Sentences with phrase «budget films do»

Today, most low - budget and even medium - budget films do not get a theatrical release.

When you set out to work on something with a big price tag on it in terms of production cost, I'm aware that it needs to do certain things that lower - budgeted films don't do.

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Michael Novakowsky, a budget division unit chief, said Percoco pushed for the release of funds for a central New York film hub being developed by COR Development in both a phone call and a series of emails calling for the division to get money that «can be processed done asap.»

It does not refer to the size of the production or the budget, but to the poster for the film, in which the letters BEN - HUR are formed into a mountain - sized block of stone: see bit.ly / ben - hur.

While most critics dismissed the film, it charmed a handful of others (such as Kevin Thomas and Rita Kempley) and did outstanding box office for a programmer, grossing several times its original budget.

Her mom said «she did the film for her friends because it was run on a very low budget.»

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.

The original stars are demanding so much money to do another turn that the film's budget is reminiscent of the US national debt.

More detailed gore and suffering were likely shorn to ensure an already budget - bloated production had the best possible chances of recouping its cost with the broadest possible audience, but a zombie film does need gore, and the restored material could've been a little bit nastier.

Some employees of an international arms dealer go out into the Hungarian wildeness for a weekend company retreat, only to find themselves menaced by a group of militants who don't like having them around their territory in this modestly budgeted dark comedy / horror film from Christopher Smith, who also directed Black Death (with Sean Bean).

Other than a budget boost which means better CGI and more muscular action set - pieces, you'd be hard pressed to spot any major differences in the craft behind the two films, but if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

In the end, Imperial Dreams doesn't break any new ground when it comes to filmmaking, but the story it's telling is just as powerful as any big budget film being released nowadays, if not more.

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.

Now I like the first Hoodwinked movie very much, and for a low budget CG film its very funny and keeps you entertained, so when I heard they were going to make a bigger budgeted 3 - D sequel I was interested, but the better CG doesn't add to how poorly this film was made, the CG may be better, but the lip synching is terrible and the voice acting isn't that good.

as a kid i grew up with transformers for toys, but didn't watch the actual show (aside from beast wars) until last year, so i wouldn't consider myself a fan boy, but when a tv show based around toys from the 80's has better dialog, humor, character development, and plot than a high budget Hollywood film, you know something is wrong with the film industry.

It's a decent piece of low - budget film - making that shows what you can do with artfully built tension, skilful editing and a handful of shocking moments.

This film does not have a big budget and this film could almost still work without any other characters but the two lead so the film feels very independent.

Even though the film feels low budget, this still a fairly well done Sci Fi horror flick, though lacking in plot, it makes up for it in thrills.

This film does not have a big budget and this film could almost still work without any other characters but the

Its a well - done low - budget film.

Commercially, of course, it's prudent to venture into avant garde science fiction territory on a smallish budget, the way Jonathan Glazer did with his truly disorienting and memorable 2013 alien visitation film «Under the Skin.»

Some of the idiocy that is being poked at for laughs doesn't seem so strange when you look at YouTube comments and E! Many of the things that are wrong with this film stem from the fact that it is very low budgeted and didn't get much financing from its studio.

It was done before Star Wars and at a time when sci - fi films were mostly low - budget productions.

The earlier film was shot in England on a very low budget, and such hints as Eleanor's obviously foreign car (mischievously, in the new movie Nell drives a Gremlin) and a briefly glimpsed «To Let» billboard suggest much of the location filming was done on the fly.

Of course, being a low - budget independent film with relatively little star power, no high concept, and minimal sizzle, The Intervention was destined to make do with the obscurity of limited theatrical release.

Now again this can be done and it can work but probably best in low budget films that have little choice.

Her persona becomes more «thinky» and less «feely» as the film progresses, which does make her increasingly less relatable (which is probably intentional), which does echo somewhat her character in the lower budget sci - fi release Under the Skin earlier in the year, along with the ever - more - knowledgeable Samantha in Her.

It is unfortunate that the film's marketing budget and small distribution are its biggest flaws, because the film will make you laugh, cry, and smile more than most films that actually did get nominated.

