Sentences with phrase «other romance films»

It was a lot different from many other romance films you'll see.

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With those two films showing potential weaknesses, there is room for a surprise winner like Get Out, the horror film about racism, or the coming - of - age LGBTQ romance Call Me By Your Name, among others.

By using Wattpad Studios, romance writers and dating experts can draw from their own experiences and create stories for other media, and as a result, they have an opportunity to see their stories turned into books, films, and TV shows.

Other film credits include TRUE ROMANCE, GOODFELLAS, THE DEPARTED, PINEAPPLE EXPRESS, AMERICAN GANGSTER, and SUPERBAD.

But as the film rolls on both characters pick up on each other's traits, learning to atone for their past mistakes on the one hand and to seize upon the various new chances of romance on the other.

But this time out, Gore Verbinski «s last go - round, it seemed the only way they could cram in more Sparrow was to include a hallucination subplot in which we get multiple Sparrows talking to each other — the film abandoning even the pretense of interest in the bland, chemistry - free romance between Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom.

Comedy, sci - fi, horror, romance, adventure, action, drama, and thriller, it covers quite a lot of territory in a short amount of time, and does so with its own sense of style that makes it different from any other film, even if it is an homage film at its core.

This does sound more overtly plotty in a trivial comic book way than other recent Marvel films, and a more epic sweep is promised, but we hope that Taylor retains the better parts of the first film too; the humor, and the romance, which worked a little better than in most other Marvel pictures.

Director Andrew Jarecki instantly finds himself unable to overcome the story's almost eye - rollingly familiar trajectory, as screenwriters Marcus Hinchey and Marc Smerling offer up a culture - clash romance that comes off as a pale imitation of other similarly - themed films (including Gosling's own The Notebook).

Kilmer played other American icons in his next two films - gunslinger Doc Holliday in Tombstone and the spirit of Elvis in True Romance; both did remarkable business at the box office.

Not content to merely work out the submerged marital issues between Max and Annie, the film sets up arcs for its other party guests: There's a potential romance between dimwitted lothario Ryan (Billy Magnussen) and the British coworker (Catastrophe's Sharon Horgan) he's platonically brought along to help him win, as well as a lovers» quarrel between Kevin (New Girl's Lamorne Morris) and Michelle (Kylie Bunbury) concerning a celebrity hookup.

As with Wong's other films such as Chungking Express, Days of Being Wild, Happy Together and Fallen Angels, In the Mood for Love dictates the arbitrary nature of romance and the notion of the «missed moment».

He refined his acting skills on the TV series Streets of San Francisco (1972 - 1976) with Karl Malden, produced One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) directed by Milos Forman starring Jack Nicholson, and other films where he did act in, The China Syndrome (1979) with Jane Fonda, Romancing the Stone (1984) and Jewel of the Nile (1985) with Kathleen Turner.

If only the low - aiming script by Simon Kinberg (xXx: State of the Union, X-Men 3), rumored to have undergone several rewrites at the hands of others, saw their characters as living, breathing human beings instead of mere comedic devices in the singular big joke the film is built on, and perhaps we would have seen even more fireworks in the romance department.

And in Tessa Louise - Salomé's cinephiliac romance Mr leos caraX (since retitled Mr. X), the titular director talks about his work, mostly in voiceover, with brilliance and surprising openness while ravishing clips dissolve in and out of each other, making us hungry to see the films in their entirety again.

Crowe reunited Skye and Cusack for a commentary to go with a new version of the DVD, and the actors talk about the romance that might have happened were they not paired off with others during filming.

I don't know why River of Grass didn't immediately achieve a cult reception similar to Reservoir Dogs, True Romance, Clerks or other films similar in their time and space, but thankfully Kelly Reichardt persevered, allowing you to take a look back to over-analyze or simply discover the roots of one of today's most important filmmakers.

Reservoir Dogs, True Romance and Pulp Fiction (the first two I watched back to back one weekend afternoon, after my friends learned I'd never seen a Tarantino film; I had heard he'd won the Palme d'Or, but didn't know he'd made any other movies) demanded we familiarize ourselves with their influences: film noir, Howard Hawks, Jean - Luc Godard (one of our favorite pass - times was driving around to all the video stores in town looking for a copy of Breathless.

In the other two films, there is a force that keeps the lovers apart, and the films are as much about the things that control us as they are about romance and love.

