Sentences with phrase «quality films out»

Trainspotting isn't exactly one of the most quality films out there, but it's definitely one of the best films in terms of blatantly showing things that you don't expect in a feature film.

Not exact matches

Sometimes, films leak straight from the studios, which send out hundreds of pre-release DVD «screeners» to awards guilds, reviewers and other industry professionals; these can be used to create high - quality bootlegs.

For those of you familiar with A24, you know what kind of high quality films they're capable of pumping out.

I am a cultured man who enjoys cultural events, though hot, adventure films, dining out as well as in, and loves to spend quality time with stim...

Indeed I concentrated specifically on only a few of the film's qualities, or at least the ones that jumped out at me on this viewing.

However, many other films of varying quality were made using the «Django» moniker over the years, and Tarantino's appropriation of the brand smartly capitalizes on its malleability by turning western mythology inside out.

Don't get me wrong, I like to punk out on more than a few occasions, but it's interesting to look back at a time in which the talent was getting commercial promotion, because in this day and age, you have to go either underground or, well, bona fide prog - rock to find real quality music, though not necessarily quality film.

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.

With his friend and longtime collaborator Bud Yorkin, Lear established Tandem Productions in 1959, for the purpose of turning out quality TV specials and comedy theatrical films.

I'm glad for Mike, to be able to come out with a quality film after nearly four years of public silence.

The film: BMG Music first impressed me with the DVD release ofTime Out With Britney Spears, a feature - packed DVD of what I considered to be high quality.

The entire first two thirds of the film have the calm idiosyncratic qualities of a mellowed - out Mamet.

A bit more suspense would have gone a long way here, and while director David Gelb, whose prior experience had been in the crowd - pleasing documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi, has turned in a slick - looking feature for one with such a small budget (reportedly, only $ 5 mil), it really can't compete with better films out there in terms of quality, while it's too straight - faced in execution to at least give us some choice b - movie thrills.

And so we're tweaking our «Best of the 21st Century» formula (check out our Horror Films, Animated and Music Documentary features) to look instead at the top - grossing films of the century to date, and seeing how, in this season of bottom lines and billions and box office bombs, the 25 reigning champions of the century stack up against each other in terms of quality.

That's not to knock these films on quality or suggest that anything with name actors is merely mindless escapism: Fox Searchlight's thriller The East efficiently mines suspense out of Brit Marling infiltrating Alexander Skarsgaard and Ellen Page's eco-terrorist group (at least until it goes south in its last third) and the Paul Rudd - Emile Hirsch two - hander Prince Avalanche makes the most of its pastoral settings and gently bro - centric chattiness, to name just two.

Director Brad Bird, who is most famous for directing quality animated films like «The Iron Giant» and the Pixar flicks «The Incredibles» and «Ratatouille,» fully delivers with his first live - action outing.

After a depressing lapse in quality with films like «Cars 2» and «Monsters University,» Pixar finally returned to form with the ingeniously creative and flawlessly executed «Inside Out.»

Sad to see that a quality, amazing, awesome, well - acted, well - made film that every aspect of it is perfect is getting bumbed out by three bad to decent films that are kind of forgettable.

There's an elegant fresco quality to Leo Tover's cinematography — whenever I paused Twilight Time's recent Blu - ray release of the film I could practically make out the cracks in the plaster.

That's pretty prolific for someone who offers up quality work each and every time out, rather than coasting on simplicity like a few other hard - working film music composers out there.

I've heard lots of polarized opinions on the film, and I'm mightily curious to check out its apparently dreamlike and poetic qualities.

To get it out of the way, the plot to this film is not of the highest quality.

I can't deny the sheer enjoyment of the film and quality performances within and so those who like McDonagh, this genre, or any of the cast should check it out, even if I wish there was a bit more reasoning behind these particular psychopaths.

Virgil's journeys have a picaresque quality, which can make the film feel overly precious — look, here's the drunkard figuring himself out, stumbling from one microcosm of the struggles of his people to another.

The fact that he is still chugging away, knocking out a film a year at 74 years old, is indeed impressive, and one frequently marvels at not only the consistent quality of his work, but the relative indifference when he hits pay dirt — i.e., if some young up - and - comer had knocked out a Vicky Cristina Barcelona or Match Point, he or she'd have been hailed as the Second Coming, but when it's Woody, we just chalk it up as an expectation, rate it on a comparative scale to his previous masterworks, and move on.

At points the film feels like a workshop, to try out techniques Ford was unable to use on his bigger studio pictures, which gives The Long Voyage Home its patchwork quality.

