Sentences with phrase «took on film as»

Originally trained as a painter, Derek Jarman eventually took on film as his primary medium, producing a number of influential experimental works.

Rather than write this type of review, I wanted to offer my personal take on the film as a parent of a child with concussions and as concussion educator, and why I think parents should see Head Games.

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He wanted to work on films, but those jobs were scarce, so he took a job as an assistant at a small talent - management company called BKEG, owned by former comedian and comedy manager Barry Katz.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film's tone will be in the same vein as The Social Network, a dramatic take on the triumphs and betrayals of the people involved in Facebook's founding.

From singing show tunes in Grease to playing a ruthless hitman in Pulp Fiction, Travolta's talent has transcended many decades as he continues to take on A-list roles in blockbuster films.

Eklund, on the heels of a controversial, year - long stint in California as an adult film star under the name Tag Eriksson, got to work taking odd jobs and hawking paninis outside the set of David Letterman's Late Show.

After winning a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her wild - eyed turn as a mental patient in Girl, Interrupted, she attempted a few other serious acting roles but only seemed to find blockbuster success when she took on the lead role in the feature - film adaptation of the video game Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

Groups of young friends who go to see some of the more death - focused horror films in vogue of late will routinely take bets on which stock character will face a grisly end soonest, as when viewing the Final Destination series» a film series that is, essentially, the apex of the set - piece disaster horror movie as orchestrated by MacGyver.

He emphasized that Campus Crusade's mission of getting «the message of Christ to everybody» took priority: «I think [Heyman] hoped that we would have gone on in the lucrative markets of the world to get the Genesis films and the Gospel of Luke out as teaching tools.

He's already copied one Kevin Costner film (Dances with Wolves); might as well take on Waterworld too...

The idea of a plucky band of rebels taking on the overwhelming force of the «Empire», in a film produced by an American film agency, was quickly used as a neat piece of propaganda.

Another time, my Songbook will take Morrison and The Doors on their own terms, analyzing their words and music, but as for The Doors, I say that it stands, despite its lack of conventional plot and Stone's perhaps conflicted conception, as one of our best films on popular music, and the most insightful one about rock's founding revolution.

-- upcoming Oz - themed films), as well as impending adult takes on the Little Mermaid, Peter Pan, another Hansel and Gretel movie, two Sleeping Beauty movies, two Pinocchio movies and an Arabian Nights update.

Later, God the Father takes on the form of a Native American wiseman (Graham Greene), and leads Mack on a New - Agey «healing trail to bring closure to [his] journey» — the most egregious example of racial essentialism in a film that takes shallow assumptions about foreign cultures as its starting point.

A: It's easy to tell on the first page if a film is taking its characters seriously, rather than as punchlines in and of themselves.

We were asked to select a food movie that we both liked and since film is something we don't often agree on, it took us about two weeks to finally decide on the food blog movie of all times, «Julie & Julia» with the awesome Meryl Streep as Julia Child.

If there was ever any doubt as to Ice - T's stance on food, the hip - hop icon cleared it up in the Body Count video «Institutionalized»: While taking a lunch break, he's accosted by a film crew member wearing a «Meat Is Murder» T - shirt.

His performance has taken a nose dive, not just in the box score, but on the film as well.

The documentary will also include WWE Hall of Famer Jerry «The King» Lawler, as the film details the tailspin that Carrey took after playing the role of Andy Kaufman in the 1999 film «Man on the Moon».

«There has been much attention in the media by celebrities having home deliveries, with recent Today Show headings such as «Ricki Lake takes on baby birthing industry: Actress and former talk show host shares her at - home delivery in new film.»»

This 90 - minute feature film by Oscar - winning director, Danis Tanovic, tells the true story of a former Nestlé salesman who took on the company with the help of IBFAN when he realises that babies are dying as a result of his work pressuring doctors to promote formula.

