Sentences with phrase «of superior films»

Such inadequacies would be acceptable, if not expected, in any of Affleck's prior disposable action flicks, but as a newly minted director of superior films (Gone Baby Gone), and being that The Town vaguely aims for something higher, the result is a disappointment.

A committed central performance from Jasmine Hyde can't quite save this half - baked thriller that matches jarring tonal leaps and narrative ineptitude with unfortunate echoes of superior films.

The metafiction in «Stranger than Fiction» might not be as clever as «Adaptation» (or even Neil LaBute's underappreciated «Nurse Betty»), but this imitative screenplay of a superior film is better than, say, «EdTV», which was a byproduct of «The Truman Show».

Not exact matches

And many, many sequels aren't executed with the thought or care of their far - superior original films, especially in series that have stretched over many years — as one sees in the chasm of quality between «The Terminator» (1984) and «Terminator Genisys» (2015).

In the early 1968's, the National Council of Churches radically revised its approach to the film industry, moving from a self - serving pietism to a support for artistically superior films that deal honestly with the human condition.

Becket, an artistically superior film, was as close as the committee could come to «religious subject matter,» although it begged a great number of historical questions.

The Atlas bagmaker features an innovative double rotary jaw motion and superior control technology to offer speeds of up to 250 bpm (up to 150 bpm when handling potato chips) with accurate film registration and tight bag seals while minimising raw material waste, film loss and downtime for film changes.

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Every year, some clickbait - chasing doofus questions whether TV or film is the superior medium, ignoring that they're entirely different from each other See episodes of your favorite MTV Shows.

As a result of using Skywalker Ranch (used for movies) to do sound recordings, the game's 5.1 mix is superior to many feature films.

While the Varese album offers a superior presentation of the film's score, the Milan is easier to find, and cheaper as well.

Having already directed the first two (and superior) X-Men films, Singer shows a level of comfort with both the material and the cast, and he contributes at least one brilliant comic set piece in which new mutant Quicksilver (Evan Peters) lays waste to a kitchen full of security guards in languorous, Matrix - style bullet time (it looks gorgeous and has the slapstick choreography of a Three Stooges routine).

The film feels a little less amateur than «Pusher», - a cheap debut feature for some underexperienced Dane trying to make abstract art - and it's that which brings the final product closer to decency, because many of the missteps that ruined «Pusher» feel more considerable in this superior, but still misguided effort, which has a good bit to commend, but even more to complain about as questionable «story «telling notes that ultimately send the final product crashing into mediocrity.

This is not to say the «other» is always morally superior or anything, but it's a crucial fact in understanding apartheid that, it bears repeating, it was the NATIVE population, the MAJORITY of the country (do the aliens outnumber the humans in this film?)

For those who don't mind a little blood & gore and a lot of profanity, Free Fire is a superior alternative to the big - name, bloated action films hogging the largest screens in most multiplexes.

Like the (far superior) recent Russian film «Elena,» Child's Pose paints a compelling portrait of post-Soviet capitalism in all its uncorked appetites, its brash cronyism and graft, its pretensions, its clueless philistinism.

Much like the love potion in this film you will quickly ignore this lovefest in favor of other more superior films.

While Anon doesn't boast a superior story, it's engaging in the way many B - grade noir films from the «40s and «50s were — pulpy excursions into the dark side of human nature with hard - bitten heroes and duplicitous femmes fatale.

The film is burdened by its cliché - ridden nagging on the theme of the lone underling victimized for his pioneering vision by unimaginative superiors — but one, nonetheless, fascinating in its detail.

I've been more impressed with other dragon films to be truthful, I think the dragons in «Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire» and «Reign of Fire» were far superior to this frankly, and the dragon in «Dragonslayer» still impresses.

It is also an interesting political take on the chain of command in the military, lampooning the superior officers as incompetent fools, despite having their hearts in the right place, the film manages to successfully create sympathy for Col. Berman (Ed Harris) in that despite his general inability to do the job, he is actually well liked.

If I describe the superior craftsmanship of «Unbroken» — the stunning cinematography is by the great Roger Deakins, Alexandre Desplat composed the soaring score — in a way that makes the end results seem more like a convertible than a movie, it's because the film boasts both sheen and efficiency without always delivering an equivalent emotional impact.

Cioca's superiors told her that she would be court - martialed for lying if she went forward with her case; almost all of the film's seven subjects recall similar threats of retaliation.

It's surprising that this is the work of Michael Mann who produced much superior film, Collateral, more than a decade

THE DVD Universal's DVD release features a sharp 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen presentation of the film featuring a minimum of grain and edge enhancements and superior contrast.

Lone Survivor is far superior to the bullying, bombastic movies about the US military that are all too common right now but the self - flagellating, morbidly starry eyed aspects of the film eventually win out and devalue its many moments of honest storytelling.

