Back in the VERY early days of the App Store, Subatomic Studios had one of the first
breakout hits on mobile with their tower defense game Fieldrunners [$ 2.99].
Back in the VERY early days of the App Store, Subatomic Studios had one of the first
breakout hits on mobile with their tower defense game Fieldrunners [$ 2.99].
(Adam Wingard, whose «You're Next» was
a breakout hit on the festival circuit last year, directs the wraparound segment.)
Benton notes: «But to my non-business-school eyes, that doesn't look like the makings of
a breakout hit on the scale that the oft - repeated phrase «the iPod of books» implies.
Not exact matches
The
breakout indie
hit tells the story of children living in motels
on the outskirts of Orlando, while their parents battle poverty and attempt to find hope to instill in their children.
Before his
breakout role as Aaron Samuels in the
hit movie, Mean Girls, Jonathan Bennett launched his career
on the small screen.
Next up, the Politics Online Conference
hits town in only three weeks, and e.politics is downright stoked: take a look at the list of
breakout sessions and you'll see some real goodies there, including a panel I'll be moderating
on the question «Does Good Design Matter?»
Never
hit the sack without cleansing — snoozing with makeup
on can clog pores and cause premature aging and
breakouts.
Cleo can currently be seen costarring alongside Will Forte in her third season
on Fox's breakout and critically acclaimed hit comedy THE LAST MAN ON EART
on Fox's
breakout and critically acclaimed
hit comedy THE LAST MAN
ON EART
ON EARTH.
Affleck has had quite a decade, after his
breakout hit Good Will Hunting alongside pal Matt Damon, he went
on to star in a string of
hits (and misses), headlining quite a few big budget action films.
MARK G: Word in the UK from a respected critic is that Kate Winslet is
on top / peak / Blue Jasmine form in Woody's Wonder Wheel and the film has a chance as
breakout hit.
With its revisionist twist
on Batman mythology as it spills out origin stories featuring various supervillains - to - be, Gotham is the buzziest show
on Fox's fall slate — airing
on Mondays alongside
breakout hit Sleepy Hollow won't hurt — but it's not without risk.
Already known for their
breakout hit, The Sound of My Voice, writer - actor Brit Marling and writer - director Zal Batmanglij met as undergraduates at Georgetown University and went
on to subvert the conventional notions of the Hollywood filmmaking machine.
After
breakout roles as Hollis in the «Divergent» film series and as country - pop crooner Clayton Carter
on CMT's «Nashville,» the young talent co-stars with John Boyega, Anthony Mackie, and Will Poulter in Kathryn Bigelow's gripping nonfiction feature «Detroit,» which
hits theaters nationwide Aug. 4.
Second - weekend takings of # 1.91 m push the tally after 11 days to # 6.35 m. Just over a year ago,
breakout genre
hit Get Out had reached # 4.86 m after two weekends of play,
on its way to a robust # 10.3 m. Look for John Krasinski's high - concept horror to exceed that total.
He started out playing hyperactive delinquents; transitioned into sweet, innocent, wide - eyed boys; spent a few years as «larrikins,» or bros; and, most recently — since being cast
on a cable show as «a bit of an asshole» and then landing the part of a deranged killer in David Michod's Aussie
breakout hit Animal Kingdom — has been the go - to - actors for bad guys.
Also Worthy and Worthwhile «Keep The Lights
On,» «Neighboring Sounds,» «A Royal Affair» (Mikkel Boe Følsgaard guy should have also been in our
Breakout Performances of 2012 piece), «The Forgiveness Of Blood» (already Criterion approved with good reason), «Shut Up and Play the
Hits,» «Compliance» (captivatingly ugly), «2 Days In New York» (hilariously neurotic, Julie Delpy is clearly the heir apparent to Woody Allen), «Cosmopolis,» «Side By Side,» «Argo,» «The Turin Horse» (Goodnight, Mr. Tarr you sweet prince of the bleak and wretched), «Once Upon A Time In Anatolia» (in many ways mesmerizing and beautiful, but for me, ultimately more in a cerebral way than in a moving, emotional one), «Goodbye Love» (Mia Hansen - Love clearly watches the films of her husband Olivier Assayas; a spiritual cousin to his last 3 - 4 pictures), «Elena,» «Francine» (great non-judgemental direction; Melissa Leo is terrific), «Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry,» «Alps,» «The Loneliest Planet,» «The Kid With The Bike» and pretty much every film in our 11 Films You May Not Have Seen list.
On the other hand, Zookeeper's Wife managed to be one of the
breakout indie
hits of 2017, grossing $ 17.4 million from a max release of just over 1,000 theaters.
In Tully — Reitman's fourth collaboration with screenwriter Diablo Cody, who wrote his 2007 indie
breakout hit Juno — the primary antagonist seems to be parenthood itself, or at least the particularly exacting toll it takes
on middle - aged moms.
Three years after Obvious Child was sent to Sundance
on the strength of a Kickstarter campaign and ended up as one of the festival's
breakout hits of this year, writer / director Gillian Robespierre will return with Landline.
Ten years
on from his
breakout hit, The Host, South Korean film director Bong Joon - ho seems intent
on recreating the crossover appeal of his genre - bending monster flick for a Western audience.
Absurdist comic Zach Galifianakis toiled around in supporting roles in mostly forgettable comedies (including Heartbreakers, Bubble Boy, and Out Cold) and one forgettable TV series (Tru Calling
on Fox) before finally finding mainstream success in 2009's
breakout comedy
hit The Hangover.
