Sentences with phrase «one's first directorial effort»

In honor of the release of his very first directorial effort in the animated realm, Spielberg and stars Enn Reitel and Nick Frost hit the red carpet in New York City.

The cast also includes Colin Farrell, Paul Giamatti, Jason Schwartzman, Bradley Whitford, and B.J. Novak, and it's Hancock's first directorial effort since best picture nominee The Blind Side.

... In a World is a promising first directorial effort for Lake Bell, and while it may not be trying for anything overwhelmingly original or groundbreaking, sometimes you just need a fun, charming movie to enjoy from time to time, and this film is a more than worthy option in that case.

I'd be curious about Farmiga's first directorial effort even if the trailer weren't that hot, simply because I like her, but the fact that it actually looks good has me really looking forward to it.

It's not just the prosaic approach the mythically outsized hallmarks of Americana that makes A.J. Edwards's first directorial effort feel like a Malick movie.

Nocturnal Animals is the second film from the multi-talented Tom Ford, whose first directorial effort (A Single Man, 2009) received an Oscar nomination.

My Beloved Bodyguard — Being released under the more generic title «The Bodyguard» here win the US, this is Sammo Hung's first directorial effort in almost 20 years.

The film is Gibson's first directorial effort since Apocalypto all of the way back in 2007, and this certainly looks like it has been worth the wait.

In his first directorial effort in a decade, Mel Gibson depicted both the violence of war and the devotion of faith.

Little Manhattan was the first directorial effort for writer and producer Mark Levin.

The only reason that Play Misty for Me is a notable film is because it was Clint Eastwood's first directorial effort.

In interviews, particularly the oft - quoted one conducted with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., in The New Yorker, Beatty has made all too clear his ambitions for this, his first directorial effort in seventeen years (since Reds in 1981).

This is your first directorial effort.

On the whole, however, writer Jeremy Brock (The Last King of Scotland, Charlotte Gray) delivers a heartfelt, personal, and witty script and, in his first directorial effort, does a fine job of bringing it to the screen.

Don't worry, we won't be making any such weighty theological pronouncements — though these terms have all been bandied about in the run - up to Gibson's first directorial effort in the 10 years since «Apocalypto.»

The studio (Paramount) wanted some major changes to be done in what was his first directorial effort, trying to curb some of the nastiness that Helgeland had given to his main character.

Although you may wonder why he did not direct Monsters University, the prequel to his first directorial effort at the studio, the reasoning is that he was working on an ambitious original project called Inside Out.

The wonderful Rose McGowan is certainly no stranger to the horror genre, making turns in films like Scream, Planet Terror and Jawbreaker, so it should come as no surprise that her first directorial effort — the short film Dawn — is dark and plenty disturbing.

The story of a young sailor whose anger is relieved through counseling is occasionally affecting, but in his first directorial effort, Washington steers clear of hard edges.

The story of a young sailor whose anger is relieved through counseling is warm and occasionally affecting, but in his first directorial effort, Washington steers clear of the hard edges the film needs.

This is officially Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's first directorial effort and I think they did a great job.

While John Wick marks their first directorial effort, the two make full use of their background as stunt / fight coordinators in films including The Expendables, Rambo and Ninja Assassin to stage intricate, but clean action scenes with long - takes instead of the rapid - edit format that has become the genre norm.

Stephen King's first directorial effort has so far remained his last, and there is no mystery why.

This is Luna's second film about a public figure, as his first directorial effort was the documentary J.C. Chavez, about Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez.

(Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, which Kaufman adapted from Chuck Barris's autobiography, was the first directorial effort of actor George Clooney.)

First, he's Dominic in Francis Coppola's first directorial effort in ten years, «Youth Without Youth,» set for a limited December 2007 release (presumably to qualify for the Oscars).

New Hacksaw Ridge trailer: Mel Gibson steps behind the camera for his first directorial effort since 2007.

First Hacksaw Ridge photos: The film is Mel Gibson's first directorial effort since 2006.

This is also Vincente Minnelli's first directorial effort, a musical fantasy about the battle over a man's soul.

The former has directed Pokot (AKA Spoor), adapted from Olga Tokarczuk's 2009 «moral thriller» novel Drive Your Plough Over the Bones of the Dead, and the latter is bringing The Other Side of Hope, his first directorial effort since Le Havre (2011), which is about a Finnish salesman and Syrian refugee in Helsinki.

Transcendence marks the first directorial effort from producer Christopher Nolan's favorite cinematographer Wally Pfister (The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises), and if it proves anything, it's that a man with an eye for how to shoot a scene doesn't always equate to excellence in how to set up a story, or to get quality performances from his actors.

It was written and co-produced by Beatty and is his first directorial effort since his Oscar - nominated Bulworth in 1998.

Redford's first directorial effort since 2000's

Ben Stiller's first directorial effort in five years sees the comedic actor improving in terms of comic imagery, but taking a step down in comic execution.

10:00 pm — TCM — Cabin in the Sky One of the more watchable / interesting films of the black - cast - centric films that Hollywood did in the 1940s, probably because it's also Vincente Minnelli's first directorial effort, a musical fantasy about the battle over a man's soul.

For her first directorial effort, actress Drew Barrymore picked a good project.

Although the film lacks an engaging narrative or structure and has none of the stunningly composed long takes and bravura performances found in 0.5 mm, Han Han's trademark scepticism and wry reserve still shine through in his first directorial effort.

It's perhaps an unfair comparison, but she's already giving beau and occasional writing partner Noah Baumbach a run for his money in her first directorial effort.

Coming off of last year's impressive Jack Reacher — his first directorial effort since 2000's The Way of the Gun — Christopher McQuarrie is becoming quite the in - demand filmmaker.

BE: This is your first directorial effort in eight years, and most Pixar movies, by my estimate, take anywhere from three to five years to put together.

The official trailer for the Boston crime drama The Town - Ben Affleck's first directorial effort since Gone Baby Gone - has been released.

In 1980 Sayles» first directorial effort «Return of the Secaucus 7» earned the Best Screenplay award from the Los Angeles Film Critics, as well as an Oscar nomination for original screenplay.

Suitably, The Rum Diary, an adaptation of Thompson's book of the same name, is Bruce Robinson's first directorial effort in 19 years (he also does the screenplay).

I know I like Joseph Gordon - Levitt and I know I heard a lot of great things from Sundance, but I really didn't expect his first directorial effort to look this good.

Recommendation: Those who embrace culturally and historically significant films ought to test out Russell Crowe's first directorial effort.

It is his first directorial effort since last year's Roald Dahl adaptation, «The BFG.»

Also, Alan Rickman's first directorial effort in seventeen years will make its Irish debut at the festival.

Kent has arrived fully formed on the horror scene with her first directorial effort, which could have become a masterpiece of the form if it had managed to be more viscerally terrifying.