Sentences with phrase «of quality dramas»

The Americans stands tall in a crowded field of quality dramas.

It's often predictable and to the grimdark end of the Quality Drama tonal spectrum, but the period itself is fairly novel (Carnivale was over a decade ago), and it plays its familiar tunes with brisk competence.

Even The Guardian was gobsmacked by the news, calling it «Dreadful news for fans of quality drama.»

Not exact matches

You'd get a spread of programming from CNN's news, to AMC's quality dramas, to Comedy Central or the Food Network.

He exploits his talents; he exploits the needs of his people; he exploits the drama of the human situation; he exploits the dramatic qualities of the gospel.

All in all the prem this season going to be explosive, with the competitiveness of managers, quality of players and drama too lol.

Manchester United and Liverpool are the two most successful sides in this country's history and always provide plenty of fierce rivalry and drama, as well as quality on both sides.

The quality of football on show was not exactly what Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich had paid # 80million to see but there were glimpses of the drama to come.

But what, if any, are the consequences of Wednesday's enthralling contest, a match which had us all riveted to our seats for one reason or another, whether it be for the high - octane football, the quality of the goals or even the countless dubious decisions — there will have been few switching over the channel before the final whistle eventually blew, and even then the drama didn't end there.

Looking for quality men, tired of the drama looking for a man to take care of my needs & that wants to spoil me treat me good I'll treat you better.

Ive decided 2 come back to a4a jus 2 try nd seek out someone of quality and substance, NO Liars, NO Cheaters, NO Drama Kings / Queens, NO...

I enjoy life, I am free of drama and I enjoy increasing the quality of life for others.

We are walking on sunshine Greece is a Mediterranean paradise and men from this land appear to embody all the qualities of passion and drama that oozes from every pore of its art and

Greece is a Mediterranean paradise and men from this land appear to embody all the qualities of passion and drama that oozes from every pore of its art and culture.

Of course it would take more than a small independent film to truly set Washington apart from the pack, and many saw her performance in the 2001 romantic drama Save the Last Dance as one of the few redeeming qualities in the otherwise forgettable teen dramOf course it would take more than a small independent film to truly set Washington apart from the pack, and many saw her performance in the 2001 romantic drama Save the Last Dance as one of the few redeeming qualities in the otherwise forgettable teen dramof the few redeeming qualities in the otherwise forgettable teen drama.

Medical drama set in the 1900s charts the exploits of the staff and patients at a New York hospital, where they try to maintain their reputation for quality care while struggling to keep the doors open.

«The Winning Season» has been done many times before, but here they managed to do it without being cheesy, while providing quality scenes of drama and comedy.

The drama, as it were, tends to blur together — baby penguins dodge watchful birds of prey, the dad wanders for ages before finding food — but Jacquet has ample footage to ensure the material sustains a hypnotic quality.

«Song For Marion» suffers from an awkward juxtaposition of comedy and drama and relies on a cliched story - line but its quality cast make it watchable.

As always, the quality of those films varied widely, taking in films that were among the year's best (including drama 45 Years, 2015's # 2 overall film) and among the year's worst The Human Centipede III, which scored lower than all but one film last year).

With superb writing, clever humour and a unique kind of drama, Lisa proves that sometimes you don't need great technology and high quality graphics in order to tell a great story.

While this is essentially the popcorn version of a quality serialized drama — with more overt appeal to men than most — Vikings — is the sort of nifty endeavor that can give the idea of shamelessly marauding in search of loot a good name.

If only the story and the characters were up to par with those qualities, then damn, this would have been a hell of a drama.

I have just added 982 Blu - Ray quality screen captures of James as Fred Aiken from his 2010 period drama The Conspirator to the gallery.

There's an eerie quality to the acting, which ranges from compelling (Sheppard) to histrionic (Lowry), but the latter doesn't detract from the drama, in fact, it actually adds to the overall feeling of uneasiness.

Like many big - screen dramas about serious issues, the strengths of the film come primarily from the quality of the acting and the believability of the resolutions.

Beautiful costumes, outstanding cinematography and quality acting are the highlights of this intelligent and thought - provoking drama.

He has rapidly emerged as simply one of the most exciting filmmakers working today, over the space of a mere three harrowing, excoriating but unquestionably brilliant films that tackle adult subjects with unflinching humanism, even as they utterly refuse to compromise in their depictions of emotional and physical brutality — qualities that make him peculiarly suited to tackling something as potentially explosive as a slavery drama.

