Not exact matches
The
average poly
film was replaced
by a higher quality cloth sheet.
In March, the company opened a new factory in Tucson, where it plans to produce enough thin -
film CIGS solar cells to generate 40 megawatts of electricity next year — enough to power roughly 15,000
average American homes; it hopes to boost the juice to 100 megawatts
by 2010 in response to what it predicts will be a growing market.
Then, over phone calls, not so
average first dates of midnight showings of «The Big Lebowski» (Lord knows I love a good weasel in a bathtub scene), actual theatre screenings of my favorite
film «Gone with the Wind» accompanied
by my most adored meal out — diner grilled cheese with a milkshake (Yes, really.)
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There's similarly little doubt that the
film benefits substantially from the above -
average efforts of its various stars, with Hemsworth and Brühl's stand - out work complemented
by a supporting cast that includes, among others, Stephen Mangan, Christian McKay, and Olivia Wilde.
It's New York City,
by the law of
averages, there has to be another
film shoot a few blocks away.
Per - Film
Average is the average domestic gross for all new films released nationwide by the studio in 2013, and includes additional 2014 domestic box office grosses through January 20, 2014 for those 2013 films that are still playing in th
Average is the
average domestic gross for all new films released nationwide by the studio in 2013, and includes additional 2014 domestic box office grosses through January 20, 2014 for those 2013 films that are still playing in th
average domestic gross for all new
films released nationwide
by the studio in 2013, and includes additional 2014 domestic box office grosses through January 20, 2014 for those 2013
films that are still playing in theaters.
(The totals and
averages reflected above include
films released separately
by the two companies prior to the merger, as well as Amplify's first batch of
films post-merger.)
Universal's specialty
films division had a lousy 2014 (in terms of quality), and rebounded only slightly in 2015, increasing its
average Metascore
by over 3 points and its percentage of
films with positive reviews from 25 % to 45 %.
** Per -
Film is the
average domestic gross per new
film released nationwide
by the studio in 2015, and includes additional 2016 domestic box office grosses through January 24, 2016 for any 2015 releases that are still playing in theaters.
Below are the
films released
by each individual distributor during 2015, ordered
by average Metascore (beginning with the major studios as a group and then moving on to the smaller companies).
Even with the presence of a rare outright misfire (Third Person, from Crash director Paul Haggis), SPC managed to boost its already - high
average Metascore
by a few points last year, thanks to widely praised
films like Mr. Turner (the year's # 2 drama, behind Boyhood), Leviathan (2014's best - reviewed foreign - language
film), and Sundance hit Whiplash.
Filmed in less than glorious two - strip Cinecolor, this
average Eddie Dean western benefited from Dean performing «Ride on the Tide of a Song», «Journey's End «and «I Can Tell
by the Stars».
Director Stanley Kubrick, working from a script cowritten with Calder Willingham and Jim Thompson, kicks Paths of Glory off with an admittedly less - than - engrossing stretch, as the movie boasts (or suffers from) a somewhat talky first act that doesn't contain much in the way of compelling elements - although,
by that same token, it's clear that the
film benefits substantially from Kubrick's stellar directorial choices and a host of above -
average performances.
Relativity raised its
average Metascore, reduced its number of poorly reviewed
films from five to three, and managed to hold onto its 9th - place ranking in domestic market share (though its grosses fell
by over $ 50 million).
* Grades are determined (on a curve) almost entirely
by average Metascore, but with a small bonus awarded for each «great»
film (with Metascore of 81 or higher) released during the year.
What elevates this
film from terrible to just
average is the performances
by Samuel L. Jackson and Harris.
Per - Film
Average is the average domestic gross for all new films released by the studio in 2012, and includes additional 2013 domestic box office grosses through February 6, 2013 for those films that are still in th
Average is the
average domestic gross for all new films released by the studio in 2012, and includes additional 2013 domestic box office grosses through February 6, 2013 for those films that are still in th
average domestic gross for all new
films released
by the studio in 2012, and includes additional 2013 domestic box office grosses through February 6, 2013 for those
films that are still in theaters.
Despite releasing 29 scored
films (third-most among all distributors) in 2014, TWC boosted its
average Metascore
by over 6 points, helping to return the studio to its usual position in the top half of our rankings (following a sub-par 2013).
The studio did manage to raise its
average Metascore
by 10 full points in 2013, while going 6 - for - 10 with critics; back in 2012,
by comparison, Paramount released only one positively reviewed
film.
** Per -
Film is the
average domestic gross per new
film released nationwide
by the studio in 2014, and includes additional 2015 domestic box office grosses through January 19, 2015 (including estimates for the holiday weekend of January 16 - 19) for any 2014 releases that are still playing in theaters.
Warners» success rate (of
films receiving positive reviews from critics) dropped from 39 % in 2014 to just 16 % last year, while the studio's
average Metascore declined
by four points.
Per - Film
Average is the average domestic gross for all new films released by the studio in 2011, and includes additional 2012 domestic box office grosses through January 31, 2012 for those films that are still in th
Average is the
average domestic gross for all new films released by the studio in 2011, and includes additional 2012 domestic box office grosses through January 31, 2012 for those films that are still in th
average domestic gross for all new
films released
by the studio in 2011, and includes additional 2012 domestic box office grosses through January 31, 2012 for those
films that are still in theaters.
Ranked 8th among all studios (
by average Metascore) in 2013, Fox Searchlight shot up to # 3 last year
by avoiding any negatively reviewed
films and impressing critics with best picture nominees Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel.
