Sentences with phrase «budget movie without»

How many chances is M. Night Shyamalan going to get to direct a big - budget movie without making it toe - curlingly horrible?

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A brash, effects - laden tribute to all those alien invasion movies of the 1950s (just try watching the original «War of the Worlds» without spotting the countless similarities), Roland Emmerich's ultimate mindless actioner is arguably as close you'll get to a perfect textbook merging of old fashioned sci - fi with modern day big - budget fanfaring.

Analysis: As someone who genuinely appreciated the first «Transformers» movie and probably gave its sequel more of a pass than others, it's sad to say that Michael Bay has learned nothing from the criticism of «Revenge of the Fallen,» proving once again that given the budget, he'll do whatever he wants without giving a damn that people might actually pay to sit through it.

Netflix has already completely rewritten the movie and TV - viewing rulebook by pouring a hundred million dollar budget into a film without a theatrical release, and creating their now ubiquitous «binge - watch» format that the service rolled out for the first season of House of Cards.

Thanks to the success of that first film, the sequel benefits from an increased budget and the visual effects are first - rate, without becoming the only focus of the movie.

While it happens more than is ever reported in any given year, it would seem that 2011 is not letting itself slip past without truly becoming one for big movie projects being put on hold while studios try to shave some dollars from the budget.

There is ultimately something a bit soft and nebulous about Arrival: for all the forehead - furrowing concepts it entertains, it can't actually, as a big - budget Hollywood movie, sell us big ideas without packing them in the cotton floss of meaningful intimate experience, which was also the case with Interstellar and even Gravity (one movie where the protagonist could easily have done without a heart - wrenching back story).

Jonah Hill's efforts are also commendable as Roxanne's cameraman, but the rest of the big - name cast members — Brad Pitt, Ben Stiller and J.K. Simmons — seem to be a simple case of stunt casting: They were included to increase the budget and marketability without improving the movie's actual quality.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening June 5, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Hangover (R for sexuality, nudity, drug and alcohol abuse and pervasive profanity) «What Happens in Vegas» comedy about three friends (Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis) of the groom - to - be (Justin Bartha) who throw a wild bachelor party in a suite at Caesar's Palace only to have their pal disappear without a trace the day before the wedding.

Smartly shot for a very modest budget of $ 30 million (lots of strings were certainly pulled to get such a cast of famous personalities onboard), Rogen and Goldberg know where and when it's most effective to go for special effects (this does not feel like a low budget Hollywood film), and they do so without letting visuals or star egos get in the way of making a very funny movie.

With a $ 3 million budget, and distribution by A24, «The Florida Project» is Baker's breakout film, but he made it in much the same way he did his others, turning the Magic Castle into a giant movie set (without shutting it down), and casting Vinaite off Instagram.

So it goes without saying that directors are probably lining up to cast him in their big - budget action movies.

The big - budget action blockbuster Real Steel isn't officially Rock»Em Sock»Em Robots: The Movie, but it's about as close as it can get without risking litigation.

While this may appease certain casual gamers, think of it this way: without the ability to control the characters» movements and choices to click on certain interactive things, this is almost like watching a movie — a very low - budget one.