Sentences with phrase «review of the film when»

For my take on the full movie itself, check out my theatrical review from last year or my 3D Blu - ray review of the film when it first hit home video.

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Why am I reading a film review of Fast and Furious 6 when I decided at age 13, after seeing 2 Fast, 2 Furious, that I was too old for anything involving Paul Walker?

The makers of the film have been kind enough to loan me a screener DVD and I'll post my review here when I've had a chance to watch it.

And so the other day, when I read a review of the new London rom - com «Man Up» and saw another dating blogger slagging off the choice of date venue in the film — The South Bank — I have to admit I was taken aback.

WAKE UP AND SMELL THE CHEESE CURDS - My Review of THE HAPPYS (4 Stars) You know that horrible cliché used by filmmakers when they say the location they used is like another character in the film?

Gere actually panhandled on the streets of New York for the film, and it received mostly good reviews when it premiered in Toronto in 2014.

Just when you thought we were done with our review of the past year in film (including our recent report on 2013's best and worst movies), we have one last look back to offer you: our annual evaluation of movie studio performance.

In 1966, film critic Pauline Kael reviewed «Funny Girl,» announcing: «Barbra Streisand arrives on the screen, in «Funny Girl», when the movies are in desperate need of her.»

This film isn't a bad comedy by any stretch of the imagination, but it does not deserve an 8.1 (this is what it was when i reviewed).

This must be the age of bliss for Harry being he loves absolutly every movie he sees... it's fairly obvious he's being paid off, after the Batman And Robin fiasco (back when the site was pure) studios realized how powerful this kinda site can be so they decided to give knowles a wad of cash to give their films a good review... Only reason Star Trek Nemesis didn't get a good review was because Moriarty and others bashed Rick Berman so much he didn't wan na give them Money he was so insulted... everyone do a favor and goto http://www.corona.bc.ca/films it's a real movie lovers site withreal reviews and NEWS... no shit about how they got the news or that they think the film reminds them of from their youth, just news..

As a film critic and movie lover, my days of reading Roger's reviews and watching him spar with Gene Siskel go back as far as I can remember to when I was a little kid watching movies instead of playing outside with the other neighbor kids.

It is hard to remember how few serious film critics held podiums twenty years ago (when Time magazine carried more influence, for that matter, than all the rest of the media combined — among the handful of moviegoers who read reviews at all).

Critics casually and regularly mentioned «Oscar» in their reviews but the precursor awards didn't bite (the Golden Globes forcing that film into Drama when films of its kind usually compete in Musical surely didn't help).

I mentioned this in my rave review: «One of my favorite parts of this documentary is when the film finally starts, instead of showing actual footage of people watching, they switch over to these amazing photographs.

When the first, «Flags of Our Fathers,» stumbled out of the gate despite strong reviews, Warner Bros. rushed «Letters from Iwo Jima» into theatres later in the fall, largely in the hopes that one film would elevate the other.

When Variety reviewed Not Quite Hollywood they concluded that the film was «Energetic almost to the brink of excess» (2), which could also serve as an apt description of the «Ozploitation» films it chronicles, the era in which those films were produced, as well as this memorable segment with Tarantino, which shows his uninhibited passion for — and witty observations of — those unforgettable moments of exploitation cinema.

If I may speak for my colleagues at Mutant Reviewers here, one of the reasons why we took so long in reviewing The Dark Knight wasn't that we didn't enjoy it (I think it was more or less universally liked) or that there wasn't enough to say — just that this was a monumental superhero movie that may just stand at the top of the pack of the decade, and that is a huge thought to tackle when you want to give the film justice.

Tangled Rated PG for brief mild violence Available on DVD, Blu - ray and Blu - ray 3D You know it's a strong year for animated films when a movie like Tangled garners some of the strongest reviews of the year, makes over a half - billion worldwide, and still can't muster up an Oscar nom for best animated film.

A decade later, he says, the film was considered a classic — suggesting that Kael was seriously out of touch when she reviewed it, I guess.

Some of you are probably skeptical about whether or not critics can be fair when reviewing a film starring Paris Hilton (House of Wax, Pledge This!)

When Roger saw «The Devil's Backbone» (2001), he acknowledged in his three - star review that del Toro was «a master of dark atmosphere, and the places in his films seem as frightening as the plots.»

Directing his eighth feature film in just a little over a decade, Drake Doremus has had the good fortune of presenting four different relationship highs and blues / lows volumes at the fest commencing with 2010's Douchebag, followed by 2011's Like Crazy, 2013's Breathe In (review), and proving that when you want something bad enough you can deliver the goods in breakneck speed in 2017's Newness (review).

Advance word on Have A Nice Day has been good; the film received warm reviews and picked up a share of awards when it played festivals last year.

In a review for Nerdist, podcast host (with Kevin Smith on Fatman on Batman) Marc Bernardin opposes the negativity of the South Korea scenes, calling it the point when the film «leaps to its feet» and «becomes the best Bond movie you'll ever see.»

