Sentences with phrase «game film classic»

Kicking off the nostalgia trip is a modern day review of the»80s video game film classic, The Wizard.

Not exact matches

Regal Cinemas offers its Summer Movie Express with family films for $ 1 throughout the summer, and Classic Cinemas gets in on the act with its Wednesday Morning Movie Series, which includes games and activities and visits from popular characters (and costs just a buck).

Reservoir Dogs: Bloody Days by Big Star Games is a third - person top - down shooter with few connections to Quentin Tarantino's film other than it being about gangsters with color - coded names; and yet Bloody Days partially succeeds in its aspiration to revive a classic for crime and gangster films, while offering a time - rewind mechanics that helps the game distinct itself from the pool of titles in the top - down shooter category.

To be fair, the game IS an excellent attempt at a polished addition to a now tiresome franchise, if you loved the Ridley Scott and James Camerons heralded Alien films, and like me, consider Predator as a must - have classic in the DVD collection, you won't put down the controller.

A film that has influenced so many genres, as anyone who remembers the classic Amiga computer game «Speedball» will know.

Wreck - It Ralph, Walt Disney's latest animated film based on video games is a few power - ups shy of a classic, but

The biggest problem with the film is that the marketing for it makes the viewer believe that the classic video game characters will play a key role in the film while they honestly have minor cameos.

Reuniting the stars of his celebrated film Cinderella, Kenneth Branagh and Rob Ashford direct Richard Madden («Game of Thrones,» Cinderella) as Romeo and Lily James («Downton Abbey,» Cinderella) as Juliet, alongside Derek Jacobi as Mercutio, and Meera Syal as The Nurse, in a modern, passionate version of the classic tragedy.

Here are a handful of Oscar nominee reactions from the films The Imitation Game and The Theory of Everything plus Sony Pictures Classics and more.

Official Premise: «Alien: Isolation» is a first - person survival horror game which captures the fear and tension evoked by Ridley Scott's 1979 classic film.

Sammy launches the official site for its loose action - game adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's classic film.

The Halloween sweater (pictured above) features the classic Michael Myers mask and the film's signature font, while it's matching scarf (below) is festive and ready for a chilly Haddonfield High School football game night.

We hack and slash our way through the E3 demo of this sci - fi action game inspired by Kurosawa's classic film.

The two are also scheduled to write the scripts for Reynolds» remake of Clue - the classic 1985 comedy based on the board game - and Michael Bay's upcoming film 6 Underground.

Bond girl Naomie Harris will join franchise king Dwayne Johnson in the film adaptation of the classic video game «Rampage».

The original film was a classic tale of revenge that followed an elite special agent (Lee Byung - hun, «G.I. Joe») whose pregnant fiancé is murdered by an evil madman (Choi Min - sik, «Oldboy»), prompting him to lure the killer into an increasingly violent and twisted game of cat - and - mouse.

Jeff reprised his role of video - game developer Kevin Flynn from the classic 1982 film TRON.

I feel like I should end my review for Scott Scott Pilgrim vs. the World by channeling the spirit of classic video games like «Legend of Zelda,» «Mario,» etc. (all of which the film parodies).

So what kind of game was this classic cult film made into?

The classic 1987 arcade game Contra is getting a new live action film, which is being developed by Konami Digital Entertainment.

The first film was charming and funny, a sweet love letter to classic arcades and modern video games alike.

SEGA has unleashed a new trailer for «Aliens: Colonial Marines», the upcoming console game based on James Cameron's 1986 film classic «Aliens».

Directed by Jeff Wadlow, whose previous movies include Never Back Down, Kick - Ass 2 and the lacklustre horror Cry Wolf, the film reinvents the classic children's game of Truth or Dare into an It Follows - style menace.

Pictures / New Line Cinema and director Brad Peyton give the classic Midway Games arcade game a cinematic representation with the film Rampage.

Looking back there has been many popular video games that have been adapted to the big screen, including Nintendo's classic Super Mario Bros (1993's Super Mario Bros.), Capcom's survival horror Resident Evil (2002 - 2016's Resident Evil series), Blizzard's fantasy strategy Warcraft (2016's Warcraft or Warcraft: The Beginning in international territories), Core Design / Square Enix's action adventure platforming Tomb Raider (2001 - 2018's Tomb Raider films series), Ubisoft's time - traveling action adventures Assassin's Creed (2016's Assassin's Creed), Square Enix's immersive JRPG Final Fantasy (2001, 2005, and 2016's Final Fantasy movies), and many others.

While genre films are often dismissed when people are talking about classic cinema, there is absolutely no denying the seismic impact his movies have had and continue to have in the world of film, TV, comics, video games and literature.