Ruben Östlund's Force Majeure is also too long, but it's bigger fault is that it borrows the central premise of Julia Loktev's far superior The Loneliest Planet (2011) and then turns that film's greatest strength — subtext expressed through ambiguous gestures — into pages and pages of festival - friendly, on - the - nose text.

If I didn't know better, I would have thought for sure that this was an undiscovered early film of Steven Spielberg's (albeit one with far superior special effects).

Along with the strange mix of superior talent for this mid-level film is none other than Ennio Morricone, with an assured and competent score.

A somewhat surprising film for Kenneth Branagh to be tackling, you might think, but here is his remake of Joseph L. Mankiewicz's Sleuth, a superior thriller featuring a score by John Addison.

Material from superior films from the annals of this dark and curiously entertaining genre.

But its uninspiring, aimless plot is the film's downfall, in what, mid-way through, turns into an unintentional parody of TV's superior supernatural nail - biter «Les Revenants» (The Returned).

Aside from the well - noted fact that more superior long - form drama (and comedy) can be found on television than in cinemas, the two most interesting motion picture experiences I had in 2012 were in galleries: The Clock (Christian Marclay, 2010), a staggering and hypnotic achievement of which I still have some of its 24 hours to catch up with, and two multi-screen installations by Candice Breitz: «Him» and «Her» in which many scenes from the films of Jack Nicholson (in Him) and Meryl Streep (in Her), isolate the actors from their filmic background leaving the actors to speak to and interrogate each other across space and time on many themes of character, identity, success, failure, anger and disappointment.

Yes, I've seen some happy films this year, some of which were incredible, but films like Toy Story 2 was ground into a form that could be accessible to all ages (for the record, I actually do think that Toy Story 2 is the superior film), and The Straight Story was too serene to ever be thought of as having much zeal.

The lineup for this year's Cannes Film Festival (or as they call it in France, Festival de Cannes) has been announced and it is robust with Oscar bait, highly - anticipated premieres, star - studded features, and a lot of foreign and obscure films that if watched, will make you feel cinematically superior to everyone else.

So no great surprise here that The Lincoln Lawyer turns out to be superior piece of crime storytelling with some characters clearly designed for recurring roles (in other novels and perhaps other films should this one do well) while others are designated for showy guest appearances as larger - than - life evildoers or tough - guy eccentrics.

The goofy, off - kilter riff on LA sleaze fits within a genre highlighted by better films like Paul Thomas Anderson's Thomas Pinchon adaptation, The Coen's The Big Lebowski or Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye (Renny Harlin's The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, too, but whether that was superior is a maybe).

I admit I really didn't enjoy this one upon a first viewing, but after watching the director's cut of the film, which is far superior, I really got into this one.

The absence of the slaves in this film reveals the consequences of racial and cultural arrogance in the South, and how they don't know who they are or what to do with themselves if they can't feel superior to someone.

Coogler's team brings superior production value to every facet of the film.

There's a reasonable base of material, but 55 minutes is far too long to present it in its best light, and it's a pity that this film - one which seems most unlikely to have a lengthy soundtrack made up exclusively of original score - is the one whose music has been released, when the infinitely - superior Remember the Titans score is unreleased.

It's also somewhat of a box office risk given the current CGI action - based film craze at the moment, however, the superior quality of the film speaks for itself as well as the box office.

A lot of moviegoers still believe that low quality CGI toon projects should get a pass because they're just «kid movies» but films like Wreck - It - Ralph remind us that superior animated pictures are more than just cheep gags and one - note cliches — considering the film puts a new spin on tried - and - true stories about friendship and heroism.

A role in Captain Marvel would interesting, as he's played military characters before and if the film focuses on Carol's time in the military they'll be plenty of male roles to fill for her peers and superiors.

The publicity material of course makes reference to The Bourne Identity, but this film isn't anywhere nearly as intelligent as that vastly superior 2002 film.

The similarities should end there, as there's no question that The Descent is the superior film, working mainly due to the investment in building up the characters for the first half, while also putting in a cast of solid actresses in each role.

When the somewhat desperate exposition of the first half of The Two Towers gives way to the setpieces of the concluding half (the midpoint clearly delineated by a superior Warg - rider attack), the film becomes extraordinarily effective.

But one of the most refreshing aspects of The Last Stand, despite its foreign inflection, is its acceptance of both western and action - film conventions on their own terms, refusing to regard itself as operating outside of or superior to the genre; it aspires instead to simply be a great example of classical genre filmmaking, a modest but nevertheless admirable goal.

But for a select few, «The Monster Squad» not only represented a more mature version of the treasure - hunting adventure flick, but was also a far superior film that never got its due.

Gattaca is top - notch science fiction of the highest order, almost as perfect as the genetically superior creations the film is inspired by.