Sentences with phrase «why film critics»

This film is another example as to why film critics are wrong.

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Many critics have said that this is similar to Star Wars, and I can see why, but there is still plenty of originality to the film to make it a memorable viewing experience.

Snowden may not be one of director Oliver Stone's best, but this is why I believe critics are hitting this film a little harder than it deserves.

So tragically underrated, but here's why, I think: Crude, lowbrow humor, and buffoonish, one - dimensional characters were glaringly off - putting to seasoned film critics at the time of the

Similar shifts characterize most of Fuller's late films as well as his 1980 novel, which veers from quaint in - jokes — such as naming all the French officers after French film critics who championed his earlier movies, including (Luc) Moullet, (Bertrand) Tavernier, and (Henri) Chapier — to terse epigraphs that suggest the dark poetry of someone like Lautreamont:» «Why are you crying?»

The annual event, a benefit for CINEMAKC, allows moviegoers to attend a program consisting of clips and trailers from films nominated for the upcoming 86th Annual Academy Awards and then ask their favorite critics what their choices are and why.

That's why I can't regard dispassionately film critic Richard Schickel's effort to reassemble Fuller's version of The Big Red One.

If he is content to continue making sophisticated, funny films that critics and intelligent people enjoy while the general public ignores, why should we question his instincts?

Fox announces their distrust of critics with this title by splaying «Property of 20th Century Fox Publicity Department» in huge letters across the screen for the duration of the film on both sides of the disc (the first time a major studio has done so since DreamWorks sent out advanced copies of the Gladiator Signature Selection in 2000 — which is why you never saw a review of it at FILM FREAK CENTRAL), in turn prohibiting an ethical assessment of the imfilm on both sides of the disc (the first time a major studio has done so since DreamWorks sent out advanced copies of the Gladiator Signature Selection in 2000 — which is why you never saw a review of it at FILM FREAK CENTRAL), in turn prohibiting an ethical assessment of the imFILM FREAK CENTRAL), in turn prohibiting an ethical assessment of the image.

Sure, Showgirls is a cult classic, but some critics find it obscure why NC - 17 films can't even make it to a major wide release unless it's still an R - rated raunchfest.

I don't know why it's getting panned by critics, though, needless to stay, it's good that at this day and age, even regular audience members can give their two cents and it's pretty obvious that this film doesn't warrant all the negative CRITIC reviews.

Sure, Showgirls is a cult classic, but some critics find it obscure why NC - 17 films can't even make it to a major wide release unless it's still

A lover of film and the art of debate, Jason doesn't like to be wrong, which is why he became a movie critic.

Of those, A Scanner Darkly does get some actual commentary from critic and New York Film Festival honcho Kent Jones, where he posits it as considerably underrated, but the group's otherwise just put out there as something of a dark stage in the man's career, where he had a string of films failing to be embraced by audiences, critics or both, but with little extrapolation as to why those films were made, or what Linklater thinks of them.

I'm not sure why the British broadsheets are all falling over themselves to publish their «best of the 2000s» lists in early November, but mere days after The Telegraph critics declared Michael Moore's «Fahrenheit 9/11» the film of the decade, The Times has weighed in with their own Top 100.

JR: Which is why we're all film critics, because none of us would ever pass that test in the real world!

If one had to guess why critics and audiences have responded to this movie, while Mackenzie's earlier films — which have similarly dealt with difficult interpersonal relationships and discomfiting power dynamics — were indifferently received, the answer probably lies in its subject matter.

HitFix film critic Drew McWeeny joins the show to talk the films of April 2014, look at why the rest of the world is increasingly getting Hollywood blockbusters before the US, and pay tribute to the great Harold Ramis as we explore his directorial career.

I can see why the film has polarised critics and audiences alike, however I found the whole experience to be completely mesmerising.

Why exactly is it that critics and audiences alike consider The Texas Chain Saw Massacre canonical, a masterpiece of the genre, while Eaten Alive floundered in relative obscurity until being referenced in a Quentin Tarantino film?

Then the British government closed a film tax loophole, the budget evaporated, and the film wilted» — CK on why the film has been mysteriously held from critics

Some critics have felt this film lacks engagement with the local population or the wider scope of the war, but surely that's exactly the point: these soldiers are just ordinary blokes (they're all blokes), a long way from home, doing an incredibly dangerous job without much sense of why.

The film challenges its viewer on many levels, perhaps being the reason why its been negatively and unfairly bombarded by critics, and audiences alike.

Why then should critics, critics who travel the festival circuit year - round, who make yearly pilgrimages to Sundance, Locarno, Cannes, Toronto, New York, Vancouver, Berlin, Austin, Venice, Vienna and more, tie themselves to an awards model that narrowly defines what counts as a film in any given year.

Critics of the Marvel franchise also wondered why, when Thor, Hulk, Captain America and Iron Man have all enjoyed spin - off solo films, there'd be no Black Widow movie.

Although a certain cameo appearance in Thor has been well and truly leaked on the interwebs, the recent snafu featuring everyone's favourite Australian film critic Jim Schembri makes this critic more wary of explicitly stating the who or why, but let's just say that a brief appearance by another character from The Avengers occurs and it isn't in the now - obligatory post-credit sequence featuring Samuel L. Jackson.

These movies are made for audiences, not film critics, which is why so few mainstream comedies play the film festival circuit.

Pop Culture blogger Linda Holmes and film critic Bob Mondello talk about what to expect during Sunday's Oscar Telecast and why there's not a clear winner for Best Picture by now.

Why have people (critics and audiences alike) responded so strongly to the film?

Film critics and movie lovers alike wade through scores of yawners hoping for one or two masterpieces that remind us why we fell in love with the experience of watching a film in the company of people we like.

After Dumb and Dumber To was released it was easy to see why — most critics and audiences thought it was too much of a repeat of the original film.

Three years after the film exploded on contact, Chicago movie critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert used it on their popular TV show as Exhibit A for a serious discussion about why movies starring Black actors were mostly failing to find favour in white America.

The Atlantic's film critic weighs in on the underrated, the overrated, and why viewers can expect a big night for 12 Years a Slave, Dallas Buyers Club, and Gravity.

That's why, if film criticism is important to you, you find a critic whose taste seems to coincide more often than not with your own.

Alan Parker's handy tips on a career in film • Damien O'Donnell and short film form • John Boyne and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas • Michael Dwyer interviews Robert Redford • Donald Clarke interviews the organisers of Ireland's three majors film festivals • Alan Moloney: The producer • The craft of film editing • Why are there so few female film critics?

Plenty more friends, critics, film directors, hell, even Programmer Colin Geddes» mom chime in, along with random folks waiting in line, on what it is like to attend TIFF Midnight Madness — and why you should be planning out your way - after - hours vacation time for September 2013.

This film had quite excellent reviews from most major critics, but after watching it, I can only scratch my head as to exactly why.

The food critic explains why he agreed to make this film and says «anonymity was sort of a dead concept anyway» Read more

did not fare well with critics and audiences alike upon its initial release, which could explain why it took Glazer ten years to complete another film project.

I'll leave reviews to more qualified critics, but I'd say that if you like the Cremaster films (particularly Cremaster 2 and Cremaster 3) you'll probably like DR9, and if you don't, you probably won't enjoy it (but if you don't like Matthew Barney, why are you visiting this web site?).

In the first of a new series, Guardian film critic Peter Bradshaw stifles his sobs to tell us why he finds the Mathieu Amalric drama so upsetting — and why he's not afraid to say so

If the intention is to understand criticism of environmentalism, why not let a critic of environmentalism author the film?