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JC: You also talk repeatedly about this being an «ensemble piece,» that there's no real lead in the film.

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(Avnet said the studio created a real website to build a mythology for the film's titular «Sickhouse,» a fictional home they gave a frightening backstory, while encouraging the movie's stars to casually drop mentions of the fake legend in the days leading up to the Snapchat release.)

And that's not to mention that the reality show isn't cancelled, there will be another season leading up to this break up and there is a real chance this break up was filmed and will be in the show.

What's shocking is how much our political culture has changed in just 60 years — the producers of this film lived in a country that had just seen REAL despotism in the form of Nazi Germany and a military - ruled Japan (note the brownshirt - style uniforms, and also the lack of any of any depiction of their Soviet equivalents), and they pull few punches about what leads a society away from freedom.

What becomes clear pretty early on in Mia Hansen - Love's «Eden» is that despite the large roving ensemble of ravers and DJs and partiers, and despite the fact that there is a lead character, the dance - club «scene» is the real star of the film.

A documentary film crew join cult rock band, Dead Cat Bounce, as they cross Europe in search of lead singer Jim's real father - who he is almost certain is the legendary rock singer and Whitesnake frontman David Coverdale.

Many real life musicians of the genre plays roles in this film, most notably Zakk Wylde of Black Label Society, Jeff Pilson Of Dokken and Ratt and Jason Bonham the son of the late John Bonham, phenomenal drummer of Led Zeppelin.

In some ways, though, the film's real heart and conscience is old Thaddeus Stevens — who must wrestle with reconciling his deeply held beliefs on equality with the need for compromise that will lead to more politically palatable gradual change.

Based on the book of the same name by Sestero and Tom Bissell, which in turn is based on the real - life events that led to the making of one of the most bizarre unintentional comedies of all time, James Franco's film is a triumphant and uproarious comedy that celebrates flawed creators and their mistaken creations.

There's so much to appreciate in that film — from its portrayal of a kickass female lead character who just so happens to have a physical disability (though is never depicted as being a person who matters less because of it) to its impressive number of real - time stunts and action sequences to its feminist message.

Former real life MMA fighter Gina Carano takes lead in the film as Mallory, a freelance black ops operative who seeks revenge against her employers who betray her after a rescue mission in Barcelona.

The same would hold true of a Lead Actor bid for Boseman — though James Brown is an enormously compelling real - life figure whose life is replete with the material that wins actors awards, the Best Actor race more than any other acting category is closely tied to the Best Picture race, and Boseman will likely struggle against competitors in stronger films overall.

In the mid-century, «the problem that has no name» described by Betty Friedan had not yet led to the women's movement, and women in film and in real life often felt invisible, as though all women cared about was keeping the house clean and the children happIn the mid-century, «the problem that has no name» described by Betty Friedan had not yet led to the women's movement, and women in film and in real life often felt invisible, as though all women cared about was keeping the house clean and the children happin film and in real life often felt invisible, as though all women cared about was keeping the house clean and the children happin real life often felt invisible, as though all women cared about was keeping the house clean and the children happy.

Lawrence is as good as she's been in all previous films with none of the annoying «cool girl» quirks that mark her out in real life now; you believe her and you root for her and you feel for her which let's face it, is pretty important for a lead character.

Commenting on the dearth of women directors and lead characters in films released during the summer of 2008, New York Times critic Manohla Dargis opined, «Welcome to the new, post-female American cinema» («Is There a Real Woman in this Multiplex?»

I like Chadwick Boseman as the lead character, however, I believe Michael B. Jordan is the real standout in the film.

That visit has led to two very interesting bits of information — our first real plot details about the 2015 film and speculation about Allen shooting a film in Chicago.

Apocalypse Now Year: 1979 Director: Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola's best film without the word «Godfather» in it was the result of two years in the jungle, which led to performances that captured mental breakdown in a way that felt all too real.

The real elephant in the Palais this year was the Directors» Fortnight, which played three films by leading filmmakers that apparently weren't up to the exacting standards met by Joachim Trier's Louder Than Bombs or Guillaume Lecloux's The Valley of Love.

The original title for the film was We Want Sex, based on a real, chaotic mishap at the strikers» Westminster demo, when the right - hand half of their banner reading «We Want Sexual Equality» collapsed, leading to much cheerfully supportive drive - by hooting and wolf - whistling, in which this movie participates.

He belongs to the hardboiled, get - the - job - done leading men of action films past, but even in this time of increasingly progressive heroes remains incredibly popular for his steely, charisma - not - necessary aloofness - so popular in fact that the franchise was resurrected after Jeremy Renner nadir The Bourne Legacy for a fifth film some 14 years after the original just to bring the real Bourne back.

A New York City film director, working on his latest movie in Los Angeles, begins to reflect the actions in his movie and real - life, especially when he begins an affair with the lead actress.

