Sentences with phrase «good cult movies»

Like all good cult movies, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas calls to you.

Black comedies typically make the best cult movies, and though this one is filled with aberrant and deviant behavior, it's somehow not quite twisted enough... or at least not properly twisted for viewer fun.

Not exact matches

In Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood, Nitehawk Cinema offers an eclectic mix of today's best art house movies alongside cult classics.

While the movie remained a subject of debate for a good while, the characters of Mickey and Mallory become cult heroes, prooving the fact that controversy is the most efficient form of publicity.

was a quote from the Generation X cult classic movie Better Off Dead where John Cusack's character was pursed through the entire movie by a paperboy trying to collect $ 2 owed to him.

The result — a tale of a young teenage boy who believes his epic sci - fi novel has been stolen for use by one of his writer heroes, and the battle that ensues between them — is a movie that this time might be too strange for a mainstream audience, but based on the Hesses» track record, could very well gain a cult following for years.

James Edmund Caan, best known for his portrayal of Sonny Corleone in the cult movie «The Godfather «is an important name both in the realm of highly respected actors and the community of Gosoku Ryu Karate.

thinkingbpeople are rating it low because it has a diverse cast to which i say die off like ur ignorant grandfathers and fathers before them!!!!! In addition, Cabin in the Woods is a fucking cult success, it was well written and made for a network-esque movie.

Of his handful of movie appearances in the 1970s, Thomas is best remembered for his portrayal of Stix in the cult - favorite Sparkle (1976).

The disaster artist is about the making of the cult movie «The Room», so you should see that first instead to appreciate «The Disaster Artist» better.

Whatever other inspirations the» Hunger Games» series draws upon — from» Survivor,» to the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie version of» The Running Man,» to the Japanese cult classic that author Suzanne Collins claims she never saw,» Battle Royale» — at its best it's a meditation on the way fear and hope can be used by tyrants to subjugate the masses.

Slipping from fantasy to soap opera without any authorial control, pic's best hope is to be recognized as some kind of cult movie of badness.

If it's been a while since you've felt the cold blast and hard crunch of midnight - movie meanness, Zahler's shaping up to be your guy — the one selling illicit thrills out of the trunk of a well - restored, vinyl - topped LTD — and with «Brawl,» he sets himself further apart from his more schlock - minded contemporaries in cult cinem

It is my honest opinion that this movie is the best cult film ever made.

That didn't mean Tarantino didn't create good movies; it just seemed to indicate that he couldn't make anything that went beyond his cult audience.

I understand that Jovovich loves cult material, hence her participation in the horrendous Ultraviolet, and B movie throwbacks but by this point she should at least be able to tell the difference between bad cult movies and good ones.

The Disaster Artist is based on Greg Sestero's best - selling tell - all about the making of Tommy Wiseau's cult - classic disasterpiece The Room («The Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made»), and stars James Franco, Dave Franco, and Seth Rogen.

The picture is based on Greg Sestero's best - selling tell - all about the making of Tommy Wiseau's cult - classic disasterpiece The Room («The Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made»).

Chronicling the making of The Room, which earned a so - bad - it's - good status to become a midnight movie cult classic, The Disaster Artist was largely in the awards season conversation until sexual misconduct allegations against Franco broke.

And though I'm often reticent to watch movies more than once or twice, Tully is the kind of cinematic treat — a cult classic well in the making — that you'll want to rewatch again the second it's over, not just to help piece together various narrative clues but to revisit the rib - tickling jokes and hang out with these characters for a little longer.

All of the above takes place in «The Belko Experiment», from characters played by John Gallagher, Jr. («10 Cloverfield Lane»), John C. McGinley (who was in the 1999 cult comedy classic «Office Space», making this the best inside joke of the movie year so far), «Scandal» «s Tony Goldwyn, and Melonie Diaz.

Best supporting actor in a series, limited series or TV movie David Harbour, «Stranger Things» (Netflix) Alfred Molina, «Feud: Bette and Joan» (FX) Christian Slater, «Mr. Robot (USA) Alexander Skarsgard, «Big Little Lies» (HBO) David Thewlis, «Fargo» (FX) IMMEDIATE REACTION: Even though the talented child actors on «Stranger Things» repeatedly steal every episode, David Harbour has earned somewhat of a cult following as the breakout «grown - up» star — so, good for him!

The presence of such lively influences as Americana, Viennese kitsch, swing and classical music, as well as really laugh out loud touches of humor and quirky casting make this cult movie of Garland «s so watchable.

The 1971 cult hit «Harold and Maude» is the best movie about an affair between a suicidal teen and an 80 - year - old woman ever made, thanks to Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort.

Hereditary may well be destined to change into a cult movie within the vein of The Babadook, It Follows, The Witch, and maximum just lately It Comes at Night, because of this.

The thoroughly awful movie that resulted from their collaboration would go on to become a midnight cult classic, one of the most highly regarded so - bad - it's - good films ever made.

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story has become a sports cult film of sorts — one of the best of the Frat Pack movies — telling the story of the scrappy dodgeball team at Average Joe's gym, led by Peter La Fleur (Vince Vaughn), going against Ben Stiller's White Goodman and the formidable Purple Cobras from his Globo Gym.

