For some this film represented one of the most
anticipated films of all time.
As this «most
anticipated film of all time» is being digested by a populace that's proven impossibly hungry for it, early responses have been wildly varying.
Hard as it may be to imagine now, there was a time when the first Matrix sequel, Matrix Reloaded, was one of the most
anticipated films of all time.
Not exact matches
While Black Panther rode a huge wave
of critical acclaim and fan excitement to the biggest opening weekend ever for the month
of February (and the fifth - largest
of all -
time), raking in more than $ 426 million worldwide, a small number
of Internet trolls still did what they could to dampen the good vibes surrounding the trailblazing
film, which features Marvel's first African - American director (Ryan Coogler) and a cast led by black actors such as Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong» o. Starting last week, in the first few days
of Black Panther «s highly -
anticipated theatrical release, some Twitter accounts started trying to spread false accounts
of attacks at screenings
of the movie.
New
films from Terrence Malick, whose The Tree
of Life took the top prize last year, and There Will Be Blood director Paul Thomas Anderson, were not ready in
time for inclusion, while Woody Allen's latest, To Rome with Love, is
anticipated to be added to the lineup at a later date.
Two
of the main reasons to see this
film are both newly implemented, for the Black Panther and Spider - Man bring so much energy to this title, and their
time spent on screen is never wasted — as we now
anticipate their own standalone productions.
Get a closer look at some
of the most -
anticipated films in the
Times» 2017 Summer Movie Guide.
What made it even more remarkable at the
time was that Kline was known almost exclusively as a dramatic actor, in
films like Sophie's Choice, The Big Chill, and Cry Freedom — only people who'd seen him onstage or in The Pirates
Of Penzance could have
anticipated such a broadly comic turn.
With so much on the line - and a full decade
of movies leading up to its story - Avengers: Infinity War is undoubtedly one
of the most
anticipated superhero movies
of all
time (though we're
anticipating one other 2018
film even more).
It shot last August, so it should be ready in
time, and it's certainly one
of the most eagerly
anticipated foreign - language
films of the year.
Borrowing from Takashi Miike's Audition (seminal J Horror
film) source material, Nicolas Pesce had
time to dress, finesse his highly
anticipated sophomore
film and boy did he deliver with what comes across as a Cronenberg's Crash like love story featured in hotel room spaces rather than car wreckage and works as an homage to a plethora
of influential filmmakers including De Palma and the Giallo set.
Finally, debuting new week in limited release is the highly
anticipated sequel to one
of the scariest
films of all
time, [REC] 2.
The first
time I saw the trailer, I have to admit, it instantly became one
of my most
anticipated films of the year.
With the addition
of French sensibilities, a seaside location and an extended running
time, the
film unravels the
anticipated interactions.
By that
time I will have been able to see a number
of my most -
anticipated 2014 movies that haven't yet been released here, including Inherent Vice, Selma and The Taking
of Tiger Mountain Into the Woods (Tiger Mountain, which opens on December 24th in China, doesn't open until January 2nd in New York, which means it's a 2015
film by the New York standard.
Moving the
film to the heart
of the fall will allow us more
time to screen the picture, enabling us to capitalize on what we
anticipate will be strong word
of mouth.»
In a year's
time, when I'm looking at the
films of 2015 and crafting my most
anticipated lost, a lot
of pretty obvious ones will be on there.
This is certainly not the first
time a
film has played fast and loose with both
anticipated genre and gender conventions, but Faults approaches the material with a zeal and conviction that energizes its audience and ratchets the tension
of the encounter admirably.
A whole two years before the
film is set for release, the Twittersphere has wasted no
time on making it a trending topic, and the result is an
anticipated mix
of hilarity, honesty, and some good old - fashioned black pride.
Marvel's highly -
anticipated crossover event
film Avengers: Infinity War has taken the world by storm, its opening weekend box office now hailed as the biggest worldwide opening
of all
time.
THR further claims that the script for the standalone Van Helsing
film is still being polished, with more
time being spent to tighten up it, along with the scripts for the Dark Universe movies in the wake
of The Mummy's critical failure and less - than -
anticipated box office.
With Keaton now getting some serious attention for his amazing performance as Riggan Thomson in Birdman (one
of the best
films of the year), and Burton receiving great praise for his upcoming biographical drama Big Eyes, it's an ideal
time for an update on the status
of the highly
anticipated return
of Beetlejuice.
In development for decades by Francis Ford Coppola, who remains a key producer on the
film, the eagerly
anticipated big screen adaptation
of Jack Kerouac «s «On The Road» has been a long
time coming.
Los Angeles
Times film team members pick their most
anticipated films at TIFF, including Guillermo del Toro's «The Shape
of Water» and Darren Aronofsky's «Mother!»
Although the
film was surprisingly successful at its
time of release, making more money than
anticipated considering its very low - budget and small distribution, it is still not talked about enough today.
Misjudged by financiers and shoehorned into a double bill with Isao Takahata's much -
anticipated Grave
of the Fireflies, Totoro trod water until slowly, surely, it became one
of the most beloved animated feature
films of all
time.
In Theaters January 12, 2018 — Following the worldwide hit «Paddington,» one
of the most successful family
films of all
time, this much -
anticipated sequel finds Paddington (Ben Whishaw) happily settled... Continue reading >>
In Theaters January 12, 2018 Following the worldwide hit «Paddington,» one
of the most successful family
films of all
time, this much -
anticipated sequel finds Paddington (Ben Whishaw) happily settled with... Continue reading >>
The most
anticipated, and almost assuredly the best, World War II
film of the summer, by one
of the greatest filmmakers
of the past forty years, opens here tomorrow exclusively at the Pacific Place: director Ann Hui's Our
Time Will Come.
This weekend sees the release
of Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard's The Cabin in the Woods, the most
anticipated and buzzed - about horror
film in some
time.
The
time of conjecture is over and we will soon get to see this highly
anticipated film.
If you liked the
film and
anticipate wanting to see it a number
of times, you shouldn't hesitate to pick up this edition.
Finally, he wraps things up with a list
of most
anticipated films of 2018 and a look back at the 2017 Christmas special Doctor Who: Twice Upon a
Time.
Did the most important, most -
anticipated Marvel
film of all
time are living as much as the hype?
Directed by Dick Powell in a deliberate (at
times plodding) manner, the
film offers its share war movie action but the focus is on the battle
of wits, a kind
of chess game played with torpedoes and depth charges, with the two captains attempting to outwit the other by
anticipating one another's movies.
Or perhaps the next «Black Panther»
film wouldn't be the right
time to bring in a new Panther - hero, since Boseman, finally, after years
of waiting from the character's fans, just delivered a highly
anticipated cinematic moment.
I've said it 100
times and I will keep saying it until December is here, but this is my most
anticipated film for the rest
of the year.
For the first
time, the Jurassic Park franchise comes to LEGO video games, spanning more than two decades
of epic
films from Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment, including Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park III, as well as the highly
anticipated Jurassic World, opening today.
It includes key essays by the curators Christine van Assche, Chief Curator, Centre Pompidou, Paris, writer and
film critic Chris Darke, and Whitechapel Gallery curators Magnus Af Petersens (Chief Curator) and Habda Rashid (Assistant Curator); texts by critics Raymond Bellour and Arnaud Lambert; plus the first English translations
of two key early writings by Marker, an essay on Jean Cocteau's
film Orphée (1950) and his short story Till the End
of Time (1947), which takes place the day after VJ day amidst a torrential rainstorm and features a demobilised soldier subject to apocalyptic visions,
anticipating Marker's most famous
film, La Jetée (1962).