Sentences with phrase «story than director»

Who better to tell Wiseau's story than director / writer / producer / artist / Columbia professor / actor James Franco?

Not exact matches

The actress was vocal about her treatment in the 2005 blockbuster and its sequel, saying director Tim Story more or less restrained her to nothing more than the dimwitted girlfriend to Reed Richards» Mr. Fantastic.

They did, however, import one key Pixar attribute: They put the director, rather than the studio chief or the animation head, in charge of the story.

Now the 89 - year - old, the Academy's second oldest nominee (eight days younger than Faces Places director Agnès Varda), seems to have a clear shot at his first win for his gentle and poignant treatment of André Aciman's love story Call Me by Your Name.

Less than two months after The Wall Street Journal broke the story of alleged sexual misconduct against Steve Wynn, he's quit his jobs as CEO and chairman of the board of directors and sold all 12.1 million shares he held in the company he founded.

«The market is holding up a little better than some of the scare stories that were out in the early part of the year [predicted],» said Peter Kozel, executive managing director and chief economist for the New York office of Colliers.

The second floor of a two - story building with a failed cooling system would almost always be hotter than the lower floor, especially in Florida, said Todd Washam, director of industry and external relations at the Air Conditioning Contractors of America, a group based in Arlington, Va., that represents 4,000 companies nationwide.

As a result, the story that they are teaching ¯ a story where Jesus is the protagonist, God is little more than one of Shakespeare's fools, and culture is the director ¯ is superficially pleasing but deeply disappointing.

After all, he's a man who has published more than 50 novels including that evergreen high - school requirement Fahrenheit 451, and written hundreds of short stories and a host of screenplays, including the adaptation of Moby Dick for legendary director John Huston.

Drinking Stories Podcast: Everything You Wanted to Know About Pinot Noir Alison Crowe, director of winemaking at Plata Wine Partners discusses pinot noir, that ornery grape that was thrust into the spotlight more than a decade ago with the movie Sideways.

«It's a universal story, quite frankly, in alcohol, which is we're simply buying less alcohol than we used to but we're buying better,» said Nielsen executive director Michael Walton.

They recognize what's happening isn't so different than their own story a few generations ago,» said Shelly Callahan, executive director of Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees.

«Every day seems to bring a new horror story from the subways and, so far at least, New Yorkers pin the blame more on Gov. Andrew Cuomo than Mayor Bill de Blasio,» said Maurice Carroll, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, which released the new study Thursday.

Pediatric allergist John Lee, director of the Food Allergy Program at Boston Children's Hospital, has heard more than his share of horror stories.

The director who is known for his earlier works like The Sixth Sense, Signs, and more recently, The Visit, is accustomed to bringing very odd and open ended stories that largely deal with bigger forces than we can control.

Freeman (director Jackson's first choice for the title role) is inspired casting as Bilbo Baggins, and makes for a more likeable protagonist than Wood's rather other - worldly Frodo (who, along with Holm as the older Bilbo, makes an appearance in the film's opening framing story).

First - time writer - director Aimee Lagos» time - skipping thriller ultimately adds up to less than the sum of its parts, but good performances by the youthful cast help compensate for the overly familiar story.

What [director Andrew Adamson] hasn't been able to do is pull off the story's central narrative shock in a way that preserves its unity rather than splitting it right down the middle.

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.

Although in many respects a more stylish, authentic, tougher - minded film than «Hotel Rwanda,» director Michael Caton - Jones» respectable and well - intentioned Beyond the Gates (aka Shooting Dogs) still falls into the trap of filtering an inherently African story through the eyes of a noble white protagonist — in this case, two of them.

It has been almost six years since My Blueberry Nights, and the story of legendary martial arts master Ip Man has been on the director's mind for more than a decade, so it's no surprise that the original cut was four hours long.

Director Simon Kinberg tells fans that his version of the iconic story in X-Men: Dark Phoenix will be much more faithful to the comics than 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand.

The low - budget flick made big money, but somehow — in what's surely a behind - the - scenes Hollywood story crueler than anything Strangers writer - director Bryan Bertino could get onscreen — it's taken ten years for a sequel to make it to theaters.

Director Neil Burger manages to make his technical deficiencies and clumsy interviews work for the credibility of his story rather than against it, and he builds an eerie, naturalistic suspense that's believable enough to raise an authentic goose bump or two.

Writer - director Joshua Marston gives Shannon a chance to shine as a character more pedestrian than the ones he usually plays, though the story is a little too thesis driven to build any dramatic momentum.

