Sentences with phrase «previous films in the series»

While the previous films in the series have been just that — parts of a sequence designed to get us here, each with their own beginning and end — the first and second parts of Deathly Hallows are two halves of the same film, and to approach them as separate entities means missing just what director David Yates, writer Steve Kloves, and a host of storytellers and performers have done: They've made a five - hour fantasy epic that balances effects - driven battles with some very real character moments, and one that isn't afraid to have its heroes pay a high price for their convictions.

While none of the «Insidious» films have cost very much, this is the first one that can be said to look cheap, with the flatly lit, washed - out digital cinematography of Brian Pearson a poor substitute for the silky elegance John R. Leonetti brought to the previous films in the series.

Grander in scope than any previous film in the series, the story spends most of its first 45 minutes globetrotting to catch us with all the key characters, and introducing us to the new ones, including the young Jean, Scott and Kurt, played winningly by Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan and Kodi Smit - McPhee, respectively.

The fourth film into a franchise really ought to be reviewed by someone who knows and likes the previous films in the series.

When Del Toro was making Blade II and the Hellboy films, he was mostly beholden to the previous films in the series.

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 previous films in the series — on sea turtles in Mexico, cork forests in Portugal and shrimp farming in Belize — are all here.

Not exact matches

While I find Shrek the Third to be entertaining enough to give it a pass in this regard, I fear for the future of the series, as now they've gotten even further away from the Grimm Fairy Tales / Disney world that the previous films spoofed, opening up the series to legendary characters and other tales of adventure.

Announcing that the 1996 - 1997 season of Roseanne would be his last, Goodman limited himself to infrequent appearances on the series, his absences explained away as a by - product of a heart attack suffered by his character at the end of the previous season.After making his 10th appearance on Saturday Night Live (2000), Goodman could be seen playing a red - faced bible salesman in director Joel Coen's award winning O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000), and participated in Garry Shandling's film debut What Planet Are You From?

In 2010, she received her fourth Emmy nomination, for her work in Barry Levinson's YOU DO N'T KNOW JACK with Al Pacino, following a lead actress nomination in the film BERNARD AND DORIS and two previous guest actress nominations in a comedy series (FRIENDS, MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLEIn 2010, she received her fourth Emmy nomination, for her work in Barry Levinson's YOU DO N'T KNOW JACK with Al Pacino, following a lead actress nomination in the film BERNARD AND DORIS and two previous guest actress nominations in a comedy series (FRIENDS, MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLEIn 2010, she received her fourth Emmy nomination, for her work in Barry Levinson's YOU DO N'T KNOW JACK with Al Pacino, following a lead actress nomination in the film BERNARD AND DORIS and two previous guest actress nominations in a comedy series (FRIENDS, MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLEin Barry Levinson's YOU DO N'T KNOW JACK with Al Pacino, following a lead actress nomination in the film BERNARD AND DORIS and two previous guest actress nominations in a comedy series (FRIENDS, MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLEin Barry Levinson's YOU DO N'T KNOW JACK with Al Pacino, following a lead actress nomination in the film BERNARD AND DORIS and two previous guest actress nominations in a comedy series (FRIENDS, MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLEin the film BERNARD AND DORIS and two previous guest actress nominations in a comedy series (FRIENDS, MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLEin the film BERNARD AND DORIS and two previous guest actress nominations in a comedy series (FRIENDS, MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLEin a comedy series (FRIENDS, MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLEin a comedy series (FRIENDS, MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLEIN THE MIDDLEIN THE MIDDLE).

The actors looked bored in this film, and personally I think the previous film would've made a fine conclusion to the series.

I have to say that my wife and my son liked it, and they watched all of the previous four films in the DisneyToon Studios» Tinker Bell series.

All in all a great movie to watch with many references to the previous films & comics that fans will love & more than enough weight to stand on its own for new comers to the series.

