Sentences with phrase «with characters in films»

I'm very good at empathising with characters in films.

Not exact matches

This may be the first time that DiCaprio was genuinely free to be the most energetic and commanding character in a film, not left to share his spotlight with a veteran actor in a flashier role.

As the actor who redefined what it means to be The Man in Hollywood with films like «Pulp Fiction,» he simply put too much into the role, making the Octopus one of his least memorable characters to date.

As reported, the new film will be an origin story for the clown prince of crime, it will be set in the 1980s, and it will be completely unconnected with the Jared Leto version of the character introduced in «Suicide Squad.»

Much like the success of last year's Warner Bros. film Wonder Woman helped change the conversation around a female superhero movie helmed by a woman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of color.

Despite a real - life narrative stuffed with secrets and suspense, the film version quickly feels bloated as Stone treats us to scene after scene of Snowden struggling with his inner dilemma and, especially, with his devoted girlfriend, Lindsay, who is a major character in her own right.

Leigh's script - free films generally begin with his actors working for months to invent their characters, and then improvising situations in which those characters can interact.

Meanwhile, Vox recently floated the idea of Fox going all - in on Deadpool by launching a film series, similar to Disney's The Avengers series, that would see his character team up with others from the X-Men comics to form a group known in comic books as the Uncanny X-Force.

When another version of the Deadpool character had appeared in the 2009 film X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the representation alienated many longtime fans for several reasons, not the least of which was the liberty it took with his costume.

And only 32 % of films featured 10 or more female characters in speaking roles (compared to 79 % with 10 or more such male roles).

Lions Gate Entertainment (No. 54) has had box office success with two major franchises: The Twilight series (produced by Summit Entertainment, a Lions Gate subsidiary) and Hunger Games, which have much in common as they are both film adaptations of bestselling young adult book series, are fantastical (one is about vampires and the other about a futuristic dystopia), and are anchored by a dynamic young female character (portrayed by Kristen Stewart in Twilight, Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games).

His character, the dim and racist cop Dixon, is the most controversial figure in the film, but Rockwell handles a tricky balancing act with grace and will surely be rewarded.

DB will have wasted more than a year engaged with a surreal investor who has disappeared into the mist like a character in a bad Chinese martial arts film.

If we compare and contrast the aristocratic character of rock with that of disco, by using the two films in question, we see that disco's aristocracy is more natural, whereas rock's is more heroic.

These films were in stark contrast from Scorsese's work at the time, the character study of a live - at - home, celebrity - obsessed comedian with delusions of grandeur in King of Comedy and the «one crazy night in Soho» comedy After Hours — both of which met tepid results.

A lesser film would have opened by loading her with backstory about her royal heritage, her home planet and her ties to the Rebel Alliance (in fact, the lesser prequels committed just such errors with their own characters.)

Yet if Anna Karenina is, however loosely, the touchstone for To the Wonder, then we must take to heart the moralizing of the character Konstantin Levin who declares in the film that «Sensual desire indulged for its own sake is the misuse of something sacred which is given to us so that we may choose the one person with whom to fulfill our humanness.»

She has toured internationally with stage productions, worked in film and television, and lent her voice to commercial campaigns, audiobooks, and popular videogame characters.

One bigger question I have as it pertains to the entire franchise is whether or not these characters» stories end with Episode IX or whether they continue to be the focus in more films.

Regal Cinemas offers its Summer Movie Express with family films for $ 1 throughout the summer, and Classic Cinemas gets in on the act with its Wednesday Morning Movie Series, which includes games and activities and visits from popular characters (and costs just a buck).

The character called Ayan is based on a real - life salesman who Baby Milk Action and our partners in the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) worked with closely during the events depicted in the film and since.

In the film's opening reels, we see the characters attempting to film their post-suicide video with fake AK - 47s and even attending a terrorist training camp in Pakistan, with hilarious consequenceIn the film's opening reels, we see the characters attempting to film their post-suicide video with fake AK - 47s and even attending a terrorist training camp in Pakistan, with hilarious consequencein Pakistan, with hilarious consequences.

The Milibands insist they are still close, but relations between their camps have become strained, with David's key allies branding rival Ed «Forrest Gump» after the less - than - bright character played by Tom Hanks in the hit film.

At least one Labour MP close to the centre of David Miliband's campaign has been heard in the House of Commons insultingly referring to his brother, Ed Miliband, as the character with a low IQ played by Tom Hanks in the 1994 Hollywood film.

