Sentences with phrase «blockbuster film making»

Ghostbusters is blockbuster film making at its best, great action, plenty of comedy and characters we can root for.

Maybe, maybe this large budget film can shake him up a little, but so many directors are just not cut out for blockbuster film making.

Not exact matches

In mid-2008, eOne made a blockbuster four - part deal largely engineered by Lantos: it bought three TV companies, two in Canada and one in the U.S., plus Lantos's boutique film distributor Maximum Films.

There's been virtually no hint of sex in any of Marvel's recent blockbusters or the Harry Potter franchise, and those films have set the bar for what's going to make money in today's market.

But Michael Oher is so humble and so generous that even the worldwide notoriety of a Hollywood blockbuster film on his life — something that separates him from any player in Super Bowl 50 — is not enough to make him crow.

The 2010 blockbuster kids» movie, Toy Story 3, is the third feature - length film in the Toy Story series and kids who see this movie get a glimpse of all of the toys that will make it to the Toy Best Seller List.

Pandy «PJ» Wallis is a writer whose novels about a young woman making her way in Manhattan have spawned a series of blockbuster films.

A junior - league rip - off of Rocky (and countless other boxing films), the movie doesn't just borrow from Stallone's proto - Reaganite blockbuster — it all but samples it, sprinkling in bits and pieces from most of the other go - for - it sagas (The Karate Kid, An Officer and a Gentleman) that Rocky made possible.

Director James Cameron's 1986 blockbuster follow - up to Ridley Scott's Oscar winning science - fiction / horror flick that became one of the biggest grossing films of 1979 asks a good question to a successful hit... How do you make a successful sequel to a film in which much of the suspense comes from learning about the mysterious monster?

James Cameron wrote and directed this film, and he makes another blockbuster action film feel like legitimate entertainment.

Great film and I am so pleased that something made far out of the Hollywood machine is a blockbuster.

With all the emphasis these days on big screen blockbuster action, superhero, sci - fi, and fantasy movies these days, it is refreshing to watch a well - made, well presented, historical based film that can touch you on a personal level.

All that mixed with the ingredients of a blockbuster film, a great cast, good humorous timing and spectacular set pieces makes for a very entertaining ride that works as a standalone film as well as part of the bigger picture.

Black Panther may not be the first superhero film to place a black lead front and centre — Wesley Snipes made two great Blade movies plus another one, and the»90s delivered a handful of now - forgotten fare with black men behind the mask (Spawn, Steel, Blankman, The Meteor Man)-- but it is the first to surround its hero with an equally diverse cast, and announce itself as the new blockbuster status - quo, not a one - off alternative for a widely underrepresented audience.

That made their venture, RatPac - Dune Entertainment, one of Warner Bros.» most important financial partners, helping fund blockbuster films including «Gravity» and «The Lego Movie.»

Overall, though, Gravity is awe - inspiring film - making with an originality and level of crasftmanship that leaves most other blockbusters looking leaden.

Wired recently checked in with Taika Waititi, who is making the much - traveled journey of indie - to - blockbuster director this year by making his first major franchise film, Thor: Ragnarok.

Last year's blockbuster Thor: Ragnarok will be available on Blu - ray and DVD next month, and it will include a slew of bonus features, including deleted scenes, featurettes that go behind the scenes of the making of the movie, a brand new short film featuring Thor's former roommate Darryl shacking up with The Grandmaster, and much more.

One of Bruce Willis» best, it was the first movie where i finally gathered that it's not just that people pay to see a movie that makes a film hot, but rather how many times they go back... to see that shit again, that's what makes a blockbuster.

It makes for populist dystopian SF fare, and serves well as a provocative modern - day blockbuster film on reality TV shows that reflects in a mild subtle way on these diabolical hard times and how gross the public's entertainment tastes have become.

That big moment charged the hype machine for the film in a way that major summer blockbusters aren't capable of achieving with an entire year of buildup and spoiler - filled trailers, making this film one of the most talked about projects in the past year simply due to the fact that no one knew what it actually was.

The passage of time has made the film feel like an avant garde work that almost acts as a commentary on the modern blockbuster.

«Fast & Furious 6» (2013) 69 percent: With high - octane humor and terrific action scenes, this film builds upon the winning blockbuster formula that made «Fast 5» a critical and commercial success — a formula that depends on Diesel being in the center of the action.

Just a few years ago, Cage had action movie credibility (thanks to things like The Rock and Face / Off), family blockbuster appeal (the National Treasure series), and the chops and versatility to make compelling and challenging films for celebrated directors (such as Spike Jonze's Adaptation and Ridley Scott's Matchstick Men).

There's room for improvement (I like that the film tries to make Tonto the equal of the Ranger rather than a sidekick), but it's a simple premise that should never have been forced into a brainless, bloated blockbuster.

The blockbuster of summer 2011, this rollicking, crowd - pleasing film offers just enough to move us to 2012, when «The Avengers» makes fanboy dreams come true.