Gaining access to an A-list Hollywood star has proved problematic, but Mr. Clooney was put on the spot about this at the Venice film festival today as he took part in a press conference about his latest role.

Tigers is a new film by Oscar - winning director Danis Tanovic based on the true story of a former Nestlé baby milk salesman in Pakistan called Syed Aamir Raza taking on the industry with the help of IBFAN (the International Baby Food Action Network) when he realises that babies are dying as a result of his work pressuring doctors to promote formula.

Ben Barnes, best known as Prince Caspian from the Narnia films, takes on the role as Stephen.

(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 16, 2018 adult - film actress Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels speaks outside US Federal Court with her lawyer Michael Avenatti (L) in Lower Manhattan, New York.

I am still amazed at the capacity of our political leaders to take vital decisions about the future of our country when they must have been much more exhausted than I was and when everywhere they moved they were filmed, not just on the ground but from the air as well.

Comprised of interviews with finance types, individuals involved in the escort business, as well as Spitzer himself, Gibney's film traces the former New York Governor's career from his start as an attorney general determined to take down corruption on Wall Street, to his status as a political joke after he was forced to resign for patronizing the Emperor's Club VIP escort service.

As this mixed ice gets thicker and the rate of conduction decreases, a water film begins to appear until the ice has taken on a predominantly glaze profile.

HP originally envisioned the technology as a way to create computer displays in car or train windows, but Xtreme Energetics wants by 2010 to begin including this circuitry in its solar panels to improve their ability gather sunlight — another take on the thin - film model.

Also, a microwave dish with a special lid is easier to take on and off than cling film as you cook the eggs.

Dubbed by some as the next Jennifer Lawrence due to the inevitable comparison of her film to Hunger Games (much to the anger of fans who insist on the stark difference between the two storylines), it seems that the 21 - year - old actress is planning on taking advantage of this career momentum — reps confirm that the shorter do is indeed for her new film The Fault in Our Stars, another film adaptation of a wildly popular novel.

The film, which hits theaters February 16, is a modern twist on a romantic comedy (boy and girl meet, fall in love, but then break up, and are suddenly reunited, ending up in that awkward stage where they have to debate whether to wave hello while taking out the trash), but it's also a particularly female spin on the coming of age story, the likes of which we're only beginning to see onscreen as more women carve out a place for themselves in writer's rooms and director's chairs.

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Take your date along to one of the outdoor screenings and sit under the stars as you watch one of the highly anticipated films on display.

Join me as I take a journey through the zombie genre with reviews and commentary on films and television that embrace the apocalyptic walking dead.

BOTTOM SUB SLAVE SEEKS DADDY MASTER N HIS MATES TO LITTALLY HAVE ME BOUND, TIED SPREAD BLINDED N GAGGED WITH COCKS TAKING TURNS ON BREEDING ME N FILM WATCHING ME SQUIRM LIKE A WORM KINKY WIRED AS!!!.

as the wheeler - dealer convict who becomes Nolte's reluctant partner, is brought into the plotline of the second film when a contract is taken out on his life.

Taking on minor film roles beginning with 1979's Hairspray, the burgeoning young actor would subsequently appear in such films as Milos Foreman's Ragtime (1981) and Woody Allen's Zelig (1983), though early struggles with alcohol and substance abuse threatened to sideline his screen career in the mid -»80s.

