The last moments are troubled in a way otherwise alien to the movie; where a character leaving a house at
the start of the film sets the ball rolling, the same action at the end does so only for the eyes.
Not exact matches
The end
of the
film and its accompanying end - credits
set up the
start of «Infinity War» seamlessly.
After graduating from NYU's Tisch School
of Arts in 2011, O'Brien
started working in the
film industry and was «appalled» by the waste epidemic on
set.
The first half
of the
film feels strangely off — it
starts with a prologue
set in the»80s that introduces Michael Douglass as Hank Pym, a scientist with a remarkable formula for shrinking matter who decides to hide it from the government agents that want it as a weapon (there are also quite a few Easter eggs for Marvel fans in those first few minutes).
EASTWOOD: Anyway, it was an interesting time but if you paid attention and visited a lot
of sets, which I did, you
start getting interested in
film.
They met on the
set of 2002
film and
started dating.
It's not until the second half
of the
film that the action and pacing
start to gel, as Bilbo and company make their way through treacherous mountain passes populated with goblins, beasts, and the withered creature Gollum (Andy Serkis), original owner
of the magical ring that will eventually
set larger stories in motion.
Coming at the
start of Creation, the request is at once typically childish, charmingly ambitious, and broadly allusive, helpfully
setting up the
film's version
of Darwin's memories.
He buys cameras instead
of renting them, creates a
set of an alley way instead
of just shooting in an alley,
films on both 35 mm and HD at the same time, and that's before they even
start actual production.
Let me
start by saying that if you own the original laserdisc
set or the VHS tape, you're going to have to hold on to your older copies
of the
film.
As the
film's shooting schedule wears on, Fairbanks becomes romantically involved with her leading man, Jake Fields (Jeremy Sisto), but Fields and his friends on the production staff begin to question her stability when she
starts wearing her costumes at all times, living on the
sets, and tries to live as the character
of Guinness.
Spielberg
starts off the discussion with commentary about he didn't want to create just another «War Is Hell»
film, and the featurette continues with a look at the creation
of the
film, from location scouting to on -
set direction to costuming.
Daniel Craig is
set to reprise the role
of 007 when it
starts shooting at the legendary Buckinghamshire
film studios, which has a special 007 Stage.
The
film starts promisingly, opening with a foreboding shot
of a girl wandering through Griffith Park, scored with ominous guitar squalls courtesy
of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, who composed the
film's score,
setting the tone for a
film much weirder and more interesting than the one that follows.
It's not as fun as other comic book
films, but we get a better sense
of the man in front
of the cape and an actual Superman movie throwdown that
sets the stage for an exciting new chapter
of DC
films as we
start the countdown for «Batman vs. Superman.»
Del Toro's
film starts off with an origin
of sorts,
set back in the waning days
of World War II, where the Nazi army has taken to more desperate measures to keep their mission alive, which includes opening a portal to Hell to draw darker powers.
The
film starts out by examining the task
of playing Kaufman, and how Jim Carrey got so immersed in the role he «disappeared from Earth» for two years and became Andy, allowing himself to only be referred to as Andy (or Tony Clifton) on
set and nothing else.
The
film,
set in the early 1960s, tells the story
of a young woman, Sister Cathleen (Qualley), who
starts to question her Catholic faith as she trains to become a nun.
However, repetition
sets in and the escalation
of set pieces reaches some sort
of a peak here: there are good - to - great action, chase and fight scenes (Bryan Singer's X-Men
films still have an edge on depicting superpowers) but there's also a limit to the number
of times people can be kicked through walls before the scraps
start to feel samey.
Set in 1998 and derived from a news story
of that time, the
film starts out by focusing on twenty - four - year - old tomboy Ilana (a strikingly charismatic debut by Darya Zhovnar), who works in the garage
of her mechanic father.
The 30 - year - old actor is
set to helm the forthcoming
film, based on the David Barclay Moore novel
of the same name, after Endeavor Content acquired the big screen rights to the project - and he can't wait to get
started behind the camera.
It's still the only teen - themed / aimed weekly drama that has discussed sexuality from nearly every angle (as Williamson observes on one
of the DVDs, the dichotomy
of the Dawson - Joey - Pacey - Jen quartet gave them the luxury
of taking four unique stands at the
start) without becoming salacious, and I can't help but see my washed - up self in Dawson's eagerness to become a filmmaker, from Dawson's home videos in which Joey is attacked by a lagoon creature (as you may surmise from its title, the series is
set in a sun - dappled New England inlet) to his Spielberg fixation — although even as a teen, I recognized that 1941 is a better
film than Hook.
But beware, this
film starts really slowly, and in the first 15 minutes you wonder whether this was a good choice
of movie - but the scene is being
set for Wilf Ferrell's geeky / seemingly humdrum life.
Originally penned after the success
of his debut
film «Following,» Christopher Nolan's adaptation
of the Ruth Rendell novel «The Keys to the Street» is finally
set to
start shooting.
With another big
film, Rebel in the Rye (directed and written by Danny Strong and co-starring Nicholas Hoult) coming to theaters this fall, a recent wrap on The Year
of Spectacular Men (written by her sister Madelyn Deutch and directed by their mother), and production
starting on the Netflix romantic comedy
Set It Up, a work drought does not seem to be in Zoey's future.
The
film starts off gloriously enough with a brilliantly
filmed action piece
set in Mexico City's Day
of the Dead parade, but Mendes and crew soon settle into a muddled, anti-climactic mishmash
of old tropes and familiar ideas.
