Sentences with phrase «spirit of the first film»

Without the familiar face of Rocky and the tone and spirit of that first film, I doubt many people would be this willing to give Adonis «Donny Creed» Johnson the benefit of the doubt as long as we do in this movie.

Producer Val Lewton's sequel to the classic «Cat People,» with the spirit of the first film's beautiful feline victim Simone Simon returning to bedazzle the child of her bereaved ex-husband (Kent Smith).

Not exact matches

Despite an impressive cast that included Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, and Vanessa Redgrave, August's next film, The House of the Spirits (1993), would prove his first true professional disappointment.

Shrek 2 built on the phenomenal success of the first film while generally retaining its spirit.

It has the feel of the first Predator, and some of the spirit of 1980s action films in general, especially in its creative use of gross - out effects and gore.

One example will have to suffice, but it captures the spirit of film and the nature of Gerwig's talent: After having sex for the first time, Lady Bird comes down the stairs in her boyfriend's house and sees the boyfriend's father, asleep in a chair.

Through the first few minutes of the film, the dog spirit, or soul, does not live very long in it's new body, but is finally placed in the body of a stubborn retriever who escapes a makeshift pound, only to be picked up by two greedy men with hopes of making a sale.

Though the directing duo behind the «Crank» films seemed like a natural fit to take on such a bizarre character, «Spirit of Vengeance» is only slightly better than the first movie.

Poltergeist II: The Other Side seeks to give more back story to the events of the first film, why the youngest child in the Freeling family had been wanted by the spirits, and the nature of the cult from which the spirits culminated, headed by Reverend Henry Kane (Beck).

First, a seven - minute piece called «The Spirit of the Ride» has the director and various other cast and crew discussing how they drew on the amusement park ride for ideas and general atmosphere for the film; the 14 - minute mini-documentary «Dead Men Tell No Tales» (also available in the DVD - ROM content in the two - disc edition) gives a history of the «Pirates of the Caribbean» ride, complete with lots of behind - the - scenes looks at the animatronic pirates and nostalgia - inducing footage from the ride itself.

Whether or not you liked the first Ghost Rider film, chances are you won't think much of Spirit of Vengeance.

Splitting the difference, the Brenners seek out Elise, first seen here as a widow who's turned her back on the spirit world after venturing there in search of her late husband and bringing back some unwanted ghostly baggage on the return (a revelation that directly ties the new film to its predecessors).

In the decades since that first film told the story of a quaint American family whose house was haunted by a group of disgruntled spirits, there have been countless horror entries offering up the same basic premise in slightly titled ways.

Following the Michael Peña Q&A, we'll segue into a film that first earned buzz at last year's Toronto International Film Festival (if you're keeping track, that's a day of films that premiered at SXSW, Sundance, Berlin, and TIFF — capturing the spirit of CCFF in the way it's designed to bring the international film festival experience to Chicago).

Picking up moments after the first film ends, Insidious: Chapter 2 brings back Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne as the parents of a family haunted by a malevolent force from the spirit world.

The first step into a trilogy of films built off the back of a swift read is daunting, but Jackson has crafted a film that's a wild and visually stunning quest through a fantasy world all done with the noble spirit of courage and goodwill.

First up is Unbroken, the Universal film that explores «the unbreakable spirit of Louis Zamperini, the former Olympic track prodigy who endured unimaginable hardship as a WWII POW at the hands of Japanese prison guards.»

The film's first hour fits Sony's description of the film as a «wicked comedy,» offering some gleefully mean - spirited laughs as Kathryn and Sebastian not only plot Annette's ruin, but that of the innocent and naive (to put it mildly) Cecile (an effectively over-the-top Selma Blair, Zoe of the sitcom Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane), whose boyfriend rejected Kathryn.

Sitting with the creative team behind new indie «The One I Love,» genial actor - producer - writer - director - cool - guy Mark Duplass says of his breakthrough film, «My first movie [«The Puffy Chair»] was shot on VHS - C with a dead pixel in the middle of it, and it looked and sounded like shit, but it went to Sundance because of the spirit.

I'm really unsure whether or not people will feel that this sequel is better or worse than the first film, but I'm scoring it less for the simple reason of tedium induced by the combined ill - spirited momentum of both films.

