Sentences with phrase «uplifting movies»

Read, attend seminars and conferences, watch positive and uplifting movies, and surround yourself with like - minded, successful people.

This week's roundup includes previews for the horror film Hereditary, heist thriller American Animals, and Jim Carrey's ultra-moody Dark Crimes — you know, uplifting movies (not).

• «Their Finest,» Lone Scherfig's World War II romance, about a woman (Gemma Arterton) hired to write uplifting movies for the British government, turns out to be a more compelling look at the retreat at Dunkirk than either «Dunkirk» or «Darkest Hour.»

It's not that I'm against optimistic, uplifting movies, but there needs to be proper development and higher stakes than just «star - crossed love.»

Not exactly good news for Harold, who has recently found something that has blasted him out of his old dull routine and inspired him — in the long tradition of uplifting movies — to want to Live Life to the Fullest.

The movie's title is lifted from Preston Sturges» 1941 comedy «Sullivan's Travels» (it was the uplifting movie the hero wanted to make to redeem himself), and from Homer we get a Cyclops, sirens bathing on rocks, a hero named Ulysses, and his wife Penny, which is no doubt short for Penelope.

Take the Viewranger app along on your next hike, the fun and uplifting movie musical «The Greatest Showman» is available on DVD and Blu - ray, and more top picks.

The final twist was well done and a perfect end to an uplifting movie.

It may be or not an uplifting movie, but I'm sure it'll be a dramatic story with great performances and a lesson to learn... so count me in!

On one hand, yes; it's an uplifting movie involving sports that trades in an easy form of symbolic social progress.

Not exact matches

Most Iranians, like most people everywhere, turn to the movies for entertainment, not uplift.

In movies as varied as the dead serious The Road, the uplifting family picture The Blind Side, the biting comedy The Invention of Lying and even James Cameron's sci - fi opus...

One's interest does, as a result, begin to wane considerably as the film plods into its increasingly predictable midsection, with the inclusion of hackneyed plot twists - eg Nick and Billy must whip their ragtag group members into shape, Billy is forced to contend with an obnoxious rival (Max Minghella's Graham), etc - ensuring that the movie only grows more and more interminable in the buildup to its expectedly uplifting finale.

It's just that the soporific uplift provided by the last two «Shrek» movies is just as banal as in any old live - action Hollywood drama.

The eye - rolling predictability of Nancy Sackett's screenplay exacerbates the movie's less - than - watchable atmosphere, as there's virtually nothing that occurs within Ron Howard's Skyward that one doesn't see coming from miles away (eg Julie's parents forbid her from flying, Julie fights with Scott, etc, etc)- which ultimately prevents the finale from packing the uplifting, emotional punch that Howard is obviously striving for.

Not to put the two movies in the same category, but you will get an uplifting feeling from knowing the two men achieve what they each perceived they needed in order to move ahead with their lives.

The hopeful and uplifting score perfectly conveys the tone of the movie, tugging at your heart strings at all of the right moments and pairing perfectly with the vivid and fun colors.

This movie could have been made without the immorality, without the nudity, and without the foul language — nothing would have been lost — and it would have been uplifting and as memorable as «It's a Wonderful Life.»

The performances are heartbreaking, the story both tragic and uplifting - Amenabar has crafted yet another movie that's sure to please many.

They are faced with more trouble than any child can be expected to bear, and the fragile but resourceful Mister nevertheless finds strength in an idea from a movie, that he can be an unstoppable force against seemingly unmovable obstacles if he believes in the success... There are plenty of sad and disturbing moments in this movie, but all of them managed to become inspirational and uplifting, because the director offered a glimpse of hope in the continuously degrading American society, especially for the poor.

While it's not the best movie ever, it is the best thing out right now, and provides entertainment as well as something uplifting.

Nor could The Lego Batman Movie ever be as peppy and uplifting as a tale featuring Chris Pratt's optimistic Lego everyman Emmet; Batman is somber, dark and gritty by nature.

But the movie didn't open in the midwest because — surprise, surprise — it turned mainstream critics off, lacking the sort of lightweight uplift they generally hanker for.

The Extra-Terrestrial, the definitive boy - and - his - dog movie, as I can't help but feel that E.T.'s departure will leave a bigger, more cavernous hole than the one Elliot started with — a troublesome notion that the pompous uplift of John Williams's score does everything in its power to drown out.

