Sentences with phrase «road movie set»

This 1934 will - they - won't - they road movie set the template for pretty much every romcom since — but few have managed to better it.

At its heart, the film is a road movie set in Norman times.

Characters form an unlikely bond in road movie set in a lawless Australian outback sometime in the near future

Only the Coens would answer the universal question «What the world needs now is...» with a Depression - era music - driven road movie set to Homer's «The Odyssey.»

The trippiest film of the bunch is Corman's hippy apocalypse Gas - s - s - s (1970), a groovy satirical road movie set in a future where everyone over 25 is killed by an experimental weapon, and a group of peace - loving hippies goes looking for utopia amidst the fashionable fascists that have taken root.

A screwball road movie set in a middle - of - nowhere town, Kwik Stop suggests «It Happened One Night» as reimagined by David Lynch or Hal Hartley.

Not exact matches

But considering the detail that goes into the movie sets, it's hard to tell that the strip isn't an actual market street just down the road from the Great Hall and Hogwarts...

To the picturesque rows of pastel coloured terraced houses, to the beautiful shop fronts on Portobello Road, it's a movie set worthy district in the heart of West London.

To the picturesque rows of pastel coloured terraced houses, to the beautiful shop fronts on Portobello Road, it's a movie set worthy district in the heart...

Imagine «Beyond the Black Rainbow» set against the pallid backdrop of «Mad Max: Fury Road» and you'll start to understand how this queasy little movie manages to keep us engaged for so much longer than it should.

Zanzibar was the second Road movie and this is where the formula was set with far more of the duo's fast talking bickering and less of the musical interludes.

Wonderfully well acted and with a stunning cinematography, this delicious road movie finds an awful snowball of trouble for two unfortunate women in this sexist society - and the setting of such story in the south of the U.S. makes its feminist statement even more significant.

The screenplay, written by Riko Sakaguchi and Yonebayashi, is based on the 1971 children's novel The Little Broomstick by British author Mary Stewart, and the movie's story seems to exist in a unique place, with the characters appearing British but drawn in that specific style of Japanese animation, while the backdrops look as if they could be set in any place where there are fields and forests and farms and tiny villages down some dirt road.

In the movie, Shrek — voiced with a dram of Scottish attitude by Mike Myers — hits the road because he can't stand the internment camp that's been set up in his swamp: It's populated by fairy - tale creatures who have been rounded up by despotic Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow, a hoot).

Sixteen months after the blockbuster's debut, director Todd Phillips has one of this year's most anticipated movies in the forthcoming buddy road comedy Due Date, all three leads have moved past their vaguely familiar stage to a reasonable degree of stardom, the savvily - greenlit The Hangover 2 has begun shooting, and Warner Home Video has just reissued the film in Extreme Edition DVD and Blu - ray sets.

When they learn that is a lie, their mother confesses she was a wild child in the»70s who slept with many powerful people she met at Studio 54, including movie stars, athletes and politicians, prompting the siblings to set out on the road to find their real father.

Other movies in the set include «Private Buckaroo,» which features Harry James and the Andrews Sisters; «Pot O» Gold» with James Stewart and Paulette Goddard; «Road to Bali» with Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour; «At War with the Army» with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis; «Stage Door Canteen» with an all - star cast; «All American Co-ed, «People Are Funny,» «The Duke Is Tops,» «The Fabulous Dorseys» and «The Pied Piper of Hamelin.»

As far as we can tell, it's not even been published yet but Warner Bros has already snapped up the movie rights for THE ROAD HOME by Michael Armour and they're setting it up for Leonardo DiCaprio, who's supposed to be on a long break isn't he?

Here's another set of movie stills from the film «The Twilight Saga: Eclipse» aka Eclipse stars Robert Pattinson (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn), Kristen Stewart (Adventureland, The Runaways), Taylor Lautner, (My Own Worst Enemy) and Xavier Samuel (Road Train, The Loved Ones).

Being a road trip movie, there's the expected variety of personalities and settings, some more interesting than others.

It's billed as the hangout - flick master's first proper road movie, a 2003 - set drama about three Vietnam veterans who reunite after 30 years after one of them loses a son in the Iraq War.

The movie takes a bit of time to get going — the set - up of Quentin and Margo's history and their last night together spreads over the first half in a sprawling, mildly interesting way but once the crew decides on the road trip, Paper Towns really finds its groove.

It's a road movie and character piece more than the action comedy it's occasionally marketed as and Brest never lets any set pieces or gags get in the way of the journey made by the leads, physically or emotionally.

The film is an offbeat road movie about a devout Christian wife (Harris) who sets off to find her dying husband's biological son - a grubby 23 - year - old she knew nothing about (O'Leary).