In fact, one of the highlights of the film is a series of quick flashes to previous versions of the caped crusader that prove just how ridiculous his small - and - big - screen journey has been.

There have been quite a few let down moments in the previous 7 films & the less said about X-men Origins - Wolverine, the better, but this was hands down my favourite in the series.

That is a strike against this being a Cloverfield film, since previous movies in this series have been directed by smaller names.

In other words, Boll's latest evokes the form but not the content of such film series as Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean and Star Wars, which means that few if any fantasy fans will be deceived into believing that Dungeon Siege is a legitimate endeavor rather than the same everything - must - go yard sale of clichés and familiar formulas the director mined for his previous work.

What does it say about Solo: A Star Wars Story that the most interesting character in the film is one with no previous connection to the series?

Sidney Prescott from the previous Scream films is back in Woodsboro on a book tour, and it just so happens to be the anniversary of the original murders that started the series.

With Paul Greengrass currently taking a break from the series, helming duties for Legacy have fallen the way of Tony Gilroy, who worked as a screenwriter on the previous Bourne films, and made his directorial debut with the excellent Michael Clayton in 2007.

As expected, Mockingjay — Part 1 had the biggest opening of the year, but its opening didn't catch fire like the previous two films in the Hunger Games series.

Dempsey (Grey's Anatomy) hasn't done much film and his character is very different from previous men in the series.

Sticking with a tried - and - true formula of fast cars and scantily clad women, this sixth adventure fudges the series» time frame in order to bring back characters already killed off in previous films.

As in the previous films, critics praise Jennifer Lawrence «s portrayal of Katniss Everdeen, the main protagonist of the series who sets out to kill President Snow in the midst of the revolution against the Capitol.

And that's not even considering all the fantastic films this week that we've already discussed in previous entries in this series, both older and newer — Primer, The Big Sleep, Volver, The Squid and the Whale, Some Like It Hot, Singin» in the Rain, Casablanca, and many more.

The previous films in the DC Comics Extended Universe series (Man of Steel, Batman v Superman, and Suicide Squad) have left both critics and comic - book fans increasingly disappointed in the franchise's output; as a result, Wonder Woman, which is receiving its release ahead of the first Justice League movie (set to premiere this November), has been saddled with the burden of recovering DC's tainted reputation in the eyes of viewers, while also representing the first major female - fronted superhero flick in more than a decade.

Concocted of a series of short segments, one of which — Booze, Broads & Bullets — was torn from Miller's very own pages, here the writer and returning co-director Rodriguez have created two completely fresh escapades for these inhabitants to endure: The Long Bad Night, in which Joseph Gordon - Levitt's smarmy gambler learns what it's like to lose, and Nancy's Last Dance, which features Jessica Alba's stripper hell - bent on avenging a crucial death from the previous film.

The film is somewhat subdued in no small part due to the fact that Rowling's take is not as big on the grand moments of action and adventure as previous entries, as it is merely a setup for the final book in the Harry Potter series, which is being released in theaters in two parts.

The source novel is the sixth novel in a series and the film — in a seemingly bold but utterly misguided move (much of it would be incoherent if I hadn't once read the novel)-- assumes the viewer is going to be familiar with all of the previous novels.

The Death Cure arriving roughly two and a half years after the previous installment in The Maze Runner series does the film no favors.

Dominic's house is then blown up, before he tells his friends their sins from London, which were chronicled in «Fast and Furious 6,» followed them home to L.A. Luke Hobbs, the DSS agent who pursued Dominic and his friends in the series» previous two installments, also warns them that Deckard is the brother of Owen Shaw, the antagonist of the last film.

Whereas «Fast Five» was more of an «Ocean's Eleven» - type crime caper, «Fast & Furious 6» feels like a straight - up action film, jam - packed with a series of excellent set pieces that somehow manage to outdo the previous movies in excess and sheer ridiculousness.

