Sentences with phrase «adventure films of the year»

One of the best action - adventure films of the year.

ROBIN HOOD is the must have epic action adventure film of the year.

Not exact matches

Violent content was compared with that from the two top - grossing films for adults released in the same year as each of the cartoons, excluding those tagged as «action» or «adventure,» because these are often marketed to children.

He made his first feature film, Four Day's Wonder, in 1937 for Universal, but most of his work for the next two years was for Republic Pictures, after which he moved to Columbia Pictures, where his most notable pictures were several entries in the Lone Wolf mystery series, and The Adventures of Martin Eden, based on Jack London's book.

A handsomely - mounted, muscular, red - blooded Old West adventure... One of the most stunning films to look at in recent years.

Audiences immediately understood that Pee - Wee's Big Adventure was meant to be a nine - year - old's notion of the Perfect World; critics, to whom nothing is ever simple, insisted upon reading all sorts of motivation and subtext into the film, and suddenly Pee - Wee Herman was the darling of the wine - and - cheese crowd.

Danny Madigan (Austin O'Brien) is a lonely 11 - year - old boy who escapes from his bleak reality by glorying in the action adventure movies of his favorite film character, Jack Slater (Arnold Schwarzenegger).

Throw in Joss Whedon tackling The Avengers, the first of two Hobbit movies, James Bond's next adventure, the opening chapter of The Hunger Games, new films from Wes Anderson, David O. Russell, Judd Apatow, P.T. Anderson, Alfonso Cuarón, Whit Stillman, the Coen brothers (maybe), and more of our favorite directors, and we can't imagine a better year for movies.

Recalling John Milius» 1982 hit Conan the Barbarian (another film that launched the cinematic action career of a then - little - known athlete named Arnold Schwarzenegger), the sword - and - sandal adventure raked in 36 million dollars on its opening weekend and stayed at the top of the box office in the weeks following its impressive debut.Though he would return to the ring for the remainder of 2002, it didn't take Johnson long to soften on the prospect of a return to the silver screen — and with the following year's The Rundown, he did just that.

Sony also had the lowest per - film average gross of the six major distributors in 2011, and its foreign box office growth (which includes a nice total for The Adventures of Tintin, for which Sony held the foreign distribution rights) didn't prevent the studio from finishing fifth in global market share for the second straight year.

In my review of the first film, I argued that Woodley seemed out - of - sorts in an action - adventure film, but a year and a different haircut really made a world of difference this time, with Woodley coming into her own here.

Narrated by Daisy Ridley (The Force Awakens), this documentary is one of the most gripping adventure stories put on film this year, as cameras follow a group of remarkable real people.

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This sci - fi / fantasy / adventure film has some of the best production design in years, capturing an alternate universe Europe in the»30s and»40s that feels inspired by steampunk and the kind of fantastic stories of adventure seen in the serials of the day.

The screenplay had originally been scripted by Edgar Wright (The World's End, Scott Pilgrim) and Joe Cornish (The Adventures of Tintin, Attack the Block), with Wright, who had cultivated the vision of Ant - Man for years, intending to direct, but creative differences saw a divorce from the project (Marvel became more controlling as they grew to massive popularity — a queen ant that expects its workers to keep the colony running smoothly), leading to rewrites by Adam McKay (Anchorman 2, Talladega Nights), and eventually Rudd himself during filming, while fluff - comedy veteran Peyton Reed had been brought in to mold it more in the shape that Marvel Studios had been seeking.

He's served up a couple of guilty pleasure action / adventure scores in recent years, most notably Pacific Rim, and this just might surpass that and be his most entertaining film score yet.

Now Baker's taken on Cannes with The Florida Project — this time shot on 35 mm film — about a precocious six year - old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with adventure,

The advanced techniques of the Hong Kong action cinema translated from the period kung fu and wuxia film to the modern world of cops and robbers, from swordplay to gunplay, not for the first time (it was preceded into the present by Jackie Chan's Police Story from the previous year, as well as Cinema City's highly profitable Aces Go Places series of comic adventures and a whole host of films from the Hong Kong New Wave like Tsui Hark's own Dangerous Encounters - First Kind, not to mention earlier films like Chang Cheh's Ti Lung - starring Dead End, from 1969), but better than anything before it.

The animated family adventure film The Adventures of Tintin arrives first on December 23rd, followed by what appears to be his awards contender for the year, the dramatic and uplifting War Horse.

Beyond the comic book movies and Christopher Nolan's latest, «Interstellar,» my most anticipated film of the year is «The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1» featuring the continuing adventures of Jennifer Lawrence's Katniss Everdeen becoming the symbol of the rebellion against the Capitol.

Nielsen worked for over 60 years in TV and movies, first gaining attention as a serious actor in such films as Forbidden Planet and The Poseidon Adventure, before eventually becoming best known as the muse of David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, and Jim Abrahams, creators of the cult classic Police Squad!

Now, 15 years later — and not a moment too soon — arrives this ambitious first entry in a quintet of promised film adventures, directed with more whimsical panache than usual by «Harry Potter» stalwart David Yates.

British actor Benedict Cumberbatch winds up his most successful year yet by playing the iconic dragon Smaug in Peter Jackson's epic fantasy adventure The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, the second film in the Tolkien - inspired...

