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DVD Review: As Pixar sets go, this is pretty bare - bones, a single - disc set with the obligatory short film opening act («One Man Band»), an unfunny longer film starring tow truck Mater («Mater and the Ghostlight»), and a smattering of «deleted scenes,» which are in fact a series of rough sketches that actually take the plot in completely different directions.

The Civic Heart is a powerful, short film opening with video of a diverse group of citizens.

Not exact matches

Cast Martin Short as the Canadian ambassador, Molly Parker as his tart - tongued aide and Christopher Plummer as the entire nation of Iceland — you've got the opening - night film for next year's Toronto International Film Festival.

That puts the Sony Pictures film on pace to swing to a $ 120 million opening, short of the record - breaking $ 151 million debut of 2007's Spider - Man 3 but according to Variety topping even the sunniest expectations for the film, which stars 21 - year - old actor Tom Holland in the title role.

The opening of «The Last Crusade,» which portrays a young Indiana Jones (played by the late River Phoenix), plays like a standalone short film.

The Big Short, the film adaptation of Michael Lewis» book of the same name about the causes of the financial crisis, opens in UK cinemas this weekend.

The Big Short, the film adaptation of Michael Lewis» book of the same name about the causes of the financial crisis, opens in UK cinemas this weekend.

It's teamed up with photographers (Ellen von Unwerth, David LaChapelle), designers (Karen Walker, Giles Deacon), DJs (Miike Snow, Steve Aoki), retailers (Opening Ceremony, Barneys New York) and dozens of others — some on product alone and others on mixed - media projects, such as the short film «Sin City»'s Robert Rodriguez produced to accompany his collaboration.

And you don't have to be a writer — I'm open to other media being included on the blog, and we now have a YouTube channel if you're interested in producing short videos about dating, or filming video blog entries.

The film opens with a stunning, high - angle shot of an amateur football match that, had it been screened as a stand - alone short film, would have been a highlight of the fest.

With a little over three weeks to go until Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk arrives in cinemas, a new poster has arrived online for the hotly - anticipated World War II epic featuring Fionn Whitehead; take a look below... SEE ALSO: Dunkirk will be Christopher Nolan's shortest film since Following «Dunkirk opens as hundreds of thousands of British and -LSB-...]

«Paris Je T'aime» (opening date to be announced): Twenty - one directors are credited for this omnibus of short films that purport to show Paris off the tourist beaten track.

The film, featuring actress Brie Larson (Short Term 12, The Spectacular Now) and child - star Jacob Tremblay (The Smurfs 2, Somnia), will open in the United States in October.

As for «Short Circuit, «the film quickly disappoints after a cute opening sequence in which we see the army present a new breed of mechanical soldier able to dish out laser shots and withstand any firepower.

The most epic sequence is the opening baby delivery, which feels no bigger than a short film.

Informative and thorough, the piece opens with background on creators Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar, with excerpts of their student short films and the «A Town Called Panic» TV show

Now opening theatrically in a new cut that runs a leisurely 151 minutes (four minutes shorter than the version that played at Cannes), «The Square,» which will represent Sweden in the upcoming Oscar race for best foreign - language film, may be addressing a broader, less industry - entangled crowd.

The Blu - ray opens with the Ice Age short film Scrat's Continental Crack - Up Part 2, a promo for digital copies, and a We Bought a Zoo trailer.

The film opened with midnight showings on June 30th and earned a record breaking $ 30 million but fell short of The Twilight Saga: New Moon's $ 72.7 million opening day record with only $ 68.5 million.

The film opened with midnight showings on June 30th and earned a record breaking $ 30 million, but eventually fell short of The Twilight Saga: New Moon's $ 72.7 million opening day record with only $ 68.5 million.

The film finally opens in Philadelphia on Friday, July 24 at the Ritz at the Bourse for a short week.

HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS Roadside Attractions Reviewed by: Harvey Karten for Shockya, d - based on Rotten Tomatoes Grade: B Director: Michael Showalter Written by: Michael Showalter, Laura Terruso, based on a short film by Laura Terruso Cast: Sally Field, Max Greenfield, Beth Behrs, Wendi McLendon - Covey, Stephen Root Screened at: Review 2, NYC, 2/25/16 Opens: March 11, 2016

Filmmakers whose short films charm us to a degree of wanting to promote them stay with C&B forever — we'd like to support them, follow their work, the idea is that our doors are always open to them.

It's hardly surprising that a blind eye is turned, in general, to the gay subtext that is so clearly filling Train's gas tank, though a short appreciation of the film from M. Night Shyamalan (in his open - collared raspberry shirt and his emo half - mohawk) comes frustratingly close (filing all of Bruno's eccentricities under the umbrella heading of «insane» in a way that Hitchcock never succumbs to).

We're very excited to announce that, starting from the beginning of June, we're reopening the Short Films Showcase section of our website to open our doors for aspiring filmmakers to submit their short films for review and analShort Films Showcase section of our website to open our doors for aspiring filmmakers to submit their short films for review and analshort films for review and analysis.

The film is directed by William Brent Bell, who previously experienced January horror success on 2012's big - opening, short - legged The Devil Inside.

His short film Through an Open Window screened at the 1992 Sundance Film Festival, his debut feature Judy Berlin premiered at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, and he is an alumnus of the Feature Film Program's Screenwriters and Directors Labs.

It was a moment to bring a grin to the face of even the most red - blooded republican, a brilliant instance of classic British humour that created a ripple of laughter around the entirety of the globe, when Queen Elizabeth II appeared in a short film clip as part of the 2012 London Olympic Games opening ceremony.

