Sentences with phrase «action fantasy film»

«Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time» (2010) The actor stars as Dastan in this adventure action fantasy film based on the video game, as Gyllenhaal proves he is capable of taking on a macho persona in an action flick

Is it an amazingly visual and imaginative action fantasy film?

So yep the film is utterly stupid, makes no sense and things happen simply so you have an action fantasy film to watch.

Not exact matches

With all the emphasis these days on big screen blockbuster action, superhero, sci - fi, and fantasy movies these days, it is refreshing to watch a well - made, well presented, historical based film that can touch you on a personal level.

I think it would be a great idea to have more diversity of content in this site (an early review of Beloved was a pleasant surprise some weeks ago) but right now the balance is definitely in favor of sci - fi, fantasy, horror, action, and some crime films created for a demographic probably best described as «geek».

Unlike series co-star Biel, Mitchell remained with the program throughout its run, and through many character changes that found Lucy marrying Kevin Kinkirk, working as an associate pastor, giving birth, and surviving both a miscarriage to twins and clinical depression.Although Mitchell branched out from television into cinematic work as early as 1996, with a turn in the fantasy - action thriller The Crow: City of Angels, and continued intermittent film appearances (such as a supporting role in 2005's slasher movie Saw II), she made no secret of her real passion: performing country music as a guitarist and vocalist.

Akira's popularity obscures the finest examples of the medium, films that manage to balance serious metaphysical musing with actual forward momentum (the two Ghost in the Shell films, for instance); to tell adult tales in affecting ways (Grave of the Fireflies); to redefine genre thriller (Perfect Blue), action (Ninja Scroll), and fantasy (Princess Mononoke); and to present children's fables as artifacts that are as useful for adults as they are for kids (Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro).

Universal Pictures have unveiled a new full - length U.S. trailer for the upcoming samurai fantasy action film «47 Ronin» which opens at Christmas.Keanu Reeves stars in the film about a group of banished samurai who long to restore their honor...

While at Comic - Con for a presentation in Hall H, co-stars Jeff Bridges, Ben Barnes and Kit Harington talked to press about their fantasy action - adventure film Seventh Son.

It's uncertain if the film even has a firm opinion of our sitting president, for with Sawyer's reductive preachings about a stereotypical black upbringing, and actions to end a «limitless war on terror» that plainly contradict current events, the movie is both a simplistic Obama insult and an aspirational Obama fantasy (and if you don't think it's channeling our real - life president, look no further than the Easter egg of Nicorette gum, which Sawyer keeps in his own nightstand).

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening December 10, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (PG for frightening images and action fantasy sequences) Third installment in the film franchise based on the C.S. Lewis series of fantasy novels finds Edmund (Skandar Keynes) and Lucy Pensie (Georgie Henley), along with their cousin Eustace (Will Poulter), returning to the magical land of Narnia to embark on a dangerous, seafaring mission taking them to the edge of the world.

In 2009, the MPAA assigned the film a PG rating «for fantasy action violence and peril», which is one way of describing the fact that our young heroes get shot at with some regularity, with one of them even getting bloodily grazed on his cheek.

A tie - in to Walt Disney Pictures» film of the same name, Prince Caspian follows the action of the films, which themselves are based on C.S. Lewis» children's fantasy novels.

His previous films alternate between Spanish - language dark fantasy pieces, such as The Devil's Backbone (2001), and Pan's Labyrinth (2006), winner of three Academy Awards; and American studio movies, such as the vampire superhero action pic Blade II (2002), the supernatural adventures Hellboy (2004) and Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008); and the sci - fi monsters - versus - robots film Pacific Rim (2013).

It feels like an extended trailer for a computer game and this is largely due to the absolutely flat and lifeless action sequences that are so crucial to the film's success (or lack thereof) as an action / fantasy.

Check out three new images from Zack Snyder's highly - anticipated action / fantasy film, «Sucker Punch,» and admire the attention to detail.

Zeman's captivatingly innovative fantasy films are worlds away from Stevenson's clumsy mishmash of cutesy gnome - related humor, Holmesian mystery, and perfunctory action - comedy.

Director John Crowley (Boy A, Intermission) does a very fine job with a good troupe of thespians, and while the film lacks a huge budget for large - scale action scenes, the more grounded developments definitely work in its favor in keeping a tenuous believability in what is mostly a story built on creative fantasy.

Is Zack Snyder's «Sucker Punch» a story of self - empowerment and fantasy worlds, a dream come true — or just another over-the-top action film with slow - motion cinematography?

Anorak: «The film flows at a good pace, and even without the fantasy action pieces every 20 minutes the events transpiring in the whorehouse world are captivating in and of themselves.»

Still, if you enjoy fantasy, light - hearted entertainment, and Walt - era live action Disney, you might want to check this film out.

Etheria Film Night screens an annual showcase of the best new horror, science fiction, fantasy, action, dark comedy, and thriller films directed by women for an audience including producers, managers, show runners, distributors, and genre fans.

Masters of the Universe is, by and large, a weak fantasy / action film, full of leaden plotting, bad acting, and hokey characterizations that will most likely please no one but the most forgiving fans of the He - Man mythos.

But overall «The Great Wall» is a disappointing film compared to most American fantasy - action films of this nature.

Three big films hit cinemas this weekend in the UK (one of them opens next week in America), with a fantasy blockbuster taking on a sci - fi action thriller and a Wild West comedy for box...

2016 brought an eerily similar story when director Alex Proyas» $ 140 million fantasy action film Gods of Egypt - starring Gerard Butler (who barely attempted to alter his Scottish accent), Danish Game of Thrones actor Nikolaj Coster - Waldau, and Australian Brenton Thwaites as the three male leads - opened to a domestic weekend of just $ 14 million.

