As we pointed out, Kilgrow's design was unlikely to
feature in an action movie.
Aaron Paul completes the leap from television to film very well and I can easily see him becoming a regular
feature in action movies.
Not exact matches
This time, Wix.com launched its Super Bowl marketing campaign on Facebook Live, debuting a video
featuring action movie stars Jason Statham and Gal Gadot fighting
in (and destroying) a restaurant while a distracted chef
in the kitchen reads about a new Wix contest offering users a chance to win up to $ 50,000.
You can now add Pinocchio to a list (that also includes Mulan, Cinderella, Dumbo, The Jungle Book, Alice
in Wonderland and Beauty and the Beast) of classic animated
movies that the studio is — or will soon — turn into live -
action features.
NPR has
featured recipes
in addition to a math - y video with v dramatic music (it's currently playing as I type and it's making everything feel like a fight sequence
in an
action movie.)
WATCH: Some of the best romantic
movies are set
in London (think Notting Hill, Love Actually, and About Time), but popular
feature films such as Skyfall or Sherlock Holmes offer
action - packed alternatives.
As schematic as a popular entertainment needs to be yet refreshingly devoid of significant lulls
in the
action — for exposition, weapon reloading, lovemaking and the like — the film is fast, smart and single - minded, providing not only a satisfying bang for the ever - beleaguered moviegoing buck but memorable debuts for first - time
feature director Mimi Leder and fledgling film studio DreamWorks SKG (Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen)-- as well as ringing confirmation that George Clooney is indeed a
movie star.
The
Movie: The idea of George Clooney playing a (mostly) silent assassin holed up
in the Italian countryside with gorgeous European women sounds like recipe for a solid dramatic experience, so why Focus
Features is marketing «The American» as some sort of
action thriller when
in fact it's an arty European film, will throw some moviegoers off and just outright anger others.
Fuglsig's
feature debut is ultimately less an
action movie and more a procedural, one
in which incremental gains and minimal casualties are as much as can be hoped for.
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While DC's live -
action movies have suffered from the need to appeal to a broad audience, the animated
features have less pressure, and can please the hard - core fans without leaving newcomers
in the dark.
The abundant tropes remind the viewer of those
featured in vehicles favored by the likes of Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, and James Coburn, men's men who made
movies for men that weren't even likely to interest boys with a taste for
action, as the work of the next generation of
action stars (Stallone, Schwarzenegger, and Norris» other slightly younger Expendables cast mates) would.
With Haywire — his 23rd full length
feature — he takes another stylistic left turn this being an independently financed, relatively low budget B -
movie style
action film of which a large portion was filmed
in Dublin back
in 2010.
A
feature - length shootout between two incompetent gangs of criminals, it puts his pitch - black sensibilities on full display while embedding them
in a straightforward, hilarious, and
action - packed
movie.
The
movie's original trailer (2:37), which twice identifies Walken as an Academy Award winner and repeatedly
features white and black rotoscope animation of his character's grenade launcher
action, is nicely included, albeit
in low quality standard definition.
It's difficult to imagine that even an ideal audience — i.e., people who harbor fantasies of being best friends with a president who's willing to kick some ass, and also believe that today's
action movies don't
feature enough knife fighting — would find much to get excited about
in London Has Fallen.
The
movie doesn't just
feature quirky characters, which could have been found
in any film of the time, but flat - out weird characters whose
actions don't serve the narrative — they are simply weird for weird's sake.
The 3 - D retro - conversion of the material is actually quite striking, given the depth - of - field used
in the cinematography, and all of the
action and movement the
movie features.