Whereas that
breakout hit charts a Robert Altman-esque epic story with an ensemble cast, The Dirk Diggler Story is a mini-mockumentary based
on the life of real porn actor John Holmes and inspired, according to Anderson himself, by This Is Spinal Tap.
He and his brother Jay also wrote and directed the 2005 Sundance
breakout hit The Puffy Chair, which went
on to win the Audience Award at SXSW 2005 and was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards.
This project has been
on the radar of distributors since the script topped the Black List before it began production, and again when FilmNation presented the package at Berlin at a time when This Is Us had established itself as the biggest
breakout hit network series in years.
Hot
on the heels of the sexual revolution, 1972's pornographic
breakout hit Deep Throat brought conservative America to its proverbial knees, raking in millions and turning its lead actress, Linda Lovelace, into a bona - fide star.
«Anchorman» didn't become a
breakout hit when it was first released — it was only after it came out
on DVD that fans began rewatching it and the movie's lines started being endlessly quoted.
Sudeikis (a veteran of years of improv
on Saturday Night Live) is the
breakout star, though Aniston, doomed forever to be a television goddess (she's not talented or pretty enough to be a 70 foot high movie star) finally
hits the back of the net
on the big screen, and utterly holds her own.
But for his latest film, Sundance select and
breakout hit «Tangerine,» the helmer immediately got the natural intimacy that often comes with experience, based simply
on his choice of equipment.
Attack
on Titan is a
breakout hit in Japan, where the first five volumes of the series have sold over 5.5 million copies in just 18 months.
«Released The Butterfly Effect, the 6th book of Wallis Jones series
on 2/22 Released six books in 91 days (rapid launch process) Launched using the process of Michael Anderle's
breakout series Makes an average of $ 17 / day from this book alone
Hit the $ 45 / day mark Books # 5 and # 6 of Wallis Jones are in the top 100 of Financial Thriller New Releases»
Who: Amy Adams What: An 8 - episode series based
on the creepy 2006 thriller by Gillian Flynn, who later had a
breakout hit (and an acclaimed film adaptation) with her third novel Gone Girl When: Filming to begin in March; air date to be announced Where: HBO Why We're Excited: Adams, who's gotten five Oscar nominations, will bring sizzle to the role of a troubled newspaper reporter who returns to her hometown to investigate the grisly murders of two preteen girls.
While this year lacked a
breakout hit the likes of last year's Gone Girl, it turns out that you guys agree with us
on Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch, which came in at # 1
on your list, as well as ours.
And the headline acts weren't for jazz snobs: Norah Jones played
on the first night, and I arrived in time to catch Ben l'Oncle Soul, a millennial - age French phenom whose
breakout hit «Soulman» evokes mid -»60s R&B.
That silent structure is a great thing to inherit from Journey, the
breakout hit that some of its team members worked
on.
Hang
On may have been Sega's idea of a masterpiece or a
breakout hit, but it certainly wasn't the public's.
The developers must really be feeling proud of this
breakout hit for it had managed over eight million registered users by the end of last year, generating about $ 50 million for them — and that is apart from the Rocket League Xbox One version which is being sold for $ 19.99
on Xbox Live.
From the record breaking Grand Theft Auto series, the Midnight Club racing games, the schoolyard comedy Bully, to the
breakout hit Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar has consistently delivered
on a level that few have managed to match.
The
breakout hit of the show, certainly, was Mountain, the first true videogame project by animator David OReilly (perhaps best known as the creator of the virtual reality game in Spike Jonze's latest film, Her, who also recently debuted his Oculus Rift demo here
on Venus Patrol).
Grand Theft Auto III kickstarted the revolution, and
on the eve of that particular title's tenth birthday, co-founder Dan House - who very rarely gives interviews, I might add - sat down with IGN to discuss their
breakout hit, its influence and what the future holds for open - world games going forward.
Splatoon 2: Traditional 4 -
on - 4 turf battles return in this full sequel to the original
breakout hit game, along with new stages, new fashions and new weapons such as the two - handed Splat Dualies.
I have fond memories of Infinity Ward's
breakout hit Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, so earlier this month I stopped by Raven Software in Madison, Wisconsin to check out how progress was coming with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
on PS4.
Compulsion Games previously released the
breakout hit Contrast and have been working
on We Happy Few since early 2014.
To stay
on top of the latest in Epic Games»
breakout hit Fortnite, keep it tuned right here to Shacknews.
Last generation its Xbox Live Arcade lead the charge into this brave new world of small - budget indie titles and saw a number of
breakout hits including Geometry Wars 2, Braid, and Fez released first or exclusively
on its platform.
This seems to be a
breakout year for digital fabrication in art: a number of inexpensive 3D printers have
hit the retail market; the 3D Printshow — a fair founded in London in 2012 showcasing the commercial and creative applications of this technology — held its first event in New York this past February (with plans for other venues around the world); and «Out of Hand: Materializing the Postdigital» — touted as the «first in - depth exhibition exploring digital fabrication in contemporary art» — is
on view at the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) in New York through June 1.
For the uninitiated, SERIAL is podcasting's
breakout hit, debuting at # 1
on iTunes and garnering more downloads than any other podcast in history (over 20 million and counting as of Dec. 2014).
Reggie joined showrunner Geoff Keighley
on the awards show to talk about Platinum Games»
breakout action
hit and it's journey to Nintendo's latest console.
One of the most celebrated films in 2015 was the Sundance
breakout hit, Tangerine, which was in fact, shot entirely
on an iPhone 5s.
Sell immediately once the target is
hit as it is unlikely that the bulls will complete the
breakout on the next attempt.