Sentences with phrase «upon the film»

In some regards, it can be better by embracing what works best and improving upon the film's previous faults.
During his brief appearance, the writer - director drops the N - word multiple times, which drew a significant amount of criticism upon the film's release two decades ago.
Combined, they build up to a tense finale that relies as much upon the film's supporting cast as the overall premise.
Extending these ideas, Kantor investigates the manner in which color is used and interpreted through another series of paintings included here, based upon film stills used in the studio setting.
There is a lacking critical quality to the story as it goes along, touching upon the film's many idiosyncrasies but leaving them alone.
Reaching cult classic status, I only stumbled upon this film fairly recently; and though it was released back in 1995, it may still be the most relevant and resounding film to tackle the experience of middle school and family life for an unpopular suburban pre-teen girl.
On display is an installation of paintings that re-purpose materials used during the process of painting, a group of dark paintings that utilize paint sludge, and a series of paintings that are based upon film stills used in studio settings.
His first work — and, probably, least known — was 1957's The Mystic Masseur, which I have never read, but seems to lack some of the more cultural ironies that are striking in Naiplaul's other works, at least based upon the film version.
That being said, Singer was building upon the film franchise he created.
Any scorn heaped upon this film on account of plot - holes (of which there are a handful) and character development (almost none) are justified but if you enter this film with the same entertainment bar set as when you flick open a Marvel comic you will genuinely not leave disappointed.
Decided by Festivalgoers» ballots, Audience Awards are bestowed upon films in each of the Festival's four competition categories.
The fact that the rest of the world got the jump on us and heaped poor reviews upon the film didn't help either.
On Saturday while travelling around central London, Twitter user Howard Bud by happenstance came upon the film's set and tweeted out four photos.
Reaching cult classic status, I only stumbled upon this film fairly recently; and though it was released back...
To capture that, I drew upon films such as The Cabin In The Woods, Deliverance, 12 Years A Slave, The Descent, Onibaba, The Shining, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Upstream Colour, Under the Skin, Walkabout and Sampson and Delilah.
Yet here they come, film upon film, piece upon piece, with the same clichéd rejoinders and witty one - liners meant to wither the critic.
No great surprise, I guess, as before this transfer, the last time people saw Cundey's compositions in their original aspect ratio was probably upon the film's theatrical release.
In his eloquent fulmination on «the De Palma Conundrum,» The New Yorker's Richard Brody says, «De Palma's peculiar fealty to the history of cinema — his overt dependence upon the films of Alfred Hitchcock and his plethora of references to other classic filmmakers... results in zombie - like movies.»
The divorce of multiplex and Nokia Theater has never been more perilous, and odds are that only teens like me (and, if you've read this far, probably you) have actively sought out and liked such critically - fawned - upon films like Amour, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Life of Pi, and The Master.
Oh, fine, Russell Crowe), devouring trailers, and nodding with approval over the awards praise showered upon the film version of «Les Misérables» by the Screen Actors Guild and the Hollywood Foreign Press.
«Every step must have an idea behind it,» insists veteran actor Nathan Quellen (Ian Holm), imparting nuggets of career advice upon the film's eponymous, aspiring ingénue.
As Sam Adams at CriticWire notes «the problem lies in foisting one ironclad interpretation upon the film and then praising or damning it for its point of view, without acknowledging that the argument says much more about the person making it than Frozen itself.»
Their wild, drunken partying, though, leads to dark consequences — as highlighted by the fact that the BBFC didn't look kindly upon the film upon its release.
The lengthy Original General Release Trailer (3:40) takes time to credit actors and describe their parts while expounding upon the film's epicness (and overstating its Academy Award victories).
(Tom O'Neil, meanwhile, believes the critics» groups will «heap kudos» upon the film at the year's end.)
Director Antoine Fuqua (Who made a stink in the press upon the film's release over the PG - 13 cut that he had to deliver) gives the film a great look and stages some impressive battle scenes, but the film has no heart.
What was once a niche sub-genre full of talented directors looking to make a name for themselves, now sees itself devouring popular culture like some sort of voodoo curse placed upon the film going public.
While walking around the Buda side, we stumbled upon this filming location.
It touches upon the film's uphill effort to shoot in the elder Brooks» facility, but the focus remains on the mental health industry, making it of questionable interest to customers.
Trubkovich's multimedia creations are generally based upon film stills, sourced from videos that range from prison footage to found movie clips and home videos.
The second, weaker, category presented several pieces that felt conceptually belaboured in their attempts to reflect upon film and cinema through other media.
Outside TV's «A Life in Proximity» series builds upon the film and takes a deeper dive into the stories that Steele's project tells.
Regardless, the praise critics have heaped upon the film is out of proportion to its modest charms.
Time Out has bestowed a 5 - star review upon this film, and I agree completely with the critic.
He is likewise unimpressed by glorious paintings, macabre sculptures and picturesque canals, but is thrilled as a kid when he comes upon a film being shot.
Drawing upon the film «The Bucket List» and my own writing odyssey, I encouraged the audience never to stop striving for their dreams, no matter what their age.
Starting Tuesday, the preferred way for The Muppet Movie and its creators to live on is in Disney's The Nearly 35th Anniversary Edition Blu - ray + Digital Copy, a disc that improves upon the film's two DVD releases in pronounced ways.
That's exactly what Fox has bestowed upon the film, recently issuing Tom Hanks» Extended Cut.
About a month after seeing James Mangold's wonderful and moving «Logan» I was scrolling through the Netflix queue and stumbled upon a film that shares the same ethos; to project fantastical superhuman abilities through a very human lens.
And then, upon the film's completion, those same faces were out on the runway, mixing with models in Karan's «New York Mashup» collection that was teeming with city style signatures: a heavy emphasis on black (because, really, we can never get enough), the sometimes - incongruous mix of pieces (a terry sweatshirt embellished with sequined sleeves), and offsetting all that black with a punch of color, in this case neon pink.
The supporting cast of Action in the North Atlantic includes a young newcomer by the name of Bernard Zanville, whose billing was changed to «Dane Clark» upon the film's release.
After being cast as Lorene Rogers in a TV remake of From Here to Eternity (a role she reprised in a subsequent series based upon the film), Basinger finally made her way to the big screen in the low - budget drama Hard Country.
Three months after the film made its debut, Clarke published a novel based upon the film's screenplay.
And in the end, for all the film's missteps, there is cause to echo the uncritical compliment bestowed by the playwright (Jeremy Irons) upon the film's ingenue (Liv Tyler): «I so enjoyed watching you.»
I usually bypass puns based upon a film's title, but here I can't help myself: Aeon Flux is a flux - up of prodigious proportions.
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