Sentences with phrase «a budget studios»

A big - budgeted studio film about a black action superhero with a nearly all - black cast is a huge step forward.

A former Miami Beach lifeguard, strapping Ohio - born Bob Wilke performed stunt work in Hollywood films from 1936, often working for low - budget studios such as Republic Pictures and Monogram.

Gravity is a rarity, a big - budget studio movie that feels utterly personal.

Scoring noticeably fewer films than before, he has concentrated on big - budget studio material at the expense of everything else, seeming to leave behind the smaller movies with which he attracted much of the praise afforded him over the years.

Jones had an early encounter with big - budget studio fare as Banshee in 2011's X-Men: First Class — what would be the end goal for many budding actors — but he has tended towards more sophisticated work ever since.

The nominees here are only the big budget studio pictures.

James Cameron seems to only think Big - Budget studio films exist.

Hancock is presented in 2.40:1 anamorphic widescreen, with picture as crystal clear and stunning as on any big budget studio picture.

After a summer slew of big - budget studio films, it can be difficult to find, sit down and watch a movie with more modest origins.

While his technical skills drive most of the movie along smoothly and smartly, in the end this modestly budgeted studio movie is all too clearly a calling card showing how willing he is to sign up to make lucrative summer comic book franchise movies.

As a big - budget studio fantasy, its hypocrisy is blatant: If the point is that, in an age of endlessly proliferating screens, mass media has already replaced reality with fiction (as Baudrillard suggests), slow - motion gun fights and revelatory special effects are hardly the antidote.

Whatever the outcome of this ideological clash, it does at least point out a startling dearth of sexual diversity in big budget studio films.

Originally pitched as a big budget studio project with Eli Roth attached to direct, Tod Williams» film lacks the budget, special effects or artistry needed to render its depiction of a worldwide apocalypse convincing or interesting.

Speculations over when exactly Jeff Nichols» first real big - budget studio film would premiere have been growing over the past few years.

While filmmaker Jon Favreau has been dabbling in big - budget studio fare for the past few years, his next film returns him to his indie roots.

The best way to go into Crimson Peak would be completely blind, but in this day and age that is nearly impossible with a big budget studio film, so I can only advise you to temper your expectations, sit back and enjoy the beautiful ride that is Guillermo del Toro's Crimson Peak.

Big budget studio films are a blast, but we're in a day and age where you can actually insure the influx of those little independent gems.

Warner Archive has released DVD versions of smoldering melodramas and Charlie Chan movies issued by the low - budget studio Monogram in the»40s.

He doesn't always make big - budget studio films, but his work should be seen and recognized.

After spending a decade - plus making big - budget studio pictures, Jon Favreau returns to his indie roots, making his warmest, funniest, most personal picture since «Swingers.»

«Gravity» may not have much more on its mind than «Speed,» but it's a relief to see an unconventional big - budget studio movie that doesn't hew to the same old pounding action beats, or person - to - person physical violence.

That's because the Shakespeare and Milton work in question are two big budget studio films with CGI - loving directors at the helm, and in the former's case it's more of an unraveling of the lore surrounding William Shakespeare than an adaptation.

Still, it's a fine send - off for a series that redefined the look and feel and ambition of the super-hero genre, the summer blockbuster and the big - budget studio tentpole all in one go.

In what's merely another recapitulation of the widely accepted notion of white superiority comes David Yates» rehash of Edgar Rice Burrough's most popular creation, The Legend of Tarzan, a big - budget studio extravaganza from the director during his break between the last four Harry Potter films and an upcoming prequel.

The Ryan Coogler - directed movie — unprecedented in being a big - budget studio tentpole featuring a virtually all - black cast — secured the fifth - biggest domestic opening of all time after blasting past all expectations.

However, Norway just gave the genre its first shot and director Roar Uthaug absolutely obliterates the big budget studio competition.

Directed by Ryan Coogler, Black Panther is the first big - budget studio tentpole to feature virtually an all - black cast.

Overall, it's just the type of well - done sound mix that you'd expect from a new big - budget studio film, but not as active as you might expect or hope for.

For the most part, sound quality is an adequate, unspectacular reproduction of a limited Mono sound mix on a modest budget studio comedy.

Long after the form fell out of vogue — and in an era when many big - budget studio films pack the screen with saturated candy colors and in - your - face 3 - D effects — indie filmmakers and even the occasional studio - movie veteran are turning to the monochromatic.

Though an increasing number of women are directing movies today, film directing is still a male - dominated role in the industry particularly when it comes to big - budget studio movies.

Having just made one smaller feature and independent shorts prior, how different of an experience was it for you to make your first big budget studio film?

But even outside of working with those filmmakers, Martinez has mostly scored indie or smaller - budgeted studio fare, with more blockbuster - sized projects off his résumé.

The film's financial loss was profound; in career terms it scaled the writer - director right back down to where he was before, directing lower - budget studio actioners and comedies for the rest of the»80s.

There are so many comparable elements between Krisha and August Osage County that it's impossible to abstain from comparisons, despite one being a budgeted studio film with the greatest living talent and the other a first time endeavor.

This is a film released through Blumhouse Productions, the low budget studio known for Insidious and Paranormal Activity, which might put off some people.

The actress, who, prior to Bone, was already known in industry circles for her gritty portrayals of troubled youths in such independent films as Poker House and The Burning Plain seamlessly made the transition to big - budget studio fare playing a young «Mystique» in X-Men: First Class while still sticking to her indie roots with key roles in films like The Beaver, Like Crazy, and the forthcoming House at the End of the Street.

Before it was a big - budget studio release, The Martian was a book, and before that book received a proper released by Crown Publishing in 2014, it was a self - published novel.

Prices range from cheap motel style to budget studio or one bedroom apartments, to three star, four star, five star and also ultra-luxury holiday homes, penthouses, holiday villas, and private cliff face holiday houses and mansions.

Kauai Vacation Resorts features listing for oceanfront and ocean view rentals offered by private owners, from budget studios to luxury homes.

For every mediocre game released by a big budget studio, there are dozens of independent gaming gems that languish in obscurity, all for want of a bigger advertising budget.

Hawken's visuals have been praised universally and compared to big budget studios.

Are improvements in mo - cap technology and game engines making the tech more accessible to smaller, low - budget studios?

Not exact matches

He added that the extra revenue would wind up as a boon to filmmakers, with studios investing more money in film budgets and making more movies overall.

Instead, he asked her to move to Toronto, and build a 350 - person studio from scratch to produce what the industry calls «AAA» games, ones with the highest development and promotion budgets.

After producing mostly budget horror flicks, the studio released a low - rent version of War of the Worlds to coincide with Steven Spielberg's 2005 big studio adaptation.

Much like the success of last year's Warner Bros. film Wonder Woman helped change the conversation around a female superhero movie helmed by a woman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of color.

It's a path that includes the relatively low overhead of shooting a film entirely via a mobile device and an app (the studio said Sickhouse «s budget was similar to that of a typical indie film) while potentially tapping into various social networking platforms» massive built - in audiences of users.

With major studios pumping more and more money into superhero movies and tentpole franchises with sky - high budgets, any relatively low - cost opportunity to attract a millennial audience is worth exploring.

The studio's immense budgets puts an insane amount of pressure on DreamWorks Animation to make sure every one of its features are box - office gold.