Sentences with phrase «biggest ensemble movies»

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Unlike other independent films in which big names are ridden into the ground like a sweaty mule, shoehorned into every possible scene in the movie, «Moms» Night Out» has an ensemble cast - an amazing feat for a film with a budget just under $ 5 million, according to Andrew and John Erwin, the brothers who directed the film.

Four years ago, after more than a decade of drawing the popular online comic Piled Higher and Deeper (PHD for short), former engineer Jorge Cham jumped to the big screen, enlisting an ensemble of California Institute of Technology in Pasadena researchers to produce and star in a movie version of his cartoon depicting the trials and tribulation of being a graduate student in the sciences.

During his film career, Adkins has been cast in mostly direct - to - DVD movies like the two Undisputed sequels, Assassination Games, Ninja, however he finally got to get a bigger role in Stallone's ensemble cast testosterone - packed movie «The Expendables 2» and star along other great action stars like Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, the all - powerful Chuck Norris, Jean - Claude Van Damme and many others.

The movie is both a tribute to the skill of Fruitvale Station and Creed director Ryan Coogler, who almost effortlessly scales up to a much bigger budgetary level with Black Panther, and to an ensemble cast full of actors who'd rarely get asked to play parts like these in a blockbuster like this.

Viewers would be forgiven for their hesitance to see another movie from the directors of the «Vacation» reboot, but John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, working from a pitch - perfect screenplay by Mark Perez («Accepted»), have crafted an ensemble comedy that lives up to its high - concept premise while giving a gang of talented actors — including the gifted Jason Bateman, so rarely employed to great effect on the big screen — fun characters and big, outrageous moments.

But the ace in the hole is the fact that this movie features the biggest ever ensemble of beloved superhero characters, with Avengers new and old rubbing shoulders with the Guardians of the Galaxy and just about anybody who has ever shown even the slightest hint of super-ability.

Three of his nominations came for movies that leaned toward the conventional — David O. Selznick's gothic woman's movie «Rebecca,» psychological drama «Spellbound,» and big - star ensemble «Lifeboat.»

There are a lot of films that could make it in the ensemble race if you go by big casts with lots of respectable actors in them and studio marketeers pushing those movies.

It picks up for good once Murphy enters the picture halfway through, and it benefits from some nice ensemble work, but no thought or care seems to have gone into the heist at the movie's core: it's a big, dumb, blunt instrument of a plan.

SAG voters love volume here, giving the ensemble award to the movie with the biggest cast five years running.

From the Studio: In the irreverent spirit of fun that made «The LEGO Movie» a worldwide phenomenon, the self - described leading man of that ensemble — LEGO Batman — stars in his own big - screen adventure.

And though she's gone through the rite of passage of a ropey SyFy movie with «Flying Monkeys» (it's exactly what it sounds like...), Bahrani's melodrama seems to have brought her to the attention of some big names, with a part in the ensemble of Sofia Coppola «s «Bling Ring» coming up, as well as the younger version of Josh Brolin «s wife in Jason Reitman «s «Labor Day.»

Hidden Figures taking the prize for Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture honestly seems right on brand as it's big ensemble with name actors in a movie everyone likes, without the big Oscar nominee in tEnsemble in a Motion Picture honestly seems right on brand as it's big ensemble with name actors in a movie everyone likes, without the big Oscar nominee in tensemble with name actors in a movie everyone likes, without the big Oscar nominee in the race.

Outside of the Oscar bubble «Big Short» has a chance to earn a Best Ensemble nomination from the SAG Awards and both Carell and the movie are likely locks to get nominated in there respective Golden Globe comedy categories.

In the irreverent spirit of fun that made The LEGO Movie a worldwide phenomenon, the self - described leading man of that ensemble — LEGO Batman — stars in his own big - screen adventure: The LEGO Batman Movie.

Despite some strong acting, a handful of funny beats, and a passing similarity to another ensemble movie where characters who were formerly close are brought back together by a funeral, this movie is less Big Chill and more «Big Shrill.»

In the irreverent spirit of fun that made «The LEGO ® Movie» a worldwide phenomenon, the self - described leading man of that ensemble — LEGO Batman — stars in his own big - screen adventure.

«Avengers: Infinity War» has scored the biggest global opening for a film ever.The Disney / Marvel superhero ensemble movie - with an all - star cast that includes Scarlett Johansson, Robert Downey Jr, Chris Pratt, Chris Evans, Benedict Cumberbatch,...

Though the movie is clearly much larger in scope than «The Hurt Locker,» with a lot of moving parts and an incredible ensemble cast too big to list here, if Bigelow and Boal get it right, this could be the movie event of the year.

J.K. Simmons, who we've come to think of as an amiable supporting player in big ensemble casts (Law & Order, the Sam Raimi Spider - Man movies), delivers a career - redefining performance as the fiercely demanding, possibly unbalanced jazz guru.

A fine amount of evidence proving that he is ready for an ensemble cast, bigger production values and one of the biggest movies of the 90s.

You might see this cast and think this movie has to be great, but what you don't realize is that The Big Short, nominated for best ensemble at SAG, isn't really a movie.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening October 19, 2007 BIG BUDGET FILMS 30 Days of Night (R for profanity and graphic horror violence) Josh Hartnett and Melissa George head an ensemble cast in this high attrition - rate horror flick about a sheriff who, with the help of his estranged wife, confronts a horde of bloodthirsty vampires that descend on a tiny Alaskan town during the pitch black month when the sun slips beneath the horizon.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening February 27, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Crossing Over (R for sexuality, nudity, graphic violence and pervasive profanity) «Crash» - like ensemble drama chronicles the clash of cultures in L.A. resulting from the flood of immigrants attempting to attain legal status in the U.S. Cast includes Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta, Ashley Judd and Alice Braga.

Diesel left the series (his character, Xander Cage, was killed off in a DVD supplement and replaced by Ice Cube for the poorly received sequel xXx: State of The Union) to embark on a string of drama, sci - fi and family - comedy roles; but after a string of disappointments with Chronicles of Riddick, Find Me Guilty and Babylon A.D. he ultimately returned to the Fast series - only to see it reborn as an ensemble action franchise that's now one of the biggest and most beloved movie properties in the world.