Sentences with phrase «as cult movie»

You'd be hard pressed to find someone that isn't a fan of the directorial work of J.J. Abrams, George Lucas or the Coen Brothers — as cult movie directors, they're all up there with the best of»em, making this series of illustrative prints by Maria Suarez the perfect Christmas gift.

While this story might seem simple enough, Chabon sprinkles it with doses of trivia from the 70s: blaxploitation movies (see Beyond the Book), and jazz, soul and funk music; as well as cult movie classics - a noticeable nod to Quentin Tarantino is included.

Written off as juvenile and quickly gone from theatres, it has since found a niche as a cult movie of sorts among Mr. Smith's legions of fans.

Does this make me a hypocrite or just an honest man, that I promote this as a cult movie site and yet loathe a forefather to the cult revolution?

As cult movies go, this one's definitely Z - grade, but just try telling that to the misty - eyed sci - fi fan who's moved at the sight of aliens dropping their warlike ways and getting into the holiday spirit.

Not exact matches

Movies with big box office showings like «Wonder Woman» and «The Hunger Games» were also popular among DVD renters, as were cult classics like «The Big Lebowski» and Christopher Nolan's «Memento.»

Even after The Disaster Artist gave his own story and his cult - classic indie film The Room — largely regarded as the worst movie ever made — new prominence, little is known about where he comes from or who he truly is.

The movie stars Taissa Farmiga as Max, whose unsuccessful actress mother (Malin Akerman) played an early kill in an»80s cult classic, «Camp Bloodbath.»

Speaking about the film recently in Los Angeles, Cera — who in this film, takes some refreshingly bold steps away from his usual one - note nerd persona — and co - writer / director Edgar Wright (who also did the zany cult classics Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz) discussed the meaning of the film, the stretching Cera had to go through for the role, and the way in which the film's hyperkinetic action sequences are really just the same as the dance scenes in Grease or a Gene Kelly movie.

Cabin in the woods will gain more cult following as the years go on, but after years of horrible horror flicks, The Cabin In The Woods will give you one of the greatest horror movies of all time.

Starring writer - director - producer and enigmatic «auteur» Tommy Wiseau, who had unlimited funds but questionable talent, the $ 6 - million film has been hailed «The «Citizen Kane» of bad movies,» a fascinatingly inept and endlessly quotable cult sensation that has carved out a place for itself as a midnight - movie communal experience.

Slipping from fantasy to soap opera without any authorial control, pic's best hope is to be recognized as some kind of cult movie of badness.

But the most puzzling divergence is that after Wade became Deadpool in «X-Men Origins,» his mouth was sewn shut, and the character became mute — yes, the antihero who became a cult - favorite as the Merc with a Mouth literally had no mouth, a first - ballot candidate for the Hall of Fame of Bad Comic Book Movie Decisions.

Although the film didn't connect as strongly with mass audiences (although it's considered a «sleeper hit,» you have to wonder what it could have done if it had been released after Whedon's little art house film «The Avengers «-RRB- and more than a few critics found it befuddling and arch (it's neither), «The Cabin in the Woods» is the kind of movie that will ultimately live on as a deserved cult classic, perfect for drunken film studies students and bored kids at slumber parties alike.

This film is actually terrible — I mean, yeah — it is scary in the sense that its creepy, but I think, really, the film is just the byproduct of global DVD residuals from the directors father — allowing Panatos to string together a series of overproduced, overgrained interior sequences, cheap synth score and a slasher movie ending, and trying to pass it off as a «cult movie», when really we, the audience, need to know who, what or where the protagonist is coming from, what her dramatic need is, who she interacts with, and so on.

One of our favourite movies of the latter part of this year in the upcoming The Disaster Artist, James Franco's feature that looks into the making of the cult film The Room, one that is heralded as being the Citizen Kane of bad movies.

The film, which is considered the «' Citizen Kane of bad movies»,» became a cult hit, spawning midnight screenings across the nation and now worldwide where fans quote iconic lines like «Oh hi, Mark» and «You're tearing me apart, Lisa» as they watch the film onscreen — in between throwing plastic spoons.

While The Discovery plays in many ways like a more effective version of the concept - choked Brit Marling / Zal Batmanglij movies, the cult scenes feel underdeveloped next to their film The Sound of My Voice, an intriguing but ragged thread left dangling as The Discovery turns towards more concrete, backstory - driven explanations for its characters» obsessions.

And though Showgirls has been universally reviled and is now rather forcibly embraced as a cult film, the misleadingly - marketed movie is really yet another in a long line of Hollywood horror films masquerading as something else entirely.

Almost the very definition of a cult movie, Withnail & I is a movie with a number of virtues, and one that remains as consistently entertaining today as it did when it was first released (if you haven't tried the drinking game yet, then shame on you).

The movie could be summarized as «Rosemary's Baby if Rosemary were the head of the cult,» but while Roman Polanski's 1968 masterpiece is a rich, nuanced film that works (and disturbs) on multiple levels, Hungry Hearts never goes any further than preying on some pretty basic fears.

Best supporting actor in a series, limited series or TV movie David Harbour, «Stranger Things» (Netflix) Alfred Molina, «Feud: Bette and Joan» (FX) Christian Slater, «Mr. Robot (USA) Alexander Skarsgard, «Big Little Lies» (HBO) David Thewlis, «Fargo» (FX) IMMEDIATE REACTION: Even though the talented child actors on «Stranger Things» repeatedly steal every episode, David Harbour has earned somewhat of a cult following as the breakout «grown - up» star — so, good for him!

