Sentences with phrase «with films of this nature»

The producers should also be commended for hiring inexperienced young actors in the lead and supporting roles rather than the typical seasoned stars of the high school / frat pack genre, who you would normally associate with films of this nature, and they by and large acquit themselves rather well.

Not exact matches

It was filmed using a custom - built drone equipped with seven GoPro cameras and operated by a licensed drone pilot due to the complicated nature of the shoot, which included dropping 30 feet into a field of sharp agave; long, continuous shots; and stabilization against the wind.

While classification freed directors to use explicit language in marvelous films like Platoon and Something Wild and has allowed films like Out of Africa and Children of a Lesser God to explore the complex nature of human sexuality, it has also given us a series of slasher films — Friday the 13th, with its many parts; The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, parts one and two — and films like Brian DePalma's artistically significant but deplorably explicit Body Double.

The beautiful eighteenth - century costumes and setting seduce us into viewing these affairs with a kind of horrified detachment, as though we were watching a «Nature» film on PBS showing the praying mantis being devoured by his mate in the act of copulation.

If Ross occasionally plays loose with the facts, he remains true to the core of the story, and many of the racetrack scenes evoke more sharply than ever before on film a sense of the surpassing grace and power of the running horse, the sound of rolling thunder of the hooves and a sense of the precarious, perilous nature of the jockeys» existence as they bound along hell - fired at 40 miles an hour, monkeys on a stick, wind - sheared and often screaming at each other in the din.

There's something organic about shooting film that feels like a pleasant match to me with time spent in the quiet, slow, and calm of nature.

As part of the Collections Inventory Project, Collections staff with the Chicago Academy of Sciences and its Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum (CAS / PNNM) conducted an inventory and preliminary condition survey of the museum's motion film collection in 2011.

In the study, published today in Nature Communications, the researchers placed a magnetic particle in the center of a liquid film filled with swimming bacteria.

Using a mix of live - action sequences, animation and satellite data, the NASA - produced film Water Falls melds science with art to convey the dynamic nature of the water cycle.

«Humans have long been fascinated with the idea of replicating nature through machines, from Leonardo da Vinci's famous mechanical knight to speculative fiction of future androids like Philip K. Dick's «Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep» that inspired the Blade Runner film,» Gu says.

He returned from the journey with 70 rolls of film and a new appreciation for nature.

The hills are alive... During the first of many backpacking trips, Gazzaley shot 70 rolls of film, including this view of Otago Peninsula on New Zealand's South Island, and experienced a sense of connectedness with nature that he'd never felt before.

In the 28 September issue of Nature, Nakagaki and his colleagues describe a series of experiments with a 4 - centimeter - by -4-centimeter maze, using plastic film to separate the passageways.

NOTHING to do with a Hollywood film - making process, technicolour takes us back to the beginning of the universe, when two of the fundamental forces of nature, electromagnetism and the weak force (which governs particle decay within the atomic nucleus), were united in a single force — the electroweak force.

Getting to grips with the realities of an ageing global population: The second film of the 2014 Nature Video series «A Picture of Health» is out now.

Our solution to this problem was to film without music and then add the music back to the video scoring the music to the movement and exercise as best as can be done until the rep speed drastically slows down because of fatigue.You will notice how the music ebbs and flows with the intensity of the exercise and even the breaks between exercises have their own special music that is much calmer in nature.

A decade ago it was unimaginable to make a film without major financing, but now given the nature of new media and available technology, independent filmmakers can tell their stories with a limited budget.

i prefer not to talk about myself but here goes... i am 175 cm with blond hair and ive studied architecture.i like taking long walks because i like natures surroundings, i adore animals, going to the beach (summer of course hanging out with friends watching films and reading books about philosophy and phsycology.

The film's performers are all - around excellent (McShane provides an anchor of subtlety to some of the shrill histrionics, and Winstone exudes potent personal angst from simple offhanded comments like ordering calamari), but it's Kingsley's menacing and humorous performance, a brutal force of near poetic nature, that reveals new layers with each viewing of the film.

Written by Being John Malkovich scribe Charlie Kaufman, Human Nature was the feature debut from acclaimed music - video director Michel Gondry and featured Arquette as a woman cursed with a coat of fur covering her body.As the decade progressed, audiences could see Arquette in projects ranging from the star - studded documentary Searching for Debra Winger to the sleeper family film Holes.

Early in the film, we hear a radio talk show host discussing the nature of an FBI informant with an expert on the subject.

It's only as the film inevitably segues into its mystery - oriented midsection that it slowly - but - surely becomes a seriously dull piece of work, as there's simply nothing interesting or intriguing about the gang's ongoing investigation into what happened - with the tediousness of this stretch exacerbated by the unpleasant and downright seedy nature of the movie's locale.

Those who would make the claim that Malick has looked backwards with an uncritical eye need look no further than a simple juxtaposition late in the film that finds Opechancanough (Wes Studi), observing with wonder the ability of man to sculpt nature as evinced by a topiary garden in England.

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With the fan expectations, the iconic nature of the original material, and the development hell that lasted more than a decade, the film just had too much going against it.

It's just as clear, however, that the film's incongruously languid pace stands as an almost insurmountable obstacle virtually from the get - go, as filmmakers Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg have employed an episodic structure that becomes more and more problematic as the thin narrative unfolds - with the ongoing emphasis on subplots of a decidedly underwhelming nature (eg Jim's continuing efforts at resisting the advances of a sultry neighbor) compounding the movie's increasingly lackluster atmosphere.