Animated
feature «The Croods» «Despicable Me 2» WINNER: «Frozen» «Monsters University» «The Wind Rises»
Action movie «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» «Iron Man 3» WINNER: «Lone Survivor» «Rush» «Star Trek Into Darkness» Actor in an action movie Henry Cavill — «Man of Steel» Robert Downey Jr. — «Iron Man 3» Brad Pitt — «World War Z» WINNER: Mark Wahlberg — «Lone Survivor» Actress in an action movie WINNER: Sandra Bullock — «Gravity» Jennifer Lawrence — «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» Evangeline Lilly — «The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug» Gwyneth Paltrow — «Iron Man 3» Comedy WINNER: «American Hustle» «Enough Said» «The Heat» «This Is the End» «The Way Way Back» «The World's End» Actor in a comedy Christian Bale — «American Hustle» WINNER: Leonardo DiCaprio — «The Wolf of Wall Street» James Gandolfini — «Enough Said» Simon Pegg — «The World's End» Sam Rockwell — «The Way Way Back» Actress in a comedy WINNER: Amy Adams — «American Hustle» Sandra Bullock — «The Heat» Greta Gerwig — «Frances Ha» Julia Louis - Dreyfus — «Enough Said» Melissa McCarthy — «The Heat» Sci - fi / horror movie «The Conjuring» WINNER: «Gravity» «Star Trek Into Darkness» «World War Z» Foreign language film WINNER: «Blue Is the Warmest Color» «The Great Beauty» «The Hunt» «The Past» «Wadjda» Documentary feature «The Act of Killing» «Blackfish» «Stories We Tell» «Tim's Vermeer» WINNER: «20 Feet from Stardom» Song «Atlas» — Coldplay — «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» «Happy» — Pharrell Williams — «Despicable Me 2» WINNER: «Let It Go» — Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson - Lopez — «Frozen» «Ordinary Love» — U2 — «Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom» «Please Mr. Kennedy» — Justin Timberlake, Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver — «Inside Llewyn Davis» «Young and Beautiful» — Lana Del Rey — «The Great Gatsby» Score WINNER: Steven Price — «Gravity» Arcade Fire — «Her» Thomas Newman — «Saving Mr. Banks» Hans Zimmer — «12 Years a Slave&
Action movie «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» «Iron Man 3» WINNER: «Lone Survivor» «Rush» «Star Trek Into Darkness» Actor
in an
action movie Henry Cavill — «Man of Steel» Robert Downey Jr. — «Iron Man 3» Brad Pitt — «World War Z» WINNER: Mark Wahlberg — «Lone Survivor» Actress in an action movie WINNER: Sandra Bullock — «Gravity» Jennifer Lawrence — «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» Evangeline Lilly — «The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug» Gwyneth Paltrow — «Iron Man 3» Comedy WINNER: «American Hustle» «Enough Said» «The Heat» «This Is the End» «The Way Way Back» «The World's End» Actor in a comedy Christian Bale — «American Hustle» WINNER: Leonardo DiCaprio — «The Wolf of Wall Street» James Gandolfini — «Enough Said» Simon Pegg — «The World's End» Sam Rockwell — «The Way Way Back» Actress in a comedy WINNER: Amy Adams — «American Hustle» Sandra Bullock — «The Heat» Greta Gerwig — «Frances Ha» Julia Louis - Dreyfus — «Enough Said» Melissa McCarthy — «The Heat» Sci - fi / horror movie «The Conjuring» WINNER: «Gravity» «Star Trek Into Darkness» «World War Z» Foreign language film WINNER: «Blue Is the Warmest Color» «The Great Beauty» «The Hunt» «The Past» «Wadjda» Documentary feature «The Act of Killing» «Blackfish» «Stories We Tell» «Tim's Vermeer» WINNER: «20 Feet from Stardom» Song «Atlas» — Coldplay — «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» «Happy» — Pharrell Williams — «Despicable Me 2» WINNER: «Let It Go» — Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson - Lopez — «Frozen» «Ordinary Love» — U2 — «Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom» «Please Mr. Kennedy» — Justin Timberlake, Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver — «Inside Llewyn Davis» «Young and Beautiful» — Lana Del Rey — «The Great Gatsby» Score WINNER: Steven Price — «Gravity» Arcade Fire — «Her» Thomas Newman — «Saving Mr. Banks» Hans Zimmer — «12 Years a Slave&
