Sentences with phrase «with lackluster films»

Not exact matches

The first few years of his career following the departure from the show were somewhat lackluster, but Smits eventually landed the role of Senator Bail Organa in the second and third Star Wars prequels, a move that would permanently cement him in film history in the minds of at least one very large fanbase.In addition to his work with the Star Wars franchise, Smits also made an inevitable return to the small - screen mid-decade with a prominent role on NBC's The West Wing during the show's 2004 - 2005 season.

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.

As most of the films in the set were sourced from older flat video masters, quite a rhubarb was raised over WHV's justifying the lackluster transfers with the contention that full - frame transfers were Stanley Kubrick's preference.

If not for an ingratiating performance done with humor and grace, this would probably be just another wholly predictable, lackluster Disney family film.

For a film with an ad campaign that makes the film look like a Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen flick, Crossroads is constantly hindered by its downbeat story and lackluster exposition.

It's not a masterpiece, I think the critics were too fair too it, it's by far an over rated ghost flick, but it does so much with so little resources and proves M Night Shymalan knew how to make films before recent lacklusters like The Last Airbender.

A lackluster film, with an interesting premise, but ultimately Allen's least lovely film to this point.

Although Paramount extends one of their standard combo packs to the film (a minor surprise given its lackluster theatrical performance), they don't bother with a slipcover, placing the two plainly - labeled discs inside an eco-friendly keepcase along with the Digital HD code insert (whose back promotes a downloadable free HTTM game).

With many complaints of political overload, childish dribble in Jar Jar Binks, lackluster chemistry and overdependency on CGI effects, reverting back to what made the original films click is the success story in The Force Awakens.

Pair that up with a rehashed premise and a weak script and you have a decent enough but very lackluster film.

In an age where character and stakes take a further backseat to increasingly absurd, conxtext - free bombast (for which the Star Wars prequels take massive flak, with current examples like Jurassic World even more guilty than those lackluster films), Abrams» film feels almost subversive in its steadfast focus on character to get us cheering.

There is really only one full - on production number, picturized to the title song, which is actually the lone memorable tune in a most uncharacteristically lackluster collection of songs from the composing triumvirate of Shankar - Ehsaan - Loy; even so, with the film's run time uncomfortably stretched to over two and a half hours, it could have used more musical bits to keep the energy from flagging.

With lackluster acting and stiff drama, the momentum of the film as a whole drags whenever the Burnford family is featured in their plight to find their beloved pets.

Miramax's DVD does right by the film, presenting it well and with a generous amount of interesting supplements despite its lackluster theatrical earnings.

Despite strong reviews and preternaturally ripe direction on the part of first time writer - director Jake Kasdan (who was twenty - three at the time), the film was issued to the public in the traditionally lackluster month of January, and like many of its brethren in Stiller's filmography, may have dumbfounded audiences with its meld of comedy and confrontation.

Based on a novel by Alan Zweibel, who co-wrote the lackluster script with Andrew Scheinman, the film focuses on a fourth - grader who seems to have an enviable life.

Looking at the film from a purely comedic standpoint: Unfinished Business is pretty lackluster material, filled with setups and gags that have been exhausted by so many films before.

(The lackluster atmosphere is compounded by Lawrence's less - than - vibrant visual sensibilities, with the film, for the most part, unfolding in oppressive darkness.)

It's not even a good representation of 1980s films, by the way, with lackluster action sequences and agonizingly grating repartee.

The first film successfully avoided the lackluster plot elements whenever possible, so that we might have fun with the characters.

In sticking with tradition, Fraser followed his latest hits with misses: Inkheart fell way short of expectations, the true drama Extraordinary Measures co-starring Harrison Ford launched CBS films on a lackluster note, and the forest - saving family comedy Furry Vengeance was even too bad for the Razzies to single out.

This film was poorly edited with lackluster cinematography.

As poor as the script is, and as lackluster the claustrophobic direction, what will likely mollify the fans is that the film is saturated with atmosphere, special effects, and the rousing but vastly overused Hans Zimmer (Sherlock Holmes, Angels & Demons) score almost without respite.

This film is down for the count with lackluster characterizations and inferior boxing choreography.

While I like the concept in general, the implementation is mostly lackluster, with very few films managing to actually prove themselves worthy of the often absurd prices demanded for their viewing.

After a handful of lackluster Alien video games, The Creative Assembly stepped in with Alien: Isolation, a game that perfectly captured the tension, fear and palpable horror that made the 1979 film so immensely popular.