The Room turned the real Wiseau into a cult icon, as he continues to show up at screenings for his movie as it still plays in theaters with a fair amount of audience participation.

The presence of such lively influences as Americana, Viennese kitsch, swing and classical music, as well as really laugh out loud touches of humor and quirky casting make this cult movie of Garland «s so watchable.

They soon realize they are trapped inside the cult classic movie and must team up with the fictional and ill - fated camp counselors, including Max's mom as the scream queen, to battle the films machete - wielding killer.

Lee Valmassy has a lot of fun letting loose as the gleefully farcical villain (a mohawked, golden - grilled gangster who only wears jumpsuits), and Art Hsu turns in a scene - stealing performance as the hero's duck - loving sidekick, but while fans of bad movies might appreciate what «The FP» has to offer, it's not exactly the ready - made cult classic that it's so desperately trying to be.

It was enormous hit and it spawned a huge wave of Viking movies, some perhaps smarter but none as much fun, and has become a cult movie in its own right.

Adapted from J.G. Ballard's 1975 cult favorite novel, this movie starts well, but as the story descends into chaos, the movie follows, losing the thread of what it wants to say and why we should care.

This is a true story about the making of THE ROOM — the cult classic described as the «Citizen Kane of bad movies».

The cult filmmaker made over 200 films, editing, cutting, and repurposing movies to fit current demands and The Sadist of Notre Dame, as it had its beginnings as Exorcism and then as Sexorcism — complete with a nude woman on an upside down cross — is no different.

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!

Vampires, haunted houses, chainsaw wielding maniacs chopping up young virgins; it's movies such as cult classics Jacobis Ladder, David Lynch's Eraser Head and indie favourite Delicatessen that have really taken the dark route over traditional Hollywood fare.»

Within six months, the film was premiering at Cannes, beginning a year - long whirlwind that culminated in the film's immediate cult status on its release back in the spring, and has put Saulnier (who also served as the movie's stellar DP) on just about everyone's one - to - watch lists.

«Saints» survives as a cult film, though I do not expect this movie to do the same.

From cult classics to box office blockbusters, child actor to leading man, the movies he has been such a memorable part of are staples for any avid movie buff's collection and his public life has been something to be proud of as well.

As I touched on earlier, I'm actually glad that I didn't get to many new movies this year, because I liked being able (forced) to focus on the cult films that make up the backbone of MRFH.

The cult status it has, born from being embraced by the celebrity / alternative comedy scene in LA as a joke of a terrible movie, never really made sense to me.

A retooling of the 1986 cult favorite, the movie features plenty of excessive blood and gore, occasional moments of explicit violence, and two heroes who get dumber and dumber as the story progresses.

This horror - comedy cult favorite starring Tom Hanks is as much a fun movie as it is a fine experiment.

When it begins Thursday night with a story of international rivalry and cult - of - hothead - personality (tennis drama «Borg / McEnroe» with Shia LaBeouf as John McEnroe)-- and continues over the following 10 days with movies about race, environmentalism, globalism, feminism and politics — TIFF will engage with the current moment as few cultural events do.

Why you shouldn't miss it: An unabashed love letter to trash cinema, Best Worst Movie reveals the improbable heartfelt story of an Alabama dentist - turned - cult - movie icon and an Italian filmmaker as they come to terms with their internationally revered cinematic faiMovie reveals the improbable heartfelt story of an Alabama dentist - turned - cult - movie icon and an Italian filmmaker as they come to terms with their internationally revered cinematic faimovie icon and an Italian filmmaker as they come to terms with their internationally revered cinematic failure.

The film has been given the Blu - Ray treatment from 101 Films as part of their «Cult Movie Collection».

I'm giving it three stars as I just think a cult movie such as Trainspotting should never have a part 2, but you should still go and watch it.

Marling — who also co-wrote and co-produced this with director Batmanglij (and has written two other films including the cult hit Another Earth)-- is clearly a roaring talent, and here she inhabits the role of the cold - hearted, all - business operative well, perhaps too well, as this is rather a cold movie, the only person you ever really feel remotely sympathetic to being the shaky - handed, brain - damaged Doc.

Franco is garnering Oscar buzz for his performance as Wiseau, a singularly strange individual who somehow or other was able to arrange financing for his feature film The Room, a movie so bad it went on to become a cult sensation.

It was sold as a second feature and then fell into the public domain, where it became a cult movie a generation later, thanks to cheap videotape copies.

This movie could be coined as a cult classic that should be watched at parties or with friends.

The film is based on the making of the terrible 2003 Tommy Wiseau movie «The Room,» universally panned as the worst movie ever made that has now grown into a runaway cult classic.

Specifically, cult TV favorites Mads Mikkelsen and Alan Tudyk have both joined the movie's roster of talent in as - yet - unannounced roles, with Tudyk apparently reusing his old I Robot motion - capture skills as some sort of digital creature.

Welcome to The Best Movie You NEVER Saw, a column dedicated to examining films that have flown under the radar or gained traction throughout the years, earning them a place as a cult classic or underrated gem that was either before it's time and / or has aged like a fine wine.