Sentences with phrase «classic out of genre»

In applying the aesthetics of the New Hollywood to his potboiler plot, Spielberg made a classic out of genre material.

Not exact matches

War, the Game is a title that all strategy lovers should try out at least once in order to see how smaller teams can innovate by taking the classic concepts of the genre and turning them into something new.

The musical sequences are good enough that they make you wish Ross had been willing to leave the surface realism behind and break out into the high stylization and exuberance of the genre's classic days.

Stood at a distance, there is no guessing who will come out on top, and Kim looks towards the classic genre pieces of the past to grab the same amount of expectation.

Language: English Genre: Biography / Drama MPAA rating: PG - 13 Director: Nora Ephron Actors: Amy Adams, Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci Plot: The film follows Powell, a government employee who decides to cook her way through legendary cook Julia Child's classic cookbook, «Mastering the Art of French Cooking» in one year's time out of her small Queens kitchen.

Dusty is especially enjoyable thanks to the jokes it's constantly throwing out during the game, jokes filled with references to classic platform games that long - time fans of the genre will easily catch.

Fans of the genre have seen this story played out several times over the last few years («The Others,» «Dark Water»), and Sergio Sánchez» script doesn't take any steps in improving upon the classic formula.

Of course, he's never been very far out of the limelight, having completely dominated the Horror genre over the past 40 years as the «go - to» storyteller for genuine scares; leaving a multitude of classic books and subsequent film adaptations in his literary wakOf course, he's never been very far out of the limelight, having completely dominated the Horror genre over the past 40 years as the «go - to» storyteller for genuine scares; leaving a multitude of classic books and subsequent film adaptations in his literary wakof the limelight, having completely dominated the Horror genre over the past 40 years as the «go - to» storyteller for genuine scares; leaving a multitude of classic books and subsequent film adaptations in his literary wakof classic books and subsequent film adaptations in his literary wake.

Generally favoring low - budget and independently - produced pictures, but not averse to working within the studio system (he had a good relationship with Daryl Zanuck), he knocked out a string of genre classics — from «Pickup On South Street» and «Forty Guns» to «Shock Corridor» and his epic autobiographical masterpiece «The Big Red One» — that quietly influenced many of your favourite directors.

The lack of any nominations for his films which are absolute classics and an integral part of cinemas genre history is much more shocking when other filmmakers have simply missed out at the final ballot stage whereas Leone didn't even get to hear the starting pistol fire.

«Pride and Prejudice and Zombies» has unleashed a new U.K. trailer that deftly blends the themes of Jane Austen's classic with the tropes of the horror and action genres, while laying out the film's premise.

Ev en if Journey's End will perhaps not be remembered as a classic of the genre, it is nevertheless a well made war film that with good performances that is worth checking out.

Based entirely in an abandoned warehouse with a shoot - out occurring between two rival Boston gangs, Ben Wheatley's latest has all the makings of an honest - to - goodness genre classic.

: For all of the body parts that Stephen King has torn asunder in his numerous books and film adaptations, it's ironic that two of the most beloved movies ever about male bonding come from his book «Different Seasons» — a «Body» that spawned the CSI Our Gang of «Stand By Me,» and the prison breakout that lay behind «Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption,» Wisely shortened to the last three titles by writer - filmmaker Frank Darabont, this 1994 classic of an unbreakable man slowly chiseling his way out of a Maine hellhole over the course of decades stands as not only the most soulful film in an understandably macho prison break genre, but also as a film that many rightfully consider to be one of the best movies ever made.

His glossy Hollywood movies of the 1980s (1987's The Big Clock remake No Way Out or 1988's Cocktail) segued into knock - off genre brands, like his remake of Arthur Penn's The Getaway in 1994, or B - grade sci - fi classic Species (1995).

The cinematic grammar on display is knowing, aware of the genre, but the story and the characters feel as if they strolled straight out of an undiscovered Walter Hill classic.

Neil Marshall's acclaimed British horror - thriller «The Descent» draws on plenty of other genre classics for visual inspiration, from otherworldly mysteries («Picnic at Hanging Rock») to oudoor adventure («Deliverance,» «Jaws») to science - fiction («Alien») and straight - out horror («The Blair Witch Project»).

Arguably the biggest breakout star of the bunch in 2017, Daniel Kaluuya rose to prominence thanks to his featured role in Jordan Peele's horror film, Get Out, which saw classic genre tropes removed and more relevant issues like racism infused into the unique plot line.

Going out with a bang It's become customary to talk about Sam Peckinpah's classic as the tombstone of the Western genre, the moment when Hollywood's already - tired tradition of white - hat heroics was plunged irrevocably into nihilism, apocalypse and zero - sum catharsis.

Some genre purists would certainly take issue with such an obvious effort to create new material by fusing the icons of literary classics, but Sommers» adrenalized upgrading for modern audiences isn't that different from Siodmak's first venture; the former's just over-cranked and way louder (aided by Alan Silvestri's outrageously bombastic score) in a 5.1 mix guaranteed to work out your home's subwoofer.

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Even though I will always be a fan of the old classics when it comes to this genre the real gems that stick out for me are the less mainstream titles, such as Metroid or Castelvania.

Sure games like Halo and COD are awesome but they take the more realistic approach to the FPS genre (yes I know you are killing space aliens and the like in Halo but you get the idea) so the more classic type of shooter where you just kill everything in sight with no mission objectives etc has kind of faded out, well that's what I thought untill I played Bulletstorm.

More than most genres, atmospheric horror (often just walking simulation with jump scares) is cramming both fists up the industry's blowhole, with thousands upon thousands of ill - conceived half - finished and buggy «games,» choking out would - be classics and keeping them unknown despite great work by dedicated developers.

Everything about the game is exactly what you could have expected about a classic RPG that followed the fundamentals of the genre as laid out by the original Dragon Quest games.

All the action plays out on the classic - style grid - based maps of the strategy genre, like the Final Fantasy Tactics series.

The Atari volume focuses on old classics that many modern gamers would deride as ancient trash that, nonetheless, hold up in various ways and are a worthwhile opportunity to look back in time at how some of today's modern genres took their first steps out of the primordial gaming ooze.

It doesn't bring a lot of new elements to the table, besides a few expressions only us folk from south of the Equator will understand, but it succeeds at being a good new version of a classic genre and a very decent nostalgia bomb for those out there thirsty for some arcade fun.

The game, which was originally a stretch goal for the kickstarter of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, features all of the classic staples of the Metroidvania genre, including a cast of four playable characters with differing abilities, who can be switched out on the fly!

A dark and futuristic 2D sidescroller offering adventure - style puzzles, exploration - driven platforming, and dangerous extraterrestrials, Exile's End is part Metroidvania and part «cinematic platformer,» drawing heavy inspiration from classics of the genre like Out of This World and Flashback: The Quest for Identity.

Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch has too much in the way of problems to be one of the classics of the genre, though with its outstanding art direction, voluminous lifespan and absorbing mechanics, it narrowly misses out on being such, and also has the advantage of possessing some of the magic that has been lacking in many of the more contemporary Japanese RPG's.

While old - school Crazy Taxi fans may be turned off by City Ru $ h «s lack of an open world (although it's present in spirit, especially if you play with a controller) and its free - to - play nature, it's a fun little game that finds the perfect balance between the «endless runner» genre's pick - up - and - play mentality and classic arcade - y challenge, thus deserving to be checked out by both casuals, hardcore gamers that seek short bursts of fun and fans of the series who still clamor for a proper comeback.