The Wrap «s Reviews Editor Alonso Duralde joined forces with reviewers Inkoo Kang and James Rocchi to reveal their favorite films of the year —
from big budget blockbusters to film festival gems that you may have missed.
From big budget blockbusters to notable indies, many would call his decision making curious, if not downright bizarre.
Below we have collected the 20 films that most impressed us,
from big budget blockbusters to surprising indies.
The Wrap's Reviews Editor Alonso Duralde joined forces with reviewer Inkoo Kang to reveal their favorite films of the year —
from big budget blockbusters to film festival gems that you may have missed.
Not exact matches
In recent years, the statuette has gone home with lesser - seen movies, often
from off the mainstream radar — offbeat or «prestige» titles that captured the imagination of Academy voters if not the American public — to the near - total exclusion of
big budget Hollywood
blockbusters.
Moviegoers are finally about to get a break
from all of the
big -
budget summer
blockbusters and superhero action movies, as studios move away
from large - scale spectacles...
Moviegoers are finally about to get a break
from all of the
big -
budget summer
blockbusters and superhero action movies, as studios move away
from large - scale spectacles in favor of award - season prestige films.
Big -
budget special effects, swiftly paced action, and a distinct feminist subtext
from writer / director James Cameron turned what should have been a by - the - numbers sci - fi sequel into both a
blockbuster and a seven - time Oscar nominee.
The Screen Rant editorial team shares their top 5 favorite movies of 2017 -
from innovative indie films to
big -
budget blockbusters.
Now Coogler moves
from the comfortable mid-range
budget of that Rocky reboot to the nine - figure realm of comic book action, a genre that has given Hollywood many of its
biggest blockbusters over the past two decades.
Naturally, we have your back when it comes to breaking down the
big -
budget blockbusters and
big - name studio releases that will be taking over your multiplexes
from Memorial Day until Labor Day — but what if you're looking for something besides the latest pop - franchise installment or A-list star vehicle to see?
The brilliant Brit Gareth Edwards (MONSTERS) in currently shooting his
big -
budget blockbuster GODZILLA for Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures and we're hoping for a first peek at the towering colossal creature born
from a nuclear contamination.
While the details are familiar
from Sam Raimi's 2002 film, they play out in a more relaxed manner: The Amazing Spider - Man is every inch a
blockbuster, but it doesn't have the urgency of most
big -
budget summer movies.
Audiences will still likely see every punch coming
from a mile away, but what's remarkable is how the movie lands them all: It's an invigorating piece of nostalgia that fuels a
bigger adrenaline rush with its climax than any
big -
budget blockbuster could provide.
He's at the cusp of stardom, essentially, with leading - man good looks and an ineffable quality of fearless integrity that allows him to back away
from the
big -
budget blockbusters in which he has found himself of late to take a small role in a small film, just because it's important to him.
Something of a small miracle, «The Way Way Back» is such a refreshing, smartly enjoyable reprieve
from the summer movie season's barrage of superhero fare and
big -
budget blockbusters that you feel blue when it must come to an end.
A refreshing spin on the superhero origin story, Chronicle was one of the surprise hits of the year, banking $ 126m
from a
budget of just $ 15m; a sequel has already been announced (although Fox are apparently unhappy with Max Landis» script), and its success has paved the way for Josh Trank to try his hand at a
big budget superhero
blockbuster with Fox's Fantastic Four reboot.
It's no wonder that straight after Match Point, Johansson starred in her first
big -
budget action film, The Island,
from the
blockbuster director Michael Bay.
While 2016 didn't see many, if any, true
big budget blockbuster titles
from SEGA, there were still several great games to be found.