Sentences with phrase «win over film»

It was a quick chat but I could easily see how his humble charm could win over film critics.

Now with a scene - stealing breakthrough on the big screen as the Bearded Lady in 20th Century Fox's «The Greatest Showman,» the original movie musical premiering Dec. 20 and starring Hugh Jackman as P. T. Barnum, Settle is about to win over film audiences as well.

Not exact matches

The dark comedy Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri won big at the Golden Globes earlier this year, but the film has also seen a sustained backlash from critics over its questionable ending and a perceived failure in fleshing out the movie's non-white characters.

After winning Christmas Day, the film finished third in the box office totals over the weekend, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com, narrowly losing out to «The Hobbit» and «Django Unchained» despite being on significantly fewer screens.

After decades of Christian movie flops, the last 30 days have finally proven that faith - based films can both win over critics and make real money.

It's a safe bet that the film will win at least a few of those, but even if it doesn't, 12 Years a Slave has undoubtedly brought back up an important, though often glossed over, part of American history.

And while it's true that every branch of Christianity has been racked with scandal over the years, films like the Oscar - winning Spotlight and Netflix true crime series The Keepers do a much better job of creating compelling art that raises questions about faith and morality.

And while the band and director may have had nonbelievers in mind, the film is powerful enough to win over skeptics of the modern worship movement.

On Saturday night, after Kentucky's Final Four win over Wisconsin, the 7» 0» shot blocker filmed his reaction to Aaron Harrison's clutch shot and was expectedly excited.

In this award - winning film, Eamonn Coghlan, former world indoor record - holder for the mile, travels to Kenya to exploring the country's dominance over middle and long distance running

In a rare TV sit down interview for a documentary film about his late father, Cuomo reflects on his 2010 comeback win, saying he doesn't think he could have been successful if New York voters hadn't gotten over the anger that led them to oust the late ex-Gov.

So I go there to the banana farm and film the gorillas and get whacked over the head by a big silver - backed gorilla and everyone wins.

Many blockbuster films have featured a down - on - her - luck lady, from Julia Roberts in «Pretty Woman» to Jennifer Lopez in «Maid in Manhattan,» who meets a wealthy individual by chance, wins him over with her charms, and lives happily ever after.

Empire Strikes Back ended with the Empire winning, Han Solo being taken by Jabba the Hutt, and Luke Skywalker facing his darkest moment, and the next film more or less reversed all of that over the course of its running time.

Overall, it's a feather - light collection of extras that won't really change your mind if the film didn't win you over.

I was mostly struck with how, in the film, Lincoln mostly seemed to be a president who had gotten beyond the hump: re-election won, the war almost over, his legacy more or less secured, and yet wanted to go that extra mile.

I like a crisp image if the film warrants it, but crispness, or seeing detail in a versimiltude way is not going to win me over.

The film champions the supreme might of man and machine working in unison, a combination that ultimately wins out over the soulless tech geekery which aims to outmode workers altogether.

However it is incredible that this middling film won Best Picture over the original A Star is Born, Stage Door and the Awful Truth!!

Heder's dead - on characterization struck a chord with audiences and the small independent film became a huge hit, raking in over 44 million dollars and winning the MTV Movie Award for Best Movie.

It won't win any awards for originality, but with quality visuals, outstanding voice acting, and challenging gameplay, Over the Hedge is guaranteed to entertain and delight young and old alike, and should make the perfect companion piece to the upcoming film.

This is also one of the best looking films around with the humans looking good and quite sensible instead of wacky but its the humour here that wins you over.

The film, in which Tarantino had a voice - over cameo, reunited him with Fiction star Samuel L. Jackson and won him the raves that had been missing for much of his post-Fiction career.

Whether you have a film like Ex Machina winning the Oscar for best visual effects over films like Mad Max: Fury Road or The Hurt Locker taking precedence over behemoth's like Avatar for best picture, independent films have always had a way of winning over the hearts of many viewers.

Still, nearly two - thirds of the studio's films failed to win over critics, and Paramount's average Metascore declined a bit compared to the year before.

The first film was a huge hit, taking more than eight times its budget at the box office and winning over critics and audiences alike with its intelligent storytelling and witty script.

I don't think the film deserves its negative reputation, as I'll take it over its Oscar - winning predecessor.

I thought the message for children especially, those with disabilities, who can find some type of encouragement and hope through this film was amazing and that's what won me over in a family - friendly film that typically wouldn't catch my mind or time.