Answering our call was Annette Bening, who plays former Hollywood leading lady Gloria Grahame romantically linked to a much younger man in her final years in «Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool»; Jessica Chastain, who plays real - life poker entrepreneur Molly Bloom targeted by the FBI in «Molly's Game»; Diane Kruger, who won the Cannes film festival's top acting prize for her portrayal of a woman whose husband and child have been killed by terrorists in «In the Fade»; Margot Robbie, who stars as disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding in the quirky «I, Tonya»; Saoirse Ronan, as a Sacramento teen looking for her place in the world in «Lady Bird»; and Kate Winslet, who stars in Woody Allen's 1950s Coney Island drama «Wonder Wheel.&raquin her final years in «Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool»; Jessica Chastain, who plays real - life poker entrepreneur Molly Bloom targeted by the FBI in «Molly's Game»; Diane Kruger, who won the Cannes film festival's top acting prize for her portrayal of a woman whose husband and child have been killed by terrorists in «In the Fade»; Margot Robbie, who stars as disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding in the quirky «I, Tonya»; Saoirse Ronan, as a Sacramento teen looking for her place in the world in «Lady Bird»; and Kate Winslet, who stars in Woody Allen's 1950s Coney Island drama «Wonder Wheel.&raquin «Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool»; Jessica Chastain, who plays real - life poker entrepreneur Molly Bloom targeted by the FBI in «Molly's Game»; Diane Kruger, who won the Cannes film festival's top acting prize for her portrayal of a woman whose husband and child have been killed by terrorists in «In the Fade»; Margot Robbie, who stars as disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding in the quirky «I, Tonya»; Saoirse Ronan, as a Sacramento teen looking for her place in the world in «Lady Bird»; and Kate Winslet, who stars in Woody Allen's 1950s Coney Island drama «Wonder Wheel.&raquin Liverpool»; Jessica Chastain, who plays real - life poker entrepreneur Molly Bloom targeted by the FBI in «Molly's Game»; Diane Kruger, who won the Cannes film festival's top acting prize for her portrayal of a woman whose husband and child have been killed by terrorists in «In the Fade»; Margot Robbie, who stars as disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding in the quirky «I, Tonya»; Saoirse Ronan, as a Sacramento teen looking for her place in the world in «Lady Bird»; and Kate Winslet, who stars in Woody Allen's 1950s Coney Island drama «Wonder Wheel.&raquin «Molly's Game»; Diane Kruger, who won the Cannes film festival's top acting prize for her portrayal of a woman whose husband and child have been killed by terrorists in «In the Fade»; Margot Robbie, who stars as disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding in the quirky «I, Tonya»; Saoirse Ronan, as a Sacramento teen looking for her place in the world in «Lady Bird»; and Kate Winslet, who stars in Woody Allen's 1950s Coney Island drama «Wonder Wheel.&raquin «In the Fade»; Margot Robbie, who stars as disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding in the quirky «I, Tonya»; Saoirse Ronan, as a Sacramento teen looking for her place in the world in «Lady Bird»; and Kate Winslet, who stars in Woody Allen's 1950s Coney Island drama «Wonder Wheel.&raquIn the Fade»; Margot Robbie, who stars as disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding in the quirky «I, Tonya»; Saoirse Ronan, as a Sacramento teen looking for her place in the world in «Lady Bird»; and Kate Winslet, who stars in Woody Allen's 1950s Coney Island drama «Wonder Wheel.&raquin the quirky «I, Tonya»; Saoirse Ronan, as a Sacramento teen looking for her place in the world in «Lady Bird»; and Kate Winslet, who stars in Woody Allen's 1950s Coney Island drama «Wonder Wheel.&raquin the world in «Lady Bird»; and Kate Winslet, who stars in Woody Allen's 1950s Coney Island drama «Wonder Wheel.&raquin «Lady Bird»; and Kate Winslet, who stars in Woody Allen's 1950s Coney Island drama «Wonder Wheel.&raquin Woody Allen's 1950s Coney Island drama «Wonder Wheel.»

In recent years, films like «Brokeback Mountain,» «Juno,» «Slumdog Millionaire» and «The King's Speech» have bubbled up in this frame as real contenders to take the lead in the Best Picture fielIn recent years, films like «Brokeback Mountain,» «Juno,» «Slumdog Millionaire» and «The King's Speech» have bubbled up in this frame as real contenders to take the lead in the Best Picture fielin this frame as real contenders to take the lead in the Best Picture fielin the Best Picture field.

Since then, Hugh has made a name for himself as one of Hollywood's nicest and most dependable leading men, appearing in such films as «Swordfish,» «The Prestige,» «The Fountain,» «Australia,» «Real Steel,» «Les Miserables» and seven appearances as Wolverine, including 2014's «X-Men: Days of Future Past.»

The film takes its name from the address of Gestapo headquarters in the port city of Le Havre on the Normandy coast, a location that dominates the finale of the film, and builds its fictional mission on the real threat of the German V - 1 missiles and the Allied campaign of misinformation in the lead - up to D - Day.

Bryan Cranston is The Infiltrator in this trailer for the film about Robert Mazur, the real - life DEA agent whose undercover work led him to the top of the Colombian cartels» money - laundering organization.

