Sentences with phrase «biggest budget effort»

Though there have been several film versions of the Christian allegory, the latest version, which is currently in production, will likely be the biggest budget effort to date.

Of course there are exceptions to every rule, and Buscemi's memorable appearances in such big budget efforts as Mr Deeds and both Spy Kids 2 and Spy Kids 3 - D: Game Over served to remind audiences that Buscemi was still indeed at the top of his game, perhaps now more than ever.

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More important, the cliff is an obvious effort at correcting the biggest flaw in public budgeting — the tendency of politicians to ignore the broader, long - term implications of what they do by continually kicking problems down the road.

Smaller marketing budgets prevent SMBs from effectively competing against larger retailers on these major selling days, as they'll be outspent and overlooked in light of the marketing efforts of big - box stores.

New York is one of just two states (along with North Carolina) that still does that, and the effort to end this practice has become a big rallying cry for Assembly Democrats and the IDC, as well as a big sticking point in the budget talks.

The PSC's press release (not sent out by the Schneiderman campaign) quotes from the Times» endorsement senator and also highlighted his effort to combat the «corrupting influence of big corporations» and support of tax increases on the wealthy to help close the state's chronic budget gap.

While Straniere's low - budget campaign clearly held its own against Wyne's big - buck effort, Wyne did better than some expected his first time out.

The nine - person board has a voice on policy matters, can nix or approve big contracts and budgets, and generally helps steer the direction of Hartford's long - running education reform efforts.

What began a few years ago as a trickle of small independent films shot in and around Kingston has of late turned into a veritable flood, including big - budget productions with real movie stars, thanks to a new tax break and efforts by local officials to woo and accommodate the industry.

There was an effort by broadcasters and journalists of all stripes to try and get at the big issues — welfare cuts, future budgets, the fact they weren't addressed doesn't mean those questions weren't asked.

OECD warns that «more and bigger» efforts will be needed to contain US health budget to prevent reversal of recent slowdown in health spending growth as economic growth improves

Outside of major roles in early sound efforts like The Big Trail and Tom Sawyer (both 1930), he could be found playing menacing tribal chiefs and bandits in serials and B - pictures, and seedy, drunken «redskin» stereotypes (invariably named Injun Joe or Injun Charlie or some such) in big - budget films like John Ford's My Darling Clementine (194Big Trail and Tom Sawyer (both 1930), he could be found playing menacing tribal chiefs and bandits in serials and B - pictures, and seedy, drunken «redskin» stereotypes (invariably named Injun Joe or Injun Charlie or some such) in big - budget films like John Ford's My Darling Clementine (194big - budget films like John Ford's My Darling Clementine (1946).

With such big - budget major studio efforts as Con Air (1997) and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), the fledgling director has indeed proven his keen ability to shoot entertainingly jarring action scenes that place filmgoers in the eye of a frenzied storm of chaos with such gleeful abandon that he has become a solid staple in the Michael Bay / Jerry Bruckheimer cannon.

Still, After Earth is, for much of its refreshingly brief running time, a better - than - average big - budget blockbuster that marks Shyamalan's most entertaining effort since 2006's Lady in the Water.

The only nominee that now looks out of place in such company is The Towering Inferno, a big budget, star - studded disaster movie from producer Irwin Allen, whose previous effort The Poseidon Adventure was more deserving of such acknowledgement.

Director Guillermo Del Toro has been responsible for a number of visual wonders on the screen, from his Oscar - winning Pan's Labyrinth to bigger - budgeted efforts such as Crimson Peak, Pacific Rim, Hellboy and many more.

The result is, by far, Scott's best effort in a prolific decade littered with big - budget epics and franchise installments (the latest in his prequel trilogy Alien: Covenant opened only six months prior), bolstered by some ostentatious performances which tap into the heightened pulp fodder of both the era and the event.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening January 2, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Defiance (R for violence and profanity) Oscar - winner Edward Zwick (for Shakespeare in Love) directs this harrowing tale of survival, set in occupied Poland during World War II, recounting the heroic efforts of three brothers (Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber and Jamie Bell) who escape into the forest where they join forces with Russian resistance fighters to save over 1,000 fellow Jews from the Nazis.

