Sentences with phrase «older film cast»

The first trailer has arrived for Bryan Singer's «X-Men: Days of Future Past» and it boasts a surprisingly heavy and dark tone, along with a significant focus on the older film cast.

Not exact matches

The premiere event is for mature audiences 18 years of age or older, will kick off with a cocktail reception and will be followed with a Q&A session with the film's voice cast and producers.

Freeman (director Jackson's first choice for the title role) is inspired casting as Bilbo Baggins, and makes for a more likeable protagonist than Wood's rather other - worldly Frodo (who, along with Holm as the older Bilbo, makes an appearance in the film's opening framing story).

Some things that probably factor into the industry's disagreement: Peter Jackson adapted books fifty years old and respected as great literature, the Potter books were being written alongside the first movies; Lord of the Rings centered on adult characters and played to a wider audience with PG - 13 ratings, the first Potter movies were PG, skewed younger, and starred kids (though anyone can see the films matured and so did the fans, many already wrote the series off); finally, where Jackson provided one distinct vision and a cast of respected performers, Potter had a rotating director roster (all of them secondary to Rowling) and limited opportunities for its accomplished actors, giving the brunt of the work to the three kids and spectacle.

Original director Wes Craven and original screenwriter Kevin Williamson come back for more, and do so with the willingness of an entirely new cast and the old one, an unprecedented feat seeing as how the last film was made eleven years prior.

Critic Consensus: The cast of Last Vegas keep things amiably watchable, but the film is mostly a mellower Hangover retread for the older set.

The film has a great opportunity here, casting an older woman with the promise of a deeper relationship.

What a stellar cast we have in Lawless, (Gary Oldman) as the gangster, (Guy Pearce) as the violent deputy from Chicago, (Tom Hardy) as the oldest bondurent brother, (Jessica Chastain) as the head waitress at the Bondurants restaurant, then finally (Shia LeBeouf) as the lead actor and most developed character in the film.

Despite the film's impressively epic look and an interesting cast of young and old actors, it ringingly sounds the same dour note over and over again.

(Director Todd Phillips, the man behind films like Old School and Starsky and Hutch, usually relies heavily on the luck of casting, which does not serve him here.)

The cast go from room to room discussing stuff, from location to location looking at stuff, explaining scenarios to each other, lots of driving around and of course the other obligatory scene where everyone watches an old educational news film reel about their enemy and how it lives.

Agora proves that it is entire possible to have an old - school blockbuster (and I am talking Cecil B. DeMille and Alan Mann spectacle films with casts of thousands wearing togas and swords) coupled with science, mathematics and commentary on modern times nudge shoulders with romance, upheaval and politics of antiquity.

The 69 year - old has joined the cast of Marvel's newest film adaptation...

The film's largely no - name cast does include Max von Sydow, an actor accomplished and old enough to forgive and not second - guess some of the questionable recent projects he's agreed to pop up in, like this and the wretched Branded.

The director: Markus Schleinzer (Austria) The talent: An actor and accomplished casting director — whose credits in the latter field include several films by his compatriots Michael Haneke and Jessica Hausner — 39 year - old Schleinzer has cast his debut feature as writer - director with several actors he previously tapped for other directors» films.

Blu - ray Highlight: In addition to the old commentary with director John Carpenter and star Roddy Piper, there's also a new interview with Carpenter where he discusses the idea behind the film, casting his leads, and filming the infamous alley fight sequence.

was surprised just how good this film is.The humour and pathos of this film is quite moving.There is no - one remotely attractive in the cast, it is full of strange looking redneck Americans living in semi wilderness.Everyone is poverty stricken.The sadness of old age is there, as is the regrets of past memories, and the desperation of the son to heal the wounds of his father's past life.The acting is brilliant even with the bit part actors with the sunburnt aged faces.The fathers grumpy reticence is counters by his truculent wife, who never has a good word for anybody with her vicious put downs, which is at times laugh out loud funny.A funny sad and moving film about the sheer desperate meanderings of life and old age.

I can't help but notice that the synopsis at the very bottom of this article still lists the * old * cast for the film.

Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) does a good job directing a gifted cast of talents young and old, and moody cinematography by Greig Fraser gives the film a stylish visual signature, but it's in the script by William Monahan where the film comes up short.

Because the film is thirty years old, there's a built - in curiosity value in seeing how its very young cast members look nowadays that lends the usual talking - heads footage added appeal, and some behind - the - scenes stills add welcome context.

The entire cast of the film (all of whom are both a lot more successful and a lot older) is back, with Showalter again donning the short - shorts and even - tighter than before T - shirts as Coop, Camp Firewood's resident romantic sad sack.

with great sequences, including movies within the movie (these are more introductory sequences for our cast), a smart banter between different religious figures on how Jesus should be portrayed, and some beautiful imagery (the film is shot by Roger Deakins of «Skyfall» and «No Country for Old Men»).

Steve Carrell is a sweet, shy middle - aged geek and the last American virgin in The 40 - Year - Old Virgin (2005), the feature debut of director Judd Apatow (who wrote the film with Carrell), an oddly sweet mix of romantic comedy and adolescent shenanigans, albeit with a slightly older cast.

Indeed, from the sly casting of impish Emily Blunt in the title role to the Easter - egg hues of Sandy Powell's typically immaculate frocks, Jean - Marc Vallee's film works overtime to convince us that the 18 - year - old Victoria could be very amused indeed: as Blunt barely suppresses laughter at a stiff royal function, or skips down a corridor after being informed of her impending coronation, she effectively severs any connection or comparison with Judi Dench's Oscar - nominated interpretation of the role in «Mrs Brown.»