After watching a scene from the film Trainspotting, in which a character reaches into the bowl of an indescribably filthy toilet, they sold a pack of pens for an average of $ 2.74, compared with a price of $ 4.58 for participants shown a neutral clip of coral reefs.

«Kids» cartoon characters twice as likely to die as counterparts in films for adults: Content on a par with «rampant horrors» of popular films.»

Had the then -67-year-old Hoffman — who brought mainstream culture face to face with autism in Rain Man and went mano a mano with an Ebola - like filovirus in Outbreak — never quite broken character from his 1982 film Tootsie?

Every aspect of the film had me engrossed in the characters» stories and I honestly fell in love with the romance story.

Some feature characters from Disney films, while others tie in with Disneyland.

The odd start to the evening was designed to be eaten as the film — Trading Places — began, with Dan Ackroyd, one of the two main characters, being delivered breakfast in bed by his butler.

As McAvoy's character escapes and is talking to himself in a mirror about his supernatural abilities, the film cuts to a small diner with the news being broadcast on the TV.

DC Entertainment works in concert with many key Warner Bros. divisions to unleash its stories and characters across all media, including but not limited to film, television, consumer products, home entertainment and interactive games.

It's here than Wan excels, a sign of his fantastic character work to come in films like Insidious and The Conjuring, with his work both fantastically calculated and seemingly chaotic.

In the film, Ben Stiller's Walter Mitty character speaks on the phone with his «eHarmony counselor,» who guides him through the process by helping him to build a great profile and coaching him when he hits stumbling blocks.

Play Download: Going on a successful date with Schternvart's character model can be seen on the movie posters for the films The Mainframe and Silent But Violent in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.

In his desire to make a universally well - received film, Walt Disney decided to play safe with this light - hearted and hugely entertaining delight that would hardly not please everyone, with an expressive animation, great catchy songs and many adorable characters.

As one might expect, the film details the multitude of ways in which these characters are different and the few but critical ways in which they are alike, but it doesn't satisfy itself with those points.

The point is that, yakuza films have always been a topic that I'm always interested in watching because, as I see it, it's almost impossible to tell a movie in these setting with these types of characters.

She's little more than a spoilt brat who treats everyone around her with contempt, even her loving father, Considine, the only remotely sympathetic character in the film.

Even if an hour of film that is pure character development is added back in, that doesn't change the fact we're still starting with two - and - a-half hours of celluloid that has none to start with.

After seven movies of playing Severus Snape with slimy and malevolent aplomb, Alan Rickman is finally given the chance to imbue his character with some genuine emotion — the flashback that reveals his tragic history is easily the most moving sequence in the film, if not the entire series.

The performances throughout the film are filled with hopelessness and even characters not involved in the escape seem to perk up when it's even hinted at.

Directed by Rees and adapted, with Virgil Williams, from the 2008 novel by Hillary Jordan, Mudbound is a true ensemble piece; the film explores race and class in the South through the story of two fated families, narrated by several divergent characters.

While «Other People» begins with a big moment — daringly, THE big moment — then flashes back to a year earlier, the film is more interested in the mundane ways the characters relate to each other and in the minutiae of their lives.

Epically bad in virtually every way imaginable, Battleship follows several one - dimensional characters as they attempt to defeat a squadron of heavily - armed aliens - with the film, impressively (and laughably), incorporating elements from the eponymous children's game.

With Victor «now Sabretooth» and Logan in the unit we are introduced to Team X members John Wraith (Will i Am), Frederick J. Dukes / The Blob (Kevin Durand), Chris Bradley / Bolt (Dominic Monaghan), David North / Agent Zero (Daniel Henney), and Wade Wilson / Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) and the film begins it's long path of character crowded - ness.

Working through these moralistic quandaries is George Clooney, absent his usual Clooney charm, who conveys his character's career - hardened loneliness by glaring with suspicion at everyone who crosses his path in the beautifully - filmed small towns of Italy's Abruzzo region.

But the novelty of this has certainly worn off a bit and in the interests of both retaining fan favorites and introducing new personalities, this third film feels a little crammed with characters all vying for the same kind of calculated jokes.

A perversely disturbing and highly uncomfortable film that bursts with overwhelming sexual intensity as the characters engage in a compulsive fetishistic psychopathology that is strangely telling, even if it will probably leave most viewers repelled and make them never want to see it again.

Writer / director James Bridges made his name in the 1970s with such socially aware, character - driven films as The Paper Chase (1973), but his unassuming style and non-blockbuster mentality slowed his career in the 1980s.