Not exact matches
The best
thing that can be said about Bats vs. Supes is that it's rapid collapse at the box office may finally be enough to convince Warner Brothers to remove Snyder from any future DC Comics films and give them to those who've show an ability to
deliver movies with coherent character, narrative and emotion in addition to pure spectacle — and preferably all of the above.
The staple of any Wild West
movie are two gunslingers meeting on the field of honor to settle
things with a quick draw and thankfully Bound in Blood
delivers.
Shooting the
movie as if it were a mix between sincere drama and gothic horror, Jensen finds just the right deadpan tone to
deliver his sicko lunacy and also grounds
things enough to sneak in some moving drama towards the end.
But the director John Hillcoat, working from a screenplay by Nick Cave, has made a
movie you can not turn away from; it is so pitiless and uncompromising, so filled with pathos and disregarded innocence, that it is a record of those
things we pray to be
delivered from.
More importantly, as Captain America: Civil War proves, they can balance a full - to - bursting line - up of superheroes and what is essentially three different
movies — an extension of Winter Soldier's espionage vibe, an Avengers
movie in everything but name, and a PTSD psychological drama — while still
delivering something coherent, character - driven and more satisfying than the a series of
things - blowed - up - real - good set pieces.
Given the fact that computer - animated
movies have almost all been variations of the same
thing rehashed with newer, cuter animals, it should come as little surprise to know that Bee
Movie delivers everything you'd expect to see.
The
movie gets more right than wrong, however, and all
things considered, it
delivers where it counts.
This is the kind of
movie that keeps making up rules as it goes along, praying that it will all make sense in the end, and while it will likely
deliver some thrills for fans of the video game, they'd be better off playing the real
thing.
The
thing is WB seems to be working with a specific recipe for their actionhero
movies, It's not like they do not
deliver it's like what they
deliver does not feel fresh any more.
The only funny moments come from other characters» reactions to him, most notably Michael Caine's spot - on precision in
delivering the
movie's best line: «There are two
things I hate: People that are intolerant of others because of their cultural background and the Dutch.»
This cult favorite TV
movie about a mentally challenged man who's wrongfully killed by a lynch mob while dressed as a scarecrow and seemingly returns from the grave for revenge smartly keeps
things low key but still manages to
deliver (non-explicit) thrills, buoyed by the scene eating of perennial love - to - hate - him bad guy Charles Durning.
Filmmaker Damien Power
delivers a slow - burn opening stretch that certainly holds plenty of potential, as the writer / director does an effective job of establishing the various characters - with the promising vibe heightened by his somewhat innovative decision to spend time with the assailants before
things go awry (ie the bad guys, particularly in
movies of this ilk, are rarely developed beyond their most superficial attributes).
The New York Film Festival kicked
things off with the heartfelt «Last Flag Flying» from Amazon Studios, giving Richard Linklater a platform to
deliver his type of war
movie.
Coogler is trying for a lot of
things in «Black Panther,» probably too many, but there is also a winning modesty to his ambition: He isn't trying to create a new world order in the
movies, just a franchise film that
delivers the requisite thrills while also providing the ballast of a true social consciousness.
Ridley is far and away the best
thing about this
movie,
delivering a performance that is leaps and bounds above almost anything seen in a Star Wars
movie to date.
In fact, the only
thing holding the
movie together is the acting, and although the three leads
deliver solid performances, they're unable to make the material as affecting or thought - provoking as Ray's post-9 / 11 backdrop presumes.
«Guardians of the Galaxy» is the closest
thing to a standalone
movie that the studio has made since the first «Iron Man,» and Gunn absolutely nails the offbeat tone of the source material, creating a sort of punk rock «Star Wars» that
delivers big on adventure and comedy with a thoroughly entertaining cast of characters.
While nostalgia for the 1980s has run rampant for years now, in a post-Stranger
Things world,
movies looking to capture the spirit of the decade and still
deliver some thrills and chills need to try a little bit harder to stand out.
«We are pleased to be working with Amazon to launch Kindle for Windows Phone 7,» said Achim Berg, Corporate Vice President of the Mobile Communications Business at Microsoft Corp. «We designed Windows Phone 7 to bring together a host of services and content - from Microsoft and third parties - in a way that seamlessly integrates the
things you care about most, from
movies to shopping and reading, and Amazon is key to
delivering that experience to customers.»
Of course the counter argument is that we all knew they'd team up, because we've got the Justice League
movie to do yet and Snyder was never going to have one of the characters kill the other, but that's where our own suspension of reality comes into play; sure, we know these
things will happen because Hollywood is nothing if not predictable, but there's still a degree of mystery surrounding the events and the vague chance that something dramatic and shocking will happen that we never see coming, despite Warner Bros. and DC clearly not being willing to
delivering something surprising because they would never want to damage either the Batman franchise or the Superman franchise.
Add to this that the characters are actually smart and the whole
thing is
delivered with perfect tongue - in - cheek timing and I'm almost ready to excuse the drops in frame rate as part of the whole «crappy
movie» feeling.
So right now the only
thing about 3D that actually
delivers are the
movies, and thats only if you're blessed with having a great TV, player and can afford the glasses... provided you can find the content to view them with LOL.
If 2015's Battlefront did one
thing right, it was
delivering an incredibly authentic Star Wars experience with gorgeous, painstakingly faithful environments and true - to - the -
movies sound effects.
It's an improvement over the hilarious hamfest of Resident Evil 96, but even in both the Gamecube and HD remastered versions the new actors actors
deliver their lines awkwardly, like the whole
thing is a surreal b -
movie or TV show.
That's the vision that UltraViolet originally promised, but with Apple and Amazon now on board,
Movies Anywhere is the
thing actually
delivering it.
• Greet customers and check ticket stubs and electronic tickets • Provide information on location of aisles, cinema policies and protocols • Accompany customers to their seats and instruct them on ticket keeping policies • Instruct customers on what to do during emergency situations and inform them of the locations of exits • Provide information regarding type of shows and age appropriateness of children • Assist food and beverage vendors in finding customers» seats so that they can
deliver their orders • Intervene in fights and brawls and attempt to normalize
things to minimize problems for other viewers • Assist in changing
movie displays in cinema windows and halls • Provide support to ticketing assistant during rush hours
One
thing that they do in the
movie, that they don't in the book (blast), is sing a little song as they
deliver their Christmas breakfast.