Sentences with phrase «film hits its mark»

As a director, Oliver Stone's films hit the mark more than they miss and always try to make a statement about the world we...

Not exact matches

2016 featured a $ 2 billion box office from Star Wars: The Force Awakens and four other films that either hit $ 1 billion or came within inches of that mark.

The film is in the hands of Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal (the director and screenwriter of The Hurt Locker, which you may remember for winning every Oscar ever) and will hit theaters shortly before next year's presidential election...

To mark the 60th anniversary of its original release, a restored HD version of the classic British animation film has hit the shelves.

Nearly every one of the film's emotional scenes is too predictable to hit its mark, but Mr. Jones's dry delivery has its moments.

«Just Go with It» has major problems with its lack of wit and exhausted repeated jokes, but thankfully, Aniston's performance is able to boost up the comedy in the film; adding to an amount that ranks higher than many other films that try the same formula of comedy as of this film With Sandler's and Aniston's connection being believable, «Just Go with It» manages to hit the mark for several adults and teens to enjoy.

Shameless, Season 3, Episode 9: Shameless Director Mark Mylod discusses filming the scene where Mandy hits Karen with a car.

Still, there were hits aplenty: a whopping 13 individual films grossed more than $ 200 million domestically in 2013, with four surpassing the $ 300 million mark.

Throughout the film there are several cinematic camera tricks, which hit the mark about half the time (and are annoying the other half), and overall the performances of the cast are good, though I thought that the cheerleader's portrayal was a bit uneven, perhaps due to the script that had her alternatevely playing hot and cold.

It's straightforward and hits all the expected notes, although it's frustrating that the film is winding - down just as it starts to get really interesting, when Salinger is pursued by Holden Caulfield wannabes, a weird aspect that persisted for years (John Lennon's murderer, Mark David Chapman, was among those obsessed with the novel).

Biography: Mark Addy is best known for his role as Dave Althorpe in 1997's box - office hit film «The Full Monty,» which received a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast.

Shot outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget, by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, Night of the Living Dead, directed by horror master George A. Romero, is a great story of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box - office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time.

First, an almost flawless first time original screenplay by Aaron Guzikowski, whose only other writing credit was for his adaptation of the Icelandic film that became the Mark Wahlberg hit «Contraband.»

The film, which will see the return of Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Isla Fisher, Michael Caine, Mark Ruffalo and Morgan Freeman, will hit Stateside cinemas on the 10th June, 2016.

Its sequel, «Despicable Me 2,» did gangbusters numbers, just $ 30 million shy of hitting the vaunted $ 1 billion mark, making for the third highest grossing animated film of all time behind «Frozen» and «Toy Story 3.»

Shot outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, Night of the Living Dead, directed by horror master GEORGE A. ROMERO, is one of the great stories of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box - office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time.

The film, which is considered the «' Citizen Kane of bad movies»,» became a cult hit, spawning midnight screenings across the nation and now worldwide where fans quote iconic lines like «Oh hi, Mark» and «You're tearing me apart, Lisa» as they watch the film onscreen — in between throwing plastic spoons.

Box Office: «G.I. Joe: Retaliation» may not have hit the first film's $ 54.7 million mark, but $ 41.2 million on a $ 11,078 per theater average is still a very solid start.

It hit the comedic mark in many moments and was not a rehash of other films of this genre.

Jokes in the film do not always hit the mark, but when they do, they are very funny.

There are direct references to all sorts of films, each one hitting its mark with laughter; a certain dialogue exchange centered on Home Alone is a hoot.

Much like many of its predecessors, its themes about family are obviously stated but here, those lines hit harder considering that this film marks the final onscreen appearance of Paul Walker, who tragically died during production.

Much like many of its predecessors, its themes about family are obviously stated but here, those lines hit harder considering that this film marks the final onscreen appearance of Paul...

Fans of muscular, no - nonsense crime films, you need to mark your diaries for this when it hits in 2014.

That fact really helps hit home every emotional mark in the film.

Last week we saw a poster and two TV spots from the upcoming Will Ferrell / Mark Wahlberg comedy Daddy's Home [watch them here] and now Paramount Pictures has released a new clip from the film entitled «Hitting the Cheerleaders».

