Sentences with phrase «war films as»

It's unlike other spy or war films as the tension is built through dialogue and suspicion versus continual action.

Oscar voters are also notoriously easy marks for war films as well so don't be shocked if this starts getting year - end award consideration buzz

It plans to release a new trilogy of Star Wars films as well as some additional spin - offs based on individual characters.

Mark Ruffalo is an excellent human for so many reasons, but topping our list today is the fact that he is just as desperate for a role in the new Star Wars films as, well, pretty much everyone else on the planet.

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.

We'll have more information on Gareth Edwards» Star Wars film as it becomes available.

Rod confirmed that they wanted to produce the best Gears of War film as possible even if that means straying away from being 100 percent faithful to the video game series.

>> Tina Fey and Amy Poehler revealed to Entertainment Weekly that they've scored roles in the new Star Wars film as... Darth Vader's mothers.

Not exact matches

On a visit to the DreamWorks studio, which produced animated films such as Shrek, Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda, Mr Obama said Hollywood was a «bright spot» in the US economy and that movies such as Star Wars were a tool for American diplomacy around the world.

Since then, the film argues, a variety of measures — from Jim Crow laws to President Richard Nixon's «war on drugs» and President Bill Clinton's «three - strikes - you're - out» legislation — have served to send increasingly large numbers of black men in prison, and several legal scholars and activists interviewed on camera suggest a profit motive at work, as well as racism.

Oscar Isaac is winning hearts as fan - favorite Poe Dameron in «Star Wars: The Force Awakens,» already the most successful film in the franchise.

Those films include an already released Marvel's Avengers sequel, as well as the upcoming Minions, Ant - Man, and, most importantly, a new Star Wars.

In addition to The Last Jedi and the as - yet - untitled Episode IX in the Star Wars saga, the franchise will also yield another spinoff film slated for 2018, featuring a younger version of the franchise's Han Solo character.

AT - ATs were featured in the classic «Star Wars» movie «The Empire Strikes Back» as well as the newer film «Rogue One.»

As he and collaborator Lynn Novick prepare to debut their new 10 - part documentary film series The Vietnam War on September 17 on PBS stations nationwide, we spoke with the tireless documentarian about leadership, productivity, managing gigantic projects and how to achieve immortality through storytelling.

The Pyongyang government denounced the film as «undisguised sponsoring of terrorism, as well as an act of war» in a letter to U.N. Secretary - General Ban Ki - moon in June.

Bay's war film uses Pearl Harbor as a catalyst for a self - indulgent love triangle involving self - indulgent, unlikable characters.

Directed by Ryan Coogler (Creed) and starring Chadwick Boseman (Get On Up) as the Black Panther, the movie is the first standalone film for the classic Marvel Comics character after Boseman previously appeared as the Black Panther in 2016's Marvel film, Captain America: Civil War.

Disney purchased the Star Wars franchise from George Lucas» Lucasfilm in 2012 for $ 4.05 billion, and has planned for a new trilogy of films as well as standalone installments through 2019.

North Korea has described the film as an «act of war».

Not only was Glover cast as Lando Calrissian in the upcoming Han Solo «Star Wars» film, but he'll also voice of Simba, the rambunctious lion cub who becames the leader of the pride, in Disney's live - action remake of «The Lion King.»

North Korea has described the film as an «act of war,» though a North Korean diplomat last week denied that his nation was involved in the cyber attack.

Few films in celluloid history have been as eagerly anticipated as the first installment in the «Star Wars» prequel trilogy, 1999's «The Phantom Menace.»

1980's «The Empire Strikes Back» is widely regarded as the best film in the entire «Star Wars» saga.

Best known for her role as Princess Leia in «Star Wars» and as Marie in «When Harry Met Sally,» the passport was issued soon after Fisher had finished filming «Return of the Jedi,» and the travels documented were likely for both work and leisure purposes.

As teased in at least one of the promos for «Avengers: Infinity War,» at one point in the film, Doctor Strange uses the Time Stone to look ahead into the future of the Avengers and their fight against Thanos.

«Much like the final films in series like «The Dark Knight,» «Star Wars» and «Harry Potter,» this is billed as the payoff movie that fans have been waiting for,» he added.

Disney Infinity was never presented simply as a game but as a platform, a central interactive playground with connected level packs featuring distinct, iconic characters from major Disney, Marvel and Star Wars films.

