Sentences with phrase «genre flick with»

Not throwing out another generic genre flick with a cult film name on it.

Though the film straddles a fine line due to its off - kilter tone, Reynolds and the supporting cast (which also includes Anna Kendrick as another co-worker turned victim) do just enough to make «The Voices» an enjoyably weird genre flick with an unexpected dash of humanity.

What began as a slick and stylish genre flick with a clever twist on vampire / werewolf mythology has quickly devolved into a series of dull and moronic sequels, none more so than «Blood Wars,» which takes the cake for the way it so carelessly defies logic.

But both prove Cuaron's knack for combining genre flicks with heavier themes: here, the real villain is the intolerance of other people.

He also directed a handful of excellent genre flicks with the great Gene Hackman.

Not exact matches

After dipping into the family - friendly genre with How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events his latest, Mr Popper's Penguins, is further evidence that Carrey should keep well clear of flicks for the little ones.

The old Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers serials were not science fiction, the «alien invaders» flicks of the 50s were likewise fantasy, and it continues today with such non science fiction films as Independence Day, Red Planet and Event Horizon trying to claim a genre title of which they are not worthy.

As a straight up genre flick, it's an anti-thriller — the actual hunt for Russell and Frankie is pretty much skipped over entirely, and solved with a couple lines of dialogue.

I'm not quite going to get sucked into the studio yet, I'm not going to try and be too lofty, I'm going to regress a bit emotionally, and make a very hardcore genre flick that's for my former self and the friends that I grew up making movies with who taught me camera techniques, and introduced me to directors like early Peter Jackson and Martin Scorsese.

While English comedies of this sort can go the way of cute and light Feel Good Brit Flick (an often way too saccharine genre), they can also produce generally winning films like «Billy Elliot» and «The Full Monty,» and production company Big Talk have an excellent track record, with «Shaun Of The Dead,» «Attack The Block» and «Sightseers» among their triumphs.

Conceived by the briefly prolific, ultra-low-budget director Herschell Gordon Lewis (who will be forever known as the Godfather of Gore)-- along with producer David F. Friedman — as an alternative to the commercially competitive genre of cheap - and - easy nudie flicks, the splatter movie was at -LSB-...]

This brutal genre flick isn't going to sit easily with some audiences, but Hostiles offers a contemplative, if imperfect, Hollywood acknowledgment of the mass bloodshed of Indigenous persons on the frontier.

In their previous screenplays, Wright and Pegg have very shrewdly thrown genre conventions on their collective ear; they clearly love horror movies and action flicks and buddy comedies, and they understand the structure of those films with such clarity that they can rewrite the rules, scramble up our expectations and wind up with a creation that's both an homage to and a subversion of past classics.

DVD Review by Kam Williams Headline: Robert Rodriguez Homage to Zombie Genre Released on DVD This Robert Rodriguez tour de force was originally released in theaters paired with Quentin Tarantino Death Proof as the better half of Grindhouse, a double feature of deliberately low - grade throwbacks designed as an homage to the B - flicks from the Fifties.

So it seems only fitting that director Gary Fleder and Sylvester Stallone set out to craft a clever and engaging action flick with a Western theme starring today's hottest star of the genre, Jason Statham, in «Homefront.»

That or you've just done a mountain of cocain; either way, this is the problem that Ryan Reynolds» Jerry Hickfang find himself in with Marjane Satrapi's genre - bending flick The Voices after he accidentally kills his girlfriend.

A singularly savvy thriller from Spike Lee, who takes a conventional genre — the heist flick — and fills it with small unexpected moments to remember.

As a childhood fan of watching Godzilla and Gamera flicks on Saturday afternoons, I went into Pacific Rim excited yet nervous that one of my favorite genres would be destroyed in the same way Roland Emmerich bastardized Godzilla with his 1998 remake.

and, only this week, signing on to her studio debut with Sony «s genre flick «The Kitchen Sink,» about a vampire, a werewolf and a zombie who team up to fight off aliens.

As a straight - up genre flick, it's an anti-thriller — the actual hunt for Russell and Frankie is pretty much skipped over entirely, and solved with a couple lines of dialogue.

The film is a direct sequel to Tobe Hooper's malevolent and masterful 1974 flick, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, picking up hours after the genre classic before a modern setting takes us on a journey of more mayhem with the chainsaw - wielding maniac, Leatherface (Read our review HERE).

Still, and despite the failure of Land of the Dead, there's Night of, Day of, and Diary of to confirm that Romero's zombie flicks are worthy genre pieces alight with insight into social issues.

While Fantastic Fest is known more for its offbeat, non-mainstream genre films, this year's festival will open with the world premiere of Tim Burton's stop - motion animated flick Frankenweenie.

The movies, «Non-Stop» included, are simple, mostly serviceable genre flicks that are smart enough to dispense with exposition but not witty enough to put three acts together.

It's no fun to rip a genre flick by Canadian maverick Bruce McDonald, who makes movies with real zeal and, as recently as 2008, riffed smartly on horror movie tropes in his quasi-zombie drama Pontypool.

With its sparse dialogue and strikingly beautiful, color - saturated imagery — almost all of it framed in boxy, anachronistic Academy ratio — the movie doesn't really look or sound like any martial arts flick ever made, offering an original and idiosyncratic take on one of film history's most durable genres.

