Sentences with phrase «debut on the big screen»

Yet the actress's resume demonstrates far greater versatility than this, and it may surprise fans to discover that she claims several decades of credits in multiple genres.Born on July 3, 1970, in Orangeburg, South Carolina, Smith debuted on the big screen at 11, as a dancer, in mogul Ray Stark's multimillion - dollar production of Annie (1982).

It helps quite a bit that director Rupert Goold, in his debut on the big screen, contributes a quiet but riveting reconstruction of a relationship between an accused murderer and a disgraced reporter.

The superhero craze has been about escapism since 2002, when Spider - Man, New York's superhero, debuted on the big screen to charm an America that had been ravaged by the events of September 11, less than a year before.

The young, unmarried couple is played by Shane Murray Corcoran (King Arthur, Angelas Ashes) and Iseult Casey, who makes her debut on the big screen.

Finding its way to the DVD format just a couple of weeks before another haunted house flick (Cold Creek Manor) debuts on the big screen, veteran television director Dan Curtis's horror quickie is one of those comfortable relics that doesn't scare so much as mildly chill, offering countless opportunities to shout at the screen without any sort of discernible payoff — until the end, that is, but even that shocker of a conclusion has been telegraphed since at least the midway point of the first act, muffling its surprise.

Numerous shorts, loosely based around the dual concepts of «Concrete and Flux,» will debut on the big screen, followed by Q&A sessions with the artists.

Not exact matches

The networking technology giant said Tuesday that it would debut a high - tech version of the traditional whiteboard dubbed the Spark Board that will let people scribble their notes and organize meetings on a big, digital screen.

The De La Salle High School football team is set to make its big - screen debut when Neil Hayes» splendid book, «When the Game Stands Tall,» gets the full - on «Coach Carter» treatment from director Thomas Carter and Mandalay Entertainment.

As great as it is to have them available, though, try to catch the episodes on the big screen as they are beautifully shot, and if you check your local listings you might still find episode one playing between now and the debut of episode two on January 13th.

Director Leder, who cut her teeth on television's «E.R.», makes an outstanding big - screen debut.

Crosby managed to score on radio in 1931, and a series of two - reel comedies made for Mack Sennett helped him launch a screen career; his starring feature debut was in 1932's The Big Broadcast.

He made his big screen debut in Spike Lee's Crooklyn (1994), and he subsequently appeared in Lee's Clockers (1995), Girl 6 (1996), and Get on the Bus (1996), the last of which cast him as a gay man on his way to the 1995 Million Man March in Washington, D.C.Some of Washington's other memorable credits during the»90s included the Hughes brothers» Dead Presidents (1995), the warmly received ensemble romantic comedy Love Jones (1997), Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight (1998), in which Washington gave a memorable turn as a scheming con's violent brother - in - law; Warren Beatty's Bulworth (1998), and Clint Eastwood's True Crime (1999), which cast Washington as a man awaiting execution on death row after being falsely accused of murder.

Following the series» demise in 1991, Helgenberger returned to television guest - star status on ER, where she had a four - episode - long recurring role, and in the miniseries The Tommyknockers.A presence on the big screen since 1989, when she made her feature - film debut in Steven Spielberg's romantic fantasy Always, Helgenberger has played a wide variety of roles in films ranging from Species (1995) to the moody The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997) to Steven Soderbergh's widely acclaimed Erin Brockovich (2000).

The first feature from Rupert Goold, artistic director of London's Almeida Theatre, the film owes a dramatic and stylistic debt to Capote, another stage veteran's big - screen debut about the complicated relationship between a prisoner facing a murder rap and the writer looking to capitalize on his experiences.

In 2000, he finally earned recognition as a talented young actor, thanks to his role as Laura Linney's wry, observant son in Kenneth Lonergan's much - acclaimed directorial debut You Can Count on Me, causing both critics and audiences to remark that perhaps big screen bankability had not been limited solely to Culkin the Eldest.

So this summer's big - screen debut of Judy Moody - the spirited, red - haired third - grade heroine of Megan McDonald's wildly popular tween - lit series - brings on a wave of nostalgia accompanied, unfortunately, by a great big yawn that will surely be experienced by parents hoping for a spark of irreverence à la Pippi or the broad comic appeal found in most theatrical family fare these days.

Luke made a marvellous first impression on his big - screen debut three years ago in «Antwone Fisher», but since then he's kept his appearances for stultifying dross like «Biker Boyz» and «Spartan».

Nearly 25 years after the sitcom debuted, Edina and Patsy arrive on the big screen to continue their drunken antics, although without the usual enthusiastic laugh - track everything feels eerily muted.

The smash hit that sky rocketed John Travolta and debuted Olivia Newton - John on the big screen.

Allison Williams will also surprise in her debut role on the big screen with her twist on the «good girl,» a role that audiences often associate her with HBO's Girls.

Like fellow TV legend J.J. Abrams on «Mission: Impossible III,» Whedon's big - screen debut, «Serenity» had its moments, but felt more like television than a movie.

Ripley is engulfed by darkness and despair in director David Fincher's claustrophobic and underrated big - screen debut (which looks a lot better in light of Seven — photographed by Alien Resurrection cinematographer Darius Khondji — and The Game), as she crash lands on Fiorina «Fury» 161, a remote, nearly deserted, Class C Prison, maximum security, Double Y Chromosome - Work Correctional Facility after drifting in space — again — for an unspecified time.

Picking up shortly after the events of Captain America: Civil War, which gave the character his big - screen debut, Black Panther finds Wakanda's crown prince, T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman, with a purring accent), returning to take on the mantle after the death of his father.

