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The movie is certainly game at prodding as many movies as possible, but any attempt at humor is missed and the movie actually sucks the comedy out of scenes from movies which were originally funny.

Not exact matches

The original cut of Gangster Squad had a scene in which gangsters shot up a theatre audience from behind a movie screen.

The movie trailer — which refers to Jobs as «the original innovator, rebel, visionary» — shows scenes of Apple's startup challenges, Jobs» infamous dismissal from the company and his notable return.

The court scene reflected the worldwide interest in the Silk Road affair, which included numerous ripped - from - an - action - movie elements, including the FBI's dramatic 2013 takedown of Ulbricht in a San Francisco library.

Behind the scenes, Hollywood film studios, which had never been keen on Netflix, began raising the fees to license movies for Internet streaming, or Netflix was prevented from acquiring certain titles because the Internet rights were already locked up by other outlets.

James Franco directs and stars as the self - unaware Tommy, playing him just about perfectly when compared side by side to scenes from The Room (which this new movie does for a few minutes during the end credits).

The scene in which Lazarus is raised from the tomb will probably elicit laughter from cynical younger filmgoers, for in an attempt to be authentic to the period, Scorsese has wrapped Lazarus so that he looks like a mummy who wandered over from a horror movie.

It seemed to me that some of the best scenes in the movie were those that were deleted from it, particularly a candidly outspoken scene in which Elastigirl, or Mrs. Incredible, defends her role as a «homemaker» against the crassly reasoned criticisms of an obnoxious feminist career woman.

Those who were lucky enough to be pulled or pushed, a year or so ago, to the Beatles» first movie, A Hard Day's Night, will recall the enchanting scene in which the four of them escape from the prison - like television studio, where worldly men are trying to get them to perform properly, and flee to an open field for a few surrealistic moments of jumping, dancing, abandon.

Speaking about the film recently in Los Angeles, Cera — who in this film, takes some refreshingly bold steps away from his usual one - note nerd persona — and co - writer / director Edgar Wright (who also did the zany cult classics Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz) discussed the meaning of the film, the stretching Cera had to go through for the role, and the way in which the film's hyperkinetic action sequences are really just the same as the dance scenes in Grease or a Gene Kelly movie.

DeFrancisco, the Senate's Finance Committee chairman, compared the situation to scenes from the movie «Lincoln» in which the president is depicted buying votes in exchange for patronage jobs.

It was the scene from the movie Sex and the City in which Carrie gets stood up at the wedding by Mr. Big.

A scene from the Movie Signs, Signs - Which type of person are you?

Without much material or throughline, the movie devolves into a succession of scenes in which the scream queen Vivian runs from one imperilment to the next; the proceedings culminate in abandoned mine tunnel that serves primarily as a means for obscuring the action.

If the guard is not precisely self - aware, he does make the act of torture (and murder, which becomes a natural extension) into a scene you might recognize, not only from other movies or stories about torturers, damaged souls in need of punishing or saving.

Aside from the opening and closing scenes which bookend things, the movie takes place in a single day in each of the time periods, alternating back and forth between them.

But Kubrick, working from a script by Vladimir Nabokov, squanders the promising setup by suffusing the movie's midsection with a series of rambling and downright pointless interludes, with this particularly true of virtually everything involving Sellers» aggressively off - the - wall character (ie there are too many scenes, including one in which Quilty pretends to be a cop, that meander to an infuriating extent).

I like Lawrence's performance best when she actually gets to do some spy stuff, like in a centerpiece scene that feels flown in from a different movie, in which Dominika cultivates a boozy senatorial staffer played by Mary - Louise Parker (making the absolute most of a little).

The Real James Dean: From Indiana Farmboy to Hollywood Legend is a documentary which explores both the public and private lives of this great star, including readings from his journals, rare footage from screen tests and wardrobe tests for his pictures, behind - the - scenes home movies from the making of East of Eden, and interviews with fans, friends, and co-workFrom Indiana Farmboy to Hollywood Legend is a documentary which explores both the public and private lives of this great star, including readings from his journals, rare footage from screen tests and wardrobe tests for his pictures, behind - the - scenes home movies from the making of East of Eden, and interviews with fans, friends, and co-workfrom his journals, rare footage from screen tests and wardrobe tests for his pictures, behind - the - scenes home movies from the making of East of Eden, and interviews with fans, friends, and co-workfrom screen tests and wardrobe tests for his pictures, behind - the - scenes home movies from the making of East of Eden, and interviews with fans, friends, and co-workfrom the making of East of Eden, and interviews with fans, friends, and co-workers.

The movie elides and truncates history for dramatic purposes and can not resist a very amusing scene in which Raleigh brings tobacco and potatoes from Virginia.

Absolutely no effort is shown in any one scene other than from the actors, none of which deserve to have their names associated with a movie of this nature.

To prepare for M. Night Shyamalan flick «Devil» which follows the plight of four strangers trapped in an elevator as they play a game of guess who's the Prince of Darkness, feast your pupils on these terrifying elevator scenes from movie history.

One of the year's most unsettling movies, Shira Piven's Welcome To Me stars Kristen Wiig as Alice Klieg, an Oprah - addicted recluse who wins the lottery, goes off her meds, moves into a casino and spends fifteen million dollars to star in her very own talk show, Welcome To Me, in which she eats a cake made out of meatloaf and hires a series of women to re-enact traumatic scenes from her childhood.

From the nail - biting tavern scene in which Kruger tries to mediate a tense showdown between the Nazis and the Basterds to the unforgettable climax in which Laurent's own version of happily ever after is revealed (the movie begins with «Once upon a time...»), the female characters are unquestionably necessary, powerful, and unforgettable.

