Sentences with phrase «age of action films»

It was a golden age of action films, and there was no better person to head it up than Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Not exact matches

One of the biggest surprises in «Avengers: Age of Ultron» occurs about halfway through the film when our heroes break away from the action for a more light - hearted family - centric scene on a farm.

In the meantime, a deliciously nasty bad guy, a white South African gangster and arms dealer named Klaue (Andy Serkis, in a role he introduced three years ago in Avengers: Age of Ultron), is keen to get his hands on some vibranium himself, which involves an unexpected side trip to Busan, South Korea, for a prolonged sequence heavy on chases and tough - guy action but rather more conventional than the rest of the film.

Action - packed film Spandex Sapiens follows also the colourful love life of Michael who is fantasizing about the return of stone age (or even the 80s) relationship politics.

A remake of the 1974 film of the same name, Death Wish pairs aging action icon Bruce Willis with director Eli Roth (Hostel, The Green Inferno) to bring the classic tale of vigilante justice to modern audiences.

The original sci - fi, horror, macho action bonanza PREDATOR is one of my top films of all time, its gory as f*ck sequel PREDATOR 2 has grown on me with age (maybe because today's movies are more often than none sub par and castrated hence it glows in comparison).

For all the film's techno sophistication, which mixes motion capture, live action, and computer animation, «Ready Player One» at its heart resembles a dewy, coming - of - age love story.

That approach includes focusing the spotlight on Evans» character (who leads a rebellion aboard a futuristic train that houses much of humanity in the film's wintery dystopian setting), in order to better utilize his star power as a selling point - in addition to emphasizing the movie's action beats, as accompanied by the expected dramatic musical cues in the post-Inception age of trailers.

Having thrived and evolved for eight consecutive decades in the public imagination - in prose and graphics, on the big screen and small, in games and properties of all kinds - Conan's exploits in the Hyborian Age now come alive like never before in a colossal 3D action - adventure film.

Making his first movie at the tender age of 8, he shot live action and animated films in a number of different formats.

The story's a simple quest / coming of age story, but in managing to stick to the story action it avoids the preachiness that some other Pixar films suffer from.

Finalists: It was a great year for action, largely thanks to George Miller's new action masterwork but even in less perfect films there were inarguable standout sequences like the choreographed unbroken take on the Johnson vs. Sporino fight in CREED or the Hulkbuster Suit vs. Hulk in AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON both of which were so strong it's unfortunate to leave them out of the top fivOF ULTRON both of which were so strong it's unfortunate to leave them out of the top fivof which were so strong it's unfortunate to leave them out of the top fivof the top five.

Although it debuted in limited release over a month ago, it continues to be released in more and more, and playing to sold - out crowds — and with the film's success, Monroe is finding more and more opportunities in Hollywood, including the upcoming sci - fi action film The Fifth Wave (alongside Chloe Grace Moretz), and the coming - of age - drama The Tribes of Palos Verdes, about a surfer... the perfect fit for the former athlete.

In fact, there is an entire sequence about trying to look after a new baby for the first time, which is surely aimed solely at the parents in the audience that have survived this; and the action of the entire film has enough energy and visual interest throughout to keep all ages engaged.

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.

It's 1995 and Die - Hard 2 director Renny Harlin was given $ 100 million to make an action film; this is an amount that was unheard of in that age, putting that price tag on the film all but required the movie to be one of the years's biggest hits just to earn back its costs.

Gregory Kasyan plays 12 - year - old Rizzo — «Emilio» in the film — with an adept, brutally - honest hand that belies his age and leaves you with the distinct impression that you are watching one of our future greats in action.

The 11 - minute story is done up in hardboiled style like a seventies crime show (complete with funky TV action score) and «aged» with fake film wear and emulsion scratches, but under the bright daylight of crime TV imagery is an appropriately dark and gruesome tone.

In another THN exclusive, here's a look at the very first poster for the upcoming British action film AGE OF KILL.

The Balthasar Kormákur action comedy 2 Guns, starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg had already been announced as the opening film, as well as a retrospective of golden - age Hollywood director George Cukor.

Following production on the blockbuster action flick last year, Jack and Michael spent weeks on an international press tour together to publicise the film Transformers: Age of Extinction.

Jason Statham (Spy, Furious 7, The Expendables films) and award - winning Chinese actress Li Bingbing (Transformers: Age of Extinction, Forbidden Kingdom, The Message) star in the science fiction action thriller The Meg, directed by Jon Turteltaub (the National Treasure movies, Last Vegas).