In other words, Motorway is a stunt film whose stunts are less conventionally compelling than they are thoughtful, a distinguishing quality that's as much a boon to the film's overall quality as it is a liability — and unfortunately the latter ends up winning out.

«Run All Night» is proof that quality action films don't really need to reinvent the wheel each time out as long as they make it spin this smoothly.

As the major studios have increasingly focused on predictable mass entertainment formulas, quality and imagination have migrated to what could be called Sundance films: Lower budget, innovative projects fueled by the love of their makers, and sometimes by the determination of actors trying to break out of assembly - line fodder.

This oddly named but inestimable DVD outfit deserves a shout - out for its industrious and often wondrous efforts as a quality clearinghouse for niche titles that might otherwise fall through the cracks, from music docs (The Great Rock»n' Roll Swindle) to classic television (Freaks and Geeks, SCTV, priceless Dick Cavett collections devoted to film, rock music, and comedy), and definitive comedy compilations (Steve Martin, Mel Brooks, Richard Pryor).

Morris would just get engaged in making a point — he's a prodigious and enthusiastic talker, a quality that's rarely on display in the many films in which he so prodigiously listens — when the line would cut out and I'd have to call him back, a maddening glitch he handled with graciousness and good humor.

The film's minimal dialogue and meditative images give it a mesmerizing, dreamlike quality, and yet images of the sinking ship and of Alec teaching the horse to eat out of his hand are also touchingly realistic.

A healthy portion of the first part of the Golden Globe conversation centers around Get Out, both in its quality as a film and its likelihood as a Golden Globe Best Picture nominee.

There are few countries in the world cranking out films with the consistency of quality of South Korea.

The atypical qualities of the film (which stand out all the more next to other 2002 Disney fare like Snow Dogs and The Country Bears) had the studio take a different approach for its distribution.

These qualities are to the forefront in his bracing new film, Amour, in which a middle - class French couple in their 80s, Georges and Anne Laurent, both music teachers, live out the final months of a long marriage.

I have never heard of this critic, though I think its interesting that someone pointed out that he'll rush to the defense of films made by black filmmakers, regardless of quality, and its probably true.

Disney's DVD release is a step - up from Anchor Bay's now out - of - print disc, and presents the film with high quality video and audio, and even a nice little helping of extras.

It lacks any original or fresh qualities - we know what we are going to get with this film, and director Todd Phillips is happy to dish out the sloppy seconds.

Scoffing at gross - out comedies just because they aren't in accord with what has traditionally been construed as quality cinema doesn't mean that this type of film should forever be banished from award ceremonies.

Perhaps with someone else at the helm Jersey Boys could have had the pop and crowd - pleasing pizzazz that the stage show is said to but the film turns out to have more in common with your dull, run - of - the - mill biopic than it does an energetic stage show, and without the quality performances that can at least make the former bearable on occasion.

Both are coming out on 5/15 from Paramount in reference quality (or very close to it) and they're certainly the best way to see these films yet bar none.

The latest version of the film's release which I picked up in Blu - Ray format didn't really add to the films initial quality including added clarity or sound as portions of the film still remained a bit grainy and the sound a touch on the tinny side however I found those minuet short coming only added to the films appeal as it was a bit reminiscent of the worn out VHS rental cassettes of the mid / late 80's.

This is the eighth year of annual awards given out by the IFJA, a group of writers and broadcasters dedicated to promoting quality film criticism in the Hoosier State.

It's a sign of the film's quality that it gets more varied and delightful mileage out of those physical reactions — from the entire cast, delivered with nuanced subtlety — then most other romantic comedies get from profane jokes and clumsy slapstick.

«You don't expect never - ending returns when it comes to sequels, but it definitely speaks to the quality of the talent at the Marvel Studios team and the way they're thinking about each film out of the gate.»

Sound quality is flat - out outstanding — this film goes loud - quiet - loud, like a Pixies song, with exceptional dynamic range, very little noise, and thunderous overtones when the sounds of Amadou's percussion band are blasting urgently from all channels.

These words of wisdom are especially true for the film Get Out, a film that's trailers mislead viewers on the type of movie and the quality of it.

Lynch creates beauty out of what others would find ugly and this master preserves the quality of film grain and sculpted light of Frederick Elmes» cinematography.

«We're always on the eye out for a hole in the marketplace, and there's a death of quality action - thrillers out there right now, so we felt the audience for this film was being underserved both theatrically and digitally.»