Sentences with phrase «with illusionist»

Specialist property developer, Equinox Living, has joined forces with illusionist and TV personality, Uri Gellar, to launch a competition to win a brand new flat

Several oil paintings are props assisting the development of an action or stage in a story, sculptures are designed as stage sets, with an illusionist facade and visibly constructed backgrounds.

Reportedly, they worked like gangbusters in the original production, thanks to ingenious staging (Nyman has worked extensively with illusionist Derren Brown), but cinema's comparative concreteness does them few favors.

I had hopes for director Neil Burger; he made magic with The Illusionist.

It's true that Altman's overall ensemble methods — which typically meld the materialist experience of making a film with the illusionist experience of watching one — parallel Renoir's aesthetics in certain respects.

That's an interesting pedigree on the wordsmithing side and it's directed by Neil Burger, who found considerable positive attention with The Illusionist and Limitless.

The final moment, with the illusionist's self - abnegation, wreaks of over-sentimentality, and while I might attempt to identify with it, I do so in only most maudlin way.

Not exact matches

Rethink Robotics» Baxter is getting a new assignment from «cyber illusionist» Marco Tempest, who has been named a Director's Fellow with the MIT Media Lab.

The illusionist Derren Brown has done something similar with exposing so called fail healers as charletons by showing them to use similar techniques as he does in his illusions.

A good illusionist would have either been stoned for being in league with devils, or admired as a miracle worker back then.

He amazes people with his illusions at a time when we generally do not believe in actual magic, but imagine what reaction a talented illusionist, or even a gifted doctor would have gotten in the backwater territories that Jesus roamed?

Rome, Italy - How about a mystery dinner with a magician and illusionist?

First, for those who aren't familiar with Derren Brown, he is a brilliant magician, illusionist, hypnotist, and «mind reader».

Conceal and brighten with Vapour's Illusionist ultra-pigmented formula.

A sinister illusionist gets away with ghastly murders on - stage in this unique horror story.

Inside The NFL, Season 7, Episode 11: Boomer Esiason, Ed Reed, and Phil Simms make their Week 11 predictions with special help from illusionist Adam Trent.

An 80 - minute, hand - drawn animated French film without dialogue and with one of the most depressing finale acts ever committed to celluloid: this is The Illusionist.

She falls in love with a young man and is no longer so enchanted by The Illusionist ‟ s conjuring.

Toby Kebbell (Rocknrolla) has joined the cast of Disney's The Sorcerer's Apprentice as Drake Stone, a celebrity illusionist, not unlike Chriss Angel, who joins forces with an evil sorcerer named Horvath (Alfred Molina), to «gain ultimate powers.»

A federal agent and an Interpol detective play a cat - and - mouse game with cunning illusionists who rob corrupt business leaders during their performances, then funnel the money to members of the audience.

Philip Glass (The Illusionist, Undertow) coats the film with his usual whimsical style, and though the film might be deemed as too slight in its subject matter to merit such heavy - handed compositions, the music is actually completely in keeping with the tragic allusions underneath, with motifs based on magic (wizard hats, old cats, strands of hair, and gold stars tie in to the coven - like relationship of the women) as well as Biblical references (Sheba is short for Bathsheba, the Old Testament woman seduced; Barbara's last name is Covett, and covet she most certainly does).

The new heist movie Now You See Me gives that age - old formula a twist, turning four illusionists into a modern day version of Robin Hood's Merry Men who rob banks with magic and then shower their crowds with money.

He took over the director's chair from Louis Leterrier, who made the 2013 original, and brings to the screen another story featuring Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson and Dave Franco's master illusionists, with Lizzy Caplan replacing the unavailable Isla Fisher as new recruit Lula and Mark Ruffalo back as Dylan Rhodes.

«The Illusionist» - The CW is bringing the 2006 film to TV with a script by Mark Hudis, who was nominated for an Emmy for «Nurse Jackie.»

A chance meeting with a drunken Scot has the illusionist invited to Scotland to perform at the local pub, and it's only here that he's given a brief moment of respect.

