Sentences with phrase «wars movies at»

There was a time when war movies at least tried to have a «war is hell» message, but by making its protagonists faceless alien creatures instead of flesh and blood humans Battle: Los Angeles doesn't even try.

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The first US showings of «Avengers: Infinity War» occurred Thursday night and many audiences are having the same reaction at the movies end.

AT - ATs were featured in the classic «Star Wars» movie «The Empire Strikes Back» as well as the newer film «Rogue One.»

Stanley Kubrick's look at the madness of war is still a powerful work, mainly because of the first half of the movie in which the Marines go through training.

He likes to say that Star Wars would not have been such a great movie if the director would have come out at the beginning and said to the audience, «By the way, Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker's father.»

Earlier this month the New York Times sent out over 1 million free Google Cardboard headsets to promote its VR movie The Displaced, which takes a closer look at refugees displaced from their homes due to persecution or war.

Before creating the first Stars Wars movie in the 1970's, George Lucas planned for at least six films and started at episode four, rather than episode one.

From «Saturday Night Fever» to «Star Wars,» here is some movie memorabilia that cleaned up at auction.

Jim Scott came up with a great idea during a visit to the office of a friend who worked at PepsiCo — putting plastic figurines of characters from popular TV shows and movies, including Stars Wars, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Disney, on top of a bottled beverage.

Their dependence on licensing deals with movies — particularly at Hasbro, which owns «master rights» to Disney (dis) franchises like Star Wars — has become a double - edged lightsaber: When movies are down, so are toys.

What it's about: «Empire» surpassed even the first «Star Wars» movie in fame, with its unforgettable twist at the end and meditative scenes of Luke training with Yoda.

Further, echoing what they do with the Star Wars movie openings themselves, buyers could get into stores at 12:01 a.m. on that magical Friday.

Pushing the movie up a week means Infinity War will open at the same time around the world, and there will now be a four - week cushion for Disney's next big release — Solo: A Star Wars Story — on May 25.

It doesn't matter whether a movie explores the atrocities of war, glorifies war, or even pokes fun at war — I just can't sit through ninety minutes of human beings blowing each other to pieces without facing the temptation to give up on the goodness of God altogether.

Mark Steyn says we are looking at an» act of war, not a movie protest» and excoriates both the administration and our press in his usual style.

Disney and Lucasfilm have until this point been cagey about details regarding their next Star Wars movie, likely due to the directorial shakeup that happened at the end of production, when Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were ousted in favor of Ron Howard.

There are documentaries, thrillers, love stories, war stories, and even pornographic movies (I'm looking at you, Song of Solomon).

Already proving to be one of the most divisive blockbusters in years, hardcore fans» backlash against The Last Jedi didn't slow it down at the box office, with the new Star Wars movie taking in an estimated $ 220 million.

Time was spent seeing friends, eating good food, visiting the farmers market, finally seeing the new Star Wars at our favorite movie theater, drinking all of the good coffee, going on all of our favorite walks, and hanging on the beach.

Iwo Jima is familiar to most Americans thanks to a John Wayne movie and the famous photo of the flag - raising on Mount Suribachi, which is immortalized at the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Va..

«Cons» weren't widely trafficked family affairs at McCormick Place filled studded with current TV and blockbuster movie stars, they were modest gatherings in Rosemont hotels where outcasts traded VHS tapes of the fabled «Star Wars Holiday Special» and muttered about watching «C - beams glitter in the dark, near the Tannhäuser Gate.»

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His little particles coalesce into swirling, malevolent clouds, but their intelligence maxes out at roughly the IQ of a Nazi without a speaking part in a war movie, just another evil presence for his heroes to outrun and outfox.

In this wide - ranging, humorous talk, Seth Shostak takes a look at Star Wars and other science fiction films from the point of view of a skeptical scientist, tells stories about the movies he has been asked to advise, and muses about aliens from space and how we might make contact with them.