Jonah Hill's efforts are also commendable as Roxanne's cameraman, but the rest of the big - name cast members — Brad Pitt, Ben Stiller and J.K. Simmons — seem to be a simple case of stunt casting: They were included to increase the budget and marketability without improving the movie's actual quality.

Four years after his last effort - 2000's The Patriot - director Roland Emmerich returns with a big - budget disaster flick.

The friend could think Bait 3D, the latest big budget Aussie flick to come along in an effort to snare more box office returns than critical adulation, sounds completely ridiculous and scoff at your notion.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening July 29, 2011 BIG BUDGET FILMS Attack the Block (R for violence, drug use and pervasive profanity) Horror comedy chronicling the valiant effort of a gang of teenagers from South London to defend their «hood during an alien invasion.

Geostorm review: Independence Day and Stargate producer Dean Devlin gets his hands on the directorial reigns for this entertaining big - budget effort that carries an...

After shooting the low - budget Monster (whose visual effects he funded himself), director Gareth Edwards got his shot at the big time by being given the huge budget to shoot the latest attempt by Warner Bros. to make a decent American version of Godzilla, 16 years after Roland Emmerich's pretty awful effort.

Considering the game has been developed without the big budget of an AAA title, Stormind Games did an excellent job, considering they have opted in making a third person game which requires way more effort than a first person one.

On its own merits, Return just seems like a mediocre TV movie that could have quite a bit better with more effort and a bigger budget.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening November 2, 2007 BIG BUDGET FILMS American Gangster (R for nudity, sexuality, profanity, violence and pervasive drug content) Oscar - winners Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe square off in this mob saga, set in the Seventies, about the efforts of a rogue cop to bring down a drug lord who's been smuggling heroin to Harlem in the coffins of soldiers who died in Vietnam.

His previous effort, Brooklyn's Finest (2010), was an adequate little crime thriller, but nothing that anticipated this, his biggest - budgeted work since the Jerry Bruckheimer - produced King Arthur.

True, the same could go for most of Hollywood's bigger - budget»70s and early»80s efforts («Star Wars», «Raiders», «Aliens»...), but none of those films feels remotely British whereas, in a strange way, «2001» does.

The parent trigger has come to the silver screen in Won't Back Down — a big - budget film that chronicles a fictional turnaround effort.

Argentina, Mexico, and Chile have launched similar efforts, but even with big budgets and expansive bureaucracies, the same education underachievement persists.

An author may be able to hire a marketer or publicist who can put together a big - picture plan that encompasses all of these areas and more, but sometimes a budget can only sustain efforts in a couple of these areas.

With margins low, distribution costs rocketing, limited or no marketing budgets for all but the top 15 percent of titles, and little major media interest in all but the biggest authors, book sales drop a little more each year and fewer and fewer authors can live off their fiction efforts.»

It might take a little money and effort to set aside more of your budget for eating out, or to take in cultural events instead of cocooning with the tube, but what's the point of putting up with the hassle of living in a big city if you don't do those things?

«We're a big city and we have a lot of animals, a tight budget and a lot of impoverished areas,» Philadelphia's Holbrook points out, all things that will make this no - kill effort a challenge.

When added to previously confirmed titles like: Fatal Frame 4, Fragile, Tales of Symphonia 2, Monster Hunter 3, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicals, Little King's Story and the strongly rumored Castlevania game, you have a list of big budget projects that embarrasses the West's effort comparatively.

Adventure games have taken many forms over the genre's long history, with recent efforts including the crowdfunded Broken Age and more big - budget affairs such as L.A. Noire.

Rivera didn't have a big campaign budget, but she turned out hundreds of volunteers to fight against the oil companies» efforts to prevent the law's implementation.

Even if your budget is tight, making an effort to save even a little bit each month can make a big difference thanks to the power of compound interest.

Marketers of both big and small brands long have committed large chunks of their advertising budgets to endorsements by well - known personalities, in an effort to influence consumers to purchase products and...

The Huawei Mate 10 may be hard for you to get your hands on, but it's worth the effort if you want a big - screen phone and don't quite have the budget for a Galaxy Note, iPhone Plus or Pixel 2.