Sentences with phrase «controversial movie of the year»

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Time and the second week of the «Infinity War» box office reports will tell whether the cliffhanger is profitably controversial, or simply a thing designed to frustrate audiences into easing their frustration a year from now, by seeing the next «Avengers» movie.

The 54 - year - old actor has reprised his role as Gellert Grindelwald in the sequel, but some fans slammed bosses» decision to bring him back for the next movie because of his controversial divorce from Amber Heard in 2016, in which she claimed he'd been abusive towards her throughout their marriage before later dropping the allegations, and begged them to re-cast the part.

WHY: Gillian Robespierre's directorial debut was one of the most talked - about movies at this year's Sundance Film Festival, but it's neither as funny nor as edgy and controversial as it aims to be.

In what seems to be the penultimate comic book movie of the year, David Ayer («End of Watch,» «Fury») has the task of selling an unknown quantity to mass audiences, while also following the path of the controversial «Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.»

-- Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers What better way to celebrate this year's 20th anniversary of the sixth film in the Halloween movie series than re-watching this often misunderstood and quite controversial entry into horror's most hallowed film franchise.

This year, in fact, has several high profile movies with options to choose from like the blockbuster horror film It, the controversial remake of The Beguiled, the Todd Haynes puzzle Wonderstruck, and Wonder is a star vehicle for Jacob Tremblay, a previous winner in this very category for Room (2015).

It's a busy year for rising star Sofia Boutella, she is in the upcoming Hotel Artemis, co-starring Jodie Foster, and in Gaspar Noe's controversial and erotic movie, Climax, which won the top award of the Directors Fortnight series at the 2018 Cannes Film Fest.

Set in 1949 Los Angeles, the picture, which claims to be «based on a true story» but turns out to be as authentic as The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, finds William Parker (Nick Nolte), the city's controversial chief of police (who didn't actually obtain the post until a year after the movie's setting, but never mind), deciding that the best way to stop gangster Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) from taking over the entire city is to organize an elite team to work outside the law in an attempt to bring him down.

It's an acknowledged classic now, but this fourth feature from director Martin Scorsese and the third produced screenplay from critic turned master screenwriter Paul Schrader was as controversial in the bicentennial year of 1976 as successful movies get.

Update: The Hong Kong - based South China Morning Post has linked the store closures to the release of controversial independent movie Ten Years, which won best picture prize at this month's Hong Kong Film Awards, despite being banned in China.

This year, one of the most controversial films of the summer, Ghostbusters, gets an old - fashioned movie tie - in game from Activision, and it's a disaster.

Interactive Entertainment Genre: Single - Player, Third - Person Open World I don't think I'm being controversial when I say that Mad Max: Fury Road was one of the most impressive movies of the last hundred years (a.k.a. ever).

After a moment's thought, Ulman instructed her nurses to contact a man she had met only once: Stefan Simchowitz, the controversial 44 - year - old movie producer, Internet entrepreneur and industrial scion who over the last seven years has pursued a manic quest to assemble the world's most lucrative collection of emerging contemporary art.

The 2012 movie Never Sorry follows the life and career of controversial Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei between the years of 2008 and 2010.