action movie Henry Cavill — «Man of Steel» Robert Downey Jr. — «Iron Man 3» Brad Pitt — «World War Z» WINNER: Mark Wahlberg — «Lone Survivor» Actress
in an
action movie WINNER: Sandra Bullock — «Gravity» Jennifer Lawrence — «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» Evangeline Lilly — «The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug» Gwyneth Paltrow — «Iron Man 3» Comedy WINNER: «American Hustle» «Enough Said» «The Heat» «This Is the End» «The Way Way Back» «The World's End» Actor in a comedy Christian Bale — «American Hustle» WINNER: Leonardo DiCaprio — «The Wolf of Wall Street» James Gandolfini — «Enough Said» Simon Pegg — «The World's End» Sam Rockwell — «The Way Way Back» Actress in a comedy WINNER: Amy Adams — «American Hustle» Sandra Bullock — «The Heat» Greta Gerwig — «Frances Ha» Julia Louis - Dreyfus — «Enough Said» Melissa McCarthy — «The Heat» Sci - fi / horror movie «The Conjuring» WINNER: «Gravity» «Star Trek Into Darkness» «World War Z» Foreign language film WINNER: «Blue Is the Warmest Color» «The Great Beauty» «The Hunt» «The Past» «Wadjda» Documentary feature «The Act of Killing» «Blackfish» «Stories We Tell» «Tim's Vermeer» WINNER: «20 Feet from Stardom» Song «Atlas» — Coldplay — «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» «Happy» — Pharrell Williams — «Despicable Me 2» WINNER: «Let It Go» — Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson - Lopez — «Frozen» «Ordinary Love» — U2 — «Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom» «Please Mr. Kennedy» — Justin Timberlake, Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver — «Inside Llewyn Davis» «Young and Beautiful» — Lana Del Rey — «The Great Gatsby» Score WINNER: Steven Price — «Gravity» Arcade Fire — «Her» Thomas Newman — «Saving Mr. Banks» Hans Zimmer — «12 Years a Slave&
action movie WINNER: Sandra Bullock — «Gravity» Jennifer Lawrence — «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» Evangeline Lilly — «The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug» Gwyneth Paltrow — «Iron Man 3» Comedy WINNER: «American Hustle» «Enough Said» «The Heat» «This Is the End» «The Way Way Back» «The World's End» Actor
in a comedy Christian Bale — «American Hustle» WINNER: Leonardo DiCaprio — «The Wolf of Wall Street» James Gandolfini — «Enough Said» Simon Pegg — «The World's End» Sam Rockwell — «The Way Way Back» Actress
in a comedy WINNER: Amy Adams — «American Hustle» Sandra Bullock — «The Heat» Greta Gerwig — «Frances Ha» Julia Louis - Dreyfus — «Enough Said» Melissa McCarthy — «The Heat» Sci - fi / horror
movie «The Conjuring» WINNER: «Gravity» «Star Trek Into Darkness» «World War Z» Foreign language film WINNER: «Blue Is the Warmest Color» «The Great Beauty» «The Hunt» «The Past» «Wadjda» Documentary
feature «The Act of Killing» «Blackfish» «Stories We Tell» «Tim's Vermeer» WINNER: «20 Feet from Stardom» Song «Atlas» — Coldplay — «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» «Happy» — Pharrell Williams — «Despicable Me 2» WINNER: «Let It Go» — Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson - Lopez — «Frozen» «Ordinary Love» — U2 — «Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom» «Please Mr. Kennedy» — Justin Timberlake, Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver — «Inside Llewyn Davis» «Young and Beautiful» — Lana Del Rey — «The Great Gatsby» Score WINNER: Steven Price — «Gravity» Arcade Fire — «Her» Thomas Newman — «Saving Mr. Banks» Hans Zimmer — «12 Years a Slave»
Yesterday
in Hall H at the San Diego Comic Con, the new company FilmDistrict presented a panel
featuring two films: Don't Be Afraid of the Dark and Drive, the latter being the sort - of
action movie that won Nicolas Winding Refn the Best Director award at Cannes this year.
