Not exact matches
Clint Eastwood got his acting start in Western
flicks, but his time serving during the Korean War presented the actor
with the
adventure of a lifetime.
Grounded by the grainy recurring image of a cell rapidly dividing, «Annihilation» is itself a fluid exercise in genetic mutation: It begins
with scenes from a marriage, then quickly evolves into a wilderness
adventure, an environmental horror
flick and a striking depiction of physical and psychological entropy (emphasis on the «trippy»).
Detective Dee makes its own place somewhere in - between, and the result is a thoroughly enjoyable
adventure flick awash
with kooky sight gags, some questionable CGI, and a few instances of honest to goodness suspense.
This edition of Now Stream This brings you a highly underrated and very recent Todd Haynes movie, a new Netflix horror
flick, a gloriously over-the-top action movie, a cynical noir loaded
with snappy dialogue, the first Hannibal Lecter film, a romantic horror movie, a Steven Spielberg
adventure, a cringe - inducing social media comedy, and some good old fashioned body horror.
From the trailers, I was expecting the movie to be a dramatic action /
adventure flick, but I found the movie to be filled
with odd moments of comedy, mostly at the hands of Samuel L. Jackson as the film's main source of comic relief.
Basically the script was in development in some capacity or another since immediately after the release of Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade,
with a lot of revisions mostly hinging on how much the movie should look like a»50s sci - fi
flick and how much it should retain the classic
adventure - serials vibe.
In a year filled
with medicore comedies, dramas and action
adventures, the
flicks, either fiction or based on a true story, that stood out from the rest as the most memorable for being deeply moving, inspiring and / or thought provoking were the following.
Along
with his starring role in the upcoming Craig Brewer
flick, «Black Snake Moan,» the veteran actor is also set to appear in the Stephen King horror film «1408,» the Doug Liman - directed sci - fi
adventure «Jumper,» the thriller «Cleaner.»
Being as harsh as I tend to be on films in general, especially considering that this one flies the accursed Disney banner, I think it says a lot that I spent the entirety of the film enjoying it just for what it was: an old - fashioned
adventure flick,
with new - fashioned flair to spice it up.
Couple that
with Neeson's formidable presence, the husky voice tinged
with both melancholy and determination as Mike's
adventures take ever more hair - raising turns, and you have a fine popcorn
flick, complete
with a few zinger tag lines.
Spectacle film - making
with a purpose, «Everest» is a welcome throwback to the testorone - heavy
adventure flicks of past decades.
The sci - fi
adventure marked his seventh straight
flick that has opened in the # 1 slot at the box office, a run which started
with Ali and has also included The Pursuit of Happyness, Hitch, Bad Boys II, Men in Black II and I, Robot.
Voiced by its cast of well - known Hollywood heavyweights, this action -
adventure flick delights audiences
with another fun chapter in the life of our favorite affable, animated, kung fu - fighting panda bear.
Mario's latest
adventure in wedding crashing undoubtedly stole the show at E3 this year, featuring everyone's favorite portly plumber traversing colorful kingdoms while body snatching staple franchise minions
with a
flick of his iconic cap.
The movie never finds the comic pace needed for a «night on the town»
flick like this one, constantly pulling one out of the enjoyment of the madcap
adventures with a joke that needed a rewrite or a scene that needed another edit.
Nicolas Cage continues his portfolio - fattening run of action
flicks with «Season of the Witch,» a medieval - set
adventure thriller about a pair of returning Crusaders who stagger back from the war to discover their homeland ravaged by the plague — and are charged by their town elders
with transporting a suspected witch to a faraway land.
That's less of an issue in the grander scheme of things though, as I'm confident there was enough adult supervision on set of this middling action
adventure flick aimed at audiences still having to sneak into films
with an R rating.
Where «Olympus» laid siege to Washington, D.C., the latest
adventure leaves the British capital in ruins, thanks to terrorists who can kill heads of state and blow up well - guarded landmarks
with the
flick of a wrist.
Among these amazing stories are heart - pounding science fiction fairytale retellings like CINDER by Marissa Meyer; hilarious
adventure flicks such as MY LADY JANE by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton and Jodi Meadows; contemporary romances like THE PRINCESS DIARIES by Meg Cabot and even nonfiction,
with VICTORIA: Portrait of a Queen by Catherine Reef.
Mario's latest
adventure in wedding crashing undoubtedly stole the show at E3 this year, featuring everyone's favorite portly plumber traversing colorful kingdoms while body snatching staple franchise minions
with a
flick of his iconic cap.
Until Dawn is not a game for everybody though, at its core, it's an interactive horror
flick merging
with the ideologies of a «choose your own
adventure book», the only instances of gameplay are the interactions which create those decisions.