Sentences with phrase «other films around»

7 Days, is a perfect example of why filmmakers need to be more astutely aware of other films around them.

Not exact matches

But we'd do well to define what «cult» actually means, both inside the Christian church - i.e., Christians use the term largely to differentiate other religions which deviate from orthodox, historical and Biblical Christianity - and outside, where it's thrown around to describe everything from followers of Kevin Smith films to any organization that's secretive and raises boat loads of money.
«I have an ulterior motive as we have started a film distribution company, Neon, which buys and plays films at our cinemas and other theaters around the country.
Hopefully other teachers and schools are following suit around the country, and if these students do create a film, I'll try to get a link to post here.
The main difference between Ultimate and other emulsions is that its silver bromide grains are extremely fine — around 10 nanometers across, or 1/10 to 1/100 as big as the grains in ordinary film.
Through these experiments, Ruike identified three main parameters that give kirigami films their adhesive properties: shear - lag, in which shear deformation of film can reduce the strain on other parts of the film; partial debonding, in which the film segments around an open slit maintain a partial bond to the underlying surface; and inhomogenous deformation, in which a film can maintain its overall adhesion, even as parts of its underlying surface may bend and stretch more than others.
Its buzzed - about oral sex scene almost landed it an NC - 17 rating — until Gosling protested, arguing that if the film had shown a woman performing oral sex on a man (instead of the other way around), it wouldn't have been deemed scandalous.
Among other things, I ran the Great Wall of China Marathon; worked out on a pearl boat in the Kimberley; appeared semi-naked in a music video wrapped only in cling wrap; worked on a Norwegian reality TV show filmed in Malta; trained eagles in Mongolia; donned a wig and lived like Dolly Parton in her hometown in Tennessee for a month; rode a bicycle around Taiwan; sailed on a pirate ship from Seattle towards Mexico before hitting a storm and having to be rescued by theUS Coast Guard; and helped educate young girls in Kosovo who are banned from attending school because they wear headscarves.
The film also kicks around the idea that good and evil can't exist without each other.
The best scene revolves around a conflict with a kinetic structure on an office desk which, like the film, is a lot of seemingly random motion with no apparent purpose other than distraction.
Sure, there's a flashback or two, but it doesn't jump around in the narrative like some of his other films.
There are two main stories really, one which sees Kronk back with «Yzma» again and the other revolving around his job as a camp counselor for the Junior Chipmunks, something that was touched on at the end of the first film.
It was entertaining enough to hang around three stars for me, propelled by the fun chemistry between Astaire and Rogers (fun fact: I heard they hated each other in real life), but the completely unnecessary, racially insensitive Fred Astaire - in - blackface dance dropped the film an extra star.
In her first encounter in the film with Bradlee, Graham approaches the editor as if she's his employee, not the other way around, and it's inspiring to watch her discover the power that comes with her role, and learn how to wield it in opposition to all of the controlling masculine forces that seek to exert their influence on her decisions.
Marvel's Black Panther features a killer soundtrack and reliable performances all - around, but its story lacks surprises and the action struggles when compared to other Marvel films.
In the film, Lucy (Johansson, Captain America: The Winter Soldier) is abducted by a gang of Asian baddies, led by the nefarious Mr. Jang (Min - sik, Oldboy), who aim to use her as one of their «mules» to smuggle their uber - potent drug called CPH4 to other territories around the world.
What it does have is Samuel L. Jackson in a pinpoint performance as an unctuous old house slave who's more layered than he appears, and when Django, Schultz, and Candie are sitting around the parlor trying to outwit each other, the film achieves that QT hypnotic mood.
The cast go from room to room discussing stuff, from location to location looking at stuff, explaining scenarios to each other, lots of driving around and of course the other obligatory scene where everyone watches an old educational news film reel about their enemy and how it lives.
The film admirably fights off similarity to Greg Mottola's theme park - set Adventureland by plumping for heartwarming human relationships over comedy, rather than the other way around.
For what it's worth, Chris Pratt does not actually get around to asking her any questions, mostly just mentioning other film series that he happens to be in.
It'll be nice to see a film which shows the pain a man goes through when a woman tears apart their family as opposed to the other way around for once.
With her sexuality almost in suspension — the film plays implicitly on the constant speculation around the star's own sexual identity — Maureen sometimes displays a defiant independence, but at other times seems so delicate that it's as if she's on the verge of dissolving.
We can't tell you a whole lot about the film other then what we hear from the official Facebook that a big announcement will be made around valentine days, so keep checking Dark Universe for further updates on the film.
It's a film about texture, rubbing and poking its fingers in and around the nooks and crannies of Saint Laurent's life that the other film brushed over in one fell swoop.
Today, a new poster for the film came out and it shows Ethan Hawke and John Travolta right around the corner from each other, each with their weapons drawn and ready.