There's no way to get around it, while the film is funny overall there are points where it does quite hit the mark, but it's to be expected from any comedy.

Night of the Living Dead (1968) Shot outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, «Night of the Living Dead,» directed by horror master George A. Romero, is one of the great stories of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box - office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time.

Their scenes together hit the mark and even touch the heart, but it is still the back and forth with mom that lifts this film to a whole other level as further friction is caused when Lady Bird secretly applies to a New York University against the wishes of her mother who wants her to stay close to home.

«Jumanji» has proven a surprise hit for Sony, with this weekend marking the third in a row that the film has topped the box office despite strong challenges from Fox's «The Post» and several other openers.

In fact the whole middle section when they settle in their hometown for a couple of days unsettles the film quite a bit as the humour and drama doesn't always hit the mark.

I tried while watching the film, but my arm hurt before it hit the halfway mark.

And then there are films like this that not only hit all those marks, but manage to take it just a tiny step further.

Director Gracey, choreographer Ashley Wallen, songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (of «La - La Land») and cinematographer Seamus McGarvey («Atonement,» «The Avengers») think about each number as a self - contained short film, with its own «story» and little marks that the major characters have to hit in order to progress.

Simultaneously stupefyingly dull and attempting to be far too clever, I made it to the midway mark before deciding that the lesson the film was rather brilliantly and ironically teaching me about life being too short to spend it doing things you don't want to do meant that I could hit the off button and put myself out of my misery.

Executive produced by Jay and Mark Duplass, the film was a hit at Sundance, where it was snapped up by Magnolia Pictures.

It marks the third collaboration between Johnson, Peyton, Flynn and Garcia, following the international blockbuster hit San Andreas, Warner Bros.» highest grossing film of 2015, as well as 2012's global smash Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.

Jay is currently on Transparent, the smash hit series on Amazon Instant, and Mark continues to flit between television projects (The League, Togetherness) and indie films like The One I Love (TFF 2014).

The cast had to prepare long and hard to hit every cue and mark at just the right time, or the filming would have to start all over again.

This entertaining film marks the directorial debut for Aaron Sorkin, the Oscar - winning screenwriter of a number of hit movies (Social Network, Moneyball) who wrote this screenplay as well.

With their real - life superhero series complete, Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr. reflect on the legacy of Kick - Ass and Hit - Girl for comics, film and their careers.

The director, who has made his mark on films like Pearl Harbor and The Island, has hit a new low with his latest installment in the Hasbro franchise.

Only seven other films in history have topped $ 175 million in their debuts and only five have hit the $ 200 million mark.

After all, this film from Christopher Landon (Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones), is a crude combination of that beloved Bill Murray satire, Tina Fey's hit teen film Mean Girls and any of the various slasher films from 1974 onward, particularly Black Christmas.

2014's first film to eclipse the $ 100 million mark, this comedy that generated little interest outside the US hit home video today in a DVD and the Blu - ray + DVD + Digital HD UltraViolet combo pack reviewed here.

Yet, the film pulls and tugs at the heartstrings in such a stereotypical fashion — every pause and every beat hits the mark at the same point that every other tragedy does — and the contrivances built into the script (a white woman Oscar helps at the grocery store ends up being the one taking the cell phone video) overload an already loaded movie.

As Rolling Stone reported earlier this week, the film was hitting high marks even before it opened, selling out more than 2,000 showtimes before Friday's premiere to reach the highest advance ticket sales of any non-sequel movie.

«Departures» is a beautiful, quietly moving film which hits the mark precisely because it does not try to be too ambitious in telling the simple story of a man finding his way in the world.

The follow - up to «Kingsman: The Secret Service,» a hit action comedy inspired by a series of comic books by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons, «Golden Circle» has many of the ingredients of the 2015 film: buckets of blood, expletives aplenty, cartoonish action and cute puppies in peril.

Based on Augusten Burroughs» bestselling memoir of the same name, Running With Scissors is a hit - and - miss, serio - comic coming - of - age film, which marks the feature filmmaking debut of Nip / Tuck creator Ryan Murphy.