If you've ever read one of my reviews before, and have for some reason come to the conclusion I have some form of integrity when it comes to film reviews, or if you've ever considered my opinion on a films worth to have any validity at all — stop reading here.

Look at the collected reviews of Pauline Kael since the early 70s, when academic film study in the U.S. was just getting started, and you'll be hard put to find a shred of evidence in more than two decades of energetic writing that such studies existed at all.

That's an exciting prospect by itself, but when the reviews started to trickle in from America a few weeks ago, proclaiming the result to be a mutual ego - stroke of cataclysmic proportions and potentially one of the worst films ever made, my anticipation levels went through the roof.

(Note: one can't review Skyline without commenting on the film's ending which is, when one thinks about it, one of the biggest bullshit moments in cinema history on oh so many levels.)

When covering film festivals in the press, most reports are about the many films (with hundreds of reviews published daily) or the celebrities on the red carpet or the business deals being made in the market.

When I first hear of this film, I thought the plot surrounding a farting corpse was just insane, however curiosity got the better of me and I agreed to review; even when I heard that people actually walked out of the screenWhen I first hear of this film, I thought the plot surrounding a farting corpse was just insane, however curiosity got the better of me and I agreed to review; even when I heard that people actually walked out of the screenwhen I heard that people actually walked out of the screening.

I'm pleased to find that this film has held up well for me on each subsequent viewing from immediate revisitation in the summer of 2002 to another look in July 2004 to a review of the tardy 20th Anniversary Edition DVD in early 2009 and, now at my most critical state to date, in the summer of 2013 when Oliver & Company makes its Blu - ray debut in a 25th Anniversary Edition Blu - ray + DVD combo pack alongside two of the studio's less esteemed, sequel-less «animated classics.»

However, both of those films, when I picked them up again for reviewing, I have been disappointed with both.

So when films with black leads and casts are well - reviewed and received and still don't get nominations — from «Straight Outta Compton» to «Creed» to «Beasts of No Nation» — what does that say?

The single most influential event in the history of modern newspaper film reviewing took place as recently as 1963, when 20th Century - Fox banned Judith Crist from its screenings after she attacked Cleopatra in the New York Herald - Tribune.

Our own Mike D'Angelo reviewed the film when it opened in New York last month and called it «something remarkable,» a moving portrait of two women «without a trace of winking or archness.»

And, from there, to this: Almost invariably we use this line when we come across one of those films that receive highly positive reviews largely because of one great performance.

I was 12 when it was released, but I still recall the film's ability to tap into my childhood fascination with UFOs, which Spielberg had previously connected with when he made Close Encounters of the Third Kind (fingers crossed that I get a review copy of that upcoming Blu - ray release too).

So when I was offered a chance to review the new Rogue Cut of the film, I decided to break away from my usual snooty high - brow / classic / cult posts to join the mainstream.

SEE ALL TRAILERS BELOW Review: There's an interesting concept being poorly served by a trailer here when no one can tell precisely what the point of the whole film really is.

Westmoreland objected to my review of his film on the grounds that I was insulting him and his directing partner when I wrote that they were inserting themselves into their movie by way of the story's lascivious white gay couple.

Those with doubts about the viability of the movie Entourage had them confirmed when the film drew unfavorable reviews and made little impact at the box office, where it opened as counterprogramming in June against summer's typically big - budgeted fare.

I realize it's problematic to review a film on the basis of what it might have been, but when that same film substitutes a vision that's vastly less intriguing and original than the one offered by its source, it's a fair tactic, and what's onscreen here is just another zombie picture, gigantic but otherwise unremarkable.

Film Review by Kam Williams Headline: Unsubtle Wayans Brothers More Shocking Than Funny Times sure have changed when a film featuring a character wearing tights which emphasize the outline of her oversized private parts can be rated PG - 13.

When the movie ended I was upset that it not only took 90 minutes of my life but would take up more time as I wrote this review; scratch that, this isn't a review, it's a warning to stay away from this sham of a comic book film.

Noted Searchlight's Frank Rodriguez when reporting the film's numbers this weekend: «Our expectation is that with the continued good reviews we will be able to generate more good word of mouth which will give the film some added traction as we head into the long Memorial Day Weekend.»

It's that time of year again, when we review the films of the summer blockbuster season — those in theaters, those that have come and maybe gone, and those soon to be released — and make our recommendations of what to see and what to avoid.

I approached reviewing this film with the kind of dread one feels when boarding a plane in turbulent weather, knowing the outcome will not be pleasant.

Critics have responded with some of the best reviews of the year with the film at a whopping 97 % on Rotten Tomatoes,» A24 said Sunday when reporting numbers.

With most eyes looking for reviews of films premiering out of the Toronto International Film Festival over the next week, it was a surprise to some when reviews hit the Web on Friday morning of the upcoming action - drama «Captain Phillips,» starring Tom...

You guys of course review the latest Scorsese film in this episode, also Jay mentions Space Jam when talking about great Basketball films.