Sentences with phrase «adventure flicks of»

Fuqua studiously replicates the 35 mm Panavision look of the PG - 13 action - adventure flicks of yesteryear, though that doesn't help clarify the climactic siege.

Spectacle film - making with a purpose, «Everest» is a welcome throwback to the testorone - heavy adventure flicks of past decades.

Spaceballs is remembered as a silly send - up of Star Wars, Mel Brooks» goofball ode to the outer - space adventure flicks of the»80s.

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

Mel Gibson's newest directorial effort is an adventure flick of the most fundamental kind, and a thrilling ride.

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.

You can plan a one - night adventure, an entire weekend getaway, a comedy show in the middle of the afternoon, a girls night over popcorn and 90s flicks, or a totally sober event.

She will compromise on movies too, as even most action / adventure flicks have enough kissing to satisfy your romantic lady for a couple of hours.

Serious cineasts don t have to wade through the muck and mire of blockbuster action - adventure flicks like they do in summer or over the holidays.

Without Angelina Jolie, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life would probably be little more than an average action / adventure flick.

But amazingly for a 50's space flick its a very intelligent and deep adventure which has become a full top level cult and the quintessential science fiction film up alongside the likes of» 2001: A Space Odyssey».

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»).

Thanks to it being quite funny, visually stunning, and bringing plenty of visual and frightening thrills it is worth the money for a solid adventure flick.

A thoroughly awful Korean production which vainly attempts to recast the slam - bang conventions of American action - adventure flicks into the sticky world of contemporary Korean politics.

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.

It's an amiable comedy, a lively adventure, fantastic animation, entertaining for families (though young boys will like it most), and a worthwhile homage to kung fu flicks of old (I enjoyed the end's homage to Circle of Iron).

Starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz, the flick offers a wild adventure packed full of thrilling battles, silly jump - scares, and a hot, stubborn romance.

The Signal (R for brief nudity, pervasive profanity and brutal bloody violence) Experimental, sci - fi adventure flick shot in three parts by a trio of directors (David Bruckner, Dan Bush and Jacob Gentry) and set on New Year's Eve in a mythical city where mysterious electronic transmissions being broadcast via TV, radio and cell phones are sending the citizens who receive them on a homicidal rampage.

A few unexpected minor pleasures: the time - travel flick Predestination, an adaptation of a Robert A. Heinlein short story that's one of those rare sci - fi movies that feels like it was made by people who read sci - fi; the horror Western Bone Tomahawk, which feels, in the best way, like someone filmed a first draft script and didn't cut anything, all its little quirks of character kept intact, narrative expediency be damned; and In The Heart Of The Sea, the cornball sea adventure of which I enjoyed every minutof a Robert A. Heinlein short story that's one of those rare sci - fi movies that feels like it was made by people who read sci - fi; the horror Western Bone Tomahawk, which feels, in the best way, like someone filmed a first draft script and didn't cut anything, all its little quirks of character kept intact, narrative expediency be damned; and In The Heart Of The Sea, the cornball sea adventure of which I enjoyed every minutof those rare sci - fi movies that feels like it was made by people who read sci - fi; the horror Western Bone Tomahawk, which feels, in the best way, like someone filmed a first draft script and didn't cut anything, all its little quirks of character kept intact, narrative expediency be damned; and In The Heart Of The Sea, the cornball sea adventure of which I enjoyed every minutof character kept intact, narrative expediency be damned; and In The Heart Of The Sea, the cornball sea adventure of which I enjoyed every minutOf The Sea, the cornball sea adventure of which I enjoyed every minutof which I enjoyed every minute.

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.

At least the other two Fantastic Four movies had a sense of fun and adventure to it if you compared it to this dull flick.

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.

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.

Writer - director Stephen Sommers honed his chops on kid flicks such as The Adventures of Huck Finn, which may account for the incessantly juvenile dialogue that pervades this $ 45 - million bomb.

