Sentences with phrase «pieces of the first film»

Like all good sequels it took the ideas and set pieces of the first film and made them bigger and properly raised the stakes.

Not exact matches

Having already directed the first two (and superior) X-Men films, Singer shows a level of comfort with both the material and the cast, and he contributes at least one brilliant comic set piece in which new mutant Quicksilver (Evan Peters) lays waste to a kitchen full of security guards in languorous, Matrix - style bullet time (it looks gorgeous and has the slapstick choreography of a Three Stooges routine).

The first half of Hallows was the most visually impressive Potter film to date, and I have to think the second half is of a piece.

From the poster and an early first glimpse of the film, it looks to be another piece of brutal, bloody, stylized mayhem from the man who brought us the Pusher Trilogy, Bronson, and Valhalla Rising, and won best director at Cannes (where he could be returning this year) for Drive.

It's not only an introduction to Waititi's wit and sense of style, it also produces the film's first action set piece.

The first half of this post war - time drama is a straight propaganda piece, filmed in newsreel style, showing how the plucky ladies and chaps of the OSS were trained to sock it to the dreaded hun.

If you're wondering why there are shouts of jubilation from film buffs and aficionados of pre-swing-era music it's because the Criterion Collection has released a beautiful Blu - ray and DVD of King of Jazz (1930), The movie features Bing Crosby's first appearance onscreen, as part of the Rhythm Boys trio, jazz giants Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang, and a spectacular rendition of George Gershwin's «Rhapsody in Blue» by Paul Whiteman, the orchestra leader who commissioned the piece just six years earlier.

Johnson turned in a piece of studio entertainment that for the first time in its franchise's ten - film history was actually about something, yet never skimps on entertainment.

Of course, if you're not a Northern Californian, these insignificant amusements will be lost on you completely — in which case the movie has even less to offer, save this one piece of trivia: Heather Donahue, in her first film role since «The Blair Witch Project,» shows a little range in a small part, doing a tittering Annette Bening riff as a pretty blonde preppy Prinze dates while he and Forlani are in mutual deniaOf course, if you're not a Northern Californian, these insignificant amusements will be lost on you completely — in which case the movie has even less to offer, save this one piece of trivia: Heather Donahue, in her first film role since «The Blair Witch Project,» shows a little range in a small part, doing a tittering Annette Bening riff as a pretty blonde preppy Prinze dates while he and Forlani are in mutual deniaof trivia: Heather Donahue, in her first film role since «The Blair Witch Project,» shows a little range in a small part, doing a tittering Annette Bening riff as a pretty blonde preppy Prinze dates while he and Forlani are in mutual denial.

It only ever bothers to ask the question posed at the beginning of this piece an hour into the film, making the first two acts setup.

Ghost Protocol is solid action cinema that thanks to several thrilling, if over long set pieces, plus a healthy sense of irony is almost on a par with the first film.

Its earthy tones might have something to do with the many years - 17 to be precise - since Rickman and Dublin - born writer Alison Deegan first conspired to film the latter's tale, lots of time to fine - tune ideas on how such a genre piece might stand apart.

Also, there's reportedly a sneak peek at Ant - Man & The Wasp, as well as a piece called «Marvel Studios the First Ten Years: Connecting the Universe» that will likely offer a pretty cool look at all of the films released so far and how they work together.

Ridley Scott, who directed «Prometheus» also directed the first film, «Alien,» argues that «Prometheus» «carries the DNA of «Alien,» but is an original piece of science fiction» (imdb.com/news).

«Pieces» is an indie crime drama and is based on a short film of the same name that Taylor made which was first shown in 2014 at the Palm Springs International ShortFest.

Though Let the Sunshine In may be a star vehicle, Denis, in her first collaboration with Binoche, seems to have instructed her lead to think of the film as an ensemble piece, even if that group often consists of its smallest unit, the dyad.

First, a seven - minute piece called «The Spirit of the Ride» has the director and various other cast and crew discussing how they drew on the amusement park ride for ideas and general atmosphere for the film; the 14 - minute mini-documentary «Dead Men Tell No Tales» (also available in the DVD - ROM content in the two - disc edition) gives a history of the «Pirates of the Caribbean» ride, complete with lots of behind - the - scenes looks at the animatronic pirates and nostalgia - inducing footage from the ride itself.

First of all, this film is by no means a feel good, popcorn popping piece of cinema.

The first action set piece, in Greenwich Village, stands as a highlight of all the Marvel films, a witty world - outside - your - window dustup full of team - ups, tech upgrades, and a wizard fighting space aliens at high noon in Washington Square Park.

Rest assured, this isn't a biting satire or message - piece about racism or class in America, as many of the first film's traits (drugs, sex, swears, Flash Gordon) remain embedded in proceedings.

Every piece of the frame is alive with details that can go unnoticed on a first viewing, and I urge a second viewing to really see this film.

This is Grunberg's first feature film, but he has worked as an assistant director for the likes of Peter Weir, Oliver Stone, Tony Scott and even Gibson himself, which equipped him with the experience to craft impressive set - pieces.

The romantic angle is what drives the narrative of the film, but this is first and foremost a character piece that is clearly built around its tremendous leading lady.

The first act is admittedly a bit messy as director Colin Trevorrow gets all of his pieces on the board, but the story really picks up once the Indominus Rex breaks free from confinement, turning into a full - fledged adventure film with no shortage of dinosaur - caused destruction.

Surprisingly subtle as it builds up, the piece explodes into an orchestral tour - de-force with spectacular action music for brass and strings, a first - rate piece of film music.

The thing is, although I personally have already seen the film six times (if you've been to MNPP at any point in the past three months you're more than aware of my obsession but if you missed my first take on the movie out of NYFF it's one of the most meaningful pieces of writing I've ever done, says me), it seems that some of you have not seen the film six times yet.

