Sentences with phrase «classic king kong»

The movie is a prequel of sorts to the classic King Kong tale and has been said to head to the mysterious and dangerous home of the titular king of apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.

Having very little if anything to do with either Merian C. Cooper's 1933 classic King Kong or its lavish, richly ambitious 2005 Peter Jackson remake, this movie presents the giant ape in a heroically selfless light, portraying him as a protector of the natural order those with any sense don't go out of their way to foolishly mess around with.

Not exact matches

Thursday's exchange was expected to produce a new record poster price tag, however, the rare movie memorabilia came bundled with several other classic posters for films such as «King Kong» and «The Invisible Man,» so the sale did not qualify.

«It's difficult to imagine the classic plane - swatting scene in King Kong without the Empire State Building.

King Kong is a lightweight compared to the trio of mutant creatures who climb atop Chicago's famed Willis Tower in Rampage, a cinematic adaptation of the classic arcade game that emphasizes big - budget spectacle over narrative substance.

For those who never dropped a quarter to play a video game, the arcade classic Rampage offered players the chance to destroy one city after another as one of three giant monster archetypes: a crypto - King Kong gorilla, a pseudo-Godzilla lizard, and a «we need a third giant animal» wolf.

«The Forgotten Studio» - an eye - opening look at RKO Radio Pictures, which gave us such classics as King Kong and the many dance musicals of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

Reminiscent in tone to classic dark screwball comedies like Ruthless People, director Seth Gordon (Four Christmases, The King of Kong) succeeds by keeping the energy high, the actors flowing naturally with off - the - cuff reactions, and by keeping the tone light, the performances spot on, and the quips lightning - fast throughout, even during the pitch - black comedy moments.

King and Knight are also partnered on the action - thriller «The Red Circle,» a remake of the classic French film that will be reset in Hong Kong.

The film promises to act as a direct sequel to the Arnold Schwarzenegger classic and stars an impressive cast of actors that includes Oscar winner Adrien Brody (King Kong), Topher Grace (Spider - Man 3), Alice Braga (I Am Legend), Danny Trejo (Grindhouse), Walton Goggins (TV's The Shield) and Oscar Nominee Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix).

Kong has come a long way since he starred in the 1933 classic movie that spawned many spinoffs and reboots (the last of them being Peter Jackson's majestic 2005 «King Kong»).

King Hu's 1965 Hong Kong wuxia pian («martial chivalry» genre) classic stars Cheng Pei - Pei as the avenging Golden Swallow, on a mission to save her kidnapped brother, and Yueh Hua as an amiable beggar with a chorus of scruffy orphans, who plays guardian angel to the warrior woman, his drunken front hiding his true identity.

TCM is playing John Ford's classic The Searchers on Tuesday and King Kong on Saturday, both of which are definitely must - sees if you haven't seen them before.

Loosely based on the video game of the same name, Rampage is reminiscent of campy Japanese classics like Godzilla (1954), King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) and Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964).

Prior to Kong: Skull Island, there have been at least a half dozen feature films based on the monstrous King Kong character, including the original 1933 classic, 1962's campy «King Kong vs. Godzilla,» the Dino De Laurentiis 1976 budget - breaker and Peter Jackson's overlong and ambitious 2005 edition, among others.

With Kong: Skull Island out now, Sean Wilson looks back at the classic monster movies with top tunes... It's time for Kong to reclaim his crown as king of the movie monsters in all - action blockbuster romp Kong: Skull Island, the latest instalment in the ongoing Warner Bros. / Legendary Pictures «MonsterVerse» that will eventually see the great ape -LSB-...]

To me movies like Ocean's Eleven, War of The Worlds, and King Kong follow this rule while Total Recall, Evil Dead, and Robocop didn't, especially when a movie is a classic.

Steve Wiebe of the documentary The King of Kong is attempting to beat Billy Mitchell's (noted D - Bag) record for high score in the arcade classic Donkey Kong, live from E3.

The game was named after the de facto villain, a gorilla (which was named after the classic 1933 movie monster King Kong), instead of the player - character Mario (or «Jumpman», as he was named at the time), because designer Shigeru Miyamoto felt Donkey Kong had to be the strongest character in the love triangle displayed on - screen - the game used then - innovative techniques to tell the on - screen story of how the stubborn pet gorilla of «Jumpman» the carpenter steals away his girlfriend, Pauline, and it is up to the hero to save the damsel in distress.

GameSetWatch has been all over classic game doc King Of Kong since it was signed at Sundance this year, even bringing retro - hungry readers an early review of the movie, which charts the intense Donkey Kong high score rivalry between Steve Wiebe and Billy Mitchell, back in April.

April 16, 2018 • Billy Mitchell, a star of the documentary King of Kong, is fighting a ruling that stripped his records in the arcade classic.