Not inspiring hope: his only in - development project on IMDb is a screenplay for Monopoly, based on the board game of the same name, a Hasbro - Lionsgate co-production officially described as «a film for all ages, visually sumptuous, heartwarming, and full of action and adventure.»

LMD: You have been a part of every important era in modern Hong Kong action cinema since the 1960's, very notably in the 1970's, in your own starring films throughout the 1980's, and recently in movies like SHA PO LANG, IP MAN and THREE KINGDOMS, you're seeing another new age in martial arts filmmaking.

The film starts with the now - aged Doug (played by Martin Mull) telling the audience, «You've probably never heard of me» and then listing his accomplishments, egged on by an an off - screen interviewer who helpfully adds «I would say you did redefine comedy,» thus standing the first rule of dramatization — you show action that induces the desired emotional response instead of telling the audience what to feel — on its head.

The moral quandary at the center of the film may not be an original one — Danish commander Claus Pedersen (Pilou Asbæk) must go to court over a split - second decision made during a firefight in which his actions saved a comrade while unknowingly leading to a number of civilian casualties — but Lindholm takes seemingly ages to get to that point, allowing the audience to soak in the monotony and incessant - if - buried burden of Pedersen's position: serving as ersatz father for his unit while knowing, intuitively, that his family desperately needs him back home.

February 2013 has plenty of films for romantics, but it's the battle of aging action stars that has us most intrigued.

However in this era of aging action heroes (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Expendables 2, Red), quick film edits are needed to create the illusion of rough and tumble fistfights.

The filmmaker turned a coming - of - age action film («Hanna») into a fairy tale allegory complete with a wicked witch, and his version of «Anna Karenina» was an audaciously bold and visually striking adaptation of a classical piece of Russian literature.

But Slash Film's Peter Sciretta had a few misgivings, writing: «Avengers: Age Of Ultron is bigger, more complex, darker, more action - packed than the first film, but ultimately not as much fun.»

Combining live action and some overlayed animation (think American Splendor, which feels very much apiece with the whole film, not just aesthetically), The Diary of a Teenage Girl has a lot of competition in the «young girl coming of age» category (pitting it against Brooklyn, Mustang, Girlhood, Inside Out, etc), but it manages to hold its own.

There's an element of «seeing it to believe it» built into the presentation: Expectations based on the history of a mostly direct - to - video franchise, an aging action - hero cast, and a patently absurd premise so conspicuously contradict the art - house sensibility of the film itself that you can hardly blame the first wave of audiences for feeling wowed by the shock.

Here you'll find one of 2017's most underrated films; an early Martin Scorsese classic; a unique coming - of - age drama; a melancholy musical; two vastly different documentaries; one of Spike Lee's most commercial (yet still excellent) films; a German action - horror film; and one nasty slasher movie.

In an age when the success of Chris Nolan's «Dark Knight» films has been viewed as a mandate that all action pics be thematically and visually dark, «Need For Speed» is a beacon of silliness bursting through the genre's gloomy landscape.

The Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron pinball table will bring the blockbuster action of the upcoming film to Zen's pinball universe on PC, consoles, and mobile platforms including Zen Pinball 2, Pinball FX2, and Marvel Pinball starting on April 21, 2015.

Sadly, the foray into live action source material means that worlds like Pirates of the Caribbean and Tron haven't aged quite as well as the worlds based on animated films.

Our Team produced top quality assets for live - actions blockbuster films Dark of the Moon and Age of Extinction as well as for Transformers: Earth Wars the mobile title from Space Ape Games and Backflip Studios.

Using the abilities of more than 90 characters inspired by the film, which include an unlikely cast from some of the world's most beloved and well - knowing properties, including DC Comics Super Heroes like Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, family members of all ages will navigate 15 exciting levels in the console version and 45 action - packed missions in the handheld version.

Experience the blockbuster action from the Avengers films - Relive key moments from Marvel's The Avengers, Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron and more, with a splash of classic LEGO humor.

Experience the blockbuster action from the Avengers films — Relive key moments from Marvel's The Avengers, Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron and more, with a splash of classic LEGO humor.

The film has been ten years in the making and utilizes both live - action and computer generated imagery (CGI) in a coming - of - age tale about a boy in contemporary Japan confronting its past and future, post-Fukushima.