtv horror features (actually, The Boogeyman got a theatrical release in 1980, though I can't understand why): the eighth film in Clive Barker's venerable horror octology, Hellraiser: Hellworld; The Boogeyman and its second sequel, the legitimately straight - to - video Return of the Boogeyman; and Kevin VanHook's The Fallen Ones.

And now, since the film annoyed me so much, I'd lke to just throw down my typed - up notes (originally written in the dark of the theater), rather than waste any more effort on a «review:»

No cast yet (and good luck strying ot out Stockard / Olivia / John) but it's aiming for 2015 Serious Film my friend Michael liked Match, the Tribeca film starring Patrick Stewart I reviewed yesterday, a helluva lot more than me so it's worth sharing an opposing opinion First Showing footage from Russell Crowe's directorial debut, The Water Diviner Empire the WB triples down on director Zach Snyder giving in both the Man of Steel sequel and the Justice League movie (but why?

If I may speak for my colleagues at Mutant Reviewers here, one of the reasons why we took so long in reviewing The Dark Knight wasn't that we didn't enjoy it (I think it was more or less universally liked) or that there wasn't enough to say — just that this was a monumental superhero movie that may just stand at the top of the pack of the decade, and that is a huge thought to tackle when you want to give the film justice.

Furthermore, it's possible that the film might struggle to be seen as more than a performance showcase — Jones and Fiennes might well be in the running, depending on the strength of the categories, but it'll really need strong reviews out of TIFF to be a Best Picture contender.

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More than a review of Sean Baker's latest film, Kate Taylor examines the impact of a movie that transcends dire straits

DVD Review: The new Razzle - Dazzle Edition of «Chicago» is mostly likely more about promoting director Rob Marshall's latest film («Memoirs of a Geisha») than honoring the Academy Award - winning musical, but it's a pleasant holiday surprise for fans of the film.

And there's more: Quentin Tarantino's favorite film of the year «Big Bad Wolves» obviously can't help but be overhyped, but as a dark comedy thriller and exercise in revenge, coming later this month, you could do a lot worse (review here).

There are a lot of things to admire about the 12 - issue miniseries (from its multilayered narrative to its psychologically complex characters), but the Holy Bible of comic books it is not, and that only makes reviewing the film adaptation even more difficult.

The start was about two million less than Clooney's last film as director — the comedy Leatherheads (this new effort has had better reviews - read ours), and the political aspect has more in common with Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Good Night, and Good Luck.

There are two versions of the film, one a 90 - minute version which premiered to rave reviews at the Venice Film Festival and a shorter, 45 - minute IMAX version narrated by Brad Pitt, described as a more explanatory version.

The edited - down film version of The Trip to Italy premiered at Sundance to good notes, but you probably don't need to read reviews to know that Coogan and Brydon are going to deliver once more.