Goodman also discussed the process of starring
in such an
action - driven film that only
features three characters throughout the majority of the narrative, after starring
in movies that have
featured notable ensemble casts.
The first insight that screenwriter Ben Queen has abandoned almost all that came before arrives
in the prologue, an
action sequence set on an oil rig
in the middle of the ocean and
featuring a character that has nothing to do with the specific plot or general tone of the previous
movie.
The zone has been
featured prominently
in the universe of Superman but this
movie gets much mileage out of its ability to bring characters and ideas from other stories into this
action - packed spectacle.
Johnson, like Vin Diesel, too quickly ditched the
action hero career
in favor of kiddie
movies before
featuring in any awesome
action flicks.
Here's another new
movie still
featuring Sylvester Stallone
in the upcoming
action film «The Expendables» by...
Director Guy Ritchie is being quite honest
in this new clip: A Game of Shadows will basically
feature everything that the filmmaker's first Sherlock Holmes
movie had (murder - mystery plot mechanics, witty banter, stylized
action, and explosive set pieces) and make it even more plentiful or flashier -
in the hopes that moviegoers will enjoy this new cinematic roller coaster ride across 19th century Europe.
The
movie features big performances (Gyllenhaal oscillates between squeaky Willy Wonka to drunken Steve Irwin, while Swinton,
in braces and a blonde bob, is a twisted delight), big
action (including a thrilling chase sequence through Seoul set to mariachi music), and some big pigs (that look like inflated Fiona the baby hippopotamuses).
Already a global hit, the DreamWorks animated adventure «Home» opens
in America this weekend,
featuring a leading couple that would be hard to imagine starring together
in a live -
action movie: «The Big Bang Theory» star,...
The Cannes Film Festival has proven a fertile space for the release of the best the country has on offer to Western markets, and following the success of Yeon - Sang - ho's extraordinary zombie film Train to Busan
in 2016, Cannes» Midnight Screenings this year
featured Jung Byung - gil's high - octane female - centred
action movie The Villainess.
Extras: Audio commentary by critic and author Jasper Sharp on «Smashing the 0 - Line»; «Tony Rayns on the Crime and
Action Movies»
in which the critic and historian discusses the background to the films, their place within Suzuki's career and the talent involved with them; trailers; stills gallery; reversible sleeves
featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys; 60 - page illustrated collector's book
featuring new writing by Jasper Sharp.
This is all the more appropriate since, as a whole, Civil War can be summed as part effective superhero
action / thriller, but also equal parts, if not more so, engaging dramatic / psychological thriller that
features Earth's Mightiest Heroes; though admittedly, while the title might suggest otherwise, Civil War is only really a superhero war
movie in a figurative sense.
I prefer not to see the characters as cliches from an
action movie, but more an homage to
movies from the 70s, 80s and 90s which
feature would - be enemies coming together
in a close - quarters program (such as summer camp or high school) and working to defeat a major threat.
Both
movies will probably be pretty interchangeable
in terms of plot and
action, but while «White House Down»
features the more box office - friendly duo of Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx, I'd take Gerard Butler and Aaron Eckhart any day of the week.
Alternating at times between a variety show and a business meeting, Sony's presentation
featured everything from Will Ferrell promoting the comedy «Holmes & Watson» by singing «My Heart Will Go On» and talking about winning $ 50,000 playing roulette earlier
in the evening, to actress Gina Rodriguez,
in support of the
action pic «Miss Bala,» stressing the importance of the Latino
movie - going audience.
