Sentences with phrase «several films this year»

There were several films this year about serial killers, yet only Kim Ji - Woon's entry in the genre possessed the kind of soul churning quality that hasn't been seen since David Fincher's Se7en.

Several films this year, and every year in the modern age of the Yelpification of film critics, will hopefully bypass the so - called critics and head straight to the people.

Of course, I knew the film would crop up somewhere prominent in the list — the mind is a filter, after all, not a magician's hat — but it was one of several films this year (and indeed, on this list) that I would call «growers.»

Not exact matches

The Wall Street Journal report said that while the agreement includes the potential for multiple Mario - themed movies, only one film is planned, and it won't debut for several years.

This year, the studios are poised to release several films that should boost sales and profits for Hasbro, Mattel (MAT), Lego, and their smaller competitors.

So, the studio's biggest question mark of the year will be November's Justice League, which will bring together several superheroes from that universe of films, including Wonder Woman as well as Batman and Superman.

The original episodes were filmed outdoors at a farm in England, but after the series wrapped production several years ago, the Teletubbies house was torn down and replaced with a pond.

For several years, the MPAA has tracked what it calls the «piracy - free window,» the time elapsed between a film's release and the first appearance of illegal copies.

For several years Ellul led public discussions of significant films in his native Bordeaux.

Helmed by Chapman Way and MacLain Way and featuring multiple appearances by their uncle and former Maverick himself Kurt Russell, the docu launched in the Documentary Premiere section of this year's Sundance Film Festival on January 20... In play right now with several buyers at Sundance, according to sources close to the film, Battered Bastards chronicles how in 1973 Bonanza actor Bing Russell formed what at the time was America's sole independent baseball team.

It took several years to locate the films, and when Spriggs did get his hands on the first few, he didn't have a scanner that could reproduce the optical density on the films.

65 year old, retired physician, iconoclast, 5» 4» balding 140 pounds, several nagging nonlife threatening medical issues, honest to a fault, non smoker, very rare drinker, former pot smoker, film freak (mostly foreign), live in boonies in Colorado mountain valley, no children, involved in...

As years passed, several films saw the light of the day, featuring popular real life dating sites as the vehicle for the main couple's blossoming romance.

The mysteries of the woods feature in several of this years MIFF films..

Danish director Thomas Vinterberg has been on a bit of a losing streak since his acclaimed 1998 film The Celebration, but The Hunt landed on several best - of - 2012 lists a year ago, and this summer's U.S. release found many critics hailing the drama as a return to form.

She then appeared in several Broadway productions and in the Ziegfield Follies before being paired with another unknown, actor James Cagney, in the stage musical Penny Arcade; a year later this became the film Sinners Holiday, propelling her to stardom.

In «Nashville» and his back - to - back triumphs «The Player» (1992) and «Short Cuts» (1993), he pointed the way for Paul Thomas Anderson's «Boogie Nights» and «Magnolia,» and in the last year I've seen several more films of interconnected characters, most recently «Wonderland» and «Five Senses.»

Richard Lester returned to his double - barreled successes of the 1970s, The Three Musketeers and The Four Musketeers, with Return of the Musketeers, a film that was inexplicably shelved for several years, making its belated premiere on cable television.

He made his first feature film, Four Day's Wonder, in 1937 for Universal, but most of his work for the next two years was for Republic Pictures, after which he moved to Columbia Pictures, where his most notable pictures were several entries in the Lone Wolf mystery series, and The Adventures of Martin Eden, based on Jack London's book.

Another float in the «People Acting Nasty Right There in Front of You» parade that's been marching through our theaters for the past couple of years, the film boasts several respectable performances.

Napoleon Bonaparte was but one of several attempts made by Abel Gance over the years to broaden the appeal of his most famous (but originally least successful) film.

Valletta's roles — given the actress» off - camera motherhood and intermittent magazine work — accumulated slowly over the next several years (in films such as the Nicolas Cage holiday vehicle The Family Man and the Danny DeVito - directed black comedy Duplex); as a result, Valletta only ascended gradually to top billing.

After taking classes for several years and evading career decisions, Ruffalo began to venture into L.A. theater and independent film.

Sheen's next major success was also a comedy, the 1991 military - film satire Hot Shots, and while box - office blockbusters tended to elude him, Sheen worked steadily over the next several years, and racked up a respectable number of box - office successes.By this time, Sheen had developed a reputation as a hard - living star who spoke his mind regardless of the consequences, but his fun - loving image began to take on a darker hue in the mid -»90s.

