Sentences with phrase «running against another film»

And this thing, in a way, runs against the film's façade.

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In addition, as Spielberg's shop moves more into the family space, it could run up against part of the deal that forbids DreamWorks from making animated films for any company other than DWA.

If Arsene Wenger and his assistants decide against adjusting their tactics to get the best out of their marquee summer signing by letting him run with the ball at defences, Lacazette needs to take the initiative by training and watching game film to learn how to thrive in Arsenal's system and in English football in general.

«You see Anthony do all the things [IMG head coach Kevin] Wright talked about on film, from the coverage to coming up and filling against the run,» Steve Wiltfong wrote.

Councilman Eric Ulrich, a 32 - year - old Republican who has been filming a prospective reality television series about his potential run, didn't answer the question of whether he actually will run against Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Ulrich, a 32 - year - old Republican who represents a district in Southern Queens and has been filming a prospective reality television series about his potential run, didn't answer the question of whether he actually will run against de Blasio, telling WNYC's Brian Lehrer he'll make that decision in «a couple of weeks.»

The native of Jamaica is also a film - maker and a karaoke host at Bronx bars and restaurants, although both have taken back seat in recent weeks because he's running against, or trying to run against, State Senator Jose M. Serrano.

Elsewhere in the city, incumbents largely were returned to office, though Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr., running unopposed, faced a surprisingly strong, last minute write - in challenge from Marc Fliedner, an out gay ex-prosecutor prompted to jump in when revelations surfaced about the incumbent's failure to pursue fraud charges against Ivanka and Donald Trump, Jr., in their marketing of the Trump Soho and sexual assault charges against Harvey Weinstein brought by an Italian model who captured a partial admission from the former film mogul on tape.

The film had stiff competition in the 2008 Independent Spirit Awards, running against Kelly Reichhart's sublime Wendy and Lucy and Lance Hammer's powerful, contemplative Ballast, which speaks to the idiosyncratic brilliance of Aronofsky and Rourke's collaboration.

Elements of religious iconology juxtapose against the occasional (and actually quite restrained despite the film's reputation) bursts of violence, and by revealing the killer's identity with some running time left switches the focus slightly in a refreshing way.

Finally, we have Hilts (Steve McQueen), who spends most of the film in the cooler, bouncing his baseball against the wall (an action that was cleverly spoofed in 2000's Chicken Run).

There are three for Michael Humphrey and Hannah Hall (little Forrest and Little Jenny), each running around half a minute; two (approx. 2 minutes apiece) with Robin Wright playing against Tom Hanks playing it straight — and demonstrating in the process that the film mighta been a helluva lot less offensive were retardation not transmogrified into sacred sideshow; and finally two with Haley Joel Osment, again playing off Hanks playing it straight.

White God Director: Kornél Mundruczó Running time: 121 minutes Certificate: R A hit at last year's Cannes film festival, this drama follows a dog who joins a canine revolution against humans after being taken away from his owner.

I'm not sure anyone in movie history runs as well as Widmark runs in this film, pulling Donald O'Connor - esque twists and turns that send his limbs flailing about in silhouette, and then ducking around a corner and pressing himself flat against the wall, as though wishing he could disappear into the bricks themselves.

So it comes as no surprise that over a year later, Annihilation has run up against some studio hesitation, a recent Hollywood Reporter article suggesting less than desired test screening results prompted the nervous studio to release the film internationally on Netflix only (Annihilation, though, will still be released theatrically in the US).

A newish horror film that's exclusively on Netflix, Perkins's labor of love runs heavily against today's trends: It's defiantly ungory and the kind of quiet movie that you need to lean into to appreciate.

Princess Raccoon — This bizarre little pan-Asian film stars Favorite Actress © Zhang Ziyi, as, well, Princess of the Raccoons who falls in love, against natural law, with a human, who's on the run from his villainous father, the King of a neighboring Mountain, who's trying to kill him because a magic mirror claimed that the son would one day become more beautiful than the king.

