Sentences with phrase «solid film making»

Considering the lack of space, lack of cast and lack of special effects it sure is loaded with suspense, thrills and solid film making.

With spring around the corner, there's a slew of solid films making their way to iTunes, Amazon and theaters.

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In the same way that a film studio can help a person with an incredible screenplay navigate the logistics of making a movie, a startup studio assists domain experts who might have a solid concept but aren't as strong on the coding side.

Or you can sit in the dark and talk about how consistently solid the animation has been between the three films and that there are just enough jokes aimed at adults to make this a watchable film when you take your children.

I enjoyed the energy of the film, and the cast is pretty solid throughout, but there's a big problem that is inherent to the idea that we have to make these films bigger and bigger to outdo things that have come before.

All in all, the film is plenty conventional, even in a portrayal of Ancient Rome that is about as thin as a lot of the characterization, and as contrived as the melodramatics which slow down the impact of momentum almost as much as dull and draggy spells, thus making for a script whose shortcomings are challenged well enough by a powerful score, immersively beautiful visual style, solid direction, and strong lead acting for Henry Koster's «The Robe» to stand as an adequately rewarding and very intriguing study on the impact Christ had even on those who brought about his demise.

Yeah, I enjoyed «Django Unchained» and «Skyfall» more, but as a whole, «Life of Pi» covers all the bases of what makes a real solid film.

However, the film lacks a solid and straight - to - the - point conclusion, and instead gets glued to a vague ending that would make the writers look like they ran out of good - enough ideas.

As an uberfan of the so - bad - it's - good masterpiece The Room and a solid admirer of The Disaster Artist, The Room co-star Greg Sestero's tell - all book about the making of mysterious vampiric figure Tommy Wiseau's «Tennessee Williams style melodrama as told by an alien who has apparently never seen normal human beings interact» drama - turned - dark - comedy - after - initial - audience - reactions - full - of - howling - laughter, I was a bit reserved in my excitement when I found out that James Franco was going to direct the film adaptation, as well as portraying Wiseau himself.

Technical credits all the way down the line are solid and the entire project makes one yearn to see a wrap - up film of Elizabeth's final years, with her doomed relationship with Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, et al..

Overall, this is a well - made film with a solid ending, but I just wasn't invested enough to ever feel the need to watch it again.

He's made a solid career working with ensemble casts, so it was unsurprising that the first Avengers film was so successful.

The bombastic score makes the film feel bigger than it is, whilst solid performances get us through some of the rockier dialogue.

Director Colm McCarthy's The Girl With All the Gifts is one of the best zombie films ever made, and this Blu - ray release from Lionsgate is a solid treatment for this relatively low - budget marvel.

In the wider scheme of things, «Tigerland» is not a great movie, but it is solid and unusually heartfelt for Schumacher, and what it lacks in nuance (the director has never knowingly turned in a subtle film), it makes up for in a simplistic but emotive understanding of the mechanics of masculine friendship and rivalry in the shadow of a nationally emasculating war.

However, director Craig Johnson is from the camp of TV sitcom stars making solid indie films (See also: The Duplass Brothers), and Johnson co-wrote the script with Black Swan scribe Mark Heyman.

Three solid films — each distinctly different from the next — make this a particularly good week for home video.

This movie is proof that you can make a solid horror film while still keeping it kid - appropriate.

Solid acting and adept filmmaking help make up for the fact that this film asks us to spend a couple of hours in the presence of a group of truly despicable characters.

A film about a man who is always last to the scene of the crime is a solid starting point, but no amount of flashy directing can make up for a weak story.

But stirring and solid, «12 Strong» is the kind of film that might make you think twice about January releases, and spotlights a riveting story in our recent history that many Americans might not know.

What he's likely to say is that he wanted to make a think piece, a solid science fiction film.

If you have the chance to make it to the Heartland Film Festival, this is a solid film to see.

Rating: 5/10 — a man (Lowery) drives across country after the death of his brother and gives a lift to a woman (Lane) who tricks him into being the getaway driver in a bank robbery, a situation that sees him on the run from the police but determined to prove his innocence; a gritty, hard - boiled film noir, They Made Me a Killer adds enough incident to its basic plot to keep viewers entertained from start to finish without really adding anything new or overly impressive to the mix, but it does have a brash performance from Lowery, and Thomas's direction ensures it's another solid effort from Paramount's B - movie unit, Pine - Thomas.

What makes The Funeral a better than average gangster film is solid performances from underrated actors like Chris Penn and Vincent Gallo, and strong performances from its bigger names, Christopher Walken and Benicio Del Toro.

A solid film that intertwines four compelling stories loosed based on real events about the senselessness of violence, aggression and brutality, as well as people's obsession with it - which, as the film suggests, makes us not so different from animals, only perhaps worse.