This being said, the film's visual effects and style, along with a well executed soundtrack, deserve accolades (particularly with its modest 1.3 million budget) and, as a whole, it does inspire philosophical reflection.

I don't know if Kong: Skull Island will do well enough at the box office to justify its $ 185 - million - plus production budget on top of a dedicated park attraction, but what I do know is that I went into the film pretty skeptical... and came out feeling like the Summer 2017 film season had just kicked off three months early.

SPC says Allen doesn't disclose his budgets, but like nearly all of his films, it's devoid of special effects and «Blue Jasmine» is almost surely in the same $ 17 million range as «Midnight in Paris.»

Still, the cast — which also includes Tom Wilkinson, Ruth Wilson, William Fichtner, Barry Pepper, Helena Bonham - Carter and James Badge Dale — is strong, it looks gorgeous, it'll carry a score by Jack White, and we remain fond enough of the original «Pirates» film that we'll always be hopeful that Verbinski & co. can do the same thing for the big budget Western.

If anything, the tiny - budgeted film (though not that poor considering the filmmakers licensed a David Bowie song) is a sizzle reel for Josh Trank who shows he can do on a fraction of the budget what many directors in Hollywood can't do with hundreds of millions.

We were told that we didn't have the budget to do miniatures, he was like, «Listen Michael, go and buy six 3D printers and I've got 10 3D printers in the art department, and we'll just print all the miniatures in the film, and then we'll get the scenic artists who are already on the payroll to paint them for us.»

Female - led high - budget flicks like «Divergent,» «The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1» and «Maleficent» did very well at the box office, while directors Angelina Jolie and Ava DuVernay «s films, «Unbroken» and «Selma,» respectively, are accumulating Oscar buzz as awards season is already in full swing.

It's a shame that the movie won't do well, but gosh it's wonderful to see a big budget film with the courage of its convictions.

The million - dollar film does not exist anymore; one - and - a-half to two million dollars is now the standard low - budget film in the studio system.

Found - footage horror thriller Unfriended was a welcome surprise back in 2015, when its commitment to a simple but ingenious premise — everything that happens in the film does so on the laptop screen of doomed teenager Shelley Hennig — managed to overcome a lot of the typical low - budget horror movie flaws.

In 2013, you don't expect a $ 200 million - budgeted family film to open in the narrow 1.33:1 aspect ratio and black & white, but Oz does that, windowboxing its square old - fashioned visuals within the 2.40:1 frame.

Wayne, born Marion Morrison, had already worked as a prop man, done stunt work and starred in a number of lower budget films when director John Ford decided to cast him in the role of Ringo Kid.

It wouldn't surprise me if that was true, because «The Legend of Tarzan» — a would - be event film that happens to be pretty uneventful — has the air of a big budget movie whose studio didn't realize its mistake until it was too late.

The result is a deeply challenging, big budget, female - driven sci - fi film, which begs a question — how did this get made?

Produced on a budget of $ 15 million, the film did not do anywhere near where it should at the box office as it only brought in $ 4.3 million.

The actress didn't let the film's small budget and short production schedule stop her from doing work of the highest order.

The detectives (who also happen to be brothers - in - law) arrive in Paris (though budget constraints forced a good deal of the overseas filming to be done in Prague), and what ensues is a lighthearted romp that can't decide if it wants to be sweet or funny or a buddy picture or a comic whodunnit.

That has to do with the fact there's not a big budget to promote this film.

While none of the films beyond Craven's ever really stand out of the usual grind of horror sequels, it did give a number of up and coming directors a chance to flex their creative muscles: Chuck Russell (A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors), Renny Harlin (A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master) and Stephen Hopkins (A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child) all leapt from this series directly into big budget action cinema.

This year, people are likely to do the same for Black Panther, the first superhero of color to carry a big budgeted film.

His exorbitant fee did come at a heavy price for the film, as his salary cut into the budget for sets, costumes and special effects, and it does occasionally show.

Wind River is not Sheridan's directorial debut; he did helm the no - budget 2011 horror film Vile.