Sentences with phrase «most films these days»

While most films these days are about nothing, this film seems to be about everything that's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world.

Her death was amazingly done and refreshing considering most films these days just focus on gore and the shock factor.

can't say that about most films these days!

Not exact matches

Most stunt doubles make $ 889 a day, or about $ 50,000 a film, if they work every day of a three - month shoot.

It looks like you've given up most of your so - called days off to filming.

One of Sir John's most recent performances was in the Oscar - nominated film Jackie, which was released in the UK just eight days ago.

State - of - the - art zombie films — most notably 28 Days Later from 2002 and its sequel 28 Weeks Later — now use the undead to explore today's hazier ethical climate.

How could he leave out the wonderful Alec Guinness film The Man in the White Suit (about a chemist who invents a fabric that never gets dirty, never needs ironing, never wears out — and nearly causes a revolution because it is too perfect) Fortunately, Perkowitz does include The Day the Earth Stood Still (the film in which Patricia Neal delivers one of cinema's most famous geek catchphrases: «Gort!

Editor's Note: Expedition Blue Planet, led by Jacques Cousteau's granddaughter Alexandra Cousteau, is traveling 14,500 miles of road over 138 days to investigate and film some of North America's most pressing water - use and management stories.

For the most part, Jamie worked out before his filming day, and Dakota would work out more after the end of shooting.

A day out in the walled town of Bergues Top Zara (last season), Skirt — Linea (here), Coat — Maje (several seasons ago), Scarf — Burberry (very old — similar here), Bag (similar here) A day out in Bergues The fortified town of Bergues is perhaps most famous for the filming of «Bienvenue chez les Ch ’ t is» (or «Welcome to the sticks»), -LSB-...]

I realized today from trying to film «the interesting parts of my day,» that most days do not have interesting parts!

When most people think about horror movies these days they think about the traditional slasher film or the recent (and grotesquely named) «torture porn» genre.

As the days get darker and the nights grow colder, one of the most blissful things you can do this time of year is to spend the evening watching a classic romantic - comedy film.

One of the stranger ironies to be found in Hollywood these days is that some of its most resourceful directors use high - tech wizardry and state - of - the - art movie technology to make films that rail against the tyranny of science.

Most of the conflict comes from Jules» marriage, and that just shouldn't be the central premise of a film in this day and age, especially when it's tacked on at the end.

This is why Penn made this film, this is why McCandless» parents, even as they are portrayed in a highly negative light through most of the film, allowed it to happen — the truth is, it's not every day that a just - graduated college kid simply up and leaves for the sake of an adventure like that of McCandless» Supertramp.

Their killing is ritualized, sometimes involving torture that might last for days (an aspect which is portrayed most unsparingly in this film).

Most of the film is on par with his usual output, but there are the occasional nuggets that harken back to his finer days on Saturday Night Live and Just Shoot Me.

He made his first feature film, Four Day's Wonder, in 1937 for Universal, but most of his work for the next two years was for Republic Pictures, after which he moved to Columbia Pictures, where his most notable pictures were several entries in the Lone Wolf mystery series, and The Adventures of Martin Eden, based on Jack London's book.

Some funky «day for night» late in the film looked a bit awkward, but most of the dark scenes worked fine.

Getting short - shrift in all of this is Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas, The Rules of Attraction), who is pushed mostly to the side here — although that may be intended irony, since his character was the most sexually experienced in the original film, making him the guy most likely to have had his glory day in high school, only to go downhill from there.

Most of the film works as a detective story and follows the day after the guys» big night on the town.

To Sam (Tessa Thompson), the militant black DJ who hosts the hot - button show that gives the film its title, the president scolds, «I think you long for the days when blacks were hanging from trees so you'd have something to complain about,» before dubbing her the school's most intolerant figure.

The films» rampaging innocence and invention seem worlds apart in quality from most of what passes these days as family entertainment.

It should be, because big Hollywood names aside, this Michigan - filmed family movie overcomes an initially harebrained - sounding story line with just enough thrill, modern - day ocular wizardry and even fragments of heart - warming emotion to convert most initial skeptics into believers.

His first was in 1990's Memphis Belle and he has consistantly worked in film since then, most notably as Will Smith's wisecracking friend in Independence Day, and in an unexpected turn as the mimicking, murdurous psychopath in Copycat (1995).

Most of his appearances of the»50s were in Italian or European productions that seldom saw the light of day in English - speaking countries, though he later showed up in a number of Hollywood - financed films which required Italian or Spanish location shoots.

[img] http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon14.gif [/ img] Back when Eddie Murphy wasn't bombarding us with stupid, low brow and unfunny kids films he made Coming to America and to this day it remains one of his most cherished, warmest and funniest films.

