Sentences with phrase «with flashback sequences»

Blunt's take on Norah is marginally less successful, although she certainly does an adequate job of Norah's conflicts and destructive personality traits, while allowing her moments of truth, particularly in scenes shared with flashback sequences of her mother.

Not exact matches

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.

He separates each sequence with a series of flashbacks, fully detailing the wedding chapel massacre that began it all, as well as the Bride's not - quite - tongue - in - cheek training with white - haired kung fu master Pei Mei (Gordon Liu).

Through flashbacks, dream sequences, and real - time encounters, Alex interacts with the people who have shaped his life — his parents (Marla Gibbs and Billy Dee Williams), his old friend (Rae Dawn Chong), and his therapist (Phylicia Rashad)-- and attempts to overcome the seething anger and resentment that have punctuated his time in prison.

Flashbacks and dream sequences tell the story of Ray's childhood, her father, and the surprising way she coped with his actions.

The flashback sequences — especially the ones featuring an enigmatic Laura Dern as her mother — are a nice break from her hiking adventure, and sport a dream - like quality, with quick flashes and lots of camera movement.

The flashback sequence was shot during the 2010 Tomatino festival with Swinton in the middle, gloriously wide - screen and slow motion.

The introduction to the character is a ten - minute sequence, itself with an overextended flashback, and after the initial shock and fun of watching Depp wears off, I started wishing to get back to the man - walrus.

The addition of several flashback sequences revealing a much younger Max (played by Freddie Highmore) is a nice touch, but it doesn't offer anything new about his relationship with Henry that the audience doesn't already know.

Though it has a lot of fun playing with slasher tropes and cinema in general (showing the way Max and her friends are affected by elements like musical cues, monochromatic flashback sequences and slow motion within the fictional movie), the film isn't funny or scary enough, ultimately becoming a victim of its own satire due to its insistence on preserving the genre's traditionally bad acting and writing.

The flashback is heavy on CGI, and it features a very unique style of lighting to blend in with the dream - like quality of the sequence.

This may seem like the start of a great time at the movies, but unfortunately, the next forty or so minutes is filled with flashback that give new information to the opening sequence of the original, following kidnappers (not the one I first mentioned, but a second), and many attempts to explain the reason for why the movie exists.

The movie works best during its extensive flashback sequences that explore Elise's troubled teenhood, a time when she grappled with budding sensitivities and an abusive dad.

Then Twohy starts layering in flashbacks to fill in the back - stories, up to an extended black and white sequence that sorts out the loose ends and sets things up for the frantic, action - charged climax.The first half of the film builds the atmosphere perfectly, establishing the characters with economy thanks to a clever script and an especially strong cast.

The story is interspersed with truly bizarre flashback sequences shot in black - in - white that look like they were filmed with hand - held Super-8 cameras.

The explanation makes even less sense when the details are doled out in a flashback sequence, complete with a narration that explains the hunch about what happened to the woman is correct.

The movie comes complete with Bergman's requisite flashbacks and powerful dream sequences.

That sad fate befell Kaylie and Tim's parents (Katee Sackhoff and Rory Cochrane), whom we see in flashback sequences interwoven with the siblings» present - day attempts to conquer this evil piece of furniture.

The story of «Alex & Emma» is simple and, with the exception of various flashback - style sequences into a novel - in - progress, makes me think this was originally written as a play.

Chock full with clunky life mantras and faux sepia flashback sequences there is a distinct made for TV feel about the whole affair.

Thus far, reports are claiming that the R - rating is for violence not sexuality or nudity, so if there is a Killing Joke flashback sequence, it would just be violent, it wouldn't necessarily go full Killing Joke with it.

In a flashback sequence, viewers witness a childhood trauma with a wild horse which, supposedly, serves to explain his sadistic fetish for bridles and bondage.

Though she doesn't crack the case — instead, like in Ocean's Eleven, we learn Jimmy got away with the money through an elaborate flashback sequence — she does make an appearance at Clyde's bar at the end of the movie.

Doneen fills in some of these gaps with documentary footage from past BBA raids and also with beautiful flashback animated sequences from Jason Carpenter, who did similar duties on Guggenheim's He Named Me Malala.

Though it opens with a series of fairly needless flashbacks, Friday the 13th: Part 2 quickly segues into a surprisingly suspenseful pre-credits sequence detailing the doomed exploits of Friday the 13th survivor Alice (Adrienne King).

It's a colorful film with cartoonish but likeable characters, and the flashback sequences add some good visuals to break up the sparseness of life on the farm.

The film opens with a bang as Janet points her gun directly at the camera to an unseen figure, only to flashback to show us how the sequence of events came to conclude so shockingly.

There are reports that Peggy Carter will be back for the sequel, with Hayley Atwell reprising the role in the 1940s flashback sequences.

Bettany's post shows Vision with the Mind Stone still in his forehead, which could indicate that Vision survives Avengers: Infinity War — or that he appears in a flashback sequence.

Perhaps all would be forgiven if M: i: III were competently - directed (while M: I - 2 is one of the stupidest films ever made, as John Woo is one of the best action directors of the past twenty - five years, damn if it's not beautiful, coherent, auteurist stupidity), but it's a glassy - eyed, dead thing complete with superfluous flashbacks to events we don't care about involving characters we don't recognize, an interminable party sequence in which Cruise trots out his smile like it was a weathered, beaten - down trophy wife, and a smug, self - congratulatory conclusion full of high - fives, victory arms, and shit - eating grins.

Interrogation scenes are intercut with elaborate dream sequences and vivid flashbacks as it becomes clear that Teddy's conflated his presence at the liberation of Dachau with the death of his wife and his mission on the island.

Koepp assembles backstories with flashbacks to earlier in the day, but the film moves with pedal propulsion along with numerous chase sequences made with stunts, rather than visual effects.

It is with the Kilo Squad telling their story where the flashback sequences come into play as you relive in - game each part of the Kilo Squads reasoning to Loomis.

Uncharted 3's plot isn't quite as good as UC 2's, but it has the best sequence in series history with a flashback to Nathan Drake's younger days.

This elderly gentleman recounts his time spent with the massive creature named Trico, which makes this game more of a playable flashback sequence.