Sentences with phrase «film debut ever»

Not exact matches

If Black Panther «s own debut and total box - office haul can match its predecessor, the new movie would be among the highest - grossing Marvel films ever.

The film surpassed Frozen's record of $ 67.4 million to earn the biggest debut ever for a non-Pixar Disney animated film, and it also scored the fourth - highest March opening weekend in box office history.

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.

Oldman has largely been seen as the favorite for the prize ever since the film debuted at the Telluride Film Festival in September.

He's had quite an illustrious film career, ever since his debut Sex, Lies & Videotape wowed audiences at Cannes in 1989.

Ever since Nacho Vigalondo's debut feature film Time Crimes came out, he's been a director to keep an eye on.

Making its debut in 3 - D, obviously, «The Nightmare Before Christmas» arrives in a three - disc set that one imagines will be difficult to ever top for home video customers, despite the previous iterations of the film on DVD.

Demetri Martin's directorial debut may be named after his late father, but Martin has dedicated the film to both of his parents, and rightfully so, because it's an incredibly personal piece of storytelling that will resonate with anyone who's ever dealt with the devastating loss of a parent.

It's no wonder her debut as a feature film writer and director would be met with a certain level of expectation, but what she delivers with Lady Bird is something even more magical and grander than could have ever be expected.

The film's estimated three - day gross of $ 192 million is the highest debut ever for a February film and the fifth highest of all time.

Kaluuya, who is hotly anticipated to be nominated for his first ever Oscar for his performance in Get Out, saw his director Jordan Peele win Best Directorial Debut for the satirical horror, which was also named among NBR's top 10 films of the year.

Join him, director Robert Schwentke, and the film's stars as they share footage from the film and debut the final trailer before it's ever in theaters.

How much better can a debut feature realistically get, and why discredit one of the greatest films ever made about race relations by attributing it to Humpty Dumpty?

Verdict: Easily one of our most anticipated of the year, we started to worry if we'd ever see «Snowpiercer,» the English - language debut of Korean master Bong Joon - Ho («The Host,» «Memories Of Murder,» «Mother «-RRB-, given the bubbling controversy over the film and Harvey Weinstein «s intentions to release a severely truncated version.

Ever since New Mutants (Growing Pains) director Josh Boone confirmed that alien X-Men member Warlock would making his debut in the film we've been curious if they'd be going practical or motion capture with his role.

The film debuted in Berlin back in February and has been jumping around Europe ever since.

It's an impressive milestone but one that's not nearly as surprising as the film's highly - lucrative opening weekend take, which shattered expectations like some kind of Colossus — even its February release didn't prevent Deadpool from having the biggest debut for an R - rated film ever.

The five films in this eccentric collection are the hipster youth generation satire Getting Straight with Elliot Gould; the Jeff Goldblum psychics - on - the - run comedy Vibes (notable as the feature debut of Cindi «She - Bop» Lauper); Stephen Frears» first film Gumshoe with Albert Finney; and the first - ever home video releases of Arch Oboler's 1951 end - of - the - world drama Five and Carol Reed's 1959 spy satire Our Man in Havana.

His debut feature 12 Angry Men and several films he made in the 70's (Dog Day Afternoon, Network and Serpico) are all considered some of the finest films ever made.

James Cameron's romantic epic, at the time the most expensive film ever made and the biggest moneymaker of all time, winner of a record - tying 11 Academy Awards (including Best Picture and Best Director), and the film that made Cameron the self - proclaimed «king of the world,» makes its long - awaited Blu - ray debut in both Standard Blu - ray and Blu - ray 3D sets, both of them numbering four discs and both featuring two new, exclusive documentaries.

Though the film's international footprint doesn't include several of the largest markets — China, Russia and Japan — it still ranks among the top 15 global debuts ever.

Park Chan - Wook's (Old Boy) American debut Stoker, an odd little film if ever there was one, has the Asian auteur taking on Hitchcock.

Ever since I stumbled across his 1997 debut film Cube, which still stands up (despite its lesser sequels) as a very novel approach to cerebral horror or dark fantasy or violent sci - fi... -LRB-...)

It is certainly one of the most courageous and passionate portraits of the American underbelly ever put on film, a movie bathed in blood as much as in light, and revisiting the film on its Blu - ray debut, mastered from the brand new digital restoration currently making the rounds on the festival and repertory cinema circuit, only confirms the power of the film to, after all these years, sink the audience into the mind and filthy, fetid world of Travis Bickle.

Jordan Peele is in the midst of campaigning for his debut film Get Out as we draw ever closer to Oscar night, where the first - time director is nominated for a cool four Academy Awards.

First the film posted the top midnight debut ever for a non-sequel, taking in just under $ 20 million.

The story of a little six year old girl who lives at a run - down motel with her on - the - brink mother in the shadow of Disney World in Orlando, Florida, The Florida Project features one of the most incredible child performances I've ever seen from Brooklynn Prince, as well as a fantastic debut role from non-actress Bria Vinaite as the mother / daughter pair that form the film's heart.

