Sentences with phrase «very powerful film»

This is a very powerful film, with much to admire about it.

And I was painfully aware of this gap in the Anglo - American situation, whereas in France there is an academic culture and still a very powerful film culture.

It is a very powerful film and well acted.

There is a lot left unexplained also, particularly the intentions of the various parties vying for the very important refugee Kee (Claire - Hope Ashitey), but for all its simplicity it remains a very powerful film.

A very powerful film which is only achieved by the amazing acting of the main cast - Helena and Carey are stunning.

Very powerful film which poses a lot of moral questions about the consequences of the American government's campaign to empower anti-communist governments during the Cold War but instead we empowered a brutal regime, and the fallout of this caused a million person genocide that took place

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All in all, the film is plenty conventional, even in a portrayal of Ancient Rome that is about as thin as a lot of the characterization, and as contrived as the melodramatics which slow down the impact of momentum almost as much as dull and draggy spells, thus making for a script whose shortcomings are challenged well enough by a powerful score, immersively beautiful visual style, solid direction, and strong lead acting for Henry Koster's «The Robe» to stand as an adequately rewarding and very intriguing study on the impact Christ had even on those who brought about his demise.

Mission: Impossible III was a powerful film, and a lot of intrigue, where» Tomsito» for the third time playing all in a very dangerous mission, and for me the most dramatic.

The great writer / director Michael Haneke's ongoing commitment to an unblinking, deeply aware, and brutally honest cinema goes to new, more intimate and personal places in Amour, and while it's not always easy to watch (nor should it be; even at its most painful, it always feels precisely and ineffably right), it's tremendously moving and powerful in a way very, very few films are.

We have four women in this film that are powerful in very different ways and that's really exciting to have that be the thing that our young ones are watching, male and female alike.»

At a time when Hollywood couldn't be more sensitive about the sexual abuse meted out by powerful men, this is a film about the very worst sexual violence against women, with McDormand playing a grieving and furiously angry mother still mourning her pretty daughter, who was raped and murdered by an unknown attacker.

«I think this is really powerful, this movie, and it's a very emotional film.

Because the writer knew that even if this very powerful man never gave her a job in any of his films, even if he blacklisted her from other films, she could make her own work on her own terms and thus keep a roof over her head.»

There is no sentimentality and this finely acted film is underplayed emotionally and this is very powerful and haunting.

Schindler's List was a powerful and deeply honourable film for Steven Spielberg, an adaptation of the Thomas Keneally book, and an intensely felt attempt to find the possibility of hope in the very heart of darkness itself: the Nazi concentration camp.

Directed by Bong Joon - ho (The Host), and based on the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige, the film is rich in atmosphere and features powerful performances from some very fine actors, including Chris Evans, John Hurt, Octavia Spencer, Tilda Swinton, Ed Harris and Jamie Bell.

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She deemed Three Billboards «very powerful» and pointed out the importance of the mother / daughter relationship in the film.

The film is very powerful in portraying how the white - collar widower needs to tear his whole life apart to find meaning.

When Thanos appeared in the very first Avengers film, he had entrusted Loki with the Mind Stone, a powerful tool to help him take control of the Tesseract (aka the Space Stone), and the Earth itself.

In my opinion, one of the very few silent films still powerful and accessible today

Though Unbroken made it in, the NBR threw a polite but very insulting bone to the other film by a female director who is on the rise, Ava DuVernay's powerful film Selma.

This is a very powerful and confidently made movie, a film that really puts its audience through the wringer, which finally refuses any palliative gestures, with towering performances from Elba and Attah.

This film seemingly focuses on a very small part of the US military, but as it explores themes of trauma, grief and masculinity it delivers a very powerful anti-war message.

A very powerful and suspenseful film everyone needs to see.

It's a very powerful, stirring film with a lot to say about society today.

Yet the film isn't needlessly morose, it's penetrating and powerful, shining a very bright light at the complexity of the situation involving the cartels and America's addictions, twisting the very notion of a war film as elegantly as masterpieces like Apocalypse Now have done in the past.

Giving a human story to acts of genocide is a powerful tool that cinema has to communicate stories that must be told and in this way Balibo is comparable to films of recent years such as Schindler's List and Hotel Rwanda although it is closer in tone to the very underrated 1997 film Welcome to Sarajevo.

Anyone who sees Gone Baby Gone should immediately regret any assumptions made about Affleck in the past, as he's made a very powerful and memorable film.

Pursued Raoul Walsh, USA, 1947, 35 mm, 101m Walsh's powerful, very dark and Freudian film noir / western hybrid — a favorite of Martin Scorsese — stars Mitchum as Jeb, the only survivor of a brutal massacre that wiped out the rest of his family when he was a boy.

There was something to look forward to in each season, from very well crafted festival films, meant to stir powerful emotions and meditation, to entertaining, witty blockbusters, meant to take the edge off.

In the same manner, Zhang Ziyi said that she thought a scene in which she expressed her inner loneliness was very sad but very powerful would be kept in the film.

Lady Macbeth (William Oldroyd 2016; USA release date 2017) A disturbing but very powerful story about the intersections of race and gender, this film is visually stunning, but very nihilistic.

HollywoodNews.com: Mila Kunis may be taking on a very big role with her next possible film as it is rumored that she will be involved in Sam Raimi's «Oz, The Great and Powerful.»

A great balance between surrounds, with a very powerful score that complements the film perfectly.

This is a terrific film, and it really came together for me with the finale, which was very powerful.

It's a good - hearted film in every single frame, and shining through is the gift of a man who knew how to link state of the art technology with a deceptively simple, really very powerful, story.

I do agree with previous posts however, the first half of the film was powerful, gripping and very moving.

It's not a groundbreaking, powerful film, but it's a very pleasant little movie and definitly one you can enjoy at home.

Lachman then gave us a hearty recommendation to Angelina Jolie's new film First They Killed My Father, which he described as a very powerful experience.

Social proof is a very powerful thing — just think about the restaurants you have visited or films you have seen based on a friend's recommendation!

The opening sequence is powerful, emotional, and comparable in quality to any of Disney's best animated films, and sets a very high bar for the rest of the game.

Mewtwo is the very powerful psychic Pokemon that endeared himself to the Pokemon community when he starred in the first ever Pokemon film before winding up in Melee.

Various exposés and polemics, such as the powerful film Food, Inc. and the very popular books by Michael Pollan, have contributed to a growing movement concerned to investigate the treatment of animals on farms and to advocate for its betterment.

On the other side of that coin, once again tonight HBO airs another very powerful documentary film, called Mann v. Ford, by co-directors Maro Chermayeff and Micah Fink, which showcases how vitally important the civil justice system and plaintiff's lawyers are to help communities seek justice when powerful corporations have harmed them.