Long in development, the film once held the promise of standing alone, but with the passage of years and the success of Marvel's blockbuster formula, priorities changed and the decision was made to fit Ant - Man safely within the company's cinematic universe.

The man behind the art house favorite of Y Tu Mama Tambien and the major blockbuster of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban has made easily the best film of his career.

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His debut turn behind the camera, however, came a lot later than the scripts that made his name (you can read our rundown of those right here), and while it was hardly the box office blockbuster it may have been hoped the «Lethal Weapon» writer would turn out, it's in fact a great, great film; a hugely enjoyable comedy / murder msytery / noir hybrid romp with plenty of meta flourishes and sideways - winking humour.

All that time hanging out with Nolan has obviously rubbed off: Franklin's directorial debut, The Escape, is a handsomely filmed science - fiction short that wears its influences on its sleeve: it feels like something that Nolan might make over a few days while waiting for Hans Zimmer to finish scoring his latest blockbuster.

Some characters make really dumb decisions (I'm looking at you Star Lord and Scarlet Witch) here, and the ending of the film is more manipulative than trully emotional if you think about it longer than ten seconds, but Avengers: Infinity War is still a thrilling blockbuster.

Yet these touches of humanity far below the ocean's surface make this film a much more reverent monument to the many who perished than did Cameron's romance centered blockbuster.

It's the kind of lesser known film you might find through the film festival circuit (had it's premiere at Sundance Film Festival) that's made up of a different brand of comedy or drama than your used to from a typical blockbuster, strong performances from B or C - list actors, and overall much to offer.

Not to mention, the number of alien films released in recent years — a handful of which proved to be mediocre or worse — make it harder to get enthused about yet another blockbuster that feature extraterrestrials in an apocalyptic scenario (the end - of - the - world sub-genre is, likewise, starting to feel over-saturated at this point).

One of the films that didn't blow us away at Sundance, but offered a solid film full of jokes made just for cinephiles, was In a World... The film directed by actress Lake Bell follows a young female voice coach (Bell) as she joins the all - male race to land the white - hot new trailer of a blockbuster trilogy, and with it lay claim to the legendary trailer catchphrase «In a world...» She faces stuffy, douchebag competition in Ken Marino and even her own father (Fred Melamed), a legendary voice - over artist who can't bring himself to recognize his daughter's talent.

Now he makes the giant leap to blockbusters and the 32 - year - old delivers a film that's better than «The Avengers» and the previous «Thor» just to name a few.

Remember William Golding's blockbuster novel «Lord of the Flies» made into a film by Harry Hook sixteen years ago?

With an A + Cinemascore, a culture quake in the making, a healing film for black men and women whose representation in the genre has been minimal, and on its way to becoming a massive blockbuster, isn't it time for the Academy to think in...

Jay, your making the mistake of watching mainstream / blockbuster Hong Kong films.

I've seen some suggest that Spielberg needed to make a film like Ready Player One — a return to blockbuster filmmaking after a long sojourn into smaller, more intimate films.

The rise of money - making stars like Ridley and Gadot continues a trend of female - led blockbusters that have popped up this decade starting with Jennifer Lawrence in the «Hunger Games» films.

But add the fact that director Rian Johnson (Brick, Brothers Bloom) is one of the finest filmmakers working today and made this his first foray into blockbuster action films, and you've got a real winner.

While big - budget blockbusters continue to disappoint, these smaller, more intimate films are more than making up for it.

If there was any doubt to the validity of Disney's goal to make non-family movies, 1987's numbers removed it as Disney's top four films again hailed under the Touchstone name and included the first and fourth top - grossing films of the year in holiday season releases Three Men and a Baby and Good Morning, Vietnam, each earning well over $ 100 million and easily deserving classification as a «blockbuster.»

Post-credits scenes are generally employed by blockbuster films to tease future movies, but in the case of The Disaster Artist, the tag is only a zinger added to make Tommy Wiseau happy.

There are any number of possible explanations for this trend, most probable simply being the increasing split between blockbuster «entertainment» films that dominate the technical categories while low - budget (in) dependent films, driven by strong acting, directing and writing, dominate the more prestigious awards, making a 7 Oscar win relatively rare (in order to reach that number, a film has to do well in either the effects or design categories, areas which favor big - budget spectacle).

Yes, Affleck starred in what is widely considered one of the worst films ever based on a comic book, 2003's «Daredevil,» which flopped critically (45 percent on the Tomatometer) and commercially ($ 102.5 million total domestically, which is usually what a blockbuster superhero movie will make on its opening weekend alone).

It lacks the subversive politics of Brian DePalma's film (which corrupts the source TV franchise as much as it reboots the thing), but Bird's deft action filmmaking make it among the more visually appetizing American blockbusters released in years.

Moviegoers have been complaining about Hollywood's lack of originality for years now, especially with popular toys like Transformers and Battleship being adapted into big summer blockbusters, but everyone seems to forget that Paramount made a film based on the Parker Brothers board game «Clue» nearly three decades earlier.