Sentences with phrase «set of films by»

Also, check out the Yakuza Papers boxed set of films by Kinji Fukasaku.

The guys over at Arrow films have been doing the lord's work for a long while now, having recently given birth to such bouncing bundles of joy as as a box set of films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and a clutch of little - seen films by French maestro, Jacques Rivette.

There are also two archival segments from The Dick Cavett Show from 1971 featuring Pauline Kael (making a case for the film) and, in a later show, Altman, and a gallery of stills shot on the set of the film by photojournalist Steve Schapiro.

Not exact matches

After graduating from NYU's Tisch School of Arts in 2011, O'Brien started working in the film industry and was «appalled» by the waste epidemic on set.

Analysts were forecasting weekend sales of $ 41 million to $ 47 million for the Spielberg film, a respectable opening for a movie with a production budget set at $ 150 million to $ 175 million by people with knowledge of the matter, and additional millions in marketing costs.

The Universal Pictures film, which is a prequel spinoff to «Despicable Me,» fell a tad short of the domestic record set in 2007 by another animated film sequel — «Shrek the Third.»

Something Ventured was screened at South by Southwest and it is set to appear at a number of the country's independent film festivals this spring and summer, and the producers hope to have it broadcast on TV in 2012.

Groups of young friends who go to see some of the more death - focused horror films in vogue of late will routinely take bets on which stock character will face a grisly end soonest, as when viewing the Final Destination series» a film series that is, essentially, the apex of the set - piece disaster horror movie as orchestrated by MacGyver.

His first novels, Desperadoes (1979) and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (1983)-- recently made into a film starring Brad Pitt — were set in the wild West.

«What an audience expects of a contemporary Western is that it will either largely conform to the classic pattern of extolling the heroism of the cowboy, often a lawman cowboy, who has to defend the right in a wild setting, or, that the film will seek to undermine this pattern by means comedic or serious.

Then, Scorsese's next film, Kundun (a biography of the 14th Dalai Lama), set the stage for the religious tones of what would become a passion project for him: a film adaptation of Silence, the 1966 novel by Shusaku Endo.

It came to this the first time the rating system permitted schlock films to show nudity because of the precedent set by worthwhile pictures like The Pawnbroker.

In Tangled, the Walt Disney Company's new animated, feature - length, 3 - D adaptation of «Rapunzel,» critic Armond White finds, sadly, that the story of the girl with the very long locks not only «has been amped up from the morality tale told by the Brothers Grimm into a typically overactive Disney concoction of cute humans, comic animals, and one - dimensional villains,» but also that the film's «hyped - up story line... gives evidence that cultural standards have undergone a drastic change» in the decades since Walt Disney first set out to charm both children and adults with his animated retellings of fairy tales.

The plot is loosely held together by quite a bit of setting up and falling down, devoting much of its runtime to making you want to care about what the Pentagon Papers are, how the newspaper operates, and what's clearly at stake, before finally getting to the point where everything finally comes together, which is when the film is at its sharpest.

The film, The Irishman, was originally set to be produced by Paramount Pictures, but in light of Chairman Brad Grey...

Definition of CULT 1: formal religious veneration: worship 2: a system of religious beliefs and ritual; also: its body of adherents 3: a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious; also: its body of adherents 4: a system for the cure of disease based on dogma set forth by its promulgator 5a: great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work (as a film or book); especially: such devotion regarded as a literary or intellectual fad b: the object of such devotion c: a usually small group of people characterized by such devotion

The beautiful eighteenth - century costumes and setting seduce us into viewing these affairs with a kind of horrified detachment, as though we were watching a «Nature» film on PBS showing the praying mantis being devoured by his mate in the act of copulation.

The manual set up of printed film after product changes can be time consuming and problematic for users of tray sealers, however by incorporating these settings into individual recipes in the screen, the Revolution automatically adjusts the reel position when the recipe is selected.

Croquet is an exacting and deadly game as played by Darryl Zanuck and his friends of the Coast film set

The actor is set to star in a film directed by veteran stunt coordinator Nick Powell (The Bourne Identity, X-Men: The Last Stand, Cinderella Man), which centers on Frank Walsh (Cage), a big game hunter for zoos who has booked passage on a Greek shipping freighter with a fresh haul of exotic and deadly animals from the Amazon, including a rare white jaguar.

Most importantly, however, the film has a new site where people can set up their own screenings, and purchase copies of the film along with other stuff like screening kits and UNITE FOR LUNCH American Apparel T - shirts designed by the artist who did the illustrations in the film.

This snippet set the tone for «Tigers» (directed by Oscar - winning director Danis Tanović) as the film explored the contentious issue of corporate bullying, whistle blowing, the method of artificial feeding and the continued global dominance of multi-national companies (MNCs) in an emotive and raw manner.

Directed by John Michael McDonagh, with Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle Set in the west coast of Ireland, this buddy movie made us laugh out loud throughout the entire film.

Rees - Evans has also unleashed a leadership campaign film in which he sets out his aim of transforming Ukip's structure to stop the party from being hijacked by a self - seeking leader.

Cambridge Analytica boss Alexander Nix was apparently filmed giving examples of how his firm could discredit political rivals by arranging various smear campaigns, including setting up encounters with prostitutes and staging situations in which apparent bribery could be caught on camera.

JJ Abrams» film achieved the feat in 12 days, beating the previous record of 13 days set by Jurassic World in June.

The report concluded by saying that Damon had invited Carlsen «to visit him on the set of his next film about a shogi champion [shogi being a Japanese version of chess] who inspires a nation to put aside its differences and unite in celebration of his sport.»

