Sentences with phrase «flick like»

One year Travolta will be in an ultra-hip flick like Pulp Fiction («Sex»), the next he'll be in some dumb spy thriller («Cash»).

While the special effects were decent enough, and Jennifer Connelly is always easy on the eyes, I have to warn you that what you get here is not a cutting edge sci - fi flick like it's original, but rather a preachy commercial on going green.

The only person who may not be in on the joke is Hilary Swank, who treats the flick like she's after another Academy Award.

I think there are enough other directors who could make a cool hollywood sci - fi flick like «Snowpiercer» than a brilliant thriller like «Memories of Murder».

I must admit to not having read any of J.K. Rowling's insanely popular children's books about the 11 - year - old wizard (here played by Daniel Radcliffe), but it doesn't take a fan to see that director Chris Columbus and screenwriter Steve Kloves took great pains to remain as faithful as possible to their source material — after all, not for nothing does a kid flick like Harry Potter end up clocking in at two - and - a-half hours.

It's really an 8 million dollar version of an indie flick like The Daytrippers, though unfortunately there isn't enough room in the script for the actors to truly shine.

That doesn't make «The Man from U.N.C.L.E.» any less entertaining in the moment, however, and that's all you can ask for in a light - hearted popcorn flick like this.

If people embrace this flick like they did that one, we're going to be talking a lot about its awards prospects.

Whether he's starring in a beloved romance like «The Notebook,» an indie darling like «Blue Valentine» or a routine mainstream flick like «Fracture,» I just have never liked him.

However for the time being, if you are trying to get off of «The Avengers «bandwagon (why would you be anyway) and want to see something refreshing and original, or you just do» t want to see a generic action sci - fi flick like «Battleship,» then bow down to Admiral General Aladeen, aka «The Dictator» and bask in his oh so mighty glory.

I don't really care about spoilers on a popcorn flick like this, so I will try to keep up with the deluge of news that will surely begin to ramp.

We're really rooting for this couple to succeed, and that's essentially what makes or breaks a flick like this.

The movie never finds the comic pace needed for a «night on the town» flick like this one, constantly pulling one out of the enjoyment of the madcap adventures with a joke that needed a rewrite or a scene that needed another edit.

First - time director (longtime stunt coordinator) Nick Powell realizes that a flick like this should have a lot of action, so (to his credit) he does give us a bunch of it, but unfortunately it's difficult to decipher all that much outside of random arrows, punches, and collisions.

It's cheap horror, the kind I would criticise if the film was meant to be scary, but in a detective flick like this, it is a nice change of pace.

Sure, Baby Driver could zoom in and steal the editing Oscar, but Dunkirk's domination of the guilds and the admiration of its near technical perfection makes me believe that a light flick like Baby Driver can't withstand the powerhouse filmmaking on display.

Well, we expect a «swords and sandals» flick like this to come with a great deal of violence — and this one delivers.

If Arnold Schwarzenegger is not in this than it's gonna be another failed Predator flick like the one Robert Rodriguez produced a few years back.

THE BLU - RAY DISC You'd think a flick like Death Spa would be fated to languish forever in video obscurity, but MPI Media Group label Gorgon Video has rescued it from the scrap heap and given it a robust second life on Blu - ray, reportedly re-scanning the camera negative at 2K for this disc.

Theron rocks this flick like it's her audition for Step - Mommie Dearest in the first act, looking both «the fairest» on the outside, but screaming all levels of «crazy» and «evil» externally.

Her best moments are much more human than you'd expect in a flick like this.

Besides, we have seen flicks like that from Giroud, often, every season.

But in addition to kid - friendly flicks like «The Polar Express,» «Elf» and «Home Alone,» you'll also find decidedly more adult fare, such as «Bad Santa,» «When Harry Met Sally» and unlikely classic «Die Hard.»

PARK SLOPE, NY — A summer series of outdoor film screenings returns to Brooklyn's backyard in July showing flicks like «Space Jam» and «The Wizard of Oz» at Prospect Park.

A24 does horror and thrillers in general some justice, with flicks like «The VVitch» and «It Comes At Night» just to name a couple (sorry in advance if you disagree).

With the exception of Hollywood flicks the likes of The Graduate where the young man asks if the older woman is trying to seduce him.

