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American Promise is a terrific film about racial imbalance and family dynamics, whose immense 13 - year production process (from 1999 to 2012) was lengthy by design; filmmakers Joe Brewster and Michele

American Promise is a terrific film about racial imbalance and family dynamics, whose immense 13 - year production process (from 1999 to 2012) was lengthy by design; filmmakers Joe Brewster and...

``; John Rabe»; is a serious, large - budget treatment of Rabe's exploits and a moving, terrific film about trying to maintain one's decency amidst horrors.

Reese is a whiny cokehead, but it doesn't stop «Winter Passing» from being a pretty terrific film about blaming your parents for everything under the sun.

A serious, large - budget treatment of Rabe's exploits and a moving, terrific film about trying to maintain one's decency amidst horrors.

Not exact matches

> Here's a terrific short film about the Bronx River Greenway and South Bronx Greenway by Street Films.

I actually loved watching this film at times, given the terrific performances all around and a story that is worth exploring, but it is without question that the film feels about 20 - 30 minutes too long.

More than that, despite the surplus of violence in the pilot film, it is refreshing to see a television drama about young people in which the protagonists are doing something besides drugs, in which their concerns run deeper than clothes and dates... It could get terrific.

Naming names and letting people talk, this should be seen, and Kirby Dick (no kidding, that's the director) is a terrific filmmaker (THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED, if you haven't seen it, please do - right now) and he obviously feels passionately about this.

Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey (here almost inrecognizable), are so terrific in their roles, that it re-directs all thoughts to what's positive about the film.

Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf are terrific in this funny, charming and grounded film about growing up a girl from a modest family discovering herself and aspiring to more than what is expected of her, and parents making hard sacrifices and letting go.

And, as I said about the previous film, watching Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller in these films only reminds us of how terrific, intimate, and human they were in The Spectacular Now, and how sorely that humanity is lacking here.

Okay, maybe I'm not particularly objective about this film, but it is pretty terrific, a Bradbury-esque story of an adolescent adventure one summer and one of the finest Stephen King adaptations ever (it's based on his short story «The Body»).

All the Money in the World A first - rate thriller from Ridley Scott, about the Getty kidnapping in 1973, the film is highlighted by terrific performances from Michelle Williams as the victimâ $ ™ s mother and Christopher Plummer (a last - minute re-shot substitution for Kevin Spacey) as the tightwad billionaire, J. Paul Getty.

All the original music for the film was written by Hawkes, and I instantly wanted to pair the movie into a double feature with Zoe Lister - Jones» «Band Aid» from last year (another terrific movie about the healing power of music).

Part of what's so terrific about The Fits is that so much of it is open to interpretation, even though the film as a whole isn't that oblique.

It's a compelling film about determination, rebirth and taking the road less traveled featuring a terrific performance by Reese Witherspoon.

Nail - biting and riveting, with wonderful and insightful character development, it's a film that's also about greed and desperation, with terrific performances from Yves Montand and Charles Vanel.

Gerwig talked about how Lady Bird evolved into what it is now, whether she ever considered acting in the film, that she's not Lady Bird, putting together such a terrific cast, and whether acting or directing is her priority.

One of the many remarkable things about Jeff Nichols» terrific new film «Midnight Special» is how assured its storytelling is.

Monsieur Verdoux — «A terrific late Chaplin film about a serial killer just trying to support his family in the years before the Depression.

The child actors are terrific little Duracell batteries of rambunctious energy, and as the trio cuts an unsupervised path of mischief across the property — spitting on cars, roughhousing in abandoned buildings, chattering nonstop — The Florida Project conjures a sense of carefree everyday adventure that lesser films about childhood only wish they could summon.

What could be a film about an investigation turns more into a dark meditation on culpability and fraternity, anchored by terrific performances from Edgerton, Tom Wilkinson and Jai Courtney.

Selected by Chile to represent the country in the Best Foreign Language category at the Oscars, this moving, funny, very human film about a middle - aged woman and the obstacles that prevent a full and rich love life has a terrific shot at making the final five nominees.

In honor of International Women's Day, a terrific list of 77 films by and about women upcoming in 2017, assembled by our good friend «phantom» at AwardsCorner.

HONORABLE MENTIONS: ANIMATION «Kubo and the Two Strings» — Laika's most daring, innovative film yet «My Life as a Zucchini» — About little kids but not for little kids; a bold, 70 - minute feature from Switzerland «Sing» — Delightful and triumphant, with terrific voice performances and song renditions «Trolls» — I can't stop the positive feelings I've had about this DreamWorks musical since I saw it 3 months ago «Zootopia» — Disney's live - action crime drama / social commentary disguised in animated form has one of the year's best screenAbout little kids but not for little kids; a bold, 70 - minute feature from Switzerland «Sing» — Delightful and triumphant, with terrific voice performances and song renditions «Trolls» — I can't stop the positive feelings I've had about this DreamWorks musical since I saw it 3 months ago «Zootopia» — Disney's live - action crime drama / social commentary disguised in animated form has one of the year's best screenabout this DreamWorks musical since I saw it 3 months ago «Zootopia» — Disney's live - action crime drama / social commentary disguised in animated form has one of the year's best screenplays

2016 was a terrific year for film, and overall there were few big surprises, as most of the more acclaimed films got multiple nominations, led by a record - tying 14 awards (matching «Titanic» and «All About Eve») for the musical «La La Land,» starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone.

