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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg isn't a typical musical, without big dance numbers or musical setpieces set apart from dialogue, but it is as emotionally satisfying and purely entertaining as any of the bigger films of the genre.

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Although not as great or refined as The Big Lebowski, this film is still a classic of the stoner genre.

And yet, amid all that overdue and well - deserved scorn, the lone aspect of Deadpool 2 that is treated with gravid, wet - eyed sincerity — the thing the film wants us to care most deeply about, that acts as the plot's triggering action — is itself the biggest, oldest, dumbest and most useless superhero - genre cliche of them all.

But there's one Science Fiction film that towers above all others of the genre, as well as all other films, and that is Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, which Warner Brothers barely released in time to actually be seen on a big screen during the relevant year.

The presence of Penn, who has purposefully avoided making big - budget Hollywood films, is a testament to Pollack's reputation and power; and rarely has this supremely gifted performer been more effective, despite the inherent limitations of the thriller genre.

This obvious rip - off of the original «Jaws» was one of the biggest cult films to come out of the exploitative genre, and it's even memorable enough to have been remade in 2010.

It was a time of big budget, Oscar nominated studio films like Misery and early genre work from filmmakers who would go on to become the best in the business, like Fincher's Seven, M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense, Tarantino and Rodriguez's From Dusk Til Dawn, and Adrian Lyne's Jacob's Ladder.

It was a time of big budget, Oscar nominated studio films like Misery and early genre work from filmmakers who... read more →

ABCs of Death 2 features 26 brand new shorts from 26 new directors of acclaimed genre films like Cheap Thrills, Inside, A Lonely Place to Die, American Mary, Big Bad Wolves and many more.

The biggest event of its kind in the region, Tidewater Comicon returned to Virginia Beach May 12 - 13, bringing with it many of the iconic creators, writers, and artists of your favorite comic book heroes and villains, along with actors from various genre films and TV shows, uniquely talented vendors, and amazing cosplayers, including Carson Dye, who showed off her stunning Corpse Bride cosplay.

I'm actually a big fan of the first two SCREAM films as they did a great job of deconstructing the American horror genre as well as scaring the pants off of me.

While English comedies of this sort can go the way of cute and light Feel Good Brit Flick (an often way too saccharine genre), they can also produce generally winning films like «Billy Elliot» and «The Full Monty,» and production company Big Talk have an excellent track record, with «Shaun Of The Dead,» «Attack The Block» and «Sightseers» among their triumphof this sort can go the way of cute and light Feel Good Brit Flick (an often way too saccharine genre), they can also produce generally winning films like «Billy Elliot» and «The Full Monty,» and production company Big Talk have an excellent track record, with «Shaun Of The Dead,» «Attack The Block» and «Sightseers» among their triumphof cute and light Feel Good Brit Flick (an often way too saccharine genre), they can also produce generally winning films like «Billy Elliot» and «The Full Monty,» and production company Big Talk have an excellent track record, with «Shaun Of The Dead,» «Attack The Block» and «Sightseers» among their triumphOf The Dead,» «Attack The Block» and «Sightseers» among their triumphs.

The goofy, off - kilter riff on LA sleaze fits within a genre highlighted by better films like Paul Thomas Anderson's Thomas Pinchon adaptation, The Coen's The Big Lebowski or Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye (Renny Harlin's The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, too, but whether that was superior is a maybe).

Though he's essentially stuck to the same genre since hitting it big with The Sixth Sense five years ago, there's no denying that each of his successive films has been completely different than the one before.

The big gala presentations range from upcoming comic book geekery with Green Lantern to Nicholas Winding Refn's thriller Drive (fresh off rave reviews from Cannes) to the premiere of Richard Linklater's latest Bernie, with stops along the way for indie dramas (A Better Life), British genre films (Attack the Block), action thrillers (The Devil's Double), and Guillermo Del Toro - produced scary fun (Don't Be Afraid of the Dark).

Even the films I like from this year I do nt have clear memories of (I saw Women in Love when I was way too young for it in the 1980s), don't truly love (big Altman fan but MASH, is more of a «like»), or I love them more for their historical value or genre personality than for actual quality (Boys in the Band, Aristocrats, Bloody Mama, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever).

Guillermo Del Toro and The Shape of Water Like Peele, we're beaming that a genre film — and a great one at that — is getting Hollywood recognition, and a person of color taking one of the ceremony's biggest prizes.

«I would say that the science fiction of it is a big thing that sets it apart from most of the other superhero genre films,» Trank says.

The film is another piece of horror - tinged, genre filmmaking — this time the main inspirations are hyper violent»80s action films like Big Trouble in Little China and The Terminator (again)-- but like the duo's preceding film, it knows what it is, recognizes the flaws of its ancestors, and tries to improve upon them while holding onto that sense of reckless abandon that makes those movies so fun.

Of course, Verhoeven's US big - budget genre work, such as RoboCop (1987) and Total Recall (1990), both spawning recent lackluster remakes, and pulpy neo-noir Basic Instinct (1992) were overshadowed by the debacle that would come to be Showgirls (1995), now celebrated as one of the best worst films ever madOf course, Verhoeven's US big - budget genre work, such as RoboCop (1987) and Total Recall (1990), both spawning recent lackluster remakes, and pulpy neo-noir Basic Instinct (1992) were overshadowed by the debacle that would come to be Showgirls (1995), now celebrated as one of the best worst films ever madof the best worst films ever made.

But the filmmakers adhere too prominently to the tropes of the sports genre, all leading up to the big, dramatic encounter at the end, whereas tonally it felt the film may have benefited from avoiding such an approach — for while a necessity Billie Jean King took place in the match, the entire endeavour was more about putting Bobby Riggs in his place rather than to prove herself as an athlete.

