It's a decent, aggressive mix, in line with what you might expect from
a somewhat bigger film, rendered in lossless DTS - HD MA 5.1.
Not exact matches
Director Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station & Creed) enters «the
big leagues» with Marvel's Black Panther, a
somewhat monumental feat for the studio that has mostly featured
films that skew towards the white male demographic.
At a point in the
film, Efraim and David need help finding more firearms, and are approached by Henry Girard, a
big player in their business, who is amusingly played by Bradley Cooper in a
somewhat of an underused role.
I also loved seeing Goldie Hawn back on the
big screen, even with a
somewhat compromised performance... she took the back seat in this
film.
Fans of the original American Pie trilogy may be
somewhat pleased that Eugene Levy (For Your Consideration, Over the Hedge) takes a more substantial role here playing the same dopey character that delivered
big laughs in the first
film.
Maybe there's something in that: A
Bigger Splash was —
somewhat unexpectedly — greeted with a smattering of boos when it premiered at the Venice
film festival.
I first saw the
film during a Saturday matinee at my local library, which would show movies for kids on a (
somewhat)
big screen with a 16 mm projector back in the»70s.
This may be a
somewhat wild guess as I am not a part of this industry myself, but I'd say we have to look into systemic unwillingness of studio heads, producers and «
big shot»
film executives not giving women any opportunities to direct.
Reading into this sequel's storied production history reveals it to be
somewhat of a relief that the final product wasn't worse and that the
film's
big losses weren't even
bigger.
In fact, Deadpool 2 is so much more a complete vision of a Deadpool movie that the first
film retroactively feels
somewhat lesser in comparison, like a proof of concept experiment (with little confidence behind it) or extended test footage reel... Ultimately, it pays off with a Deadpool sequel that is
bigger and better than the first
film.
The
film is
somewhat subdued in no small part due to the fact that Rowling's take is not as
big on the grand moments of action and adventure as previous entries, as it is merely a setup for the final book in the Harry Potter series, which is being released in theaters in two parts.
It's easy to balk at Chocolate's
somewhat problematic treatment of neuro - developmental disorder as superpower, and its extreme tonal shifts from over-the-top action to tearful melodrama, but it's one of the best examples I've ever seen of an action
film structured so that each fight is
bigger and more elaborate than the last.
Somewhat reminiscent of Emmerich's
biggest hit - 1996's Independence Day - this
film stands as Emmerich's first movie without long - time partner producer Dean Devlin.
Perhaps Judas Kiss would have played for effectively on the
big screen, for what does distinguish the
film somewhat is the slick visual style of co - writer / director Sebastian Gutierrez — a virtue that is severely compromised when panned and scanned for the small screen.
Her
film work has slowed down
somewhat — she's making 2 - 3
films a year and working much more at home, so it's nice to see she's put her Pirates of the Caribbean money to good use (unlike Johnny who you think is so indie but keeps doing
big studio movie after
big studio movie).
Although they aren't lead performers, they feel so out of place that I'm afraid that they actually harm the
film somewhat, and FRIDA could have been a better
film had they cast out of truthful nature than out of need for
big - name stars.
What You Need To Know: After «The Messenger» and «Rampart,» director Oren Moverman has become a firm favorite around these parts: both
films were
somewhat under - the - radar (though «The Messenger» managed to pick up a pair of unlikely Oscar nods, which helped), were beautifully written, acted and directed, and deserved a much
bigger audience.
While Bernthal has built up a reputation through his solid work over the years, and might be
somewhat well - known due to The Punisher, he's not quite a
big name, so the
film doesn't exactly have star power.
It's been a good two decades since we saw this much Harrison Ford on the
big screen, so whatever the quality of the overall
film at hand, it is
somewhat nice to see whom many of us would cite as...