Unlike the found - footage monster mayhem of Cloverfield, Trachtenberg's film (his first) is an intimate chamber piece set in an underground bunker, played out with only three characters.

1 An absolutely enthralling piece of cinematic merriment — a veritable orgy of directorial high - wire acts — Quentin Tarantino's first segment of his marital arts revenge film is easily the most entertaining film of the year.

Whedon returns as the film's writer and director in this once - in - a-lifetime opportunity to revive his epic space tale, and as the first installment in a possible franchise, «Serenity» is without a doubt one of the best pieces of fan service in the history of the sci - fi genre.

One of Newton's first roles was in the film adaptation of one of the most powerful pieces of American literature, Toni Morrison's Beloved.

PETER KUBELKA By Alexander Horwath An Austrian avant - garde pioneer returns after a 26 - year break with a new film, Poetry and Truth, an excursion into the anthropology of consumerism and the magic of «perfectly found» footage is his first piece of «metaphysical cinema.»

We know from Singer's brief teases of the next film that it'll be an»80s period piece (First Class was in the»60s and Days of Future Past takes place mostly in the»70s) meaning we're going to again see slightly aged versions of Jennifer Lawrence's Mystique, Michael Fassbender's Magneto, James McAvoy's Professor X and Nicholas Hoult's Beast.

Next Movie feels much more like the deleted scenes of their first and much funnier film, Up In Smoke, than it does as a stand alone piece.

Director Cary Joji Fukunaga is the sole director for all eight episodes of the series» first season, and the shot is a long, intricate piece of action choreography that feels lifted straight from a Michael Mann film.

The Men in Black reboot, directed by Straight Outta Compton, Friday and Fate of the Furious director F. Gary Gray, will feature brand new Agents as opposed to series protagonists J and K. Unlike the first three films, which were set in and around New York, the spinoff will be much more global, and more of an ensemble piece.

Granted, the first half of the film moves like molasses as Tarantino gets all of his pieces on the board, but the pacing is intentional, slowly building to a boil that spills out into a flurry of violence in the final hour.

The sensation of being caught in an endless loop is reinforced by the main musical theme, by Kitano regular Joe Hisaishi, a piece of treacle featuring piano and orchestra that's repeated so many times it drills its way into your skull, like one of the elevator - music themes of a comedy by Jacques Tati (or, perhaps closer to the mark, Ryuichi Sakamoto's main theme for Nagisa Oshima's Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, which featured Kitano's first film performance).

Disney films do villains better than any other company, so it feels right that Sanders first port of call is making sure that Ravena is a memorable, nasty piece of work.

New to this disc is the four - minute «In Walt's Words: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,» an audio - only interview with Walt Disney discussing the film set to an image track, the seven - minute featurette «Iconography» that explores the film's influences on popular culture, art, and fashion, «@DisneyAnimation: Designing Disney's First Princess» with four contemporary animators discussing the design of Snow White, and an «Alternate Sequence: The Prince Meets Snow White,» plus the breezy promo - style pieces «The Fairest Facts of Them All: 7 Facts You May Now Know About Snow White» with Disney Channel star Sofia Carson and the rap retelling «Snow White in Seventy Seconds.»

The six all - powerful stones (originally known as gems in the Marvel comics) have popped up in nine of the franchise's fourteen films, movies ranging in scope and tone from the World War II period piece «Captain America: The First Avenger» to the outer space adventure film «Guardians of the Galaxy.»

Eddie's first flop of the new year is, as unlikely as it seems, somehow more listless and boring than his previous three films, taking its inspiration from the Bush economy and our failed childcare system and making of it a saccharine puff - piece heavy on manufactured epiphanies and potty humour.

The first of Shakur's lead roles in six films, the final three of which were released after his September 1996 death, Juice remains the piece of acting he is best remembered for a quarter - century later.

The first is the giallo, films indicated by their impossibly convoluted mystery plots and elaborate set - piece murders; the second, of which Suspiria is one, is the «supernatural,» distinguished by their surreality and lack of a traditional narrative.

David Lynch's Mulholland Drive contends that the answer to the eternal struggle between what is real and what is fantasy comes in the form of a Keatsian confusion — it's the difference between Adam's dream and Eve rendered flesh, blurred in the mind of the creator and his audience.A film is a dream of the director made tangible, a conceit familiar from the fourth wall - breaking in Ingmar Bergman's Persona (banishing any mystery there might have been regarding the visual references to that film in Lynch's piece), and a movie's characters therefore become projections of its maker's sublimated longing (clarifying too the auteur's use of wardrobe and colour schemes from Hitchcock's meditation on objectification, Vertigo, as well as those of his first collaboration with inamorata Tippi Hedren, The Birds).

Although the first two films also had some nice action set pieces, people had a good time because of what the stars said to each other, as well as to the bad guys, that is done for our benefit.

Some of the jokes in the film's first trailer do fall a little flat, but the animation is impeccable and there's something about that LEGO piece clicking sound that make the appeal of going on an adventure in that realm undeniably appealing.

Those expecting something similar to the first movie will be mostly let down, as this film is very much a one - location thriller that relies more on character piece than big Statue Of Liberty lobbing monsters.

This is the way the film hit me when I first saw it as a film - obsessed youth, the precision of the piece, and of course, the brilliant back - and - forth of the film's featured actors.

Just over ten days ago we learned via producer Jason Blum that a first cut of director David Gordon Green's new Halloween film should be complete within 6 weeks, which fits perfectly with today's latest piece of news.

Best - case scenario: You show up an hour late, missing the endless don't - these - ugly - Americans - suck portion of the evening, and arrive just in time for the first big kill — the film's one and only memorable set piece.