Sentences with phrase «budget film about»

It's an ultra low - budget film about a subculture of a subculture — punk rock Muslims.

In 2014 while promoting «Son of God», Downey's reason for delivering another big budget film about the crucifixion was that it had been ten years since «The Passion of the Christ», and therefore a decade since Jesus was on the big screen.

Flush with Hollywood success, Tinseltown gossip and a goony matinee idol American husband (Elwes channelling some sort of Andy Kaufman creation), she is to star in a big - budget film about the life of Queen Isabella.

I had my doubts that a low budget film about a lot lizard would be good, but I found this is an interesting movie.

While some argue that all films should be criticised equally, in T3 «s defense is the obvious «what can you expect from a outrageously budgeted film about alien cars and trucks» argument.

She started her career as an actress in «mumblecore» movies, low - budget films about young people in urban centers that typically relied on improvisational performances.

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Much like the success of last year's Warner Bros. film Wonder Woman helped change the conversation around a female superhero movie helmed by a woman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of color.

Moviegoers are finally about to get a break from all of the big - budget summer blockbusters and superhero action movies, as studios move away from large - scale spectacles in favor of award - season prestige films.

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All the crazy truth about auditioning and working in indie no budget films and black box theaters in NYC.

Many of the pre-release stories about World War Z were about its over-inflated budget (reports suggest upwards of $ 250 million) and a variety of production problems that would probably sink most films.

As it turns out, «'' Amy»» entrepreneur Banky Edwards (Jason Lee) has sold the film rights for his «'' Bluntman & Chronic»» comic book — which is loosely based on Jay and Silent Bob — to Miramax, and the studio greenlit a big - budget production.Before it even begins, though, the pending «'' Bluntman & Chronic»» film provides more than enough fodder for a new wave of hate - mongers who prowl the Internet, namely pimple - faced geeks who slam anything they can type about on a series of movie gossip websites.

However, big budget films are just about all going to be 3D.

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.

Very low budget independent film, I suppose there is supposed to be some deep significance to the movie, but I was too bored to care about what that might be.

On top of that, there is something very realistic about low - budget films that do exactly that, because it feels more grounded in reality, instead of overblown on a large scale.

The film lacks the budget to stage much of Salinger's service in Europe, instead subjecting us to rote flashbacks of battlefield chaos and a scene where he rails at Burnett about the friends he lost overseas.

It is this ability to crossover from potential niche status - a huge risk for a film with a mammoth budget - to billion dollar behemoth should light a fire under the asses of studios to show them that stories about anyone can be successful as long as they are well made and engaging.

A serious, large - budget treatment of Rabe's exploits and a moving, terrific film about trying to maintain one's decency amidst horrors.

A big - budgeted studio film about a black action superhero with a nearly all - black cast is a huge step forward.

So, here's something I never expected to say about a big - budget Oliver Stone film starring Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie and Val Kilmer: It's dull.

Towne prepped what would have been a big - budget endeavor by helming the smaller - scale drama «Personal Best,» about female track - and - field athletes, but in order to be allowed to complete the film, Towne had to give Warner Bros. the rights to his beloved «Greystoke» script.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening November 12, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS Morning Glory (PG - 13 for profanity, sexuality and drug references) Romantic comedy about an aspiring TV producer (Rachel McAdams) whose hopes to save a struggling news program depend on her controlling the show's feuding co-anchors (Diane Keaton and Harrison Ford).

Their are stigmas attached, especially the idea of a low budget Independent sci - fi action film, that they are right to be concerned about public perception when they are trying to push it as a summer blockbuster.

OPENING THIS WEEK by Kam Williams For movies opening September 7, 2007 BIG BUDGET FILMS 3:10 to Yuma (R for violence and profanity) Christian Bale and Russell Crowe co-star in this remake of the 1957 classic Western about the dangerous gauntlet across the desert negotiated by a broke rancher out to collect a bounty for escorting an outlaw man to a train waiting to transport the wanted man to justice.

director Mike Mendez — that, while it has a charming sense of humor about itself, leans too heavily on CGI blood; The Girl With All The Gifts (B), a well - shot British zombie film that attempts to inject new life into a tired genre, and almost succeeds thanks to young star Sennia Nanua; and the disappointing Phantasm: Ravager (C --RRB-, a low - budget labor of love which, while it plays like a Phantasm fan film, ultimately undercuts the emotional closure it attempts to bring to the franchise by failing to resolve the central conflict between good and evil.

