Sentences with phrase «biggest film names»

David Fincher is renowned for some of the biggest film names of the past twenty years, including Se7en, The Social Network, Fight Club and Panic Room...

Not exact matches

Amidst allegations of abuse and decades of denials, Allen still continues to work in film, tapping big names for starring roles in his movies and still garnering support for fans and audiences.

The film features a little - known cast whose biggest names are the British actors Mark Rylance and Simon Pegg.

If a movie producer tries too hard to re-create an award - winning film, putting together a big budget, an epic storyline, some top names, it can still be a flop.

The two big winners, with 12 nominations apiece, were the musical productions of «Mean Girls» and «SpongeBob SquarePants,» earning Tina Fey a nod for her adaptation of her wickedly funny 2004 film of the same name.

One of the chain's biggest claims to fame is their creation of «Blockbuster» cereal combinations, which are named after famous films.

The Big Short, the film adaptation of Michael Lewis» book of the same name about the causes of the financial crisis, opens in UK cinemas this weekend.

The upcoming reboot of the Ghostbusters franchise features one of the funniest ensemble casts of any film this year: Along with stars Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon, the sci - fi comedy will also feature appearances by Cecily Strong, Bill Murray, Dan Ackroyd and a bunch of other big names.

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.

But in a year that's seen a slew of big budget releases and star - powered projects from some of Hollywood's most notable filmmakers (Martin Scorsese, Kenneth Lonergan, Mel Gibson) it was a $ 5 million film with no major superstar names that brought home the night's biggest award.

Hollywood's biggest names, from box office superstars to indie film up - and - comers, were delighted to discover their own box of hand - crafted John Kelly Chocolates tucked inside the coveted «swag bags» they received at an exclusive pre-Oscar gifting suite at L'Ermitage Hotel in Beverly Hills this year.

This system worked perfectly fine until last April, when Nakayama made her film debut on the Netflix original documentary series Chef's Table, alongside big - name chefs like Massimo Botura, Francis Mallmann, and Dan Barber.

The Big Short, the film adaptation of Michael Lewis» book of the same name about the causes of the financial crisis, opens in UK cinemas this weekend.

In a Daily Politics film, Giles Dilnot looks into the archives at how some big names decided to call it a day, with some of Westminster's more memorable departures.

Margot Robbie is poised to take over Hollywood with buzz - worthy films set for release this year and a plethora of big - name co-stars and directors with whom she's worked.

Those are three big names in music, all making the cross-over to star in an Allen film.

A few days back, some of the biggest names of Bollywood, the Indian film industry were seen on the red carpet of Zee Cine Awards 2017.

My Big Fat Gypsy Funeral: Irish gangster «Fat» Andy Connors laid to rest in # 25,000 GOLD coffin Gangster «Fat» Andy Connors was shot dead in front of his She's Dating the Gangster is a 2014 Filipino teen romantic comedy - drama film based on the best Pop Fiction book of the same name originally published on

Reservoir Dogs: Bloody Days by Big Star Games is a third - person top - down shooter with few connections to Quentin Tarantino's film other than it being about gangsters with color - coded names; and yet Bloody Days partially succeeds in its aspiration to revive a classic for crime and gangster films, while offering a time - rewind mechanics that helps the game distinct itself from the pool of titles in the top - down shooter category.

The cool variation comes in the form of his drug - addled brother who believes the film crew that's following him around is documenting his big comeback — when they're really making a documentary on the effects of drug addiction and using his name as former contender to add impact.

I thought this was going to be a dry film with big names for critics to slobber over.

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).

It should be, because big Hollywood names aside, this Michigan - filmed family movie overcomes an initially harebrained - sounding story line with just enough thrill, modern - day ocular wizardry and even fragments of heart - warming emotion to convert most initial skeptics into believers.

Other big names in film, such as Ellen Burstyn, Sam Elliot, Dennis Leary, and even Jennifer Garner all gave great performances.

For those who don't mind a little blood & gore and a lot of profanity, Free Fire is a superior alternative to the big - name, bloated action films hogging the largest screens in most multiplexes.

While The Big Sick isn't always a complete success — it's another film bearing the name of Judd Apatow (he produced with Barry Mendel) that could stand to lose 15 or 20 minutes — it's the kind of sweetly funny love story that's so bizarre that it has to be real.

After making his name with three independent films in Shotgun Stories, Take Shelter and Mud, director Jeff Nichols approaches his fourth feature with a bigger budget, making it his first studio production and allowing him to operate on a slightly more ambitious and grander scale.

