Sentences with phrase «time action directors»

Marshall knows how to work with a star studded casts, and his handle on action cinema is impressive, opting for choreography over shaky cam theatrics or CGI heavy fight sequences (as many first time action directors tend to do).

Ching Siu - tung: a long - time action director, Ching Siu - tung was directing his own movies, featuring elaborate wirework (which allows actors to seemingly fly during combat), when he first encountered Tsui while working as an action director on Peking Opera Blues.

Not exact matches

It makes little sense to award executives on a biased short - term basis when the effects of their actions can last for years, or to award directors on the basis of time — or, as one of my students put it, «showing up.»

While this is not the first time an established company has attempted legal action against its former employees — in January, Tesla sued its former director of Autopilot for poaching people to join his new startup — this is the first time Waymo has taken such action.

In the hands of director J.J. Abrams, it lived up to the hype to become not only the biggest box office hit of the year, but also one of the most fun action movies we've seen in a long time.

«We're sorry for him and his family, but at the same time, he made his choices and did what he did,» Joe Godfrey, the executive director of the Alabama Citizens Action Program, told NYT.

The class action alleges the company and its directors — including chairman Phil Tracy and former chief executive Gary Helou — were aware it «did not have reasonable grounds for making the misleading PDS representations» at the time it embarked on its $ 500 million pre float raising.

«It's clear there are some personal differences and personal hostilities that are difficult for people, but I think it's the moment in time people have to get past that,» said Karen Scharff, the executive director of Citizen Action.

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«By the time someone's 25 or 26, they're not going to become a new smoker,» said Ellen Reinhard, director of Tobacco Free Action Communities of Ulster, Dutchess and Sullivan Counties.

Karen Scharff, Executive Director of Citizen Action of New York, said: «It's time for Albany to end the culture of corruption that puts CEO profits before the needs of working families.

David Bond, associate director of the Center for the Advancement of Public Action at Bennington College, describes a new health survey covering three communities contaminated with toxic chemical PFOA on Tuesday morning, Aug. 29, 2017, at the Legislative Office Building in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron / Times Union)

New York Senior Senator Charles Schumer, in the only debate with his opponent, broadcast on Time Warner Cable, said he's «appalled» by FBI director James Comey's actions, including the decision announced Friday to re-examine emails from Hillary Clinton's top aide for evidence of misuse of classified materials.

At the same time, the defense argued that Silver's actions were never criminal — sometimes with clear success, as when the government turned to Lisa Reid, the executive director and counsel to the state's bipartisan Legislative Ethics Commission, to shed light on Silver's annual financial disclosure filings.

New York Senior Senator Charles Schumer, in the only debate with his opponent, broadcast on Time Warner Cable, says he's «appalled» by FBI director James Comey's actions, including the decision announced Friday to re - examine emails from Hillary Clinton's top aide for evidence of misuse of classified materials.

Airport Executive Director Christina Callahan says it's a good time to kick off the flight, because this is the time of year the airport sees a lot of action.

Recently, New Paltz Town Supervisor Susan Zimet accepted a full - time job as the executive director of Hunger Action Network of New York State in Albany.

New York Senior Senator Charles Schumer, in the only debate with his opponent, broadcast on Time Warner Cable, says he's «appalled» by FBI director James Comey's actions, including the decision announced Friday to re-examine emails from Hillary Clinton's top aide for evidence of misuse of classified materials.

If flour is the star of bread making, salt is the director, invisible in the dough but controlling its action and timing.

A final, more detailed plan of action will be released in June 2014 — this «interim» version is intended «to inspire innovative scientists to come and join us,» and give researchers time to prepare their grant proposals, says NIH Director Francis Collins.

Although that day is still a long way off, it's much closer than it used to be, thanks to this year's first steps toward personalized medicine, says Kathy Hudson, director of Johns Hopkins University's Genetics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C. «For a long time, all the action in genomics was in the lab,» she says.

«We make bad decisions all the time,» says Sabine Marx, associate director at the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions at Columbia University, thanks to incomplete information or other barriers to action, like high up - front costs for things like insulation.

You know there will be fun times and great action in this Sam Liu, as director and from Batman: The Killing Joke, Bruce Timm, as co-teleplay writer, and Jim Krieg, as co-teleplay writer and from Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, work.

Big - budget special effects, swiftly paced action, and a distinct feminist subtext from writer / director James Cameron turned what should have been a by - the - numbers sci - fi sequel into both a blockbuster and a seven - time Oscar nominee.

As schematic as a popular entertainment needs to be yet refreshingly devoid of significant lulls in the action — for exposition, weapon reloading, lovemaking and the like — the film is fast, smart and single - minded, providing not only a satisfying bang for the ever - beleaguered moviegoing buck but memorable debuts for first - time feature director Mimi Leder and fledgling film studio DreamWorks SKG (Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen)-- as well as ringing confirmation that George Clooney is indeed a movie star.