Wunder became «hooked» on the cinema in 1950 when his father took him to the premiere of George Pal's «DESTINATION MOON» Seminal films during Wunder's formative years as a critic were: The HORROR movies of the 1950's THE KILLING (1956) Dir: Kubrick VERTIGO (1958) Dir: Hitchcock ON THE BEACH (1959) Dir: Kramer MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962) Dir: Frankenheimer 2001 (1968) Dir: Kubrick Wunder graduated from college in 1963 as an Electrical Engineer and immediately got a union job as an associate film editor for MPO, then, the largest producer of commercial and industrial films in the Uon the cinema in 1950 when his father took him to the premiere of George Pal's «DESTINATION MOON» Seminal films during Wunder's formative years as a critic were: The HORROR movies of the 1950's THE KILLING (1956) Dir: Kubrick VERTIGO (1958) Dir: Hitchcock ON THE BEACH (1959) Dir: Kramer MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962) Dir: Frankenheimer 2001 (1968) Dir: Kubrick Wunder graduated from college in 1963 as an Electrical Engineer and immediately got a union job as an associate film editor for MPO, then, the largest producer of commercial and industrial films in the UON THE BEACH (1959) Dir: Kramer MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962) Dir: Frankenheimer 2001 (1968) Dir: Kubrick Wunder graduated from college in 1963 as an Electrical Engineer and immediately got a union job as an associate film editor for MPO, then, the largest producer of commercial and industrial films in the US.

As the film opens, Ron is in the midst of great personal and professional humiliation, having been passed over for a cushy network position in favour of his wife Veronica (a returning and game Christina Applegate); his response is to walk out on her and their seven - year - old son, taking a job as an announcer at Sea World (where he drinks heavily and insults the dolphinsAs the film opens, Ron is in the midst of great personal and professional humiliation, having been passed over for a cushy network position in favour of his wife Veronica (a returning and game Christina Applegate); his response is to walk out on her and their seven - year - old son, taking a job as an announcer at Sea World (where he drinks heavily and insults the dolphinsas an announcer at Sea World (where he drinks heavily and insults the dolphins).

Sid takes some younger animals on a camping trip and cause calamity, as expected, in much the same vein as the films.

Yet, while those films used the experiment as a touchstone, allowing the story to take on more aspects of a thriller, Kyle Patrick Alvarez's film is less concerned with thriller elements, but rather the loss of individuality the participants experienced, and how quickly the guards began to abuse the prisoners, most of whom quickly bent to authority.

Having all just finished college, each is deciding on what path to take in life, and its Jim who has chosen the most shocking path for the group of friends as he has chosen to ask his girlfriend Michelle, the infamous flutist of the first two films (the wonderful Alyson Hannigan, which, ya know, she is so good in it, we did nt need the other girl characters, which is sad to say, but eh, this was always about the guys so who cares?).

Once we're in the city, however, the film does take on an easier - to - follow structure, because even though life here is poverty - blighted and marginalized, the prosaic rhythms of commerce, barter, even traffic jams provide a sort of brief haven for Alias as he falls for Antoinette and learns the ropes of his new business.

This nonlinear, seemingly intuitive middle stretch is where the film could most use some tightening, rich as it is with social and sensual detail; its rheumy - eyed gaze takes in everything from bizarre spider - racing rituals to tender declarations of love on the town scrap heap.

Taking the film on its own material terms, there's a perverse frisson of pleasure — of sweet, egregiously unequal justice — to be had in watching two people this immaculately beautiful finally unite in quite such accordingly beautiful fashion, and it's here where James (once more acting as producer) and the filmmakers have us right where they want us.

With her role in the The Hulk as well as with this film, Jennifer has proven that she can take on any role from any genre and inject the passion it needs to make it credible.

As you might guess from the featurette titles, these cover the film's look and visual design, conceptualizing and putting together the Batmobile and its use in the film, physical props and elements, ideas and execution of the Batsuit, Nicholson's take on the Joker and his makeup / costume, and the flick's score.

While those who enjoyed the Brooks book will likely be chagrined at seeing little of what they enjoyed show up on the big screen, taking World War Z on its own terms as a Hollywood blockbuster, there's still enough entertainment value to be had for those who are OK with the fact that the film doesn't represent the book.

There is, as such, little doubt that the film takes a serious dive in its increasingly underwhelming third act, with Ganz and Mandel's script emphasizing elements that couldn't possibly be less interesting - including Chuck's decision to break away from both Long and Keaton's respective characters (ie it's a twist on the dreaded fake break - up cliche).