Call it a classic cross-promotion release, but the original films are better enjoyed in their own collections (which assemble all wolf, blood - sucking, and monster sequels in complete collections); the X-Box game is only level 1; and the missing music featurette could easily have fit onto the standard two - disc edition.

FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR — ACTOR Steve Carell, Foxcatcher — Sony Pictures Classics Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game — The Weinstein Company Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler — Open Road Michael Keaton, Birdman — Fox Searchlight Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything — Focus Features / Universal

LGBTQ FILM OF THE YEAR The Imitation Game — The Weinstein Company Love is Strange — Sony Pictures Classics Pride — CBS Films Stranger by the Lake — Strand Releasing The Way He Looks — Strand Releasing

Deadline is reporting that Warner Bros. has officially hired Daniel Kunka to pen the movie version of the mega-popular classic arcade game, whose only produced feature film to date is 12 Rounds starring WWE superstar John Cena and Aidan Gillen.

They've also announced dates for some forthcoming films like the sequels to Fifty Shades of Grey, and also shifted some films arriving over the next few years, such as the video game adaptation Warcraft from Duncan Jones, the sci - fi sequel Pacific Rim 2 from Guillermo del Toro and the first official movie that kicks off Universal's classic movie monsters franchise reboot, The Mummy.

Loosely based on the classic arcade game of the late 1980s where players control giant animal monsters levelling a city for the sheer joy of it, the film lacks the immersive thrill as it is no fun being a mere spectator.

Alien: Isolation is a first - person survival horror game capturing the fear and tension evoked by Ridley Scott's 1979 classic film.

The film may not be the game changing, instant new classic fans have been wishing for, but beneath the overreaching ambition (pretension?)

-- but it doesn't hold a candle to its classic counterpart in the original film, where Thomas and Catherine engage in the steamiest chess game ever committed to film.

Back in 2000 the Walt Disney Company's consumer products division struck gold when it launched the Disney Princess franchise, packaging classic characters from the studio's animated films into an array of dolls, games, and other products; sales for this year alone are projected at $ 4 billion.

Nowadays, with technological innovation, new heavy - hitting players, like Netflix and Amazon, enter the lucrative cinema game and the classic model of production - distribution - exhibition is again tested and changed and we can ask the existential question: does a film have to also be available in theatres to be Cinema?

«Wreck - It Ralph,» a 3 - D animated family film about a video game villain who tries to break free of his role, is the largest box - office opening ever for Walt Disney Animation, which has produced countless cartoon classics (though doesn't include Disney's lucrative Pixar Animation).

A true classic of the comedy genre, 1985's previous film adaptation has earned a massive cult following over the years and is considered one of the few successful film adaptations of a game or toy.

But an onslaught is coming: next year brings a sixth «Resident Evil» movie, sequel / reboot «Hitman: Agent 47» and the Michael Fassbender - starring adaptation of «Assassin's Creed,» along with sci - fi comedy «Pixels,» which isn't based on one specific property but instead collects a bevy of 80s lo - fi game classics in one film.

PROPAGANDA Jaakko Haapasalo, Director of Defense at Futuremark Games Studio tells reporters, «With Unstoppable Gorg we have been inspired by classic sci - fi films to create a game of flying saucers, rubbery aliens, dodgy effects and earnest heroes.

Even board games can see success as a feature film, if 1985's cult classic Clue is anything to go by.

Since «Battle Royale,» the 2000 Japanese film about teens forced to kill each other in a government - sanctioned murder game, there has been many a riff on that cult classic — «The Condemned,» «The Tournament,» and most notably, and similarly, «The Hunger Games.»

Thief, the classic game series that revolutionized the stealth genre, is getting a film adaptation from producers Adrian Askarieh & Roy Lee.

Dirty Harry is an action game based on the classic film about a renegade police officer.

The game also features 4 - player local and networked multiplayer and an original score inspired by classic samurai films.

Among the newly featured films this week: two very different but very good thrillers in Se7en on Monday and The Crying Game on Wednesday, both on IFC; some classic sci - fi in The Thing from Another World on Thursday; zany comedy Airplane!

Bringing your friendly neighbourhood Spider - Man back to console is Insomniac Games, this open - world game looks to bring a great new story to Spider - Man as its not linked to any of the recent films or comics, allowing us to web - sling your way thorough New York high rises trying to catch all the classic bad guys such as Kingpin.

At first Amy's storyline is certainly interesting enough to instil a desire to see the game through to the end, taking a leaf out of the classic chiller films by providing just enough information to get you guessing.

Unlock more trophies by putting a Finding Dory Play Set Piece on the Disney Infinity base to play the game, So it lets you play as Nemo or Dory in our game, Based on a Finding Dory film better than Finding Nemo and Shark Tale if it's better than the classic version.