Sentences with phrase «other charming films»

From»80s - era classics to indie gems, Greta Gerwig's breakout hit shares some crucial DNA with a slew of other charming films.

Not exact matches

Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. is a film to be enjoyed for its individual moments, Ariyan Johnson's winning charm as Chantel and the fact that Harris has put the spotlight on the girls who too often are just bystanders in other inner - city movies.

While most critics dismissed the film, it charmed a handful of others (such as Kevin Thomas and Rita Kempley) and did outstanding box office for a programmer, grossing several times its original budget.

There is a certain intimacy to Hibbs» efforts, though not as much as there is to the efforts of a cast full of dated performances, some of which are dated to the point of mediocrity, while other hold up well enough to be rich with charisma, if not a little dramatic weight, with Audie Murphy himself, as himself, all but carrying the film with his particularly grounded charisma, and charming chemistry with his peers.

Sheepish, charming, boyish, scary, this unelectable lawmaker is a piece of work, and watching other characters respond to him, particularly those in the black community, gives the film a very amusing edge.

Though Kendrick is always fun to watch thanks to her charming personality and comic timing, it's difficult to see what attracted her to the film other than the chance to reunite with Blitz, who directed her in 2007's «Rocket Science.»

However, the only other actor with a real chance on this shortlist is The Master's Joaquin Phoenix, who had some momentum when the film was first released but who lost charm as Day - Lewis gained strength during this award season.

Like all of Jarmusch's previous works, this one's not to every taste, as some will love it for all of its contemplative and offbeat charms, while others will think it a film about a nobody doing nothing and going nowhere in particular.

An amusingly trashy rip - off of Jaws, the Roger Corman - produced Piranha marked the directorial debut of the great Joe Dante who has always infused his films with such wit and charm that any other shortcomings can easily be forgiven, and the same can be said here.

The artistic touches which pervade Walt Disney's other early films add to Dumbo's charms, albeit to a smaller degree.

Every film has a story or a moral or a message and while some are utterly fun & splendidly charming — hello La La Land — others are a bit more of a slog to get through — sorry Moonlight — which means that any movie out at the moment offering nothing but hilarity and full on belly laughs is incredibly welcome.

Compared to many other Marvel Studios films, 2015's Ant - Man was only a modest success - but with a charming cast and a warm heart, the small film was enough to set the stage for something bigger in Ant - Man and the Wasp.

Like other Joe Swanberg movies, Happy Christmas is quiet but endlessly charming, the kind of film that washes over you and continues to grow on you long after you've finished watching.

Other special events and programs will include: the 25th Anniversary screening of PINK FLAMINGOS, by John Waters; two programs of films from Native filmmakers, sponsored by Turner Original Productions and Educational Foundation of America; and the Shorts program, sponsored by GAP, consisting of numerous short films chosen from 1,200 - plus submitted for their intellect, artistry, and charm.

The only redeeming quality to the film (other than the aforementioned running time) comes from the quality performances by the lead actors, especially Peter O'Toole, who exudes devilish charm in one of his best performances in years.

No offense to Denzel the detective, who exudes charisma and charm throughout situations no other person could, or really should — but this is Owen's film.

A major flaw in the film, despite Emma Stone's great screen presence, is that the character of Olive is poorly characterised and her change from confident young outcast to attention - seeking vixen is disarming and, unfortunately, takes away from the film's considerable charm in other departments.

The overall consensus out of Sundance was that Robot & Frank was flawed but charming, which could make it a pleasant alternative to the other films opening that day: the action comedy Hit & Run, the thriller The Apparition, and the Joseph Gordon Levitt - starrer Premium Rush.

Britain fared better, with my favourite sci - fi horror film in a long time, Glazer's Under the Skin, and my favourite entertainment film of the year, the conventional, but charming Pride, while the flawed Mr. Turner impressively reflects the great painter's sun worship through Dick Pope's widescreen cinematography.Highlights of my year included being on the FIPRESCI jury at the Hong Kong IFF, where I admired Yang Hen's third feature, Na pian hu shui (Lake August), and a couple of first features among others, as well as attending the amazing HK film market for the first time, where I saw one of my three 2014 «films for the ages», Tsai's Journey to the West; and seeing a nitrate print of Hitchcock's Rebecca at the George Eastman House in Rochester (where they are doing a three - day all - nitrate festival in May, 2015!).

After years of waiting, it's a pleasure to finally sink into «The peanuts Movie», the latest animated movie from Blue Sky Studios that radiates charm like no other film of its genre.

Among the other fiction films to look for in theaters or on VOD: John Michael McDonagh's Calvary, in which Brendan Gleeson gives a beautifully modulated performance as a dedicated priest who is no match for the disillusionment of his parishioners and the rage of another inhabitant of his Irish seaside village, determined to take revenge against the priesthood for the sexual abuse he suffered as a child; the desultory God Help the Girl, the debut feature by Stuart Murdoch (of Belle and Sebastian), all the more charming for its refusal to sell its musical numbers; Tim Sutton's delicate, impressionistic Memphis, a blues tone poem that trails contemporary recording artist Willis Earl Beal, playing a character close to himself who's looking for inspiration in a legendary city that's as much mirage as actuality; and two horror films, Jennifer Kent's uncanny, driving psychodrama The Babadook, with a remarkable performance by child actor Noah Wiseman, and Ana Lily Amirpour's less sustained A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, which nonetheless generates some powerful political metaphors.

Ball of Fire isn't as memorable as either of those other films, but it has its own charm, and it's certainly worth a watch.

In fact, you'd be hard - pressed to find anything in the story that hasn't already appeared countless times before in other boxing films, but despite the clichéd plot, the movie isn't without its charms.

