Sentences with phrase «cult hit film»

After viewing his cult hit film Drive, she chose to sue distributor FilmDistrict for misleading her.

Not exact matches

In the much anticipated remake of the 1981 cult - hit horror film, five twenty - something friends become holed up in a remote cabin.

Obviously, the big question regarding The Disaster Artist is whether you need to see The Room before watching it, or if experiencing the cult hit enhances this film.

Word - of - mouth on Reservoir Dogs began to build at the 1992 Sundance Film Festival, which led to scores of glowing reviews, making the film a cult hit.

The film came to fruition as 1993's The Nightmare Before Christmas — an immediate cult hit.

TIMECRIMES (2007) was director Nacho Vigalondo's first feature - length accidental time - travelling cult hit and second film EXTRATERRESTRIAL is the follow - up.

Maybe not ALL his films are hits, but pretty much all of them have some sort of cult following (The Mariachi trilogy, Spy Kids, Sin City, Machete, Dusk Till Dawn, Planet Terror)... and I'll take him over Michael Bay or any other cookie cutter director.

Although the film didn't connect as strongly with mass audiences (although it's considered a «sleeper hit,» you have to wonder what it could have done if it had been released after Whedon's little art house film «The Avengers «-RRB- and more than a few critics found it befuddling and arch (it's neither), «The Cabin in the Woods» is the kind of movie that will ultimately live on as a deserved cult classic, perfect for drunken film studies students and bored kids at slumber parties alike.

The film, which is considered the «' Citizen Kane of bad movies»,» became a cult hit, spawning midnight screenings across the nation and now worldwide where fans quote iconic lines -LSB-...]

Director / writer Joseph Kosinski «s story (the script is credited to Karl Gadjusek and Michael DeBruyn, with William Monahan and Michael Arndt among those who worked on the film too) cribs liberally from other more familiar sci - fi tales, including one recent cult hit which mentioning the name of would likely tip you off to the film's big secrets.

The film, which is considered the «' Citizen Kane of bad movies»,» became a cult hit, spawning midnight screenings across the nation and now worldwide where fans quote iconic lines like «Oh hi, Mark» and «You're tearing me apart, Lisa» as they watch the film onscreen — in between throwing plastic spoons.

A number of viewers have picked up on the Russo» recurring in - film tribute to the cult hit comedy TV series Community.

Instead of the attempts at instant cult films (lookin at you, Sharknado), there are genuine movies that have developed a strong following around them despite not being massive hits upon their release.

There will be those few who will rally a cult following around such a cartoon - y movie although they will have to do so in DVD since the film is getting a very limited release before it hits the living room.

Other than an early scene of Wall Street protesters, they've vaporized the politics and returned to the absurdist stoner silliness that made the first film a cult hit.

This is from the same filmmaker who made the cult horror hit The Loved Ones, and the film first premiered at festivals a few years ago.

Douglas Pipes is a film and television music composer based in Los Angeles, whose feature films include the Academy Award - nominated and Sony animated feature MONSTER HOUSE, the Warner Bros / Legendary Films cult hit TRICK «R TREAT, and the Legendary / Universal Pictures Christmas horror comedy KRAMPUS.

His two biggest films, Office Space and The Idiocracy, went straight to DVD in Britain but became cult hits thanks to their cutting observations about the general stupidity of humanity.

Throughout the early 1980s, he appeared in commercials (including one for Coca - Cola), short films including the NFB drama One Step Away and stage work such as Brad Fraser's cult hit Wolf Boy in Toronto.

«In the much anticipated remake of the 1981 cult - hit horror film, five twenty - something friends who become holed up in a remote cabin where they discover a Book Of The Dead.

But in a few weeks, that might change, because after the film premiered at Sundance back in January, Fox Searchlight are opening «I Origins,» Mike Cahill «s follow - up to his cult hit «Another Earth,» in theaters, and it's right up that sort of street.

Director Wells does open the show up some, but the words and situations are all Letts, who also scored a cult hit last year with the film version of another one of his plays, «Killer Joe.»

In the much anticipated remake of the 1981 cult - hit horror film arriving April 12, «Five twenty - something friends become holed up in a remote cabin.

Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Elizabeth Blackmore and Jessica Lucas also star in the much anticipated remake of the 1981 cult - hit horror film.

Though a box - office disappointment, the film was a critical and cult hit that boosted the reputations of many of those involved with the project.

Director Richard Kelly's follow - up on the enigmatic cult hit Donnie Darko has run into a critical storm: an unfinished version (according to Kelly) was shown at the Cannes film festival where it was boo - ed and got rotten reviews.

It was a hit that got overlooked when another 20th Century Fox science fiction film, a little thing called Star Wars, opened just a few weeks later, but a cult following kept it alive through revival house, college campuses, and video releases ever since.

The Norwegian writer / director blazed into the genre scene with his 2009 insta - cult hit, Dead Snow, a film whose basis cries out to be loved by horror fans «in the know.»

