Sentences with phrase «turned director david»

This film from stuntman turned director David Leitch (who debuted behind the camera with «John Wick») starts with a literal bang, with our mysteriously depressed hero immolating himself atop a deathbed of explosive fuel canisters, then works its way backwards to detail the trauma that made him sad enough to kill himself.

Not exact matches

The emergency appendectomy — that wicked, temporarily debilitating, and costly medical procedure performed on 320,000 Americans each year — it turns out, in most cases, is completely unnecessary said David Agus, Director of the University of Southern California's Center for Applied Molecular Medicine speaking at Fortune's Brainstorm Health conference in San Diego on Tuesday.

DNV GL's Chief Group Development Officer David Walker and Global Opportunity Network Project Director Marianne Haahr led the session on turning world risks into opportunities.

Alceon executive director David Wilshire said Alceon, which owns 40 per cent of womens wear retailer Noni B and bought EziBuy from Woolworths last August for $ 10 million, had a demonstrated track record of turning around retail businesses.

As the details of CIA director David Petraeus» affair with his biographer Paula Broadwell have slowly unfolded since the retired four - star general announced his resignation last week, it appears to be turning into a bad made - for - TV - drama about a jealous lover with just a touch of «what did she know and when did she know it?»

Conversation frequently turns to who could lead the party after another defeat in 2020: the former paratrooper Dan Jarvis; the shadow business secretary, Chuka Umunna (who withdrew from the race after just a few days); the former director of public prosecutions Keir Starmer; even David Miliband.

• Darren Dopp, the Spitzer communications director who was suspended amid allegations that he was the architect of a plan to smear Spitzer's rival, Joe Bruno, has turned vehemently against his mentor: He's now testified to Albany district attorney P. David Soares that it was Spitzer's idea to release the records on Joe Bruno to the press and that furthermore, he wasn't very nice about it when Dopp suggested, ever so meekly in his account, that Bruno would be upset.

«In the last year, Gemini has made huge progress in turning around the observatory,» says David Silva, director of the U.S. National Optical Astronomy Observatory in Tucson, Ariz..

«We can now look at each of the particles in a developing dispersion to see how the chemical reaction is progressing and whether the particles are turning out the way they should,» explains NYU Physics Professor David Grier, one of the paper's authors and director of the university's Center for Soft Matter Research.

Upon all these folks, writer - director David O. Russell turns a bland, almost anthropological eye.

Corruption is the law of the land in the every - city of Edison, and the only soul brave enough to peer into the fire and face the wrath of an entire squad of corrupt cops is a fresh - faced journalist in this neo-noir thriller from television director - turned - feature helmer David J. Burke.

The action is brutally edited and mostly undistinguished — a surprise, given that the stuntman turned director, David Leitch, devised amazing, close - in, faux - single - shot fights in his last film, Atomic Blonde.

Even fueled by Reynolds, whose likability is practically a super power, a new director in David Leitch («John Wick» and «Atomic Blonde»), charismatic new costars like Zazie Beetz («Atlanta») and Julian Dennison («Hunt for the Wilderpeople»), bigger stakes (and more money to execute them), «Deadpool 2,» suffers from the sequelitis that typically threatens gimmicky gambles turned tentpole franchises.

As for the substance behind this series, no matter how much the final product both bloats and hurries itself along, it's hard as all get - out to deny the value within Alex Haley's «factional» tale, which is rich with the potential for compellingness and thematic depth that, more often than not, recieves justice from teleplay writer and source material book completer David Stevens, who draws lively characterization and depth, which in turn recieves its own bit of justice from director John Erman.

But then over the course of the past decade or so, working with directors like Olivier Assayas, Hou Hsiao - hsien, Abbas Kiarostami, and David Cronenberg, she has turned into one of the best actors working today.

A bit more suspense would have gone a long way here, and while director David Gelb, whose prior experience had been in the crowd - pleasing documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi, has turned in a slick - looking feature for one with such a small budget (reportedly, only $ 5 mil), it really can't compete with better films out there in terms of quality, while it's too straight - faced in execution to at least give us some choice b - movie thrills.