The WWF said on Thursday that the money from the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, set up by the 39 - year - old star of «The Great Gatsby» and the upcoming film «The Wolf of Wall Street,» will be used for an initiative to double the number of tigers in Nepal by 2022 - the next Chinese year of the tiger.

Although computer imagery is now common in blockbuster films — it was used, for example, to create the fantasy world of Pandora that was the setting of Avatar — it is usually created by large teams using special, often bespoke equipment.

Featuring some of the top scientists, journalists and press officers who have worked with us in the last decade, the film covers how and why the SMC was set up and the methods by which the Centre works from day - to - day.

Personal or Handmade Touches - Handmade invitations (made by ourselves)- Handmade place settings (made by ourselves)- Handmade Guest Book (drop frame — guests signed a wooden heart, and dropped them into a frame)(made by ourselves)- Framed pictures for table names (made by ourselves, and named after cars from Harry's favourite film)- Personalised cake topper and cupcake decoration (cake topper from Ebay, and cake made by my Aunt)- Handmade bridesmaid's posies (made by my mum)- Personalised and hand painted wedding shoes (for Bride)(done by Beautiful Moments)- Personalised champagne glasses for Bride and Groom to use for toast (bought as a present by my sister and her family)- Ushers were bought cufflinks to wear that reflected their personal interests - Bridesmaids were given personalised flat shoes to wear in the evening (personalised by me)- Handmade bridesmaids dresses - Flowers and buttonholes, and bouquet all made unique, with my bouquet including charms with pictures of my grandfathers on them.

The film «Ryan's Daughter» was filmed here and it is frequently chosen as a setting by TV and film makers because of how breathtaking it is.

The 22 original slave cabins of the Evergreen Plantation in Wallace, Louisiana, were used in February and March by Quentin Tarantino as a set for his new film Django.

Since then, the website has continued the tradition set forth by the magazine; a lone voice shouting into the void of mainstream media, that there is more to film than summer blockbusters and celebrity gossip.

Set on the deserted arm of a peninsula «somewhere in Latin American,» the film immediately loses its political credibility by declaring itself, essentially, generic.

Set 60 years prior to the beginning of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the film follows a young Bilbo Baggins (this time played by the ever likable Martin Freeman) who lives a happy and quiet life in the Shire.

The killer has no motivations for his actions other than the cliched «He's just crazy,» and the establishment's actions, personified by the mayor and police chief's conservative dealings with the killer, wreak of a contrived set - up to make Harry appear «heroic» - what the film considers «heroic» - by contrast.

American Pie Presents The Naked Mile's latter half, as a result, moves along at a plodding pace that's compounded by an episodic structure, as the movie lurches from one ill - conceived set - piece to the next with little thought towards momentum or consistency - which inevitably does confirm the film's place as just another interminable waste of time designed to cash in on the original trilogy's success.

Perhaps in the early 1930s when the film is set, things were not so radically different for women than they were in the early, pre-suffragette 1890s when Oscar Wilde wrote his play — but, without wishing to suggest that the battle of the sexes is now definitely over, things have certainly moved on, and the film's preoccupations with womanly virtue and womanly repute is of more historical interest than contemporary relevance, leaving the distinct impression that this «updating» of Wilde has been done only by half measures.

Further to this point, these films often tend, in the process of demonstrating how this homicidal «skill» is perceived by the public with a combination of outrage and titillation, to become caught up in that same set of contradictions.

But where the first film's sex scenes, however tame in the grand scheme of things, were integral to setting the terms and tone of the relationship under scrutiny, by this point they're mostly just (very) attractive digressions, while the once - tremulously mentioned Red Room of Pain has become merely another indulgent facility at Casa Grey, not to mention a handy spare bedroom in the event of a soon - resolved marital squabble.

Also included, Anderson's American Express commercial that remains a fun homage to Truffaut, a loving speech by Oakley Friedberg, the young son of set designer Mark Frienberg, who spent time on location with his family raising funds for charity organizations, a silly trophy case application making fun of the film's lack of critical awards, deleted and alternate scenes, a stills gallery, and the theatrical trailer.

Featuring a screenplay by no less than five writers, Flushed Away has clearly been geared to appeal primarily to small children - as evidenced by the film's emphasis on action - oriented set pieces and distinctly broad bits of comedy (there's even a fart joke thrown in for good measure).

The Bottom Line: If you're a fan of Oscar Wilde's work, you might appreciate the film for his witty banter, but you're more likely to be appalled by the once - great Helen Hunt, who doesn't work in this type of role and setting, and doesn't make much of an effort to make it work.

That said, the bar was set pretty low by Simon West's horrid original film, meaning that Jan de Bant, while getting the pace a little better, finds himself slacking off in the pleasures of being Judas» son.

Fogelman is very careful to set up the continuity of the film, usually letting us know what the next scene is going to be by having someone mention an upcoming event.

As for this film: the ethical dilemmas that crop up are brushed over and done away with, and of course, all must be set right by the end, but in all The Change - Up is a fun, stupid movie - and I mean that as a compliment.

What we get is a collection of moderately violent action set - pieces untroubled by humour or broader coherence... Forster, who directed the Bond film Quantum of Solace, has done his best to piece together a story from these incompatible parts, but the final product has an elaborate uselessness about it, like a broken teapot glued back together with the missing pieces replaced by parts of a vacuum cleaner.

That sets up the second act of the film, in which Miller and his men penetrate into French terrain still actively disputed by the Germans, while harboring mutinous thoughts about the wisdom of the mission.

I think Jackson has to be commended for, quite bravely, deciding to jump in at the deep end once more by taking on yet another set of films, where the story is not so much saving the world but helping a band of warriors reclaim their home.