Sentences with phrase «fi film classics»
Being based on a story by Philip K. Dick, who also penned the inspiration for such sci - fi film classics as Blade Runner and Total Recall, I had some hopes that his intelligence would somehow be able to inspire more cinematic excellence.
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The video confirms Fishburne's earlier hint that the final ad would be a silly parody of the classic 1999 sci - fi film rather than a serious homage.
His films span decades and genres, from sci - fi classics to historical dramas.
Share Facebook 769 Twitter 0 Culture Mindy Kaling, Reese Witherspoon and Oprah are among the stars currently in New Zealand filming a big - screen adaptation of the classic sci - fi novel A...
In the classic 1962 sci - fi film The Day of the Triffids, a race of vicious vegetables spreads terror across the planet after a meteor shower blinds those who have seen it.
Andrew Stanton on his new film, John Carter Almost a century after it was written, Edgar Rice Burroughs's classic sci - fi novel, the swashbuckling interplanetary romance A Princess of Mars, is finally coming to the big screen.
Taken purely as entertainment, Jeff Nichols» film Midnight Special is a smart, tersely constructed sci - fi adventure in the vein of classics such as E.T. and Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
By Sloan De Forest Spanning nine decades and branded by the most trusted authority on film, Turner Classic Movies: Must - See Sci - Fi showcases 50 of the most shocking, weird, wonderful, and mind - bending movies ever made.
In Turner Classic Movies: Must - See Sci - Fi, fifty unforgettable films are profiled, including beloved favorites like The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) and Fantastic Voyage (1966), groundbreaking shockers like Planet of the Apes (1968) and Alien (1979), and lesser - known landmarks like Things to Come (1936) and Solaris (1972).
This is 2012's premiere action film — it's easily on the same level as classic sci - fi masterpieces like «The Terminator» and «RoboCop.»
The film takes place 30 years after Ridley Scott's original 1982 sci - fi noir classic Blade Runner.
A sequel to the original seminal sci - fi classic Blade Runner follows a new agent whose investigation collides with the previous film.
Annihilation is one of the few sci - fi films of this decade that I'll call an instant classic.
He was in The Shimmer, of course, and it's here that sci - fi fans may start to recognize the phantom impression of Andrei Tarkovsky's deep - think genre classics, films like Solaris or Stalker, the latter similarly concerned with the traversing of a mysterious realm.
We hack and slash our way through the E3 demo of this sci - fi action game inspired by Kurosawa's classic film.
Director Ridley Scott has made some classic sci - fi films like Alien and Blade Runner but hasn't had a big hit in awhile.
Based on Jack Finney's classic sci - fi novel «Invasion of the Body Snatchers», the film emphasises the tensions and lack of trust in the Malone family as an alien plot to turn all humans into emotionless, unfeeling «pod people» unfolds around them.
Sci - Fi Movie Page Pick: Based on the classic Robert Heinlein story about alien invaders taking over humans (which served as inspiration later on for the famous 1940s Invasion of the Body Snatchers novel by Jack Finney, which has been filmed three times!).
I have always admired classic 50/60's cheesy sci - fi / horror films growing up and this was a great way to enjoy it on a new level through humor.
David Cronenberg's classic sci - fi film Scanners is mostly known for its iconic exploding head scene.
The highly anticipated sequel to Ridley Scott's 1980s sci - fi classic is directed by Arrival and Sicario filmmaker Denis Villeneuve and takes place 30 years after the events of the first film.
Recommendation: In the vein of a sci fi thriller classic (still too early to say for sure but I already feel pretty comfortable saying it), 10 Cloverfield Lane is a film for adrenaline junkies.
Plus, go behind the scenes of Weta Workshop in New Zealand to learn about the designing of the giant kaiju monsters of Pacific Rim Uprising, and learn some things you might not have known about the sci - fi classic film Logan's Run.
Part terse sci - fi chase thriller, part parenthood parable, this story of a former cult member (Michael Shannon) trying to protect his supernaturally gifted son never lets on more than it needs to, expressing itself in subtleties and nuances in a style that brings to mind classic films by Steven Spielberg and John Carpenter.
The quintessential sequel, the quintessential sci - fi actioner and one of the greatest films ever made, James Cameron's sequel to his breakthrough classic was such a massive upgrade over its predecessor that it ended up decimating the 1984 original in all filmmaking departments with effortless ease, and remains one of the most influential, entertaining and breathtaking action extravaganzas to ever grace our movie screens.
With The Martian and Prometheus 2 on his upcoming slate, it seems that Ridley Scott has decided against taking on the director's chair on Blade Runner 2, although the sequel to the sci - fi classic is still going ahead and will begin filming within the next year, with Harrison Ford confirmed to appear.
As for the film itself, Jose Padilha's team keep promising a different model of the tale unspooled by Paul Verhoeven's 1987 sci - fi classic, with Joel Kinnaman's tragic cop Alex Murphy given a little more humanity.
This film gives the nod to several other sci - fi and classic films by re-enacting scenes from them.
