Sentences with phrase «budget feature film»

Ernest Cline's popular ode to the 80s is getting a big budget feature film — directed by none other than Steven Spielberg — and Warner Bros. took some time to give fans the first look at the upcoming movie.

The engaging mix compares to a big - budget feature film's soundtrack.

From first draft to final completion it was the most ambitious low budget feature film ever attempted.

Given the speed and unpredictability of change in this arena, it's reasonable to wonder if a big - budget feature film, much less one based on a four year - old novel (by Dave Eggers, who co-wrote this adaptation's screenplay), can hope to speak to the needs of the moment.

There have actually been plenty of improvements and generally interesting derivations on the idea of transformable robots to suggest development of the concept on the scale a big - budget feature film should be able to offer, and «Dark of the Moon» offers several new iterations.

Why in the wide, wide, world of sports would anybody make a big - budget feature film from a decades - old, animated cartoon parody of Nelson Eddy / Jeanette MacDonald movies?

Ridley Scott and Scott Free London are partnering with Orchard Media and Focus Features International on a slate of six genre low - budget feature films over a period of three years.

Oscar ® - nominated director and producer Ridley Scott (Prometheus, Blade Runner) and Scott Free London are partnering with Orchard Media and Focus Features International on a slate of six genre low - budget feature films over a period of three years.

Although she frequently expresses her love for sci - fi and fantasy in interviews, DuVernay, who rose to prominence with 2015's Selma, has stuck to drama in her previous low - budget feature films.

Not exact matches

But all varieties of horror flick are easily identifiable at this point, whether they're spooky, low - budget films (numerous); viscera - stained slasher movies (more numerous); quick - cut zombie flicks (even more numerous); macabre sci - fi, floating - in - space efforts (somewhat less numerous than they should be); sexualized vampiric tales (I trip over one of these whenever I get the newspaper); films of the more critically favored retro - mashup variety (Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's Death Proof plus Planet Terror feature Grindhouse); or foreign entries of the psychological horror variety (the works of Dario Argento, of course; Alexandre Aja's films, which have their defenders; and Juan Antonio Bayona's El Orfanato, which only someone who truly dislikes cinema can dismiss).

DOWNTOWN — Three Manhattan fire companies are slated to close under the mayor's latest budget proposal, including a pair of companies located near Ground Zero and one famously featured in the film «Ghostbusters.»

He subsequently specialized in performing in low - budget features, though he has occasionally won bit parts in larger films such as The Executioner's Song (1982).

Outside of his Nightmare appearances, Englund's most significant credits were his one - shot directorial stint on the theatrical feature 976 - EVIL (1988); his characterization of the title role in a medium - budget film adaptation of Phantom of the Opera (1989); and his hosting chores on the Craven - produced TV anthology Nightmare Café (1992).

The only complimentary thing about the film is the description of being a low - budget sexploitation feature in which the characters are amateurs and don't even remove their bathing suits.

In 2002, Oedekerk found himself in the leading role of a feature film again when he cast himself in a pet project, a parody of low - budget martial arts films entitled Kung Pow!

Knaggs» career reached a peak in the mid -»40s, when he worked in supporting roles in ambitious major studio films such as None but the Lonely Heart (a fascinating but failed attempt at a serious drama by Cary Grant) and unusual independently made features like Douglas Sirk's early Hollywood effort Thieves» Holiday, while also making the rounds of such popular medium - budget Universal Pictures productions as House of Dracula, The Invisible Man's Revenge, and Terror By Night.

A decent very low budget UK film, featuring a few well known faces to UK TV audiences.

Rian Johnson's first feature was the well received, low - budget indie titled «Brick» (2005), which told a high - school story in a film noir style, narrated by Gordon - Levitt.

Malkovich met with near - universal critical praise and garnered an Academy Award nomination for the neophyte feature director — as well as supporting actress Catherine Keener and writer Charlie Kaufman — though Stipe and the film itself were passed over for a Best Picture nod.Despite Single Cell's increasing prominence in the industry, Stipe continued to support C - Hundred for smaller - budgeted niche features such as writer - director Tom Gilroy's Spring Forward and McKay's coming - of - age drama Our Song, both of which were featured at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.

This latest big budget team - up from the Marvel Cinematic Universe follows eighteen films that have featured

He graduated to feature - film directing at the Columbia Pictures «B» unit, then turned out several low - budget thrillers at Monogram; he also helmed Marilyn Monroe's first starring picture, 1949's Ladies of the Chorus.

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.

Since the 2013 film «Drinking Buddies,» Swanberg has been working with Hollywood actors — indeed, with stars — and his new feature, «Digging for Fire,» made on a likely scant budget, has a cast that any director could envy.

Since the 2013 film «Drinking Buddies,» Swanberg has been working with Hollywood actors — indeed, with stars — and his new feature, «Digging for Fire,» made on a likely scant budget, has a cast that any director could envy, including Jake Johnson (who co-wrote the film with Swanberg), Rosemary DeWitt, Brie Larson, Anna Kendrick, Orlando Bloom, Mike Birbiglia, Judith Light, Sam Elliott, Jane Adams, Ron Livingston, Melanie Lynskey, and Jenny Slate.

