I don't have much «good» to
say about the film other than I liked it.
Elysium will mark the young directors second film and ever since its announcement not much has been
said about the film other than it was going to be in the sci - fi genre with a lot of underlying sociopolitical messages.
I don't have anything too negative to
say about the film other than I thought that the film needed more scenes with Brianna Hildebrand.
Elysium will mark the young directors second film and ever since its announcement not much has been
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Not exact matches
«In some of these cases, the people releasing these
films or cartoons are trying to make a statement
about free speech, which is fair enough,»
says Bergen, referring to the
film and
other provocative recent depictions of Mohammed, Islam's founding prophet.
I try not to hold things
other people
say about these prospects against them, but if you
say a guy is «relentless» it's sorta hard not to look for that on
film.
Having all just finished college, each is deciding on what path to take in life, and its Jim who has chosen the most shocking path for the group of friends as he has chosen to ask his girlfriend Michelle, the infamous flutist of the first two
films (the wonderful Alyson Hannigan, which, ya know, she is so good in it, we did nt need the
other girl characters, which is sad to
say, but eh, this was always
about the guys so who cares?).
This is a tear jerker
film of the upteenth degree but as
others have
said, this is a story
about sisters and true love.
The
film is not
saying that one is better than the
other, but Kumail himself has a speech
about how he needs to do things his own way.
They know they are «running,» which is the
film's way of
saying that Ricky and Hec are learning
about their true selves as they try to outrun
others and connect through tough love.
Except to
say that whoever thought it was appropriate to have these beloved characters shooting at each
other and talking
about killing each
other (on top of Mater's disastrous cultural insensitivity) should never work on a children's animated
film again.
So
says professional killer Jackie Cogan at one point in Killing Them Softly, the third
film by New Zealander Andrew Dominik - and considering the filmmaker's efforts to establish a connection between the events in the movie and the economic crisis started in the late 2000s thanks to the greed and lack of scruples of Wall Street, it is easy to see Cogan as an ordinary employee of any company complaining
about the lack of vision of his bosses and, on the
other hand, the big bankers as Armani - dressing versions of the violent mobsters who inhabit the crime section of the newspapers.
Unfortunately, it won't sound so kind when I mention that this is
about as much as I can
say in a positive regard, as the
film fails on practically every
other fundamental level.
«This a fresh and original
film from Gianni Zanasi
about accepting yourself and
others — dramatic, amusing and entertaining with a twist of mystery,»
said a jury of four European exhibitors, adjudicating the award.
The same could be
said about Jeff Baena's wacky «The Little Hours,» a
film with echoes of Mel Brooks in its non-contemporary setting, broad physical comedy, unexpected punchlines, and gigantic ensemble (seriously, every
other face is a recognizable one).
Lady Bird, a coming - of - age story starring Saoirse Ronan that The A.V. Club's own A.A. Dowd
said is «so funny, perceptive, and truthful that it makes most
other films about adolescence look like little more than lessons in cliché.»
I sat down with the real - life heroes, now actors, to discuss the fascinating concept of them playing themselves, what they learned
about themselves and each
other after doing so, and what the
film says about bringing a community together to conquer despair.
Ever since The Sixth Sense we've been subjected to
film after
film trying to surprise us, and whilst some have succeeded and
others have failed I think I speak for many when I
say it's
about time Hollywood moved on.
«I was talking to someone the
other day who asked
about it, and I
said to them, «Have you seen how much female nudity there is throughout the history of
film and TV?»
Ostensibly a documentary
about a real - life horse whisperer, this
film actually has more to
say about how people treat each
other than how they interact with horses.
What can one really
say about these
films in bite - size form,
other than to continue to marvel at the simple brilliance of the idea, and to wonder how the intervening years, and the knowledge of the camera's returning presence, will affect the subjects this time.
I didn't make this
film, but I will
say that the internet has changed everything in terms of distribution and because of iTunes and
other outlets like that, length is no longer something you really think
about, in my opinion.
From Kevin Jagernauth's Playlist review: «This is a
film that desires to
say something
about how we relate to each
other, and how the often overlooked consequences of our actions can refract down avenues we could never expect.
Let's just
say they involve a karaoke performance, nudity, a very hairy embrace, and finally, a from - the - heart statement
about how we could and should live our lives, which in almost any
other film would seem like treacle, but here is thoroughly earned and provokes the tears that lay beneath the laughter all along.
What I am
about to
say applies not just to Harry Potter, but to
other book to
film adaptions, such as Lord of the Rings.
«Simon Beaufoy [his co-writer on this
film and Slumdog] and I were talking
about this the
other day,» he
says.
There are lots of
other things I could
say about the
film — most of the music seems incongruous and yet is utterly fitting, which I love.
