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Apr 25, 2017 · Thumper succeeds due to a well-written script elevated by a number of strong performances, including lead actress Eliza Taylor, who shines as the complex and multi-layered Kat, as well as...
Jul 18, 2024 · From Oscar-winning war dramas like Braveheart to classic film noirs such as The Set-Up, these are some of the best movies based on poems.
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- Photo: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution. 7 votes. The Nightmare Before Christmas. Based on: Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. Jack Skellington, the King of "Halloween Town", stumbles upon "Christmas Town" and schemes to take over the holiday.
- Photo: Universal Pictures. 10 votes. O Brother, Where Art Thou? Based on: Homer's Odyssey. This one is a pretty loose adaptation. The Coen Brothers's O Brother Where Art Thou?
- Photo: Mulan. 10 votes. Mulan. Based on: Ballad of Mulan. Disney, who famously use children's fairytales as a basis for their magical storytelling, turned to the Ballad of Mulan for 1998's Mulan.
- Photo: A24. 14 votes. The Green Knight. Based on: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. One of the most well known of the Arthurian stories, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a chivalric romance, wherein Sir Gawain accepts a challenge from a mysterious "Green Knight."
May 19, 2015 · 20 Great Poetic Films That Are Worth Your Time. Posted on May 19, 2015 by Hassan Husseini. Poetic cinema is an ever elusive term that branches out into vast territory. Some associate it with the “arthouse”, others with the “avant garde”; two types of film making that in themselves escape lucid distinction.
Apr 25, 2017 · Composer: Pedro Bromfaman. Casting: Jessica Sherman. Venue: Tribeca Film Festival (Spotlight Narrative) 93 minutes. Cary Fukunaga is among the executive producers of 'Thumper,' a gritty thriller...
Apr 30, 2017 · Thumper, a film about such a community, withholds its primary plot device until it visually explains its environment, its town and its drugs. The hard-nosed drama begins by building the lives it...
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There are several things that "Thumper" does remarkably well, and that's saying a lot—in the past decade or so, films (and, indeed, television shows) on drugs, drug use, and the war on drugs, have steadily become more staple, enough to establish their own set of tropes and pitfalls.