When we last checked in on Sony's long - gestating adaptation
of the popular video game Uncharted, they had
set a release date for June 10, 2016 with Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses) with an eye to
start filming in early 2015.
But it's still a cut above the majority
of family entertainment, and director Paul King, who got his
start helming the surreal cult comedy series The Mighty Boosh, continues to prove himself a confident and comparatively sophisticated stylist, employing cutaway
sets, Rube Goldberg slapstick, animated sequences in different styles, and loads
of visual gags to create the
film's dollhouse - storybook world; the aesthetic influence
of Wes Anderson is especially pronounced in the scenes
set at the prison, where an early mishap involving a red sock and the prison laundry dyes the convicts» uniforms a Grand Budapest Hotel shade
of lavender pink.
However, with a
film like this where even though each
of these
set pieces
start out with these songs they always expand into these elongated tap dance sequences which I'm sure are fantastic for dance
films, but something about them just feel repetitive.
Well, after
starting life in seeming «Development Hell» floating around Hollywood for years, then somehow lucking into two
of Hollywood's biggest box office names, Passengers is finally
set for release in December, and we now have a first glimpse
of the
film thanks to Entertainment Weekly.
That a tiny British
film — with no big stars, no high concept, no flashy source, a story most appreciated by thirtysomethings but featuring tweens, released in no more than 152 theaters during the
start of summer blockbuster season — didn't
set the States ablaze?
The Appendices — The Appendices Parts IX and X showcase an immersive multi-part history
of the
filming of The Hobbit: The Desolation
of Smaug, covering pre-production in the various departments
of the
film in the months leading up to the
start of principal photography, training, the work done on
set and in the world
of its digital effects.
My head
start began earlier this year, when I was invited (along with several other members
of the online press) to spend a day on the Baton Rouge
set of LaGravenese's
film.
The non-horror elements
of the
film are uneven in general: The score, so effective in the fright scenes, suddenly evokes eye rolls when things
start to get sentimental, and there's one scene
of unintentional comedy where the
film's retro»70s
setting — another element downplayed in the first
film but foregrounded here — collides with its demonic imagery in an honestly pretty silly way.
I'm
starting to notice a trend in indie horror movies today - With the shots being perfectly
set up and the very little use
of light that really adds to the atmosphere to this
film.
We went in order
of the
films (actually, I guess that's controversial in itself),
starting with Anakin Skywalker, Obi - Wan Kenobi and Ahsoka Tano in «Twilight
of the Republic», a Play
Set that takes place not only across Star Wars» first three
films, but the Clone Wars television series as well.
It's more
of a shock than the Ranger situation since Proyas had gathered his crew and
started building a cast that included Bradley Cooper (who talked to us about the
film last week), Benjamin Walker, Diego Boneta and Camilla Belle ready for a shoot
set to
start next month in Australia.
Whether this
film provides some new
start for the brothers Smith will remain to be seen, but this
film sets them free
of convention and, like its wandering hero, on a path perhaps all their own.
I'm not a fan
of reset
films in general, I don't like paying to watch a
film that should
start when it ends, nor any
film that narratively treads water to
set up a next entry.
The
film,
set at the dawn
of time, explains that the origins
of the sport came with an asteroid that hit Earth and
started getting kicked around like a ball.
Starting with a painful sequence featuring Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan, the scene
sets the tone for the rest
of the
film, showcasing one
of many jokes that continuously miss and go on for longer than they need to.
A
film that hold the audience's attention from
start to finish and will play very well on both sides
of the pond.The authenticity
of the
sets and period detail compliment the superb acting performances especially by Colin Firth.I previously thought Colin Firth lacked depth - how wrong I was!
Our
setting is a small backwater community, yet catastrophes and contretemps fairly tumble over one another within minutes
of the
film's
start: two members
of the local constabulary gone missing, the several - days - ripe corpse
of a young woman turned up at lakeside, another cop shot in the foot by a whacked - out hermit, and wait, is there yet one more dead woman to be discovered out there?
From the
start, the
film sweeps away the period choreography
of the conventional literary adaptation, sweeps it away so thoroughly that for the first few minutes I thought that this Wuthering Heights must be
set a hundred years after a nuclear strike.
The sequel to The Mortal Instruments: City
of Bones was
set to
start filming in the next few months, but now Constantin Films has put the brakes on the project.
Set just before the
start of World War II, the
film chronicles the complicated web
of conflicts and romances that emerge when a group
of upper - class acquaintances gather for a weekend at a French château.
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FILMS Adventureland (R for profanity, sexuality and drug use) Retro romantic comedy,
set in Pittsburgh in 1987, revolving around the plight
of a grad school - bound virgin (Jesse Eisenberg) forced by his family's financial woes to take a minimum - wage job at an amusement park the summer before he's supposed to
start at Columbia.
Then Twohy
starts layering in flashbacks to fill in the back - stories, up to an extended black and white sequence that sorts out the loose ends and
sets things up for the frantic, action - charged climax.The first half
of the
film builds the atmosphere perfectly, establishing the characters with economy thanks to a clever script and an especially strong cast.
The
film might be
set some years before the final, devastating burst
of an economic bubble, yet Lady Bird's family already
starts to feel the consequences
of a world collapsing into disarray, hopelessness and depression.
When Ben Affleck came on the
film as the director, he suggested that if they
start with the Iranian Revolution, it would
set a serious tone which would provide a little more heft to the
film and which the comedy could play off
of.