Sentences with phrase «story of the first film»

After two successful sequels (1980's The Empire Strikes Back and 1983's Return of the Jedi) that extended the story of the first film, Lucas took some time off to produce movies for others, with mixed success.

Odds are, 20th Century Fox will opt to continue the story of the first film and that means the studio will require the involvement of the lead.

The best one can say about this sequel is that it does continue the story of the first film, as well play to fans by introducing more characters found in the video games.

Not exact matches

What he means is, Pixar's ballyhooed Braintrust idea meetings boast a mixture of champion storytellers like John Lasseter, the director of the first two Toy Story films — and a whole bunch of employees unafraid to challenge him, even though he's the John Lasseter.

A fascinating new documentary film by Alex Gibney called «Zero Days» that premieres on Friday tells the story of Stuxnet, along with the frightening takeaway that, while this was the first cyber weapon, it will certainly not be the last.

Because the Church is often slow to address realities that the culture is first to voice — whether through arts, film, music and, unfortunately, through stories of pain and tragedy in the news.

As he began his film career, the director grew obsessed with telling the Noah story from that perspective — and employing the power of modern special effects to portray Earth's first apocalypse.

Most of all, the experience has been gratifying, as God has taken the story he first caused to be lived out in my experiences, and now is blessing others by its retelling in this first - class feature film.

In Tangled, the Walt Disney Company's new animated, feature - length, 3 - D adaptation of «Rapunzel,» critic Armond White finds, sadly, that the story of the girl with the very long locks not only «has been amped up from the morality tale told by the Brothers Grimm into a typically overactive Disney concoction of cute humans, comic animals, and one - dimensional villains,» but also that the film's «hyped - up story line... gives evidence that cultural standards have undergone a drastic change» in the decades since Walt Disney first set out to charm both children and adults with his animated retellings of fairy tales.

At the same time, the film harks back to Disney's first - ever fairy - tale feature, 1937's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, with its story of a princess in disguise living hidden in a forest; a villainess with access to supernatural powers; a supporting cast of lovable eccentrics; frolicking animal friends; and a handsome prince who awakens the heroine from a deathlike sleep with love's first kiss.

Produced by Fuller Theological Seminary, the film tells the story of Bono and Peterson's friendship and features a discussion about the Psalms.Bono first...

The first two chapters, documentary Beyond the Gates of Splendor and feature film End of the Spear, were effective accounts of the story, but this third film adds little to the saga.

And according to The Hollywood Reporter, he's been brewing the idea of an epic film of the story since he first broke into the movie business more than 15 year ago.

The first news story was not about film stars, but the posthumous publication of Albert Camus's novel about the French settling of Algeria, The Firstfirst news story was not about film stars, but the posthumous publication of Albert Camus's novel about the French settling of Algeria, The FirstFirst Man.

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Lee Dixon tells an eye - opening story in the film 89 about being pinned up against the wall of the dressing room by his own team - mates before his first north London derby.

His centerpiece is a narrative running from Metropolis to Dr. Strangelove, indicating that the power of film images affected first German rocketry and then, through the von Braun story, American space technology.

Mirroring Joe's story is a series of testimonial videos submitted by people who saw the first film; their personal, intimate and often funny stories show that wanting to change is often easier than actually doing so.

The 38 - year - old was first spotted sporting the heels for a viewing of the new film «Can't Stop, Won't Stop: The Bad Boy Story» with Kendall Jenner and friends on Wednesday.

The first of three well - received «omnibus» films hosted by Somerset Maugham, Quartet features four of Maugham's most celebrated stories, each introduced by the author himself.

The first two films are a tough act to follow, and here, the laughs are spread out too far, the story feels forced upon its characters, and the whole gimmick of twisting the conventions of fairy tales is starting to show a lack of new, worthwhile ideas.

The sweetness of the first stories seems now entirely gone, with this one adopting a much more serious tone, and Yates manages to condense the longest (and weakest) book into a decent film even if it feels more like a transition chapter between the fourth and sixth chapters.

Given the fact that the story of Imitation General is motivated by the «passing of a torch», it's ironic that the film's first network showing in November of 1963 was postponed by the JFK assassination.

While in Venice, Tsai hinted that Stray Dogs, the story of an impoverished family struggling to survive in Taipei, could be his final film, so it is fitting that Lee Kang - sheng, his longtime collaborator, stars in what could be Tsai's first and last film shot on digital.

There are two main stories really, one which sees Kronk back with «Yzma» again and the other revolving around his job as a camp counselor for the Junior Chipmunks, something that was touched on at the end of the first film.

Another movie that received a surprisingly welcoming reception from critics this summer was this Planet of the Apes origin story, the first film in the long - stalled franchise since Tim Burton's 2001 remake.

