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The film picks up at Tony's (Emmanuelle Bercot — who directed this year's opening film Standing Tall) emotional low point after a skiing accident that left her with a seriously injured leg.

Not exact matches

The film, which opens today, is a three - character story set in an unspecified South American country (standing in for Mr. Dorfman's native Chile) after the fall of a dictator.

After some opening images — a shadowy blond figure, complete with trench coat and heels, dumping a corpse off a bridge — that immediately frame its tale of moneyed madness through the greasy lens of B - movie schlock, the film moves to an aging Durst (here renamed David Marks and played by Ryan Gosling) on the witness stand.

In the opening scene of the film, Lomax stands over the lone survivor of the latest expedition, a dazed biologist named Lena (Natalie Portman), and demands answers she doesn't know how to provide — and that the movie doesn't really care to.

Gillespie, working from a script by Steven Rogers, does an effective job of painting a somewhat less - than - flattering portrayal of the protagonist's hard - scrabble existence, with the strength of the film's opening stretch standing in sharp contrast to a middling midsection that grows less and less interesting as time progresses.

The film opens with a stunning, high - angle shot of an amateur football match that, had it been screened as a stand - alone short film, would have been a highlight of the fest.

If the opening intertitle didn't reveal the fact that The House of the Devil was going to be dealing with the occult / Satanism the film could just as well stand on its own as a psychological thriller about a girl working herself up into a paranoid frenzy over creaks on the floorboards.

Having a film depicting homemade collagen injections and the destructive power of the father for an opening night film was a brave move, one which had everyone talking about it for weeks afterwards, which (coupled with the moving standing ovation at the conclusion of the film) I believe is the sign of a successful opening night film.

The film opens with Cecilia stood outside her local fleapit, gazing dreamily at a poster for the new attraction — a romantic comedy called The Purple Rose of Cairo.

From the film's opening moments, it's obvious that Ray and Emma belong together and that Daniel is an obvious obstacle standing in their path.

Disney's stand - alone film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story opened to a massive $ 155 million, scoring the second - largest December opening ever behind last year's Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

The film opens on Armistice Day, November 11, 1918 (which we in the States call Veterans Day), the ending of World War I, which finds Vera Brittain (Alicia Vikander) standing out as a person who is not taking part in vivacious celebrations but thinking instead of whom she had lost in the war.

For a film that opens with stand - up comedy routines, The Big Sick turns dramatic very quickly.

But as far as post - «Matrix» opening weekends for Reeves, «Wick» only trailed «Constantine's» $ 29.7 million in 2005 and «The Day the Earth Stood Still's» $ 30.4 million in 2008 so this was a solid start for the film.

There's just no way to watch this film without thinking of Titanic, except in the moments when a Sutherland is standing before a crowd to «open the games» and then you're thinking of The Hunger Games and wouldn't you rather be watching that?

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Standing atop the Philadelphia Art Museum's iconic steps, Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter proclaimed Wednesday, November 25th «Creed» Day in honor of the upcoming film — opening that same day — which explores the Read More →

The Tigers undermine the film's title in their opening game, but that loss stands as the school's only one for several weeks.

Character actor, Luis Guzmà ¡ n is also cast, as Bitterman, Bach's driver and confidant, whose main purpose is in the film's opening act — a hodgepodge of Batman references — which concludes with Arthur standing above the iconic Wall Street bull statue's crotch.

The differences between that film and this reinvention are obvious from the very start; rather than the original's scene - setting opening where Yul Brinner and Steve McQueen stand up for the rights of a deceased and unknown native American, instead we have a pantomime villain doling out ugly violence and not only that, the only native American onscreen murders a fleeing innocent woman in cold blood.

And for a man who can barely stand when the film opens, Jimmy is suspiciously able to run, jump, drive and shoot like a trained professional a third his age.

There's little doubt, however, that Reiner's decidedly deliberate sensibilities, coupled with the episodic bent of Raynold Gideon and Bruce A. Evans» script, ensures that the movie's first half isn't quite as electrifying as one might've hoped, as it's clear that certain sequences ultimately fare a whole lot better than others - with the boys» efforts at safely crossing a railroad bridge certainly standing as a highlight within the film's opening hour.

While the opening is definitely Taming of the Shrew in a high school setting, the rest of the film plays out as its own creature, a touching, heart - warming rom - com that stands up as its own original piece of work.

The event was captured by various cell phones from bystanders to the event, and as the film opens, we see the real - life footage from one of them, as the Bay Area Rapid Transit officers are standing over several seated young men they've detained at the Fruitvale station in Oakland's subway.

It's a real shame that «The New World» didn't open in theaters at the end of December as originally planned, because if it did, there would have been few other films standing in the way of its climb to the top of my Worst Films of 2005 list.

Inevitably, there's no denying a comparison of technique with Altman and Mike Leigh (Canijo spent two years developing the characters with the actors via a series of workshops as Leigh does), but the film stands quite firmly as an often uncomfortable, unpleasant, and always fascinating family saga that would, in a fair world, finally open up the English speaking market to Canijo's previous directorial efforts, which date back to the early 80s.

What truly stands out about this film, however, is how bold every choice is, from the opening shot to a 15 year jump in the plot.

And we'll also be keeping an eye out for Nanni Moretti «s «Mia Madre,» the in - our - wheelhouse doc from Kent Jones «Hitchcock / Truffaut» (along with docs on Steve McQueen and Sidney Lumet) and opening film «Standing Tall» from Emmanuelle Bercot.

An early air - raid sequence is terrifically handled, cleverly presenting the open air and sunshine of the French countryside as a source of terror, while brief glimpses of executions and interrogations stand out starkly against the curiously cosy tone of the film.

Late in post-production on The Last Stand, the studio changed their mind, and tasked Ratner with re-editing and re-shooting scenes to make the film more open - ended.

In the good - looking opening sequence, filmed by Ellen Kuras, they're intercut with dancers at a club, get into a fight, and then find themselves being debriefed and lectured by Capt. Greer (Dennis Farina), who orders them to stand up when they talk to him, quit sitting on his desk, etc..

In fact, the whole film feels like one big stand - off as each of the characters continuously suss one another out before it eventually culminates in true Tarantino fashion.With the opening landscapes and the poundingly effective score by Ennio Morricone you could be fooled into thinking that Quentin is out to emulate the classic spaghetti westerns of Sergio Leone but this is really where the comparison ends.

While X-Men: The Last Stand managed to make more on its opening weekend, Days of Future Past has almost equaled that film in overall domestic earnings with $ 233,921,535 at the box office.

In the film's opening scene, the headmaster of the school stands before the assembled student body explaining the meaning of the school motto, Finis Origine Pendet: The End Depends Upon the Beginning.

2) OPEN - AIR CINEMA - One of the reasons why this hotel stands out and has left a memorable place in our kids» hearts is the large, open - air rooftop cinema which plays weekly movies and is free for guests staying at the hotel - they even gave our kids free popcorn to enjoy the film!

Opening: Aidan Koch at Picture Room At the Whitney Museum's «Dreamlands» show, Aidan Koch's untitled 2015 animated film stands out because it's completely silent.

International Herald Tribune — The Umbrella Man — Errol Morris — I hadn't known, but apparently in the Zapruder film of John Kennedy's assassination, and in other still photographs of the event, there's a man in the crowd standing under an open umbrella — on a cloudless hot day in Dallas.