Serious cineasts don t have to wade through the muck and mire of blockbuster action - adventure flicks like they do in summer or over the holidays.

Directed by Milos Forman, Flynt shows little of the inspiration that marked his best - known flicks like Amadeus and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

why don't you make hard ass flicks like this anymore!!!!? alas poor Eddie, thou maketh such crapeth these days.

Helming solid horror flicks like Hush and Ouija: Origin of Evil, I knew that this film was in good hands, even though I truthfully didn't know much about it when going in.

I mean, the guy was awesome in early 90s flicks like «True Romance» and «Pump Up the Volume», but recently, he has done nothing but mainstream crap.

Before you get hyped for the hits arriving this March, we must bid a sad farewell to a range of great flicks like Children of Men, Independence Day, Jackie Brown, and One Hour Photo.

by Walter Chaw The more cynical among us would note that the title might also refer to the time that movies exactly like Taking Lives have stolen from hapless audiences, but the fact of it is that if not for our mortal curiosity, we might have missed genuinely good mad - dog killer flicks like Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Manhunter, The Untold Story, and Se7en.

Whereas more popular flicks like Captain Underpants -LRB--48.9 %), Cars 3 -LRB--55.2 %), Despicable Me 3 -LRB--53.6 %) and The Emoji Movie -LRB--51.1 %), fell much harder in their sophomore frames.

I'm not entirely certain why this inspired - by - a-true-story (as chronicled in Andrea Perron's book, «House of Darkness, House of Light») shocker is rated R, except perhaps that the MPAA might have though the film too psychologically intense for kids, but, to me, it's no more intense that PG - 13 horror flicks like The Ring and The Grudge.

Female - led high - budget flicks like «Divergent,» «The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1» and «Maleficent» did very well at the box office, while directors Angelina Jolie and Ava DuVernay «s films, «Unbroken» and «Selma,» respectively, are accumulating Oscar buzz as awards season is already in full swing.

Neeson, who has built his action cred with flicks like «Taken» and «The Grey» brings his attitude and gun, and uses both to the utmost.

Wendy's decided to share its favorite films of 2017, and its assessment of flicks like Logan is some damn - fine film criticism.

The Family is a dark comedy directed by Luc Besson, a French director who has achieved international success mainly due to his knack for Hollywood - style action flicks like La Femme Nikita, The Professional, and The Fifth Element.

Just a couple of decades ago, flicks like this were commonplace — sequels that jettisoned most of their main cast and creatives, trotted out a flimsy approximation of their predecessors, and didn't take things too seriously.

Even good flicks like 40 - Year - Old Virgin and Wedding Crashers don't live up to their potential due to excessive running times.

The spooky vibe won't surprise anybody who's seen Shyamalan flicks like «The Sixth Sense» and especially «The Village» — though here there are also dashes of»60s cult classic «The Prisoner» thrown in for good measure.

Since 2005, the duo has been steadily chipping away at Hollywood's exclusive, systematic traditionalism and slowly but very surely reviving indie's middle class with small but buzzworthy flicks like The One I Love, The Overnight, Tangerine, and now the South by Southwest favorite Manson Family Vacation.

CNN later confirmed Nintendo is «close to a deal» with the studio that dropped other animated flicks like the Despicable Me series.

A look at this year's longlists confirms that trend, as relatively mediocre Brit flicks like «The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas,» «Mamma Mia!»

And sometimes the joke is on art film snobs who can't understand why Soderbergh, the artuer behind left - field flicks like «Schitzopolis,» «The Limey» and «sex, lies & videotape,» would have ever «gone Hollywood» to begin with.

, Side Effects, or the climaxes of heist flicks like Ocean's Eleven and Logan Lucky) is a natural fit for psychological horror.

Duncan Jones has not given me a reason to doubt him, having made great sci - fi flicks like Moon and Source Code, so I'm optimistic about this movie.

Who doesn't love the classic Schwarzenegger flicks like Commando, Predator, The Running Man, and the Terminator series?

Director Paul McGuigan, who so far has specialized in ultra-cool, ultra-modern flicks like The Acid House and Gangster No. 1, immerses himself almost completely in crude, muddy 14th century life, save for a few present - day editing techniques that jar the action from time to time.