Sentences with phrase «classic western movies»

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From the one game directly based on a movie, The Warriors, to classic Western movies which inspired the look and feel of Red Dead Redemption, the noir - style movies L.A. Noire payed homage too, and the movies - upon - movies which have been parodied or reinvisioned when recreate famous locations and time periods in the Grand Theft Auto series, films have always played a huge part in Rockstar's development cycle.

When you think of cowboys, you might think of classic Western movies and the American Wild West.

Bringing the boots from the»30s and»40s classic western movies into the 1950s, the iconic Hollywood actress poses for a Valentine's Day photo shoot.

Interpreted variously as a preachy liberal fable, an allegory of the McCarthy era and as a commentary on U.S. involvement in both Korea and WWII, it stands first and foremost as a fine, classic western movie.

On Friday, April 28, 2017, Linda DeLibero — Director, Film and Media Studies, Johns Hopkins University — and Christopher Llewellyn Reed (that's me)-- Chair and Professor, Department of Film & Moving Image, Stevenson University — joined Dan Rodricks on his Baltimore Sun podcast, «Roughly Speaking,» along with Pulitzer Prize - winning journalist Glenn Frankel (author of The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend), to discuss both the 1952 classic Western movie High Noon and Frankel's new book about its production, entitled High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic.

Not exact matches

One of the few Ron Howard movies of the past two decades to NOT turn a quick and healthy profit was 2003's The Missing, the director's own personal ode to the downbeat Western classics of yesteryear.

Big Trouble in Little China is a far more enjoyable mash - up of classic Westerns, Saturday - morning serials, and Chinese wu xia than any of the Indiana Jones movies, with Kurt Russell in full bloom as Carpenter's de rigueur hard - drinkin», hard - gamblin», wise - crackin» loner hero — a bowling - alley John Wayne.

«Django Unchained» blends Western, horror, comedy and even some classic «blaxploitation» elements into a B - movie «Grindhouse» formula that the director clearly enjoys.

A Million Ways to Die in the West is no Blazing Saddles but it is a decent homage to many classic Western themed movies.

Bolstering a star studded cast that would entice most movie fans to see in action, I am pleased to announce that none of them disappoint, but this isn't a new western classic either.

The Lucasfilm chief says that the young Han Solo movie will have the feel of a classic Western, citing artist Frederic Remington as an inspiration.

OPENING THIS WEEK by Kam Williams For movies opening September 7, 2007 BIG BUDGET FILMS 3:10 to Yuma (R for violence and profanity) Christian Bale and Russell Crowe co-star in this remake of the 1957 classic Western about the dangerous gauntlet across the desert negotiated by a broke rancher out to collect a bounty for escorting an outlaw man to a train waiting to transport the wanted man to justice.

And he is branching out, directing his first movie, «The Virginian» (based on the classic Western novel) for TNT and going into producing.

The poster brings the main players from the movie together in one place, honoring the tone and feel of classic Westerns by paying homage to wanted posters that were once scattered around frontier towns.

It was, in fact, the most successful «serious» superhero movie since the Nolan days, though rather than take its cues from urban noir, it offered a postapocalyptic variation on a classic Western odyssey: The titular hero protects a young mutant girl on their journey to the Canadian border.

Under the Turner Classic Movies imprimatur, Warner bundles the four above - mentioned titles on two DVDs in a set called «Greatest Classic Films: Western Adventures.»

He draws thematic inspiration from classic Western director John Ford (specifically 1956's «The Searchers») and from his beloved»30s and»40s crime movies as well as the visual aesthetic of French New Wave auteurs.

«The Hateful Eight» has the things audiences expect from a Quentin Tarantino movie - long scenes, superb dialogue, an imaginative take on a classic genre (this time it's the Western) and the casting of neglected actors worthy of rediscovery.

Mangold stuck to his guns and made a movie that is an homage to classic westerns, yet is also something unique and exciting on its own.

Sure, that classic film offers up a splashy Grauman's Chinese movie premiere, and the canyons that have served as the backdrop to a thousand Westerns, but it never captures that uniquely Southern California atmosphere, where the blisteringly bright sunlight fights its way through a hazy sky to deliver its glow to the hills, the swimming pools and the clogged freeways.

It's hard to watch a western comedy and not think of the Mel Brooks classic Blazing Saddles, which is one of the funniest movies of all time.

An African American director casting one of the greatest African American movie stars as a «classic» western hero, just as President Obama prepares to ride off into the sunset (while mainstream cinema struggles to catch up with the racial diversity of the US) is a recipe for bold imagery.

Starring Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford, Cowboys & Aliens crosses the classic Western with the alien - invasion movie in a blazingly original way.

When Antoine Fuqua met with MGM to begin discussions about The Magnificent Seven, the big screen remake of the 1960s Western by the same name (which is based on the Japanese classic film, Seven Samurai), there weren't any major actors attached to the movie.

As he told me when we sat down recently at Craig's restaurant, this time it is different as he and Hugh Jackman's Wolverine aka Logan are taking these characters in a very different kind of direction in a film that more resembles a classic Western like Shane than the Marvel comic book movies from which those characters emerged.

One of «The Good Dinosaur's» zanier ideas is that the dinosaurs would end up amusingly duplicating the lifestyles of characters in classic movie westerns.

A clever, well - acted summer blockbuster which is an involving cross between a classic Western revenge and a war movie, dropping somewhere between The Searchers, Platoon and Watership Down, if that can be imagined.

In a film that's packed full of knowing references to movie classics, Ennio Morricone's soundtrack wisely steers clear of echoing his work in the Spaghetti Westerns that made him famous.

The two great American anti-lynching movies are Fritz Lang's 1936 classic «Fury,» and William Wellman's great 1943 Western «The Ox - Bow Incident.»

When asked what his cinematic influences were for the latest — and supposedly final — Wolverine stand - alone movie, director James Mangold reeled off an impressive and enticing list that included none - more - classic Western Shane, indie - hit heart - warmer Little Miss Sunshine and Darren Aronofsky's bruising character piece The Wrestler.

The land, of course, too, not just a physical thing in the classic Western was also a kind of symbol: its bigness symbolized «both limitless possibility and an untamable environment» (Looking at Movies).

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Lew Ayres, who starred in the classic 1931 anti-war film (and Best Picture Academy Award winner), «All Quiet on the Western Front,» was so affected by that movie, he became a conscientious objector and served as a medic in World War II (and was later to earn a Best Actor nomination for «Johnny Belinda»).

There are elements of «1945» that recall a classic Western structure, and there's a Quentin Tarantino version of the movie where the strangers» cases are filled with ammo and everything builds to a huge shootout.

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Still, the strength of the film ultimately lies in the hands of Cronenberg, who manages to take classic Western archetypes and spin them into an engaging movie about modern - day violence.

This film is a classic disaster movie with a huge cast of characters that are crushed, drowned or otherwise killed in a massive earthquake that shakes up the entire western coastline.

Those that follow the series closely may note that these are not the same vehicles that will be in the upcoming «Transformers 4» movie, which will feature a more modern Optimus Prime based on a modern Western Star truck, as opposed to the more classic look of the Peterbilt 379, on which this version of Optimus prime is based.

This is the area where many popular Western movie classics were filmed, including Stagecoach.

Nicholas» love for telling stories is inspired by his love for film noir, westerns, superhero movies, classic films, and wuxia.

They learn about their country's history through film genres like classic western's and iconic movies that mark historical moments.