Benedikt Erlingsson's follow - up to Of Horses and Men is «another skillfully crafted, surreally told tale of man and nature — or in this case, woman and autre — but one with more emotional depth and sharper political undertones» than his previous film, according to Jordan Mintzer of THOf Horses and Men is «another skillfully crafted, surreally told tale of man and nature — or in this case, woman and autre — but one with more emotional depth and sharper political undertones» than his previous film, according to Jordan Mintzer of THof man and nature — or in this case, woman and autre — but one with more emotional depth and sharper political undertones» than his previous film, according to Jordan Mintzer of THof THR.

But there are some spots that transcend the rote nature of the film: Zach Galifianakis» gonzo Alan walks with all the film's memorable moments, from his asking about beeper - friendliness to his speech on the roof, and his Rain Man infatuation to his treatment of the baby they find in a closet.

While Anon doesn't boast a superior story, it's engaging in the way many B - grade noir films from the «40s and «50s were — pulpy excursions into the dark side of human nature with hard - bitten heroes and duplicitous femmes fatale.

At its heart, Black Panther has a fairly standard comic book sort of story: baddie Ulysses Klaue (a rare live - action Andy Serkis: Star Wars: The Last Jedi, War for the Planet of the Apes), one of the few outsiders who knows the secrets of Wakanda, and who had stolen a small quantity of vibranium decades ago, is up to no good again, with a scary dude nicknamed Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan: Fantastic Four, and both of Coogler's previous films) at his side; they must be stopped by T'Challa, Nakia, and the absolute force of nature General Okoye (Danai Gurira), with an assist from CIA agent Everett K. Ross (Martin Freeman: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Sherlock).

This film, like others of its nature and era, gets a little bit carried away with its contrived, simplified portrayal of Ancient Rome, with sophisticated, but near - cheesily overblown dialogue, and character types.

Filmed with widescreen grandeur on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, The Rider reinvigorates tropes from the western genre of men, horses, honor codes and vast expanses of nature with a refreshing lack of sentimentality, without sacrificing their inherent lyricism and poetry.

Such is the nature of Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley), who saw her mother (Ashley Judd) and father killed in the first film and is now on the run with other members of her Dauntless faction, as well as her gangly brother, Caleb (Ansel Elgort).

Filmed with exceptional care and remarkable photographic ingenuity, no other nature documentary is as personal and as close - up as this one to the peculiarities of birds.

With its bijou period trappings and Enya - lite score, it's easy to dismiss the film as another pat, issue - ducking weepie, but on closer inspection it offers interesting and cohesive musings on the illogical nature of the human character, and how that fits with the responsibilities of scientific discovWith its bijou period trappings and Enya - lite score, it's easy to dismiss the film as another pat, issue - ducking weepie, but on closer inspection it offers interesting and cohesive musings on the illogical nature of the human character, and how that fits with the responsibilities of scientific discovwith the responsibilities of scientific discovery.

For my money, The Ides Of March — with its dark view of human nature and satisfyingly twisty plot — is one of the most entertaining films ever made about the political procesOf March — with its dark view of human nature and satisfyingly twisty plot — is one of the most entertaining films ever made about the political procesof human nature and satisfyingly twisty plot — is one of the most entertaining films ever made about the political procesof the most entertaining films ever made about the political process.

With the exception of «Coffee Time», most of the film's musical numbers are forgettable; Astaire and Lucille Bremer dance well together, but generate none of the charisma necessary to sustain a whimsical tale of this nature.

If it doesn't tie many (or any) of these thematic strands with a neat bow, that's in the nature of a film that chooses raw dramatic power over narrative finesse.

After, Justice Leauge is by its very nature an ensemble film with lots of strings to tie up.

It's a film that will linger with you (review here) particularly because of its true nature.

Of course, Oscar voters must only select five, not ten, Best Picture titles on their nominations ballots, but both Tonya and Molly movies appeal to the largely male voting bodies, given the nature of the films — sports oriented - ish with women who are easy on the eyeOf course, Oscar voters must only select five, not ten, Best Picture titles on their nominations ballots, but both Tonya and Molly movies appeal to the largely male voting bodies, given the nature of the films — sports oriented - ish with women who are easy on the eyeof the films — sports oriented - ish with women who are easy on the eyes.

As countless other critics will tell you, The Revenant resembles a Terrence Malick film, with its sparse use of dialogue, dreamlike atmosphere, and extensive reliance on nature shots.

The film is a look at the fleeting nature of attraction, all done in stop - motion animation and with enough imagination to shame most of its live - action counterparts.

A rather insultingly negligent dismissal of the one character with any real human emotional pathos — a film - saving Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone)-- only adds to the infuriating nature of the film.

His previous film «March of The Penguins» was an impressive nature programme, on a par with David Attenborough.

It's the stop - and - go nature of the storytelling that really hurts the end product, especially when the film already feels so bloated, packed with too much... well, everything.

Exploring his rise to fame from carting to his highly publicised rivalry with fellow racer Alain Prost, his three world championships to his infamous move from McLaren - Honda to Williams - Renault, his outspoken nature to the impact of the internal politics of the sport, the film is riveting and resonant, as well as fascinating and thrilling.

Deceptively clever and possessing an innate understanding for the follies of human nature, the film is a romantic comedy that offers up more thoughtful questions than one with pre-conceived judgments may expect.

While Freddy's Revenge isn't really in keeping with the first film in the nature of Freddy, whose powers seem to now come with the house, it still has an interesting premise and at least takes a direction that makes it less of a rehash of the first film than other slasher film sequels have been.

There are some fun character moments throughout — especially the stuff with Murray and Balaban — but it's not enough to counteract the rather pedestrian nature of the film.