A24 has debuted the full - length official trailer for James Franco's The Disaster Artist, the film telling the story of infamous filmmaker Tommy Wiseau and his worst - movie - ever - made The Room (released in 2003).

The film is directed by Joseph Kosinski, whose previous and debut film was TRON: Legacy (which I actually really enjoyed), and has quite an impressive supporting cast including Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace, Seven Psychopaths), Andrea Riseborough (Shadow Dancer), Melissa Leo and Morgan Freeman looking as cool as ever.

«Disobedience» is the English - language debut of Sebastián Lelio, who became Chile's first - ever Academy Award winner with his best foreign language film win for «A Fantastic Woman.»

Then there's director Ryan Coogler, who was already a critical darling with his indie debut film «Fruitvale Station» and his «Rocky» spinoff «Creed,» but now has his blockbuster calling card as the director of one of the biggest hits Hollywood has ever seen.

Besides perennial fan favorites from film, television and comics, they always bring out big guns with guests not only making their Kansas City convention debut but, on occasion, their very first convention appearance ever.

British film director Steve McQueen's 2008 debut film, Hunger, is notable for many reasons: It is a great film, a great debut film, uses an innovative narrative structure, uses interesting cinematography in concert with its soundtrack, makes the best use of ambient sound to have the best non-musical soundtrack I've heard in a long time (if not ever), is the work of a black artist that is not obsessed with black only topics, and shows a maturity and grace that goes beyond even the first films of directors like David Gordon Green, in George Washington, and Terrence Malick, in Badlands.

THE GREASY STRANGLER USA — Dir: Jim Hosking The feature debut of absurdist advertising genius / acclaimed short filmmaker Jim Hosking is the grossest father - son comedy you'll ever see and the weirdest serial killer film on the planet, propelled by an in - your - face drive to baffle, nauseate, and antagonize with its bizarre brand of humor.

On the film side, Sofia Coppola became the second woman ever to win the Cannes Film Festival prize for Best Director for The Beguiled, while Greta Gerwig's directorial debut, Lady Bird, is the best reviewed movie ever on Rotten Tomatoes.

One of the greatest films ever made, Nicholas Ray's subversive, still - radical Johnny Guitar finally makes its North American home video debut with an impressive transfer from Olive Films.

In his debut film, John Wick is introduced as the greatest contract killer who ever lived.

As the 50th full - length animated feature in The Walt Disney Studios» celebrated library and the first animated feature film to ever debut day - and - date on Disney Blu - ray 3D,

The youngest - ever nominee for the Academy Award for lead female actor, Wallis» film debut «Beasts of the Southern Wild» is a tour de force.

When it debuted at various festivals, including the Sundance Film Festival, «Skeleton» received mostly positive reviews, with Variety critic Geoff Berkshire writing that «the biggest surprise for audiences expecting plenty of laughs will be just how effectively both thesps handle the weightier dramatic material in the screenplay... «The Skeleton Twins» captures the way siblings develop their own unique comedic shorthands in a way few films ever have.»

Ovilia d'Abo, in her debut film performance, is fetching as the young princess with an eye for Conan, one of the only men she's ever laid eyes on in her virginal lifetime.

Córki dancingu (The Lure, Agnieszka Smoczyńska, 2015) Because, for a feature film debut, why not make Poland's first ever musical a gloriously camp affair concerning cannibalistic mermaids?

I very much doubt Zahler will ever make a film suitable for the faint hearted but for those who like a bit of the red stuff this is as promising a debut as there has been all year.

Since her debut in Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures, Melanie Lynskey has gone on to star in such films as Ever After, Hello I Must Be Going and Joe Swanberg's forthcoming Digging for Fire.

She received a whole whack of attention for True Grit, her debut feature film performance, culminating in a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the Academy Awards, one of the youngest ever actresses to be nominated.

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) debuted at the Cannes Film Festival back in May, and Adam Sander received some of the best reviews ever, with some critics even saying that the film marked the finest performance of his career.

That's the second biggest international opening for Universal, right behind the $ 160.3 million debut from «Fast & Furious 6,» and the highest international opening for an R - rated film ever.

«Snowpiercer» Easily one of our most anticipated of the year, we started to worry if we'd ever see «Snowpiercer,» the English - language debut of Korean master Bong Joon - ho («The Host,» «Memories Of Murder,» «Mother «-RRB-, given the bubbling controversy over the film and Harvey Weinstein «s intentions to release a truncated version.

«Arbitrage» (Roadside Attractions and Lionsgate) In the shadow of «The Master» but not to go unnoticed was the debut of «Arbitrage,» which found the biggest opening ever for a film opening in both movie theaters and On Demand.

Filmed at Curzon Mayfair, the Oscar - nominated director Greta Gerwig and star of Lady Bird, Saoirse Ronan, offer inspirational insights about making one of the best - reviewed films ever, being a debut female filmmaker, and behind - the - scenes anecdotes.