Thanks to the amazing music and stunning performance by the cast, there is an infectious joy contained in this movie that is exciting and uplifting.

While Schindler's List is ultimately an uplifting story, it's also an incredibly harrowing and emotionally draining movie.

An uplifting must - see movie.

Except that the final scene is of her dancing to the eponymous track by Umberto Tozzi and, in itself, provided me with one of my very favorite film moments from 2013 — a perfectly uplifting, joyous ending to a movie that manages to be optimistic without being pat, funny without being scornful and happy without being slight.

I hate how most movie trailers are edited nowadays, they give everything away and the music choices can really be very manipulative (like the overly uplifting music used in the last half of this trailer.)

This documentary about the worst World Cup competitors in history is much more than a football movie: it's an engaging and hugely uplifting exploration of people with real passion for their community.

From the tightly scripted dialogue — by turn sharp, harrowing & funny and without an ounce excess on its bones — to the beautifully melancholic score by Carter Burwell and the powerhouse performances from a cast who've never been better, I fell in love with the entire movie, with every single breath - taking, nauseating, alarming, disturbing, uplifting scene, a fact made slightly more unusual given that I've tried — and failed on repeated occasions — to watch and enjoy Martin McDonagh's back catalogue.

Based on a true story, this is one of those relentlessly uplifting Disney movies that mixes comedy and emotion to inspire and move the audience.

There are plenty of great movies this Oscar season but I think Hidden Figures is the most fun and uplifting.

That should be an uplifting thought for fans who'd like to see an X-Force movie, though, because Reynolds is trying to make that happen, too.

I hate romantic comedies.And until I saw this movie I didn't know why, I thought I just didn't like the genre.But Love Actually showed me that I usually hate romantic comedies because they just aren't done very well.They are lazy and formulaic.Love Actually is anything but.Its genuine and heartfelt messages come across as natural reflections of the good you can find in the real world.Its funny, sad, uplifting, and exciting all at once.A friend dragged me to this when it first came out, and I can only imagine how much of a fight I put up.I owe that friend.

It lays on thick the problems, the resentment, the dissatisfaction, and the depressing nature of these couple's bonds, but then it seems as if Bell arbitrarily has decided to make a more uplifting and positive movie about marriage instead.

It's hard for me to fault these kinds of movies for that though, we all need to find the uplifting elements in any tragic scenario I suppose.

When there is a global call to arms, the uplifting escape that movies can offer is a necessity and the unique insight that women provide is essential.

The first movie I ever saw in my life was Star Wars, and perhaps for that reason the only types of music that affect me emotionally are bright, glorious, uplifting melodies, of unusual character and originality.

The trailer markets the film as a feel - good comedy, and while the source material is uplifting, hopefully the movie will capture the deeply dark and profound meditations on life that Hornby's novel offered.

After all, the de facto position of this voting body is to reward movies that provide some bit of uplift.

The movie has a great message about the power of music, and despite the fact that it's very hokey at times, it's also uplifting and moving.

But if Three Billboards actively interrogates anger as a force, ultimately landing far from an uplifting endorsement of its value, the movie (and McDormand's fiery, showboating, take - no - shit performance) could still speak to those grappling with their own righteous rage.

That might sound like the making of a depressing indie, but trust me, this movie is bright, uplifting, charming and full of love.

There are a handful of occasions when Spielberg lays the uplift on a bit thick, John Williams's score swelling like a bladder, but for the most part the movie is lively and full of wit.

McCary's movie feels like it was made especially for me — a kindhearted and uplifting examination of the power of storytelling and how embracing your inner - child isn't a sign of immaturity, but an attempt to reclaim some of the innocence lost in adulthood.

I've stomped grumpily into movies I knew I'd hate, only to leave uplifted and refreshed; I've all but sprinted to others I thought I'd love (like Elle!)

Christmas Inheritance is a nice holiday movie surprise that benefits from great performances and an uplifting message about friends, family and giving.

But people don't make movies about failures and Joy's story, as you can tell, is an uplifting one.

That is not to say the movie will not prosper on VOD and TV in the years to come: it will probably do so and a small theatrical uplift like this will have served in the end to raise awareness of a feeble offshoot of Mary Shelley's genius creation.