Other big names in film, such as Ellen Burstyn,

Directors Joe and Anthony Russo (Captain America: Civil War) have managed to take their balanced approach from Civil War and The Winter Soldier and inject even more characters into the mix; we're talking well over 30 big names all mashed into one nearly three hour film that briskly flies by as characters we've grown to love over the years embark on their most important (and personal) battle yet.

Then there's the host of familiar comedy faces peppered throughout the film, including Alison Brie, Megan Mullally, Hannibal Buress, Nathan Fielder, Seth Rogan, Joe Mande, Casey Wilson, Lauren Ash, Brian Huskey, and John Early, who lend a good deal of goodwill to the proceedings, not to mention the slew of big names — including Kristen Bell, J.J. Abrams, Adam Scott, Keegan - Michael Key and Kevin Smith — the film uses in a prologue to explain the appeal of The Room to newcomers.

This was also the first time Joseph not only got top billing (his name was even bigger than the director's name in the end credits) but his character completely carried the film.

After becoming a fixture on the big screen with the critically and commercially acclaimed SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, Freida Pinto quickly became an international film star and household name.

Though American actress Theresa Randle has only been in films since 1990, she has already worked with some of the biggest names in Hollywood.

Alexander Skarsgard has been a name thrown around a lot in smaller films or supporting roles, but this seems to be his first big break, at least in my opinion.

Instead we are presented with an absolute turd of a film with shockingly bad «action» set pieces (despite not actually requiring major action set pieces for the plot), dreadful visuals that might as well be that «Gladiators» TV show complete with glitter and sparkles, a god awful thrash / heavy metal soundtrack just in case you forgot this film was suppose to be tough and your obligatory dire big name cast hot of the heels of other poor major blockbusters (yeah stick him / her in it, big name, can't go wrong, doesn't matter if they actually fit the role or not pfft!).

Marketed on the shoulders of big names that are little more than extended cameos in the film (Jonah Hill feels more featured in the trailer than the actual film, if you can believe it), there are bit players given as much room to play as the stars.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening June 11, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS The A-Team (PG - 13 for profanity, smoking, and pervasive action violence) Screen adaptation of the pyrotechnics - driven TV series from the Eighties chronicling the exploits of a squad of former Special Service soldiers determined to clear their names after unfairly being branded war criminals.

i only wish those thousands went to work on movies of more substance than fighting robots... and you don't have to apologize to me, i can in fact compare «Real Steel» to «The Fast and the Frivolous» films because in essence they are one - in - the - same, simply just the flavor of the week kind of flicks that have no real pull behind them other than big name actors, CGI and a promise of action.

Iannotta doesn't have a feature film to his name yet, but he's got a credit that isn't just handed to any man or woman with a movie camera — his documentary short, My Big Red Purse, was selected to play at last month's South by Southwest Film Festival, beating out hundreds of competitors in the process.

The buzz: Word on the film itself has yet to circulate, though the sheer weirdness of the premise, plus the mix - and - match big - name cast, ensures it's being awaited with more curiosity than most of its Competition rivals.

This is only director Shira Piven's second feature film, and «Welcome to Me» stars big names like Kristen Wiig, Joan Cusack, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Tim Robbins.

The Big Short — Written and directed by Adam McKay based the film on Michael Lewis» best - seller of the same name.

Another bonus for the film is its voice acting, with these big budget animations usually carrying some huge names; they have a good cast but no stand out big guns this time around (although Damon Wayans, Jr. is fairly well known as coach from New Girl, and Scott Adsit of 30 Rock fame as Baymax).

That's kind of unheard of today when you're creating films, that you have big name stars committing to 10 weeks of rehearsals.

Director / writer Joseph Kosinski «s story (the script is credited to Karl Gadjusek and Michael DeBruyn, with William Monahan and Michael Arndt among those who worked on the film too) cribs liberally from other more familiar sci - fi tales, including one recent cult hit which mentioning the name of would likely tip you off to the film's big secrets.

In ways Sundance became a victim of its own success: unworthy films started getting bought up speculatively at vastly inflated prices by Hollywood studios, and big - name filmmakers began using the Sundance brand to lend credibility to their work.

Granted, some of this has been generated by Malick, and the promotional efforts for the film, but, frankly, many big name, and lesser name critics, have simply imbued and misconstrued their own critical lack and imaginative dead rot into their reviews, and missed the boat on this film, from some of its most basic elements through its more nuanced themes and evocations.

It's a film that has been a long time in coming, with many independent drafts being written up and subsequently discarded over the years, while several big name directors (Tim Burton, Brett Ratner, McG) have come and gone.

The Globes can often stray toward nominating big star names and trying to bolster flagging films with an...

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