Robert Zemeckis, the same director whose «Who Framed Roger Rabbit» (1988) juxtaposed live action with animation, this time merges them, using a process called «performance capture,» in which human actors perform the movements which are translated into lifelike animation.

Directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein have taken the time to actually direct the film, which has a considered aesthetic and a solid grasp of its own physics — not something you can say for a lot of action comedies.

A gritty, relentless wartime drama that blends its action set pieces with palpable despair and historical observation, «' 71» maintains a polished intensity that fares well for first - time feature director Yann Demange.

The third time really is the charm, with New Zealand director Taika Waititi, the indie firebrand behind Hunt for the Wilderpeople and What We Do in the Shadows, calling the shots and rightly treating Norse mythology as a springboard for nonstop action and laughs.

After lambasting him for his disaster of an action film 12 Rounds, I now see that as a director he was hideously robbed of the fame CutThroat Island should have brought him when the box office of its time failed to recognize the greatness inherent in pirate epics.

There may be better examples of cinematic art in 2013, but for a good time at the movies, it's hard to imagine anything beating this action extravaganza, from director Roland Emmerich, about a very Obama - like president.

Venturing to Hollywood for the first time, Refn won Best Director at this year's Cannes Film Festival for Drive, a retro action thriller that evokes the minimalist force of classic Walter Hill or William Friedkin films while giving Los Angeles a distinct»80s ambience.

The movie does retain its sense of self - deprecating humor, which increases its IQ, and action abounds as director Alan Taylor doesn't waste time with banal backstory and buildup.

On one level, «The Cabin in the Woods» is simply a demonically enjoyable rollercoaster: Whedon's knack for a snappy, offbeat one - liner remains unmatched, while first - time director Goddard's control of his action set - pieces (of which there are many) is truly impressive.

It's been some time since fabled action director John McTiernan made his last film BASIC in 2003.

The two - time Bond director may switch from one James to another with this live - action Disney adaptation.

From first - time feature director David Barrett, FIRE WITH FIRE is an old - school action flick that sadly isn't able to reach the heights it threatens to.

Often times, when an action film like this is a hit, the studio will often make a major downgrade on the director for the sequel.

Reduced by Refn almost to the point of abstraction — it could have been called Notes on a Rehearsal for an Action Movie — Drive may do little to win over multiplex crowds who prefer the fast and furious to the moody and languorous, but it reconfirms Refn as one of the most exciting young directors around, and Albert Brooks (stealing the film as a small - time Jewish gangster with an aversion to loose ends) as a national treasure.

If he does take the role, then this will be the first time that Freeman has worked with Besson as a director, though he previously starred in Louis Leterrier's action film Unleashed, which was scripted by Besson.

To me, the whole «new» 3D trend is almost no different from that bullet - time trend that «every» action director just had to use, after seeing the results it had in, The Matrix.

After years of promising a kick ass action flick, its time to finally unleash Battle: Los Angeles, the latest movie from South African director Jonathan Liebesman, who started in horror but has transitioned into pure action.

«21 Jump Street «It shouldn't have worked — yet another tired reinvention of a preexisting property (in this case a beloved but marginal eighties television series), gussied up with of - the - moment stars and a more comedic bent (something found, time and time again, in the television - series - adaptation subgenre — see also: «The Addams Family,» «The Brady Bunch,» and «Charlie's Angels «-RRB-, shepherded by a pair of directors making the shaky transition from animation to the much woollier world of live action.

Getting from animation to live action is a journey in and of itself, one that Director Bill Condon, and stars Emma Watson (Belle), Dan Stevens (Beast), Luke Evans (Gaston), Josh Gad (Le Fou), Audra McDonald (Garderobe), Ewan McGregor (Lumiere), Sir Ian McKellen (Cogsworth) and Gugu Mbatha - Raw (Plumette) took and created a gorgeous, fresh new look for a tale as old as time.

Unfortunately — and here's where we get to the bad stuff — first - time live action director Andrew Stanton (Wall - E, Finding Nemo) can't maintain that tone throughout the film.

Cast: Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, John Lithgow, Jeffrey Tambor J.K. Simmons Director: Gavin O'Connor Rating: R16 (violence and offensive language) Running time: 128 mins Verdict: Affleck, autism and accounting combine for enjoyable if ropy action movie.

Director George Miller returns to his post-apocalyptic series for the first time since 1985's Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, setting a new standard for action while addressing tough philosophical questions.

Rating: PG (for action and rude humor) Cast: Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Allison Janney, Geoffrey Rush Directors: Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda Running time: 1 hour, 44 minutes

First - time director McMurray, who worked as an associate producer on Fruitvale Station, does a decent job of staging the action and maintaining viewer attention on the straight - line story.

The Smurfs 2 67 Cast: Neil Patrick Harris, Brendan Gleeson, Jayma Mays, Hank Azaria and the voices of Jonathan Winters, John Oliver, Katy Perry, Christina Ricci, J.B. Smoove, Fred Armisen, George Lopez, Tom Kane, Jimmy Kimmel Director: Raja Gosnell Rating: PG, for some rude humor and action Running time: 105 minutes