Sentences with phrase «films in theaters as»

The festival controversy dividing audiences this year was between Netflix (which produced both Okja and The Meyerowitz Stories this year) and the professional association for movie theater owners, arguing over Netflix's refusal to open the two films in theaters as part of their «exclusive content» strategy.

Not exact matches

«Ready Player One,» director Steven Spielberg's science - fiction thriller about a grim world where people seek escape through virtual reality, opened as the top film in North American theaters, delivering the first No. 1 debut this year for Warner Bros..

A group of scientists from Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany recently found that they were able to identify what kind of films a group of subjects viewed — whether it was funny, sad or suspenseful — based on the different combinations of chemicals, or peaks of one in particular, such as carbon dioxide, that were found in the air in the theater.

Much like trolls» attempts to affect Black Panther «s status as a critical darling, the Twitter posts describing fake attacks at movie screenings also seemed to be part of a racist campaign meant to scare people away from theaters in order to hurt the film's overall box - office gross (again, a major fail).

While I believe there will still be consumer demand to see big, franchise films in a glitzy theater with overpriced popcorn, the jury is still out as to how much traffic will be affected.

James Corden and Maya Rudolph have also been cast as voices in the animated film which will hit theaters on August 4, 2017.

But unlike other films with more direct Christian messages, churches are much less likely to buy out theaters in bulk as they did for «Son of God» and «God's Not Dead,» a move that brought those films big returns at the box office.

This is observed in the increasing legitimacy of «media» as a singular noun, which conjures up the image of a television supermarket, with hundreds, thousands, millions of screens all showing the same picture at once, with legions of speakers playing the same rock music, all promoting a film showing in hundreds of thousands of small identical theaters worldwide on the same day.

A new movie filmed in Dutchess and Ulster counties, and featuring such actresses as Whoopi Goldberg and Tessa Thompson, will open in theaters March 16.

The film, which hits theaters February 16, is a modern twist on a romantic comedy (boy and girl meet, fall in love, but then break up, and are suddenly reunited, ending up in that awkward stage where they have to debate whether to wave hello while taking out the trash), but it's also a particularly female spin on the coming of age story, the likes of which we're only beginning to see onscreen as more women carve out a place for themselves in writer's rooms and director's chairs.

Take Magazine features in - depth stories of people in New England who are making culture happen in the fields of visual art, music, design, literature, film, dance, food, fashion, and theater as well as the timely information you will need to plan your cultural consumption throughout New England.

Boom boom, ready to use my body Using the entire city of Seoul as my stage Nod, nod, your head I don't want to be locked up Gather the crowds, let's break Highly Anticipated Film The new film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Black Panther, hits theaters on February 16, so let's explore the title character's

Since then, she's gone on to score an independant film project as well as other big - budget films which should be coming to theaters in the near future.

A note about the 3D effect and IMAX, I'm afraid I did not really see the film at its full potential as the «IMAX» theater selected for the screening is a pale imitation of the flagship IMAX theater in uptown Manhattan.

In fact, anytime I see a film with people inside a building — whether it's a log carbin, a fortress, a castle, a school, etc. — being charged by terrifying outside forces, I hold on to the arms of my theater seat for dear life, just as I did as a child watching that old John Ford flick.

Not only did the film fare stratospherically well in August's native Denmark, but its sensitive portrayal of youthful love and loss earned the earnest film a place in numerous art - house theaters in the U.S. as well.

A team effort with longtime friend Romano would result in the straight - to - video comedy Grilled in 2006, with subsequent voice work in the animated family comedies Monster House and Barnyard arriving in theaters later that same year.James would maintain his position as a go - to guy for family friendly comedy over the coming years, appearing in films like I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Grown Ups, and Zookeeper and providing a voice in Hotel Transylvania.

Supetube, I think what I've discovered about Mann's films (and PE was the first in which I was hyperaware before I entered the theater so it helped in digesting the film) is that my knee - jerk reaction is to see them as technically accomplished but strangely hollow.

The power and impact of the film fall flat, as though there's a force field between the screen and the theater seats that stops any emotion dead in its tracks before it can reach the crowd.

The only draw of the film was the dancing talent that was shown, which, as I feel that anyone else in that theater can support me on, would be better seen at a REAL dance studio today.

Heralded as «the finest American theater actor of his generation» by the New York Times, Liev Schreiber repertoire of resonant, humanistic, and oftentimes gritty portrayals have garnered him praise in film, theatre, and television.

A sequel to the film was originally announced just months after Bertino's feature hit theaters, but it's taken nearly a decade for «The Strangers: Prey at Night» to arrive, a sort - of sequel that gleefully exists in the same universe as «The Strangers,» without being beholden to demands that it pick up precisely where the first film chillingly left off.

Well known as a premiere theater actress and an advocate for gay rights, Cherry Jones has also appeared in a number of high - profile films.

There's a scene in Bryan Bertino's film «The Strangers» that handily encapsulates the film's nervy brand of terror, one so good and simple that it served as the film's poster image when the 2008 feature first hit theaters: it's Liv Tyler, standing alone in her kitchen, looking out into what seems to be — what should be — an empty house.

A documentary featuring the events and world leaders in the period leading up to WWII created by the US Army as a training film that was released to theaters.