Has some great cameos and cross-overs with Marvel's other films (Avengers especially) and sit around because it has TWO post-credit scenes (geeks love that shit).
Baumbach, who's honed his comic dialogue to a furious bebop point in recent films like Frances Ha and While We're Young, keenly understands how these estranged relatives would speak to and around each other, peppering in cultural name - drops (Warhol, Neruda, Kubrick) and insecurities alike.
For all of the Farrelly shtick, it's Carrey that provides the right tone and timing for the film, with every other character seeming to fade into nothingness around him.
Black films, movies with black artists and other productions from around the world were a key part of the festivities that were enjoyed by all.
After tossing out several other equally ridiculous ideas, Mendez suggests disguising the six as a Canadian film crew scouting locations — they'll pretend to look around a bit and then Mendez will get them the hell out of there.
Relatively artless when compared to several other King adaptations around the time (Brian De Palma's Carrie, Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, David Cronenberg's The Dead Zone) or even with Carpenter's previous picture (1982's career - best The Thing), the film still delivers the goods as entertainment, thanks to committed performances from the cast and some nifty effects work.
«Armed and Underground: Production Design» (7 mins., 1080i / 16x9) brings production designer Jon Gary Steele into the interview mix for an insider's view of the film's carefully - aged sets (the industrial - site exterior was a real location in Fontana, CA, but the massive interior was built on a soundstage), while «Crash Course: Stunts» (11 mins., 1080i / 16x9) taps stunt coordinator Lance Gilbert to tell, among other stories, the one about crawling around on the floor with his kids» Hot Wheels cars to plan the armoured - truck chase scene with Antal.
Chbosky achieves this by not falling to the temptation of focusing the film on Auggie's travails, but like author R J Palacio did, telling his story from his as well as the eyes of other youngsters around him.
The cinematography was gorgeous and well deserving of the Oscar and no other director around today could have made this as special as Marty did with his love for film preservation.
It's a solid setup that also affords the film's creative team its own game: a chance to play around with the look, and the violence, of actual thrillers, all while keeping the tone as frothy as any other multiplex throwaway starring a cast member from Horrible Bosses.
Once again, Anderson populates his film with characters who remake the world around them, but we see how little pleasure it actually brings them, and how far they are willing to go to force others to conform to those expectations.
Her anger hurts her as much as it does those around her though, even her son and others she'd consider friends, but we feel for her and it's because the film never invalidates her anger.
And if you think it's only the well to do who shell out upwards of $ 3,000 for hair weaves, you'd better prepare yourself because there are working women all over the US and Canada (as I'm sure there are in other places though the film focuses mainly on the US) walking around with hair that cost more than some cars.
Coster - Waldau is good, but he's often a straight man to the chaos around him, allowing Cole, Healy, and others to steal the film.
is also not revolutionary in that it is similar to other films, including similarly complex thriller which came out around the same time,
Memento is also not revolutionary in that it is similar to other films, including similarly complex thriller which came out around the same time, The Pledge.
And other than some misdemeanors worthy of grounding, the kids in this film are the kind most parents could stand to have around.
Tony Stark and Pepper Potts have been dancing around each other since literally the inaugural MCU film.
It may be fair to say that some movies made with the plot revolving around Christmas are far better than others, but on the whole Four Christmases could be quite a fun movie for the most part, although, as already mentioned, the film perhaps takes a turn towards more serious issues as it progresses.
The film's nadir is a scene in which Curtis recites a poetic «song» to a group around a campfire and which becomes the occasion for a montage devoted to the beauties of a kitschy soundstage version of «nature,» followed by glimpses of other salt - of - the - earth slaves at rest who register like warmed - over Depression archetypes.
While the first two chapters of section one dealt with the field of Japanese cinema as one composed around actual films, the other two chapters in this section suggest that the field is one that analyses discourses around cinema culture at large.
But all three films hovered around $ 17 million, falling within $ 300,000 of each other's earnings, making this a photo finish at the end of a record - breaking September.
A couple of hours after announcing that Terrence Malick's long - awaited Knight Of Cups will premiere at next month's Berlin Film Festival, FilmNation Entertainment has released the first trailer for the film, which showcases the reclusive director's unparalleled talent for getting actors to jump around, then stand really close to each other without making eye contact.
And yet, you can't totally blame him, as the film's first trailer plays up both Peter's naughty behavior (now, with a weird, contemporary edge) and how it inspires the other animals around him to act out, like by throwing a party in McGregor's house and totally destroying it in the process.
The opening credits of the film are displayed while a camera shoots extreme close - up sweeps around a dead body which is currently being consumed by maggots and other bugs, and this should give you an indication of how unflinching the rest of the film is in the showcasing of disturbing acts of violence.
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