Sentences with phrase «few bigger films»

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«The studios are doing fewer films and bigger global tent - pole films.

While Black Panther rode a huge wave of critical acclaim and fan excitement to the biggest opening weekend ever for the month of February (and the fifth - largest of all - time), raking in more than $ 426 million worldwide, a small number of Internet trolls still did what they could to dampen the good vibes surrounding the trailblazing film, which features Marvel's first African - American director (Ryan Coogler) and a cast led by black actors such as Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong» o. Starting last week, in the first few days of Black Panther «s highly - anticipated theatrical release, some Twitter accounts started trying to spread false accounts of attacks at screenings of the movie.

But then again, I was one of the few back on the»90s who thought (and who still thinks) that Cameron Crowe's film Almost Famous sucked big time.

What began a few years ago as a trickle of small independent films shot in and around Kingston has of late turned into a veritable flood, including big - budget productions with real movie stars, thanks to a new tax break and efforts by local officials to woo and accommodate the industry.

A few days back, some of the biggest names of Bollywood, the Indian film industry were seen on the red carpet of Zee Cine Awards 2017.

Sam Raimi, who has returned to direct a few of the episodes, has clearly been given a much bigger budget than the original films.

Reservoir Dogs: Bloody Days by Big Star Games is a third - person top - down shooter with few connections to Quentin Tarantino's film other than it being about gangsters with color - coded names; and yet Bloody Days partially succeeds in its aspiration to revive a classic for crime and gangster films, while offering a time - rewind mechanics that helps the game distinct itself from the pool of titles in the top - down shooter category.

Few would dispute that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 concluded things on a high note for the biggest series in film history by earnings and concentration.

He continued doing bit parts, but after 1935, his films grew fewer in number and the parts much bigger.

Co-starring Survivor contestant turned thespian Colleen Haskell, Schneider's tale of a car accident victim imbued with superhuman powers after being pieced back together with animal organs kept the low - brow rolling while marking his territory among the ranks of the more successful transitions from SNL player to big screen star.Later, in the 2000s, Schneider frequently alternated between starring in his own films (The Hot Chick, Duece Bigalow: European Gigolo), and supporting his old pal Sandler (The Longest Yard, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry), with few on either side truly managing to ignite the box office or his career momentum.

When Frankenheimer got a second movie to direct - «The Young Savages» in 1961 - he had a far better time, and he made no fewer than three big films the following year, including «The Manchurian Candidate», an instant classic.

Stone's misguided efforts to turn Alexander into a drama of Shakespearean proportions undoubtedly plays a big role in the film's wildly uneven tone, which flits wildly between talky period piece and flamboyant melodrama (often within the space of a few scenes).

A few scenes are a bit coy and the «big secrets» threaten to pitch into melodrama, but Birmingham keeps bringing the film back to the delicate dynamics of the relationships at its heart.

It's more like «Needful Things,» another good film of a lightweight story, with a few more servings of gore and gross - out humor to hold us over until the next big thing.

The big winner: Winter Sleep, a three hour, sixteen minute long Turkish film from filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan, who last brought his masterful Once Upon a Time in Anatolia to Cannes a few years ago.

, valued laughs over character or theme, and preferred a thousand little gags over a few big laughs (it had no comedic set pieces; the film was the set piece).

He's done a few shorts, and two documentaries, but his three feature films so far — the comedy «The Ape,» the Sal Mineo biopic «Sal,» and Hart Crane tale «The Broken Tower» — haven't exactly become big hits or critical favorites.

Ava DuVernay over the last few years has become a mighty presence in cinema, and an important voice that shines a light on diversity in her films and the stories she tells and while I Will Follow came first and Selma counted as her big break out moment, Middle of Nowhere is what officially started the stir.

Ryan Coogler's Marvel movie is drawing in audiences at a pace only a few films ever released can match, and within the next week it is likely to pass the domestic runs of some of last year's big superhero hits like «Thor: Ragnarok,» «Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

Scoring noticeably fewer films than before, he has concentrated on big - budget studio material at the expense of everything else, seeming to leave behind the smaller movies with which he attracted much of the praise afforded him over the years.

Murphy had scored a big hit just a few months earlier in his film debut, the buddy cop action / comedy 48 Hrs.

Though credit is usually clearly given to the screenwriters most prominently responsible for the film's script, there's usually a few big name writers who spend a short time with a script giving it final touch ups before calling it complete.

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Carell and Fey manage to wring a few laughs out of the material just by being themselves, but, really, the only big laughs in the film come from the numerous cameos.

The cast are quite funny in their roles, and this was one of the few films where Adam Sandler was enjoyable and fun to watch along with others such as Happy Gilmore and Big Daddy.