The romance such as it is, is the nicest thing in the film, and there are some other funny moments, but despite the local pedigree in genre and in the veteran talent on - screen feels weirdly unrooted, like so many Hong Kong films trying to appeal to audiences outside the (former) colony.

Tsui sets his avoidance dances in confined spaces (tiny apartments, backstage dressing rooms), but To's are set out in the open: a fountain in a public park, a street corner, a sidewalk (a similarly choreographed scene plays out as well early in Romancing in Thin Air, itself a kind of compendium of all of To's romantic comedies, where Sammi Cheng and Louis Koo wander outside the grounds of the hotel, oblivious to each others» presence despite occupying the same film frame).

Other films featuring gay interracial romance include «Chutney Popcorn,» about an Indian - American lesbian surrogate mother and her white girlfriend; «The Wedding Banquet,» about a closeted Chinese man involved with a white American man; and «Brother to Brother,» a Harlem Renaissance drama featuring a young black man and his white male lover.

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS Beeswax (Unrated) Quirky ensemble comedy, set in Austin, Texas, centering on a couple of identical twins, one, a wheelchair - bound paraplegic (Maggie Hatcher), the other, a clothing store owner (Tilly Hatcher) who rekindles a romance with an ex-lover (Alex Karpovsky) in order to get legal help with a lawsuit filed against her by her business partner (Anne Dodge).

Yes, it's a love story but it's in the details of their lives that make this something more than a silly romance film to take your significant other to.

Seriously, think about this — every other Disney film that features a love story (and almost all of them do) features the beginning of the romance as well as its inevitable conclusion.

(Not that Disobedience necessarily has to be compared to other films about lesbian romance, but the similarities are there — or, in this case, aren't.)

Agassi (The Handmaiden, Park Chan - wook, 2016) While most of the other films on this list aim for subdued minimalism, this film sounds the call for maximalism loud and clear, marrying a delightfully twisted narrative with the most pleasurable romance of the year.

Just how well Just Wright works formula tropes is highlighted by the other chick flick of the week (and, seriously, Fox Searchlight — way to preordain the underachievement a so - deemed «urban» romance with genuine, potential cross-demo appeal by scheduling against a film that on the surface looks more broadly mainstream), Letters to Juliet.

The girls» romances and social statuses are of chief interest to the series and their experiences with both involve the other young personalities from the film.

The two also penned other coming - of - age teen romance films like 500 Days of Summer, The Spectacular Now and Paper Towns.

A majority of the first act of the film is spent focusing on the love story between Webber and Miriam (Holliday Grainger), which is fine, but the romance just gets in the way for the other two acts and does not add anything to the film.

Other films in competition, such as Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt's «Diamantino» and freshman Indian director Rohena Gera's «Sir,» also address social and political themes through comedy or romance, Tesson said.

From here on out, this film isn't much different than other coming - of - age or high school romance films you've seen before.

While their brief appearances are fun, the focus in Eden, like Hansen - Love's previous films, is on the fluidity of one's self - identity and romance — how one can erode the other, or lead to new life experiences — in a naturalistic and occasionally evocative fashion.

Where to start... there is a diverse array of new films from a long list of interesting, acclaimed directors from all over the world, including Sion Sono (Love and Peace), Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster), Ben Wheatley (High - Rise), Jeremy Saulnier (Green Room), Takashi Miike (Yakuza Apocalypse), Lee Sang - Woo (Dirty Romance, Speed), Mikkel Nørgaard (Klown Forever), and Ridley Scott (The Martian), among others.

The director with the help of co-writer Boris Frumin adds a clumsy scene in a car where John and Setsumo act like two spontaneous teens, and the film concludes on a sad note showing the difficulty of romance across the Pacific when the couple know little of each other's native language.

In comparison with other»80s genre favorites (including Zemeckis's next film, «Back to the Future»), «Romancing the Stone» does look rather low - rent — the sneering Colombian villain's much - touted «private army» seems to consist of about five sweaty extras in moth - eaten fatigues.

The magic of their relationship carries over to the film as a whole, making it easy to accept the more unlikely love stories that linger in the background: one between an English teacher (Wong Kar - Wai cinematographer Christopher Doyle, taking a turn in front of the camera) and a prostitute; and Xiaojun's aunt's fond remembrance of a romance with none other than William Holden.

But film festivals, like other old - school distribution methods, shouldn't be forgotten in our modern - day romance with the internet.

Others like Saddam Hussein (who published romance fiction) and Kim Jong - Il (a film critic) dictated their texts once already dictators.