Sentences with phrase «best films in the franchise»

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back is arguably the best film in the franchise.

Director Ryan Coogler delivers one of the best films in the franchise!

Star Wars: The Last Jedi may or may not be the best film in the franchise, but what writer - director Rian Johnson has accomplished in the eighth installment of the Skywalker family saga gives hope to the recent announcement of a planned trilogy to come.

When «Spider - Man: Homecoming» hit theaters this past summer, I think audiences were genuinely shocked to get another good film in the franchise after 13 long years and three big disappointments along the way.

Not exact matches

The studio has two more big Marvel releases (Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and Thor: Ragnarok) as well as a live - action version of Beauty and the Beast, two new movies from Pixar Animation Studios (including Cars 3), and a fifth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise (two of the first PotC films grossed more than $ 1 billion apiece).

In interviews, Wright has said his idea for the film was to be a standalone film, something that may not have gone over well since Disney and Marvel have been very particular about connecting its films — and TV show — into a larger franchise engine.

But, Paramount's best bet for a blockbuster film in 2017 is likely the latest installment in the long - running and financially successful Transformers action franchise, which will hit theaters in June.

Not only does the feature have a good deal of franchise history behind it, but it also has the same advantage that all family films have, in that kids going to see the film will be dragging along their parents, ensuring extra ticket sales.

Disney purchased the Star Wars franchise from George Lucas» Lucasfilm in 2012 for $ 4.05 billion, and has planned for a new trilogy of films as well as standalone installments through 2019.

«I'm living in the present; focused on the now, being the best Josh Freeman I can be for this franchise; from a day - to - day standpoint, meeting with the coaches, watching extra film, working out, and being there for my teammates.»

Vin Diesel's diet and training were put to the test while filming The Fast & Furious 7 because he wanted to make it the best movie — in the 7 - part franchise — ever.

This is the fourth Harry Potter film by David Yates and while it still doesn't hit the heights of the third and fourth film in the franchise, it is the best one of the last four.

While not as good as any of the Lord of the Rings films, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey launches a new franchise in an enjoyable manner.

What is dead is the Harry Potter film franchise that milked Brit author J.K. Rowling's seven bestsellers for eight movies, a global box - office take of $ 6.3 billion, and the Hollywood heavyweight title as the most lucrative film series in, well, ever.

The fifth in the apparently never - ending series of horror films actually has the highest Metascore of any film in the franchise, which doesn't make it good, per se; just not bad.

With the return Jason Bourne in theaters, we highlight the best to worst reviewed films of the franchise.

The best - selling novel by J.K. Rowling (titled Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in England, as was this film adaptation) becomes this hotly anticipated fantasy adventure from Chris Columbus, the winner of a high - stakes search for a director to bring the first in a hoped - for franchise of Potter films to the screen by Warner Bros..

Indeed, the non-Marvel films in these franchises that have done best more recently are the ones that stood out from the crowd, like Wonder Woman (which rejected the dark tone of other DC movies), Logan (which felt like a grown - up standalone film), and Deadpool (which loudly razzed the idea of being linked to X-Men movies).

Well, you can't expect too much from a show made in 2015 even if it is somehow connected to your most beloved horror film franchise.

Like the previous films in the franchise, it positions the military as the good guys who know what's best while the government characters are all bureaucrats who stand in the way of what needs to be done.

Phil Ring and Jonathan Smith from TT games talk about playing with huge licensed film franchises in the video game sphere, as well as making dark themes and death safe...

Actor Jason Segel («How I Met Your Mother»), seemingly noticing the rash retirement forced onto The Muppets back in 1999 (when their last feature film, the slipshod «Muppets from Space», was released) and the lack of good old family humour and fozzie fuzzy, pitched a relaunch of the film franchise to Disney (who now have the rights to the characters).

Well this is the end of one of the biggest franchises in film history.

If you're craving an air - tight, claustrophobic sci - fi which satisfyingly ties into the Cloververse, you'll be left wanting — and hoping that the franchise's fourth film due out in October, Overlord, is a good sight better — but if you can settle for well - acted, glossy, fitfully riotous junk food with some questionably lapses in logic, The Cloverfield Paradox does the job well enough.

Director James Mangold teased out the first peek at the crew recording the original score for Logan, the third and likely best Wolverine film in the franchise.

Skyfall (Sam Mendes, 2012) The iconic spy James Bond returns in what can be easily one of the best spy thrillers of the year, let alone one the best Bond films in this popular franchise.

At least the movie gets a solid performance out of Asano, a well - known face in American and Japanese cinema for his work in films like the Thor franchise and Ichi the Killer.

In this series of interviews, the actors - alongside director Rian Johnson - open up about their roles in this fantastic franchise, the extraordinary sets and scenaries they were placed in during filming, and just what it's like to be part of such a well - loved worlIn this series of interviews, the actors - alongside director Rian Johnson - open up about their roles in this fantastic franchise, the extraordinary sets and scenaries they were placed in during filming, and just what it's like to be part of such a well - loved worlin this fantastic franchise, the extraordinary sets and scenaries they were placed in during filming, and just what it's like to be part of such a well - loved worlin during filming, and just what it's like to be part of such a well - loved world.

