Sentences with phrase «movie revels»

It's also accurate to say that the movie revels in having a straight - up B - movie plot that, in the hands of this first - time feature director and his lead, becomes a pitch - perfect example of how to get more out of less.

But while the movie revels in its music and duly rebukes the Riveras for trying to stifle young Miguel's destiny, it also comes down firmly on the side of family, taking pains to acknowledge the importance of staying true to one's roots.

You can fuss in the editing room — and this movie revels in the most advanced VFX, editing, sound and music you can have these days — but if you leave the audience walking out disappointed with the ending you're screwed.

The hook also favors near encounters and narrow escapes over pitched battles, whereas the movie revels in brutal and bloody warfare.

All the Marvel movies revel in spectacle but Ant - Man shifts the perspective when Scott goes all incredible shrinking man.

Not exact matches

«The biggest consumers are politicians, their cronies, family and coteries,» says Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters, an online news network that covers Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa, adding there is a growing number of «movie stars, musical artists, con artists and a sizable population of religious adherents of the prosperity - preaching get - rich - quick Pentecostal stock» who are revelling in the bubbly.

The movie just sort of sits there, going through the motions, reveling in cliché, building to a strangely inert climax that is forgone as it is underwhelming.

We revel in familiar territory, movie trivia, and the like, but after a week, a day, maybe an hour, it doesn't have the staying power of watching Arnold Schwarzenegger telling a guy he just pinned with a knife to, «Stick around,» and any attempt to recapture the loosely played one - liners feels far too forced.

Dubbed the «Citizen Kane of bad movies,» Wiseau's iconic creation continues to screen around the world to eager fans ready to revel in its distinct brand of badness.

Where most superhero movies have gone family and broad, Deadpool went adult and rude, and revelled in the possibilities a UK 15 or US R rating opened up in terms of «strong bloody violence», «strong language» and «crude depictions of sexual acts», to quote the British Board of Film Classification.

The way a movie like this often goes is that the audience is invited to revel in the spectacle of sexual violence and also in the violent punishment that follows.

A powerfully visual presentation of themes of loss, nostalgia and manhood, Zhao's movie tells its story in terse fragments intercut with long, slow passages that revel in the wonder of the natural landscapes and the quiet moments between human and beast.

If you revel in brutality and find hard - to - watch violence to be the kind of challenge you're up for, this is probably the movie for you.

It's played as a comedy, with director Taika Waititi reveling in awkward pauses, uncomfortable exchanges, some physical comedy, and other things that seem quite unlike what we might expect from a movie starring Thor.

Sometimes movies feel like fever dreams, fueled by sexy bodies in motion, a pounding electro soundtrack or cinematography that swirls in a revel.

It's a b - movie, but revels in being one, so taking it seriously could prove an impediment to what is otherwise just a lark from its filmmakers.

He got passed over because of his quieter, more haunted achievement — if you watch «The Florida Project,» you'll revel in how his gentle, irritable, beleaguered motel manager holds the entire movie together.

Movies allow us to revel in the emotional joys of success.

A lot of movies pontificate on the meaninglessness of revenge without much conviction, reveling in vigilantes acting as our proxies for the indulgence of our worst instincts before paying lip service to law and order.

At first glance, some might label the movie slight due to its complete lack of concern for plotting, but any film which allows the viewer to breathe in so deeply, to revel in its dark spaces and eclectic moods is anything but.

There are many who don't think the movie deserved to take home Best Picture that year, and now they can revel in the jokes made at the movie's expense in the Gladiator Honest Trailer after the jump.

An essential documentary for movie fans, this exploration of the work of iconic filmmaker Roger Corman revels in the joy of exploitation movies made on a minuscule budget with lashings of gore, explosions and nudity...

That is, it revels in absurd implausibilities that are as outrageous as in the movie playing the next auditorium down the hall (and the one next to that), but it never breaks a sweat trying to convince you that it's anything other than what it is.

Even the deliberately realist The Wrestler subtly undermined its sports movie narrative, Black Swan revelled in the «were - swan» pulp of its ballet horror, and Noah loaded its Biblical epic with heavy, hard Jewish religion.