Lionsgate has debuted the first trailer for director Susanna Fogel's upcoming action comedy The Spy Who Dumped Me which sees Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon leading a cast that includes Justin Theroux, Sam Heughan, Gillian Anderson, and Hasan Minhaj; check it out here... The film tells the story of Audrey (Mila Kunis) and Morgan (Kate McKinnon), thirty - year - old -LSB-...]

Thanks to some very good casting (though Spader, in his mid-20s, looks far too old to be playing high school age), solid performances, and the insights of John Hughes at the peak of his creative screenwriting talent, Pretty in Pink emerged as an instant teen classic, and remains, to this day, a quintessential film for those who enjoy everything 1980s.

Following a disappointing turn in the underwhelming OLD BOY remake, Josh Brolin will return to his NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN writer / directors The Coen Brothers for their next film, HAIL CAESAR, opposite the already cast George Clooney.

Director: Dani Menkin Cast: Alon Aboutboul Synopsis: Having just lost his job as a film projectionist, 60 year old Ronnie decides to travel from Israel to the US to seek out his long - lost love, Rachel.

The 46 - year - old actor stars as Everett K. Ross in the widely acclaimed Marvel movie, which features a predominantly black cast, but Martin doubts the film will spark a significant social change in the US.

Though the more futuristic stuff isn't too distracting considering Hollywood's current obsession with dystopian sci - fi films like «The Hunger Games,» the decision to cast a 24 - year - old actor in the lead role (playing a 16 - year - old instead of the 12 - year - old that appears in the book) feels wrong for a number of reasons.

The supporting cast is a thing of wonder — there are familiar faces like Dickens, Fugit, and Perry all pushed to greatness, with Missi Pyle perfect as the film's version of harridan - for - justice Nancy Grace, Neil Patrick Harris elegantly worrisome as on old suitor of Amy's, and Carrie Coon («The Leftovers») a revelation as Nick's loving, tough sister Margot.

Some script doctoring would have helped rescue a film that seems to have too much to say, yet underserves a solid cast (though Til and Payne are too old to play high schoolers).

Sir Anthony Hopkins has been cast to play King Lear in the star - studded BBC TV film adaptation of the Shakespeare play.The 79 - year - old Hollywood...

Just in the opening moments, with Grey's arrival at his strange inn and the sight of an old ferry rider carrying a scythe, the film begins casting a spell through its imagery alone.

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Director: J.J. Abrams Starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Benedict Cumberbatch, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Bruce Greenwood, Alice Eve Trekkies might have been on edge back in 2009 when J.J.Abrams was going to reboot the beloved Star Trek films with a younger cast playing all the old familiar characters from the original series.

The film boasts an all - star cast, period setting, and themes that many of the older members of AMPAS can relate to, such as the passing of an older world into the annals of history.

Director Volker Schlöndorff had already made three feature films (including his influential 1966 debut, Young Törless) by the time he tackled this project, casting a twenty - four - year - old Rainer Werner Fassbinder in the role of a booze - soaked, womanizing poet who goes on a scorched - earth bender across the German countryside.

Sofia was also on our casting - wishlist to play an older Laura Kinney aka X-23 in future X-Men films.

Although he is the first - billed actor in the cast, it is the character of Zero, played by Revolori as a teenager and F. Murray Abraham as an older man, who narrates most of the film and whose character technically has more screentime.

The film, with its large ensemble cast, is well acted, and director Coppola gets the best out of old pros Woods and Turner, while at the same time coaxing solid performances out of her young cast, especially Dunst and Hartnett.

A fair overview of each film is covered in several featurettes — using cast members, and a fairly candid Steven Spielberg — but those expecting to see pristine, complete versions of those old TV specials will have to hold onto their VHS and / or Betamax copies.

Though I'm still pondering how Fontaine, 40 at the time of the film's release (but looking great, of course), got cast as the sister of 15 year old Sandra Dee.

The whole cast never misses a comedic beat either, and the whole film really represents one of those great, rare chances for an older female lead like Frances McDormand to shine - and shine she does!

Nick Offerman, a voice cast member in the animated film «White Fang,» holds an 8 - week - old Siberian husky at the premiere of the film at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, Jan. 21.

Jacobson said making the movie was a blast, an experience where she got to work with old friends like Fred Armisen — but with Ninjago being an animated film in which the actors do voice work, she did not meet the film's entire cast until the movie's press tour.

The 27 - year - old beauty will soon be seen in Jack Black's «Gulliver's Travels», which she was signed up to work on as a result of her deal with Fox - which meant they had an option to cast her in a film following the success of «The Devil Wears Prada».

They've served, for example, as the quintessential naive boy - scout and provincial maid in their early films and as older, more tortured versions of the same in the chapters that bookend Krzysztof Kieslowski's Trois couleurs trilogy, whose ironic casting suggests a blueprint for Haneke.

VMAGAZINE.COM — Twenty - year - old Olivia Cooke has just been cast in Steven Spielberg's next film, Ready Player One, despite «self - sabotaging» her audition.

The 49 - year - old actress has been cast in the new film from director Alistair...

The beloved American auteur has lined up a cast of old favorites and new collaborators for his first film to be made outside of the U.S.