The thin - film maker topped $ 1 billion in quarterly revenue with impressive profitability and a strong war chest as it continues its retooling for Series 6.

American actor Mark Hamill became famous for his role as Luke Skywalker in the epic film «Star Wars,» as well as its sequels «The Empire Strikes Back,» «Return of the Jedi» and «The Force Awakens.»

The late Carrie Fisher, who played Princess Leia in the original Star Wars films, has been hailed as... More

And the British people in May 1940, as more accurately shown in a 1958 film about Dunkirk, were filled with doubts about the war.

The first in a series of Star Wars «anthology» films — which are in addition to the new Star Wars trilogy — Rogue One takes place before the events of the original film, as a group of rebels try to steal the Death Star.

As Fury progressed, I began to think about war films like All Quiet on the Western Front and others that might be defined as anti-war war filmAs Fury progressed, I began to think about war films like All Quiet on the Western Front and others that might be defined as anti-war war filmas anti-war war films.

Questions such as whether torture is permissible in Tolkien's world view, whether war is glorified (with a side - debate about how the films differ from the books in this respect), and how victory and defeat are characterised, are worth considering and will encourage readers to think more deeply about LOTR and appreciate how nuanced Tolkien's treatment of these issues is.

As Matthew Schmitz at the office excitedly explained to me, this «Star Wars» film is actually part of a series that began a while ago.

Hollywood films followed, along with well - known lovers, global tours, monkey and peacock and cheetah pets, work with the Resistance during the war, charges of anti-Americanism and fellow - traveling, stays in Cuba as the personal guest of Castro, opposition to segregation in the United States, and a turn at the microphone at the Lincoln Memorial in August 1963.

The Civil War A film by Ken Burns Shown as a PBS television series; also available on nine VHS videocassettes (11 hours).

[5] Costumes worn by singer Carmen Miranda in several World War II - era Hollywood films featured turbans, including increasingly outrageous and oversized piles of fruit - as - headgear, supposedly modelled on those worn by Brasilian market ladies.

Characters in zombie films are willing to do terrible things to each other because of the fear of zombies and the urge for self preservation, while, in the real world, things like the use of torture (or «advanced interrogation»), preemptive war and drone strikes were being debated as options to fight a threat even scarier than zombies: terrorism.

Without spoiling anything, Avengers: Infinity War wastes no time establishing itself as a Marvel film like no other.

Yet, just as the original Star Wars films gave us a tantalising glimpse into the history of the main characters, so Chesterton leaves us in no doubt that his own childhood was of immense importance to the development of his ideas.

We're sitting in the pub post Star Wars, discussing the film in minute detail as we are wont to do... AND THE WOMAN FROM THE NEXT TABLE TURNS TO US AND SAYS «OH HI, I»M ROSE FROM THE FILM AND I»VE LOVED LISTENING TO YOUR CONVERSATION FOR THE LAST HOUR.&rafilm in minute detail as we are wont to do... AND THE WOMAN FROM THE NEXT TABLE TURNS TO US AND SAYS «OH HI, I»M ROSE FROM THE FILM AND I»VE LOVED LISTENING TO YOUR CONVERSATION FOR THE LAST HOUR.&raFILM AND I»VE LOVED LISTENING TO YOUR CONVERSATION FOR THE LAST HOUR.»

Rogue One is a much different film and worth seeing clean, it is as many have described a war movie set in the Star Wars universe, and I enjoyed it more than Force Awakens.

George Marks only played twice for Arsenal, thanks in part to the Second World War, but his second appearance against Brentford proved to a memorable one as the game was recorded and used the film The Arsenal Stadium Mystery, a murder whodunnit from 1939 involving a fictitious amateur side called The Trojans who draw Arsenal in the FA Cup.

And like the real sixth Star Wars movie, this film is rather incestious as the family ties emerge and it is hard to see who is on which side?

The film sheds light on one of the most private royals of recent years who overcame great personal struggles, reluctantly accepting his place as King and uniting his country, providing faith and hope through one of the darkest periods of modern history, the Second World War.

Making an audience laugh in the aisles while smuggling in deep political points is not as easy as it seems, and In The Loop's outrage at the events which led to the Iraq war shine through every minute of the film's running time.

Dr Strangelove (1964) Also known as How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, the film satirises Cold War tensions.

His image as a heroic war reporter was encapsulated by film footage of him appearing to lead the liberation of Kabul in 2002, although this was overshadowed by the appearance of the BBC's Kabul correspondent greeting him warmly.