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I'm actually quite satisfied with this year's set of awards, as many of the stand out films got recognized, though that's not to say there are many, many other excellent films from the festival.

But much like countless other excellent films, The Accountant can easily be placed in multiple genres.

Not exact matches

Other than that, G.I Jane is a good film, though not excellent by any means, and definitely isn't Ridley Scott's best.

Despite some intermittent pacing issues and some horrendous sound quality problems during the first 30 minutes, the film delivers on all other fronts, with superb performances from its excellent ensemble cast (especially protagonist Cliff Curtis) and a nuanced script that tackles its complex story line on multiple levels.

If you haven't spent any time reading Arrian and the other histories this excellent film might just inspire you to do so.

Real - life stuntwoman Zoe Bell (who doubled for Uma Thurman in «Kill Bill» and Lucy Lawless in «Xena: Warrior Princess») and Tracie Thoms (whose role would have been played by Pam Grier or Samuel L. Jackson in any other movie) deliver great performances throughout their half of the film, but it's Kurt Russell who walks away with «Death Proof» as Stuntman Mike, yet another excellent addition to his rogue's gallery of classic characters.

Other excellent supporting cast members add to the film's quality.

In addition, both versions of the film — the original theatrical cut and the 2001 director's cut, «Apocalypse Now Redux» — have been digitally restored in high definition with excellent results, delivering a sharper picture without making it look glossy like some of the other classic movies recently released on Blu - ray.

Because director Ryan Coogler and his team have made an excellent superhero film that is culturally aware and has a message without being preachy, and the villain of Erik Killmonger (a terrific Michael B. Jordan) has a rich level of tragedy unmatched by other MCU villains.

The real stars of this film however, other than Baz Luhrmann's manic direction, the excellent soundtrack, editing and photography, are the story's young lovers.

EE: I continue to try and select excellent films that could suffer without a great score and offer my helping hand, because I'll be completely honest with you, I don't have a lot of faith in the other film composers out there.

The movie doesn't seem very different from the other films in the genre apart from its premise, and while that formula worked for David Gordon Green's «Pineapple Express,» that was mainly as a result of some excellent chemistry between the two leads.

Fox gave Bryan Singer money to finish the longer version, so there's no noticeable difference in the new footage, and the film looks and sounds excellent, though some sequences look more digitally shot than others.

She gives a natural performance which we rarely see at such a young age and this holds the whole film together; which is impressive considering the other excellent performances seen from her more experienced colleagues.

What benefits Marshland greatly, are the two excellent central performances from Javier Gutiérrez and Raúl Alévaro whose very different ideologies lead to a suspicion of each other which lends the film another level of intrigue where, as a viewer, you're left constantly wondering what the next piece of the puzzle will reveal.

Other highlights in this strand include: Miguel Gomes» mixes fantasy, documentary, docu - fiction, Brechtian pantomime and echoes of MGM musical in the epic ARABIAN NIGHTS; the World Premiere of William Fairman and Max Gogarty's CHEMSEX, an unflinching, powerful documentary about the pleasures and perils associated with the «chemsex» scene that's far more than a sensationalist exposé; the European Premiere of CLOSET MONSTER, Stephen Dunn's remarkable debut feature about an artistic, sexually confused teen who has conversations with his pet hamster, voiced by Isabella Rossellini; THE ENDLESS RIVER a devasting new film set in small - town South Africa from Oliver Hermanus, Diep Hoang Nguyen's beautiful debut, FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, a wry, weird socially probing take on the teen pregnancy scenario that focuses on a girl whose escape from village life to pursue an urban education has her frozen in mid-flight; LUCIFER, Gust Van den Berghe's thrillingly cinematic tale of Lucifer as an angel who visits a Mexican village, filmed in «Tondoscope» — a circular frame in the centre of the screen; the European premiere of KOTHANODI a compelling, unsettling fairytale from India; veteran Algerian director Merzak Allouache's gritty and delicate portrait of a drug addicted petty thief in MADAME COURAGE; Radu Muntean's excellent ONE FLOOR BELOW, which combines taut, low - key realism with incisive psychological and ethical insights in a drama centering on a man, his wife and a neighbor; and QUEEN OF EARTH, Alex Ross Perry's devilish study of mental breakdown and dysfunctional power dynamics between female best friends, starring Elisabeth Moss.

She's already filmed her next five roles: as previously discussed she'll play the showy small role of James Brown's mom in Get On Up (August, 2014); she's excellent as a college professor in The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby Pts 1 and 2 (release date still TBA but I saw it at TIFF); she's in Michael Mann's thriller Cyber (January, 2015) with Chris Hemsworth as the headliner and supposedly her role is large there as an FBI agent; She'll headline Shonda Rhimes TV series «How To Get Away With Murder» and if it gets picked up past the pilot, don't expect to see her on your movie screens for awhile; The other leading role is Lila & Eve (she plays Lila) but her co-star is... (wait for it)... Jennifer Lopez?

But while many people may think that the action scene has moved on to other parts (mostly Thailand and South Korea, plus a mini-boom of excellent American direct - to - video films like «Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning» and its ilk), there's still a lot to offer from the once reigning king of cinematic punches and gunshots.

Blu - ray Highlight: Although it's appeared on previous editions, «The Art of the Sting» is an excellent three - part retrospective that features interviews with Robert Redford, Paul Newman and other cast and crew as they reflect back on making the film, including the choice to use ragtime music for the score, cast chemistry and anecdotes from the set.