More talk than action, the film from director Craig Zobel (Compliance) mostly dispenses with the visual effects and futuristic gadgets you might expect in such a story.

As in Lord and Miller's two previous pics, the directors allow things to swell bigger than the assignment requires, and the story gets away from them a bit in its final third.

And certainly, as far as stories about a dystopian future go, it can't get much bleaker than director Ridley Scott's imagining of Los Angeles in the (then) far future of 2019.

Also screened: Sadako Vs. Kayako (Grade: B --RRB-, an entertaining, teen - friendly marriage of the The Ring and The Grudge mythologies that (thank God) has a sense of humor about itself, even though its final confrontation is less than satisfying; Dearest Sister (Grade: C +), a poetic (and rather slow) meditation on class conflict couched in a ghost story from Laotian director Mattie Do; and Down Under (Grade: B --RRB-, a Superbad - style profane coming - of - age comedy set against the backdrop of the Cronulla race riots that took place in Sydney, Australia in Christmas 2005.

Who would have guessed that the director of «Tron: Legacy» could do an emotional hero story better than Peter Berg?

Let's hope that director Tom Hooper is able to tell this important trans story with more sensitivity than he brought to Les Miserables.

Language: English Genre: Drama / Biography MPAA rating: PG Director: Gabriele Muccino Actors: Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Thandie Newton Plot: Based on a true story, in 1981 struggling salesman Chris Gardner wants nothing more than the best for his family, especially his son.

Director Michael Winterbottom crafts a story that is more than a grieving wife story, it's a well - crafted mystery.

While attacking his story's themes a bit more realistically than most such films, writer - director Michael Rymer nonetheless overplays his hand.

Director Leon Ichaso («Pinero,» «Crossover Dreams») knows this turf better than perhaps any filmmaker out there, but even he can't do much with the story of Hector Lavoe (1946 - 1993), one of the key singing voices of early salsa and, in this account, a self - absorbed, drug - addicted heel.

To be fair, director Kate Barker - Froyland has more than romance on her mind, and she crafts a nuanced ending to the story that feels right.

The story of India's independence deserves a deeper and more complex treatment than this shallow period drama from director Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham), which oversimplifies and embellishes some historical details about the Partition of India.

Veteran TV director Jerry Jameson fails to think bigger than the small screen with this flat, preachy true story drama about a killer on the run (David Oyelowo) connecting with the recovering drug addict he takes hostage (Kate Mara).

Screenwriter Josh Klausner, working from an idea hatched by producer - director Shawn Levy, creates a story far more complicated than necessary.

The story could have been a recipe for cheeseball schmaltz, but with a script from Diablo Cody (Juno) and direction from Young Adult director Jason Reitman, Tully is a much darker and incisive story than I anticipated.

Rather than telling a heavily plotted story, director and co-writer Sean Baker provides a compelling slice of life in the world of the have - nots.

These are the things that should have easily been figured out at the script stage before the film was handed over to a weaker director like Chadwick, who basically conveys the story as given to him and doesn't offer much more than that.

Set deep in the Mississippi Delta, it's the epic story of two families, one white, the other black, who've each sown hope among fields too sodden to be much use — and though the sheer scope of the material overwhelms «Pariah» director Dee Rees at times, she finds shoots of optimism among the mire that couldn't be more welcome at a moment when the country seems more divided than ever.

These are pieces that might fit together in a smarter, stronger movie, but director Ken Scott (reteaming with Vaughn after the dreary «Delivery Man») seems to mold the characters scene by scene rather than making them believable and consistent over the course of the story.

Director Jason Reitman, usually more present in his stories, lets the script speak for itself, treating it more like his recent popular L.A open table script readings than a direct - message movie like Up in the Air.

The «District 9» director explains how he got caught up more on concepts than story when it came to his 2013 sci - fi film.

Still, by using beautiful cinematography, the director succeeds at masterfully letting the young cubs tell their story through actions rather than imposed voiceovers.

The acclaimed Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Amores Perros, 21 Grams, Babel) often outlines complex, multi-character stories with a heavy hand, and it could be argued that his serious, socially - aware tales are designed more for awards and accolades than they are for personal or artistic reasons.

The producers of this film must have thought that a quick change in scenery and a new face would help enliven the tale, but in the end, director Ridley Scott is left with little more than a story that feels remarkably like «Under the Tuscan Sun;» with Russell Crowe, of course, replacing Diane Lane in the lead role.

Though it isn't the first time that the recession has been used as the backdrop of a movie, director J.C. Chandor at least makes his story unique by focusing on the cause of the crash rather than the aftereffects.