The premiere of «Billions,» directed by Neil Burger («The Illusionist») and written by Brian Koppelman, David Levien and Andrew Ross Sorkin, opens with a shot of U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti) tied up by a dominatrix.

One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public's adulation with their Robin - Hood - style magic spectacles, the illusionists resurface for a comeback performance.

Both that film and THE ILLUSIONIST deal with what is real and what is a clever bit of misdirection.

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Kocher, of internet duo BriTANick, (partner Brian McElhaney here takes the role of illusionist player, Chance) plays Grant with such fevered conviction that you don't doubt for one second that he's seen every single installment of Air Bud.

Like the Las Vegas stage - show illusionist acts that inspired this film, it's more about the spectacle and pageantry than the trick itself, entertaining with an arrogant, smirk - fueled panache meant solely to keep you staring at smoke and sparkly things just enough to keep you misdirected from thinking too long about its intricacies, or lack thereof.

LAFCA and particularly the NYFCC aren't nearly as wedded to Pixar in the Best Animated Feature category as the Academy, so I expect to see «The Illusionist» spring a semi-surprise with either group.

Other striking male performances were provided by: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Alec Baldwin and Anthony Anderson in The Departed; Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber and Toby Jones in The Painted Veil; Wim Willaert in When the Sea Rises; Leslie Phillips and Richard Griffiths in Venus; Clive Owen, Denzel Washington, Christopher Plummer, Willem Dafoe, and Chiwetel Ejiofor in Inside Man; Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase and Shido Nakamura in Letters from Iwo Jima; Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Alan Arkin and Paul Dano in Little Miss Sunshine; Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti and Rufus Sewell in The Illusionist; Patrick Wilson, Jackie Earle Haley, Noah Emmerich, Gregg Edelman and Ty Simpkins in Little Children; Keanu Reeves, Christopher Plummer and Dylan Walsh in The Lake House; Nicolas Cage, Michael Pena and Stephen Dorff in World Trade Center; Tim Blake Nelson, Pat Corley, Jeffrey Donovan, Stacy Keach and Scott Wilson in Come Early Morning; Ryan Gosling and Anthony Mackie in Half Nelson; Jason Schwartzman, Rip Torn, and Danny Huston in Marie Antoinette; Matt Damon, Michael Gambon, Alec Baldwin, William Hurt, Billy Crudup, Robert De Niro, Keir Dullea, Timothy Hutton, Eddie Redmayne, Mark Ivanir and Joe Pesci in The Good Shepherd; Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Kelsey Grammer, James Marsden, Shawn Ashmore, Aaron Stanford, Vinnie Jones and Ben Foster in X-Men: The Last Stand; Mads Mikkelsen, Jeffrey Wright, Giancarlo Giannini, Simon Abkarian, Sebastien Foucan, Jesper Christensen and Tobias Menzies in Casino Royale; Ebru Ceylan and Mehmet Eryilmaz in Climates; Adrien Brody, Ben Affleck and Bob Hoskins in Hollywoodland; Jamie Foxx, Danny Glover, Keith Robinson and Hinton Battle in Dreamgirls; Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Jason Mewes, Trevor Fehrman, Kevin Smith and Jason Lee in Clerks II; Justin Kirk and Jamie Harrold in Flannel Pajamas; Stanley Tucci, Simon Baker and Adrian Grenier in The Devil Wears Prada; Will Ferrell, Dustin Hoffman and Tom Hulce in Stranger Than Fiction; Samuel L. Jackson, Curtis Jackson, Chad Michael Murray, Sam Jones III and Brian Presley in Home of the Brave; Harris Yulin, Ty Burrell and Boris McGiver in Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus; Max Minghella, John Malkovich, Jim Broadbent, Matt Keeslar, Ethan Suplee, Joel David Moore and Nick Swardson in Art School Confidential; Joseph Cross, Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes and Alec Baldwin in Running with Scissors; Jamie Foxx, Colin Farrell, Ciarán Hinds, Justin Theroux, Barry Shabaka Henley, Luis Tosar and John Ortiz in Miami Vice; Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Alex Jennings, Roger Allam and Tim McMullan in The Queen; Samuel L. Jackson, Ron Eldard, William Forsythe, Anthony Mackie, Marlon Sherman and Clarke Peters in Freedomland; Vin Diesel, Peter Dinklage, Linus Roache, Alex Rocco, Ron Silver and Raul Esparza in Find Me Guilty; Josh Hartnett, Bruce Willis, Stanley Tucci, Morgan Freeman and Ben Kingsley in Lucky Number Slevin; Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid, Chris Klein, Shohreh Aghdashloo, John Cho, Tony Yalda, Sam Golzari and Willem Dafoe in American Dreamz; Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson and Rory Cochrane in A Scanner Darkly; Adam Beach, Ryan A. Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, John Benjamin Hickey, Jon Slattery, Barry Pepper, Jamie Bell, Paul Walker and Robert Patrick in Flags of Our Fathers; Chow Yun - Fat in Curse of the Golden Flower; Sergi López, Doug Jones, Álex Angulo and Federico Luppi in Pan's Labyrinth; Bill Nighy in Notes on a Scandal.