Silent Running is a classic film in the sci - fi genre, although it's one of those films that has little appeal to anyone that typically avoids such fare.
It's also a point of interest that several tracks used in the film were originally composed and arranged by Morricone to be used in John Carpenter's winter set sci - fi classic The Thing, which was also a chamber film and also starred a cold - blooded Kurt Russell.
This is certainly no sci - fi classic and is but another summer film that is good at its best, but I really think that there is an intriguing story here that I wish we could see play out to its conclusion.
The Ava DuVernay - directed film snagged its lead back in July, when Storm Reid boarded the classic sci - fi tale as Meg Murry, the awkward - but - average girl at the center of all the space - time travel.
Awards Daily Sasha compares Oscars to the presidential primaries Guardian one million dollar reward in the case of Judy Garland's missing ruby slippers i09 first look at HBO's series version of the old sci fi classic Westworld FSR checking in with Hayao Miyazaki who is still working — albeit on short films — and experimenting at 74.
The sci - fi / romance hybrid worked wonders for Kaufman on the aforementioned film, a film that has since been decreed a masterpiece as well as a cult classic.
This little gem features American treasure and all - around genre cinema maestro John Carpenter discussing his 1988 sci - fi / action / horror cult classic They Live, going into detail about such things as the conceptual ideas behind the movie's premise, his casting of professional wrestler «Rowdy» Roddy Piper as the protagonist, and the rebellious inspiration for the film's infamous fight scene between Piper and the great Keith David.
Following today's fairly shocking news that Ridley Scott is set to direct a follow - up to his sci - fi classic Blade Runner, Ridley's brother Tony is now gearing up for a remake of the 1969 film The Wild Bunch.
Considered as one of the greatest Carpenter sci - fi action films of all time, Escape From New York was released in 1981 and is now known as a true cult classic.
Another documentary that feels niche on paper is «Jodorowsky's Dune» [B +], in which debut helmer Frank Pavich tells the story of what's often described as one of the greatest films never made: the attempt of Chilean maverick Alejandro Jodorowsky to adapt Frank Herbert «s sci - fi classic «Dune» in the 1970s.
Darkness comes thisclose to reaching sci - fi classic status, but the screenwriters opt to pay homage to old stories instead of charting their own path making it feel more like a remake and not the fresh start suggested by the 2009 film.
Good Kill is the latest feature film from Andrew Niccol, who sci - fi fans will know as the writer / director of the cult classic Gattaca (1997) and more recently for In Time (2011).
No thanks 1950 clearly marked a new dawn in Hollywood sci - fi, with three keys films on the horizon: «Destination Moon», «The Thing from Another World» and this all - time classic.
Sci - fi meets psychology So much snarky fun is made of the high - minded parallels between this pastel - shaded, slightly campy sci - fi classic and the plot of Shakespeare's «The Tempest» that it's easy to overlook the film's many original ideas.
They've also announced dates for some forthcoming films like the sequels to Fifty Shades of Grey, and also shifted some films arriving over the next few years, such as the video game adaptation Warcraft from Duncan Jones, the sci - fi sequel Pacific Rim 2 from Guillermo del Toro and the first official movie that kicks off Universal's classic movie monsters franchise reboot, The Mummy.
A trio of reissues, all 4K restorations, highlight the Labor Day weekend film offerings: Steven Spielberg's 1977 mashed - potato - stacking sci - fi classic «Close Encounters of the Third Kind,» with Richard Dreyfuss; Merchant - Ivory's 1983 India - set drama «Heat...
BBC Culture's recent top 100 left off a great many Asian films, including J - Horror classics Kairo / Pulse, Ju - On and The Ring; the Korean sci - fi allegory Snowpiercer, the Korean horror films Thirst and The Host; the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs, etc..
Synchronicity — Sci - fi can be a tricky bet at smaller festivals like this (especially when you hear them being compared to much larger budget and classic films like Blade Runner), but TAD has chosen a few good ones the last couple of years and with director Jacob Gentry's track record of The Signal behind him, there's at least some solid talent involved.
The only other film to win multiple awards was Denis Villeneuve's «Blade Runner 2049,» the long - awaited sequel to Ridley Scott's 1982 sci - fi classic, which won two prizes: Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction.
A trio of reissues, all 4K restorations, highlight the Labor Day weekend film offerings: Steven Spielberg's 1977 mashed - potato - stacking sci - fi classic «Close Encounters of the Third Kind,» with Richard Dreyfuss; Merchant - Ivory's 1983 India - set drama «Heat and Dust,» starring Julie Christie; and Jacques Becker's 1960 crime drama «Le Trou.»
Spanning nine decades and branded by the most trusted authority on film, Turner Classic Movies: Must - See Sci - Fi showcases 50 of the most shocking, weird, wonderful, and mind - bending movies ever made.
This film shares elements of story and tone with numerous members of the sci - fi / horror / alien genre, including two in particular (an all - time classic, and a recent Oscar winner).