After spending his last few outings exploring «bigger» and more «complex» films Tarantino returns to his Reservoir Dogs roots with The Hateful Eight.

A few gentle comedy dramas followed with Penny Marshall's Renaissance Man and Herbert Ross» Boys on the Side.Many film roles opened up in the late»90s, from Victor Salva's independent comedy Rites of Passage to the big - budget Robert Zemeckis mystery What Lies Beneath.

There were few surprises in the big film categories, though Richard Gere has snagged a nomination for Arbitrage and The Master is in the race here after being mysteriously ignored by SAG.

Combining a superhero film with a spy thriller, as well as a few new great characters makes this film a big step up from the first.

There's an unbelievable tension present throughout the film, and this is a credit to the performances and the film's very construction, for there are very few «big» things that occur.

The film also has a few big action scenes to sell the spy, James Bond satire, elements.

The film delights in answering very few of the big questions, and features more than its share of ambiguities, which in retrospect is brilliantly at odds with its coldly clinical eye.

Affleck has had quite a decade, after his breakout hit Good Will Hunting alongside pal Matt Damon, he went on to star in a string of hits (and misses), headlining quite a few big budget action films.

«My Happy Family»: We'll have a longer review on this beautiful film in a few days, but this movie about a woman trying to divorce her family is like if «Krisha» spiked the punch at «My Big Fat Greek Wedding.»

In an age where inexpensive, high - quality digital cameras have nominally evened the playing field between the big and small screens, Louis CK's show is one of the precious few that has any right being called «cinematic,» unfurling as a series of short films united by their maker's curiosity regarding family, pop culture and the contours of his narrow worldview.

It likely would've helped for the character to be introduced earlier but instead, he feels like an unnecessary addition (despite the fact that his character is responsible for a few of the film's biggest comedic moments).

A news report out of Detroit has a few big bits of information about Zack Snyder «s Batman v Superman, and the biggest report is that a character long - speculated about will finally appear in the film.

Benjamin Wallfisch seemed likely to become a film composer of real note just a few years ago, writing elegant, classically - styled music of sophistication, suggesting he might follow the path of someone like Alexandre Desplat if he got the big breaks.

A surprise late - film cameo from a member of the usual gang (hint: not Ben Stiller, but the other one) livens things up a little, but it also raises a troubling question: Vaughn, Wilson, and their pals have emerged in the past few years as the most reliable big - budget comic collective since the first batch of Saturday Night Live vets started making movies in the late»70s and early»80s.

Though the film's basis as a big - screen version of Peter M. Lenkov's 2001 comic of the same name doesn't disprove its borrowings from either source of similar material, such associations might actually work in the feature's favour; indeed, the resemblance to both ranks among the movie's few highlights.

Given that Germany, with few exceptions such as the comedy genre and the history film, does not have a well - established genre film tradition anymore (at least not on the big screen), the only way to rejuvenate such a tradition is by explicitly committing to producing many genre films for the cinema.

When: August 1st Why: A few months ago, most people had never even heard of «Guardians of the Galaxy,» but that's quickly changed following the launch of the film's marketing campaign, which suggests that director James Gunn (perhaps Marvel Studio's biggest risk yet) has absolutely nailed the offbeat tone of the comic book.

I have wanted to watch this as a few months ago I didn't really like Russell Brand, however after seeing him on Celebrity Big Brother Hi - Jack (UK) he made me laugh so much... so I'd love to see what he is like in the film.

«When I founded the Institute in 1981, it was at a time when a few studios ran the industry and an artist's biggest concern was whether their film would get made,» said Robert Redford, Founder and President of the Institute.

Movies, best seen in a big dark room full of strangers, are uniquely suited for creating and sustaining a sense of captivating mystery, and few films have done it better this year than Midnight Special, the latest from writer - director Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter, Mud).

There are dozens and dozens of cult film favorites, but with the exception of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, few rival the level of celebration of the Coen brothers» 1998 comedy The Big Lebowski.

Though Darren Aronofsky's latest film doesn't excite me as much as some of the projects he's departed over the past few years, it's encouraging to see a director of his quality being given the money required to do a big movie like this the right way, especially after the disaster of «The Fountain.»

The film's few scares and gory moments fail to compensate for the fact that the story really isn't about anything other than a big monster living in the basement.

Read the rest of Gunn's commentary from the Q&A, in which he and a few guests like brother and actor Sean Gunn give a behind - the - scenes insight about what went into some of the film's biggest moments.

The actor, who starred in one of the big sleeper hits of last year, Gareth Edwards «micro-budget creature flick «Monsters,» last night was announced as having won the second lead in The Playlist's single most anticipated film of the next few years, «Cogan's Trade,» Andrew Dominik «s follow - up to «The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.»