Sentences with phrase «recent films in any genre»

One of the most cinematically compelling recent films in any genre, the enigmatic horror story by director Konstantinos Koutsoliotas, The Winter, depicts the porous boundary in the human imagination between fantasy and reality, past and pre...

One of the most cinematically compelling recent films in any genre, the enigmatic horror story by director Konstantinos Koutsoliotas, The Winter, depicts the porous boundary in the human imagination between fantasy and reality, past and pre... more

When in Rome is formulaic and at times borders on silly, and yet its adherence to (what seems like) a common sense principle of making its lead characters likeable means it is simply more fun than many recent films in the genre.

Not exact matches

The oddity is compounded by the fact that, in recent years, the trappings of the disaster film have overtaken other genres as well.

Its savvy comic flair and subversion of familiar genre tropes also make this one of the better superhero films, animated or otherwise, to be released in recent years.

The recent influx of Nordic films into the genre landscape has resulted in some of the most unique, disturbing, frightening, and unforgettable movies of the last couple of decades.

Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead are a filmmaking duo that have quietly made some of the best genre films the indie world has seen in recent memory.

«A street - racing blockbuster about traffic cops» is one of the more endearing action - film premises in recent memory, and in terms of conceptual scale alone it seems a refreshing rejoinder to the genre's rather exhausting penchant for maximalism.

A24 has carved out one hell of a corner in the cinematic world, releasing some of the most unique and inventive genre films in recent years.

Though Williamson certainly deserves credit for reviving and retooling film horror, his ironic, comedic take on the genre did not really stick, with violence (so - called torture porn), imaginative frugality (found footage), and familiarity (remakes) prevailing in recent years.

by Walter Chaw Although by the end it isn't nearly as interesting as it is clever, James Mangold's take on the slasher genre Identity is a tricky little beast that fits in peculiarly well with the recent trend of deconstructive horror films (such as The Ring and Soft for Digging).

Disney's recent, splashy re-do of Cinderella is the latest entry in what appears to be an expansive genre to come: live - action, but CGI - driven, retellings of older hand - drawn animated films.

Together with director Edgar Wright, actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost created two of the funniest and most loving tributes to genre films in recent memory: The zombie spoof «Shaun of the Dead» and the action movie «Hot Fuzz.»

While many lauded Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle as something barely short of visionary, others took the more sensible approach of recognising its strengths in the context of what the film actually is — one of the first in the recent renaissance in the stoner comedy genre.

I found the film engaging because it's the antithesis of that to which recent genre entries Spawn and the latter Batman sequels had conditioned us, and I recommend it on the grounds that it is gentle and sincere in its confab with a generation — my generation — of disenfranchised youth.

Both Mann and Barinholtz are veterans of the comedy genre, and they bring their typical brand of humor to the film, while Cena has been making a name for himself in comedy in recent years.

At the film's recent press day in Los Angeles, MoviesOnline sat down at a roundtable interview with Chazelle who discussed how he looked for ways to bring a contemporary language that was musical, visual and emotional to a genre that runs the risk of nostalgia.

At the film's recent press day, Shyamalan and Blum discussed their creative partnership and the most surprising aspect of working with each other, why the scares in this film are deceptively simple yet terrifying and original, how the mock documentary style format gave Shyamalan new cinematic tools for keeping the audience guessing, his directing style, what he was looking for in his young actors, why he cast experienced stage actors for the grandparents» roles, his collaboration with award - winning DP Maryse Alberti, how he recruited Oxenbould to shoot the chase sequence underneath the house, why he likes treating B genre movies like they're A dramas, and more.

At the film's recent press day, Costner talked about the appeal of playing Coach White, Niki Caro's directing style, the bond that developed between all the actors during filming, the pivotal role a coach can play in a young person's life, the Jim White - type coaches who influenced Costner's life in a positive way, what he learned about Latino culture growing up in Visalia, why he waits for projects to come along that he can really respond to irrespective of genre, the biggest cultural gap he experienced on this film, and how sports movies allow us to address other issues within the wider society.

