Sentences with phrase «films debuted over»

Many films debuted over the Christmas Day weekend including the long in development video game movie adaption Assassin's Creed by 20th Century Fox and Ubisoft.

Not exact matches

Theater chains have fought against Netflix's incursion into movies, over its model of releasing films for theatrical debut the same day they're available to stream on Netflix.

Because the Internet is a vast improvement over his debut effort, showcasing an artist who has confidently found a way to coalesce his love for music and films into one hybrid effort.

Boll has had the reputation of being one of the worst directors working today, and I'll admit I did enjoy a few of his films, however this is among one of his debut films, and the execution of the film is one that is poor, and it is over the top ridiculous.

Robert Eggers gives us an incredible writing and directing debut with virtually no jump scares and proves that the best horror films rely on psychology over loud noises and too many special effects.

Carried over from the TV version was director Sidney Lumet, here making his feature - film debut.

Below, sample the critical response to over a dozen key films (and a few TV series) which debuted at this year's festival.

Largely filmed on - location at Montacute House in Somerset, England, The Hound of the Baskervilles made its American TV bow over the Odyssey cable network on October 21, 2000, and seven days later debuted in Canada courtesy of CTV.

McTiernan went on to make over 200 television commercials before making his feature film debut by directing the fantasy horror movie Nomads (1985).

The studio swiftly hired Hugh Hudson, hot off the Oscar - winning «Chariots Of Fire» to direct the finished film, with Christopher Lambert as the king of the swingers, along with Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm and, as Jane, a debuting Andie MacDowell, who hilariously had her voice dubbed over by Glenn Close due to her impenetrable Southern accent.

EXCLUSIVE: Eye in the Sky — the drama about drone strikes — is so timely that distributor Bleecker Street is using President Barack Obama's speech about the new technology as the voice - over for the film's TV spot, which is debuting tonight during the Republican debate (watch it above).

After over 200 individuals voted in IndieWire's annual Critics Poll, these are what they selected as the top 30 debut feature films of 2016.

The film is shot primarily by camera operator Lukasz Zal, making his feature debut; he took over shortly into the shooting from the director's usual DP Ryszard Lenczewski, who stepped out partly because of illness.

Aardman Animation's stop - motion adventure - comedy film Early Man (Lionsgate) debuted in seventh place with a meagre $ 3.1 million over three - days.

The 2007 TIFF program boasts more than 350 films from 55 countries, including over 70 feature directorial debuts, with screenings taking place at historic locations, modest venues, and modern multiplexes across Toronto.

The film has currently grossed over $ 213 million worldwide since its theatrical debut.

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.

As Avengers: Infinity War hurtles toward its April debut, plenty of questions still loom over the Marvel Studios ensemble film.

Teen film Easy A was in second place after bagging just over $ 18 million on its debut.

That fascination carries over to the duo's film debut.

All of that didn't leave much time left over, but I did get to see one other film, a debut feature by directors Alex and Benjamin Brewer called The Trust, starring Nicolas Cage and Elijah Wood as crooked Las Vegas cops who try to pull off a daring heist.

The Toronto International Film Festival announced its first wave of gala premieres and special presentations this week and as we've seen over the past decade it was a coded reveal of where some of the more anticipated films of the fall season will debut.

All that time hanging out with Nolan has obviously rubbed off: Franklin's directorial debut, The Escape, is a handsomely filmed science - fiction short that wears its influences on its sleeve: it feels like something that Nolan might make over a few days while waiting for Hans Zimmer to finish scoring his latest blockbuster.

In its debut, the film took in over $ 1.34 M in 626 locations, averaging $ 2,146.

Dark City (New Line): Like «Blade Runner,» this nightmarish bit of science fiction debuted in theaters with a studio - mandated voice - over intended to help viewers make sense of the film.

Mijke de Jong (Director / Writer, The Netherlands) has shown great social engagement in her work over the past 25 years: starting with her co-authored feature film debut, LOVE HURTS (1992), which won the Special Jury Prize in Locarno, through to her latest film, LAYLA M. (2016).

Now You See Me began its theatrical run at # 2 behind Fast & Furious 6, but after its $ 29.4 million debut, the film went on to secure over $ 350 million worldwide, earning the second film.

The film, Bong's English - language debut, is a violent sci - fi action flick that lets its anarchist leanings take over in the final act.

Over the course of a couple of phone chats — one interrupted by a dead cell phone battery — one can hear the earnest joy in her voice, usually followed by that laughter, when talking about her journey from M. Night Shyamalan's The Village, her feature film debut, to the massive success of Jurassic World despite her character's penchant for running in heels from dinosaurs and, most recently, her 2017 Screen Actors Guild Award - nominated performance in an episode of Netflix's Black Mirror.

And Criterion gives the film its Blu - ray debut, which is indeed something to celebrate wildly over.

