Sentences with phrase «fi genre flick»

She's come a long way from 1995's Species, and has probably done the best job of career management of any star of a cheap sci - fi genre flick that's spawned direct - to - video sequels of that ilk.

Not exact matches

While Brancato, Ferris and McG can't capture the essence of what made its predecessors riveting entertainment, they have turned in a solid action / sci - fi piece that works better as a genre flick than it does in comparison to the more populist works that were the Cameron entries.
Make no mistake: Spectral combines military action, supernatural horror, and high - tech sci - fi craziness into a broad, familiar, and generally entertaining genre film — but let's just say this flick isn't exactly what we'd call Oscar bait.
Despite devoting roughly half its running time to Ian and Sofi's relationship, I Origins is ultimately not a romance, or at least, not only a romance: As the plot advances, Cahill's film reveals new incarnations of itself in a variety of genre trappings — sci - fi parable, grisly medical drama, globe - trotting thriller, and even, in one bizarre and possibly genius scene, a Saw-esque horror flick.
Dunaway and Wood's primary focus seems to be a brief commentary on all the manner of genres that Linklater has tackled: Sports flick, Bad News Bears; Period piece, Me and Orson Welles; Western, The Newton Boys and Sci - Fi, A Scanner Darkly all get a look in while highlighting his lack of pretension and his ability to dig deeper into more meaningful and intelligent projects.
Young auteurs took the western, the detective movie, the sci - fi flick, the gangster film, and even the «inspirational teacher» genre, and turned them into films as smart and subversive as those below.
Elizabeth Olsen's turn as a recovering cult member plays like a psychological horror film — the latest genre, from sci - fi to action, that arthouse flicks have raided
Rather than spending your time scrolling through categories, trying to track down the perfect film to watch, we've done our best to make it easy for you at Paste by updating our Best Movies to watch on Netflix list each month with new additions and overlooked gems alike, bringing you our favorites from across genres: Oscar - winning dramas, independent and art - house films, action blockbusters, documentaries, comedies, sci - fi flicks and animated movies for both kids and adults.
It also proved that he could competently direct and deliver a big budget sci - fi flick, no small feat when reprising one of the touchstones of the genre.
If there's a genre — sci - fi, western, gangster, thriller, comedy, film noir, buddy flick — that doesn't find its way into Solo, we must have missed it.
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