The next six months will see a sprawling smorgasbord of cinematic sweetmeats being served up for our delectation, from the brain - scrambling brilliance of Pixar's latest charmer «Inside Out» to the darkest version yet of Shakespeare's accursed «Macbeth»; from super-spy antics in new Bond adventure «Spectre» to an obscure sci - fi flick called Star something or other...

An East - meets - West action - fantasy story done up in the style of a B - movie grindhouse flick, «Big Trouble in Little China» stars Russell as Jack Burton, a chauvinistic truck driver who gets caught up in a mystical adventure when he accompanies his friend, Wang Chi (Dennis Dun), on a routine trip to pick up his fiancée at the airport.

But for a select few, «The Monster Squad» not only represented a more mature version of the treasure - hunting adventure flick, but was also a far superior film that never got its due.

Goosebumps won't raise the arm hairs much, or your pulse rates even a beat, but it's an amiable fright flick released shortly before Halloween that should be fun enough to appeal to lovers of rip - roaring juvenile adventures meant to entertain both young and old.

The actress told Entertainment Weekly it's a great experience being on the set of the adventure flick, which her co-star Shia LeBeouf recently revealed is titled Indiana Jones And The Kingdom -LSB-...]

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.

Less a fully - fleshed out story, than an impressionistic sketch flick which leaves the rudiments of plot structure to the viewer's imagination, Nights and Weekends is, nonetheless, an engaging slice - of - life adventure as riveting as a train wreck.

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.

«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

Steven Spielberg's dual Winter 2011 releases - the motion - capture animated comic book flick, The Adventures of Tintin, and the artsy World War I drama, War Horse - also have new U.S. release dates.

Summer blockbuster season is usually prime time for action flicks, but adventure films — including Marvel superheroes and a motley crew of gamers — will hit theaters well into December.

Regardless, Hollywood fabrication or not, there are still enough moments of genuine drama and suspense to recommend K - 19: The Widowmaker as a solid submarine adventure flick, even if artistic license is heavily employed.

Law, once upon a time, was the king of the chick flick (well, he was when I was a teenager and swooned a lot), but has more recently been seen in more action and adventure films such as the Sherlock Holmes trifecta and the upcoming King Arthur.

The approach keeps Fright Night from being broody and renders it more of a mystery and an adventure than a slasher or splatter flick.

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.

Rodriguez's career is one of the most prominent and curious dichotomies in Hollywood, as he manages to make both super violent action flicks (Machete, Once Upon a Time in Mexico) and family adventures (the Spy Kids series), employing several of the same actors in both.

But by turning New York City into an adventure theme park for two likable comedy stars, the flick provides a passable hour and a half of amusement.

While the running thread of the mismatched black and white partners forced to work together has been a staple since 1958's «The Defiant Ones,» this movie can not seem to decide if it wants to be a cleverly - bantered buddy flick in that vein, a serious crime drama, a fast - paced tale of worldwide illegal drug operations or a violent action adventure (although there is certainly enough of that latter element to go around).

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.

There are many things that an action - adventure flick should be and NATIONAL TREASURE manages to not be most of them.

Film Review by Kam Williams Marlon Wayans Spoofs Romance Genre in Shocking Parody of Salacious S&M Adventure Ever since Scary Movie (2000), Marlon Wayans has carved out quite a career for himself writing and starring in a string of silly spoofs that includes Scary Movie 2 (2001), Dance Flick (2009), A Haunted House (2013), and A Haunted House 2 (2014).

Film Review by Kam Williams Headline: Kinshasa Serves as Setting for Congo Gangsta Flick Drugs may be the contraband of choice in most modern, American crime capers, but this African adventure revolves around a present - day black market in petroleum.

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As the man of mystery in the middle of the jungle in swathed in khaki and cynicism, he channels the quintessential cheesy hero of a B - grade adventure flick, yet, he is not allowed to pull out all the stops necessary to take full advantage of the ci - mentioned potential absurdity.