Already one of the most - anticipated films of the year, the superhero adventure received another boost with overwhelming positive reactions following its world premiere on Monday, which in turn triggered a surge in advance ticket sales.

Not only is the most exciting adventure flick of 2016, it is also the funniest film of this year.

What could have been a super fun, super cool superhero adventure about a character that wears a ring that allows him to literally make anything he wants with it actually turned out to be one of the year's silliest films, not just the ins, outs and whathaveyous of the story but just the overall look and feel of it.

The adventures of reluctant heroine Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley) continue in The Divergent Series: Insurgent, a film that seems to rehash a lot of the plot points from the prior film, Divergent, but with daunting task of keeping audiences interested enough to get to next year's (and the year after that's) grand finale Allegiant: Part 1 and 2.

Fans of the adventure film series who aren't able to attend SDCC this year can enter to win a signed copy of the poster on the movie's official website.

Coming - of - age adventure follows 20 - year - old Lucy (Solo), a small - town girl from Ohio — who has never kissed a boy, never had a job and never really had friends — who discovers the delightfully bizarre films of the legendary Italian filmmaker and sets off on a journey across Italy to find him.

In the new «Star Wars» spinoff film «Solo: A Star Wars Story,» in theaters May 25, Alden Ehrenreich plays a younger version of Harrison Ford's swaggering, swashbuckling smuggler in an adventure set years before the events of the original trilogy.

WHY: Disney's live - action remake of «The Jungle Book» is one of the year's most pleasant surprises — a visually immersive adventure film that pays homage to the 1967 classic without feeling slavish.

Cannes has been quite a whirlwind adventure for Pixar this year, as the studio's upcoming film, Pete Docter's Inside Out, enjoyed its world premiere at the annual French festival and saw heaps of praise thrown upon it.

by Kam Williams Headline: Kam's Annual Accolades for the Cream of the Cinematic Crop In a year when four of the best films were big screen versions of comic book adventures (including Wanted, Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk), it should come as no surprise that one would emerge as this critic's pick as the top picture of 2008.

Spielberg has been focusing on films for grown ups for the last number of years but did work on the BFG (2016) and the Adventures of Tin Tin (2011).

Taking place about 60 years before the adventures chronicled in «The Lord of the Rings» films, the story begins with an elderly Bilbo Baggins (Ian Holm) writing in a notebook.

Set over one summer, the film follows precocious six - year - old Moonee as she courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother, all while living in the shadows of Walt Disney World.

«Big Hero 6 The Series,» based on the Walt Disney Animation Studios» Academy Award ® - winning feature film, continues the adventures and friendship of 14 - year - old tech genius Hiro, his compassionate, cutting - edge robot Baymax and their friends Wasabi, Honey Lemon, Go Go and Fred as they form the legendary superhero team Big Hero 6 and embark on high - tech adventures as they protect their city from an array of scientifically enhanced villains.

The American auteur's latest stars Willem Dafoe alongside a group of newcomers in a film focusing on a six - year - old girl and her group of friends one Floridian summer as they embark on adventures while the adults contend with hard times.

The Robin Hood comparison is well founded, especially with the 1938 film version, The Adventures of Robin Hood (starring Errol Flynn), made just two years before Zorro.

The third instalment of the Marvel superhero team's big screen adventures is set to hit cinemas next year — with filming taking place recently in Edinburgh.

Peele co-wrote the 2016 film Keanu with Alex Rubens, and he and Key starred in the film — a kooky amalgam of stoner comedy and adventure - heist centering on a missing kitten — but it's safe to say nobody quite saw Get Out coming the following year.

This is a decent adventure film from Boyle with a glimpse of what Leo would become only two years later.

Just three years ago, Joss Whedon pulled off a remarkable feat by giving us a film that featured a cast of some of the biggest superheroes in the Marvel universe, known collectively as «The Avengers,» and delivering just the kind of action - packed adventure that fans ha...

Just three years ago, Joss Whedon pulled off a remarkable feat by giving us a film that featured a cast of some of the biggest superheroes in the Marvel universe, known collectively as «The Avengers,» and delivering just the kind of action - packed adventure tha...

But this year's entries served up plenty of films for casual moviegoers with a taste for adventure too.

And here are the five most disappointing films of the year: Fantastic Four (choppy and compromised superhero action), Sisters (corny comedy that's simply not smart enough), Southpaw (bogs down in boxing drama cliches), Pan (childish and manic kids» adventure), Black Mass (oddly unoriginal mob thriller).

It's been a number of years since the extraterrestrial franchise hit the big screen, but the critically - panned Alien Vs. Predator films have been pushed aside as new life is squeezed into the Predator universe with this action - adventure.

Rumours of a sequel to Nick Castle's beloved science - fiction adventure film, starring Lance Guest and Catherine Mary Stewart (with a scene - stealing cameo by Robert Preston), have been around for years — and not surprisingly.

Very quietly (and to disappointingly middling box - office), we got the best Star Trek movie of the revived franchise this year, with a thrilling adventure yarn that served as a fine tribute to series stars Leonard Nimoy and Anton Yelchin, who both died before the film was released.

The Island at the Top of the World reminds us of what an adventure film was like thirty years ago; it lacks the gloss and polish of today's aspiring blockbusters.