Not exact matches
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.
Just three
of the studio's 15
films received positive reviews from critics (and one
of those, only by a nose), putting Universal in the bottom half among the major distributors in terms
of quality — not surprising, given that its 2014 slate wasn't exactly deep in Oscar - worthy
films.
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.
But, though we graded Lionsgate a «D» in 2015 — a year in which just three
of its
films received positive reviews from critics — the
quality of the studio's output actually appears to be increasing, albeit slightly.
We
received the former for review, which contains a 2.35:1 transfer
of the
film in anamorphic video; the image is quirky in accordance with John Seale's cinematography: grain is overemphasized in several climactic shots, as if to ground the ludicrous plot machinations in some kind
of hard - edged reality, while blacks are chalky throughout and detail has a filtered
quality — a Lawrence Kasdan trademark.
Lost Dimension is developed by Lancarse who has previously worked on well
received games in the Etrian Odyssey series and Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey amongst others, while the story is written by Jun Kumagai who has also written scripts for the Persona 3
films and some episodes
of the Persona 4: The Animation series as well as other popular names that collectively form an amazing pedigree
of quality for the game.
She has collaborated with actor and Oscar winner Tilda Swinton in several feature
films that have gone on to
receive numerous awards at international
film festivals on account
of their outstanding
quality and innovative themes.»