Any cynicism at work in this film is as much his own as his lead character's (something further complicated by the fact that Drittemann is loosely based on Pannach's real life).

Thanks in large part to two likeable lead performances — Hemmings and Nicolodi have a real rapport as the amateur sleuths on the trail of a serial murderer — it's also Argento's most breezily enjoyable film, chucking in a fistful of witty, satirical attacks on Italian masculinity and some of the finest prog - fusion freakouts ever committed to tape.

Jordan played the lead role in the film, which was based on the real - life story of Oscar Grant, who was fatally shot by a BART police officer in Oakland, California, in 2009.

If one could allow the bright colours and intriguing movements to stimulate one's retinas without requiring any higher brain involvement, Avatar would be an extremely enjoyable film that would lead its genre in terms of effects and integration of real - life performance with animation.

Starring Kate Winslet and Melanie Lynskey in the lead roles, the film is based on the real - life story of two 1950s teenage murderers.

The real - life account of the tragic fate of Northup and the appalling conditions he and millions of other slaves were forced to endure has been turned into a feature - length epic by British director Steve McQueen, who leads a largely British cast in the film that is being heralded by critics as a must - see film.

In addition to original insights gleaned from Snowden and other real - life sources, Stone and Fitzgerald turned to two books about Snowden: The Snowden Files by British journalist Luke Harding (who co-authored another book that led to the WikiLeaks film, The Fifth Estate); and the fictionalized novel Time of the Octopus by Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena, who represents Snowden in RussiIn addition to original insights gleaned from Snowden and other real - life sources, Stone and Fitzgerald turned to two books about Snowden: The Snowden Files by British journalist Luke Harding (who co-authored another book that led to the WikiLeaks film, The Fifth Estate); and the fictionalized novel Time of the Octopus by Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena, who represents Snowden in Russiin Russia.

Takes the Disney princess and puts her in the real world, creating a chick flick with a little bit of edge, a whole lot of heart and and even more chemistry between the film's two leads.

Cantet — a gifted storyteller whose better films include «Human Resources» — has turned it into a pseudo-documentary by casting Begaudeau in the lead role of Francois, along with real - life teachers and students from an actual Paris middle school.

The following year, he took the lead role in Bronson, a film about Charles Bronson, a real - life prisoner who has spent much of his adult life in solitary confinement.

The mix is naturally heavy on dialogue, but there's also one of the first scores by Danny Elfman (who also appears in the film as the lead singer of real - life rock band Oingo Boingo), and it's as pleasant as his musical contributions usually are, though naturally quite a bit lighter.

The film details (with a large dollop of artistic licence) the real - life relationship between tsar Nicholas II and prima ballerina Matilda Kshesinskaya, an affair which almost derailed his 1896 coronation and, some argue, set in train the events which led to the revolution of 1917.

ABATTOIR USA — Dir: Darren Lynn Bousman The murder of her family leads a real - estate reporter into a nightmarish mystery in this ghoulishly original film that haunts the netherworld between blood - soaked supernatural horror and hardboiled neo-Noir.

Another major factor in the success of this simple film concept is that the two leads are surrounded by an outstanding supporting ensemble, especially James Franco and Mila Kunis as the real couple whose stolen identity starts all the shenanigans and an often - shirtless Mark Wahlberg.

The real series lead is Imogen Poots as Kelly Ann, a serious young gaffer who wants to leave the crew and go to film school, but ends up being drawn back in once she feels like she's not only being heard, but that the music means something to her again.

There's always something jutting or crashing into the frame as the camera follows our beset heroine through the violent maze her house has become; it's all rigorously disorienting, leading to a Grand Guignol climax of liturgical bloodletting and beastliness that constitutes the most unapologetic turn away from the real in a studio film since the frogs fell in Magnolia.

Baloo the Bear is a loyal friend to the film's lead character, a young boy named Mowgli, and tries convincing Mowgli to leave the jungles of India for a better life out in the real world.

It's nice to see a real actress in the mix for a lead role in one of these films.

Denzel Washington is one of the film world's most prominent leading men, known best for his galvanizing portrayals of both real - life figures (Malcolm X, The Hurricane, American Gangster) and fictional characters (Philadelphia, Devil in a Blue Dress, Flight).

It features a terrific lead performance by Nicolas Cage as a man at war with himself, an equally compelling supporting performance by up - and - comer Tye Sheridan (so engaging in Mud), and a riveting art - imitating - life performance by real - life homeless alcoholic Gary Poulter (who drowned in a lake before the film was released).

This is thanks to both the quality of the material and its telling; Nagy's script is perfectly pitched, as is Haynes masterful direction, but the real strength — and joy — of this film is found in its two lead performances.

The fact that the film turned out to be one of the real breakouts, despite flying under the radar in the weeks leading up to the festival, was not surprising for Bernard.

Greg, ampoule the lead character in the film, shop knows one of the keys to successes in high school (and in the real world) is knowing who your allies and your enemies are.