Sentences with phrase «first franchise entry»

Not exact matches

The Conjuring franchise's second entry is just as strong as its first, if not even more so.

FIFA 13 on Wii U was based on the gameplay of the previous entry in the franchise, with FIFA 12 features like the Player Impact Engine and Precision Dribbling «optimized for Wii U.» While the game didn't offer the new elements seen in the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of FIFA 13, it contained Wii U-specific features like first - person free kicks on the GamePad.

This entry of the franchise can not stand on its own, and you'll have to make sure you've watched the first three films before you take this on.

Aside from the first issue of The Punisher War Zone, all of the higher ranked entries were issues of Spider - Man, Robin II, or the X-Men franchise.

That means he was 24 when he made Fruitvale Station, his first film with Michael B. Jordan (and his first film); 27 when he rebooted the Rocky franchise, of all things, with Creed; probably not yet 30 when he was handed Black Panther, the latest entry in the infinite Marvel universe.

This is a first - rate entry in the venerable franchise, with the energy and creative dynamic to continue for some time.

It's more than a little strange to get suddenly swept up in the events of a series for the first time while watching the seventh installment, but that's what happened with Furious 7, a gloriously bonkers and awesomely ambitious entry in a franchise that previously always seemed to come up a bit short.

Due to Red Dead Revolver being the first entry in the franchise, it was logical to assume that the game would be Red Dead 3 or that it would have a subtitle beginning with «Re», and indeed Rockstar opted to keep the full title of their previous major hit, calling the sequel Red Dead Redemption 2.

This entry in the franchise brings a lot of firsts to the series, with the biggest departure being the fact that it is no longer a third person survival - horror game but more of a dungeon crawler with a heavy multiplayer focus.

The movie is such a massive decline that it must be some kind of joke on the part of any combination of director Paul Weitz (perhaps a subversive plan to kill a franchise he was not a fan of with his first (and let us hope only) entry), writers John Hamburg and Larry Stuckey (the former, maybe, enjoying steady work with the series after the success of the first movie; the latter possibly assuming he could coast on the coattails of his partner), and / or the cast (if we go with the hypothetical assault on the audience's sense of dignity, no doubt laughing themselves silly at the sight of the paycheck).

Tom Cruise wouldn't be Tom Cruise (i.e., an international box - office star) his mid-fifties without the Mission: Impossible franchise (a sixth entry arrives in multiplexes this summer 22 years after the first).

Only those who love dark violence and constant death and destruction will be sated by the paltry goods that Hensleigh delivers, while those expecting the quality adaptations that made Spider - Man and X-Men successful franchises will be severely disappointed by this first, and perhaps final, entry.

First up are the games exclusive to the region (s), such as New Style Boutique 3: Styling Star, the latest entry in the franchise known...

With a little less than a year now to the world wide release of the eighth title in the Fast and Furious franchise, interviews and press have begun to reveal more information about the first entry in the series since the death of star Paul Walker.

But where the first Shrek film feels horribly dated when you try to watch it now, this third entry in the franchise feels like a lukewarm effort, done just for the box office take, instead of having a truly good and solid story to tell.

The Predator franchise has been sleeping for a while, but Shane Black's new entry in the franchise is on the way and this morning we got the first look at the first trailer for the new project.

As we've seen in prior DVD wrap - ups, there's often a sequel among the classic and not - so - classic movies, and Blade: Trinity tries hard to recapture the kinetic energy of the first Blade film, yet manages to feel more like the tenth entry in a tired franchise.

Though most horror franchises peter out after the first three entries, I have a feeling the next four years of American politics will be the ultimate muse to creating more PURGES.

And in March, Marvel will release its 21st entry in the franchise and the first - ever standalone film headlined by a woman: «Captain Marvel,» starring Brie Larson.

This year will mark the first time since 2011 when Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure began the franchise that a new annual console entry will not be released.

My hope is that it's a solid entry in the franchise that this generation of kids can adore the way I did the first two films, the cartoon series, and the video game tie - ins.

Although reviewers familiar with the franchise preferred stories and mechanics from earlier entries, critics who were playing a Fire Emblem game for the first time quickly got wrapped up in the story - driven battles.

The directing team split after Alien Resurrection, the fourth entry in the Alien film franchise and Jeunet / Caro's first brush with Hollywood.

While its plot is clearly an homage to the first entry in the franchise and is populated by recurring characters from earlier games — or their progeny — Gears of War 4 is a worthy entry to one of gaming's most beloved series.

It'll be tough for Insidious 4 to top the original, but this could easily wind up being the best entry in the franchise since the first movie.