OPENING THIS WEEK by Kam Williams For movies opening August 24, 2007 BIG BUDGET FILMS Illegal Tender (R for violence, profanity and sexuality) Rick Gonzalez and Wanda De Jesus co-star in this graphic revenge saga about a college student who chooses to defend his family's honor after a ruthless gang kills his father and forces his mother to flee for her life.

Ticking off the film's budget ($ 53 million, which climbed to $ 60 million) and shooting schedule (100 days) with a morose disbelief that has persisted a decade, Anderson believes that «there were too many things about that movie that weren't fun for me that I thought ought to be.»

The simplest way to keep a film from looking like a collossal failure is to be honest about what sort of film it is, and give it a budget that makes sense.

The cynical yuks begin with the opening credits — the producers are called «some asshats» — and continue throughout a film that makes merry about its tiny budget, which includes messing about with «C» - grade X-Men castoffs Colossus (Stefan Kapicic) and Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Brianna Hildebrand).

The first is a commercial action film with a S$ 1.2 million budget, based upon a script which he has worked on for about three years.

``; John Rabe»; is a serious, large - budget treatment of Rabe's exploits and a moving, terrific film about trying to maintain one's decency amidst horrors.

A slender budget, though, largely reduces Zachary Adlers film to a series of yawn - worthy gab - athons in which Ronnie (Simon Cotton) and Reggie (Kevin Leslie) merely talk about the mayhem they re about to unleash.

I enjoyed Krantz's effort to inform his audience about locations (the film was shot in Spokane, Washington) and production challenges, chatting up the trials of his low budget and the complexity of the script.

Gerwig first made her name in no - budget indies such as 2008's Nights And Weekends, a film that portrays a relationship about as honestly as it gets; sex and love all raw and clumsy.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening April 10, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Dragonball Evolution (PG for intense action and brief adult language) Sci - fi martial arts adventure, based on the Akira Toriyama novel about a young warrior (Justin Chatwin) who, with a handful of friends, sets out on a quest to save the planet from an evil king (James Marsters) bent on world domination.

On a more ambivalent note, I sometimes think that questions of Oscar relevance are really covert dismissals of the significance of Hollywood and the kind of movies the Oscars are all about, films that often (but not inevitably) have eight - or even nine - figure budgets and unashamedly aim for mainstream acceptance.

Enter the The Green Hornet, a big - budget superhero film that doesn't obsess about reverence to its roots, nor in making a movie that feels it has to respect the requirements of hero drama, or the moodiness that overwhelms some franchises (Spider - Man 3 overdosed on it).

, About a Boy) makes his debut as a director, shooting his modest film in 16 days on a shoestring $ 300,000 budget.

Belfast is the setting of this low - budget thriller, though with nary a reference to the Troubles in the film's screenplay or geography, the two - hander drama could plausibly take place just about anywhere.

It isn't difficult to imagine it generating a wildly entertaining film as a small production where there isn't a huge budget to worry about recouping, and where the creators could therefore go crazy with ideas.

Among other things, the filmmaker spoke about where he came up with the inspiration for «Citadel,» how having a limited budget and short shooting schedule place restrictions on what he could shoot for the film and how he reacted when he heard he won the Midnighter Audience Award at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival.

What nobody talks about is that he made a third movie at Republic, another low - budget, black - and - white item, but a film that Ford would eventually name as one of his personal favorites of all his films, The Sun Shines Bright.

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.

Sources say Abrams will co-produce the film, which will most likely be kept very low - budget, at about $ 5 million, in hopes that it will be the next Paranormal Activity or Chronicle.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening February 24, 2012 BIG BUDGET FILMS Act of Valor (R for torture, profanity and graphic violence) Action adventure about an elite team of Navy SEALS who embark on a top secret mission to rescue a kidnapped CIA Agent only to uncover an imminent terrorist plot against America.

While the action scenes are a bit rough (to the point where I'm a bit dubious about Affleck being able to tackle a big budget superhero film), everything else is stunning.

What nobody talks about is that he made a third movie at Republic, another low - budget, black - and - white item, but a film that Ford would eventually name as one of his personal favorites of all his films,

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening March 2, 2012 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Lorax (PG for mild epithets) Danny DeVito stars as the title character in this animated adaptation of the Dr. Seuss classic about an idealistic 12 year - old (Zac Efron), raised in an artificial reality, who searches for a real tree in order to impress the girl of his dreams (Taylor Swift).