Hot Fuzz positively revels in such action movie minutiae.

The audaciousness of science fiction and the commercial nature of the action movie are realities that RoboCop proves itself to be aware of throughout, and also hypocritically revels in the freedoms they provide while critiquing their ills and inanities.

After his assuredly traditional The Conjuring, director James Wan bounces back with a more playful horror movie that subverts cliches rather than revelling in them.

This unholy trio revel in being bad moms: playing hooky at the movies, drinking, flirting, partying, and bringing store - bought donut holes to the sugar and gluten - free bake sale.

Monica Vitti stars as the title character in Joseph Losey's «Modesty Blaise,» a 1966 silly adven ture movie based on a British comic strip that revels in the Swinging Sixties.

The entire movie functions in much the same way — its foot firmly on the gas pedal, reveling in spectacle, and accomplishing what seemed impossible... making this franchise vibrant and viable once again.

The movie is an ambitious experiment, but a long and tedious one, and our revels end long before Mazursky's.

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Don't Think Twice is not a perfect movie, or even a movie for everyone, which justifies its exclusion from the top 20, but it revels in these formative moments (your time as a group offstage is just as important, if not more so, than your time onstage).

The characters» detachment permeates the tone of the entire movie under the direction of Ruben Fleischer, who, along with screenwriter Michael Diliberti, has a difficult time not reveling in the laid - back jesting of this rogue's gallery of a cast of characters.

Showalter and director and co-writer David Wain don't spoof any one movie in particular, but they revel in the absurdities of the horrible sitcoms, teen movies, and Afterschool Specials of their youth.

Indeed, Reid, now 39, reveled in the spotlight after the release of her 1999 movie American Pie, which costarred actresses Alyson Hannigan, Mena Suvari, Natasha Lyonne, and Shannon Elizabeth.

It's a spoof that's not very funny, a boring action film, a movie that revels in stereotypes while trying to make fun of them.

Ready Player One revels in the animated special effects its storyline necessitates, and playfully peppers its frantic storyline with references to other movies.

Reveling in weirdness heretofore avoided in animated movies (including an owl mariachi band serving as cautionary Greek chorus), it's surprising that Rango performed as well as it did in theaters.

After all, he had just produced a one - two hit of moody, studio - funded chamber dramas featuring big - name leads (Nicole Kidman, Ben Stiller) who seemed intent on stripping away their movie - star vanity to revel in warts - and - all portrayals of unglamorous, perhaps even mean - spirited, broken characters.

Dir Dario Argento (David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi) Argento fans have a tendency to divide into two camps: those who prefer his relatively straightforward, plot - driven early giallo thrillers and those who revel in the surrealistic beauty of his post-Suspiria dream - movies.

Reveling all listeners with tales of gangsters and movie stars, it's little wonder Peter finds her life - story worthy of a book, much to Lane's resentful chagrin.

Rather than revel in the visual effects and the enticing magical possibilities of the supernatural, the movie suggests that whether or not Carol is really haunted, violence and abuse have a way of echoing through people's lives and experiences.

In 2016, Deadpool proved to be the rarest of things — a major comic book movie that was openly allowed to revel in the darkest corners of pitch black humour and gratuitous violence.

Here's a movie that revels in the old - fashioned task of creating rapid - fire dialogue that cracks wise even as it reveals character.

It's a low - stakes gangster movie, yes, but it revels in its own minutiae so well that it overperforms itself on each watch.

B - movie sci - fi fans will revel in the references, and kids will enjoy the spectacular effects and funny creatures, but Monsters vs. Aliens, while a technical marvel, isn't much more than a pleasantly forgettable kid flick without its 3 - D.

The movie gets right how seductive it is to Nadine to revel in being misunderstood, and how much more work it would take to try to sincerely understand others, and allow them to understand her in kind.

A meta riff on making movies «Seven Psychopaths» is a sneering send - up of the industry that also revels in its action movie clichés.

Such admirable aspirations might make her seem like an automatic nemesis for director Zack Snyder, whose hedonistic movies have, to date, reveled in cynicism (Watchmen), gratuitous violence (Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice), and the objectification of women (Sucker Punch, 300).