Sentences with phrase «seconds after seeing his film»

I wrote Boyle a note predicting the best picture Oscar 60 seconds after seeing his film's press premiere at Toronto — not that it required great insight.

Not exact matches

I did not even see Bottle Rocket until after I saw Anderson's wonderful second film, Rushmore.

Raw - I liked the film when I saw it at Fantastic Fest last year, but my impression was deepened and my admiration grew after seeing it for the second time during its brief theatrical run earlier this year.

mmm... a protagonist who complete dominates a long film to the detriment of context and the other players in the story (though the abolitionist, limping senator with the black lover does gets close to stealing the show, and is rather more interesting than the hammily - acted Lincoln); Day - Lewis acts like he's focused on getting an Oscar rather than bringing a human being to life - Lincoln as portrayed is a strangely zombie character, an intelligent, articulate zombie, but still a zombie; I greatly appreciate Spielberg's attempt to deal with political process and I appreciate the lack of «action» but somehow the context is missing and after seeing the film I know some more facts but very little about what makes these politicians tick; and the lighting is way too stylised, beautiful but unremittingly unreal, so the film falls between the stools of docufiction and costume drama, with costume drama winning out; and the second subject of the film - slavery - is almost complete absent (unlike Django Unchained) except as a verbal abstraction

After seeing the film a second time, it made me want to revisit a few movies set in Los Angeles, including Boogie Nights, The Graduate, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, and a few others, which all feature some commentary tracks worth listening to.

Snitch (second preview with The Rock, this one not so good), Oblivion (now the third time I have seen this, and my reaction by now is: «blech»), Broken City (I'll be seeing the film this Tuesday at a press screening, and just from the trailer it looks like it could be decent), and After Earth (is it just me, or does anyone else find it annoying how Will Smith keeps pushing his son on us?).

Verdict: The second directorial feature from «Eastern Promises» writer Steven Knight after so - so Jason Statham vehicle «Hummingbird,» «Locke» was both more stripped down and more ambitious: a film set entirely within a moving car, shot in real time, with only one actor on screen (the rest of the cast are heard over the phone, but never seen).

The film sees Gus Van Sant returning to the biopic genre ten years after scoring his second career Oscar nomination for the Harvey Milk story Milk.

Mary is the second film that the two companies have joined forces on after Now I See You.

Another embattled mother, Laurie Metcalf saw her chances rise in Toronto, where her film Lady Bird earned a second round of rapturous odes after premiering in Telluride the week prior.

After literally years of being somewhat mystified by the first Pirates film's beloved status in the hearts and minds of millions, I'm at an absolute loss in coming up with reasons that the second entry, Dead Man's Chest, has whipped up these same millions of people into even more of a froth - mouthed frenzy, the likes of which I haven't seen before for a film this mediocre, even rivaling the collective fervor for Narnia, Harry Potter, and the Matrix sequels.

Now You See Me began its theatrical run at # 2 behind Fast & Furious 6, but after its $ 29.4 million debut, the film went on to secure over $ 350 million worldwide, earning the second film.

The happiest outcome to consider is that, if Tony survives the next Avengers film, we might see an epilogue that sends him off into the sunset with Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) following their wedding (acting as the second instance he's hung up the red and gold armor after Iron Man 3).

The film has garnered rave reviews since its opening weekend last weekend which saw it open on teh second highest screen average after Hollywood flick Gone Girl.

Both of the most recent Tsui films that I've seen, the kung fu whodunnit Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame and Flying Swords of Dragon Gate, his second remake of the 1967 King Hu film Dragon Gate Inn, which remains after 45 years one of great masterpieces of action cinema from anywhere in the world, feature extensive use of CGI, though both are significantly more grounded in reality than Zu Warriors.

Sexual Content: The theme of this film is centered on a woman who leaves her husband to pursue her own desires, which include a sexual affair (the clothed couple are seen kissing and in bed together) while she is still married and a second relationship with another man (again kissing is shown but no other details) after her divorce.

After the big shakeup of replacing Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer at the last second, it was unclear if the film would be done in time, but apparently the Hollywood Foreign Press was able to see it and enjoyed it quite a bit.

The New York Film Critics voted the morning after seeing the film, and weren't inclined to rush to judgment; the Boston Society of Film Critics had one morning screening that a hefty percentage of members couldn't attend, but it still finished a close second to «12 Years a Slave» in best - picture voting.

So even the first film's structure is replicated, beat - for - beat: at the end of 21's second act, the pair's partnership flailed after a chase scene caused Schmidt to miss a school play; the end of 22's second act sees the same occur, only this time, it's because a chase scene causes Jenko to miss a football game.

«Locke» The second directorial feature from «Eastern Promises» writer Steven Knight after so - so Jason Statham vehicle «Hummingbird,» «Locke» was both more stripped down and more ambitious: a film set entirely within a moving car, shot in real time, with only one actor on screen (the rest of the cast are heard over the phone, but never seen).

It's a film that has seen a revolving door of cast and crew come and go, with Warrior director Gavin O'Connor squeaking in at the last second after the original helmer dropped out on day one of shooting.

What he has concocted with The Chronicles of Riddick is an increasingly messy and incomprehensible film that although it may attempt to be elegantly complicated and intricate, is really just a bunch of mumbo jumbo devised by Twohy, who it has been told, never really had any concrete plans for a spin - off from Pitch Black but was coerced into doing this film after being approached by Universal executives who saw potential in having a second Vin Diesel led franchise after The Fast and the Furious.

We can often see the images seconds after we take the films.