Sentences with phrase «big budget fare»

Overall, 2015 was a great year at the movies with a lot of great films arriving (including big budget fare like Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Jurassic World).

Spall, known to most audiences for supporting roles in big budget fare like «Enchanted,» «The Last Samurai,» «Sweeney Todd,» and the «Harry Potter» franchise, portrays the great Joseph Mallord William Turner.

The mid-sized movie has largely disappeared in favor of bigger and bigger budgeted fare designed to play to crowds all over the world.

Not exact matches

But another Canadian city has been appearing in more and more big - budget fare lately — Winnipeg.

However, CCA's rivals such as Asahi Schweppes and Frucor Suntory could fare worse as price increases to recoup the cost of the scheme will have a bigger impact on cheaper bottled water brands like Asahi's Frantelle and Cool Ridge, budget carbonated soft drink and juice brands and private - label beverages.

MO MONEY MO PROBLEMS — Johnson proposes cutting Council initiatives in search for Fair Fares cash — POLITICO's Gloria Pazmino and Brendan Cheney: Speaker Corey Johnson is floating a proposal to defund some Council spending initiatives as a way to pay for the Fair Fares plan, the Council's biggest budget request — and one that Mayor Bill de Blasio has said he has no intention of funding.

As he makes his fourteenth appearance on the program, the legislator from the Bronx» 87th district will talk about how his district fared in the big snowfall, the anti-Muslim attack in his district, his proposed legislation to give voters a chance to recall their representatives, Bronx development issues, the state budget, and more.

The end result is a well - intentioned yet hopelessly ineffective thriller that would've been better off with a more talented filmmaker at the helm, as it's becoming all - too - obvious that Berg simply doesn't have the chops to handle big - budget action fare.

Mica Levi's orchestral score, full of shrieking glissandos and two - step beats, forms a singularity between international art house and big budget science - fiction fare.

More than any other word, that tidily sums up Teller, who pinballs between beloved indies and big - budget fare like Fantastic Four and, this year alone, both a comedy opposite Jonah Hill (War Dogs) and an upcoming drama about PTSD (Thank You for Your Service).

British actor Jamie Bell will play The Thing, and is no stranger to big budget Hollywood fare, having previously appeared in Jumper and King Kong.

Jones had an early encounter with big - budget studio fare as Banshee in 2011's X-Men: First Class — what would be the end goal for many budding actors — but he has tended towards more sophisticated work ever since.

Wiseau has often expressed his desire to act in big - budget fare, but the Hollywood cognoscenti seems content to keep him on the sidelines.

Verbinksi has spent much of the past decade with big - budget fare like the Oscar - winning «Rango» and the «Pirates of the Caribbean» franchise, but let's not forget he brought expert tension to «The Ring» back in 2002, and here's hoping «A Cure For Wellness» is a return to that kind of character - based intensity.

Neither Charlize Theron nor Nicholas Hoult are stranger to big budget action fare after films like «Prometheus», «Hancock» and the «X-Men» series.

Presented as hand - crafted self - portraits that have agreed to play by certain commercial rules and genre conventions, both teem with eccentric tics and personal energies, giving us the pleasure of contact with an individual intelligence — something that seldom happens with bigger - budget fare.

It seems as if big budget filmmakers frequently can not resist the allure of mindless mayhem, even in otherwise decent fare.

She fully embraces the inherent awkwardness of a testy emotional bond and tackles it to the ground, all the while mining it for heartfelt humor without the all - too - common safety net of predictability found in big - budget Hollywood fare.

Greengrass, of course, is the acclaimed British director who has moved between big - budget action fare such as «The Bourne Ultimatum» and gritty lower - budget titles such as «United 93.»

While filmmaker Jon Favreau has been dabbling in big - budget studio fare for the past few years, his next film returns him to his indie roots.

Director Kathryn Bigelow may produce broad, middling big - budget fare when she has a studio breathing...

Released across from the flashy usual big budget summer fare, the little 2009 comedy with no established movie stars won over both critics

This one feels like... well, standard big - budget fare.

Those with doubts about the viability of the movie Entourage had them confirmed when the film drew unfavorable reviews and made little impact at the box office, where it opened as counterprogramming in June against summer's typically big - budgeted fare.

It opened on Memorial Day weekend as counterprogramming to X-Men: Days of Future Past and other big summer season action fare, but even on a budget significantly scaled back from Sandler's usual standards, it fell short of expectations, opening in third place and ultimately finishing with $ 46 million and change domestically.

The film Phantom Thread may be flying under the radar for most cinema - goers, but this little gem is a nice distraction from the big - budget fare that floods the theaters.

Roles in homegrown fare such as Love / Hate, Quirke and The Stag went hand - in - hand with big - budget concerns like Snow White And The Huntsman and a Broadway run of Conor McPherson's The Night Alive.

Something of a small miracle, «The Way Way Back» is such a refreshing, smartly enjoyable reprieve from the summer movie season's barrage of superhero fare and big - budget blockbusters that you feel blue when it must come to an end.

Along for the ride and adding some prestige is the rather unexpected choice of composer, Alexandre Desplat, whose classy music is usually heard in either more arthouse fare or weighty Oscar - bait dramas (though he has of course made his contribution to big - budget spectacles like The Golden Compass and the last two trips to Hogwarts).

That said, though, if critics aren't clamoring for comedies like The Big Sick or low - budget fare like The Florida Project, then The Shape of Water's nominations sweep might indicate precisely where their collective decisions will ultimately lean.

Trank made a stir with «Chronicle,» his low - budget superhero deconstruction, and matching indie talent with big studio fare, as «The Dark Knight» trilogy did with Christopher Nolan, historically reaps dividends.

The actress, who, prior to Bone, was already known in industry circles for her gritty portrayals of troubled youths in such independent films as Poker House and The Burning Plain seamlessly made the transition to big - budget studio fare playing a young «Mystique» in X-Men: First Class while still sticking to her indie roots with key roles in films like The Beaver, Like Crazy, and the forthcoming House at the End of the Street.

Big - budget fare will also abound at the festival.

In addition to needing a big chunk of time off from work, you'll also need a big - time travel budget: the fares start at $ 59,000 per person.

It's also important to note that some of these budget carriers don't let their fares show up in search results of the big booking engines, so unless you visit their sites specifically you could miss out on them entirely.

The Big 3 US carriers have now all decided to offer a Basic Economy fare with even less features and amenities than before to compete with budget carriers on price.

WGTC writes: We take a look back at 9 very underrated video games, from oddball crime thrillers to big budget offerings that didn't get a fare shake.

While publishers like SEGA, Konami and Capcom have transitioned into big - budget, polygonal games, GalaxyTrail reminds us that the simple, attractive 2D platformer can easily run circles around uninspired fare like Aliens: Colonial Marines, NeverDead, and Dark Void.

Between Breath of the Wild, Splatoon 2, Skyrim, Doom and Super Mario Odyssey, there's no shortage of big - budget fare.