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Soon enough, Max has moved into an assisted - living facility and the best scenes of the film find him re-discovering life with the likes of Rance Howard, Lee Weaver and Mort Sahl.

Not exact matches

So we were watching the newest installment of the Chronicles of Narnia film series — Prince Caspian — the other night, and I found myself growing increasingly uncomfortable with the use of a Christ - figure (Aslan) in battle scenes.

This scene in the Kony 2012 video, between Jason Russell, a founding member of Invisible Children, and his son, Gavin, starkly symbolises the lost opportunity of the film as a consciousness raising tool.

Whether your key interest is in films or theatre shows, you will find that the Watford Palace Theatre is the ideal place for a date with a touch of culture on the Watford dating scene.

Well the film was wide release, so it makes sense there wasn't an entirety of focus on the specifics, but I still think it would have worked better if it was more like the trailers professed intentions; doco style, with vignettes of alien / human scenes that emphasized and helped explain, not found footage either, like for example, after talking about Wikus in the past tense, it could focus on him for a bit then move on, but it stuck with him, and the film changed gears, I just thought it would have been better to focus on other things, as opposed to dumbing the plot down to one man and his battle against the evil government / corporation, and still stay in the doco style, it could have worked, no?

Trainwreck - bad movie enthusiasts will be disappointed to find a film largely defined by its lack of energy, in which every scene seems to be stalling for time.

She is a real scene stealer and the source of most of the chuckles that I found in this film.

One of the film's strongest scenes finds a proud Dumar arguing with his young daughters over Medoro's provision of branded school supplies, a seemingly kind gesture that nonetheless points to the company's infiltration of all aspects of formerly self - sufficient village life.

The film's «money scene» finds the murderer quietly taking the dummy's place, right under the noses of the entire police force!

Helgenberger would continue to appear in films like In Good Company and Mr. Brooks, and found particular success with the starring role of Catherine Willows on the long running proceedural CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Some of the banter between Ruth and the jaded cop named Det. William Bendix (Gary Anthony Williams, TMNT: Out of the Shadows — yes, William Bendix, like the classic film actor) on the case offer some insights on where the film could have found its comedic spark, but even those scenes lose flavor when we see that cop break down in anguish because of his own personal relationship issues bubbling up to the surface.

Levinson has a deft touch with ordinary people and places, and the film's early scenes, especially, take care of business in a satisfying, sideways fashion, developing character with exposition and finding every avenue for real - world humor.

The only real thing I liked in this film was the scene with the three little pigs being bad mercenaries, but the funny thing about it is that Cheech marin plays one pig and Chong plays another, and I found that pretty funny actually, but the rest of the film is just crap, and Is undoubtedly the worst film I've seen this year.

Listen to how he describes better framing for one of his earlier films or the seductive, slow buildup of information in the famous CARRIE prom scene and you'll find yourself in the presence of a man who has earned his unmistakable hubris.

Boseman is commendable as the film's titular hero, but Jordan steals every scene in which he finds himself, never going over the top but always in complete command of his presence.

From an opening scene in a prison fist fight to a staunchly bland climax finding him lost in an «unknown» realm when he's forced to shrink himself to fit between molecules (something resembling the resting place of Big Hero 6 mixed with the twilight hour of James Wan's «further»), Scott Lang is never a fully fashioned personality, some accidental prototype linked with schlocky zeal to the film's other do - gooder via a conflicted father / daughter bond.

One thing I found quite funny in particular was director Tim Story's decision to have her wear glasses in many of the scenes in the film.

Producer Mike Kaplan has gone the extra distance to find interviews and behind - the - scenes footage shot during filming on location in Maine, conducted new interviews and shared his own vivid memories of making this lovely picture with director Lindsay Anderson and a once - in - a-lifetime cast: Bette Davis, Lillian Gish, Ann Sothern, Vincent Price, and Harry Carey, Jr..

Too much of the film surrounding that scene struggles to find a motor.

¬ † Sundance, though, seems like an awful lot of trouble just to find out the buzz on a few films — my impression of it is just that it's a scene full of scenesters and part of me would rather chew glass than ever attend.

The film meanders from time to time as Simon finds his way around the City of Lights and his own skin, but Corbet's performance is a darkly rich one in every scene, not far from Matt Damon's sociopath - turned - psychopath turn in «The Talented Mr. Ripley» but distinctively unnerving in crafting an eventually hollow façade out of this nice, young, very lost man.

Vittorio Storaro comments at some length on the color symbolism in Bertolucci's The Last Emperor, which he shot, demonstrating more critical insight into how the film works and what it's about than we are likely to find in reviews, and there are similarly revealing commentaries from Michael Chapman about the iconographic and stylistic sources of Raging Bull (Life magazine and the photographs of Weegee) and from Hall about the role played by chance in the lighting of a scene from In Cold Blood, where the shadows of raindrops appear to be running down Robert Blake's face.

Aside from the well - noted fact that more superior long - form drama (and comedy) can be found on television than in cinemas, the two most interesting motion picture experiences I had in 2012 were in galleries: The Clock (Christian Marclay, 2010), a staggering and hypnotic achievement of which I still have some of its 24 hours to catch up with, and two multi-screen installations by Candice Breitz: «Him» and «Her» in which many scenes from the films of Jack Nicholson (in Him) and Meryl Streep (in Her), isolate the actors from their filmic background leaving the actors to speak to and interrogate each other across space and time on many themes of character, identity, success, failure, anger and disappointment.