Matt raved about the trailer in his recap of the panel, and I wholeheartedly agree: a terrific tease for the film.

Rescue Dawn — Werner Herzog's remake of his own documentary about the true story of an American pilot shot down on his first mission in Vietnam who escapes from a Laotian POW camp and has to fight his way through the jungle has terrific performances from Christian Bale (with a wild accent), Steve Zahn (not being funny) and Jeremy Davies (who played my most reviled character in Saving Private Ryan, a war film much inferior to this one).

The film rates this high for me not just because of its technical skill (the ensemble acting is terrific, with Kelly Macdonald in particular doing great work in just a few scenes, and Roger Deakins's cinematography is as good as anything he's done with the Coens, and that's saying a lot) but because of its ambiguity: because the questions it raises about narrative and about society are as interesting as those raised by any other film (but one) of 2007.

It's also a film that features a terrific voice cast, beautiful animation, and some welcome messages about government control and unlocking one's creativity.

THE PUNISHER (Grade: C --RRB-: This low - budget film version of the aptly named Marvel Comic — about a vigilante hero with no super powers out to avenge the murder of his entire extended family by a gangster — has some terrific non-digital stunts and an intense lead performance from first - time star Tom Jane.

At the film's Los Angeles press day, Collider got the opportunity to sit down with actor Sebastian Stan (who gives a terrific performance as Harding's mustachioed and impetuous ex-husband Jeff Gillooly) to chat 1 - on - 1 about why he wanted to play this character, what he was most excited and most nervous about, the impression he got from meeting Jeff Gillooly, having Margot Robbie as a scene partner, and what it means to be a part of the awards conversation with this film.

Now that era and time have been re-created in Battle of the Sexes, a terrific new film that isn't just about that infamous match but also equal rights and pay for women as well as the sexual identity crisis King was going through at the time.

What is entirely new about The Villainess is that it marries its revenge scenario to a melodrama of maternal sacrifice, with the film's terrific star, Kim Ok - bin, suffering more than Joan Crawford ever did.

Biblical epics are tricky to get right, and Ridley Scott certainly knows how to make them look and feel terrific (see Gladiator and Kingdom of Heaven), but his films are generally about the spectacle rather than the human emotion.

It's a terrific film, one that shatters stereotypes about race and gender in tentpole blockbusters, explores important ideas about black culture and Afrofuturism, and is a genuinely fun, well - made movie to boot.

``... a beautifully filmed story about love, loss, pomp and passion brought to live by some terrific acting from the entire cast.»

The author was recently a guest on the terrific The Watch podcast, in which Andy Greenwald and Chris Ryan reviewed the book and interviewed Vandermeer about his novel, and he offered some incredibly tantalizing teases about Garland's adaptation, revealing that the film will (unsurprisingly) have some departures from the book (via The Film Stage):

But unlike that film's hideous, child - napping Han River dweller, Okja couldn't be cuter or friendlier: She is one of a new breed of genetically modified «super-pigs,» with which the fictional Mirando Corporation hopes to rejuvenate and dominate the global pork market — though not if a young South Korean girl named Mija (the terrific Ahn Seo - hyun), Okja's caretaker and best friend, has anything to say about it.

I have heard terrific things about this film.

«We Need to Talk About Kevin» is a terrific film and worth checking out when it's released in the US on 27 January.

We recently had an opportunity to speak with director Rodrigo García and members of his talented cast including, Annette Bening, Kerry Washington and Samuel L. Jackson about the new film, it's terrific cast, the adoption process in this country and what it means to be a parent.

Still, taking the film for what it is, she does a terrific job in the role as a woman that has profoundly changed by witnessing the troubles of veterans, especially in the way the government and media tried to sweep them under the rug and forget about them.

12 Angry Men — Sidney Lumet's classic film debut about a jury's deliberations in a murder case has a terrific, all - star cast, featuring great performances from Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, along with character actors Martn Balsam, E. G. Marshall, Jack Klugman, Jack Warden and Ed Begley.

Jacob Unrated but contains graphic violence and language Available on DVD and Blu - ray Local Houston area film maker Larry Wade Carrell writes, directs and stars in this terrific little indie horror B - movie about a mentally disturbed man (Dylan Horne) who goes on a killing spree when a tragedy occurs with his loving young niece (Grace Powell).

Superficially about an American illegal - drug afficionado (played by Michael Cera) on a hallucinogen - sampling trip through Chile, the film works as a terrific allegory about American swagger and hamfisted international relations.

AW: One curiosity about contemporary art is that there is a terrific interest in the old languages and devices of painting, but generally in the work of photographers and film - makers — or artists using photography and film — but contemporary painting itself sometimes looks back to the history and sometimes doesn't.

The film does a terrific job all - around of reaching out to those with doubts about climate science, rather than merely preaching to the choir.