Morgan's having fun, for sure, and Johnson is charismatic, but Peyton too often struggles to convey that «
big monster movie» sense of excitement cinematically.
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?
«Godzilla» might become
the biggest monster movie ever, but there are plenty more giant monsters — and robots, of course — that will eventually have their time to shine at the box office
Yes, there's under one week until
the biggest monster movie of the year hits cinemas in the form of Gareth Edwards»...
Not exact matches
In its attempt to ask
big questions such as whence and whither humankind, Prometheus presents an action /
monster suspense
movie in the place of Kubrick's classic, but such deep questions remain to the end in the character of Dr. Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace).
This is the same Darren Aronofsky who gave us the interesting yet baffling
big - screen interpretation of Noah in 2014, complete with B -
movie rock
monster fallen angels and Russell Crowe as the main character who actually wants humankind to end.
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Monster, rubber ducky hunting with Ernie, face painting, pool time,
movies and so much more!!
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movies and pictures with the
biggest black
monster cocks fucking white sluts.
If you want to see yet another Samurai
movie that starts with a
monster - leader doing atrocities on innocent people, so that you feel no torture or death is good enough for him, then progress to the little guys defeating the
big guys by each of them hacking 10 people to death with simple strokes, this is the
movie for you.
Reuniting disaster - resistant star Dwayne Johnson with his «San Andreas» director, this brainless
big - screen
monster - smash
movie assumes that audiences want to see the Rock stop three enormous mutant creatures from destroying American metropolises, when in fact, it's the gleeful prospect of witnessing just that kind of spectacular CG devastation that gave the game its name — and presumably got the
movie made.
Steven Hilliard Stern has a
big resume of TV
movies and Mazes and
Monsters is one film that can be quite an interesting watch for fantasy and gamers alike.
There are just enough «
big» beats — a giant wolf leaping at a mid-air helicopter, George using tanks like toys on Michigan Avenue, all the animals climbing the will - always - be-known-as-to-me Sears Tower — to keep fans engaged, but
monster movies should do more than just keep you engaged.
Her huge break on the
big screen came in 2008 as she starred in the JJ Abrams
monster movie Cloverfield.
This weekend's Kong: Skull Island (read our review), directed by Jordan Vogt - Roberts, promises to be a full - on
monster mash that'll usher in an early start to the summer
movie season, and I personally can't wait to see the
big guy do battle with, well, other really
big guys.
But the summer of 2003 saw «Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl» become a
monster hit, launching one of the
biggest modern - day franchises, stretching to four
movies to date, and turning Depp from beloved oddball to global megastar.
By focusing so strongly on Cruise's «Nick Morton» character, The Mummy makes its
monster little more than a background prop, a mistake future
movies probably won't make (
bigger stars, like Javier Bardem and Johnny Depp, are confirmed to be playing Frankenstein's
monster and the Invisible Man respectively).
It occurs to me that when I was the age
Monster Trucks was made for, I had to wait until the summer to see a
movie this
big.
This is a B -
movie monster flick starring quite possibly the
biggest movie star (or at least the most profitable) in the world, and «Rampage» knows exactly what it is.
And he also appears to throw some less - than - subtle shade towards the storytelling ideas of a certain other
big monster's recent
movie... «We're fundamentally not playing the same game that Gareth Edwards» Godzilla did and most
monster movies do, which I'm sort of sick of the notion that a
monster movie needs to wait an hour or 40 minutes until the creature shows up,» says Vogt - Roberts.
The
biggest flaw B
Movie monster movies make is showing their
monster too early, killing off the suspense of wanting to see what the creature looks like.
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It's a sign of the changing of the times that 15 years ago this combination of A-list stars would have been one of the
biggest events of the year, whereas now Money
Monster is a sleeper bit of counter-programming for viewers seeking out a more adult alternative to the mammoth blockbusters flooding in for the summer
movie season.
Naomie Harris is the
bigger surprise on the cast list, seemingly content to come straight from Moonlight, where she tackled a meaty role full of depth, to being female sidekick in a
monster movie.
It could easily play as a
monster movie or a modern horror
movie, with the haunted tension of a supernatural story like The Orphanage mixed with the
big, stately action of Pacific Rim.
I've come around to admiring this
big monster of a
movie.
By the way, if you could only see half a dozen
movies between now and the end of the year, you could hardly improve on the six narrative features that played both Venice and Telluride: Alexander Payne's
big - idea satire «Downsizing,» which kicked off both festivals; Guillermo del Toro's terrific revisionist
monster romance «The Shape of Water»; «Weekend» and «45 Years» director Andrew Haigh's spare nouveau western «Lean on Pete»; Lebanon's «The Insult» and Israel's «Foxtrot»; and «Taxi Driver» writer Paul Schrader's best
movie in at least two decades, «First Reformed.»
It was 1954 when Gojira first hit the
big screen in Ishiro Honda's now iconic
monster movie, made as a reply to the USA dropping two atom - bombs on Japan less than a decade earlier.
