Sentences with phrase «qualities of the film as»

The disc presents scene - specific commentary by film professor and Melville expert Ginette Vincendeau, who talks over three extended sequences from film in what is more audio essay than commentary, offering an overview of the film in the context of Melville's career and discussing the major themes and stylistic qualities of the film as a whole.

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And many, many sequels aren't executed with the thought or care of their far - superior original films, especially in series that have stretched over many years — as one sees in the chasm of quality between «The Terminator» (1984) and «Terminator Genisys» (2015).
These adventurous feats are filmed using tiny, wearable, high - quality cameras that have gained exposure — particularly because of the rising popularity of video - sharing websites such as YouTube.
Iger crowed about «the quality of the assets» Disney is picking up in the deal, which includes Fox's film and TV studio, along with various cable networks and regional sports networks as well as Fox's stake in Hulu (giving Disney majority control of the streaming service).
Noah seems to work as a film because of a plot that is paced to move along, convincing special effects, and quality performances from name brand actors like Russell Crowe and Anthony Hopkins.
That Avatar «s melodramatic attacks on corporate interests and its defense of simple, natural living come packaged as one of the most expensive, and probably the most technically advanced, corporate films in history would seem to indicate that only quality bigger than the movie's stupidity is its head - in - the - clouds hypocrisy.
In fact, the film entirely misses the comical quality of Samwise Gamgee, the deferential and half - literate peasant who serves as Frodo's bumbling sidekick.
As one of the fastest growing segments of the packaging industry, flexible packaging combines the best qualities of plastic, film, paper and aluminum foil to deliver a broad range of protective properties while employing a minimum of material.
Zappe Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH (www.zappe-gmbh.de) was founded 1960 and today is one of the leading producers of high - quality film packaging equipment such as shrink tunnels, skin packaging machines, thermoforming machines, film sealing machines, sleeve wrap machines or shrink film machines.
As the global leader for renewable and compostable packaging films and cellulose casings, Futamura is dedicated to providing high quality speciality products that enhance the lives of the people who use them.
The film is of very high quality and can be used to awaken health and other family professionals, as well as young fathers and mothers, and their wider families, to young fathers» potential in their children's lives.
Sam's history as a film and TV Director / Producer of quality children's content positions her as the perfect person to guide the «Ruby's Studio» product line toward its goal of becoming a childhood staple for a new generation.
The vast collection of sources is what makes the film, despite the bafflingly poor sound quality of some of the interviews, as it provides colourful detail to what would otherwise be a straightforward history of social tumult.
Jonathan Petrie led the epitaxial synthesis of strained oxide materials and catalytic testing, and Tricia Meyer assisted thin film deposition using a technique that employs a high - power excimer laser to vaporize material and deposit it as high - quality thin films under precisely controlled conditions.
(b) The ability to grow high quality film and bulk samples by a variety of growth techniques including sputtering, pulse laser deposition (PLD), evaporation, bulk ceramic processing, hydrothermal growth and HIP and Hot Pressing processing can be done under an extremely broad range of temperature and oxygen partial pressure as suggested by theory and experiment.
What is most striking is to see in the credits the name of the director Carlos Bolado, responsible for films such as «Baja California» or «Colosio», now responsible for a product without meaning and quality.
That same kind of raw energy can also be felt in the film's visual look, as cinematographer Salvatore Totino brings an uneasy quality to the wide open spaces of the old west.
Seldom having more than a scene or two in any film (his first was 1932's Fires of Fate, his last was 1974's 11 Harrowhouse), Morton nonetheless made the most of his limited screen time in such quality productions as Scott of the Antarctic (1949), Richard III (1956), Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and Young Winston (1971).
Of course it would take more than a small independent film to truly set Washington apart from the pack, and many saw her performance in the 2001 romantic drama Save the Last Dance as one of the few redeeming qualities in the otherwise forgettable teen dramOf course it would take more than a small independent film to truly set Washington apart from the pack, and many saw her performance in the 2001 romantic drama Save the Last Dance as one of the few redeeming qualities in the otherwise forgettable teen dramof the few redeeming qualities in the otherwise forgettable teen drama.
Director David Fincher («Alien 3,» Madonna's «Vogue» and «Express Yourself» videos) used a film - processing technique that deepens tonal qualities, making whites harsher and casting lots of shadows, as if the city were blanketed by a sinister shroud.
I would have liked to have seen more in the way of extras however, the quality of the film is such that, I'm not really feeling as though I've missed anything by not having a wealth of extras to explore.
The films» rampaging innocence and invention seem worlds apart in quality from most of what passes these days as family entertainment.
Another distributor that goes for the quantity and quality approach, Magnolia had one of the year's most popular documentaries in Blackfish and one of critics» favorite foreign films in The Hunt, even as its percentage of films receiving positive reviews dropped from 50 % in 2012 to 45 % last year.