Who: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Mark Ruffalo and Michael Caine What: FBI agents track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.

The Illusionist opens with the story of a young boy named Edward who has a chance encounter with a magician.

Following Film Socialisme's epic engagement with digital cinema, here 3D becomes a dazzling illusionist's trick.

Now You See Me follows a group of illusionists known as The Four Horsemen, who pull off daring bank heists during their performances and then shower their audiences with the profits.

Paul Giamatti (born June 6, 1967 in New Haven, Connecticut) played supporting roles in Man on the Moon (1999) by Milos Forman starring Jim Carrey as comedian Andy Kaufman, Cinderella Man (2005) by Ron Howard starring Russell Crowe as boxing champion James Braddock, The Illusionist (2006) starring Edward Norton, Duplicity (2009) by Tony Gilroy with Julia Roberts and Clive Owen, The Ides of March (2011) by George Clooney, Saving Mr. Banks (2013) with Emma Thompson, 12 Years A Slave (2012) with Chiwetel Ejofor, Love & Mercy (2014) about Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys.

Helmed by Neil Burger (The Illusionist), the adaptation of Veronica Roth's novel of the same name takes place in a futuristic Chicago and stars Shailene Woodley as Tris, a heroic young woman with special abilities.

Superstar illusionists Burt Wonderstone (Carell) and sidekick Anton Marvelton (Buscemi) have ruled the strip for years, raking in millions with an act as big as Burt's ego.

Very little in «A Cat in Paris» compares with, say, the best in «Persepolis,» «The Illusionist,» or «The Triplets of Belleville» — the three most inventive 2 - D animation movies of recent years that weren't directed by Hayao Miyazaki («Spirited Away»).

The Four Horsemen aren't just magicians; they're illusionists with an agenda.

This is the first ASC Award for Lubezki, who was nominated along with Dick Pope, for The Illusionist; Dean Semler, for Apocalypto; Robert Richardson, for The Good Shepherd; and Vilmos Zsigmond, for The Black Dahlia.

With that said, while The Triplets of Belleville proved that non-CG animated features have a chance in winning this category (good luck, The Illusionist), How to Train Your Dragon will ultimately win out for being something that feels fresh in comparison to the rest of the lot.

Presented on a double - sided, single - layer disc and packaged in a regular Amray case, Haven comes with animated menus and a small paper insert touting other Yari Film Group home video releases, like The Illusionist.

«With Lady Bird, Greta has proven herself to be both a brilliant illusionist and a towering filmmaker.

An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.

So we now have a movie set in Vegas, with a douchebag stage illusionist vampire hunter, a lonely nerd ditched by his cool best friend, and very little gore.

J. Daniel Atlas (Jesse Eisenberg), Henley Reeves (Isla Fisher), Merritt McKinney (Woody Harrelson) and Jack Wilder (Dave Franco) are talented illusionists with varying degrees of success — a couple of them are actually cons — when they receive a mysterious invitation to meet in an abandoned building.

With Toy Story 3 also nominated for Best Picture among other awards, do How to Train Your Dragon or The Illusionist stand a chance?