At least the movie doesn't resort to tacky modern references or pop music, and like most animated family films these days, «Coco» also has some adult appeal.

The director's work has been spotty, with his first film, Dawn of the Dead 58, holding his highest Metascore and his most recent, Sucker Punch 33, possessing his lowest, and lead actor Henry Cavill, relatively unknown at the time of his casting, hasn't inspired excitement in his recent lead performances in Immortals and The Cold Light of Day (maybe we can blame that on the material).

His screenplay for the 1959 film version of Tennessee Williams» Suddenly Last Summer was the most overt example of out - of - the - closet cinema of the fifties, while his contributions to the screenplay of Ben Hur (1959) were intended to suggest that Judah Ben Hur and Messala enjoyed more than just a warm friendship (Ben Hur star Charlton Heston bristles to this day over Vidal's claiming responsibility for the tone and texture of the screenplay; Heston insists that director William Wyler rejected Vidal's script suggestions after a single cold reading).

With Independence Day: Resurgence and the 2016 presidential election on the horizon, we have ranked, by Metascore, those film with the funniest, bravest and most inspirational fake POTUSes in recent cinema history.

In the tradition of many Spielberg films, Lincoln is ultimately a testament to the primal satisfactions of unceasing momentum, which, regardless of its satirical intentions, positions the film as a seductive alternative to the tales of political gridlock that currently fill most newspapers almost every day.

Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan begins with one of the most deservedly famous sequences in all of recent film, a vivid and graphic recreation of the D - Day battle at Omaha Beach.

There may even be people out there - sane, normal people in many ways - who don't even know that the Liam Neeson / Catherine Zeta - Douglas - Jones - whatever - the - bloody - hell - she - calls - herself - these - days farrago is actually a remake of what is possibly the most terrifying film ever made.

Days of Darkness is arguably [Denis] Arcand's most depressing film.

Rather than make a standard biopic about the most famous First Lady in American history, this film centres on just a few days in her life to offer some telling insights not only into the...

Your evening kicks off with The Day the Earth Stood Still, an enduring classic and easily one of the most influential science fiction films of all time.

Donald Sutherland is one of the most respected, prolific and versatile of motion picture actors, with an astonishing resume of well over one hundred and fifty films, including such classics as Robert Aldrich's The Dirty Dozen; Robert Altman's M * A * S * H; John Schlesinger's The Day of the Locust; Robert Redford's Ordinary People; Bernardo Bertolucci's 1900; Philip Kaufman's Invasion of the Body Snatchers; Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now with Julie Christie; Alan Pakula's Klute with Jane Fonda; Federico Fellini's Fellini's Casanova and in Brian Hutton» sKelly's Heroes with Clint Eastwood, who later directed him in Space Cowboys.

Then again, Day - Lewis is a three - time Oscar winner for Best Actor, Anderson is a major talent, and the last time he and Day - Lewis worked together, on There Will Be Blood, it resulted in one of the most acclaimed films of the decade.

And yes, this is most certainly a film to look out for this Oscar season, although Hancock's Saving Mr. Banks was perhaps held in too high a regard sight - unseen before it was passed over for most of the major awards on nominations day, so a wee bit of caution is apt.

At the film's press day, actor Paul Giamatti, who's also an executive producer on the movie, talked about what drew him to John Dies at the End, his most memorable experience of the shoot, working with such new actors, how he sees the industry now, and that he doesn't think a film like Sideways would even get made today.

But he was no journeyman, and his artistry immediately became apparent as he gave life to some of the most influential and beloved films of all time, including The Set - Up (1949), The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), West Side Story (1961), The Sound of Music (1965), and Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979).

Nichey as voiceovers are (and let's ignore the fact that most trailers forgo narration these days), the story seems to resonate with our vision of the sexist live - action film and television business, one that Bell has been a part of since a couple of 2002 «ER» episodes.

Woody Allen returns to modern day NYC for the first time since Manhattan with Hannah And Her Sisters is one of Woody Allen's most loved films.

-- Annotated Coffee Run Rehearsal — Day one of production involved one of the film's most elaborately choreographed sequences where every movement is carefully crafted.

Most of the characters in the film also mistakenly believe themselves to be caught up in the kind of conspiracy thriller that flourished in the 1970s (Three Days of the Condor, The Parallax View, Marathon Man, etc.).

Three of our most anticipated films at the Mill Valley Film Festival played on Day 9 in the 11 - day stretch, and they didn't disappoiDay 9 in the 11 - day stretch, and they didn't disappoiday stretch, and they didn't disappoint.

A nice change - of - pace from the kind of hip cynicism that seems to infuse even the most genial of Hollywood family films these days.»