The Power Rangers are back on the big screen for the third time after the television series debuted on August 28, 1993.

After 18 years (and counting) of laughs on the small screen, The Simpsons make their big screen debut Friday.

No, he's not hitting on older actresses this time, but instead debuting the look of his next role, that of Ig from the big - screen adaptation Joe Hill's supernatural thriller Horns.

Bryan Lee O'Malley's guitar - slinging Canadian comic book hero Scott Pilgrim came into the world in 2004, and after a series of five award - winning graphic novels (and a 6th debuting on July 20th) Scott Pilgrim makes his big screen debut with Canuck cult actor Michael Cera in the lead, Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright at the helm, and a cast that includes Kieran Culkin, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and indie favourite Jason Schwartzman!

None of the living Muppet performers or celebrity guests show up to reflect on the Muppets» big screen debut.

Joss Whedon — «Serenity» We dithered about putting Whedon on this list, but more about whether he should be here for «The Avengers» or for «Serenity,» because while the latter is definitely his big - screen directorial debut, it is also based on a pre-existing TV show, and was seemingly collectively wished into being purely by «Firefly» fans rankling at the show's early cancellation.

That was our big takeaway from earlier this year when we went hands - on extensively with it following its surprise debut at the new iPad event where it helped show off that device's power and actual HD screen...

Peter Pan has seen many incarnations on the big screen including the Disney film, which debuted in 1953.

While we still (patiently) wait on localization for the electric mouse's deductive debut on 3DS, Omega Underground has reported Detective Pikachu's big screen adaptation is set to start production in London, UK on January 15th, 2018.

«Community» directors Joe and Anthony Russo landed the upcoming «Captain America» sequel, «Game of Thrones» director Alan Taylor just crushed the global box office with «Thor: The Dark World,» and on a smaller scale, earlier this year «Six Feet Under» and «United States of Tara» writer / producer Jill Soloway made her big screen debut with «Afternoon Delight.»

For Gerwig, the prospect of bringing the two together on the big screen in her directorial debut was thrilling.

The brainchild of Bob Rafelson, making his directorial debut; his producing partner and Monkees cocreator Bert Schneider; and Jack Nicholson, a coscreenwriter on the project, Head was the fanciful beginning and ignominious end of the TV - bred supergroup's big - screen career.

In a week that sees Marvel's The Punisher and Warner Bros» Justice League debuting on the small and big screens, respectively, the November 21 launch of Marvel's Runaways is a refreshingly different and successful take on the super-powered genre.

So, it's not surprising that an impressive number of powerful women were also honored for their work both on the small screen, with Big Little Lies and The Handmaid's Tale, and on the big screen, with first - time writer - director Greta Gerwig winning Best Motion Picture, Comedy for her directorial debut, Lady Bird, along with leading lady, Saoirse Ronan winning Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, ComeBig Little Lies and The Handmaid's Tale, and on the big screen, with first - time writer - director Greta Gerwig winning Best Motion Picture, Comedy for her directorial debut, Lady Bird, along with leading lady, Saoirse Ronan winning Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Comebig screen, with first - time writer - director Greta Gerwig winning Best Motion Picture, Comedy for her directorial debut, Lady Bird, along with leading lady, Saoirse Ronan winning Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy.

Entertainment Tonight ran a behind the scenes feature on Christina Aguilera «s live - action big screen film debut Burlesque.

Can lightning strike two years in a row for scrappy, low - budget indie debuts set in largely African - American communities that are seldom seen on the big screen?

Worst of all, the $ 1 million price on Buddy's head triggers a race between seven bad - ass assassins: Acosta (Nestor Carbonell), the Tremor brothers (Chris Pine, Kevin Durand and Maury Sterling), Lazlo Soot (Tommy Flanagan) and, last but not least, the bootylicious pair of Georgia Sykes (Alicia Keys, in her big - screen dramatic debut) and Sharice Watters (Taraji P. Henson).

Based on Claude - Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil's blockbuster musical, which has been seen by nearly 60 million people worldwide since its 1985 debut, this ambitious big - screen adaptation may be short on subtlety, but it comes up huge for sheer gobsmacking sentiment.

Director Tim Pope, making his big screen debut, does little more than ape the quick - edit style Alex Proyas used in the original film; his idea of a fresh touch is lingering on S&M kinks which, quite frankly, are boring.

Tom Hanks, «He Knows You're Alone» In one of the first films to come out of the slasher film golden age, Hanks made his big - screen debut as Elliot, a psychology student who develops a crush on a girl being stalked by a serial killer.

The Danvers version of the character will make her big - screen debut in Joe and Anthony Russo's Avengers: Infinity War — Part I, which is scheduled to hit the big screen May 4, 2018 before Captain Marvel debuts on March 8, 2019.

The other part is that the world of Black Panther is being seen on the big screen for the first time and Marvel is known for going all - out when debuting a new character or part of its universe.

Paul & Mogel have put together a comedy that is vastly superior to their previous big screen scripting work on Yes Man, and The D - Train is an admirable, bold directorial debut that should make the duo quite the commodity when it comes to directing in the comedy world.

The God of Thunder's big screen debut arrives on Blu - ray with hours of bonus material highlighted by an incredibly in - depth audio commentary by director Kenneth Branagh where he discusses his various artistic decisions in making the film.

Please get down to the world famous PCC and see my debut feature «A Fistful Of Fingers» on the big screen again.

But prior to the debut of Jurassic World on the big screen, there was plenty of hype built through trailers, previews, and cross-branded promotions.

The Girl on the Train was Canada's bestseller as readers anticipate the novel's big - screen debut next October.