Sentences with phrase «budget studio»

Having just made one smaller feature and independent shorts prior, how different of an experience was it for you to make your first big budget studio film?

Big budget studio films are a blast, but we're in a day and age where you can actually insure the influx of those little independent gems.

Gravity is a rarity, a big - budget studio movie that feels utterly personal.

No matter your budget and preference, you will find the type of accommodation that is right for you; from budget studios to luxurious deluxe cottages with stunning ocean views.

The nominees here are only the big budget studio pictures.

This budget property consists of centrally located budget studios and suites, and most are equipped with full kitchens.

After a summer slew of big - budget studio films, it can be difficult to find, sit down and watch a movie with more modest origins.

Still, it's a fine send - off for a series that redefined the look and feel and ambition of the super-hero genre, the summer blockbuster and the big - budget studio tentpole all in one go.

Jones had an early encounter with big - budget studio fare as Banshee in 2011's X-Men: First Class — what would be the end goal for many budding actors — but he has tended towards more sophisticated work ever since.

A former Miami Beach lifeguard, strapping Ohio - born Bob Wilke performed stunt work in Hollywood films from 1936, often working for low - budget studios such as Republic Pictures and Monogram.

Scoring noticeably fewer films than before, he has concentrated on big - budget studio material at the expense of everything else, seeming to leave behind the smaller movies with which he attracted much of the praise afforded him over the years.

While his technical skills drive most of the movie along smoothly and smartly, in the end this modestly budgeted studio movie is all too clearly a calling card showing how willing he is to sign up to make lucrative summer comic book franchise movies.

As a big - budget studio fantasy, its hypocrisy is blatant: If the point is that, in an age of endlessly proliferating screens, mass media has already replaced reality with fiction (as Baudrillard suggests), slow - motion gun fights and revelatory special effects are hardly the antidote.

Originally pitched as a big budget studio project with Eli Roth attached to direct, Tod Williams» film lacks the budget, special effects or artistry needed to render its depiction of a worldwide apocalypse convincing or interesting.

Warner Archive has released DVD versions of smoldering melodramas and Charlie Chan movies issued by the low - budget studio Monogram in the»40s.

In what's merely another recapitulation of the widely accepted notion of white superiority comes David Yates» rehash of Edgar Rice Burrough's most popular creation, The Legend of Tarzan, a big - budget studio extravaganza from the director during his break between the last four Harry Potter films and an upcoming prequel.

However, Norway just gave the genre its first shot and director Roar Uthaug absolutely obliterates the big budget studio competition.

The film's financial loss was profound; in career terms it scaled the writer - director right back down to where he was before, directing lower - budget studio actioners and comedies for the rest of the»80s.

This is a film released through Blumhouse Productions, the low budget studio known for Insidious and Paranormal Activity, which might put off some people.

It may well seem like the big budget studios behind the all - action blockbusters are pretty much set in their ways, with over the top cinematics, lifelike visuals and open worlds all ensuring that cash is king, but the console indie scene is full of great ideas.

Before it was a big - budget studio release, The Martian was a book, and before that book received a proper released by Crown Publishing in 2014, it was a self - published novel.

«We are one of the few independent, triple - A budget studios remaining in the world after the disastrous economic recession of the last few years.

The Ryan Coogler - directed movie — unprecedented in being a big - budget studio tentpole featuring a virtually all - black cast — secured the fifth - biggest domestic opening of all time after blasting past all expectations.

That's because the Shakespeare and Milton work in question are two big budget studio films with CGI - loving directors at the helm, and in the former's case it's more of an unraveling of the lore surrounding William Shakespeare than an adaptation.

While filmmaker Jon Favreau has been dabbling in big - budget studio fare for the past few years, his next film returns him to his indie roots.

Kauai Vacation Resorts features listing for oceanfront and ocean view rentals offered by private owners, from budget studios to luxury homes.

«Gravity» may not have much more on its mind than «Speed,» but it's a relief to see an unconventional big - budget studio movie that doesn't hew to the same old pounding action beats, or person - to - person physical violence.

Whatever the outcome of this ideological clash, it does at least point out a startling dearth of sexual diversity in big budget studio films.

A big - budgeted studio film about a black action superhero with a nearly all - black cast is a huge step forward.

Not only is Dreamwork's The Haunting the worst film of 1999 (thus far), it is one of the worst big - budget studio films on the»90s.

James Cameron seems to only think Big - Budget studio films exist.

Speculations over when exactly Jeff Nichols» first real big - budget studio film would premiere have been growing over the past few years.

It's actually the second time Derrickson has gone from two smaller horror films to a big - budget studio tentpole: He did the same thing in 2008, following up Hellraiser: Inferno and The Exorcism Of Emily Rose with the troubled production The Day The Earth Stood Still.

The best way to go into Crimson Peak would be completely blind, but in this day and age that is nearly impossible with a big budget studio film, so I can only advise you to temper your expectations, sit back and enjoy the beautiful ride that is Guillermo del Toro's Crimson Peak.

Norm of the North is one such film that lacks the quality of the big budget studios.

He doesn't always make big - budget studio films, but his work should be seen and recognized.

After spending a decade - plus making big - budget studio pictures, Jon Favreau returns to his indie roots, making his warmest, funniest, most personal picture since «Swingers.»

Directed by Ryan Coogler, Black Panther is the first big - budget studio tentpole to feature virtually an all - black cast.

Overall, it's just the type of well - done sound mix that you'd expect from a new big - budget studio film, but not as active as you might expect or hope for.

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.

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.

The 1.85:1 visuals utilize nearly every pixel available to Blu - ray and show off the sharp, vibrant visuals a big - budget studio tentpole must deliver.

But even outside of working with those filmmakers, Martinez has mostly scored indie or smaller - budgeted studio fare, with more blockbuster - sized projects off his résumé.

There are so many comparable elements between Krisha and August Osage County that it's impossible to abstain from comparisons, despite one being a budgeted studio film with the greatest living talent and the other a first time endeavor.

Also in this category: Steven Soderbergh, who spent $ 50m on Universal's «Out Of Sight» before he made «Ocean's Eleven,» Sam Raimi, who'd shot a number of modestly - budgeted studio films ahead of «Spider - Man,» and Gore Verbinski, who never really made indies, and had «The Ring» before he made «Pirates Of The Caribbean.»