Admittedly I had some reservations, I'm not a avid franchise fan by all means, I think these films are serviceable at best in light - hearted action entertainment.

For those in the middle, look, the Harry Potter franchise is one of the best ever put to film, bar none.

It is believed that when Universal was doing test screenings for the third film in the Fast & Furious franchise that it wasn't going well.

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Mission: Impossible Fallout may well be the biggest, baddest entry yet in this long - running franchise, and I can't wait to see how all this madness plays in context when the film opens on July 27th.

Since DREDD was announced back in 2008 THN has tempered its excitement, remembering all - too - well Slur - vester Stallone's abysmal 1995 take on the character, a film which destroyed the integrity of the source material and masses of potential for a fantastic franchise.

As far as the CGI work, it's something we have come to expect from this franchise, but the work is seamless in this film, as well; and with apocalyptic conflicts going on — with half of the city of Chicago destroyed — the graphics department acquitted themselves nicely.

With our own experience of the books (hey, we have nieces) being that # 2 is actually the best of the trilogy in expanding the mythology to a more resonant plane while still retaining the visceral excitement of the first, and with the director who'll be responsible for the taking the franchise home now in the hot seat (Francis Lawrence, replacing Gary Ross), we're hopeful for a film that at least partially deserves its inevitably blockbusting box office, and the trailer makes it look like it may.

Amidst those early signs of viewer interest (Blade), franchise launches (X-Men), moments of director / source material synergy (Raimi's Spider - Man) and 18 or so MCU films, Deadpool is recognizable as a triumph of perseverance and (baby) hand - in - glove casting, as well as proof that R - rated superheroing is viable at the box office (which in turn smoothed the way for more serious takes like Logan).

This film festival winner also starred Celia Imrie (Imagine Me & You, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel franchise) as Bif, Joanna Lumley (The Wolf of Wall Street, Absolutely Fabulous - TV) as Jackie, Timothy Spall (The Party, Mr. Turner) as Charlie and David Hayman (The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Sid & Nancy) as Ted.

Glover captures the duplicity and bravado of the best - dressed rogue in the franchise, while also revealing a surprisingly tender side at one key point in the film.

Whedon returns as the film's writer and director in this once - in - a-lifetime opportunity to revive his epic space tale, and as the first installment in a possible franchise, «Serenity» is without a doubt one of the best pieces of fan service in the history of the sci - fi genre.

But these are minor gripes in a film that is unquestionably the best entry in the franchise since the 1993 original.

It hardly makes up for the stupidity on display in the rest of the film, however, because «Vacation» goes for the cheap and easy joke every time, and although some work well, most of them are so lame that it'll make you wish the franchise stayed dead after «Vegas Vacation.»

Sometimes, in film franchises as in life, the good stuff is worth the wait.

Based on the 12th novel in James Patterson's long - running series, the studio is clearly hoping that «Alex Cross» can reboot the film franchise that stalled out after 2001's «Along Came a Spider,» but surely there was a better option to play Cross than a man whose biggest claim to fame is dressing up like a fat black woman.

In fact, PA3 opened bigger and though it had the series» weakest legs to date, it still ended up with a domestic gross close to the first film and a franchise - high worldwide take of $ 203 M. And while the production budget again rose, it was still kept to just $ 5 million, well under the competition and far less than the marketing costs of such a high - profile wide release.

While the most recent film in the franchise (2001's «Jurassic Park III») was largely panned by critics, «Jurassic World» received a warm reception and rising superstar Chris Pratt earned raves as good - guy Raptor - trainer Owen.

By Hanako M. Ricks HollywoodNews.com: Not too long after famed director Martin Scorsese stated he'd be interested in working with Harry Potter actor Rupert Grint, comes word that his latest film, Hugo Cabret, has some well - known actors who also have ties to the wizarding franchise.

Previous sequels in this franchise haven't remotely approached the quality of John McTiernan «s 1987 classic, but the main reason we're excited about this one is because it's co-written and directed by Shane Black, the guy behind movies like Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Nice Guys, and one of Marvel Studios» very best films, Iron Man 3.

Alien is revered as one of the greatest horror films of all time, as well as one of the greatest films set in space, so what happens when the director of the film that originated the franchise returns to it to provide us back - story about one of the biggest monster movie icons more than three decades after the fact?

Honorable Mentions: As usual, some good films have to fall just outside the top 10 list including: Tommy Lee Jones «feature - length directorial debut, «The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada ``; Christopher Nolan «s excellent, in - between - Batman - movies cum rival magician film, «The Prestige,» starring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale; Guillermo del Toro «s fantastical fairy tale, «Pan's Labyrinth ``; Sofia Coppola «s anachronistic teen alienation set in the 16th century, «Marie Antoinette ``; Martin Campbell «s superb rebooting of the Bond franchise with «Casino Royale ``; Martin Scorsese «s «Infernal Affairs» remake «The Departed» (which has been on TV so many bloody times, its power has worn off); Oliver Assayas ««Clean» which featured a Cannes - winning performance by Maggie Cheung as a struggling addict; and Park Chan - Wook «s final installment of his vengeance trilogy, the beautifully haunting, «Lady Vengeance.»