The movie has a brief set up that masterfully introduces all the characters, but once the road trip begins, fasten your seatbelts, because you're in for the ride of your life.

For those who equate France mainly with Paris, here's a movie set exclusively on Brittany's coast and on only about a 25 - mile stretch of it — Poirier has suggested that part of his idea was to make a road movie mostly without cars.

His American Beauty score obviously set a trend for movie and TVscores for the past decade, and his scores for Meet Joe Black and especially Road to Perdition are good.

Rawhide: The Complete Series Details: 1959 - 65, CBS DVD - Paramount Home Entertainment Rated: Not rated The lowdown: This 59 - disc set features all 217 episodes of the television series that introduced Clint Eastwood to the American public and started him on the road to worldwide movie icon.

Related Reviews: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - 3 - Disc Gift Set • 2 - Disc Collector's Edition Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2 - Disc Limited Edition) Producer Jerry Bruckheimer: National Treasure • Remember the Titans: Director's Cut • Enemy of the State: Unrated Extended Edition Crimson Tide: Unrated Extended Edition • Glory Road • Con Air: Unrated Extended Edition 2006 Movies: Cars • Eight Below • The Shaggy Dog • The Wild The Cast of Pirates of the Caribbean: Johnny Depp: Finding Neverland • Keira Knightley & Stellan Skarsgård: King Arthur: Director's Cut Bill Nighy: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy • Jonathan Pryce: Something Wicked This Way Comes Martin Klebba: Scrubs: The Complete Third Season • Alex Norton: Squanto: A Warrior's Tale Pirates and the Sea: Muppet Treasure Island: Kermit's 50th Anniversary Edition • Treasure Island • Finding Nemo 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea • Swiss Family Robinson • TaleSpin: Volume 1 • Peter Pan: Special Edition The Little Mermaid: Platinum Edition • Atlantis: The Lost Empire • Treasure Planet • Bedknobs and Broomsticks

And here are the five most disappointing films of the year: On the Road (Michael Winterbottom's Wolf Alice tour movie can't even find something interesting in its fictional subplot), Hampstead (a painfully strained romantic comedy set in a twee version of London), The Book of Henry (Colin Trevorrow missteps with this convoluted thriller), The Snowman (Michael Fassbender struggles to sustain this lifeless Scandinavian mystery) and Pitch Perfect 3 (it's painful to watch the Bellas try their hand at action - comedy).

This setting allows Bay and writer Ehren Kruger (who wrote two good movies over a decade ago — Arlington Road and The Ring — before descending into Hollywood hackdom) the films only flourish of ironic «wit» — the crotchety old gent theatre owner (great character actor Richard Riehle, wasted here) complains that all they make sequels and remakes nowadays.

A remake of the 2011 Icelandic comedy Either Way, set in the late Eighties, it's a road movie in the most literal sense, shot in the charred landscape of Bastrop State Park, an area 40 miles east of Austin recently devastated by wildfires.

Starting things off, there's an audio commentary from director Mark Hartley, joined by «Ozploitation Auteurs» Brian Trenchard - Smith, Antony I. Ginnane, John D. Lamond, David Hannay, Richard Brennan, Alan Finney, Vincent Monton, Grant Page, and Roger Ward; a set of 26 deleted and extended scenes, now with optional audio commentary from Hartley and editors Sara Edwards and Jamie Blanks; The Lost NQH Interview: Chris Lofven, the director of the film Oz; A Word with Bob Ellis (which was formerly an Easter Egg on DVD); a Quentin Tarantino and Brian Trenchard - Smith interview outtake; a Melbourne International Film Festival Ozploitation Panel discussion; Melbourne International Film Festival Red Carpet footage; 34 minutes of low tech behind the scenes moments which were shot mostly by Hartley; a UK interview with Hartley; The Bazura Project interview with Hartley; The Monthly Conversation interview with Hartley; The Business audio interview with Hartley; an extended Ozploitation trailer reel (3 hours worth), with an opening title card telling us that Brian Trenchard - Smith cut together most of the trailers (Outback, Walkabout, The Naked Bunyip, Stork, The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, three for Barry McKenzie Holds His Own, Libido, Alvin Purple, Alvin Rides Again, Petersen, The Box, The True Story of Eskimo Nell, Plugg, The Love Epidemic, The Great MacArthy, Don's Party, Oz, Eliza Fraser, Fantasm, Fantasm Comes Again, The FJ Holden, High Rolling, The ABC of Love and Sex: Australia Style, Felicity, Dimboola, The Last of the Knucklemen, Pacific Banana, Centrespread, Breakfast in Paris, Melvin, Son of Alvin, Night of Fear, The Cars That Ate Paris, Inn of the Damned, End Play, The Last Wave, Summerfield, Long Weekend, Patrick, The Night, The Prowler, Snapshot, Thirst, Harlequin, Nightmares (aka Stage Fright), The Survivor, Road Games, Dead Kids (aka Strange Behavior), Strange Behavior, A Dangerous Summer, Next of Kin, Heatwave, Razorback, Frog Dreaming, Dark Age, Howling III: The Marsupials, Bloodmoon, Stone, The Man from Hong Kong, Mad Dog Morgan, Raw Deal, Journey Among Women, Money Movers, Stunt Rock, Mad Max, The Chain Reaction, Race for the Yankee Zephyr, Attack Force Z, Freedom, Turkey Shoot, Midnite Spares, The Return of Captain Invincible, Fair Game, Sky Pirates, Dead End Drive - In, The Time Guardian, Danger Freaks); Confession of an R - Rated Movie Maker, an interview with director John D. Lamond; an interview with director Richard Franklin on the set of Patrick; Terry Bourke's Noon Sunday Reel; the Barry McKenzie: Ogre or Ocker vintage documentary; the Inside Alvin Purple vintage documentary; the To Shoot a Mad Dog vintage documentary; an Ozploitation stills and poster gallery; a production gallery; funding pitches; and the documentary's original theatrical trailer.

