Sentences with phrase «films in the franchise further»

Not exact matches

«Homecoming» may be the sixth Spider - Man movie from Sony in 15 years, but it's by far one of the top two films in the entire franchise.

I think Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol is the most consistently entertaining, most laser - focused entry in the series so far, and while I would argue that it is very much a sequel to the third film and not just a disconnected piece of a flexible franchise, it is also a great rollicking self - contained spy movie adventure on a grand scale, and it's preposterous fun.

By the standards of its kinsmen, Thor: Ragnarok is the flamboyantly roller - disco entry in an already uncomplicatedly cartoonish side franchise, and not because the film contrives to relieve Thor (Chris Hemsworth) of his mangy mane so as to further sex him up.

In a franchise that has thus far been content to allow each entry to do its own thing, one of the rare points of consistency among the Cloverfield films has been the gimmicky release.

As far as the style and sense of humor goes, it does still feel unique among the rest of the pack of franchises out here, even if it can't achieve the level of success in either of those departments that the first film did, particularly in the case of the comedy as a lot of the jokes in this one fall very flat.

As far as the CGI work, it's something we have come to expect from this franchise, but the work is seamless in this film, as well; and with apocalyptic conflicts going on — with half of the city of Chicago destroyed — the graphics department acquitted themselves nicely.

Universal thus far hasn't decided to explore this area, which is just fine, as few would want to see a Psycho film without Norman Bates in it, so it is only fitting that the film franchise end here.

New «Star Wars» Trilogy The big news in a galaxy far, far away last week was that the franchise is getting a brand new film trilogy.

In fact, PA3 opened bigger and though it had the series» weakest legs to date, it still ended up with a domestic gross close to the first film and a franchise - high worldwide take of $ 203 M. And while the production budget again rose, it was still kept to just $ 5 million, well under the competition and far less than the marketing costs of such a high - profile wide release.

Katniss Everdeen may have come out on top of the weekend box office with an estimated $ 101 million in domestic ticket sales, but the new «The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2» fell short of industry expectations and, unlike the «Twilight» and «Harry Potter» young - adult juggernauts, her «Hunger Games» finale fell far short of other films in the franchise.

Robert Pattinson is clearly relishing putting the Twilight franchise ever further in his career's rear - view mirror, but even when you think his Jerome is just about the only vaguely moral person in this film's twisted universe there comes a twist which throws you completely off, as the script essentially points out that Hollywood is a corrupt and corrupting place where no real human values apply.

But, as Deadline reports, the actor - producer isn't straying too far from that franchise for the first film in that arrangement.

With the horror - franchise Paranormal Activity going strong (the three movies released so far have brought in an excess of half - a-billion dollars) and recent religious horror films doing well in the box office (The Devil Inside), the Paranormal Activity folks are...

It seems slightly far - fetched, but if you had told me in 2001 that The Fast and the Furious would kick off a huge, long - running, highly successful film franchise, I probably would've called you crazy.

To understand why «Black Panther» is on its way to becoming Marvel's most successful movie, look no further than how director Ryan Coogler found small pockets of life in one of film's biggest franchises

Last up is the first full trailer for The Bourne Legacy, which, naturally runs through far more of the plot than that first teaser, opening up the film to a wider audience, perhaps even those who have yet to catch all of the other films in the franchise.

Of the three films so far in this franchise this easily has to be my favourite.

Three films in, it's apparent that the creators are learning what works and what doesn't in this franchise as Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue is the strongest entry thus far.

Apart from overall quality, the chief differences between this film and Bruce Willis's franchise - starter are that a) Cale spends much of his time in the company of the (notably game) president; and b) the villains are far less stylishly accoutered.

And as far as the jokes, I just think David Slade has been a great influence in turning the franchise away from being far too sincere and has embraced some of its ridiculousness, whereas Chris Weitz went too far trying to make New Moon credible and should be ashamed of himself for the sparkly, skipping in the forest scene, which almost ruined that film.