Ford became best known for his Westerns, of which he made dozens through the 1920s, but he didn't achieve status as a major director until the mid -»30s, when his films for RKO (The Lost Patrol [1934], The Informer [1935]-RRB-, 20th Century Fox (Young Mr. Lincoln [1939], The Grapes of Wrath [1940]-RRB-, and Walter Wanger (Stagecoach [1939]-RRB-, won over the public, the critics, and earned various Oscars and Academy nominations.

Lauren has received good reviews for his lead performance, but the film hasn't won over critics so far.

If you aren't already a fan of the Broadway smash about the misérable population of 19th century France, the film adaptation is not likely to win you over.

Additional film credits include TALK TO ME; the 2006 Oscar ® winning Best Picture, CRASH, which Cheadle also produced; HOTEL RWANDA, for which his performance garnered Academy Award ®, Golden Globe ®, Broadcast Film Critics Award and Screen Actors Guild ® Award nominations for Best Actor; OCEAN»S ELEVEN, OCEAN»S TWELVE, and OCEAN»S THIRTEEN, directed by Steven Soderbergh; Mike Binder's REIGN OVER ME with Adam Sandler; the Academy Award ® winning film TRAFFIC and OUT OF SIGHT, both also directed by Soderbergh; Paul Thomas Anderson's critically acclaimed BOOGIE NIGHTS; BULWORTH, SWORDFISH, MISSION TO MARS, John Singleton's ROSEWOOD, for which Cheadle earned an NAACP Image Award nomination; FAMILY MAN, directed by Brett Ratner and starring Nicolas Cage; COLORS, HAMBURGER HILL, and the independent features MANIC and THINGS BEHIND THE SUN.

For all its darkness and tragedy, Monster's Ball is a film that wants to be liked and Forster stumbles over his good intentions to win the audience over.

Other popular American films that year: «One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest» (which won the Best Picture Oscar), «Dog Day Afternoon,» and «Shampoo.»

The film might benefit from a trim, particularly when it shifts gears in the second half, but its protracted style also delivers some sensational soundtrack moments — like the remarkably paced opening scene, which introduces our free - spirited chanteuse winning over a rowdy crowd.

Just when 21 Jump Street seems like it is about to trip under its own feet, it finds the perfect joke or visual to win you back over, making it a very difficult film to condemn.

Director Shane Black has covered familiar territory before in the 2005 movie «Kiss Kiss Bang Bang» (a massively underrated film in my opinion), but he has managed to win me over once again here.

That might be why it ended up with a whopping 14 nominations, and now remains the only film to get that many nominations and not win best Picture, as you can see over at FilmSite.org.

It is our inescapable awareness of the calculation behind this effort to win her — and us — over that robs the film of the poignancy it longs to evoke with its flashbacks to Travers» childhood.

The film instantly won over critics with its unique and absurd style, winning the Un Certain...

He has never really excited me as an actor, starring in a few films that I hate with a passion, but here I was finally won over by his steady charisma and willingness to satirise himself.

The studio swiftly hired Hugh Hudson, hot off the Oscar - winning «Chariots Of Fire» to direct the finished film, with Christopher Lambert as the king of the swingers, along with Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm and, as Jane, a debuting Andie MacDowell, who hilariously had her voice dubbed over by Glenn Close due to her impenetrable Southern accent.

David Fincher was once attached to the film but departed due to «creative differences» after Universal reportedly wanted to portray Shyamalan's 2008 film «The Happening» as a massive box office hit, including a scene where «The Happening» won Best Picture over Fincher's «The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.»

FOX quickly wanted to win back their fans respect they lost over the past two X-Men films (X-Men: The Last...

The ultimate goal is two-fold: package a winning family film built around The Rock that will increase his fan base, while also giving us a movie that crosses over demographics such that dads and sons, mothers and daughters, and even just the kids or adults alone can sit through the movie and be engaged enough to follow along entertained.

With his films it feels as if he's luring us as the audience over into his world of demented people and visceral storytelling and when we like it and are shocked by that fact, he knows he's won.

Over in the acting categories, George Clooney and Tilda Swinton won for «The Descendants» and «We Need To Talk About Kevin» respectively, with both films also ranking as one of the best of the year.

Academy Award - winning director will officially take over directing duties for the remainder of the film's shooting schedule — there's nearly a month of principal photography to go in addition to five weeks of pre-scheduled reshoots.

It's clear that Todd Phillips shouldn't be admired for attempting something different with this third film, because instead of sticking to his formula he decided that placing familiar characters on the screen was enough to win his audience over.

Of course, when watching the film, you could assume that Captain America wins when placing his shield in the reactor of Iron Man's suit, but in the end everyone is devastated over the loss of the Avengers and the fact they are broken up.