Sentences with phrase «on crackling dialogue»

And to that point, it seems quite obvious that where in the past, Tarantino would center his attention on crackling dialogue and searing one - liners, he now offers up much more complete characterizations... these are people we understand, even if we don't much like them.

Not exact matches

There is little dialogue or music — Axel lingers on the sounds of a crackling kitchen fire, wine poured into glasses, spoons clinking against the bottom of bowls, the crunch of cooked quail heads as they're bitten into.

There have been films more implausible to be sure, but the successful ones managed to move briskly, feature more interesting characters, or crackled with smarter dialogue that Man on a Ledge ever does even for one scene.

With Ocean's Eleven, director Steven Soderbergh has broken into mainstream Hollywood, and it's about time Hollywood can claim a director who actually takes time with his films — lets the characters grow on us, lets the dialogue crackle at the right pacing, and lets the content dictate the style (not vice versa).

It brought a crackling comic awareness of American corruption into popular culture, and it made rapid - fire, overlapping dialogue fashionable, turning Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur into the hottest writing team around, on the Great White Way or in Tinseltown.

If the trailer is any indication, Black's crackling dialogue will be just one of the highlights of this crime thriller, and surely other Black - isms (humor, Christmas, kidnapping, kids in peril, etc.) will be on full display as well.

But the movie is so, so funny, full of Baumbach's usual crackling dialogue between people who on some level realize that they're just playing parts in each other's lives.

Surprisingly poignant for a movie that turns America's pastime into a card - counting experiment — and filled with crackling dialogue from Oscar winners Aaron Sorkin and Steve Zaillian — Moneyball focuses on the essential issue of baseball and of life: How do you measure human value?

Now comes «Tully,» which reunites Reitman, Cody and Theron in a crackling good domestic comedy / drama with smart, economic, often hilariously spot - on dialogue, expertly crafted performances from the cast — and some strange and unexpected detours that might give you a case of plot whiplash when you realize exactly what's been going on.

On the other hand, if you are like me... a fan of complex story lines and multi-faceted characters, amazing cinematography and editing, top level acting and crackling dialogue, this is the can't miss film of the year.