Made in the wake of a spy movie boom, as the flamboyant James Bond fantasies gave way to disillusioned John Le Carre dramas and grim Cold War adventures like Alfred Hitchcock's Torn Curtain and Topaz, The Kremlin Letter is adapted from a from a twisty best - seller by Noel Behn that (in Huston's words) «had all the makings of a success... all those qualities that were just coming into fashion in 1970: violence, lurid sex, drugs.»

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is still one of the best video game stories of all time, and although the quality of COD single - player narratives have tended to fluctuate in recent years, there's still that sense of drama and action that I crave.

And so what seems conspicuously «indistinct» about In the Mood for Love — the pervasive sense of simplicity that governs the drama, from the convenience of its setup to the vagueness of what proceeds from it — becomes, in retrospect, a sophisticated expression of the fundamentally abstract quality of memory and reflection, not so much a paean to past love as to past love remembered in the present.

Overall, Battle of the Sexes is a wishy - washy emotional drama injected with some quality humor, stale sports tropes and unconvincing performances, not only from Stone but the ensemble as well.

This will hopefully be the year that we'll see the arrival of another Irish project that promises high - quality drama and international recognition.

8 — Moby Dick (Twilight Time, Blu - ray), John Huston's 1956 film of Herman Melville's whaling drama turned epic odyssey starring Gregory Peck plays the obsessed Captain Ahab, was scripted in collaboration with Ray Bradbury and shot by cinematographer Oswald Morris with a desaturated color palette to give the film a sepia quality to evoke the engraving and illustrations of the whaling era.

The self - reflexive quality of The Larry Sanders Show was of a different nature, bouncing between the drama behind the scenes (shot on film) and the «show» itself (shot on video in traditional TV talk show style), but it wasn't about acknowledging the conventions so much as deconstructing the business.

Much of the drama in «A Fantastic Woman» has a free - flowing, observational quality, as Marina attempts to reconcile her romantic personality with a society that views her as an outsider.

And fans of classic Hollywood movies will appreciate that four of the five are directed by Raoul Walsh, the Warner action - drama specialist whose lean, muscular style give his collaborations with Flynn a distinctive, driving quality different from the more ornate and elaborately designed spectacle - oriented studio gloss of Michael Curtiz (The Sea Hawk and The Adventures of Robin Hood).

Superb in every sense of the word, acting, script, costume design, attention to detail.An old fashioned drama real quality film making at it's best.

Nadia and Eric in particular feel far too much like one - note cliches that you see all the time in these kind of moody crime dramas (the tough damsel with the bad news ex and the ex himself who comes along and threatens the happy new coupling just because he's a bad guy) and despite Rapace and Schoenaerts» considerable talent (the latter really has a presence that few actors can match these days), they can't quite raise up the lacking quality in the writing.

Given that this is Paramount's main pony in the Oscar race, I can only assume «Best Picture» is an automatic lock unless the reported behind - the - scenes drama somehow affected the quality of the final product.

However, it's really the choice to go for the over-stylized direction that is the main contributor to the poor quality of the drama, so any difficulties in the production can't be blamed on a scant budget.

Its sumptuous visual qualities and extravagant production values give us the sense that we are watching one of those upscale costume dramas that the British excel at.

The Mob Doctor, Fox's struggling freshman drama, has shown signs of improvement — both in its overall quality and in ratings — since returning last week from a month - long hiatus.

Nuts is a highly emotional courtroom drama that has its share of contrivances, but does manage to rise above them due to the quality of the casting, as well as some very fine performances.

As his first romantic drama (and borderline romantic comedy, really), the film shows the shrewd command of form and tone he brings to all of his projects, and with actors the quality of Day - Lewis and Krieps leading the way, he honestly doesn't need to do much to make something fascinating and alluring and gratifying all at once.

A drama of this nature demands the finest quality film but what comes across is hazy, resembling a digital print or one shot largely with a handheld camera intent on extreme close - ups.

Sealey's movie, however, is a bit more subjectively focused and channeled through the male perspective, while also glancingly recalling the sort of Silverlake «diorama - dramas» of multimedia artist Miranda July, though quite without the same precious handmade qualities found therein.

There were flashes of quality in his two efforts after the Bruce Willis horror - drama, Signs and Unbreakable, though both suffered from sequences that bordered on the ridiculous.

With some stand out singular scenes and with some fantastic if underused acting turns by Harrelson, Affleck and Dafoe and a fine anchoring turn by Bale, Out of the Furnace is a quality drama that should have been so much more.

This year we saw a smorgasbord of quality low budget horror flicks, a cornucopia of auteur dramas, and a slew of emerging filmmakers who might shape the future of cinema.