It's not only a proper sequel to Captain America The Winter Soldier, and if anything improves on the spy thriller tone within it, but it's also a proper follow up to Age of Ultron, with an even bigger cast of heroes than in any previous team up films in the series, and it introduces both Black Panther and Peter Parker's Spider - Man to the MCU, all within a reasonable run - time.

Okay, so Ramsay is still a pretty reckless choice for a studio in need of a billion - dollar hit — and not only because the cumulative gross of her previous films is less than Daniel Craig's personal speedo budget from «Casino Royale» — but her elliptical style could play to the series» recent strengths.

Because I barely remember anything from any other movie in this series (I had to go back and reread my reviews, not just to refresh my memory, but to affirm that I'd even seen the previous films), everything that wraps up loose threads, the two (count»em) times characters are forced to give Biblical genealogies to the probable delight of ardent fans, the deadening nonsense involving love triangles, all that jazz, is exactly like watching paint dry.

A Quidditch match (a sport played on broomsticks in the air above a verdant pitch) is executed with CGI flair and a fair degree of menace (so far superior to the previous film's match that it hardly bears comparison); a chase through a dark wood is handled with verve and heat; and a quieter series of events in an abandoned girl's bathroom smartly mixes the creepy with the pathetic.

Statham's previous film outside these hit series was Homefront (co-starring James Franco), which debuted with a weak # 440,000 from 295 cinemas in December 2013.

Taylor's original choice of composer was Carter Burwell who didn't seem the most natural of choices, so it wasn't entirely a surprise when he departed the project (seemingly not the director's choice, but the studio's); a very capable replacement was hired in the form of Brian Tyler, who also scored the previous film in the franchise, Iron Man 3, and just maybe he will become the «house composer» for this series, which has so far failed to establish any kind of distinctive musical identity.

Inevitably, there's no denying a comparison of technique with Altman and Mike Leigh (Canijo spent two years developing the characters with the actors via a series of workshops as Leigh does), but the film stands quite firmly as an often uncomfortable, unpleasant, and always fascinating family saga that would, in a fair world, finally open up the English speaking market to Canijo's previous directorial efforts, which date back to the early 80s.

I vaguely recall the previous two films in the series from 2008 and 2011, but this latest installment was a real delight.

The currently untitled Jason Bourne sequel, the fifth in the series, is set to star Matt Damon as the titular character, as well as bring back Nicky, portrayed by actress Julia Stiles in previous «Bourne» films.

This film reunites most of the characters from the previous films, like the last couple of successful entries in the series has done, so the cast is a large one.

The film is an honorable tribute to the previous six in the series, yet it's more than entertaining enough to stand alone for new comers.

Having been a big fan of Tony Jaa's incredible martial arts skills and standards set in previous films of his (such as the Ong Bak series), The Protector 2 comes as a major disappointment.

More of a spin - off than a sequel, though still marketed as the latter, On Stranger Tides follows the adventures of one of the protagonists of the previous three films in the series, fan favorite Jack Sparrow (Depp, The Tourist).

Just like all the previous films, the final chapter of the series was shot at Leavesden Studios in

Unlike the previous installation in the series, Quantum of Solace (2008, Marc Forster), this movie does not feature any egregiously unrealistic stunts like that film's unforgivable parachute sequence.

The third in a series of films about Celine (Julie Delpy) and Jesse (Ethan Hawke), loquacious lovers who meet and spend a memorable day and night together in Before Sunrise, then reunite for another all - nighter years later in Before Sunset, Before Midnight picks up with the two living together, raising twin daughters and sharing custody of Jesse's son from a previous marriage.

So, it's that time when Hollywood gets all dolled up and congratulates itself for the films produced in the previous year, so I thought the best of film noir series should have something to do with the Oscars.

Director Shinji Aramaki who has been famed for his work on Starship Troopers: Invasion and the previous films in the Appleseed series, Appleseed and Appleseed Saga; Ex Machina returns with his latest project Appleseed Alpha.