Sentences with phrase «british cinema history»

The Avengers has enjoyed the biggest superhero movie opening in British cinema history after taking $ 25 million (# 16 million) at the U.K. box...

It became one of the most famous flops in British cinema history mostly due to the long list of cameos, which include Tom Conti, Maureen Lipman and Judi Dench.

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Visually, this is a rich world of Heath Robinson - style contraptions (bear - built and human) and best - of - British architecture, from the Browns» Mansion Tax - tastic Georgian terrace to the splendidly lensed Natural History Museum, with nods to iconic cinema and clichés alike.

Perhaps the most realistic and gritty film on this list, Guy Ritchie's Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels was considered to be a huge turning point in the history of British cinema.

For much of its history, British cinema was deemed second - rate and unworthy of critical and popular attention.

The title of a 1957 painting, Napoleon's Chest at Moscow (now destroyed), even showed a will to rival the French artist's somewhat ironical relationship with history, while another work from the same year was titled Patricia Owens, the name of a Canadian actress who had just left British cinema for Hollywood.