He came onto the scene as Meathead of course in ALL IN THE FAMILY but found success in his first theater film THIS IS SPINAL TAP.

Nobody's going to worry about busting a gut during the film but you'll find a few hearty laughs, some strong chuckles and plenty of smile - worthy scenes.

Some of the most memorable scenes in «Twin Peaks: The Return» have found David Lynch revisiting the experimental highs of his most radical film work.

Inside of the case you'll find another superb booklet from the distributor, complete with production stills, behind - the - scenes photos, an alternative poster for the film, and yet another fantastic essay from regular contributor Julie Kirgo.

Though many of the dancers in the film express some disappointment with the dance scene in Columbus, Wright is hoping to find the Columbus film community more supportive.

If you watch Jackie Chan's (Crime Story, City Hunter) films only for the two or three lengthy, well - choreographed fight scenes, and are able to sit patiently through ninety more minutes of bad drama in between, perhaps you will find Thunderbolt to be worthwhile in the end.

# 13 - I remember finding that Revenant scene a bit of an eyeroll in the context of the whole film.

«Snow White and the Huntsman»: The castle may have been computer generated, but the expanse of beach that serves as the backdrop for the fantasy film's climactic battle scene can be found in Wales.

Overall, these findings suggest that film criticism in this country's newspapers is largely a male enterprise, echoing the predominance of men working on screen and behind the scenes in the film industry.

The film's most bizarre moment comes in the final scene, when Martin returns home after the war to find his friends in the process of rebuilding his house.

After filming several of these scenes, I found I was having a hard time falling into step with Anton.

Payne also masters the tone of the film, because even among the saddest of scenes, you'll find yourself laughing as well, and the tone never seems uneven.

In one all too brief scene, the film finds humor, parody, and the irresistible sense of playful surprise it should have had all along.

Invited to Suwon for a screening of one of his films, arthouse director Ham Cheon - soo (Jeong Jae - yeong) finds himself spending the day hanging out with aspiring painter Hee - jeong (Kim Min - hee), leading to a checklist of Hong - isms: comically awkward conversations over food, followed by even more awkward scenes of people apologizing; strangely contentious interactions with new acquaintances; jumbled chronology; characters standing around in the cold for much longer than they should.

Frankly, I found The Nice Guys to be the funniest film of the year and was a perfect blend of sharp humor and meticulously choreographed action scenes.

As brilliant as I find the film in its parts, as a whole I can't completely rave, as the film does falter a bit due to a lack of focus and there are some weak scenes, especially as the film nears the ending, which should have been edited out of the rather long film to make sure the storyline stays tight.

For such an epic production, the underperforming film gets a disappointing DVD that's well under capacity yet needlessly deprived of the audio commentary, three deleted scenes, and Advent calendar found on the Blu - ray.

A 3 - minute gag reel in which Cuthbert cracks up while faking an orgasm acquaints us with a moment or two found only in the section of deleted / extended scenes (16 in all, totalling 11 minutes), wherein Greenfield, providing optional voice - over, repeats «cut for time» like a mantra and generally demonstrates — as he does in his yakker for the film proper — that he rolls over easily when confronted with studio research.

A bravura sequence in the middle of the film shows Noah traveling to Tubal - Cain's camps in an attempt to find his troubled son Ham (Logan Lerman of The Perks of Being a Wallflower) that pointedly evokes Black Swan but more importantly shows the sort of unbridled fury that has gripped humanity (compare this to the Golden Calf scene from The Ten Commandments).

This is one of the few purely comedic scenes in an otherwise bleak film, yet it sets the mood perfectly for a narrative of displacement, in which a woman tries to find herself in another country's ways.

The film is constantly and continually reconciling the fact that these scenes are all meaningless in the grand scale of existence with how the characters find meaning and emotion in them anyway.

However, their distraction pales in comparison to the beefed up role for another fictitious character, Bard's (Evans, Dracula: The Untold Story) servant Alfrid (Gage, Hamlet), who is meant to be the film's comic relief, but ends up being so broad and overbearing, you'll long to find him beheaded and skewered on the end of an Orc's spear after just the first of a dozen intolerable scenes in which he appears.

Fassbender dives deep into evil to find his character, and along with Ejiofor, Sarah Paulsen (who plays Fassbender's icy wife), and Lupita Nyong» o (who plays slave Patsey, the center of the two most incredible scenes in the film), provide more Oscar worthy performances than any one movie can expect.

With Badlands Malick found out how to make a film, but it was with Days of Heaven that he found his mature style, and since then he's used the same elliptical, minimalist storytelling and improvised scenes in everything he's done.

The second disc contains a treasure trove of found gems: the original and the new re-release trailer, a featurette on Tom Waits and the film's music, alternate versions of said music, rehearsal footage, deleted scenes, a featurette on the «new» electronic cinema, and an all - new «making of» documentary.

Visit Carvahall and you'll find featurettes about the Inheritance Trilogy to which the novel Eragon belongs, The Storyteller's Scroll (focusing on turning the novel into a screenplay), Realizing Alagaësia (a look at storyboards, locations, scouting and character design), The Destined Roles (casting the actors), From Carvahall to Farthen Dur (behind - the - scenes footage during film production), Hatching The Dragon (the CGI process of creating the dragons), Just The Beginning (a peak at what's next in the series) and the Random House Digital Novel where you can enjoy the first two chapters of Eldest, the second novel from the Inheritance Trilogy by Christopher Paolini.

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.