Fantastic Planet, the Sydney horror, sci - fi and fantasy film festival, will kick off on the 22nd of March for eleven days of mind - bending, gut - wrenching action.

Dredd is solid action fare which is a lot closer to its source than the Stallone film was, presenting a fantasy world that might border on fascist but for the humanizing presence of Anderson, who lets one member of Ma Ma's gang go free on the grounds that he's a victim, not a criminal.

The film is an epic action fantasy that takes us into the vivid imagination of a young girl whose dream world provides the ultimate escape from her darker reality.

Stay at home and rent a superior action / fantasy / horror film.

Disney's The Avengers and Guardians blend the nostalgic, fun sort of action that was prevalent in the mid -»90s with an unapologetic, wide - eyed sense of good and evil that we don't see on screen anymore, apart from high fantasy films and children's cinema.

The combination of clever how - to details and wild fantasy is a throwback to the days of Disney's live - action man - against - nature films (only slightly grimmer), but it's flanked by a more down - to - earth depiction of the hero's youth in a zoo - owning Indian family, as well as a closing sequence that changes the meaning of everything that's come before.

I visualized an improv version of Darkon (a doc that covers fantasy live - action role - playing), filming twentysomethings huddled in theater basements playing Zip - Zap - Zop, the camera pointing out the absurdity of their lives.

Not exactly what you'd expect of a «foreign» Russian film, Night Watch may have subtitles, but it is a violent, action - packed fantasy flick about «battle between Light and Darkness», that old Hollywood plot standby.

The film provides a perfect balance of humor and action while contrasting alien fantasy with the everyday realities of government agents and law enforcement officers.

Writer / director Sngmoo Lee started work on his fantasy action film — cowboys meet ninjas: nuff said — wayyyyyyy back in November 2007, wrapped in February 2008, and... well, okay, in fairness, a lot of special effects went into this thing, so you can only imagine that post-production was a bitch and a half, but, wow, that's a really long time coming.

From there the film is pumped up action / adventure fantasy, with big effects sequences and action scenes as the race of giants, who have a taste for humans, skin, bones and all, menace the humans.

While the end result didn't exactly nail its feminist colours to the mast, the film stands out today for its sheer novelty value, and as a fantasy flick that doesn't rely on pectorals and testosterone to drive the action forward.

The original script by «Mortal Kombat» creator John Tobias and the first movie's producer, Lawrence Kasanoff (along with Joshua Wexler), was ditched in favor of a barebones one by b - movie horror scribe Brent V. Friedman and TV writer Bryce Zabel, who mostly ignore the video game's style in order to make the film a standalone horror - action fantasy.

Sucker Punch is a man's action movie fantasy — rolling everything a guy would enjoy in a film like hot women, heavy gunfire, a mother dragon who basically makes explosions come to her, and enough insanity injected into its most adrenaline racing scenes to keep you talking around the water cooler for hours.

Return to Oz is an enjoyable fantasy movie, which departs from the warm and friendly feel that have marked most of Disney's live action films.

«Warm Bodies received a «B +» CinemaScore from its young audiences and easily outpaced last week's No. 1 film, the R - rated 3D fantasy - action mash - up «Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters,» which took in $ 3.2 million Friday and is looking at a $ 10 million second weekend for Paramount.

Jeff Bridges may be doing a variant on his True Grit voice for his role in Seventh Son, but if this fantasy action adventure film is made up of recycled parts, at least they look like they've been assembled in a lively fashion.

Action, comedy, science fiction, fantasy, and superhero films are rarely nominated for Best Picture.

Based on the 1971 young adult novel The Little Broomstick, Mary and The Witch's Flower is an all - ages action fantasy adventure that hearkens back to some of the most beloved animated films of all time, full of ingenious characters, jaw - dropping imaginative worlds, and the simple, heartfelt story of a young girl trying to figure her place in the world.

Looking back there has been many popular video games that have been adapted to the big screen, including Nintendo's classic Super Mario Bros (1993's Super Mario Bros.), Capcom's survival horror Resident Evil (2002 - 2016's Resident Evil series), Blizzard's fantasy strategy Warcraft (2016's Warcraft or Warcraft: The Beginning in international territories), Core Design / Square Enix's action adventure platforming Tomb Raider (2001 - 2018's Tomb Raider films series), Ubisoft's time - traveling action adventures Assassin's Creed (2016's Assassin's Creed), Square Enix's immersive JRPG Final Fantasy (2001, 2005, and 2016's Final Fantasy movies), and many others.

In addition to the plethora of comic book - based superhero movies in the next few years, there are a variety of other films such as science fiction, fantasy and action under the umbrella description of «genre.»

A.O. Scott at The New York Times slammed the film's «pretense that this fantasia of misogyny is really a feminist fable of empowerment,» while Sady Doyle at The Atlantic declared that director «Zack Snyder's gooey mix of fetish gear, rape fantasies, and girls - with - guns action sequences represents the nadir of a long, slow, steady decline in action films starring women.»

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening March 5, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS Alice in Wonderland (PG for fantasy, action, violence, scary images and smoking) Tim Burton directs this animated sequel to the Lewis Carroll children's classic revolving around now 19 year - old Alice's (Mia Wasikowska) return to the whimsical kingdom for a reunion with the White Rabbit (Michael Sheen) and other childhood friends, and to end the Red Queen's (Helena Bonham Carter) reign of terror.

What you expect from a fantasy action film!!