There is a darkness in all these «
average» characters, underlined
by low - key acting and the
film's sinisterly calm, measured pace.
After an unfocused 2010 that saw a mix of very good and very bad
films, Roadside Attractions managed to boost its
average Metascore
by over 7 points last year, thanks to a generally improved slate that featured a pair of acclaimed documentaries (Project Nim and Thunder Soul) and the timely thriller Margin Call 76.
Even though Sony released only one positively reviewed
film in 2010 and managed to boost that total to six
films in 2011 (led
by best picture nominee Moneyball), its overall Metascore still dropped nearly two points last year, while the studio's
average Metacritic user score was also the lowest among the big six distributors.
Director Steven Soderbergh has
averaged a
film a year since his acclaimed 1989 debut Sex, Lies & Videotape, an incredible work rate
by modern filmmaking standards especially for one who frequently works within the political vagaries fof the studio system.
The
film, distributed
by The
Film Arcade, ended the three - day frame with an estimated strong
average of $ 30,084 per screen.
Once upon a time, noted the doom - mongers, before the likes of it got squeezed
by low - cost, high profit fare like horror movies and mega-budget, T.V trumping spectacle, like your
average $ 200m blockbuster, a
film like Annihilation — mannered and mysterious — that 30 years ago might have shared a double bill with John Carpenter's Starman, would have done very well.
All in all, Danny Collins leaves a
film critic feeling okay and perhaps an
average moviegoer better than that, as evidenced
by the
film's formidable 7.2
average user rating on IMDb, where the scribe's every
film is overrated.
Roadside Attractions earned their highest ever opening weekend per screen
average with «Manchester
By The Sea,» which took in $ 64,125 per screen — the fourth highest per theater
average of any
film released this year.
Figuring that
by now viewers have become jaded with the predictable, cross double - cross triple - cross trajectory of your
average con
film, «Matchstick Men» also offers a psychological profile of a conflicted, conscience - plagued career criminal, and throws a credible family drama into the mix for good measure — all of which makes for a surprisingly substantial
film whose many facets leave you with plenty more to digest after the final credits have rolled than just who did what to whom and how (although it certainly has that too).
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story has become a sports cult
film of sorts — one of the best of the Frat Pack movies — telling the story of the scrappy dodgeball team at
Average Joe's gym, led
by Peter La Fleur (Vince Vaughn), going against Ben Stiller's White Goodman and the formidable Purple Cobras from his Globo Gym.
The Details may have cost less than the
average film, but you can't tell that just
by looking at it.
Male critics write slightly longer reviews, on
average, about
films directed
by and / or with at least one woman writer (
average of 485 words) than about
films directed and / or written
by males (
average of 473 words).
Reviews female critics write about
films with female directors and / or written
by at least one woman are considerably shorter (
average of 480 words).
Male critics assign higher
average ratings to
films with exclusively male directors and / or writers (63 %), followed closely
by films directed
by a woman and / or employing at least one woman writer (60 %).
Last week at the Santa Barbara
Film Festival, director Ted Melfi said
by comparison that the
average film crew is usually no more than 25 % female.
Female critics award the highest
average scores to
films directed and written exclusively
by males (67 %), followed closely
by films directed
by a woman and / or employing at least one woman writer (64 %).
There actually is a story (savvy science fiction addicts have compared it to the similarly - premised 1951 short story, «The Marching Morons»,
by Cyril Kornbluth) within the
film, revolving around an
average - intellect military librarian named Joe (
average Joe, get it?)
Dog lovers will probably eat it up, as evidenced
by the most respectable 6.8
average user rating the
film currently holds on IMDb.
Starring Daniel Day - Lewis, the
film directed
by Paul Thomas Anderson grossed $ 1.19 M in 558 locations,
averaging $ 2,136, though that is an uptick from last weekend's PTA.
While it's sure to drop, it seems likely to remain above the 7.8
average rating shared
by Anderson's three top - rated
films, Rushmore, Moonrise, and Fantastic.
I Confess (Blu - ray) Release date: Feb. 16 Details: 1953, Warner Archive Collection Rated: Not rated The lowdown: This thriller was not one of Alfred Hitchcock's better movies, even though an
average Hitchcock
film is better than efforts
by many other directors.
The
film failed to repeat the performance of its kinder, gentler (if equally tin - earned) faith - based counterpart I Can Only Imagine — which is still holding strong at No. 4,
by the way — opening with a splat at No. 12 with $ 2.6 million on 1,693 screens, a dismal $ 1,553 per - theater
average.
With a per - screen
average of exactly that amount, the
film bested the 2016 record set just last weekend
by Woody Allen «s «Café Society.»
Because the picture boasts production values considerably above those usually found in AA features and, more importantly, because of the use of the new photographic technique, the
film is sure to be accorded more important programming than the company's
average product, an evaluation already established
by initial bookings.
There are some enjoyable bits scattered throughout, but while that may be enough to please the legion of fans who invested hours upon hours into «World of Warcraft,»
average moviegoers unaffected
by that sort of fan service will see «Warcraft» exactly for what it is: just another bad video game
film.
The gorgeous romantic
film, directed
by Luca Guadagnino, just earned the year's highest per - theater
average opening at $ 101,219 over Thanksgiving weekend, per Deadline, ultimately grossing $ 404,874 in four New York and Los Angeles theaters.