Meanwhile Ang Lee's Life of Pi, which got financed to the tune of $ 120 million and grossed over $ 600 million worldwide, was the feature film acting debut of «Suraj so - and - so.»

He refers to the Stargate television series and direct - to - DVD films which were released over the years following the debut of their really rather good movie.

The boutique studio offers a single - disc standard definition upgrade over MGM's low - priced DVD as well as the film's debut on Blu - ray Disc, which we look at here.

Although it debuted in limited release over a month ago, it continues to be released in more and more, and playing to sold - out crowds — and with the film's success, Monroe is finding more and more opportunities in Hollywood, including the upcoming sci - fi action film The Fifth Wave (alongside Chloe Grace Moretz), and the coming - of age - drama The Tribes of Palos Verdes, about a surfer... the perfect fit for the former athlete.

Lovesick also marks the feature film debut for its writer Dean Young, though he has honed his skill over 25 years in television comedy, where he has written and produced the likes of «Mad About You», «King of the Hill», and «Community.»

It has been over a year since we heard that Julius Onah's delayed sci - fi film The God Particle was being held back so it could be reformed into the third installment in J.J. Abrams» loosely defined Cloverfield franchise, then suffering multiple delays after that, but the movie finally made its debut during tonight's Super Bowl.

Led by Jed and his younger brother Matt (Charlie Sheen in his film debut), the gang begins to stand up to the Communist baddies that have taken over parts of the U.S. while most of the world merely watches from afar.

Kim Ji - woon's revenge thriller «I Saw the Devil» was one of my favorite films of 2011, so it's not surprising that his fans have been drooling over the prospect of his Hollywood debut, and the fact that it also happens to be Arnold Schwarzenegger's first starring role in a decade will probably bring it even more attention.

Some may enjoy an unending stream of theoretical positing, but Criterion's selected the right orator; one who weighs his words with the experience of having seen the film upon its theatrical debut, having met the director over the years, and a writer at heart who understands the value of supporting his observations with historical facts and quotes from published interviews with the film's cast and crew.

NOTABLE NOTES: The result of a significant amount of dumpster diving to be sure, director Bill Watterson's feature debut employed more than 30,000 square feet of cardboard — all scrapped and donated — to fabricate over 20 unique sets for the film.

Since that auspicious debut, he has continued to collaborate with Anderson on «The Darjeeling Limited» (which the pair wrote with Roman Coppola); the short film «Hotel Chevalier»; his animated feature, «Fantastic Mr. Fox» (for which he contributed his vocal talents); «Moonrise Kingdom» (part of Anderson's stellar ensemble cast of Murray, Tilda Swinton, Edward Norton and Frances McDormand), which set a new record at the specialty box office over Memorial Day weekend for best limited indie debut of all time, and, the Academy Award nominated film, «The Grand Budapest Hotel,» whose eclectic cast brought back thespians Murray, Norton and Swinton, along with Willem Dafoe, Soirsae Ronin, Ralph Finnes, Jude Law, Jeff Goldblum, Owen Wilson and Adrian Brody.

The Hangover Part II teaser trailer debuted just over a month ago and did nothing but revisit the characters, letting the details of their appearance alone bring back the best comedy bits of the first film.

The series that brought us Courtney Hoffman's The Good Time Girls (which led to her getting her feature debut over at Amblin) and Gabourey Sidibe's The Story of Four, a fiercely feminine and nuanced look at the effects of racism in America, now brings us a film by Kristen Stewart.

Gramercy released his 1998 film The Last Days Of Disco, which grossed over $ 3 million, while Fine Line distributed ’94 feature Barcelona ($ 7.26 million) and New Line bowed his debut Metropolitan (over $ 2.9 million) in 1990.

Paramount has debuted another official trailer for Alexander Payne's Downsizing, which has been playing at film festivals over the past few months.

The roll - out was especially unexpected given that the film company is at the height of promoting their upcoming project, Thor: Ragnarok which will debut in just a little bit over two weeks.

It's an interesting film to go back and visit after you've familiarized yourself with Baumbach's later work, mostly because the motifs he's consistently mulled over through the years are fully present here and it's fascinating to see how his directorial style has evolved since his visually modest debut.

This was all nicely laid bare in Venice over the weekend where Sofia Coppola took down the Golden Lion for her latest film «Somewhere» and Helen Mirren had the following to say regarding her role in Taymor's debuting film:

His directorial debut, the $ 4.5 million horror film, Get Out, was released in 2017 to critical acclaim and box - office success generating over $ 250 million, worldwide.

Having premiered at Cannes over the weekend, the upcoming drama Clouds of Sils Maria has debuted a trailer for the film with an anxious Juliette Binoche, a disaffected Chloë Grace Moretz, and a thong - clad Kristen Stewart.