For the music, director Dean Parisot turned to David Newman, veteran of a number of comedy films by that time.

«Deadpool 2» director David Leitch and screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick break down those surprising twists and turns from the blockbuster comic book movie.

Director David Cronenberg — who knows a thing or two about bodily expressions — understands, finally, what to do with the Twilight star, turning his zombified handsomeness into a stark canvas upon which we can project our own anxieties.

Director David Wain (Wet Hot American Summer) turns our expectations on our head with an entertaining meta and self - aware experience.

But Mr. Bay (Pearl Harbor, Bad Boys II), currently on the fast track toward the title of «worst director alive,» has turned it into what David Thomson termed «noisy garbage.»

Possessing a similar appreciation for the beauty and mysteries of childhood and nature, like David Gordon Green and Terrence Malick, plus a Michael Haneke-esque disquiet, Carbone's film may have influences, but the director turns them into something unnerving, unforgettable and stunning.

Stunt coordinator - turned - director David R. Ellis wasn't able to uncover much fun with Samuel L. Jackson and the premise of Snakes on a Plane; what chance has he got with the unproven cast and tired story here?

Language: English Genre: Drama / Sport MPAA rating: PG Director: David Anspaugh Actors: Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper Plot: Based on a true story of the 1954 Milan Indians, a coach with a checkered past and a former - player - turned alcoholic take an unlikely group of athletes on a journey to become contenders for the state basketball championship.

Actor turned director Joel David Moore's film on the topic of legal human euthanasia isn't the first of 2016 to cover such grounds.

Director David Mackenzie (a 2014 Breakout Director) crafts the film with the grittiness befitting a modern prison drama, but so much falls on 24 - year - old O'Connell's lead character: the film lives or dies on his angry - dog turn.

Brian Johnson, a writer / novelist - turned - director, chats with David Cronenberg, a director - turned - novelist.

The Russos, with assistance from people such as Winter Soldier cinematographer Trent Opaloch as well as second unit directors David Leitch and Chad Stahelski (the longtime stunt coordinators - turned directors of John Wick), serve up several precisely - choreographed action sequences, varying from quick - cutting fisticuffs to exhilarating foot chases and combat situations that make great use of individual superhero's unique abilities.

Director David Yates did wonders with Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix, turning the dullest book in the series into a wizard romp of top - notch effects and high emotions.

It is, without doubt, a transcendent endeavor, from its exhilaratingly smart screenplay - director David O. Russell's adaptation of the novel by former South Jersey teacher Matthew Quick - to the unexpected and moving turns of its two leads.

Director John Landis blends horror, humor, and a little romance with cutting edge (at the time) special effects to tell the tale of a handsome American tourist David (David Naughton) doomed to turn into a Pepper — I mean a werewolf — at the next full moon.

Gone Girl Director: David Fincher Starring: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry Synopsis: With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.

Director Joseph Kosinski is a protégé of David Fincher's and was an architect before turning his attention to film.

Recent Blu - ray and DVD releases include: «Riverdale: The Complete First Season,» which promises David Lynch and delivers «Peyton Place» in its depiction of the shadows and scandals of small - town life with characters taken from Archie Comics; Ronin (1998) directed by a once occasionally great director, John Frankenheimer, involves mercenaries working for unseen paymasters trying to steal a case with unknown contents; Aretha Franklin: Divas Live, on this 2001 VH1 broadcast, released as a DVD / CD set, Franklin opens her concert with «I Can't Turn You Loose» backed by a horn - powered rhythm band that echoes the excitement of past triumphs; and Heal the Living finds people with no apparent relation to one another drawn together by an accident.

Written by prolific TV scribes David Feeney (2 Broke Girls and NewGirl) and John Quaintance (Ben and Kate, Undateable), the film is helmed by dancer - turned - choreographer - turned director Anne Fletcher, who has previously brought us comedies Step Up, 27 Dresses and The Proposal, and is soon to take the big - budget reigns of Enchanted 2.

