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by Walter Chaw The title refers to Howard Hughes, I think, and becomes a song its ingénue sings a couple of times over the course of the film.

Not exact matches

Empire Strikes Back ended with the Empire winning, Han Solo being taken by Jabba the Hutt, and Luke Skywalker facing his darkest moment, and the next film more or less reversed all of that over the course of its running time.

It's unlikely anyone who hasn't seen Wiseau's film will feel lost as the players are all well established over the course of the movie (not to mention that intro), and the surprise of how the film's story unfolds is certainly enjoyable the first time you hear it (no matter the medium).

So yeah, we all know that Black Panther, a.k.a. Prince T'Challa, is going to triumph over adversity in his bid to bring harmony to the kingdom of Wakanda, that there will be the obligatory action sequences where actual danger is a distant possibility for both hero and bystander, and that the plot will pivot on a mysterious object of unknown origin («Vibranium,» in this case — don't worry if it sounds unfamiliar; the film's characters will mention it at least three - dozen times over the course of the movie).

While the beginning of the film feels like it's setting the audience up for a somewhat boring lesson on drone warfare (I'm looking at you, Good Kill), Hood — still wiping the sting of X-Men Origins: Wolverine off with Ender's Game and now this — excellently threads the needle of tension and, before you know it, the thriller aspect of the film becomes abundantly clear as the series of events play out in semi-real time over the course of one day.

And even if Cuaron had wanted to, Columbus had installed himself as a producer on «Azkaban» with a particular goal in mind: «I wanted to make sure that the film didn't stray too far from the world the audience and the fans have sort of fallen in love with over the course of the first two movies,» he told The Times» John Horn last year.

A non-comprehensive list of the powers Lucy acquires over the course of the film: perfect marksmanship, extreme agility, and instantaneous reflexes; the ability to control TVs and cell phones from thousands of miles away; immunity to pain and fear; telepathy, telekinesis, and clairvoyance; expertise in driving a car really fast into oncoming traffic; teleportation across time and space; and the capacity to alter her existing body parts or grow new ones.

The one question that remains is why, after watching these characters for nearly eight hours of time over the course of three films, do we feel like every character is underwritten and without much dimension?

Of course the caveat would be that not all of these films are good, and in recent years it's been true that he's had more misses than hits, but 2014 saw him deliver two films in the same year for the third time this century and one of them is the best he's given us in over half a decadOf course the caveat would be that not all of these films are good, and in recent years it's been true that he's had more misses than hits, but 2014 saw him deliver two films in the same year for the third time this century and one of them is the best he's given us in over half a decadof these films are good, and in recent years it's been true that he's had more misses than hits, but 2014 saw him deliver two films in the same year for the third time this century and one of them is the best he's given us in over half a decadof them is the best he's given us in over half a decade.

The experimental film spans the emotional journey of a family over the course of 12 years with all the actors virtually aging in «real time» on - screen as the film chronicles the family.

It's unfortunate that we've gotten so few Lonergan films over the course of such a long time, especially when you can't turn around without another superhero extravaganza smacking you in the face, but if it takes this long for him to consistently deliver at this level of quality, then it is damn sure worth the wait.

All three actors deliver solid performances — especially Margot Robbie and Chiwetel Ejiofor, who are given more time to develop their characters — but unfortunately, not a lot happens over the course of the film's 98 - minute runtime that's particularly compelling.

His new film, Free Fire, is built around a premise that is simultaneously old school and high concept: two groups of criminals in 1970s Boston arrange an arms deal in an old warehouse, things go south, guns are drawn... and they proceed to engage in a gun battle that plays out over the course of the entire movie, mostly in real time.

Our memory of the film is, of course, not unlike the memory of love, regarded differently over time and with distance.

Victoria (Germany, 2015)-- 9:00 PM «Victoria (2015) is an impressive technical achievement: a street film turned romantic drama turned crime thriller, shot in a single, unbroken take in real time over the course of a couple of hours between late night and dawn.

When it comes to the movie part, though, an interesting phenomenon occurs: Because virtually everything we saw over the course of this year was conceived if not filmed before the 2016 election, the films arrived to us at a slight time lag, like the infinitely regressing mirror images of herself that The Last Jedi's Rey (Daisy Ridley) sees on her solo day trip to a mysterious and, I'll say it, frankly vaginal space - cave.

(the shadowy yin to the free - spirited yang) over the course of the films run - time.

What the director has kept is the earthy and ethereal treatment of redheads, here former 007 beauty Olga Kurylenko, who like Jessica Chastain before her, gets the chance to both soar and suffer (the shadowy yin to the free - spirited yang) over the course of the films run - time.