After almost two weeks of reports conflicting each
other about Deadpool 2 test screenings, some of which
said the
film was awful, some of which
said it was great — a new report has apparently put an end to it.
There was no real news
about Star Trek 2,
other than
saying the
film will be a few years after the first
film and that the characters will be considerably more familiar with each
other.
Soft - spoken but intense, Taylor had obviously pondered the deeper significance of the
film, but he also had some interesting things to
say about film acting in general and
about his
other film, the sequel to LAURA CROFT.
Just the
other day, Academy Award - nominated screenwriter Taylor Sheridan (Hell or High Water) gave an update on the project,
saying, «If Sicario is a
film about the militarization of police and that blending over, this is removing the policing aspect from it.»
In our conversation he talks
about why he likes working on stage and screen projects with the
film's writer - director Martin McDonagh as well as several
other top - flight helmers he has acted for in the past including George Clooney — with whom he
says he grew close to over the course of two years he spent with him on Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind in which Rockwell played Chuck Barris, the game show host who claimed he was a CIA agent.
The
film rates this high for me not just because of its technical skill (the ensemble acting is terrific, with Kelly Macdonald in particular doing great work in just a few scenes, and Roger Deakins's cinematography is as good as anything he's done with the Coens, and that's
saying a lot) but because of its ambiguity: because the questions it raises
about narrative and
about society are as interesting as those raised by any
other film (but one) of 2007.
The 23 - year - old actress - who next stars as Charlotte in Richard Curtis» romantic drama
About Time, which is released on September 6 -
said it has been thrilling to go from one spectrum to the
other in both
films.
Or might
other nominated
films — including «Call Me By Your Name,» «Dunkirk,» «Lady Bird» and «Get Out» — have something to
say about that?
Jury protocol entails some discretion
about what I saw, but I can honestly
say that, between the three feature juries doing duty this year — the
others being Arturo Ripstein's international competition jury and the «Cineasti del Presente» jury under Dario Argento — most of the
films that I valued, in whatever section, were honored one way or another.
Edgerton hopes the
film will open a «broader discussion
about being kind to each
other,» he
said.
I don't know
about others but I would really appreciate some closure at the end of these types of
films but sadly I guess the majority of people just
say «Oh well, they beat the spirit.
• Always eager for a «look, we
said something
about it first» story, Steve Weintraub calls an exclusive (seriously, we need to define this term already) on a story Eric Roth has been talking
about here and there for a while now... his desire to pen a space
film, among
other scripts the writer is working on, all reported elsewhere long ago.
It happens repeatedly in the
film, and each time, it
says something different
about where Alma and Reynolds's relationship is at that particular moment, and
about what each wants from the
other.
It
says a lot
about the state of women and
other marginalized groups in
film that Trainwreck is being marketed (and praised) as «not your mother's romantic comedy.»
Check out what Karpovsky had to
say about bringing those two wildly different features to life and also a little
about his SXSW entry, «Good Night,» as well as a couple of
other film ideas he has brewing in the video interview below.
The
film is
said to be
about one white couple and one black couple; if cast, Nyong» o and Duke will play one, while Moss and another actor will play the
other.
One of the best things one can
say about Ryan Coogler's Black Panther is that it doesn't feel like most of the
other Marvel
films.
A smart, sophisticated comedy
about the challenges of love and marriage amongst modern day New Yorkers, Freundlich's fourth feature
film centers on the romantic escapades of two couples: a successful actress (Freundlich's real - life significant
other, Julianne Moore) and her stay - at - home husband (David Duchovny), and
said actress» slacker younger brother (Billy Crudup) and his aspiring novelist girlfriend (Maggie Gyllenhaal).
I was
about to
say I hope Carey Mulligan takes it, but then I realized I haven't seen any of the
other actress - nominated
films, so I'm a little biased on that one.
During a recent interview with Oregon Live, none
other than Patrick Stewart, Professor X himself, made some very interesting comments regarding the
film,
saying, «What I'm excited
about is that we have been talking
about a Wolverine movie, which would team Hugh Jackman and myself together.
But, it never really materialised and I didn't have a lot of interest in it, so it wasn't really until Rupert Preston (Producer on PUSHER), who had distributed the first one (the Danish original in 1996), and I had worked with on all my
other films up until DRIVE (2011) and was a very good friend of mine, and with that he was very interested in maybe doing a remake because we had been talking
about it for a couple of years and he
said now was the time do it.
Say what you will
about the artistic merits of a
film like Nine 1/2 Weeks — an obvious comparison — but the characters played by Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger seemed, at a minimum, to enjoy being in each
other's presence.
When actor David Strathairn signed on to do the
film,
saying of the story, «I loved it immediately... it's
about the big and small banana peels we all slip on,» Buzz and Aaron knew that there must be
others who would understand why one embraces such a journey.