The first
film out of the gate that could be a major contender at the Academy Awards next year is Snowden.
Her first self - produced
film out of the gate was last year's critical hit I, Tonya, which earned Robbie a Best Actress nomination at the Ocsars and a Best Supporting Actress win for Allison Janney.
«You don't expect never - ending returns when it comes to sequels, but it definitely speaks to the quality of the talent at the Marvel Studios team and the way they're thinking about
each film out of the gate.»
This is going to be one of the last
films out of the gate this year, but it's looking good.
Mixed reviews saw
this film out of the gates at TIFF but I have confidence that what may turned many off about Dom Hemingway will work wonders for me.
Not exact matches
The
film's signature piece «Anvil
of Crom» thunders
out of the
gate with its 24 French horns (seriously) and stamping 5/4 percussion, pausing for a moment for strings and brass to introduce the noble «Steel» theme as Conan's father forges a sword
of Atlantean steel, before the 5/4 rhythm and warlike brass return to carry the cue to a resounding conclusion.
The
film begins as Billy is walked
out the front
gate of Missouri's Jefferson City prison and put on a train to St. Louis.
Such a principle applies to a
film like Avengers: Infinity War, which is the end result
of a decade
of filmmaking (and the 19th Marvel movie
out of the
gate).
True to his habit
of placing ass - kicking women at the centre
of his
films, Luc Besson's next big project is a superheroine movie to tide us over until the CW's Amazon makes it
out of the
gate, or Warner Bros decides to give Joss Whedon's Wonder Woman script a second chance.
As you can see, it's not all doom and gloom from the critics so far, but even the first positive Dracula Untold reviews
out of the
gate aren't exactly tripping over themselves to praise the
film.
Today the National Board
of Review, typically the first
out of the
gate for critics organizations kudos, announced Mad Max: Fury Road as the best
film of the year.
The Coen Brothers have proven themselves to be the best directors
out there when it comes to «crime gone wrong»
films, but it still manages to be shocking that they already had it down pat right
out of the
gate.
When the first, «Flags
of Our Fathers,» stumbled
out of the
gate despite strong reviews, Warner Bros. rushed «Letters from Iwo Jima» into theatres later in the fall, largely in the hopes that one
film would elevate the other.
It's actually kind
of astonishing that this is Simien's first
film — that he'd try to tackle such tricky territory so sharply and with such honesty right
out of the
gate.
Werner Herzog came charging
out of the
gates with a one - two punch
of must see
films about the human condition, Cave
of Forgotten Dreams and Into the Abyss.
Well, Scott Foundas is first
out of the
gate with an extremely early critique
of the
film, and it's all thumbs up from Brett Ratner's best bud.
His departure hints at trouble for DC on
film, who has stumbled
out of the
gate when their
films should be leaping over tall buildings in a single bound.
Fresh
out of the
gate, Marvel Studio's latest franchise
film, Doctor Strange, has already carved
out an enviable place for itself amidst the rank and file
of other Marvel Cinematic Universe tentpoles like Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Age
of Ultron, and Guardians
of the Galaxy.
The New York
Film Critics Circle is always the first critics group
out of the
gate, and today they named American Hustle the best
film of the year.
Writer / director Ryan Coogler came
out of the
gates swinging with his 2013 «Fruitvale Station», still his most impressive
film.
And so it is, as the
film charges
out of the
gate in 2003 to expose the roots
of a heist unusual both by its very nature and by the characters and motives that lay behind it.
You may remember that Warner Brothers marketed the crap
out of the first
film, and it paid off in spades, but they've been pretty slow
out of the
gate with this one.
When Digital Domain opened, the first
film right
out of the
gate was Cameron's «True Lies.»
The
film from Damien Chazelle, the director
of Whiplash, has stormed
out of the
gates in UK cinemas and has already accumulated an impressive sum
of # 6 million.
WA's first movie
out of the
gate was a largely successful attempt to produce a straight comedy (though perfume
of melancholic tragedy seen in his later
films are certainly present) first made headlines as a mis - marketed box office bomb, the pundits pointing and laughing as this purported Reservoir Dogs knock - off plummeted into obscurity.