I have experienced something similar on a much smaller scale, for when I give friends and other associates my standard introductory «mini-festival» of Hindi popular cinema, the title that consistently connects the strongest is this film — which initially surprised me, considering it's as undiluted an example as any of the very un-Hollywood masala formula: broad, often silly comedy mixed with earnest, tear - jerking sentiment, all peppered with the occasional song and dance over the course of a typically lengthy run time of just over three hours.

Over the course of its 183 minutes running time, the film follows a group of four young students who are disappointed and dissatisfied by the outcome of the student protests of the «Maple...

That certainly didn't help his perception of the film at the time, but over the course of six years, it eventually became clear that there's at least some merit in the less than well - received comic book movie.

Band of Misfits» five thousand times over a course of a few months, I grew very disinterested in this film.

Filmed over the course of twelve years, Richard Linklater's coming - of - age portrait is an astonishing experiment in cinematic time.

Over the course of its two - hour running time, the film somehow maintains the high - wire act, never visibly cutting away until the climactic final moments.

It's pretty well known that filmmaker Richard Linklater and his four central actors — Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke as the parents, Lorelei Linklater (the director's daughter) as the older sister, and Ellar Coltrane as Mason — shot the film over the course of 12 years to watch not just Mason but everyone in the fictional family grow up and evolve over time.

It's now common knowledge that filmmaker Richard Linklater and his four central actors — Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke as the parents, Lorelei Linklater (the director's daughter) as the older sister, and Ellar Coltrane as Mason — shot the film over the course of 12 years to watch not just Mason but everyone in the fictional family grow up and evolve over time.

Yet instead of keeping this a tightly wound yarn of imprisonment and escape, Verbinski — working from a script by Justin Haythe («The Lone Ranger,» «Revolutionary Road»)-- opts for something bigger, grander and more operatic, sending the film wildly off the rails over the course of its far - too - long 146 - minute running time.

With three or four different time periods over the course of the eight - year investigation covered and returned to time and again, but without any discernible rhythm, it's really only by paying stricter attention to Speedman's facial hair than we'd like to have had to, that we eventually worked out a rough timeline and even then, certain events are unmoored: how long before she went missing did Dunlop discover the cameras that were filming Tina?

Over the course of ten years and 18 films, Marvel Studios has slowly built up its cinematic universe, putting vast amounts of time, money, and effort into introducing and developing its plethora of characters, all of which has been leading up to the point where they would finally come together to do battle against the most dangerous foe any of them has ever come across.

The end result is a passable thriller that could (and should) have been so much better, with the less - than - novel premise, unfortunately, negatively coloring everything that transpires over the course of the film's slightly overlong running time.

With the help of a panel of film experts from around the country, the film center has identified the best cult films of all time — and will play every one of them over the course of 2017.

With three or four different time periods over the course of the eight - year investigation covered and returned to time and again, but without any discernible rhythm, it's really only by paying stricter attention to Speedman's facial hair than we'd like to, that we eventually worked out a rough timeline, and even then, certain events are unmoored: how long before she went missing did Dunlop discover the cameras that were filming Tina?

Over the course of the film, he longs for true love and meets four different remarkably beautiful women at various times in his life: Della, played by Imogen Poots; Karen, played by Teresa Palmer; Helen, played by Freida Pinto; and finally Elizabeth, played by Natalie Portman.

Richard Linklater's portrait of an American family over the course of 12 years — filmed so that we watch them all age in real time — could have scored points simply for being a cool idea.

A cinephile, he made lists of films he wanted to see and hit all the revival houses, recalling that «it was amazing the number of films you could see over the course of a year in London» at that time.

For Espace Louis Vuitton München, Boltanski presents the films in conjunction with a flower bed and grey, crumpled papers, which evolve with the passage of time and people over the course of the exhibition.

Over the course of his career, he has sculpted, manipulated, and controlled time in mind - bending works such as the video installation 24 Hour Psycho (1993), for which he slowed down Alfred Hitchcock's iconic film Psycho so that it ran for exactly 24 hours rather than the original 109 minutes.

Over the course of his career, he has sculpted, manipulated, and controlled time in mind - bending works such as the video installation 24 Hour Psycho (1993), for which he slowed down Alfred Hitchcock's iconic film Psycho so that...

In 1973 he created the first of his Yellow Movies by painting screens on paper with white houseplant, which would grow yellow over the course of years — a film that, in essence, will continue playing for all time, or at least as long as the works continue to exist.

Taryn Simon's Birds of the West Indies serves as a meticulous and mesmerizing meditation on materialism, masculinity and geopolitical movements over the course of the last fifty years, via the vehicles, weapons, and women that have featured in Bond films during the same period of time.

We are working with Zodiak Media on a new 6 part series following couples going through the process of relationship counselling by filming a course of counselling sessions over time.