Sentences with phrase «seen of an action film»

It's easy to balk at Chocolate's somewhat problematic treatment of neuro - developmental disorder as superpower, and its extreme tonal shifts from over-the-top action to tearful melodrama, but it's one of the best examples I've ever seen of an action film structured so that each fight is bigger and more elaborate than the last.

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Plot: Based on the Hasbro board game, this action film sees a fleet of ships who stumble across an alien life force that threatens to destroy the planet.

The inchoate, messy anger of the film mirrors the free - floating frustration of our cultural moment, and I'm stunned to see activists all over the world latch onto the film's central concept by erecting billboards meant to shame politicians into action on a variety of societal issues.

While I haven't seen the film, the actions of these «offended» muslims sure reinforce the notion that Islam is an intolerant and violent religion.

«I hope you will encourage everyone to see this film and also think how you can help Baby Milk Action and the rest of IBFAN in their work,» said Syed Aamir Raza at the end.

Clinton tweeted that she she went to see the new Marvel film «Black Panther,: calling it a «beautiful film» with «lots of action and a great message.»

Tonight sees a gathering of 150 influencers at the House of Lords, organised by Malaria No More UK to mark UK action and global progress on malaria, shortly after the UK premier of «Mary & Martha», the new film written by Richard Curtis about two mothers who unite to save lives after losing their own sons to malaria.

The importance of a surface's roughness can be seen in car engines, where if the walls of the engine's cylinders are too smooth they will seize, meaning that the surface needs to be just rough enough to carry a film of lubricant to maintain a smooth piston action.

The prospect of turning a lineup of toy action figures into a live - action film that kids would want to see (and their parents would want to take them to) was daunting, admits Industrial Light & Magic's (ILM) Scott Benza, the animation supervisor for Transformers.

Visit to get the The new film sees good old Captain Jack back in swashbuckling action and on the hunt for another bit of mythical gubbins, the legendary Trident of Poseidon

I'm not saying I want just pure action but as said I would have loved to see more space beasties, the look of the film cries out for it.

Good sci - fi has all these things, of course, but «bigger» isn't better, and most of the «big» idea movies use «the future» as a setting for action and adventure, whereas true sci - fi films (and books) use that setting to tell human stories in new ways; human relationships (with others, with self, with the environment, etc...) are are the core of the best sci - fi movies we've seen.

As directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, the action scenes are often incomprehensible, which means that far too much of the film is spent waiting for the action to die down so we can see who is left standing.

While strict and unbending, the matriarchy of the Rivera household is a family system rarely seen in films live - action and otherwise.

I've seen hundreds of martial arts action films and I have no problem saying that Unleashed is easily one of the best English

It's refreshing to see an action film this concerned with the actual consequences of violence.

Unlike series co-star Biel, Mitchell remained with the program throughout its run, and through many character changes that found Lucy marrying Kevin Kinkirk, working as an associate pastor, giving birth, and surviving both a miscarriage to twins and clinical depression.Although Mitchell branched out from television into cinematic work as early as 1996, with a turn in the fantasy - action thriller The Crow: City of Angels, and continued intermittent film appearances (such as a supporting role in 2005's slasher movie Saw II), she made no secret of her real passion: performing country music as a guitarist and vocalist.

While Harlin's big action sets in other films like Die Hard 2 suffered from an unfortunately dated sampling of CGI, everything you see in CutThroat Island has been constructed — and destroyed in grand fashion.

After lambasting him for his disaster of an action film 12 Rounds, I now see that as a director he was hideously robbed of the fame CutThroat Island should have brought him when the box office of its time failed to recognize the greatness inherent in pirate epics.

It's the type of circular insanity you don't see in your average action film.

Seeing as how «G.I. Joe: Retaliation» is a live - action cartoon, I wish we could have seen thought balloons above the heads of Channing Tatum, Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson and Bruce Willis, among others, as they filmed this ridiculous and overblown debacle.

One particularly huge event about two thirds of the way through the film was heralded by three random shots that apparently cover hours and hours of action we never see.

THE HUNTED does feel like a retread of many films you may have seen before, but is helped by a likeable cast and Friedkin's knack for action sequences.

Carrey looks to be wearing a bit of prosthetics to get the character's look just right, and it should be fun to see him in action when the film hits theaters.

So yes, it looks like a lot of action spy gone rogue films that you've seen (including Bourne).

Alas, my heart sank when I realized that the film I was about to see was not a remake of the 1995 forgotten Cindy Crawford - William Baldwin classic but a in fact change of pace low - key political drama from the go to high concept action film - maker of the past decade, Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity, Mr & Mrs Smith) focusing on the Plame Affair, one of the key scandals in recent American political history.