Acclaimed TV director Yann Demange delivers a notable debut
feature, an exhilarating
action movie that has more
in common with the work of Walter Hill or John Carpenter than it does with other depictions of The Troubles
in recent British cinema.
For as long as they're on screen, Captain America: Civil War becomes a better
movie, and the extended
action sequence
in which they are both
featured is the highlight of the entire experience,
in part because it pauses to allow for joking dialogue and an assessment of the situation; the fights have meaning and reflect the characters involved.
When: January 13th Why: It's pretty funny that a
movie about counterfeiting should turn out to be an imitation itself (the Icelandic film on which its based
featured the U.S. version's director, Baltasar Kormákur,
in the lead role), but despite the fact that its clichéd plot seems to have been ripped off from a number of generic
action thrillers just like it, «Contraband» has one thing that a lot of those films didn't — a killer ensemble cast.
Blu - ray and Digital Bonus Materials Include: «Flopsy Turvy» Mini
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In The Making 4K Ultra HD Includes:
Feature film presented with high dynamic range and Dolby Atmos sound Also includes the film and special
features on the included high - def Blu - ray PETER RABBIT ™ has a run time of approximately 95 minutes and is rated PG for some rude humor and
action.
Warner Bros has unleashed another new trailer they're calling the «Blitz» trailer for David Ayer's Suicide Squad,
featuring a fantastic assortment of DC villains
in an
action - packed, dark comedy super-villain R - rated comic book
movie.
The third Yo - kai Watch
movie, called Yo - kai Watch: Sora Tobu Kujira to Sekai no Dai Bouken da Nyan (
featuring animated and live -
action scenes), will open on December 17th
in Japan.
«It's not surprising that Blue Ruin is winning raves, for Saulnier's second
feature has certain cinematic and narrative values that one doesn't often see
in American
movies, particularly
action movies — and it does belong to this category, however distantly removed it is from what the words»
action movie» have come to promise (i.e., fireballs, robots, robots throwing fireballs).
The trailer
features lots of over-the-top
action sequences — it is a Statham
movie after all — and even de Niro looks like he's ready to get stuck
in.
Disney let it leak two years ago that one of the things they had stewing
in their pot was a live -
action movie featuring Maleficent, the villain (and fan favorite of everybody who found Sleeping Beauty «s heroine a little flat) of one of Disney's most historically important animated films.
Even with a richer, darker, more
action - packed premise; a more intriguing world; and a cast
featuring some quality UK thespians with actual acting chops
in the leads, there is just no denying that the story and the
movie are both sub-par, forgettable - and worst of all, crushingly boring by the end.
These factors are what ultimately raise Black Panther above much of the same old superhero
movies featuring mostly white people performing the same old stunts
in the cliched confrontations for their cliched space
in the myopic realm of
action movies of good versus «evil» churned out by Hollywood for too many decades.
With clever schemes, hilarious mix - ups and non-stop
action all part of the game, Mary - Kate and Ashley are
in for some fancy footwork
in their all - new
feature - length
movie!
above much of the same old superhero
movies featuring mostly white people performing the same old stunts
in the cliched confrontations for their cliched space
in the myopic realm of
action movies of good versus «evil» churned out by Hollywood for too many decades.
They also remember this is a Marvel
movie and set a furious pace with dynamic
action set pieces that include a heist
in London, a hyperkinetic car chase
in South Korea and a battle royale back home
featuring armor - plated rhinos.
«Frozen» took home the Best Song and Best Animated
Feature wins and «Lone Survivor» finally got a little awards season love, winning Best
Action Movie and Best Actor
in an
Action Movie for Mark Wahlberg's work.
It's a tall order to deliver a satisfying, well - rounded comic - book story
in the seventy - seven minutes allotted to Timm's team for these animated
features, but with its colorful, exciting
action and well - defined emotional underpinnings, Batman: Under the Red Hood is the best yet
in the DC Universe Animated Original
Movies line.