The ad plays out like
a short romance film, but there is more than meets the eye.
Not exact matches
Comedy, sci - fi, horror,
romance, adventure, action, drama, and thriller, it covers quite a lot of territory in a
short amount of time, and does so with its own sense of style that makes it different from any other
film, even if it is an homage
film at its core.
Eric Rohmer (1920 - 2010) made 50
films over a period of 57 years, beginning with the
short Journal d'un scélérat (50) and ending with the 17th - century period piece The
Romance of Astrea and Celadon (07).
Similarly, the
film suffers from a common problem in biopics that span more than 50 years, in that the editing suddenly leaps forward to another time period, just as things are getting interesting — this is particularly frustrating in the depiction of the central
romance, but it also
short - changes the sequences set during the AIDS crisis.
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short story «Eisenheim the Illusionist»), assassination buffs, book to screen, cinema, Czech language, director, Edward Norton,
film, misdirection, narrative, Neil Burger, Paul Giamatti, practical effects, Ricky Jay,
romance, screenwriter, sleight - of - hand, stage magic
Tristan Pope's
short film, «
Romance in NYC,» stars Pope and Rachael Winegar as a couple navigating the ups and downs of their relationship against a New York City backdrop.
Where Avatar falls a little
short is in the
romance between Jake and Neytiri, which while compelling doesn't resonate as strongly as the emotional cores of many of his previous
films, whether the traditional romantic love stories of a Titanic, The Abyss, or The Terminator (or even True Lies); or his dual epic sequel tributes to maternal love, Aliens and Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
Rose McGowan's debut
short film, Dawn, is a surprisingly original and well - executed revision of a 1950's teenage
romance gone terribly awry.
As usual, however, the Blu - ray package makes a collectible of even a minor Pixar effort for enthusiasts: it's positively festooned with extras, from techie features on the production design and Randy Newman's bouncy score to, of course, the
short film The Blue Umbrella, a sleekly designed, inanimate - object
romance that you'll either find enchanting or insipid.
Part of the reason is that Paul Kaye is extremely unlikable in the lead role, looking a bit like a cross between Marilyn Manson and Gary Oldman, without much charisma or romantic appeal, which is especially critical to make the
romance, which constitutes a great deal of the
film's
short running time, fly.
The Blu - ray also includes the four - part «I Remember Crimson Peak,» which looks at four key locations with
short featurettes of about five minutes apiece, plus «A Primer on Gothic
Romance,» «Hand Tailored Gothic» (on the
film's costumes), «A Living Thing» (the longest of the featurettes, examining the creation of the mansion), and «Crimson Phantoms» (on creating the ghosts), plus bonus DVD and Ultraviolet Digital HD copies of the
film.
Spunberg examines this
film on 19th century English poet John Keats»
short and tragic
romance.
In
short, don't go to this
film expecting
romance and you might just find a very fun comedy.
Aside from a «Skins» movie, Thorne debuted a
short film, «Jonah,» at Sundance this year, and is credited on both the Nick Hornby adaptation «A Long Way Down,» and Kevin Macdonald «s end - of - the - world
romance «How I Live Now,» starring Saoirse Ronan.
Like his
films, which range from courtroom dramas to war and espionage thrillers to unconventional
romances and more, Hanks covers a wide spectrum in his debut collection of
short stories in a host of styles, situations and settings.
Like his
films, which range from courtroom dramas to war and espionage thrillers to unconventional
romances and more, Hanks covers a wide spectrum in his debut collection of
short stories in a host of... [Read more...]
Watch this
short interview
filmed in the artist's studio in La Jolla, and read on for in - depth thoughts direct from the artist on each of the three unique collections that comprise the exhibition — ALL THAT GRANDEUR, ALL THAT
ROMANCE and ALL THAT RADIANCE.