Extras: New audio commentary featuring jazz and film critic Gary Giddins, music and cultural critic Gene Seymour, and musician and bandleader Vince Giordano; new introduction by Giddins; new interview with musician and pianist Michael Feinstein; four new video essays by authors and archivists James Layton and David Pierce on the development and making of «King of Jazz»; deleted scenes and alternate opening - title sequence; «All Americans,» a 1929 short film featuring a version of the «Melting Pot» number that was restaged for the finale of «King of Jazz»; «I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket,» a 1933 short film featuring Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra; two Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons from 1930, featuring music and animation from «King of Jazz.»

The award is open to any film that screened at the festival, apart from shorts and entries in the TIFF Cinematheque section.

Either a short theatrical trailer or a long TV spot, this look at the film opens with Brown (Chadwick Boseman, 42) talking about his parents, and we flash through some moments of success before coming back around to a heated conversation between mama and her son.

There's also an alternate opening scene, a costume - test montage, and one very short special feature on the use of animals in the film that's only notable for Kenneth Branagh's apparent diplomacy regarding furry creatures.

Truth be told, there are no major revelations, anyway, although there may have been before Criterion or Buena Vista decided to bleep the title of the film Anderson credits as the inspiration for the Zissou short that opens The Life Aquatic.

Japanese director Naomi Kawase, whose film Sweet Bean opened Un Certain Regard last year, will preside over the Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury.

Instead of actually fulfilling the oh - my - God - this - is - awesome momentum set up right from the opening sequence (a delightful 5 minute short film in its own right) by hunkering down and making the story, ultimately, work, he relies almost entirely on smoke and mirrors: throwing whiz - bang - eveything - but - the - kitchen - sink - razzle - dazzle to keep us distracted.

«Creating Movie Magic» (4:02) offers a short but semi-technical look at the film's liberally - employed visual effects, with special attention given to the Hall of Snow Globes and Santa's open mouth fireplace.

Though American moviegoers didn't take to this film and many might find it falls short of complete satisfaction, there is no doubt plenty about Howl's worth admiring, whether you are well - versed in Miyazaki or simply open to something unusual as far as modern conceptions of animation go.

Polley was in Chicago with her film as the opening night selection for the first ever Chicago Critics Film Festival, which also played Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden's «Feral» which was nominated for Best Animated Short Film.

«Cinderella Alternate Opening Sequence» is a short but still worthwhile extra, which is showcased in the film's original storyboards.

«Reel Chicago» will include Raul Zaritsky and Linda Williams's Maxwell Street Blues (1981), about the musicians who shaped the city's electric - blues sound as they performed in the legendary open - air market; Tom Palazzolo's Chicago, which collects key short works by the veteran city chronicler; The Films of Gordon Weisenborn, a quartet of half - hour educational films by the little - known director; and The People vs. Paul Crump (1965), a profile of the death - row inmate turned novelist that was one of the first films by director William Friedkin (The Exorcist, The French Connection).

Release Date: Since her excellent 2010 debut I Will Follow, DuVernay has become an impressive force to be reckoned with, challenging herself across a dizzying number of projects and platforms (including the short film The Door, which went to Venice 2013, television projects such as a compelling portrait of Venus Williams with Venus Vs. for ESPN's «Nine for IX» series, and «Scandal,» plus she unveiled a surprise documentary project this year with The 13th, an excellent portrait of the troubling history of racial injustice within the criminal justice system — and also the first documentary to open the New York Film Festival).

«The Big Short» will now open against films like «Star Wars: The Force Awakens» (Dec. 17), the latest David O. Russell and Jennifer Lawrence collaboration «Joy» (Dec. 25), and the Will Smith drama «Concussion» (Dec. 25).

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As the film opens, it's 1952 and Eilis Lacey (Ronan) is having America delivered to her on a plate: the local priest in her County Wexford home town sponsors her passage to New York where, under the eye of another man of the cloth (Broadbent), she is given in short order a home, a job and a night school class.

In short, the movie starts with Thor chained up in the lair of a fire demon named Surtur and ends on Asgard with Thor, his adoptive brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston), who is more often his enemy than his friend, an Asgardian warrior known as a Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), and the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) battling Thor and Loki's recently freed sister Hela (Cate Blanchett, camping it up deliciously), the Goddess of Death, whose role in Asgard's conquering of the nine other realms has been largely obliterated from the official history (this is the film's one major socio - cultural theme, and it gets a beautifully realized visualization when Hela causes a seemingly innocuous painted dome to crack open, revealing a portrait of a much darker and more violent history underneath).

Most movies from the big U.S. studios would doubtlessly provide responses in short order, but «The American» is content to leave many things — including a clearer explanation of what unfolds in the film's opening frames — left unsaid and unanswered.

Now comes word, from the organizers of HollyShorts, that his short film X will have its Hollywood premiere as the official opening film at the fourth annual festival.

Short of cutting herself open on camera, it's hard to think a leading lady could give any more of herself than the level of psychological torture Lawrence endured for this film.

The show made several overt, clear - cut homages to this pivotal moment, from Jimmy Kimmel's opening monologue to the striking tableau of Harvey Weinstein accusers Salma Hayek, Ashley Judd, and Annabella Sciorra presenting a powerful Time's Up short film together — all carefully planned in order to strike the perfect balance between an industry's clear - eyed reckoning and its fondness for self - celebration.

Director Spike Jonze was a guest on last night's Late Show, so he teamed up with Stephen Colbert to direct a short film to run instead of the usual opening credits that shows a much sadder, more serious side to the late night host.