Sentences with phrase «movie about the dangers»

A cynical, smart movie about the dangers of mass culture gives way to a sentimental embrace of the very thing it's criticizing.

These numbers are probably correct, give or take a thousand, but you've got to wonder: don't people see movies about the dangers of dope?

For what it's worth, it's hard to imagine anyone doing a better job, but the problem with director Philip Noyce's adaptation is that for a movie about the dangers of uniformity, it's strikingly vanilla, with barely an original idea to be found.

The story conjures memories of Woody Allen's «Deconstructing Harry,» a cynical movie about the dangers of using real characters for novels and Luigi Pinadello's play, «Six Characters in Search of an Author,» about six people claiming to be part of an unfinished story, asking the writer to complete the job.

Jordan Peele's directorial debut was a white - knuckle horror movie about the dangers of racism.

Not exact matches

(And let's not hear anymore about the movie's scary sequences, involving predatory sea lions and other dangers, rendering it unsuitable for most kids.

Football fans won't see this movie, because they don't want to embrace the fact that the NFL lied to them for years about the dangers associated with playing football, and threw thousands of its former players under the bus in order to protect the brand, because money.

Regardless of how you feel about his personal antics, there's no denying that Gibson is a talented actor, and his mixture of charm, danger and zaniness (all qualities that made Martin Riggs an action movie icon) are on full display in director Jean - François Richet's darkly comic thriller.

About halfway through the movie, the point of view shifts to that of Nick and Jake, who explain that they're randomly selecting Brooke and Caleb as their target couple to illustrate the dangers of presenting too much personal information on social media.

What separates «Ex Machina» from all those other movies about the potential dangers of sentient A.I., however, is the addition of Gleeson's character to the equation, because it uses Caleb's humanity / moral compass against the audience to make you sympathetic towards Ava even though virtually every film about robots has taught us not to trust them.

How the superhero faces conflicts, dangers and whether he could save his nation and its people is what the entire movie is about.

Weitz and his brother, with an assist from Nick Hornby, directed a terrific manhood movie, About a Boy, and, more recently, he's written those pointed plays about the dangers of success and the hollowness of fame that successful people like to wAbout a Boy, and, more recently, he's written those pointed plays about the dangers of success and the hollowness of fame that successful people like to wabout the dangers of success and the hollowness of fame that successful people like to write.

Scream is obviously something of a touchstone inspiration here (and Chinatown, too, for the film within the film), but the shoegazing, mumblecore cinema of the Duplass brothers also rates mentioning, both because of this movie's DIY ethos and the fact that it's simultaneously self - aware about the dangers of arthouse pretension.

Writer - director J.C. Chandor makes movies about people in danger of drowning — morally so in the Wall Street snake pit of «Margin Call,» literally so in the sea saga «All Is Lost,» and now financially in «A Most Violent Year.»

Yes, it is a gimmick, yet this production offers a surprisingly engaging cinema experience that provides a renewed appreciation for just how visual a movie can be and also features a powerful message about the dangers of pride.

They chat about the dangers and silliness of Zach Braff's Kickstarter campaign before moving into this week's movie reviews for Pain & Gain, The Big Wedding and The Company You Keep.

Heavily influenced by anime and Hollywood movies, the audience is taken on a ride dealing with mechs, vampires, fat men on roller scares, a possessed arm, and long speeches about the dangers of nuclear proliferation.

Among the highlights will be the social practice artist Theaster Gates singing his own rendition of «God Bless America,» «The Battle Hymn of the Republic» and other traditional patriotic tunes; the filmmaker Arthur Jafa presenting his lauded short movie about racism, «Love Is the Message, the Message Is Death»; the artist Shirin Neshat showing films about violence against women; the composer David Lang performing and also speaking about «danger and honesty in both pop and classical music»; the poet Elizabeth Alexander reading her own work; and the artist Hank Willis Thomas presenting and discussing his film «A Person Is More Important Than Anything Else» (2014) on James Baldwin.

Josh Fox's new movie Gasland 2 is being released and I encourage anyone who wants to learn more about the dangers of fracking to watch it.