Sentences with phrase «strong little drama»

Not exact matches

Little did I know this baby name drama was my first taste of family members offering their sometimes very strong opinions about parenting.

It has very little comedy and lots of drama, which is not particularly strong in his films.

Bottom line, there's something a little minimalist about this dramatically promising story, and it grows harder to deny that the more sentimentality, dry spells and excessive dragging slow momentum, to the point of holding the final product shy of a rewarding state, flirted with enough by lovely scoring and visual style, some worthy story elements, strong performances - particularly that of Gene Hackman - and inspired direction to make «Bite the Bullet» a decent and sometimes gripping western drama, despite lost potential.

An absorbing little drama full of unexpected revelations, keen insights into the Anglo and Hispanic cultures of L.A., and strong supporting performances.

With a strong Guy Pearce performance, and supporting characters that are surprisingly rounded given what little screen time they have, it's a good drama that hits upon themes of accepting one's mortality, living without fear of the inevitable, and treating those around you as if your existence on this plane were about to expire at any time.

Fans of the Oscar - winning 2006 Irish film Once (and its more recent stage - musical adaptation) may find this American drama a little derivative, but it's a strong story in its own right.

This is Fleischer's first film for Fox and he meets the house CinemaScope style — handsome, roomy sets, strong color, open spaces and long, fluid takes (the better to drink in the widescreen images)-- with careful staging and frames filled with little dramas, but he also puts an edge to the stories that play out in the glossy spaces.

Measured, assured and featuring across - the - board strong performances, «Glass Chin» in many ways is a tiny little drama about the virtues of character.

With a little over five weeks to go until its season premiere, a new trailer has arrived online for HBO's upcoming drama series Succession which stars Brian Cox, Hiam Abbass, Jeremy Strong, Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook, Alan Ruck, Nicholas Braun, and Matthew Macfayden; watch it here... Set in New York, Succession explores themes of power, politics, money, and -LSB-...]

Zero Dark Thirty 2012, 157 minutes, R / Director: Kathryn Bigelow / Writer: Mark Boal / Stars: Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Ehle, Mark Strong, Kyle Chandler, Edgar Ramirez, James Gandolfini, Chris Pratt Buy It: Blu - ray Combo • DVD • Instant Video The search for Osama bin Laden seemed as appropriate as any story for director Kathryn Bigelow and producer - screenwriter Mark Boal to tackle after their little Iraq War drama The Hurt Locker held on to win the Best Picture Oscar, defeating among other movies the behemothic blockbuster directed by Bigelow's ex-husband James Cameron.

«The Mother» is a nicely shot drama with a strong central performance, but despite its attempts to shock with some frank sexual scenes, there is something a little banal about the whole exercise.

It began a little more than a year ago, when I'll See You in My Dreams, a tiny independent drama from a fledgling company starring the then -72-year-old Blythe Danner, a well - liked actress with no box - office track record whatsoever, grossed an unexpectedly strong $ 7.4 million in theaters.

«I was looking for a director who had a strong visual sense, who understood the parameters not simply of feature films, but of hour drama — and Paul has done both — and who had a political temperament that could believe in a story that had very little sex, or gunplay, or broad humor.»

Although there's no getting around its length and heft (5,644 pounds), the Dawn acquitted itself surprisingly well out in the canyons, with strong, progressive brakes that hustled it down with little drama when we came hot into a corner.

The brakes are a strong point, however, with massive six - piston, black - painted brake calipers that provide excellent feel and bring the big LS to a stop with little drama and a lot of confidence.

The brakes are M strong to scrub off speeds quickly with little drama and a firm pedal.