Adapted from J.G. Ballard's 1975 cult favorite novel, this movie starts well, but as the story descends into chaos, the movie follows, losing the thread of what it wants to say and why we should care.

Nielsen worked for over 60 years in TV and movies, first gaining attention as a serious actor in such films as Forbidden Planet and The Poseidon Adventure, before eventually becoming best known as the muse of David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, and Jim Abrahams, creators of the cult classic Police Squad!

It dramatizes the making of The Room, a bizarre 2003 cult film that has become a staple of the so - bad - it's - good midnight - movie circuit.

Based on Greg Sestero's best - selling tell - all about the making of Tommy Wiseau's cult - classic disasterpiece The Room («The Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made»).

From cult classics to box office blockbusters, child actor to leading man, the movies he has been such a memorable part of are staples for any avid movie buff's collection and his public life has been something to be proud of as well.

The eventual «Long Kiss Goodnight» movie hedged fairly close to Black's revised draft, but the movie, while attracting an almost instantaneous cult following, never connected with large audience and eventually made less than $ 90 million worldwide, a shameful showing considering how much better American action movies tend to fare overseas.

They certainly had good reason to be optimistic: The movie is a genuine crowdpleaser about Wiseau's unlikely saga from Hollywood outcast to cult hero.

Why you shouldn't miss it: An unabashed love letter to trash cinema, Best Worst Movie reveals the improbable heartfelt story of an Alabama dentist - turned - cult - movie icon and an Italian filmmaker as they come to terms with their internationally revered cinematic faiMovie reveals the improbable heartfelt story of an Alabama dentist - turned - cult - movie icon and an Italian filmmaker as they come to terms with their internationally revered cinematic faimovie icon and an Italian filmmaker as they come to terms with their internationally revered cinematic failure.

Quirky and unhinged (in a good way), the movie awaits a cult following.

Eccentric families are also what Paul Thomas Anderson does best (the porn community in Boogie Nights, the father and adopted son of There Will Be Blood, the cult in The Master), and all his movies explore very American themes (business versus art in Boogie Nights, ambition in There Will Be Blood, self - reinvention in The Master).

Marling — who also co-wrote and co-produced this with director Batmanglij (and has written two other films including the cult hit Another Earth)-- is clearly a roaring talent, and here she inhabits the role of the cold - hearted, all - business operative well, perhaps too well, as this is rather a cold movie, the only person you ever really feel remotely sympathetic to being the shaky - handed, brain - damaged Doc.

Franco directs himself, his brother, Dave Franco, Seth Rogen, Judd Apatow, Zac Efron, and Alison Brie, in what appears to be a pretty darn good movie about the making of a very bad movie, Tommy Wiseau's 2003 cult favorite, The Room.

When: January 18th Why: Between the English - language debuts of Kim Ji - woon and Park Chan - wook, and Spike Lee's upcoming remake of the cult classic «Oldboy,» the Korean invasion is in full swing, and deservedly so, because they're making some of the best movies at the moment.

Welcome to The Best Movie You NEVER Saw, a column dedicated to examining films that have flown under the radar or gained traction throughout the years, earning them a place as a cult classic or underrated gem that was either before it's time and / or has aged like a fine wine.

It plays on TCM as part of the Cult Movies line - up for July and you'll why it fits the bill: the tension between personal loyalty and the communal good and the contrast between the peaceful beauty and the savage violence of the wilderness defines the film.

Newcastle - born Neil Marshall is best known for his work on the British horror scene, with his four movies having developed a cult following.

Her comedic delivery, heart and spirit spill over the frames; she is far and beyond the best thing about this movie, and if it manages cult - classic status, she's the one to thank.

Jeff Nichols's new film Midnight Special is at its best when it keeps things simple: It's a chase movie set in darkness, with a broken father - son dynamic that's healing, and a history involving a religious cult that's left largely unexplained.

Film Review by Kam Williams Headline: Latest Mike Judge Comedy Misses the Mark While Mike Judge may be best known as the creator of the MTV animated series Beavis and Butthead, he also has a cult following of devoted movie fans who love his live - action masterpieces like Office Space and Idiocracy.

Cult filmmaker Tommy Wiseau («The Room») critiques what actor - director James Franco got right — and wrong — in «The Disaster Artist,» based on Wiseau's own legendary experience making the best - worst movie of all time.

His appearances in film and television throughout the years were jump - started by his turn as ambitious warehouse manager Daryl Philbin in cult TV classic The Office which in turn resulted in a string of parts in Evan Goldberg comedies including Pineapple Express, This is the End and, most recently, Sausage Party as well as features on other notable comedies as Knocked Up, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Zack and Miri Make a Porno and a starring role in the two Hot Tub Time Machine movies (though we wish we could forget that second one.)

Good thing Hollywood didn't bite, because if they'd made it big, Tommy and Greg wouldn't have felt put - out and desperate enough to make their own movie, in which case there'd be no cult of The Room to speak of and, thus, no excuse for James Franco to do whatever the hell it is he's is doing in The Disaster Artist.

But that's not a question that requires a theater ticket to answer: home viewing will be just fine - possibly even better with the right cult movie viewing game.