Sentences with phrase «times the film tried»

Every time this film tries to scare you, it pitifully makes us of 3D effects and fails at the task.

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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.

One of the few negatives on an otherwise fairly positive day of trading was the 5 % decline of Reckitt Benckiser, producers of a drug used to help get drug users off of Heroin called Suboxone, which acts as a replacement for the Class A. Reckitt's patent for Suboxone is due to expire in the relatively near future, so they have been trying to push doctors and other pharmaceutical vendors towards their film version of the drug, which is still under patent and will be for quite some time.

Those 10 years were laced with so many failures: quitting many times over, re-writing the edits of my re-write, working back in a cubicle, working back at the dream, trying to live in a retirement home to film a documentary, relationship debacles, a fire that almost burnt down my house and every other twist and turn of «God, where are you in this?»

Whatever one's personal feelings about the film, it seems clear that Mel Gibson was trying to deliver a cardiac shock to the imagination, Christian and non-Christian, of our times; saying in effect, «Look in graphic detail at what God's Son did for you.

Watching film before that game I noticed how good Ogden's punch was and I realized I was going to have a hell of a time trying to knock his hands down before he got his hands on me.

Watching him try to block on film was pretty hilarious at times, but I imagine Flacco and the rest of the Ravens offense isn't laughing too much after the loss.

«I watched almost 20 hours of film this week trying to see if Michael is doing anything different from the last time we played, and one thing he's doing a lot more of are the stutter - and - go routes.

«We're reanalyzing the films and trying to get benchmark data: What's the shock wave as a function of time?

At the time, he was reading about the making of the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, in which spaceship computer HAL 9000 tries to murder its human crewmates.

Next time you take her to the movies or rent a DVD, try substituting G - rated films for R - rated ones.

That October day was the destination for the film's time - traveling teen Marty McFly, inventor Dr. (Doc) Emmett Brown, and their flux capacitor — equipped DeLorean car / time machine as they tried to fix a future mess caused by Marty's nemesis, Biff.

The scientists spent some time trying to affect the optical properties of carbon nanotube films with an electric field, with little success, said Itkis, a research scientist at the Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering.

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Note to Peter Berg: the next time you make a film (which hopefully will never happen) try not to make the victims so sympathetic and your heroes so despicable and you may have an easier time keeping the right tone for a black comedy.

We remain conscious at all times that the film is trying to teach Paulina - and through her, us - a lesson: not how to forgive and forget, but how to move on.

It's in this greyed - out, apocalyptic scenario that Bryan Singer's film lays out its basic plot line: with their backs against the wall in the present tense, the X-Men (or what's left of them following a series of Sentinel raids) opt to send Wolverine (Hugh Jackman)-- or at least his consciousness — back in time 50 years so that his younger self can try to alter this chronology — a scheme that nods to H.G. Wells and Harlan Ellison (as well as the X-Men comics series).

Trying to make a modern - day version of the No. 1 college film of all time and the ultimate party movie is a bold, worthwhile feat to tackle.

Despite the hour and a half running time, the script manages to fit in a lot of details and backstory from the video game, but it also tries to tie up loose ends from the first film.

With SLEEPWALKING, first time director William Maher (not Bill Maher - the Politically Incorrect guy) had a chance to make an extremely powerful film about the effect an abusive childhood can have on someone when they try to start their own lives.

The familiarity of the clothes could make you miss how well they are worn the first time you watch the film, the way it did with me, but try it again, you'll start to get it the second time around.

The second half of the film is pretty much pure action as the remaining members of the group try to evade their hunters and, at the same time, take the hunt to them.

Fear not, KUNG FU PANDA 2 is still essentially a lighthearted affair, although I appreciate the effort that's been made to give it a bit more of an emotional kick this time around, which is more than the last few SHREK films ever tried to accomplish.

It was crazy at times, there wasn't much talking and sometimes I felt it wasn't really trying too hard to not be what it was supposed to - an art - house film.

That said, the Macguffin of getting her involved — Luthor had stolen a photo of her that she was trying to get back — makes absolutely zero sense, as what she eventually chases down is a digitized scan which has been copied at least three times (and probably more) by the end of the film.

Con it can be slow some times If you like coming age films, click flicks or really moving films, you should give this a try.

At times this film can be fun to watch, but it tries so hard to deliver a message regarding the world being phony and pretentious and obsessed with physical beauty that it becomes what it is trying to parody.

