Sentences with phrase «budget indie movies»

Pipe Dream is one of these movies, and not only is it a romantic comedy, but it is a low budget indie movie, and it wears both names proudly.

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Amazon expects to focus on «indie» movies with budgets of between $ 5 million and $ 25 million, spokeswoman Sally Fouts said.

Joseph Gordon - Levitt has always sort of hovered between being indie film phenom and a big budget movie star.

At last year's Sundance Film Festival, this small - budget indie garnered rave reviews and the award for the best science - themed movie.

Derided and critically stamped upon, this big budget swashbuckling movie sank the indie film company Carolco, famous for T2, Cliffhanger and the Rambo movies.

It also helped that «we had a decent budget for an indie movie.»

The Screen Rant editorial team shares their top 5 favorite movies of 2017 - from innovative indie films to big - budget blockbusters.

I miss Donovan's collaborations with Hal Hartley; every indie credible project in which he finds himself (though, honestly, I don't know if I'm more horrified that he's in Agent Cody Banks or The United States of Leland) only widens the gap between what a gifted artist with no budget can accomplish and the sincere «message» movie that passes for Sundance - certified nowadays.

Recreating the no - holds - barred, cheaply constructed, no - budget thrills of a 1960s and»70s exploitation double feature, Grindhouse sandwiches together two movies from indie mavericks Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino with some crazy, fake trailers in the center, old school titling to start each feature, and editing tricks to give the whole affair a well - worn feel.

Based on fact, this indie low - budget movie about a Texas serial killer influenced a host of less factual slasher movies later on.

Between Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes, Robert Downey Jr. has moved quickly from acclaimed indie bad boy to big budget movie star.

Watching «The Amazing Spider - Man 2» made me long for a low - budget, indie version of the same movie — one that took out all the numbing action sequences and focused instead on the character's inner struggle.

When Hughes started production on The Breakfast Club in March 1984 with an indie - movie budget of $ 1 million (about $ 2.5 million adjusted for inflation), his debut feature Sixteen Candles wouldn't even hit theaters for another two months.

I'm into all types of movies — I'm trying to make a horror film (next), and there's some indie movies that'd cost about $ 5 to make that I'd like to do — but this was a chance for someone to write a check for a big - budget comedy, and to be able to do something as balls - out as this one... y ’ know, I'm gonna take advantage of that!»

For a low - fi indie movie, there are some great things at play — strong performances, an enticing script, mounting suspense, a huge payoff — even though some of the trappings of small budgets features don't escape Manson Family Vacation «s grasp.

After a string of indie movies, the star is set to hit the big time with «Maleficent» and was enthralled by the novelty of working on a big - budget production.

Few actors get to star in a monster commercial smash that is also a zeitgeist hit, but that was Joshua Leonard's experience with The Blair Witch Project, which turned a meager $ 60,000 production budget into almost $ 250 million in worldwide theatrical receipts, and owned the summer of 1999 (and beyond, in the form of countless spoofs, homages and far less inspired rip - offs) like no other indie movie of its time.

Part of this may be due to director Taika Waititi, who is a newbie in the world of big - budget blockbusters, but like many other directors tapped to helm Marvel movies (including Gunn and Watts) has an intriguing background in indie cinema that would seem to have little to do with IMAX - worthy digital bombast.

Long after the form fell out of vogue — and in an era when many big - budget studio films pack the screen with saturated candy colors and in - your - face 3 - D effects — indie filmmakers and even the occasional studio - movie veteran are turning to the monochromatic.

Winstead, repped by Anonymous Content, WME and lawyer Karl Austen, has been straddling the indie and mainstream feature worlds with roles in indies like 2012's Smashed, which landed her an Indie Spirit nomination, and in such big - budget movies as A Good Day To Die Hard and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Huindie and mainstream feature worlds with roles in indies like 2012's Smashed, which landed her an Indie Spirit nomination, and in such big - budget movies as A Good Day To Die Hard and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire HuIndie Spirit nomination, and in such big - budget movies as A Good Day To Die Hard and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

It's a strange backdrop for an even stranger movie, which was shot in a low - budget location, yet could afford top - shelf character actors and indie all - stars — including Toby Jones, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Michelle Yeoh as various creators and caretakers.

Cheadle spent years raising the budget for this one, and even by the scrappy indie standards of «make your own movie, no one will tell you what to do,» this one's a jaw dropper.

Whether you're making a low budget indie film, or the next Avengers movie, it's standard practice to hire all your camera and lighting equipment for the duration of the shoot.

Greta Gerwig is something of a millennial indie darling, known for her string of mumblecore films — low - budget movies with an emphasis on naturalistic acting and dialogue — that have become popular over the past decade.

After winning a Golden Globe for their dark comedy television series Transparent, Amazon has announced their intentions to produce indie style movies with budgets between $ 5 million and $ 25 million (in addition to more work on television series, including a second season of Transparent and something brand new from filmmaker Woody Allen).

Each year we're treated to hundreds of movies being released, ranging from indie titles to Hollywood blockbusters created with ludicrous budgets.

On the other hand, you probably won't miss much if you compress your copy of What We Do In the Shadows, because it's a comparatively low - budget indie comedy movie that doesn't have a ton of effects.

We've designed a dapper den - fit for cozy movie nights - on both a Hollywood and an indie budget.