Blu - ray Review Battle: Los Angeles Directed by: Jonathan Liebesman Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan, Ne - Yo, Michael Pena Running Time: 1 hr 55 mins Rating: PG - 13 Due Out: June 14, 2011 PLOT: The film follows a group of Marines as they fight their way through Los Angeles against an unknown alien threat.

To say that «Black Panther» is as imprecise an analogy for oppression and revolution as «Star Wars» and «Star Trek» isn't a slam against this film, or any Marvel film; it's an acknowledgment that genre movies tend to work best when they're anchored to emotions and big personalities, and run into trouble when the filmmakers or the audience try to map a geometrically precise relationship to the world beyond the screen.

She's wonderful in the film's quieter, more emotional moments, but she's also a scream going head - to - head with Turturro at his most manic, more than holding her own against an actor determined to run away with the picture.

The film's summer release date is a bit strange considering the heavy hitters it's going up against, because while it'll be a nice break from all the CG - fueled blockbusters, if «Southpaw» was as good as its talent suggests, it would have been better positioned for an awards season run.

THE JUDGE has high - minded goals beyond making itself Oscar ™ - bait, but issues of justice, rule of law, and the simple joys of small - town life don't stand a chance against writing that relentlessly panders to Academy ™ voters, particularly when they run smack up against a courtroom scene that is deliberately staged to look like something out of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, a film we are put in mind of when Hank mentions Atticus Finch.

Her career started with films like Carnal Knowledge and The Wind and the Lion, but she really found great notoriety in 1988 when she starred at the titular Murphy Brown, the long - running CBS series from whip - smart creator Diane English about a tough broadcast journalist bucking against the system.

by Bryant Frazer Death Wish director Michael Winner tried his hand at a boilerplate horror flick with The Sentinel, another in the long - running cycle of American horror films that doubled as scary religious propaganda, with the faith of Catholic priests the last bulwark against harrowing incursions by Satan himself on our mortal realm.

But if Deakins — who is running against himself this year for this film as well as his work on No Country for Old Men — doesn't take the prize, well, you might as well just send Robert Ford after us too.

Soon enough the youngsters form a bloody alliance against the common enemy, the teaching staff, which then spends most of the film running from the undead or fighting them with fire extinguishers, gasoline, whips and chains.

And unlike Sidney Lumet's misbegotten 1968 film version of The Seagull, this new take on the 1896 theatrical milestone gets the casting right; ditto the tone of comedy running right up against tragedy until something breaks.

Compton's film is partly responsible, but what the leaders of BASIS say in the film runs squarely against some of the soundest convictions in education circles.

While Reading's small theater footprint in the U.S., relative to Regal (RGC) and Cinemark (CNK), had hurt availability and terms on first - run films several years ago, an antitrust lawsuit against the largest movie studios and exhibitors (long since favorably settled) and growth of Reading's market share in certain markets (70 % Hawaii, 12 % San Diego) has alleviated this issue.

Forever on the run In «Not / Normal» at Shulamit Nazarian Gallery, Steffani Jemison's short film Escaped Lunatic is projected against a long wall; it showed on a small screen at nearby -LSB-...]

• Welcome customers as they approach the box office counter and inquire into their movie preferences • Provide information on running movies and show timings along with seat availability • Take customers» information (such as name and age) and punch it into the system for verification purposes • Provide customers with information on age - appropriateness of their desired movie and ensure that identification is properly conducted for rated films • Issue tickets to customers and ask them to verify seat, movie and date information on them • Accept credit card and cash payments for sold tickets and tender change and receipts • Handle reservations for shows over the telephone and in person and ensure that any cancellations are managed according to cinema protocols • Balance cash registers against tickets sold and ensure that any discrepancies or problems are immediately handled • Create and maintain reports of sold tickets and cinema income and provide feedback to managers regarding movies» success or failure • Assist in booking entire cinema halls for special screenings and issue tickets / passes to authorized guests and support staff • Ascertain that leaflet racks are fully stocked and that the counter is properly cleaned and maintained • Issue auxiliaries such as 3D glasses and ensure that returned glasses are counted and stored properly