Sentences with phrase «budget movies coming»

So often with films, and more specifically high - budget movies coming from major studios with millions of dollars on the line, there is a single choice or a couple of decisions that push a film from being thoroughly successful to not quite.

When big - budget movies come across as interchangeable sometimes, a commercial director who polarized and told stories with aggression and grit is missed.

Not exact matches

Eng also tallied the budgets of the movies in which he's rescued, all of which come to $ 729 million.

A cute new outfit, tickets to the movies, and pizza with friends should all come out of her own budget.

«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.

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.

Like Beasts, the movie might be too limited, either in narrative scope or promotional budget, to gain a foothold, particularly if the field is fierce come year's end.

The first attempt to tell their story came in 1994's low - budget, no - star, Roger Corman - produced B - movie that was never released.

The critic, after referring to «Nick Gomez's astounding, explosive debut,» went on: «Director Gomez, 29, who made the picture on a minuscule budget of $ 38,000, is the newest (and maybe the most gifted) member of a young generation of filmmakers — Spike Lee and Oliver Stone among them — who watched Martin Scorsese's «Mean Streets» and came away dying to make movies.

Strike two comes from the on the field action which looks too much like a low - budgeted baseball movie.

However, when you look at «Me and Earl» as a movie and not a demonstration of low budget, arthouse filmmaking, it comes off as an all - too cliche and cookie - cutter summer dramedy.

This news comes after Dwayne Johnson filmed nearly all of his big - budget movies in Atlanta including Rampage, Jungle Book, Fast 8, and Baywatch.

But then a funny thing happened: Ever so gradually, word got out about just how awful the movie was — how this near - tragic waste of an estimated $ 6 million budget might be appreciated as an accidental comedy — and audiences started coming to see for themselves.

And that day may come, as it has for fellow Skins actor Nicholas Hoult, who went on to roles in big budget movies like X-Men: First Class, Jack the Giant Killer, and the upcoming Mad Max reboot.

Roland Emmerich seems curiously eclectic when it comes to choosing composers to score his massive budget B movies.

It's a big - budget movie, it's a remake of the original which you were familiar with and then you come into this --

Reading the Wyndham source novel would also be a better option because this low budget film version comes across as very silly mostly because of said killer plants (called Triffids in the movie, although it is never properly explained quite why).

Among the most obscure DC Comics adaptations in movie history is Steel, a Shaquille O'Neal vehicle that came and went very quietly in the summer of 1997, grossing only about a tenth of its relatively modest budget.

We then deducted the estimated production budget from the global box office for each film (using numbers from Box Office Mojo and other sources) to come up with a limited definition of each movie's operating income.

Publicly exhibited nudity on film was harder to come by after the Hays Code, but glimpses of flesh were available in ultra-low budget exploitation movies and documentaries, which used the pretense of education to show nudity.

It Came from Kuchar (Unrated) Bio-pic recounting the enduring career of twins George and Mike Kuchar, legendary, low - budget filmmakers from the Bronx who got their start in the Fifties shooting movies in the backyard with an 8 mm camera they borrowed from their Aunt.

The independent artist finds that making a low - budget movie like Middle of Nowhere comes from «being out in the world.

That seems improbable on movie with a reported $ 135 million production budget, but it's one way to make sense of how Rango came to be what it is, a strange ride more fun for adults than children.

These international deals, in combination with splashy US and China pacts which came after the France deal and were worth at least $ 40m, mean the movie has covered on its budget, which is being pegged in the $ 75m range.

It is safe to say that Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie comes to the rescue to remind us that big - budget, explosive superhero sludge is not the only option at the movie theaters during the suMovie comes to the rescue to remind us that big - budget, explosive superhero sludge is not the only option at the movie theaters during the sumovie theaters during the summer.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening October 9, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Couples Retreat (PG - 13 for profanity and sexuality) Battle - of - the - sexes comedy revolving around four couples vacationing on a tropical island who come to regret booking themselves at the therapy getaway when they learn that participation in the retreat's relationship counseling sessions is not optional.

