Sentences with phrase «such big films»

But there are others who know that such big films can also have substance; that either overtly or covertly, then can be a reflection of the times we live in, present critiques of prevailing ideologies and attitudes both thematically and in their presentation.

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Fortune broke down some of the highlights of this year's festival, including a variety of virtual reality - focused panels and the premiere screening of Netflix's (NFLX) Pee - Wee Herman film reboot, while corporate sponsors such as McDonald's (MCD) and Samsung will also be on hand with big events.

Kodak is framing the announcement as a «Super 8 Filmmaking Revival Initiative,» which it intends to leverage the previously mentioned roadmap and support from Hollywood's biggest directors such as J.J. Abrams, Steven Spielberg, and Quentin Tarantino to make film a mainstream item once again.

While Black Panther rode a huge wave of critical acclaim and fan excitement to the biggest opening weekend ever for the month of February (and the fifth - largest of all - time), raking in more than $ 426 million worldwide, a small number of Internet trolls still did what they could to dampen the good vibes surrounding the trailblazing film, which features Marvel's first African - American director (Ryan Coogler) and a cast led by black actors such as Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong» o. Starting last week, in the first few days of Black Panther «s highly - anticipated theatrical release, some Twitter accounts started trying to spread false accounts of attacks at screenings of the movie.

The «Batman» television show (1966 - 1968) cast a long, pop art - infused, camp shadow over the property and, after the big budget failures of a series of superhero films in the 1980s (some more campy than others) such as Howard the Duck (1986), WB apparently had cold feet.

After an apprenticeship with the Republic western and serial units, Webb moved into the big leagues at Warner Bros., where he scripted such adventure films as South of St. Louis (1949), The Big Trees (1952) and The Iron Mistress (195big leagues at Warner Bros., where he scripted such adventure films as South of St. Louis (1949), The Big Trees (1952) and The Iron Mistress (195Big Trees (1952) and The Iron Mistress (1953).

-- and big - picture tone - deafness, such as the film's overall smug «meta» attitude.

The film follows the usual trajectory of such a familiar tale, but its focus is on the beats in between such a story's big moments.

From pre-production to final cut, Jarecki follows the existential - minded director through the entire process of making a movie as Toback opens up to the camera to discuss a variety of deeply personal matters and explore just how they have manifested themselves in such films as Love and Money, The Big Bang, and Black and White.

Outside of major roles in early sound efforts like The Big Trail and Tom Sawyer (both 1930), he could be found playing menacing tribal chiefs and bandits in serials and B - pictures, and seedy, drunken «redskin» stereotypes (invariably named Injun Joe or Injun Charlie or some such) in big - budget films like John Ford's My Darling Clementine (194Big Trail and Tom Sawyer (both 1930), he could be found playing menacing tribal chiefs and bandits in serials and B - pictures, and seedy, drunken «redskin» stereotypes (invariably named Injun Joe or Injun Charlie or some such) in big - budget films like John Ford's My Darling Clementine (194big - budget films like John Ford's My Darling Clementine (1946).

Other big names in film, such as Ellen Burstyn, Sam Elliot, Dennis Leary, and even Jennifer Garner all gave great performances.

Just on a technical level, the film represents such a big jump forward for Saulnier that you should expect the studios to immediately start arguing over which giant soulless franchise should occupy his time in the near - future.

Full Moon in Blue Water is such a likable film in so many little ways that you want to forgive it for being so bad in so many big ones.

Her luck began to change for the better in the late 1990s, when she started garnering luminous reviews for her work both on Broadway — where she earned a Tony nomination for her role in 1998's A View from the Bridge — and onscreen in such films as Big Night (1996) and Mike Nichols» Primary Colors (1998).

Kelly has also made numerous films for television and the big screen such as Top Gun with Tom Cruise.

Other big names in film, such as Ellen Burstyn,

Black Panther, the first big studio film from Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station, Creed) is just such a film.

By the late»60s he graduated to directing for the big screen, and became quite successful in the late»70s and»80s for films such as «The Jerk.»

But this movie also like Ghiblis other movies get moderately big actors or much older actors, such as in this film they got Carol Burnett, and Amy Poelher and Will Arnett.

Once the covetous pair realize the true explanation, they turn on Mary and insist that she reveal where she found the Witch's Flower, sparking a big finale in which they kidnap Peter and attempt to transform him into the kind of malevolent shape - shifter so often encountered in the third act of anime films (such as «Akira's» all - consuming atomic mass).

He followed it up by headlining comedy concert films such as the 2006 Finesse Mitchell: Snap Famous — Live and snagged roles in films such as the 2007 Big Boi - starrer Who's Your Caddy?

One of the most talented — and often underappreciated — character actresses of the late 1990s, Allison Janney first began courting critical attention with roles in such acclaimed films as Big Night (1996) and American Beauty (1998).

The big lebowski is one of the best films of all time the characters have a likability that most films cant capture, the dialogue is one of the funniest and most natural I have ever seen and the film has a lot of things to uncover such as

Presumably inspired by massive profits made by films such as the «Harry Potter» series, the written word continues to find it's way onto the big screen, regardless of how cleanly it will translate.

I find it astonishing that this film, Tim Burton's directorial debut Pee - wee's Big Adventure, has such a low score here at Metacritic.