But while summer spectacles have grown ever larger in recent years, the monster movie — the original city - smashing genre — has mostly ceded the multiplexes to superheroes and more apocalyptic disaster films.

This film shares elements of story and tone with numerous members of the sci - fi / horror / alien genre, including two in particular (an all - time classic, and a recent Oscar winner).

As a genre film though, I've seen very few as good as this in recent years.

WHY: Whether he's making poetic coming - of - age films or pot - fueled buddy comedies, David Gordon Green hasn't allowed himself to be confined to a certain genre, although he does seem to have an affinity for the kind of naturalistic, salt - of - the - earth dramas that he's returned to in recent years, including his latest movie, «Manglehorn.»

That's a weird thing to think about, especially when compared to recent films in this same genre.

It's also, bearing in mind the director's recent output, by far the most accessible film he's made in a while, albeit still a tad on the languid side for many, with its genre roots allowing the director to give full rein to his inherent weirdness within a comprehensible context, thereby not necessarily losing half the audience in befuddlement.

This is what makes his first and only feature, Martha Marcy May Marlene, such a brilliant exercise in psychological terror, and despite the fact that it's neither a horror film nor much of a thriller, it generates a more foreboding sense of dread than a majority of the most recent entries in either of those genres.

The result is bright, agile and momentous, and a million miles from the overbearing rain - slick brooding to which much of the action genre has been held hostage in the wake of the recent Batman films.

Overall, Finding Your Feet does possess some of the narrative qualities seen in recent films within this genre, such as Joel Hopkins» Last Chance Harvey or Roger Michell's Le Week - End.

The charm of its ending, the necessary wedding scene which employs a Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves style cameo and an over-the-credits Bollywood number earn this film a lot of smiles from this jaded reviewer precisely because this adaptation never aims for self - serious brooding that seems to have taken over the genre in recent years.

The film manages to build significantly upon and outdo Neil Jordan's recent Byzantium in terms of clawing back the genre from its more recent...

Not as commendable were the slick but forgettable Leatherface, the first disappointment by French filmmaking duo Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury; the Spierig Brothers» Jigsaw, part 8 of the exhausted Saw series; the dull Amityville: The Awakening by Franck Khalfoun, usually a respectable genre director, who does still add his share of clever touches (and meta moments, like when a group of teenagers watch the original Amityville Horror in the «real» Amityville haunted house, into which one's family has just moved); Open Water 3: Cage Dive, whose shark - franchise designation was tacked on as an afterthought, not that it helped to draw in audiences (in an anemic year for great whites, 47 Meters Down takes the prize for the best shark film); Jeepers Creepers 3, a super-limited release — surely in part because of director Victor Salva's history as a convicted child molester — which just a tiny bit later would probably have been shelved permanently in light of the slew of reprehensible - male - behavior outings in recent months.

This recent, multi-award winning Australian film marks a quantum leap for the Oz landscape genre film and hints at a shift in national consciousness.

Much has been made in content marketing circles of The Atlantic's recent investigation into how Netflix took on Hollywood and wildly re-categorized all the films available in their library into genres and sub-genres tuned to the specific interests of...

In recent years we've seen plenty of criticism (including mine) leveled at video games that rehash old ideas; games that rely on genre formulas; games that ape the language of film.

Until Dawn is a successful homage to the tried and true formula of the stereotypical slasher film genre, mirroring the likes of the iconic Scream series, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and the recent classic, Cabin in the Woods.

A genre more associated with painting, an interest in the environment grounds a number of recent artists» films

Haunted Ethnography: new experimental documentary is a group exhibition and related indoor screening event showcasing several recent video and experimental film works by emerging artists exploring the rich but problematic genre of ethnographic documentary as a locus of aesthetic and conceptual innovation in the medium.