In this film, Dennis Hopper plays a man who has been released from prison after several years.

The following year, Schaffner directed the film he personally considered his finest: The Best Man (1964), which won several awards (but not the Oscar it deserved).

Over the next several years, Koteas would prove to be a consistent force on screen, appearing in films like Shooter, Shutter Island, and Let Me In, as well as the series Combat Hospital.

It is also one of the best sci - fi films of the last several years.

It achieved success, despite being shown in 811 theaters worldwide and having a relatively low box office gross.The film's love scenes between Colin Farrell's character and the then 14 - year - old Kilcher caused some controversy, resulting in the film studio deleting several scenes with Farrell to avoid child pornography accusations.

I find it nearly impossible to watch a movie more than once within a period of several years, but I can almost always sit down with this film and get something out of it.

The following year, she made several film appearances, including her starring role in Scary Movie.

I find it nearly impossible to watch a movie more than once within a period of several years, but I can almost always sit down with this film and

When films tend to recycle ideas under different titles, the genre as a whole suffers, and we have several films in the last few years that show the decline of great horror.

American actor Cliff DeYoung began a stop - and - start film career with Pilgrimage in 1972; most of his work for the next several years was on stage and in television.

It wasn't until several years later when I caught the film on a double - bill that I began to appreciate what Altman was trying to do.

Several hundred Los Angeles - based academy members screened submissions for the foreign language film category late last year.

Even though «Detroit» covers the five days of the riots (and flashes forward several years in the final act) the core of the film takes place at the motel that fateful night.

I really miss John Barry, after his departure from Bond we had to make do with some adequate scores over several years even from David Arnold, then along came a new Bond in the form of Mr Craig and wow DA really found the formula for Bond and composed two truly magnificent scores if only he could have done Skyfall, that said lets give Thomas Newman a chance see the film with the score then listen to the score as stand alone then we can judge, one thing, I really wish just once they could use John Barry's brilliant 007 theme in a sequence just for old times sake and as a tribute to the man that gave Bond so much.

It's one of the worst films of the last several years, a movie that fails on absolutely every level, especially when compared to the rest of the series.

Even though it tells a simple tale, has only two main characters and features several scenes that are mostly silent, it is more moving, more memorable, and just so much BETTER in every way possible than 95 % of the films I see each year.

Who knows who knew at the time, but Melinda And Melinda would be Allen's last film in New York and the US for several years.

All that said, how many times have we come here with pessimism, only to watch giant deals for films like the $ 10 million Netflix paid for Mudbound last year, or the whopping price Paramount paid for the Chris Rock - directed Top Five several Toronto fests ago?

The director: Markus Schleinzer (Austria) The talent: An actor and accomplished casting director — whose credits in the latter field include several films by his compatriots Michael Haneke and Jessica Hausner — 39 year - old Schleinzer has cast his debut feature as writer - director with several actors he previously tapped for other directors» films.

While most adults in the audience will wonder why Mia would ever seriously consider a relationship with a guy who is so self - centered to get mad at her for desiring to relocate 3,000 miles away to go to the most prestigious music school in the country, the film seems to make the false presumption that younger girls will find it more romantic for the boyfriend to be upset that they will be apart and have to Skype to keep in touch (something he seems to think is the worst possible case scenario, even though he already spends several weeks a year on the road performing gigs).

With several years having passed since the last feature film, someone has decided to dust off the cobwebs and give Paul W.S. Anderson a shot at directing the famous plot.

In the following years Matthias got cast in several short films and played a supporting role in Paul Verhouven's «Black book» (2006) and also landed his first starring role in «Dennis van Rita» (2006).

Producer Megan Ellison has used her clout to help guide several interesting projects to the screen in recent years, including The Master, Zero Dark Thirty, Her, Foxcatcher and David O. Russell's upcoming film with Jennifer Lawrence Joy.

WHY: There's been a renewed interest in the work of British spy novelist John le Carré over the last five years, with several of his books adapted into feature films («A Most Wanted Man») and TV miniseries («The Night Manager»).

In addition to the female focus on Cattrall and Gadon, this year's WFF had several initiatives in place to help further women in film.

It's a film that has been a long time in coming, with many independent drafts being written up and subsequently discarded over the years, while several big name directors (Tim Burton, Brett Ratner, McG) have come and gone.