Sentences with phrase «moves the film forward»

The scenes involving this would - be usurping trio are hilarious and maintain a campy, frenetic energy that moves the film forward, complicated by the sinister undercurrent of colonialism that is subtly allowed to bubble up from time to time.

Not exact matches

Like the «Basterds» scene, that's much longer than the typical film scene, especially one that doesn't exactly move the plot forward.

Fox's decision to finally move forward with the film followed a years - long process in which Reynolds, director Tim Miller, and writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick had to fight through various obstacles (including the box office failure of another Reynolds superhero movie, 2011's Green Lantern) to get the movie made.

«When the hub did open, there was a building and nothing else in there to move it forward, except a promise from Film House to produce all these films each year,» he said.

I hope this film will help to change those statistics moving forward.»

Moving forward, I am excited about our April projects and determined to film a little more for the old YouTube channel.

It's so wonderful to see this movement for female empowerment and equality move forward and spreading to all industries, from film to fashion.

After taking a class on gay and lesbian film he got inspired to move forward with studying film.

Oddly, a planned - then - shelved film sequel looks like it might be moving forward after all.

This film is lively, always moving forward, constantly bubbling with mystery and suspicion and secrets, but the characters are always driving the film.

However, the plot moves forward a bit quicker than it should and becomes more dramatised in it's second half and it is an undeniably predictable storyline but unlike his more recent films it's decently written, well intended and quite funny.

What we end up with is a film of great potential which never really gets into gear, and whose ideas are skimmed over for the sake of moving forward.

As with other films that have relied on the audiences» imagination to move the story forward (Boyhood) where in fact there is none or in this case a missed opportunity, I would like to point to the core problem that the filmmakers are trying to conceal.

The film offers basic, practical and obvious ideas for moving forward, which makes the symbolism of bookending the film with a simple problem - solving experiment involving chimps and building blocks hard to miss: we're perhaps not as smart in a practical sense as our less evolved simian cousins.

These are the words of Thomas Huxley in the film, one of his peers in the scientific community, who was desperately urging Darwin to move forward with the publication of his book On the Origin of Species.

The Orchard has announced it will not be moving forward with the film's original November 17 release.

Unlike many of Judd Apatow's comedies, the film never overstays its welcome, nor does it feel like we're simply watching extended unscripted improvisation play out instead of actually moving forward with the story.

I get that Aniston is movie kryptonite, and I hated her «stripper» sub plot, especially as the film moved forward, but she's verifiably funny in this movie.

EuropaCorp is moving forward with Lucy 2, a sequel to Luc Besson's 2014 film Lucy, starring Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freeman.

While the sequel was greenlit by distributors 20th Century Fox before the first film had even been released, Deadpool 2 now appears to be moving forward with production.

The Duffer brothers» «Stranger Things» on Netflix and the Jeff Nichols» film «Midnight Special» both call back to a specific attitude and time in pop culture (and in fact, it's the same time for both of them), but they manage to do so masterfully enough that it feels both like going back to something familiar while moving forward into unexplored territory.

TheWrap reports that Marvel is moving forward with their Black Widow solo film starring Scarlett Johansson.

«Syriana» and «ZD30»: The two films are very similar in that they have a procedural, investigative quality, sharing minimal information in moving the story forward.

The film itself moves with a zombie - like gait, lurching forward and coming to dead halts before lumbering on.

By offering the first act of the concluding tale as a stand - alone film, Lionsgate and company have made us wait a year for a plodding, dull, and thinly plotted movie that does little to move things forward.

His story is setup in the film's prologue and comes more into focus as the movie moves forward.

In between the admittedly excellent musical moments, no character in the film speaks except to deliver the exposition that moves the already thin plot forward, and the pace moves forward so quickly for everyone except August.

While the plot of the film may seem a bit odd at first, the decision to move forward with the film should come as a surprise to no one.

Matthews was fascinated by the softer side of espionage, and as a result, Red Sparrow is a film that uses emotional drama instead of violence to move the plot forward.

The characters instead serve as symbols of aspects of the bourgeoisie that the film suggests should be held in contempt: both the artificiality of melodrama with its swift resolutions to complex personal and social problems, and this social class» inability, or unwillingness, to confront its past and move forward.

Clint Eastwood still hasn't got a final signed deal that will have Leonardo DiCaprio playing legendary FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, but the film Hoover is still moving forward.

And now, after years in development and at one point moving forward without Wan at the helm (thankfully that didn't last long), we finally have the first trailer and it's unmistakably a James Wan film, brooding with a creeping atmosphere and turning even the most subtle imagery into pure nightmare fuel.

Thrilled to announce that Feigco Entertainment is officially adopting an #inclusionrider for all our film and TV productions moving forward.

It's a cleverly made film with a story that continually moves forward, taking us on an enjoyable...

Alexander Payne's «Nebraska» is moving forward more slowly than «Philomena» and other recent equally strong platform films.

If it moves forward, her standalone film would be the second female - led MCU offering, after Brie Larson's Captain Marvel, out next year.

Suggesting that it maybe hasn't talked to (or judged the overall judgment of) the average American movie - goer of late, Fox sounds very excited to announce today that it's moving forward with plans for films that allow the audience to control how they ultimately play out.

If «Lincoln» the film is a portrait of the difficult process of moving the needle forward even slightly, Lincoln the performance is about how historic figures attempt to wrestle with the possibility that their every action and failure will have consequences that affect generations of people.

As much as everyone in Hollywood likes to deflect responsibility for putting words into action, the Oscars and the film industry share a symbiotic relationship; one can not make significant progress against history unless the other moves forward, too.

When it does get revealed we'll at least know this trilogy of films is moving forward.

HollywoodNews.com: Evidence that Paramount's «Mission: Impossible 4» is moving forward: Simon Pegg is in talks to join the action film being directed by Brad Bird.

This is done in one of the most grating voice - overs in recent memory, the purpose of which seems to exist to either add bits of exposition and flavour that were not organically integrated into the script (perchance a result of Allen popping out a film a year) or simply make the film feel like it is moving forward while Vicky and Christina sit in cabs or take pictures in the various marketplaces.

Ellen Page and Allison Janney will give this film the nuanced comedic and dramatic strength it needs and we're thrilled to move this project forward.»

We move forward with day three in the Decades Blogathon, where me and Mark have been running posts from various bloggers interested in talking about films from decades past.

Thankfully, Margot Robbie and David Ayer are working on that as well with Gotham City Sirens, but who knows if their film gets pushed back or moved forward to compliment the untitled Batgirl film.

While the film remains in development, it has not moved forward as quickly as Paramount originally envisioned, though recent movement in the studio's executive suites has complicated matters.

According to The Wrap, Relativity is now set to move forward on the film, with director Corin Hardy (The Hallows) having last month secured the services of Jason Momoa (Game of Thrones) for -LSB-...]

(Listen closely, and the film sounds like a message to President Obama on how to move gay rights forward in his second term.)

Before making Killing Them Softly he was working on the Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde, and that film is moving forward once again, with Naomi Watts (above) still set to play Marilyn.

Last month director Mike Flanagan (Oculus, Ouija: Origin of Evil) revealed that his long - gestating Stephen King adaptation Gerald's Game is moving forward at Netflix, and now we have details on the film's cast.