Warner Brothers, which is marketing the film as a conventional thriller, recently overruled the producers» desire to show it in European festivals so that the studio could open it wide (in many theaters at once) and cash in as quickly as possible on the name value of its cast before word - of - mouth about its depressing subject matter could kill it.

But the film's ambitions and execution are on a par with those of Drew Peterson: Untouchable, as courtroom scenes actually shown in 1996's Paradise Lost are re-enacted with the urgency of high school theater.

As a reminder, this is solely my Top 10 with absolutely no other criteria other than which films I enjoyed the most in theaters this year.

The Hateful Eight has been heavily hyped as to its release in Ultra Panavision 70 mm as part of a «roadshow» release in 100 theaters to kick off the film's roll - out.

The real intrigue of The Green Legend lies in its background details: The film is a co-production of Netflix and The Weinstein Company, and will be released simultaneously in theaters and on the streaming service as part of Netflix's ongoing experiment in «day - and - date» releases.

The film finds Marlon Wayans reprising his role from the first film (which only opened in theaters 11 months ago), as he attempts to...

It's a different French film we catch sight of in «Almost Famous,» as William and his mother exit a theater showing «Stolen Kisses,» part of Francois Truffaut's «Antoine Doinel» series.

The Europa Cinema Label consists in promotion by Europa Cinema, as well as incentives for cinema theaters to prolong the film's run at theaters.

In theaters September 13 from Open Road, here's a hi - res look at the first ever image from Robert Rodriguez's Machete Kills featuring sexy starlette Amber Heard atop of Danny Trejo as the film's title character.

The Brit has proven elastic with the release of three largely disparate feature films — the sci - fi action thriller Kill Command, the romantic drama Me Before You, and a period drama Genius, in which she takes on the effusive role of Zelda Fitzgerald — and appeared in two theater productions including a turn as Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn and as Elena in Robert Icke's Uncle Vanya in London.

As a huge Ghibli fan, it's always a treat to see their films in theaters.

Furthermore, the film curiously opens on the same day as X-Men: Apocalypse, which has booked 400 more theaters and presumably will open in first place even with mixed reviews that are still sure to be better than what Alice draws from critics.

This heist film with a sensational cast, such as Edward Norton, Seth Green (who, ironically, was Vince and E's nemesis in Entourage) and rapper turned actor Mos Def was both a box office and critical success, doing even better than its theater run with DVD sales.

Paul Rudd becomes Ant - Man in theaters today, but it was here in Haddonfield, as Tommy Doyle in Halloween 6 where Rudd made his feature film debut.

As the film started to elicit gasps Ramsay started to relax — the 2000 - person theater eventually breaking into a seven - minute standing ovation at the film's end — she had found a way not only to capture that storm of explosions going on in Joe's head, she had found a way to engage an audience in his story.

Starring Paul Rudd (Ant - Man), in his first feature film, as Tommy Doyle, and introducing J.C. Brandy as the new Jamie Lloyd (taking over the role from Danielle Harris), «Halloween 666» is the original title for what would ultimately become the infamous «Producer's Cut» of Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, a very different version of which was released in theaters in 1995.

Noted CBS Films Sunday, reporting the film's grosses: «As has been the case all along the film is playing broadly in terms of geography and theater type but a major factor in its strong performance this weekend is the tiny drop (just 14 %) in the holdover theaters.

«Beasts of the Southern Wild» Hailed as a triumph at two major film festivals so far this year (Sundance and Cannes), newcomer director Benh Zeitlin's «Beasts of the Southern Wild» arrives in theaters this summer with a loaded firecracker of hype and expectations under its arm.

Also still playing at the Hillsboro Village theater are the Ruth Bader Ginsburg documentary RBG (read our interview with the directors here) and the remarkable You Were Never Really Here — which, as we close in on 2018's midway point, I still think is the best film of the year so far.

He came onto the scene as Meathead of course in ALL IN THE FAMILY but found success in his first theater film THIS IS SPINAL TAin ALL IN THE FAMILY but found success in his first theater film THIS IS SPINAL TAIN THE FAMILY but found success in his first theater film THIS IS SPINAL TAin his first theater film THIS IS SPINAL TAP.

Last night, my wife, daughter and I took in Black Narcissus at the AFI Silver and enjoyed it as much as we always have (only more so because it was in the gorgeous main theater projected on a huge screen) and afterwards I started thinking about movies with very famous scenes, so famous that most casual film goers might know it (or have a vague sense of familiarity with it) even if they don't know the movie.

«Grindhouse» (a downtown movie theater in disrepair since its glory days as a movie palace known for «grinding out» non-stop double - bill programs of B - movies) is presented as one full - length feature comprised of two individual films helmed separately by each director.

A prolific film, television, and theater actress, Megan Follows became a TV star as Anne Shirley in Canadian television's adaptation of L.M. Montgomery's popular Anne of Green Gables books.

Maybe it's the weird release strategy of having two separate cuts of the film, a standard Digital Release that will go into as many theaters as the Weinstein's can get it in and a special 1 - week engagement that is designed to showcase the 70 millimeter print.

Gravity is less a feature film than cinema as experience: a new frontier in filmmaking that will likely appeal to studios trying to attract people to movie theaters.