Other films that we admire, but didn't quite make the cut included Alison Mclean «s «Jesus» Son» featuring awesome performances by Billy Crudup and Samatha Morton as drug - addict adult - lescents in the 1970s, Stephen Daldry «s celebratory boyhood - meets - ballet drama, «Billy Elliot,» Lars Von Trier's comedic docu - like dogme film «Idioterne» («The Idiots,» made in 1998 but only released in the U.S. in 2000), Steven Soderbergh «s economic and no - nonsense «Erin Brockovich,» Stephen Frears «manchild, record store - centered love story, «High Fidelity,» Terence Davies ««The House of Mirth» featuring an excellent Gillian Anderson turn, and perhaps Neil LaBute «s best film, tellingly one he didn't write, the dreamy and odd, «Nurse Betty.»

Surprising to see these two films winning over the other nominees, but they're also excellent films, so I can't complain.

Although some of these high profile stars are relegated to smaller roles than others, the ensemble cast present an excellent on - screen chemistry and banter to rival Stallone's gang in the EXPENDABLES films.

Tonally it owes more to Rowan Woods's excellent drama The Boys rather than other Australian crime films like The Square, Gettin» Square or The Hard Word and yet it still follows the conventions of a crime drama to result in a complex and gripping piece of cinema.

Nonetheless, this film (and the others) are presented on DVD with first - rate anamorphic widescreen and excellent sound.

Other important and positive trends at this year's FEFF and that I will consider further in this report included a very welcome sprinkling of surprisingly arty films, some of them from Southeast Asia truly excellent.

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.

Someone, probably Christopher Plummer, announces the winner in this category and the award goes to Sally Field, for illuminating through her two excellent meltdowns in Lincoln, one opposite Tommy Lee Jones, the other opposite Daniel Day - Lewis, the essence of the Steven Spielberg film as a study of the conflict between public and private modes of behavior in the arena of American politics.

There are only two subjects, after all, but it's impressive to find a film called «Nymphomaniac» make such an excellent segment out of the other one.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 had what would be an excellent weekend for any other film — an estimated weekend take of $ 51.6 million — but with an unreported budget and nearly $ 198.3 million in the can domestically, one wonders if Lionsgate had hoped the movie would do better, especially as it has made much less than the previous films in the series.

The list of icons making appearances was truly unprecedented: Superman soars twice — once in the «return» and the other as Ben Affleck; Crockett and Tubbs exude cool; Ethan Hunt falls short; Captain Jack Sparrow sets the stage for the finale; Jack Black sometimes wears stretchy pants; Huey Long is resurrected and somehow over-played by Sean Penn; the mass appeal of the DaVinci Code novel fizzled onscreen; Robert Altman's amazing career ended with an excellent adaptation of a radio series starring Garrison Keillor's made for radio face; Johnny Depp tried to untrack his career with The Libertine; Nicolas Cage was front and center in the disastrous remake of The Wicker Man, but if the preview is any indication, his sleep - walk was merely a tune - up for this year's Ghost Rider; Woody Allen (with Scarlett Johansson as his muse) re-emerged with his best comedy since Crimes and Misdemeanors; amazingly, Jen and Vince's real life break - up was more entertaining than the film version; and while on - set hook - ups seem to the norm, how could the dreadful You, Me and Dupree have been an aphrodisiac for Kate and Owen?

This week: With Richard Gere playing a desperate derelict in Time Out Of Mind, and the excellent Heaven Knows What new to Blu - ray, we look back at other films about homelessness.

The performances are excellent throughout (Spacey and Irons are great, and Quinto continues to impress as a dramatic big - screen actor) and the film looks great, but almost all the other choices are nearly disastrous.

For undisclosed reasons, Focus Features pulled the plug on the film, which would've brought back Viggo Mortensen, Vincent Cassel, and other actors from the excellent 2007 crime movie.

On reflection, some of the other superhero movies were better with the sharp direction and themes, but when it comes to a superhero movie that never forgets to be a fun, action thriller at the same time, Singer's first X-Men film is excellent at rising to the challenge.

There are excellent new interviews and new and archival featurettes, including the new 46 - minute retrospective documentary BBStory: An American Film Renaissance, and Jack Nicholson, who has been conspicuously absent from other special editions and retrospective documentaries on his key films, contributes his thoughts and remembrances in interviews for Five Easy Pieces and Drive, He Said.

It's worth seeing the film to watch Chan deliver a powerful and unique performance, truly doing an excellent job channeling that darkness he has so often eschewed in other movies, but «The Foreigner» never realizes that this role is its greatest strength and emotional core, and in doing so, ends up becoming a muddled affair that isn't as engaging as it should be.

Because heist movies are more fun when viewers know little about the procedural infiltration of footwork soldiers (i.e. the Bang brothers), the script focuses on other details to bring out the excellent idiosyncrasy of early Quentin Tarantino heist films.

However, he has excellent comic timing and can deliver humorous lines with more conviction than other leading men who have appeared in Curtis» films.

Sadly, only the aforementioned audio commentaries actually made the cut, and while they're both excellent supplements to the film, it's disappointing that Universal didn't include the other extras as well.

This annual event brings together all the 1,000 or so teachers who work in Friendship Schools, an excellent group of charter and traditional public schools in Washington, DC and Baltimore (which are featured in our other short film, Unchartered Territory, along with their inspirational leader Donald Hense).

While not gaming news, we have been big fans of Thousand Pounds Action Company who have made some excellent Street Fighter short films, amongst others.

• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities to work alongside directors and other film crew leaders • Technical knowledge of all audio equipment and extensive understanding of Adobe Audition CC • An analytical mind, finely tuned ear, evaluation skills, and a great attention to details • The ability to work on multiple projects at once, strong organization and administrative skills