The big lebowski is one of the best films of all time the characters have a likability that most films cant capture, the dialogue is one of the funniest and most natural I have ever seen and the film has a lot of things to uncover such as theories that are not directly told but in a subtle way so multiple viewings is beneficial and a lot of fun.

The big lebowski is one of the best films of all time the characters have a likability that most films cant capture, the dialogue is one of the funniest and most natural I have ever seen and the film has a lot of things to uncover such as theories that are not directly told but in a subtle

So when a film like The Witch comes along — a story with such palpable horror and brutality — it's a big deal.

If his film - directing output now seems the opposite of prolific, consider the rest of his résumé: Since 1969, he has written and / or produced such television classics as Room 222, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, and The Simpsons, and produced Penny Marshall's Big, Cameron Crowe's Jerry Maguire, and Wes Anderson's Bottle Rocket.

But Beasts of the Southern Wild is such a startling achievement, and the now nine - year - old Quvenzhané Wallis so compelling and defining a presence in the film's principal role, that the pre-teen talent may find herself up against the big girls come Oscar night in February - and rightly so.

Before «Once» was such a big deal and became an Academy Award winning film (for Best Song «Falling Slowly» in 2007), I was already a huge fan of the film and its music.

And it's typical of the sort of early deal - making (and passing) that happens when a big film such as this is being put together.

Commentary with Fede Alvarez, Rodo Sayagues, and Stephen Lang — All three bring something interesting to the commentary, especially Lang who's such a big presence in the film that it was great to hear his take on the film.

Glenn Ford — star of such now - classic films as «Gilda,» «Blackboard Jungle,» «The Big Heat,» «3:10 to Yuma,» and «The Rounders» — had rugged good looks, a long and successful career, and a glamorous Hollywood life.

He's done everything from Birdman to the Pirates of the Caribbean films, he is such a big part of how I got to realize the film that we made.

For a film with such a great soundtrack and such epic battle scenes, the DTS really makes a big difference in the overall experience.

He established himself as a Hollywood leading man, having starred in several big budget films, such as Armageddon (1998), Pearl Harbor (2001), Changing Lanes (2002), The Sum of All Fears (2002), and Daredevil (2003).

Along with the to be expected there are some truly funny and standout scenes in play in Deadpool 2, such as an imaginative sequence demonstrating new mutant Domino's luck (played fantastically by newcomer to the series Zazie Beetz) and the first mission for Wilson and his new X-Force squad that includes standouts Peter and Vanisher, while the introduction of Josh Brolin as Cable is the films biggest win, with Brolin rolling on with that good Thanos form.

The cast are quite funny in their roles, and this was one of the few films where Adam Sandler was enjoyable and fun to watch along with others such as Happy Gilmore and Big Daddy.

Art house riches abounded; films such as «The Artist and the Model,» «Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me,» and «Frances Ha» stole the hearts of audiences willing to look beyond the multiplex.

One thing you should know about the Reader's year - end film rankings is that, from time immemorial, we've limited the candidates to movies that premiered locally between January 1 and December 31 — that's why Toni Erdmann, a big awards favorite in 2016, wasn't eligible until this year, and a handful of highly touted films premiering on the coasts now to qualify for the Oscars (such as Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread and Michael Haneke's Happy End) won't be considered until 2018.

Although the chance to work with such a fun group of actors — and if «Keeping Up with the Joneses» has one thing going for it, it's that the film is really well cast — was no doubt a big attraction for Mottola despite the script's many shortcomings, that enthusiasm doesn't quite translate to the final product.

«The Big Short» plays spoiler Another reason films such as «Carol» and «Straight Outta» likely couldn't garner enough first place votes is because of the unexpected last minute release of Adam McKay's 2008 economic collapse drama.

This year's SXSW film line - up features a lot of big studio films such as Paramount's A Quiet Place, Universal's Blockers, and Fox Searchlight's Isle of Dogs but there are as always a lot of smaller films that are worthy of your attention too.

She continued to co-star with Bogart in such classic films as «The Big Sleep,» «Dark Passage» and «Key Largo.»

And while the film throws some shadows reminiscent of recent Greek «Weird Wave» cinema (Papoulia also starred in Yorgos Lanthimos's Dogtooth and Alps), such as its unhinged, barking mad, and eyeball - rolling style of acting, this is a bigger, bolder, and angrier work.

James Cameron discusses the return of Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor for Terminator 6 and why it's such a big deal for action films.

In the late 1920s, Fritz Lang was the star director of Germany's Ufa Studios, the biggest film studio outside of Hollywood, and one of the most celebrated filmmakers in the world for such ambitious epic visions as Destiny (1921), the Die Nibelungen (1924) films and especially Metropolis (1927), his allegorical science fiction classic that is still considered one of the great films of the silent era.

The Big Year is completely predictable and full of way too many bird - watching montages set to inspiring music, but it's such an upbeat, cheery film that it's pretty hard to resist.

What made it even more remarkable at the time was that Kline was known almost exclusively as a dramatic actor, in films like Sophie's Choice, The Big Chill, and Cry Freedom — only people who'd seen him onstage or in The Pirates Of Penzance could have anticipated such a broadly comic turn.