With another strong performance by Radcliffe anchoring the film, more of fan favorite villain Snape (Rickman, Sweeney Todd), and bolstering even further an already impressive cast of the finest British actors, The Half - Blood Prince provides another solid entry in the franchise, giving an entertaining bridge between the strong Order of the Phoenix and the upcoming final chapter, The Deathly Hallows.

It's a monumental amount for any franchise to rake in, but when you look at the history of «Fifty Shades» and its author, and remember that the story she was telling was actually a fan - fiction based on the «Twilight» series of novels and films, it's incredible to see how far the series has come.

Visions may lack some of the atmosphere of Jessabelle, which used its Louisiana locations to great effect, and Fisher lacks the compelling, quirkier presence of the earlier film's Sarah Snook, but Visions serves as further evidence that Greutert is one of the most interesting mainstream horror directors around — I can easily see a The Conjuring - style success in his future — and that despite its many diminishing - returns franchise films (Paranormal Activity, Sinister, Insidious, et al.), Blumhouse is far from running out of ideas.

With Annihilation set to debut on Netflix next month, Ex-Machina director Alex Garland has taken part in an Ask Me Anything Q&A on Reddit, where he was asked the question about the possibility of a further film in the 28 Days / Weeks Later franchise.

It is definitely one of the best moments in any of the films in the franchise thus far.

After the slightly disappointing numbers «Fantastic Beasts» made on the weekend, no surprise to hear (though the plan was probably already afoot, considering that cameo at the end of the film) the Warner brass are going to retool further chapters in the series to more resemble their sure - thing «Harry Potter» franchise.

While speaking at a press conference, director Rian Johnson confirmed that The Last Jedi will be 2 hours and 30 minutes long, making it the longest film in the space - opera movie franchise so far, reports Contactmusic.

Taylor's original choice of composer was Carter Burwell who didn't seem the most natural of choices, so it wasn't entirely a surprise when he departed the project (seemingly not the director's choice, but the studio's); a very capable replacement was hired in the form of Brian Tyler, who also scored the previous film in the franchise, Iron Man 3, and just maybe he will become the «house composer» for this series, which has so far failed to establish any kind of distinctive musical identity.

by Jefferson Robbins The three late -»80s / early -»90s films gathered in Universal's DVD set «The Wes Craven Horror Collection» are far from the director's best, but they show him gathering his powers for the satirical play of the Scream franchise.

Released on November 26th, 1997, it took a mere $ 47 million in the U.S., the lowest - grossing film of the franchise at that point, but did better internationally, earning a further $ 110 million.

Among the outlets at this media event, Dread Central reports that Carpenter's plan is to take the franchise back to its roots, and further reveals that it's likely Carpenter will also score the new film, and that the targeted release date is in fact October 2017.

The latest entrant in this now - Disney - owned franchise is largely content to further the themes and narrative strategies of its predecessor: Johnson, a filmmaker who proved capable of crafting individualistic, tightly wound sci - fi with 2012's Looper, too often seems to think that the best he can bring to Star Wars is an amped - up version of Abrams's overly reverent tribute to George Lucas's original films.

The fall - from - grace storyline is a familiar angle in boxing films: Sylvester Stallone used it in his «Rocky» franchise and it has been a staple of the genre as far back as the 1930s when Warner Bros. and other studios were churning out such films as «The Champ,» «The Life of Jimmy Dolan» and «They Made Me a Criminal.»

LEGO Ninjago originated in 2011 with a pilot film and a range of LEGO sets which became so successful that it launched its own large scale LEGO brand with over 100 LEGO sets, multiple games including Summer 2014's LEGO Ninjago: Nindroids and LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin on Vita in March 2015, while there are numerous graphic novels, a LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu TV series and films taking the franchise considerably further into the future to even greater success.

The company is also stepping out of its hardware - software comfort zone to further drum up interest, promoting its game franchises and characters at theme parks and in films

For example: far from providing a satisfying conclusion to the franchise's third installment, you get the feeling that Nate and Sully's desperate escape from the crumbling ruins of Iram in Drake's Deception would come across as rather hackneyed in a blockbuster movie — something ripped straight from the Michael Bay school of film direction.