Sentences with phrase «budget movie for»

To review a Marvel movie as if the director had the creative freedom to end with a whimsical song - and - dance number would be like blaming a no - budget movie for not starring Scarlett Johansson.

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Each of the two previous films have generally positive Rotten Tomatoes ratings, and they fared reasonably well at the box office ($ 170 million in global gross for Cloverfield and $ 110 million for 10 Cloverfield Lane) for lower - budget movies.

Analysts were forecasting weekend sales of $ 41 million to $ 47 million for the Spielberg film, a respectable opening for a movie with a production budget set at $ 150 million to $ 175 million by people with knowledge of the matter, and additional millions in marketing costs.

Since the «Star Wars» prequels, in which George Lucas was heavily criticized for using too much CGI to create the worlds and characters, many big - budget movies have tried to find that happy medium of practical and visual effects to give the action on screen a more grounded feel.

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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.

Walt Disney, one of the original naysayers, bought George Lucas» production company, Lucasfilm, in 2012 for over $ 4 billion, considerably more than they would have had to pay if they had just said yes to the first movie, whose budget was $ 11 million.

A few weeks ago, the superhero movie Deadpool grossed $ 132 million at the domestic box office on its opening weekend, setting a record for R - rated premieres — and dousing its $ 58 million budget in black ink.

While Hope is known for making independent movies rather than big - budget Hollywood blockbusters, Amazon Studios has succeeded in the world of television in part by aligning itself with high - profile directors like Allen and Steven Soderbergh of «Ocean's Eleven» fame.

After all, the Netflix 100 has a lot of room for high budget movies.

For a long time, it's been rumored that Steven Spielberg would take the reins of Gods and Kings, Warner Bros» massive budget Moses movie.

Unlike other independent films in which big names are ridden into the ground like a sweaty mule, shoehorned into every possible scene in the movie, «Moms» Night Out» has an ensemble cast - an amazing feat for a film with a budget just under $ 5 million, according to Andrew and John Erwin, the brothers who directed the film.

Not bad for a movie with a $ 2 million budget, and Kevin Sorbo and the «Duck Dynasty» guys on the marquee.

With their followup, 2006's Nacho Libre, the Hesses scored a big - time movie star for the lead in Jack Black, and landed a solid $ 32 million budget to tell the tale of a single Mexican man who works in an orphanage yet feels the call of stardom via wrestling.

After early critical acclaim (she's been nominated for Golden Globes, Emmys, Oscars, and a ton of other major awards), she's now become the first woman of color to helm a movie with a budget of at least $ 100 million.

Brad Pitt plays a total bad ass tank commander and Logan Lerman seems to be making more of a name for himself with another solid role in a big budget movie.

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If the budget is too tight for movie tickets and popcorn, try a family night movie at home that turns your living room into a movie theater.

I feel like a movie with the budget of the Fifty Shades franchise could spring for fresh wee bags for everyone, no?

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We sat down with our kids and looked closely at their day - to - day lives and then decided on what we would pay for such as clothing, cell phone plans and after - school activities and sports fees and then gave them a budget for the rest such as entertainment (the price of a movie ticket once a month), gifts (birthdays, holidays, church), their craving for school cafeteria food — which we capped at twice a week — plus a small stipend.

«But if they're looking for much bigger - budget movies or TV shows, it has to go further.»

The governor's new budget plan calls for legalizing the sale of wine and beer at New York's movie theaters.

Albany, NY - New York state would give even more taxpayer money to movie and television studios that film in Upstate New York under the budget up for a vote in the Senate and Assembly.

Weaver notes that the movie's budget «would fund my entire research group for my entire life, 10 times over».

With the look of a big - budget movie, Falling Skies offers up - close views of CGI extraterrestrials who are kidnapping human children for reasons unknown — but presumably nefarious.

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

She'll be taken out for dinner, to the movies, and to shows and concerts that she simply could not afford on her budget.

The movie portrayed her personality and as a legend of a woman posed as a man to enter the monastery and become Pope.German actress Johanna Wokalek was pretty good for that role and the other performances were decent as well.The portrayal of the time, crowds and the cities was below average, but very effective, since it was a low - budget movie, the image and lighting quality was not always good.The weak point of the movie was in the rhythm, which at times was uneven, and went from fast to very slow, but still it was never boring because of the strong plot.

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.

«In movies just for the money,» as she often stated, La Roy apparently never turned down a role, no matter how miniscule, and her subsequent career was mostly spent playing minor vamps in low - budget independent productions.

And so he has, for $ 30 million — still a relatively modest budget, as action movies go.

By 1965, she was working in Black Spurs, one of producer A.C. Lyles» B - Westerns, renowned for their use of aging genre stars, and Owens retired from movies after portraying Richard Egan's love interest in the low - budget espionage thriller The Destructors (1968).

«The Towering Inferno» laid the foundation for good disaster movies to come, both in being huge budget and cast wise, and with great special effects that accompany a story that makes you glad you're not one of the people you're watching on the screen.

Much of the attention for the movie has centered on its preposterously low shooting budget and camera, an iPhone 5s with a $ 7.99 high - def app, a Steadicam rig, and the odd anamorphic lens.

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.

The movie - a big fat episode, essentially, with a noticeably constrained budget - is a satisfying thriller, with romantic and religious angst substituting for explosions and chase scenes.

Although Deadpool 2 repeats the first movie's jokes about the character being a scrappy castoff not good enough for Marvel's higher - profile franchises — at one point, Wade opens the wrong door in Charles Xavier's manor and finds the better - known characters staring back at him in confused irritation — this one has the budget and the clout to allow him to associate with a higher class of co-star.

A graduate of the Tuskegee Institute, Wayans entered the comic arena in the mid -»80s by stepping up to the mike and honing his stand - up act, but he later branched out into movies, by scripting the low - budget black satire Hollywood Shuffle (1987) and the aptly - titled comedy vehicle Eddie Murphy: Raw (1987), both for director pal Robert Townsend.

Despite its imperfections, this is somewhat enjoyable for what it tries to accomplish, and viewers looking for a fun, entertaining low budget B movie, will most likely enjoy this low budget affair.

The quintessential B - movie lawman, granite - faced, mustachioed Jack Rockwell began turning up in low - budget oaters in the late 1920s and went on to amass an impressive array of film credits that included 225 Westerns and two dozen serials, working mostly for Republic Pictures and Columbia although he was never contracted by either.

Now, I enjoy movie mayhem as much as the next guy, but with a budget in the bazillions, couldn't Bay have sprung for some paint?

All things considered, Black Panther is both one of the best MCU movies yet and a watershed moment for big - budget tentpoles, when it comes to onscreen racial and cultural representation.

Though her roles are generally small, but for the occasional lead in low - budget movies, Estevez continues to find steady employment.

The movie is full to brimming with one - eyed men, which demonstrates two things: The Greek battle helmets had eye slots, and there was extra money in the makeup budget for putty.

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

«Rampage» had a budget of $ 120 million and earned $ 148.6 million worldwide with China as the top global market for the movie with a $ 55 million launch.

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

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.

Really, the only appeal will lie with those with a taste for low - budget action movies that have to be scouted out and discovered.