But his character becomes so repellent — he'll surely go down as one of the bigger sickos in genre film history — you just wish he'd go away.

«But as a genre, these types of films can support bigger ideas — or for that matter, smaller, more intimate moments.

Enter Gareth Edwards, whose 2010 film Monster was a low budget entry into the genre that appears to have gotten him enough good will for the folks at Legendary Pictures to put him behind the helm of a $ 160 million blockbuster relaunch of the big green guy himself.

The biggest difference is that all three of those films knew exactly what they were trying to accomplish, whereas this first feature film from director David Gelb is a mish - mash of genres and styles.

Old School Kung Fu Fest (OSKFF) is an annual celebration of classic kung - fu films, bringing back to the big screen the rarest, wildest, and most incredible martial arts, action, and other genre cinema from the «60s, «70s, and «80s.

The biggest event of its kind in the region, Tidewater Comicon returned to Virginia Beach May 12 - 13, bringing with it many of the iconic creators, writers, and artists of your favorite comic book heroes and villains, along with actors from various genre films and TV shows, amazing cosplay, and uniquely talented vendors, including rapper and artist Tonezee.

At the film's recent press day, Costner talked about the appeal of playing Coach White, Niki Caro's directing style, the bond that developed between all the actors during filming, the pivotal role a coach can play in a young person's life, the Jim White - type coaches who influenced Costner's life in a positive way, what he learned about Latino culture growing up in Visalia, why he waits for projects to come along that he can really respond to irrespective of genre, the biggest cultural gap he experienced on this film, and how sports movies allow us to address other issues within the wider society.

In April, I talked with Sachs about the film, his great cast (Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper, Patricia Clarkson, and Rachel McAdams), the period and that subtle alchemy of tone and genre (the biggest revelation was the film's never - identified setting: «Married Life» takes place in Seattle!).

Although we now know that it went on to be a massive box office hit and took home a sack of Oscars, the release of Gladiator, which was their most expensive film to date, represented the unimaginable: a $ 103 - million attempt to resurrect the long - dead ancient Roman epic, a once steadfast Hollywood genre that has been defunct since the mid-1960s when big hits like Ben - Hur (1959) and Spartacus (1960) were eventually overshadowed by colossal financial failures like Cleopatra (1963)(not to mention 1980's notorious big - budget hard - core epic Caligula).

This highly entertaining return of one of the cinema's most enduring giant beasts moves like crazy — the film feels more like 90 minutes than two hours — and achieves an ideal balance between wild action, throwaway humor, genre refreshment and, perhaps most impressively, a nonchalant awareness of its own modest importance in the bigger scheme of things.

For a big budget genre film to go this way is unheard of.

In DISASTER MOVIE, the filmmaking team behind the hits «Scary Movie,» «Date Movie,» «Epic Movie» and «Meet The Spartans» this time puts its unique, inimitable stamp on one of the biggest and most bloated movie genres of all time — the disaster film.

But fans of the Canadian director's more genre - led fare were encouraged by the news a couple of years ago that he would write, and possibly direct, a new version of «The Fly,» the 1986 film about a scientist (Jeff Goldblum) who accidently crosses his DNA with the humble insect of the title, that was arguably the director's biggest ever crossover hit.

While there have been some great films of the alien invasion genre, many of the biggest have been the most lackluster — from the mediocre Independence Day to the horrid Battle: Los Angeles.

, and a Political - Romantic - Comedy - Rockumentary (Kurt's new favourite «genre» (in big air - quotes), consisting of only one indie Japanese film!)

Kusama is promising that though it's a genre film it's also «a beautiful character study of an incredible female» • Variety we were wondering when Ruth Negga would start lining up big roles after Loving.

The result of this is the film leaves its well established foundations for a genre exercise that tries to distract you from realizing the film ever had any bigger ambitions.

Indeed, there are plenty of high - profile films beyond the superhero genre clamoring for attention at this year's Comic - Con, including the sequel to «The Maze Runner,» Guillermo del Toro's gothic horror film «Crimson Peak» and a big - screen take on the wildly popular video game «World of Warcraft.»

The film's culmination — a big twisty sci - fi reveal — is as novelistic as any of the genre's classics and as imaginative and moving as anything I've seen in the past five years in either independent or studio film - making.

The biggest worldwide box office hit in the genre was «Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time,» with $ 335 million worldwide, and that's a film generally deemed to have been a flop («Lara Croft: Tomb Raider» is the biggest domestic grosser, with $ 131 million).

His startlingly realized prologue not only sets you on edge for one of the strongest new genre films in a decade, but it announces that Mitchell, like many of us, is a very big John Carpenter fan.

With so many big - budget action movies flopping at the box office this past summer, it's crazy to think that a quaint genre film like «A History of Violence» would handle its action sequences with the most panache.

We are big fans in these parts of director Jim Mickle (who was even kind enough to guest spot on the cinecast), the director previously made dramatically driven genre pictures, Mulberry St. and Stakeland, films that paid very close attention to keeping «the family unit» close together.

Arguably the biggest breakout star of the bunch in 2017, Daniel Kaluuya rose to prominence thanks to his featured role in Jordan Peele's horror film, Get Out, which saw classic genre tropes removed and more relevant issues like racism infused into the unique plot line.

This film definitely falls into that new comedy genre, but manages to outdo the norm in the way it handles character and delivers a level of depth in their relationships that has been missing from big screen comedies of late.

So it wasn't a big step to go from using the look of earlier film genres to actually using earlier films themselves.