The film is a deep character study of Riggan Thomson played by a moving and stellar Michael Keaton a once - time big movie star struggling to regain importance in his contemporary setting while trying to establish himself as an artist worthy of praise and to get rid of his «Birdman» image.

With this honor to his name, Biggs segued into film a short time later, debuting in the 1997 Camp Stories.In 1999, the unequivocal hit that was American Pie came along, and Biggs, portraying Jim, one of the more perpetually humiliated members of a group of four friends trying to lose their virginity by high - school graduation, made an undeniably distinct impression on critics and audiences alike.

It doesn't try to show some drastic change, but it does attempt to convince others that change can indeed happen, it also never puts blame on one person, because obviously with marriage it is a joint effort, there will be trials and on other occasions it simply won't work, but time and commitment can change that, rarely can a simple film like this address so much in such limited issues, but sharp, often improvisational dialogue and strong performances create a very real and insightful piece that underplays everything for maximum effect, which works.

As much as the film, at times, attempted to try and put the issues into simple terms, however, it still seemed confusing at times and unless you have

There's nothing that scary here, but there's some good tension built up and the zombie kids, while you can probably take one at a time, when they swarm you then they become viable threats, at least for what the film is trying to accomplish.

As much as the film, at times, attempted to try and put the issues into simple terms, however, it still seemed confusing at times and unless you have some knowledge of the field, you'll be left sitting there confused.

Why else would the director not devote a single moment in the film's 105 - minute running time to trying to understand what distinguished the young author from his contemporaries?

The film tries to pack in a little bit too much in its running time, and there isn't a comedic moment until well into the film, a strange choice in a movie for kids, but The Wild Life has its moments of charm, hilarity, and slapstick that worked really well.

(This may be the first time I've seen a film try to play the classic «mirror routine» straight.)

The film is very much of its time, trying desperately for «cult» credibility as it is by casting Lemmy, Iggy Pop and that bloke from Fields Of The Nephilim in cameo roles; it also sports a soundtrack by Goth - punk rockers The Ministry and contains the inevitable fractal imagery and pretentions towards artiness that were peculiar to post 80s popular culture.

His fourth film under his 20 - year ban is «an artful, surprising and thrillingly intelligent story about a few women trying to make a difference, forging bonds of solidarity in quiet defiance of the repressive, small - minded men in their rural village,» writes L.A. Times critic Justin Chang, who also finds «its insights casually profound.»

Secondly the tone of this film varies hugely, at one point its a dumb black comedy type affair, then its a somewhat semi serious, dirty government type affair, then its trying to be a Bourne-esque kickassery type affair, then it hints at being a rom - com with cutesy dialog, and at times it can be a bit heartfelt.

The script tries to do way too much, but the film also moved me quite deeply a couple of times, mostly in the scenes between father and son.

Watching the likes of Gene Hackman, James Coburn and Ben Johnson could never exactly be called a chore, but listening to the film's relentless moralising speeches did try my patience at times.

Clarke is interviewed in the video, and he states what a perfectionist and micromanager Kubrick was, and how difficult it was to write the book with Kubrick constantly trying to change vocabulary and meaning as the book progressed, while at the same time directing the film version.

As the film's shooting schedule wears on, Fairbanks becomes romantically involved with her leading man, Jake Fields (Jeremy Sisto), but Fields and his friends on the production staff begin to question her stability when she starts wearing her costumes at all times, living on the sets, and tries to live as the character of Guinness.

It may try to force too much information into too little time if you don't know about the history and technology of film, but this documentary romanticizes the art with such passion and finesse that it stands as a reaffirmation of the power of movies and the importance of understanding their history and possible future.

Most famous for the clean cut character Jessie on «Saved by the Bell,» Berkley tried to shed that tired old exterior, and in the process also shed her clothes many, many times for this film.

It's a must - read: Pity the film scholar who tries to discern something about our times from surveying this list of best picture nominees 10, or 30, or 50 years from now.

The makers of this film seem to be trying to grab the box office dollars of those who are either too young or too squeamish for harder stuff, and who might be seeing this kind of material for the first time.

When a mysterious time - traveling assassin named Cable (Josh Brolin) shows up trying to kill Russell, Wade reluctantly steps up to protect the kid, putting he and Cable on a collision course for the rest of the film.

The film will likely try to capture a large female audience while also keeping previous fans interested, but this is a stacked time frame for the film to hit.

The trio who took that fateful dip with Cusack in the first film, Lou, Nick and Jacob (played by Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson and Clark Duke) get back into the tub, to try to go back in time to prevent Lou from being murdered, but instead are sent to the future.