The end of this entry's story is also the end of the anime - to - be, meaning that for the first time in the franchise's history, the game is

Sword - fighting spinoff Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance launched on Steam this year, and the first and second entries in the franchise were ported across some time after their console debuts - albeit with rather mixed results.

The end of this entry's story is also the end of the anime - to - be, meaning that for the first time in the franchise's history, the game is ahead of the narrative curve.

THE DVD by Bill Chambers Just about the only thing that drives me nuts about Blade II on DVD has nothing to do with the way it was mastered: The first film was in 2.35:1, while Del Toro chose to shoot the sequel at 1.85:1 — I loathe an inconsistency in aspect ratio between franchise entries (see also the Alien «Legacy» and the Halloween films).

Sam Raimi truly assembled the prototypical superhero movie with this first entry in the «Spider - Man» franchise, in 2002.

This week's home video releases include a Bruce Willis action flick, a new entry to the «Saw» franchise and Drew Barrymore's first feature as a director, but it's a documentary about late pop star Michael Jackson that leads the pack in terms of both quality and stature.

Well, it looked amazing on paper: Matt Damon, star of the first three Bourne movies — which remains the best American spy movie franchise of the past 20 years — reuniting for the fifth film in the series with the brilliant Paul Greengrass, whose dynamic, hand - held storytelling powered the series» two strongest entries, «The Bourne Supremacy» and «The Bourne Ultimatum.»

In Battlefield 4, gamers will experience huge environments, a playground of destruction, access to an arsenal of vehicles, the ability to direct squad mates, and much more in the first entry in the first - person shooter franchise to run on Frostbite 3 technology.

It's important to note that «Solo: A Star Wars Story» is the first entry in this franchise to make no mention of The Force.

IFC Films has unveiled the first full - length trailer for The Trip to Spain, the third and latest entry in this unlikely franchise, and Coogan and Brydon pay homage to late James Bond actor Roger Moore with more impressions.

The first bit of unsolicited advice I'd offer to future «Origins» franchise entries is that if you're going to emulate something, don't emulate something that sucked so conspicuously.

The latest entry in Nintendo's long - running party game compilation franchise, Mario Party 9 sports 80 minigames, and for the first time in the series, it has players skipping across the virtual game board together, in a range of colorful vehicles.

Now, following two sequels, the franchise is getting another entry and now we have the first trailer for Ocean's 8 and its all - female cast.

but Death Race 2 is the sort of franchise entry that believes that fans would like nothing more than to watch the first movie again.

Far Cry 5 is the latest entry into the controversial first person shooter franchise, this time taking the fight to the heartland of America.

Perhaps that's just the ultra HD very special Xbox One build, but then again, Assassin's Creed Origins is the first entry from Ubisoft Montreal since the studio glumly took a break to try and salvage the Assassin's Creed franchise's then - ailing reputation.

Starring Chris Pratt as Owen and possibly Jeff Goldblum as shirtless scientist Ian Malcolm, the fifth entry in the long running franchise will actually take its cues from the first: remember when Dennis Nedrey (Wayne Knight) tried to steal and sell InGen's research?

Personally speaking, the changes implemented in RE7 were something the franchises was in desperate need of for quite some time and I think it is a testament to just how good Capcom's latest entry in the survival horror genre is that despite initial skepticism by long - time fans over something as controversial as the shift to first person many people have walked away absolutely loving the game.

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Ryan Coogler's latest is the first entry in the MCU not featuring Iron Man to earn $ 150 + million in its debut, clearly establishing T'Challa as one of the franchise's biggest stars for Phase 4 and beyond.

Go Nintendo did note that there have been a handful of Mario spin - off titles, such as the Mario & Sonic games, that have also received an E10 + rating, but this sole entry will be the very first time any core game in the Mario franchise has been given any title other than E for Everyone.

This marks the popular franchise's first entry into the world of mobile gaming, with a story - driven adventure RPG that allows you to play as a Hogwarts student.

Filmmaker Bryan Singer follows up his X-Men, X-Men 2 and Days of Future Past (as well as Matthew Vaughn's First Class) with this all - encompassing entry to the Marvel mutant superhero franchise....

Though competition from Warner Brothers» already successful The LEGO Movie and Disney's upcoming Big Hero 6 will likely be fierce, the Dragon franchise has generated a large amount of goodwill (the first entry would have likely won in a year that had not featured as formidable a contender as Toy Story 3, which also featured in the main Best Picture race) that could give it the advantage.

It's obviously just another major studio attempt to capitalize on populist literary franchise for juveniles to make into a string of commercial films, but it appears the makers of this first entry are getting way ahead of themselves.