Will we ever see those types of goodie - filled releases of vintage live action Disney films again?

The three «acts» that occupy the real - time action of Boyle's film see Jobs as he successfully launches Macintosh, then outside of Apple with the disastrous NeXTCube and as the prodigal son returning with 1998's iMac.

But it's unfair to judge on a book on its cover (or title) and after seeing Matthew Vaughn's film adaptation which releases this weekend, I can honestly say that Kick - Ass is much better than I first expected and Vaughn's big - screen version of the graphic novel features sharp writing, brilliant performances, and of course, indulgent action sequences and story - telling.

Not likely to appeal to a wide range audience (this is not a film dependent on special effects or action sequences), the international thriller is the type of science fiction film we don't see often enough.

Thus far we've only heard an incredibly brief snippet of the actor singing, so everyone's eager to see Crowe in action once the film hits theaters.

Among action blockbusters such as CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER and GODZILLA, it seems strange to think that this film is one of the most entertaining films I have seen this year (which is definitely no small achievement).

Instead of using his newfound clout to take a starring role in another prestige picture, an action vehicle, or a superhero movie, his next gig will see him play a supporting role in a twisted comedy from the mind of Taika Waititi, the director of films like Thor: Ragnarok and Hunt for the Wilderpeople.

But this is a film with four - quadrant appeal that deserves to be seen by as many people who have attended other hit live - action family films, most of which aren't nearly this good.

No critic, no bad review, nothing could take away the feeling of seeing our first real action role model in film.

Sure, none of the action scenes here are especially original, but they're well executed and appropriately brutal body collectors that are filmed vividly enough to actually see them.

Everything I've seen so far from trailers, suggests this will be a very fun and action packed family film with a lot of holiday cheer.

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

Even with long scenes of action utilizing modern effects, the approach doesn't seem gratuitous, which is an impressive accomplishment after having seen so many action films already this year.

At 93 minutes, the story doesn't stay longer than warranted, but still, the rest of the film clicks well enough that a bit more fleshing out would have turned a good action flick into a must - see for genre fans and even some non-fans alike.

If you have children desperate to see Batman, this film is certainly a better choice than the last couple of live - action versions, though it still contains a great deal of animated violence.

The color palette and mis - en - scene composition are fittingly vibrant and epic for a blockbuster film of this scope, and many of the ambitious action sequences are well - executed and impressive, which helps to justify seeing the film on a theater screen.

by Walter Chaw Arriving right smack dab in the latter half of a decade in American cinema that saw digital «reality» supplant filmic «reality» (and appearing the same year as James Cameron's Forrest Gump: Titanic), Hong Kong legend John Woo's high - camp Face / Off directly (and presciently) addresses issues of identity theft, terrorism, and the digital corruption of reality and indirectly addresses Woo's émigré influence on the modern action film.

The film's action is solid, with some innovative long takes and lots of fights where we can see the actors» faces (although we know they can put their faces on stuntmen now, and Wade is covered with face makeup anyway).

The Accountant has somewhat of an original premise as I've never quite seen an action film centered on an autistic assassin / accountant.

The film starts off with some awkward, painfully lame flashback scenes of Kyle's childhood and transitions into an opening act that is loaded with full - on patriotism that sees him go to war to get back at the people who brought suffering to our doorstep in the events of 9/11 (he was already enlisted, but if we believe the film that decision was also motivated by seeing news footage of American lives being taken), but one of the most interesting surprises is how balanced it eventually becomes and how we see the way that Kyle's actions negatively impact others and how even he begins to question his commitment to the cause, despite the fact that he would never vocalize it.

I really wanted to start calling him Armie Hammy since most of what he's been given in this film are lines that would fit more into children's books than in an action movie that has more violence within the story than most young Disney fans might be accustomed to seeing.

A new trailer has arrived online for Lionsgate's upcoming action comedy The Spy Who Dumped Me which sees Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon leading a cast that includes Justin Theroux, Sam Heughan, Gillian Anderson, and Hasan Minhaj; check it out below, along with three new posters... The film tells the story of Audrey (Mila Kunis) and Morgan (Kate -LSB-...]

Pegg and Frost both give brilliant performances as the film's leads and Wright once again proves that he's one of the most talented filmmakers working today, crafting some of the most inventive action sequences you'll see all year.

Lionsgate has debuted the first trailer for director Susanna Fogel's upcoming action comedy The Spy Who Dumped Me which sees Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon leading a cast that includes Justin Theroux, Sam Heughan, Gillian Anderson, and Hasan Minhaj; check it out here... The film tells the story of Audrey (Mila Kunis) and Morgan (Kate McKinnon), thirty - year - old -LSB-...]