While celebrating the premiere of their very first feature film at the Tribeca Film Festival, Meyer and Matheny sat down to talk about the challenges of transitioning from short films, the honor and pressure of working with Sir Ben Kingsley, the infectious high spirits of their young cast, and more.

Their presumed demands, and the hovering spirit of Harry's creator, J. K. Rowling, inhibit this movie as it did the first Potter film.

Veteran screenwriter James Ivory — he's pushing 90 — did such an outstanding job of capturing the soul and spirit of the André Aciman novel that this tale of first love, notably the father - to - son speech near the film's end, should make this a lock.

The first and perhaps most logical interpretation is he meant a humorous, action heist film in the vein or spirit of Marvel's Ant - Man, though that'd be something of an esoteric reference, as despite being well - received Ant - Man doesn't enjoy a high profile imprint on Hollywood as an example of the genre, not to mention the oddity of the choice of reference considering Renner's relationship with the MCU.

It's been more than half - a-century since John Ford's last directed feature, but who would have thought that the first film to invoke his spirit of community using a western template would be a female German director?

The first third of the film moves almost too quickly, a blur of gatherings of left - wing intelligentsia and free spirits.

While the schoolyard bullying that was prevalent in the first film doesn't show up as much in this one, there are some moments of mean - spirited sibling rivalry.

In addition to featuring in Paolo Sorrentino's film Youth, debuting at Cannes, Jane Fonda was also the first honoree of the Women in Motion program and she had some rather spirited things to say about the pay divide in Hollywood among men and women:

Thoughts from editor Peter Sciretta: «Spirit of Vengeance is better than the first film, and the character design is drastically improved.

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But the spirit of the film is one that Marvel greatly needs in its universe, unseen recently since Guardians of the Galaxy and the first Avengers.

Should you give the first option a spin, you'll get the theatrical version of the film plus a making - of documentary called Spirit of Vengeance, and two commentaries (one with director / writer Mark Steven Johnson and VFX Supervisor Kevin Mack, and the other featuring producer Gary Foster).

Shailene Woodley (Fault in Our Stars, Divergent films) and Sam Claflin (Me Before You, The Hunger Games films) star in Adrift, based on the inspiring true story of two free spirits whose chance encounter leads them first to love, and then to the adventure of a lifetime.

Wechsler's other producing credits are a distinctive and award - winning mix of independent and studio films including «The Road,» a Venice Film Festival Golden Lion selection; «The Time Traveler's Wife,» «We Own the Night,» a Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or selection; «The Fountain,» a Venice Film Festival Golden Lion selection; «North Country,» for which Charlize Theron and Frances McDormand earned Oscar and Golden Globe Award nominations; «Requiem for a Dream,» which earned an Independent Spirit Award Best Picture nomination and an Oscar nomination for star Ellen Burstyn; «The Yards,» a Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or selection; «Quills» a Best Picture winner from the National Board of Review; «Eve's Bayou,» an Independent Spirit Award winner for Best First Feature; «Love Jones,» a Sundance Film Festival Audience Award winner for Best Film; «Little Odessa,» which won the Venice Film Festival Silver Lion Award; «The Player,» a Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture, Comedy; and «Drugstore Cowboy,» which took Best Film honors from the National Society of Film Critics.

Sundance is known for launching the careers of promising new talent, like first - time writer - director Ryan Coogler, who premiered the harrowing «Fruitvale Station» at last January's festival - a film that earned three Independent Spirit Award nominations, including best first feature.

This first film tells the story behind Rolls - Royce's icon, the Spirit of Ecstasy.

The Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel stays true to Seitz's previous book on Anderson's first seven feature films, The Wes Anderson Collection, with an artful design and playful illustrations that capture the spirit of Anderson's inimitable aesthetic.

This event will be followed by the opening of Mayer's solo show at Monitor on 9 February, where she will present her latest film Atom Spirit (2016), alongside a group of sculptures on view in Italy for the first time.

There's a little curtained theater within Event Horizon; it will serve as a space for the projection of films (first up, Bruce Conner's Crossroads) and, in the spirit of the Soap Factory's Common Room, as a venue for various performances and events over the course of the exhibit's three - year run.