Showtime is nothing if not determined, however, and, having successfully courted the O demo, they turned their sights on the slobbering fanboy contingent (myself included) by enticing thirteen genre directors — with a tiny budget, a Canadian location shoot, and a promise of «no MPAA interference» — to craft one - hour flicks around whatever script they desired to shoot.

That philosophy came in handy once more when he decided to revive a long - dormant movie genre — the screwball romantic comedy — back when action flicks like «Lethal Weapon» and «Die Hard» were the rage, with 1990's «Pretty Woman,» an unlikely Disney fairy tale about a beautiful streetwalker who falls for her rich prince of a business - exec client that turned Julia Robert into a superstar.

Style is the substance of Edgar Wright's heist flick, synching music with getaway mayhem to literally turn the genre on its ear.»

With good production values and ace technical qualities, the film does stand out among its genre flicks.

The PG - 13 horror movie hasn't had a hit in a long while and with the MPAA stamping The Conjuring with a R - rating simply because it was deemed «too scary», these all audience entries into the horror genre such as The Lazarus Effect and last year's much worse Ouija make me question whether it's even truly possible to have an effective PG - 13 horror flick.

After all the critical acclaim heaved upon Danny Boyle and Alex Garland for helping to redefine the zombie flick with «28 Days Later...,» I was definitely excited to see if something similar could be done with science fiction genre.

MUBI continues its partnership with Nicolas Winding Refn's new streaming platform, dedicated to reviving old curious and forgotten genre flicks.

Bone - crunching genre flick nirvana, with a legitimately intimidating Vince Vaughn maiming his way through an underground prison network to save his pregnant wife.

This delightfully witty flick delivers an unlikely premise with energy and quirkiness not often seen in the genre, and also stars Kat Dennings and Robert Downey Jr. in supporting roles.

Combining a screening with a panel discussion works so beautifully to bring everyone to the same point of reference for conversation, and this one opened up the concept of Chick Flicks as a genre worthy of much more thought.

He is known for his outrageous R - rated comedies (The Hangover, Old School, Due Date), but he is taking a stab at the dramedy genre with this based - on - a-true story flick.

Working through the neophyte filmmaker's genre playbook, director Ana Lily Amirpour follows up her vampire movie A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night with this dystopian flick most reminiscent of the Australian strain in terms of vibe / aesthetics, what with its shantytown sets, symbolic names, and obligatory feral child.

Saw co-creators James Wan (The Conjuring) and Leigh Whannell (Insidious) return to collaborate on another horror tale with Dead Silence, a visually intriguing but thinly developed scare flick that will likely only be of appeal to genre fans just looking for a few creepy jolts.

Rather than spending your time scrolling through categories, trying to track down the perfect film to watch, we've done our best to make it easy for you at Paste by updating our Best Movies to watch on Netflix list each month with new additions and overlooked gems alike, bringing you our favorites from across genres: Oscar - winning dramas, independent and art - house films, action blockbusters, documentaries, comedies, sci - fi flicks and animated movies for both kids and adults.

(A bout portant) Film Review by Kam Williams Headline: Hubby Has Three Hours to Save Pregnant Wife in Adrenaline - Fueled Action Thriller Paris has served as the backdrop for several superb revenge flicks lately, such as «Taken,» «District B - 13» and «From Paris with Love,» and this adrenaline - fueled thriller measures up well in comparison with the best of the genre.

As with many genre flicks, the action is the real star, with the plot more substantial and performances stronger than usual.

Though the film follows a pretty standard cops - and - robbers formula, it does so with such razor - sharp proficiency and well - drawn characters that it succeeds not only as a terrific genre flick but a modern American classic in the same vein as «No Country for Old Men.»

An unusual take on the monotony of any profession (be it prostitution or engineering to - order weapons for assassins), it's more evidence that George Clooney, with this tribute to Melville, his Kaufman - scripted Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, and his Tarkovsky redux Solaris, is quietly becoming a visible, above - the - line champion for smart American genre flicks — fomenting his own little underground Nouvelle Vague with movies that audiences, for the most part, are anxious to dismiss.

From the crew that brought us the sleeper cult comedy, Super Troopers, Broken Lizard now taps into the slasher flick genre with Club Dread, a mix of gory thriller elements and unbridled hedonism that keeps all of its gags completely on the surface.

Borrowing heavily from the slasher genre yet deserving immense credit in crafting, along with Wingard's direction, a wholly refreshing fright flick.

Although the movie, a traditional coming - of - age drama, likely belongs in the oft - mocked «chick flick» genre, it's more than just a heartstring - puller with a hunky lead.

Co-written by director Edgar Wright and star Simon Pegg, this gory zombie satire is filled to the brim with charming English wit, but even though the comedic duo (best known for the hit Brit TV show «Spaced») tirelessly pokes fun at their favorite zombie flicks, they still respect and follow every one of the genre's rules.

WHY: After taking the festival circuit by storm with their home invasion thriller, «You're Next,» the writer - director duo of Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett seemed poised to deliver another cult classic with this low - budget genre flick.

Instead, what we are left with is what feels and looks like a second - tier Scorsese gangster flick with genre conventions so generic and monotonous, you begin to feel as old as James Cagney.