The upcoming horror film is a sequel to the 2008 cult hit.

My Dinner With Andre, directed by Louis Malle from a script by Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory, who play fictionalized versions of themselves, became the surprise indie hit of 1981 and a cult film on the art house circuit.

Based on James O'Barr's 1980s cult comic, the hit 1994 film starred Brandon Lee as Eric Draven, a murdered musician who's resurrected by supernatural means to exact revenge on those who killed him and his fiancee.

At just 21, Maika Monroe seems to be hitting the big time with two consecutive hit film in the cult horror circuit.

Marling — who also co-wrote and co-produced this with director Batmanglij (and has written two other films including the cult hit Another Earth)-- is clearly a roaring talent, and here she inhabits the role of the cold - hearted, all - business operative well, perhaps too well, as this is rather a cold movie, the only person you ever really feel remotely sympathetic to being the shaky - handed, brain - damaged Doc.

BE: A number of surprising films from the «80s have emerged as cult hits.

The film's intelligent selection of rock songs, hilarious stoner dialogue, crude jokes, and endless partying appealed to a particular audience and the film became an immediate cult hit; it was even blessed with midnight showings in certain cities.

Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Elizabeth Blackmore, Lou Taylor Pucci and Jessica Lucas star in the much anticipated remake of the 1981 cult - hit horror film.

Unfortunately, Carpenter can't seem to hit the same heights these days but he was way ahead of his game around this time and this film stands as one of his most recognised and has a fervent cult following.

With «The Hunger Games» hitting cinemas lots have people have been talking about the origins of the idea for a teen death match with many citing the influences of a cult Japanese film «Battle Royale».

But when the stars of the hit Sundance film Z for Zachariah — Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chris Pine and Margot Robbie — show up to Off the Cuff's outdoor set to talk to Peter Travers about adapting the 1974 cult sci - fi novel, none of them can handle the cold.

4 — Which French actress has reportedly hit out at director Quentin Tarantino for his treatment of women in his cult films?

Ace new movie The Disaster Artist — in limited cinemas on December 1 and nationwide from December 6 — is the true story of how one man's dream to make his cinematic masterpiece led to one of the worst films in history, and one of the biggest cult hits.

To date, Halloween Horror Nights will also feature the following mazes: American Horror Story: Roanoke, based on FX's critically - acclaimed, Emmy ® and Golden Globe ® Award - winning television series; The Shining, inspired by the greatest horror film of all time; and Ash vs Evil Dead from the hit cable series based on the cult classic.

2014 didn't have a cult film in the making like What We Do in the Shadows, or a true sleeper like Straight Outta Compton (or Spy, for that matter), or a blockbuster hitting the sweet spot for audiences and critics alike like Mad Max has done, or a traditional standalone nonfranchise blockbuster like The Martian, or an animated film with the acclaim of Inside Out, or a little horror movie that could like It Follows, or an unexpected independent drama that ran forever like Room....2015 was a year like 1999 or 1994.

Wes Anderson's cult hit comedy - his second film after 1996's Bottle Rocket.

Although «Unsane» might require an unusual taste for both high and lowbrow cinema, and its approach may strike celluloid purists as anathema (fear not, Chris Nolan, there's still a place for actual film in the hearts of most movie lovers), Soderbergh's 27th film strikes as an immediate cult hit — the kind whose small budget will ensure success ad infinitum.

Based on a book about the making of The Room — a cult hit widely considered the worst film ever made — The Disaster Artist was directed by Franco, who also stars as its strange subject: Tommy Wiseau, who wrote, directed, produced, and starred in The Room.

Working with some of Hollywood's greatest filmmakers in both independent and studio films, Gyllenhaal starred in Ang Lee's classic «Brokeback Mountain,» for which he received an Oscar ® nomination and won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor; Bong Joon - ho's «Okja;» David Ayer's «End of Watch;» Antoine Fuqua's boxing drama «Southpaw;» Dennis Villeneuve's highly acclaimed films «Prisoners» and «Enemy;» Richard Kelly's cult hit «Donnie Darko;» David Fincher's «Zodiac;» Sam Mendes» «Jarhead;» Nicole Holofcener's «Lovely and Amazing;» Ed Zwick's «Love and Other Drugs,» for which he received a Golden Globe nomination, and Tom Ford's «Nocturnal Animals,» for which he earned a BAFTA nomination.

Though the film grossed only a bit above $ 1 million in theaters, it became a sensation in the rental and nascent sell - thru market — the very definition of a cult hit.

The Disaster Artist, a film about the making of Wiseau's doomed The Room, a movie so bad and weird it became a cult hit.

But that's what Franco's latest feature, «The Disaster Artist,» is, and unlike the picture it's about, the new film is receiving rave reviews, as is Franco for his portrayal of the totally bizarre character who made and starred in the 2003 calamity - turned - cult - hit, Tommy Wiseau.