Director Larry Charles may have had to cut some precious time from folks like Kevin Corrigan, Chris Parnell and J.B. Smoove (who does show up during the credits in the blooper reel / extra scenes bit) but it's to the benefit of the movie, which gets in and out in the perfect amount of time (it should be noted B.J. Novak who was cast is nowhere to be seen; also, don't let anyone spoil the cameos for you).

The basic plot is lifted from the original movie, which is referenced in virtually every scene.

The film's obligatory seance scene, which could have been rehashed from past horror films, is given a unique twist and makes for one of the movie's most effective moments.

It's equally depressing to see Cloris Leachman here, particularly given her big scene, which involves her getting a sponge bath from perennial «Scary Movie» lead Anna Faris... except that — ho, ho!

Nothing like his slapdash «Idaho» (a freeform 2011 experiment in which Franco remade Gus Van Sant's «My Own Private Idaho» from an alternate script), these bonus scenes were shot by «This Is the End» DP Brandon Trost and prove that Franco is capable of making a professional - grade movie when he applies himself.

The mother and the 7 homeschooled children, 6 boys and 1 girl, are essential prisoners in their own home, where the boys» only relief and only window to an outside world lies in the access they are granted to recorded movies, which they constantly watch and then elaborately reconstruct, acting out scenes from the likes of Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, and Goodfellas.

The movie opens with a scene from the middle of the movie, which has Liotta, De Niro and Pesci in a car listening to a thumping noise and wondering what it is.

The idea behind the scene is funny, because what can we expect from a movie like Cop Out, which quickly establishes a nine - year partnership between two cops played by a straight - up straight man like Willis and an absurdist, stream - of - consciousness comedian like Morgan, except the formulas and clichés to which we've become accustomed?

But there actually is no biopic being made; Greene and Sheil film intentionally cheesy - looking scenes from their bogus movie, which are intercut with Sheil's real conversations with Chubbuck's former coworkers and, in one particularly excellent scene, a local gun dealer.

Furthermore there are scene in the trailer by which we can not really get even by now because the trailer is cut short, but you can get plenty of hint that the movie is not far from the concept of the plot of the original cartoon and comics.

Video introductions from Shyamalan preface four full - frame deleted scenes — which, according to the cover art, «reveal clues to the movie's twists and turns» — totalling 11 minutes, the longest of which finds Brendan Gleeson giving his everything to a monologue that more than likely motivated him to accept the otherwise unmemorable role of August Nicholson in the first place.

The movie's opening scene, in which the duo belt out «Ironic» by Alanis Morisette, feels too directly ripped from the screenplay of Tommy Boy.

When you guys mentioned Running Scared in the news segment, it made me think about this seriously creepy and suspenseful scene in the middle of the movie involving Vera Farmiga confronting a couple of twisted, suburban pedophiles, one of which was Juliet from Lost.

Production I.G. has shared a behind - the - scenes photo from the set of the live - action Ghost in the Shell movie, which sees director Rupert Sanders and star Scarlett Johansson joined by Mamoru Oshii (director of the original anime), Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws, a.k.a. Tricky, Kenji Kamiyama (director of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) and composer -LSB-...]

Even in the middle of Song to Song, which is apparently the last part of an unofficial trilogy that also includes To the Wonder and Knight of Cups, it's possible to lose your bearings, to remember scenes from those earlier movies as if they were a part of this one.

That's why, every year, The A.V. Club finds room not just to count down our favorite whole films but also to highlight the strongest standout, stand - alone scenes — some of them pulled from those aforementioned best movies of the year (which we'll unveil later this month), others most definitely not.

There's a featurette on deleted scenes, testimony from editor Duwayne Dunham and composer Angelo Badalamenti, and a clip from «At the Movies» in which Roger Ebert trashes the movie.

Check out this latest trailer, which is basically an extended scene from the movie, giving away one of its surprise cameos.

The clip above is an actual scene from the movie, which is a little different from what we're used to seeing in the credits of Marvel movies.

In exploring the disc, I discovered a fourth bonus feature, an apparent Easter egg (2:50), which discusses the re-creation of a scene from the old movie My Man Godfrey for an appearance in Anomalisa.

From it's mysterious first trailer which appeared before a Transformers movie with no title all the way up to the final scene it was wrought with terror and mystery.

Behind the Scenes of Jersey Girl (16 minutes) is a making of featurette which features clips not only from Jersey Girl, but from Smiths other movies as well.

Regardless that this is a prequel so we know that Leatherface is going to survive and therefore lacks any suspense at all, as a movie Leatherface is all over the place with references to what comes later shoehorned in — like the blink - and - you'll - miss - it appearance of Grandpa in the opening scenes and the character of Hartman (the unscrupulous Mayor in Texas Chainsaw 3D was called Hartman, in case you'd forgotten)-- and details that just don't make sense, such as Drayton being portrayed as a psychopathic killer but yet in Tobe Hooper's original movie he «takes no pleasure in killing», and three people climbing into a cow's carcass to hide from the police which looks as dumb as it sounds.

«The Death Dealer» (12 mins., HD) probes the typically creepy / funny Savini about the infamous head - splatter sequence and the scalping scene, which I remember trying to recreate after reading one of Savini's early movie - magic articles collected in something I got from the library when I was a kid.

The action then cuts to a scene from Lee's most famous movie, The Hero, which is the basis for this title.

He made his television debut with the 1993 television movie Family Style starring Ewan McGregor, after which he directed and performed in Shakespeare Shorts, a series that explored the history of Shakespearean characters and presented them in key scenes from the plays in which they appeared.