Sentences with phrase «budget movies set»

Junebug is a character study in every way that «character study» used to be the gold standard instead of an overworked catchphrase used to describe boring, predictable low - budget movies set in the 1970s.

Corduner is also set to co-star in the movie, which he describes as a low - budget movie set in North London's Orthodox Jewish community.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

Fresh from film school, an enthusiastic young runner starts work on a low budget zombie movie only to run into the first day from hell as a mystery illness starts to turn the extras on set into the bona fide undead.

With Lionsgate's big screen reboot of Saban's Power Rangers hitting cinemas this Friday, THR is reporting that the film is set to make history by being the first big - budget superhero movie to feature a LGBT protagonist in Becky G's Trini, a.k.a. the Yellow Ranger, with the character revealed to be having «girlfiend problems» in what director -LSB-...]

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening April 10, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Dragonball Evolution (PG for intense action and brief adult language) Sci - fi martial arts adventure, based on the Akira Toriyama novel about a young warrior (Justin Chatwin) who, with a handful of friends, sets out on a quest to save the planet from an evil king (James Marsters) bent on world domination.

The movie compares favorably with Doug Liman's «Go,» another late - night waffle run of a movie that didn't let the modest budget and lack of big set pieces kill its momentum.

The quality of both the bear and the sets is exquisite, as we'll cover later, reminding us that CGI - heavy movies don't need big budgets to look great.

Clearly the movie is being set up to keep the budget low, but it sounds like it will have a lot more mainstream potential than some of his experimental films.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening April 3, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Adventureland (R for profanity, sexuality and drug use) Retro romantic comedy, set in Pittsburgh in 1987, revolving around the plight of a grad school - bound virgin (Jesse Eisenberg) forced by his family's financial woes to take a minimum - wage job at an amusement park the summer before he's supposed to start at Columbia.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening October 24, 2008 BIG BUDGET FILMS Changeling (R for profanity, violence and disturbing content) Clint Eastwood directs this psychological thriller, set in L.A., inspired by events arising in 1928 during a real life case involving a single - mom (Angelina Jolie) whose hopes for the safe return of her kidnapped nine year - old (Gattlin Griffith) were seemingly answered but then dashed when she realized that the boy brought to her was not her son.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening January 2, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Defiance (R for violence and profanity) Oscar - winner Edward Zwick (for Shakespeare in Love) directs this harrowing tale of survival, set in occupied Poland during World War II, recounting the heroic efforts of three brothers (Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber and Jamie Bell) who escape into the forest where they join forces with Russian resistance fighters to save over 1,000 fellow Jews from the Nazis.

Of course, coherence is in short supply in contemporary action films, but I refuse to set the bar that low, especially for a movie with a $ 150 million budget.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening March 27, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS 12 Rounds (PG - 13 for intense violence) Crime thriller, set in New Orleans, about a police detective (John Cena) who finds his fiancée (Ashley Scott) kidnapped by a revenge - minded escaped - con (Aidan Gillen) whose own girlfriend had been accidentally killed during their apprehension for a multi-million dollar heist.

At the film's recent press day, Mirren revealed her approach to the role, what it was like having the opportunity to improvise on set, acting opposite the renowned Puri and what the two share in common, what she looks for in a project, why the director is an important consideration, why she likes to alternate between big movies and smaller low budget films, her lifelong attraction to French culture, her latest film that she's currently shooting with director Simon Curtis entitled «Woman in Gold,» and her upcoming biopic, «Trumbo,» with Bryan Cranston about blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo.

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.

Fuller's personal favorite of all his movies was this lusty low - budget period film, set in the 1880s, about newspapering in New York.

As adapted and shot by writer - director Leslie Greif, Funny Money suffers from a low budget look that has this one tagged as a straight - to - video or basic cable release, with video textures, spotty use of the generic soundtrack, and sets and props that give off that «we found this stuff lying around, so let's use it for the movie» quality to them.

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 figSet - 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 figset up to lose what will probably be his last fight.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening January 1, 2016 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Hateful Eight (R for profanity, frontal nudity, graphic gore and a scene of eroticized violence) Quentin Tarantino directed this post-Civil War saga set in Wyoming revolving around -LSB-...]

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.

(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.)

A superstar - making movie for Bruce Willis (Hudson Hawk, Pulp Fiction), and a hell of an action flick on its own terms, Die Hard set a standard for high - concept, high - octane action blockbusters that few could touch on the silver screen — even its higher budgeted sequels.

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.

However while the costumes and sets may be okay for the cheap budget (they literally used spray - painted McDonald's hamburger carton boxes for the spaceship interiors), the fact remains that the designs themselves are shamelessly stolen from the first Alien movie.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening November 2, 2007 BIG BUDGET FILMS American Gangster (R for nudity, sexuality, profanity, violence and pervasive drug content) Oscar - winners Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe square off in this mob saga, set in the Seventies, about the efforts of a rogue cop to bring down a drug lord who's been smuggling heroin to Harlem in the coffins of soldiers who died in Vietnam.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening September 2, 2011 BIG BUDGET FILMS Apollo 18 (Unrated) Found - footage horror flick, set in 1974, shedding light on a government cover - up of a NASA space mission on which the crew of astronauts were attacked by parasitic life forms they discovered on the moon.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening August 26, 2011 BIG BUDGET FILMS Columbiana (PG - 13 for violence, sexuality, intense action sequences, disturbing images and brief profanity) Revenge thriller, set in Bogota, Colombia, about a young girl (Zoe Saldana) who grows up to be a cold - blooded assassin after witnessing the murder of her parents.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening Thanksgiving 2008 BIG BUDGET FILMS Australia (PG - 13 for violence, sensuality and profanity) Romance drama, set at the dawn of WWII just before the bombing of Darwin by the Japanese, chronicles the love relationship which blossoms between a genteel heiress (Nicole Kidman) and the rough - hewn rancher (Hugh Jackman) who helps her drive a herd of 2,000 head of cattle to market across hundreds of miles of unforgiving terrain.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening December 3, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Warrior's Way (R for graphic violence) Western action fantasy, set in the Badlands, about a martial arts master (Jang Dong Ton) who emigrates from Asia to America to retire in peace, only to have to pick up his sword again to defend his adopted hometown and a beautiful local gal (Kate Bosworth) from the returning gang of marauders who had made her an orphan many moons ago.

Then the great film critic J. Hoberman weighed in with the following: «A survival drama set almost entirely in the unfathomable abyss of outer space, Gravity is something now quite rare — a truly popular big - budget Hollywood movie with a rich aesthetic pay - off.

They can also set user lending policies for Warner Bros. movies to manage costs within their material budgets.

Its a frustrating movie, some might say tiresome, but truth be told I can't believe how a big budget movie can be this bad at setting things up.

The mostly male audiences have been attracted to the real - world settings, blockbuster action sequences that resemble those of big budget movies, and extensive online options that let them compete against other players via the Internet.

Sadly, despite the game having a couple of terrific set - pieces that are exciting and play out like a high - budget action movie, the game is a mess.