Greengrass has a solid back catalogue which includes CAPTAIN PHILLIPS as well as the BOURNE films so 1984 will no doubt be very well made.

Having a superhero that lives in the 1940's is no easy task to translate to the big screen but director Joe Johnston made it look easy with a solid first film.

Michael B. Jordan says that Creed 2 should start filming within the next few months, and that he intends to make it a «solid project».

While Hit & Run isn't going to be on any best of the year lists, it is a very good example of making a solid film in a tight time - frame (Shepard and Bell both had TV commitments they had to fit filming around), with a reasonably small budget.

This wild concept of chaos reigning in a suburban neighborhood has its edge reduced by its incomplete image of characters, an aspect that affected Get Him to the Greek in the past, and has made for slower moments in other Stoller films (on the other hand, when characters were solid like in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, they lead to a great introduction for a bare - all Jason Segel).

Concurrent with the release of its sequel (which makes Miss Congeniality look like fucking solid gold) and this single - disc reissue, the studio has decided to release yet another edition of the film on DVD: a Deluxe Gift Set that bestows upon us a copy of the soundtrack CD.

Mediocre as the film may be, the Blu - ray release for «The Last Kiss» actually delivers a solid collection of extras including two audio commentaries (one with director Tony Goldwyn and star Zach Braff, and another with Goldwyn, Braff and fellow co-stars Jacinda Barrett, Rachel Bilson, Michael Weston and Eric Christian Olsen) and a 40 - minute making - of featurette on everything from casting to the actor's favorite scenes.

The shaky camera even on land or in a solid ship on smooth seas made this terrific action film impossible for me to watch.

Yet, doing so would also require that the industry (and critics) embrace the fact that most of such films would, at least initially, be rather underwhelming if not outright bad: after all, it is only through repeatedly practicing the craft of genre filmmaking that, over time, a film industry can elevate its game and make reliably solid films in any given genre — films that can hold their own when compared to those from other nations that excel at genre filmmaking, including Hollywood (the genre filmmaking tradition par excellence), France, South Korea, or Hong Kong.

The performances are solid, and the film makes important comments about how US sporting competitions are image - driven and dilute the individuality of their participants.

Clearly something went horribly wrong as this thriller was being made, because despite a solid cast, gorgeous locations and an intriguing premise, the film is an incoherent mess.

Independently made (on a reported $ 80 million budget) by French producer Dimitri Rassam, «The Little Prince» may lack the fast pace and high - concept storytelling of today's most popular animated fare, but it should strike a solid chord with family audiences around the world (where the film has been heavily presold) and particularly in France, where Paramount opens the film July 29.

This is easily one of the darkest comedies Michael Bay has ever made, and possibly his best film yet, considering an improved focus on characters with a solid script.

One of the films that didn't blow us away at Sundance, but offered a solid film full of jokes made just for cinephiles, was In a World... The film directed by actress Lake Bell follows a young female voice coach (Bell) as she joins the all - male race to land the white - hot new trailer of a blockbuster trilogy, and with it lay claim to the legendary trailer catchphrase «In a world...» She faces stuffy, douchebag competition in Ken Marino and even her own father (Fred Melamed), a legendary voice - over artist who can't bring himself to recognize his daughter's talent.

Lionsgate's Blu - ray combo pack treats the film to a solid feature presentation plus an unusually comprehensive making - of documentary.

The pacing becomes sloppy, hyperactive even, which I at least partially blame on the need for the film to include an astoundingly pointless postscript, meant to drum up excitement (read: publicity) for The Avengers, rather than make a solid, self - contained film.

Sylvester Stallone has some solid films to his name, but the original Rocky movie is in such a different league of story - telling and film - making that it is surprising that Stallone never quite managed to achieve this same level of prowess, even with the several sequels that followed.

The film makes solid points about the feminist case against firearms, then scrutinises these a little more closely, and backs its agenda up with its roles for women — Alison Pill's opposition turncoat is another case in point.

It had an original premise; solid cast, precise cinematography, and a dark underlying story that made me feel uneasy throughout the film.

The road to getting a solid US release date for Bong Joon - Ho's Snowpiercer has been a ragged one, with the disgruntled director reportedly battling Harvey Weinstein over what he felt were unnecessary cuts made to the film.

Sinister (Solid Rock Fist Up)-- Ethan Hawke makes his horror film debut in this twisted tale about a true crime writer so desperate for another hit he moves his family into the home of a grisly murder.

Despite a slightly contrived script, solid performances make the film both haunting and thoughtful.In 1988 Wales, 11 - year - old Jamie (Fuller) loves...

With a solid cast of character actors to work with, Mamet avoids the usually stiff and static styles of films past with the energy and life needed to make this lighthearted comedy work.

The first is simply a new recording of «Son of Man» from the first film, while the two others provide strong writing and solid timing, making both numbers ascend the visuals with which they are married.