Ryan was a four - year college boxing champion at Dartmouth, and later, when he became a Hollywood star, one of his finest roles and movies came in Robert Wise's low - budget gem «The Set - Up, «where Ryan played a seemingly washed - up prizefighter named Stoker Thompson — he's been set up to lose what will probably be his last fight.

Either a terrible A-list movie or a great B - movie, depending on your point of view, Anaconda is by all accounts one of the schlockiest large budget releases to ever come from a major studio.

It's one of those movies that came and went and despite having plenty of big names in the cast, it feels like a low budget movie shot on the run.

What used to be the most popular genre in mainstream movies is now mainly the preserve of smaller budget films with more adult themes, and they don't come more «adult» than this latest bloody saga.

(Like so many of the movie's Earth - set sequences, this expository scene is set in a car and looks so cheap that it comes as a surprise when, minutes later, one discovers that the production had the budget for a space station set and a cast of more than two people.)

Though an increasing number of women are directing movies today, film directing is still a male - dominated role in the industry particularly when it comes to big - budget studio movies.

Audiences will still likely see every punch coming from a mile away, but what's remarkable is how the movie lands them all: It's an invigorating piece of nostalgia that fuels a bigger adrenaline rush with its climax than any big - budget blockbuster could provide.

Something of a small miracle, «The Way Way Back» is such a refreshing, smartly enjoyable reprieve from the summer movie season's barrage of superhero fare and big - budget blockbusters that you feel blue when it must come to an end.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening July 22, 2011 BIG BUDGET FILMS Captain America: The First Avenger (PG - 13 for intense sci - fi violence) Marvel Comics adaptation revolving around the patriotic exploits of a soldier - turned - superhero (Chris Evans) who, with the help of his trusty sidekick (Sebastian Stan), comes to the aid of the Allies during World War II when a Hitler henchman (Hugo Weaving) bent on world domination develops a top secret weapon.

He has continued to score increasingly desperate - looking horror thrillers (and they don't come much more desperate - looking than Joy Ride) and is now stuck in a seemingly never - ending rut of providing low - budget, low - impact music for these mediocre movies.

Yates, who came to Potter with hardly a theatrical credit to his name and wound up directing the final four movies, is at ease helming a big budget, effects - heavy movie.

It looks like Disney is sparing no expense when it comes to its live - action remake of the animated movie Mulan, with Pursue News reporting that the Mouse House has set aside a $ 290 million budget for the movie.

And so the studio gave him millions (the estimated budget was $ 125 million) and out came this dog turd of a movie.

The movie is the first in a slate of planned low - budget animated films to come from the two companies.

Sony's Christian drama doubles its budget, showing that bigger isn't necessarily better when it comes to inspirational movies

Coming up in Phase Three is Doctor Strange, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, and Inhumans, all big - budget movies starring no - name, who - cares nobodies.

Rachel Morrison, the cinematographer for Mudbound, would be the first woman ever nominated in this category, and would have accomplished it by filming an exquisitely beautiful movie on a $ 10 million budget, then having that beauty come across even when the vast majority of the film's viewers saw it on Netflix.

The fourteen movies we're looking at this year all have budgets close to or over $ 100 million and as such, come with a certain amount of risk that the studio must overcome in order to turn a profit.

This is where the $ 18 million budget, a very small amount by contemporary blockbuster / genre - movie standards, comes in handy — no overblown CGI instead of genuine character moments here.

Coming out of Sundance, this fascinating low - budget drama features the kind of bold, skillful filmmaking that seems largely missing from the movie scene today; it offers a profound puzzle to ponder, but no easy answers.

In this week's Weekend Reads, we dive into the psychology behind making a budget that actually works, why homeownership is the main driver in deepening America's economic divide, and what theaters are doing to try to get you to actually come back to the movies.