As familiar as the coming - of - age comedy may seem, «Lady Bird» is filled with so many charming surprises and brilliant performances, most other films of its type feel even more mundane by comparison.

Other prestigious Jurors at NVFF 2013 included Dierk Sindermann, a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press; Lissa Gibbs, producer of educational and network documentaries; Jennifer Siebel Newsom, producer / director of the award winning Miss Representation; Musician and film director Dave Grohl; actresses Rose McGowan (Charmed) and Madeline Zima (Californication); Paul Duffy, Amazon Web Services executive; Ryan Tudhope, co-founder Atomic Fiction; and Neil Berkeley, founder of Brkly Productions (creative work includes: Project Runway, Top Chef, Martha Stewart's Everyday Food, America's Next Great Restaurant and more).

Overall, Valiant is for the most part charming enough, while never approaching cinematic excellence that the ambitious design (the country's first CGI film, a World War II setting, and a low budget) might have suggested and other studios (like Pixar) might have achieved with the same elements in place.

None of them are inspired, no matter how many times these actors have charmed us in other films.

Favreau is a little too alarmist about Internet trolls and critics, and it takes too long for the movie's plot to kick in, but otherwise this is a charming and well - acted film, with strong supporting turns by John Leguizamo, Dustin Hoffman and Scarlett Johansson, among others.

By «ensemble» is meant that each actor is given sufficient time to strut his or her stuff, and Holly Hunter as Beth, with at least two other films to her credit this year, displays her charming, Georgia - born southern accent, often driving her husband crazy.

Although the three lead actors are all working under serious impediments — Travolta has been equipped with a singularly ridiculous soul patch and a Boston accent that runs the gamut from non-existent to «SNL» sketch broadness, oftentimes in the same scene, Plummer has a role that all but insists on being played in the hammiest manner imaginable and Sheridan (whose previous films have included such better projects as «The Tree of Life,» «Mud» and «Joe») is playing a contrivance instead of a character — they are not without a certain innate charm, and indeed, the best scenes here are the ones in which they are simply allowed to interact and bounce off of each other in a relaxed manner before having to return to the mechanics of the increasingly forced plot.

For some in the right age group, maturing alongside Harry can be life - defining — tracking their own growth by seeing Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, among other young actors on the films, transform from precocious children to charming adults over the course of the series.

Lacking the usual filter between his brain and his mouth, Montana lets fly with stream - of - consciousness invective and profane one - liners that might seem de rigueur in an era where every other screen thug takes charm lessons from Quentin Tarantino, but were derided as scandalous by establishment critics on the film's release.

Wiseau doesn't charm other strugglers into believing in him and his dream — instead, he pays people enough that they're willing to be bullied and overworked and abused for the privilege of sort of working in the film business.

Those seeking a less indulgent portrait of a French artist could lose themselves in the meager charms of Michel Hazanavicius» «Redoubtable,» a self - consciously playful if largely panache - free sendup of Godard (played by Louis Garrel, with dark sunglasses and a heavy lisp) during his short - lived second marriage to the actress Anne Wiazemsky (an excellent Stacy Martin), who appeared in his film «La Chinoise,» among others.

Kyle's Review: Having now sat willingly through (the last) three Harry Potter films, and knowing that I bought the first book at some point and that it rests, unread, somewhere with other books, I continue to blissfully remain ignorant of the charms of Harry Potter.

Other films with female directors that got nominated were MUDBOUND, Dee Rees» stunning sophomore effort; FACES PLACES, legendary filmmaker Agnes Vardas» likely last film; and the charming feline doc KEDI, Ceyda Korun's debut feature film.

This is part of the freewheeling charm that made McKay such an exciting voice in comic filmmaking over the last 10 years — he's collaborated with Will Ferrell on films like Anchorman, Talladega Nights, Step Brothers, and The Other Guys, all of which contained similar mad flourishes.

Some of the gags are funny, and there is an amiable charm that makes the film difficult to hate outright, but when you cut right down to it, Brooks is virtually on autopilot throughout this one, spinning out overused gags that many other vampire spoofs had already explored ad nauseam.

I guess that's Barry Sonnenfeld's schtick: I've felt emotionally distanced from his other films like Get Shorty and Men in Black II, and I really only get involved watching Men in Black because Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith pull me in with their charm.

«RED 2» also lacks the breezy pace of the first movie, instead bogged down by an overcomplicated plot for seemingly no other reason than to pack as much talent into the film as possible, but then again, that's part of its charm.

The cast of this charming film includes Helberg as himself, Melanie Lynskey as his wife, and Maggie Grace, Zachary Quinto, Alfred Molina, and Judith Light, among others.

Despite the fact that Sky High is obviously plundered from other places, it's still a fun and charming film, mostly due to the spirited cast who are clearly having fun with the clever dialogue in the film.

The movie is awful, from the script's blending of Southern charm and Jewish slang, to the over-the-top performances by its actors, but when an internet posting begins a rumor that star Marilyn Hack (Catherine O'Hara) should garner an Oscar nomination come awards time, the film's publicist (John Michael Higgins) goes into overdrive, generating even more buzz about possible nominations for its other two stars, Victor Allen Miller (Harry Shearer) and Callie Webb (Parker Posey).

Paul: A good game, film, TV series or other piece of art, draws on the best aspects of those around it and adds its own unique charm to make itself stand out.

The obvious winner was Duncan Campbell, a charming video artist based in Glasgow, who won with a film called «It For Others».

Her noirish mass media representations have always charmed by tapping into Italian neorealist film styles, crime dramas and a host of other 20th century representations from theatre and film.

Gorgeous period dramas, urban thrillers and charming foreign films all provide a glimpse into how other people live — and can inspire ideas for how you want to live.