(Her American Honey, a U.S. - set road movie featuring Shia Labeouf, was favored for the Palme in some critical corners, though not our own.)

Just as Road To Perdition aspired to be the Godfather of its time Jarhead set out to do nothing less than reinvent the war movie.

The result is either a wonderfully Expressionistic, abstract look at the nature of the rapidly emasculating man set against the road - trip atmosphere of the American 70s, or a sweet horror movie about man vs. truck, however you want to look at it!

An encounter with Jason Bateman's PR agent sets the superhero on the road to reform and had this been the sole progression of the movie it could have been a triumph.

The first titles set for release are Mad Max: Fury Road, San Andreas, The Lego Movie and Pan, which will be followed by theatrical new release titles available day -LSB-...]

He may have a different face — British star Tom Hardy has stepped into Mel Gibson's scuffed desert boots — but expect this new «Mad Max» movie to hew close to the template set by director George Miller's 1979 original: mayhem, mutants and murder on the roads.

In addition to revealing some interesting anecdotes about the long road from development to production (including Eddie Murphy's original pitch for an all - black cast with guys like Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle and Chris Tucker), the quartet also talks about working with the ensemble cast and the challenges of filming the movie's various set pieces.

If you envision using your iPad to store a lot of movies that you can watch when on the road, you'll need to set aside some space for that.

Themed «Explore 100 % Pure New Zealand Autumn Colour by Road» this strategic collaboration offers Thais the chance to visit and experience international attractions like the geothermal city of Rotorua for its unique Maori culture, the Hobbiton Movie Set & Farm Tours in Matamata, and New Zealand's largest fresh water lake of Lake Taupo.

- 14 different licenses confirmed thus far: Ghostbusters, Portal, Back to the Future, The Wizard of Oz, DC Comics, Scooby Doo, Doctor Who, Lego Chima, The Lord of the Rings, The Simpsons, The Lego Movie, Jurassic World, Midway Games, and Lego Ninjag - not ready to talk about Midway Games content yet - total of 14 levels, each with four different areas to explore - game will be silly, family - friendly fun - main characters are DC Comics» Batman, The Lego Movie's Wyldstyle, and The Lord of the Rings» Gandalf - these characters work together to stop Lord Vortec, who is making the dimensions collide - Wyldstyle won't take any guff - Gandalf will provide the wisdom - the three will set off down the yellow brick road togethe - when Batman steps into the Wizard of Oz world, he ias quick to say, «We're not in Gotham anymore.

The ninth movie in the series, Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie, was released this past year on July 28, 2012 in Japanese theaters, with the DVD and Blu - ray set to be released on April 24, 2013 (in Jamovie in the series, Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie, was released this past year on July 28, 2012 in Japanese theaters, with the DVD and Blu - ray set to be released on April 24, 2013 (in JaMovie, was released this past year on July 28, 2012 in Japanese theaters, with the DVD and Blu - ray set to be released on April 24, 2013 (in Japan).

My furniture has appeared on the set of such movies and shows as The Wolf of Wall Street, American Gangster, Person of Interest, Antiques Road Show and Sex and The City (both the TV show and the movie).

Two of this summer's biggest movies so far are «The Age of Ultron», where the villain is a runaway artificial intelligence, and the Mad Max sequel, «Fury Road», set in a climate altered future.