While certainly qualifying as quality film - making, Kubrick's Vietnam entrée also shows signs of aging.
The list includes some classic films, as well as current releases that are prime examples of good video and audio quality that you can use to test the limits of your home theater setup.
The year ahead will bring another very large slate of films (at least 17) for Fox, though every potential quality film like new works from Alejandro González Iñárritu (The Revenant) and David O. Russell (Joy) seems to be balanced out by likely critical duds such as yet another Alvin and the Chipmunks film.
The biggest of the non-major distributors, TWC saw its box office receipts grow by nearly 36 % last year compared to 2014 (thanks to hits like Paddington and 2014 holdover The Imitation Game), even as the overall quality of its films declined.
With that many releases, it is unsurprising that the quality varies considerably, though it almost doesn't matter when you release a film as good as Oscar best picture front - runner Boyhood, the only new film since the launch of Metacritic 15 years ago to receive a perfect 100 Metascore.
It has an intoxicating quality of emotional wonder it shares with the acclaimed (but not yet released) Sundance hit «Call Me by Your Name,» as well as a talky intimacy that recalls Richard Linklater's «Before» films.
He didn't know where to start, and neither do I. And though I doubt I'll end up in any place even remotely of the same quality as his film, I'll do what Señor Spielbergo eventually did and just get going.
Many a tear will be shed among filmgoers as the film reaches its very touching conclusion, which means that, despite familiarity, we enjoy this particular family, and are invested in their plight, thanks to the quality of the characterizations and storytelling.
In the»50s Fernandez's prestige declined as the quality of his films slackened and he returned to acting; however, every few years he also directed.
A lot of pet dog movies are like this one, but this one is faithful to a true story and will always stand as a quality family film.
There was a time when films of this quality and character were not as rare as they are now, when directors of Spielberg's talent and ambition thought it was an obligation to make movies that were not meant to be huge hits, that spoke to their passions or, rather, their obsessions.
Assuming for the moment that Hughes was not as fault (or at least was not deliberately writing terrible material for the sake of a fast buck), then much of the blame for the film's low quality must lie with Columbus.
As always, the quality of those films varied widely, taking in films that were among the year's best (including drama 45 Years, 2015's # 2 overall film) and among the year's worst The Human Centipede III, which scored lower than all but one film last year).
Despite a warmly interacting cast that includes Jennifer Ehle as Emily's sister and Keith Carradine as her lion - maned, lionized father, and a valiant effort on the part of Nixon and Davies to externalize the poet's inner demons in emotional, high - tension scenes, the film can't escape an underlying static quality that extinguishes the flame before it can get burning.
The quality grades represent the overall film quality for that studio's 2011 releases, as compared to that of its peers.
As Fox only provided a screener copy of the film, a proper review of the audio quality can not be given.
It is at this point that Schaffner's Hollywood career truly peaked; with the exception of such films as Papillon (1973), most of the director's subsequent projects were of diminishing quality.
As Fox only provided a screener copy of the film, a proper review of the video quality can not be given.
The film's frequent longeurs, compulsive over-explicitness and unshakably morose hero seem like so many insistently «literary» qualities, ostentatiously laid over a cute, cartoonish vision that suggests not so much Anne Tyler as the affectionate quirkiness of «The Mary Tyler Moore Show.»
It's essentially a things - that - go - bump - in - the - night - in - a-spooky-old-house film and it does deliver a few decent scares, although the frights diminish with time, as does the quality of Mirren's performance.
The detail throughout the film is one of the nicer qualities as ever fiber, hair and wrinkle come through with ease.
by Walter Chaw The problem with disconnected narratives and the (empty) conceit of alternating film stocks of equally shoddy quality is that what is intended as evocation of the character's grimy chaotic shiftlessness can come off as cinematic smoke and mirrors.
His films as of late have seemed somewhat stuck in the 1990s when it comes to the below - the - line stuff, but the effects in this trailer (exclusively released on Yahoo! Movies) are quality.
The highlight of You're Next is the quality physical performance by Sharni Vinson, who becomes the film's de facto heroine, exerting that sense of «I got this» cool that propelled Vin Diesel to stardom in his first take as Riddick in Pitch Black.
Our gallery has been updated with more than 700 high - quality screen captures of Haley as Megan Hipwell in her 2016 film The Girl on the Train.
Obviously a cold war parable, the film arguably has as its best quality its sound design, which finds through an ominous thrum of silence a rattlesnake rattle in the noise the baddies produce once they finally emerge from their smouldering crater.
Eloise braved the heat to talk some film with us for an hour, and for the sake of audio quality we had to turn off the air conditioner and the fan and swelter as we tried to be erudite about all aspects of cinema.
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