Some feared that turning Gillian Flynn's bestselling novel into a movie couldn't be done, but with Flynn herself in the screenwriter's chair and the clinically precise David Fincher wearing the director's hat, it's turned out a treat.

Produced by Atlantic Records and the film's director David Ayer, Bright: The Album will in turn be available for pre-order beginning November 9, as the film itself lands on Netflix and in select theaters December 22.

Coming on the heels of 2005's A History of Violence, Eastern Promises certainly feels like an apt follow - up for director David Cronenberg - as the film possesses a number of similarities to its forebearer, including an expectedly deliberate pace, shocking bursts of violence, and an absolutely compelling turn from star Viggo Mortensen.

Released: August 11 Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Miranda Otto Director: David F. Sandberg (Lights Out) Why It's Great: It's always nice when a sequel — or in this case a prequel — turns out to be some kind of an improvement over its franchise predecessor (it also happened last year with Ouija: Origin of Evil), and such is clearly the case with this quiet, creepy tale of a demented dollmaker, a creepy mansion, and a whole bunch of inquisitive little orphans.

David Yates (The Girl in the Cafe, Sex Traffic) continues to impress as the most simpatico director of the Harry Potter series, after his successful turn in The Order of the Phoenix, continuing the atmosphere of darkness and despair to the once relatively lighthearted series.

While everyone was gasping over THE SIXTH SENSE, writer - turned - director David Koepp quietly delivered a chilling adaptation of Richard (I am Legend) Matheson's novel A Stir of Echoes, in which a man who begins to see ghosts after being hypnotized at a party.

Politics aside, these opening moments ensure one thing: writers David Simon and William F. Zorzi (ex-Baltimore Sun journalists and masterminds behind the greatest TV show of the century thus far, The Wire), director Paul Haggis (Crash, Third Person), and star Oscar Isaac (sizzling like a comet towards the A-list after his unforgettable turn in Inside Llewyn Davis) are going to make Show Me A Hero one of the most talked - about television events of the year through sheer artistic integrity.

Just like that, director David Mackenzie establishes, first, the idea that the men in that blue Camaro are up to no good; second, the current of economic desperation driving screenwriter Taylor Sheridan's story; and third, the religious posturing that offers an alternative to existential despair, with roadside churches, TV evangelists, and Christian radio offering a relentless white - noise stream of piety on demand to an American underclass with nowhere left to turn.

The sequel shares a director with Keanu Reeves» instant cult classic about a bad, bad man who kills a whole bunch of even worse men to get vengeance for a very good dog, although stuntman - turned - auteur David Leitch's co-direction of John Wick was uncredited.

After a shaky start with Alien ³ (most of which wasn't his fault), David Fincher has turned out to be one of the most gifted directors of the last fifteen years.

The result: Benh Zeitlin (Beasts) and Michael Haneke (Amour) are up against Ang Lee (The Life of Pi), David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook), and Steven Spielberg (Lincoln) for director, which in turn explains the absence in that category of both Hooper and, far more surprisingly, Ben Affleck (Argo), whom many had pegged as the odds - on favourite to win.

«Damsel,» the latest feature from «Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter» directors David and Nathan Zellner, reunites «Maps to the Stars» duo Robert Pattinson and Mia Wasikowska to turn the Western genre upside down.

(Should I need to recap, Smith ascended the indie scene in the early - Nineties starting with the New Jersey comedy Clerks, which he financed with credit cards and which turned independent filmmaking, quoth George Washington director David Gordon Green, into «the Special Olympics.»

Writer / director David Wain teased for years about getting the group back together to shoot a sequel, but it felt like something unlikely to happen, especially as Cooper turned into an annual Oscar nominee and Rudd joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Exclusive: With «A Dangerous Method» headed into release next week, thoughts inevitably turn to director David Cronenberg «s next film; unusually, the filmmaker shot two pictures virtually back to back, following his period drama with «Cosmopolis,» an adaptation of the Don DeLillo novel.