In fact, the first half of «Mississippi Grind» almost plays out as an unofficial remake of the 1974 film, sharing more than a few character traits and story beats in common.

The story of two astronauts (George Clooney and Sandra Bullock) struggling to return to Earth after debris cripples their space shuttle is the first film shot in 3D by Cuarón's frequent collaborator, Emmanuel Lubezki (Tree of Life).

What used to be fresh and witty in the first two films gives place to a stupid slapstick humor full of fart and poop jokes, lacking most of the cleverness of the previous stories.

Given the quality of the first two films (Before Sunrise 77, Before Sunset 90), expectations are high for this third chapter in the Jesse and Celine story, which premieres this weekend at Sundance.

It's unlikely anyone who hasn't seen Wiseau's film will feel lost as the players are all well established over the course of the movie (not to mention that intro), and the surprise of how the film's story unfolds is certainly enjoyable the first time you hear it (no matter the medium).

The second film's success was perhaps even more staggering than the first: The Godfather, Pt. 2 garnered six more Oscars, including a win for Coppola in the Best Director category; Robert DeNiro won his first Academy Award in the Best Supporting Actor field; and the movie itself became the first and only sequel ever to win Best Picture honors.Next, Coppola began adapting the Joseph Conrad novel Heart of Darkness, transferring its story to the heart of the Cambodian jungle at the height of the conflict in Vietnam.

The story of a 10th century Scottish princess named Merida (voiced by Kelly Macdonald) is the first Pixar film to have a female lead.

I'm sure the story of this film is pretty good, but I could not get through the first quarter because of the copious amount of swearing.

Sophie Gold snuffs its own light out by failing to be both a competent film and a story that has an ounce of the impact it intended to have in the first place.

While the film touches upon its various political and cultural issues (In addition to the give - and - take relationships between reporters and politicians, there's a lot about the overt and subtle sexism that Kat receives as the first and, at the time, only woman serving a newspaper publisher), the film plays mostly and best as a race - against - the - clock thriller of sorts, in which the obstacles are as imposing as the might of the U.S. government and as low - key as deadlines or being beaten to a story by a rival paper.

The back and forth makes up the bulk of True Story and, for the first hour or so, the film is riveting.

Raimi's first film since 2009's Drag Me to Hell (and first big - budget production since his Spider - Man trilogy) is a $ 200 million, visually dazzling, 3D prequel to the story told in 1939's The Wizard of Oz, chronicling the rise of said wizard from his humble beginnings as a small - time Kansas magician.

The original's commitment to tension and tone worked far better than the slackly - edited split personality of this film - a comparison almost directly invited by slavish repetition of many of the first film's story beats.

Writer / director Ira Sachs, who made his first feature film, «The Delta,» about 15 years ago (which I haven't seen), brings to life the story of two well - educated Manhattanites who have an anonymous sexual encounter that grows into a 10 - year relationship.

The story hits many of the some notes as the first film with much less success.

The latest film from director Wes Anderson — and his first live - action film since 2007's The Darjeeling Limited 67 — tells the story of young Sam and Suzy (newcomers Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward), who run away together, sending a small New England island community into a panic.

Chen Kaige's first Chinese film since the poorly received, Hollywood - produced Killing Me Softly is based on a true story of an adolescent violin prodigy coming of age in Beijing.

In 1999, Lucas returned to the Star Wars saga with a new approach — instead of picking up where Return of the Jedi left off, Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace would be the first of a trilogy of stories to trace what happened in the intergalactic saga before the first film began.

The Legend of Tarzan feels like the sequel to a much more interesting film... I wish Yates would have just focused on the elements of Tarzan's story that made it so interesting in the first place instead of foolhardily trying to modernize it.

At the center of the film, however, is a story that not only functions as true continuation of the events in the original, allowing the characters to grow and change in different ways than the first chapter, it's surprisingly emotionally engaging and resonant.

The film remains a creepy story with a lot of morbid fascination, set off by the captivating young Florencia Bado in her first screen role.

Still, this really only bothered me for the first half of the film — for two reasons: one, I realized that because the story is basically being told from the perspective of a little girl who might see the world from this simplified perspective.

Kung - fu kudos to animator Rudolphe Guenoden for the imaginative action choreography and, just for being there, to Guillermo Del Toro (director of Pan's Labyrinth and the Hellboy films), who served as «creative consultant» They surely helped make the film watchable; but the lingering impression is of a perfunctory sequel — one made not to enrich the story or characters but because the first one made a bundle.

While it may not have the emotional impact that the first film did, I really admire the fact that both films are based on the continuing true story of these people.