To give this film a decent score would be an insult to the many low - budget features out there that scrape every penny they can find together to produce something good.

Bassett uses lots of filtering and camera tricks to try and hide the budget of the film and it hurts the horror and ruins what little suspense is featured in the film.

A bit more suspense would have gone a long way here, and while director David Gelb, whose prior experience had been in the crowd - pleasing documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi, has turned in a slick - looking feature for one with such a small budget (reportedly, only $ 5 mil), it really can't compete with better films out there in terms of quality, while it's too straight - faced in execution to at least give us some choice b - movie thrills.

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, the second feature film of Fred Schepisi, an openly ambitious and confident Australian director (7), was at the time of its release the biggest budget film made in Australia at $ 1.2 m.

The One I Love is cleverly written by Justin Lader and directed with budget - minded skill by Charlie McDowell (son of actor Malcolm, and step - son to Ted Danson, who makes a small acting appearance), both of whom are making their feature film debuts.

If the recent crop of low - budget, intimate war films featuring a handful of actors in limited locations tells us anything, it's that studios are desperate to ensure that they get a better return on investment than a full - blown, star - studded action spectacle.

In the wake of a number of star - studded big - budget comedy features waning at the box office (read Ghostbusters), and once - upon - a-time comedy king Adam Sandler now reaching his core audience on Netflix, A Bad Moms Christmas serves as an example of how feature film economics have also changed in a climate where streaming has impacted theatergoing for mid-and-low budgeted films.

With Haywire — his 23rd full length feature — he takes another stylistic left turn this being an independently financed, relatively low budget B - movie style action film of which a large portion was filmed in Dublin back in 2010.

As the first big - budget feature from director Julius Onah, he acquits himself well, and almost every single problem the film has comes down to a script that, by Uziel's own admission, was re-written on - the - fly during production.

The director discusses his latest film, Manglehorn, starring Al Pacino, his work on commercials influencing his feature films, themes that recur through his work, and the difference between his indie films and those with bigger budgets.

Director Marc Webb's only other feature film was the wonderful «(500) Days of Summer,» which had approximately 1 / 30th the budget of this movie.

With Lionsgate's big screen reboot of Saban's Power Rangers hitting cinemas this Friday, THR is reporting that the film is set to make history by being the first big - budget superhero movie to feature a LGBT protagonist in Becky G's Trini, a.k.a. the Yellow Ranger, with the character revealed to be having «girlfiend problems» in what director -LSB-...]

There's been a mini-spate of low - budget vehicles for older actresses recently — shoestring - budget films that feel gossamer - thin, yet feature stellar, subtle work by their leading ladies.

But unfortunately, Rinsch's feature film debut fails in both departments, resulting in a disappointingly dull samurai flick that ranks among one of the most forgettable big - budget movies of last year.

In his first feature film, director Josh Forbes does give the film the appearance of a much higher budget than in actuality.

Yimou's last feature film was the big - budget Chinese epic The Flowers of War, starring Christian Bale.

This version boasts a slightly bigger budget (and features some out - of - place CGI effects) but suffers from the same problems as the 1986 film.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening March 23, 2012 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Hunger Games (PG - 13 for intense violence and disturbing images) Screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins» futuristic sci - fi novel about a 16 year - old girl (Jennifer Lawrence) who volunteers to take her unlucky younger sister's (Willow Shields) place in a nationally - televised fight to the death featuring 24 participants picked by a government lottery.

Finally, The Theory of Everything held up well enough for releasing company Focus Features, bringing in an estimated $ 2.5 million at the box office over the weekend, enough to gain a marginal profit against a $ 15 million budget... and still ahead of the critically acclaimed Wild, the Reese Witherspoon - starring film based on the memoir of Cheryl Strayed, which picked up a few theaters and some revenue in the form of an estimated $ 1.6 million.

Two weeks ago, as part of his summer - long institute, Redford held a weekend conference of most of the major exhibitors and distributors of «specialized» films - a category that includes independent U.S. features, foreign films, «art films,» cult films, revivals and almost anything else that isn't a big - budget, first - run standard Hollywood production.

Ari wants Vince to cash in on a big - budget action - adventure film entitled «Matterhorn,» while Eric fights for a low - budget independent feature that may not pay as much, but has the makings of an instant classic.

Writer - director Matthew Ross» first feature, Frank & Lola, is a low - budget film with big name stars.

Sony discs usually feature killer presentations and this film's modest $ 12 million budget doesn't result in a Blu - ray less than perfect.

And lets also consider that the last feature film the Farrelly brothers have directed was The Heartbreak Kid, which still refuses to admit its production budget.

The director, Carl Franklin, has made low budget features for Roger Corman's Concorde films.

The man who cobbled together a budget for his first film from loans and borrowed credit cards spent a fair amount of his second feature walking viewers through the myriad particulars of independent filmmaking.