RelishMix points
out «part
of the magic
of The Mouse is when a
film like Coco or next month's Star Wars: The Last Jedi debuts a trailer or any other social materials: A
film has 156.8 M fans and followers to reach right
out of the
gate.»
Currently somewhere between production and the post-production phase, my thinking is that everyone involved would be pressed to get this
out of the
gates with a 2015 fest release — especially an American
film fest.
Marya E.
Gates was frustrated, as we women often are, about some list that came
out - I don't even remember what it was - oh right, the BBC's ludicrous list
of the 100 Greatest American
films or some such.
The 2017 Cannes
Film Festival has just kicked off and the new
film from Todd Haynes, Wonderstruck, was first
out of the
gate and gives us the festival's first Oscar player.
Gates reveals he faked a knee injury to get
out of the Nike camp (an incident captured on
film) and confesses that at Marquette he no longer hoped to play in the NBA, while Agee recalls being mad about some
of his family's embarrassing moments that were recorded.
In a lesser
film, this bizarre love triangle might stumble
out of the
gate, but the actors and screenwriters (Shane Salerno, Don Winslow, and Stone) totally commit to it.
«They» all soon shut up when Guardians blasted
out of the
gate to become one
of the most successful
films of the year — and deservedly so.
They came
out of the
gate strong with Enemy in 2014 and have had some cool genre offerings like The Blackcoat's Daughter and and Slow West, while
films like Life After Beth and Dark Places haven't quite matched the quality
of that A24 shine.
The full schedule
of all
films for the 2017 Cannes Film Festival has been announced and Todd Haynes» Wonderstruck will be first
out of the
gate for In Competition
films in the running for the Palme d'Or.
It is a dazzling scene right
out of the
gate, and while it will not gut punch you the way that the heartbreaking opening from Up did, for this
film it felt just right.
Iconic settings from the
films, detailed character models complete with voice acting and a ton
of entertaining multiplayer modes round
out a complete package well worth the price
of admission, whether you're a rookie just
out of the starting
gate or veteran rounding your third lap.
Other works featured in LIVESupport include «Church State,» a two - part sculpture comprised
of ink - covered church pews mounted on wheels; «Ambulascope,» a downward facing telescope supported by a seven - foot tower
of walking canes, which are marked with ink and adorned with Magnetic Resonance Images (MRIs)
of the spinal column; «Riot
Gates,» a series of large - scale X-Ray images of the human skull mounted on security gates and surrounded by a border of ink - covered shoe tips, objects often used by the artist as tenuous representation of the body; «Role Play Drawings» a series of found black and white cards from the 1960s used for teaching young children, which Ward has altered using ink to mark out the key elements and reshape the narrative, which leaves the viewer to interpret the remaining psychological tension; and «Father and Sons,» a video filmed at Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network House of Justice, which comments on the anxiety and complex dialogue that African - American police officers are often faced with when dealing with young African - American teena
Gates,» a series
of large - scale X-Ray images
of the human skull mounted on security
gates and surrounded by a border of ink - covered shoe tips, objects often used by the artist as tenuous representation of the body; «Role Play Drawings» a series of found black and white cards from the 1960s used for teaching young children, which Ward has altered using ink to mark out the key elements and reshape the narrative, which leaves the viewer to interpret the remaining psychological tension; and «Father and Sons,» a video filmed at Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network House of Justice, which comments on the anxiety and complex dialogue that African - American police officers are often faced with when dealing with young African - American teena
gates and surrounded by a border
of ink - covered shoe tips, objects often used by the artist as tenuous representation
of the body; «Role Play Drawings» a series
of found black and white cards from the 1960s used for teaching young children, which Ward has altered using ink to mark
out the key elements and reshape the narrative, which leaves the viewer to interpret the remaining psychological tension; and «Father and Sons,» a video
filmed at Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network House
of Justice, which comments on the anxiety and complex dialogue that African - American police officers are often faced with when dealing with young African - American teenagers.