PREVIOUSLY We faced down two of the greatest performances ever
put on a movie screen last week with with A Streetcar Named Desire but y» all didn't have much trouble making your choice - Viven Leigh's Blanche DuBois roundhoused Marlon Brando's Stanley with 59 % of strangers» kindnesses.
Not exact matches
Precision leads to results: instead of saying «Maybe I'll
put on a
movie later,» declare «Today, while updating an Excel spreadsheet, I'll re-watch David Fincher's catalogue with play - by - play explainer videos from No Film School
on my second
screen.
The West Australian Symphony Orchestra will
put on two special performances to accompany Peter Jackson's
movie Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
on the big
screen on June 21 and 22.
«No
movie is ever complete until it is actually
put on the
screen.
My first
movie in the cinema was «Aladin» and it was so exciting to wat h it
on the big
screen, I love the animations, the old drawings and how much effort was
put into a single
movie.
The fact that the stories contradict one another allows the
movie to do a few other things that
put it in the same category as a
movie like The Big Short: It breaks the fourth wall, gives multiple perspectives
on the same events, and occasionally employs a split
screen in order to emphasize how mushy the concept of «facts» are in any sensational news story.
I've seen material like this done better and worse, but even
on its own, the
movie is a nondescript, laugh-less, tedious exercise in
putting material
on screen that just isn't funny
on its own and expecting one to laugh at it.
This week brings the latest Zack Snyder opus to the big
screen, which led to the news that Snyder really wants to make Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead into a
movie, which led all of us to talk about the last time Snyder
put his id
on rampant display: Sucker Punch.
Andie's Review: Okay, so The Pirate
Movie is arguably one of the worst
movies ever
put on screen.
I haven't read the novels (I've paged through some of «Dragon Tattoo» in English), but even fans I've talked to don't make any claims for Larsson as a great writer (albeit in translation), and the Swedish
movie version struck me as little more than a straightforward work of adaptation: «OK, we're going to take this story and
put it
on the
screen.»
It's not just about having enough background and
movie knowledge to
put a film in the proper context, but it's also about whether or not you have enough life experience to relate to the things you're seeing
on screen.
It
puts less pressure
on the
movies I'm making, because I often am not taking big salaries, or any salaries
on these
movies, because I want as much to be
on the
screen as possible.
The pages of his script would have been
put to better use as dog - poo picker - uppers at the local park — just desserts for a
movie filled with so much
on -
screen fecal matter, both literally and figuratively.
«The fact that Mark gave the emotionally powerful performance that he did in this
movie, that comes from completely committing yourself to
putting that story
on the
screen.»
For Chazelle, his best friend composer Justin Hurwitz, and producers Fred Berger and Jordan Horowitz, La La Land is a testament to passion paid off, having developed the
movie over the last six years; a complete defiance of odds in a town where
putting round pegs into round holes is the legit way to play it safe
on screen.
Nolan
put a great amount of effort in recreating the scenes and experiences as accurately as possible, and that can be sensed when watching the
movie on a big
screen.
It's also a terrific actors»
movie, with everyone
on screen putting in some of their best work, from Mendelsohn's cocky and comic petty slimeball act to Gandolfini's turn as a past - it, booze - soaked killer with a sharp tongue.
From a technical standpoint, the film was one for the ages (this was one of those increasingly rare
movies that cried out to be seen
on the biggest
screen possible and was even one of the few to make intelligent use of 3D technology) but what was even more surprising was how effective it was from a dramatic standpoint as well, thanks in no small part to the career - best work from Bullock and the deft use of Clooney's glib star quality to help orient viewers for what might have otherwise been an off -
putting experience).
Where Netflix prefers to purchase
movies as «Netflix Presents,» reserving any theatrical release for only awards - seeking titles, Hulu still
puts a priority
on the big
screen.