If you're following me on Instagram and watched my stories you might know that I'm a big Star Wars fan, one who watches the entire trilogy at least 2 - 3 times a year (and the battle scenes of the prequels every now and then) and one who was skeptical when Disney first acquired the movie rights but was eventually content after watching The Force Awakens, though not completely satisfied as to why that movie was even necessary in the first place.

Star Wars is one of my favorite movie franchises out there, so imaging my excitement at scoring this awesome top!

The Hollywood Actor told me all about his different projects, including his recent on - screen demise in a war movie that will hopefully be showing at the Sundance Film Festival.

At the press conference for his new movie «Two Men» on November 29, Minho shared his thought... Try dating one of the BTS members (Ima watch world war 3 happen) LET THE HUNGER GAMES BEGIN!

She was in Chris Rock's romantic comedy I Think I Love My Wife, and appeared in Spike Lee's World War II movie Miracle at St. Anna.

All those movies I just mentioned are quite likely at least a little bit better than this one, but «World War Z» is without question the biggest thing ever done in this genre.

The movie's second half, set over two days in Tehran, shot with lots of bouncy hand - held cameras in claustrophobic settings, aims at war - zone realism.

When the smoke clears, heady Farewell stands tall among the movies that view the Cold War at close range.

I was surprised at how this was a full - blown war movie, and the crafting of the battle was so precise and compelling that it propelled itself forward at lightning speed.

Finally, Iron Man 2 emerges as a movie that's at war, not between Iron Man and his surfeit of enemies, but between two different movie - making instincts.

Even bankers think it is a nice little scene: I happened to see this again recently, since it is one of my favorite World War II movies and I look at it every couple of years.

«World War Z» is a decent «PG - 13» night at the movies, perfect for a group scare and a couple of follow - up nervous laughs.

John Carter must've been pretty cool at the time the books were released, but so many things since, including Star Wars and Dune - have been ripped off or inspired by John Carter — so revisiting the John Carter tale in these modern movie times, seems dull and tired.

If having pure fun at a «Star Wars» movie is wrong, I don't want to be right.

The movie is so well made, and so compelling as a portrait of a man at war with himself, that, right up until the end, many people will probably be entertained by its intricately preposterous story.

It would be ludicrous to describe the events, except to warn viewers that viewings of at least the last six movies in the franchise (Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

Paul Bettany's crime boss Dryden Vos might be the first major player in a «Star Wars» movie to make no impression at all, but the actor was probably doing the best he could under the circumstances; he replaced Michael Kenneth Williams, who was not available for reshoots and was originally cast as a CGI character, so he was probably playing somebody who had to be rewritten on the fly without damaging the surrounding narrative architecture.

Catch up on the latest news about Star Wars, a Warcraft movie, and other upcoming film projects, and watch all of this week's new trailers and clips, including new looks at Side Effects and A Good Day to Die Hard as well as The Rock's latest film.

In an era when US - produced movies shied away from the wars in Europe — largely due to a strong American isolationist movement at the time — Chaplin took a stand and used popular entertainment to cast a light on the issues.

«Avengers: Infinity War» is not a great movie, but it is certainly good, a popcorn muncher that's thoroughly enjoyable and not at all a let down.

At first, the movie (written by Liz Hannah and «Spotlight» scribe Josh Singer) appears to have put the camera in the wrong place, given that it was the New York Times that first broke the leak of classified documents in 1971 that outlined the prosecution of the Vietnam War — and what the government really knew about it — across multiple administrations.

After the trailer launch tickets will officially go on sale for The Force Awakens, as well as for a seven - movie marathon event that will show every single Star Wars film at theaters around the country.

Paramount Pictures presented its slate of upcoming movies at CinemaCon, including World War Z 2, Coming 2 America, Dungeons and Dragons and more.

This year's Christmas Day releases are perhaps at the greatest disadvantage in the history of movies thanks to «Star Wars: The Force Awakens.»

The actor is the main star in Infinity War and a pretty major part of Deadpool 2, playing two different Marvel characters in two separate movies that are going to be out at the same time.

That's the kind of story that could do very well at Christmas, even if has to contend with that other Felicity Jones movie, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which hits theaters a couple weeks earlier.