The median skin
tone on movie screens is going to get less white.
Not exact matches
Both of these elements have a role to play in the
movie, but while their importance
on screen is negligible, their inclusion and their placement within the poster help to consolidate the
tone and feel of the
movie itself.
Every time he appears
on screen, The Shape of Water derives from its dark fairytale roots and turns into a spy
movie, losing some focus and
tone.
Like the eclectic and colourful characters portrayed
on screen, this is a
movie that has a unique aesthetic and
tone: it mixes the realism of handheld cameras and documentary footage with the colour palette of a Japanese anime.
The true story behind this
movie just about makes up for its oddly flat
tone, which never quite captures either the grandeur of the Australian Outback or the deeper emotions of the people
on -
screen.
It's based
on a fairly obscure comic book by Kaja Blackley called «Dark Town», and reportedly not very faithfully adapted, as the
tone changed from dark and serious in the print form to light and mirthful by the time the
movie finally appeared
on screens.
For a piece in today's Calendar section about actresses and nudity in Oscar - winning roles, the Los Angeles Times «Rachel Abramowitz talks to Marisa Tomei about her
on -
screen nudity in both Before the Devil Knows You're Dead and The Wrestler, and the well -
toned actress pooh - poohs talk about a new direction for her career: «I happened to get offered The Wrestler after I did that
movie,» she says.
With Three Billboards, McDonagh finds the best balance of
tones he has yet
on the big
screen — which is not to say that this audacious and sometimes brutal
movie hangs together completely.