First up is Light Source & Imagery's 22 - minute «The Making of Norbit», in which Eddie Murphy walks the knife's edge of self - awareness («When I
put on these makeups, I get to go to some whole other place... that I couldn't go with [my real face]
on»), Thandie Newton hails the
movie as a palate cleanser to a string of demanding roles / films (to think Jonathan Demme remade Charade for her when all he had to do was
put Eddie Murphy in a fat - suit), and we see nifty demonstrations of how the split -
screens were accomplished; turns out that much of the time Murphy is only playing Rasputia from the neck up, a good - natured obese woman filling in for the body.
Sadly, the fact that the villains in this
movie destroy the world by using too much magic seems like too perfect an analogy for what happened to Jones when he tries to
put too much
on the
screen.
Inarritu
puts a multicultural array of vivid characters
on the
screen, and even pulls off a bravura car chase worthy of a James Bond
movie.
In resolution, bigger is better, but you aren't going to be
putting this
on a billboard or a
movie screen... Or are you?
You also can't choose which home
screen you want to
put the app shortcut
on from from the App menu; it just drops onto the
screen and then you can
movie it around.
And I try to be grateful for every bit of feedback I get in turn, because frankly, what we do —
putting little marks
on a piece of paper or a
screen, and having other people read those marks and make
movies in their head — is magical.
Try your luck at the Grand Casino, work
on your
putting skills at the Lawn Court or watch the latest
movie at
Movies Under the Stars ® poolside
screen.
- starts you off in a small town - in town you can visit shops, talk to people and accept a quest - the quest
puts you in the middle of a volcano - your end goal is defeating the gigantic fire beast Ifrit - team up with a Goblin and Chocobo - fight multiple enemies, including some unfriendly Chocobo - enemies leave behind loot like recovery items and materials for crafting - by pressing L or R, you get access to four attacks - attack names include Plunder Slash, Mercurial Thrust and Trinity - charge a power meter and then hit L+R at the same time for special
movies - one special lets you change into Cloud with very powerful attacks - run with the B - button - camera switching is handled by the D - Pad - info
on the upper
screen that gives you constant battle updates - bottom
screen shows the status of all the characters, plus a map
Get rid of the intro
movie with the publisher's logo, the intro
movie with the developer's logo, the legal
screens (
put them as an option
on the main menu), and any other non-content cruft you can find.
Back in the days when «second
screen» was a buzzword — AKA the meshing of two different devices for a unified purpose, like
putting your console game's mini-map
on your iPhone — Microsoft released Xbox Smartglass as a way to interact with things like
movies and system functions.
«Week in, week out, some dire British
movie plods into a Soho
screening room,
puts its head
on the block and waits for the critics to swing the axe.
Visit the 3rd floor
movie theatre to
put up your feet up and relax while enjoying watching shows
on the big
screen.
By default it
puts movies front - and - center
on the home
screen, though you can customize this if you're willing to dig in.
Don't be
put off by the low resolution of the
screen, as predominantly you'll only be staring at text - this isn't a device you'll be viewing pictures
on, watching
movies with or attempting some graphically intensive gaming sessions.
On a phone call, we put the phone on speaker phone, and opened Google Chrome on the second screen to reference an article; we've used it to message someone at work through Slack and tweet at an event at the same time; but our favorite was watching a movie on Netflix while messaging someone on the other scree
On a phone call, we
put the phone
on speaker phone, and opened Google Chrome on the second screen to reference an article; we've used it to message someone at work through Slack and tweet at an event at the same time; but our favorite was watching a movie on Netflix while messaging someone on the other scree
on speaker phone, and opened Google Chrome
on the second screen to reference an article; we've used it to message someone at work through Slack and tweet at an event at the same time; but our favorite was watching a movie on Netflix while messaging someone on the other scree
on the second
screen to reference an article; we've used it to message someone at work through Slack and tweet at an event at the same time; but our favorite was watching a
movie on Netflix while messaging someone on the other scree
on Netflix while messaging someone
on the other scree
on the other
screen.