2008's Incredible Hulk is the only MCU
movie that Honest Trailers hasn't hilariously mocked, so in honor of Infinity War's arrival, they took on the
big green rage
monster.
And yet, despite its present - day setting, it feels rather retro — as if «Money
Monster» just narrowly missed the window for maximum relevance where
movies like «The
Big Short» and «99 Homes» thrived.
Director Guillermo del Toro tackles his
biggest project to date, dropping $ 200 million on yet another
monster movie.
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Godzilla (2014) Remember when
movies meant
big monsters?
It's a
big movie, kind of like Transformers, back in the days when they were pretty good, but with giant
monsters.
According to Deadline, Michael Keaton, fresh off his critically - acclaimed performance in Alejandro González Iñárritu's Birdman, is finalizing a deal to join Tom Hiddleston and J.K. Simmons for Legendary's
big - budget
monster movie Kong: Skull Island.
It takes place in a world where
movie monsters such as Jason, Freddy, and Chucky exist on the
big screen, but Michael Myers is real, with a very real history explained via exposition offered up by the four protagonists.
The game, which has been remade a few times since its initial arcade release in 1986, featured a small cast of the usual suspects of
big monsters from
movies that destroy cities — a
big gorilla, and a
big lizard — and also a giant wolfman because why not.
The Bottom Line: My favorite pick because it's more a
monster movie than a disaster flick, this intriguing tale from 1962 (based on the 1951 novel by John Wyndham, who also penned THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS that spawned VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED on the
big screen) begins with a meteor shower that liberally spreads killer crawling plant creatures around the globe — with everyone who has seen the celestial show going permanently blind.
We recently watched Harbinger Down; while not perfect, it's probably one of the best modern
monster movies out there with fun characters, practical slime and a
big freakin ship!
Monster Trucks: A
big truck made of scrap material and a strange creature take charge in this animated
movie.
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In this week's
movie review podcast, we discuss four films, including Dwayne Johnson's
big monster flick «Rampage.»
On the other hand is the
big budget sci - fi
monster movie Abrams teases out as an homage to B -
movies of the»50s.
Those expecting something similar to the first
movie will be mostly let down, as this film is very much a one - location thriller that relies more on character piece than
big Statue Of Liberty lobbing
monsters.
When a giant
movie monster emerges with murderous intent, there's one rule that generally holds true: the
bigger the stakes, the more effective the thrills.
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BIG BREAK in
Monster 3D & 2D, Paddle Ball Game in
Monster 3D, Modern
Monster Movie Making, 3 deleted scenes, Monger's Plan, War Room Turns on
Monsters, If You Don't Know, DWA Music Video Juke Box, director's commentary, The Tech of MONSTERS VS. ALIENS, sneak peeks, How To Train Your Dragon, Shrek The Musical, Kung Fu Panda World, The Penguins of Madagascar, Shrek The Halls, Secrets of the Furious Five, MONSTERS VS. ALIENS Activision Game trailer, Karaoke Music Party, Animators» Corner - Picture - In - Picture, and a triv
Monsters, If You Don't Know, DWA Music Video Juke Box, director's commentary, The Tech of
MONSTERS VS. ALIENS, sneak peeks, How To Train Your Dragon, Shrek The Musical, Kung Fu Panda World, The Penguins of Madagascar, Shrek The Halls, Secrets of the Furious Five, MONSTERS VS. ALIENS Activision Game trailer, Karaoke Music Party, Animators» Corner - Picture - In - Picture, and a triv
MONSTERS VS. ALIENS, sneak peeks, How To Train Your Dragon, Shrek The Musical, Kung Fu Panda World, The Penguins of Madagascar, Shrek The Halls, Secrets of the Furious Five,
MONSTERS VS. ALIENS Activision Game trailer, Karaoke Music Party, Animators» Corner - Picture - In - Picture, and a triv
MONSTERS VS. ALIENS Activision Game trailer, Karaoke Music Party, Animators» Corner - Picture - In - Picture, and a trivia track
Pacific Rim is Guillermo del Toro's
big love letter to Japanese
monster movies like Godzilla and anime like Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Bong is known for directing
monster movie «The Host» but he also essayed the wildly fascinating true - life mystery «Memories Of Murder,» and setting himself up for an ambitious science - fiction narrative is a major step up to the
big leagues.
While our heroes are very much a focal point for their
biggest movie yet, Thanos himself drives the story forward, even being the emotional heart of the film while still being an absolute
monster.
«The Shape of Water» (Dec. 8): Director Guillermo del Toro gets back to the more surreally fantastic side with this
big - hearted
monster movie in which a janitor played by Sally Hawkins — in what critics are saying is an awards - worthy performance — falls in love with the strange fish - like man she discovers in the Cold War - era lab she cleans at night.
Now the
monsters have escaped from their books and are coming to the
big screen in the
movie Goosebumps.