Sentences with phrase «high budget films»

Tom Bezucha, who directed The Family Stone commended her decision and termed it as a show of wisdom given all that comes with working in high budget films.

Enjoy the high budget film (I paid him in yogurt)!

He made his first appearance in an American film in Victor Halperin's grisly thriller Torture Ship, playing one of the criminals on whom well - intentioned (but quite mad) scientist Irving Pichel plans to perform glandular experiments, but he soon moved up to higher budgeted films from the major studios, although still almost inevitably in sinister roles.

Making it the highest budgeted film for the time, to bad the amazing effects were the only good part.

This work is about globally dispersed high budget film and television production, but it is not told from the perspective of the motives and strategies of the major studios.

This higher budget film, Le Moine (The Monk), isbased on the once - censored 18th century gothic novel by Matthew Gregory Lewis, and stars Vincent Cassel in the principal role.

Not exact matches

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But the film is a metaphysical muddle: We couldn't shake the feeling we had just seen a very high - budget philosophy lecture.

A higher budget and a longer running time would have made this even better, but even as it stands, it's a satisfying film in the Saturday - matinee mold.

His final film appearance — in John T. Kretchmer's low - budget comedy Bad Girls from Valley High — arrived posthumously, in 2005.

Tracing the history of adult films, from «Deep Throat» and «Devil in Miss Jones» to the high - definition, big budget movies of today, this documentary chronicles the most important, critically acclaimed and sexiest movies in history.

If there is any justice in this world, his work here ought to lead to higher budget sci - fi films.

Rian Johnson's first feature was the well received, low - budget indie titled «Brick» (2005), which told a high - school story in a film noir style, narrated by Gordon - Levitt.

as a kid i grew up with transformers for toys, but didn't watch the actual show (aside from beast wars) until last year, so i wouldn't consider myself a fan boy, but when a tv show based around toys from the 80's has better dialog, humor, character development, and plot than a high budget Hollywood film, you know something is wrong with the film industry.

Truth: Blumhouse Productions is the boutique horror studio whose high - volume, low - budget business model has fostered a culture of creative risk that actually pays off, and has given rise to films as vital as Whiplash and Get Out.

You get a sense of what differentiates Romans from the citizens of Pompeii, the geography and culture of the place, and the production values seem solid enough for what was probably a mid-to-lower end of high - budget film.

With a production budget of $ 80 million, and box - office gross receipts of $ 181 million (domestic) and $ 457 million (worldwide)- the third highest - grossing film of 1996.

Of course, being a low - budget independent film with relatively little star power, no high concept, and minimal sizzle, The Intervention was destined to make do with the obscurity of limited theatrical release.

The experimental nature of the film also proves a charm, the ten minute shots make interesting viewing and a high budget cyclorama backdrop that includes the empire state building makes the film look much more modern than anything else from the 1940's.

A film that should feel Shakespearean instead comes across as a high - budget soap opera.

It begs me to wonder if the film's budget wasn't high enough to pull off what was asked for or if the stunts and tricks are too elaborate in the first place.

From major studios to independents, from big budget to small, the quality of films this year was excellent and the entertainment, artistic and substantive value high.

The film also feels like it is scaled way higher than its budget.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, one of the reasons that the budget on «John Carter» went so high is that director Andrew Stanton, used to reworking films while at Pixar, «embarked on extensive and costly reshoots» (something fervently denied by the helmer, who called it «a complete and utter lie,» saying that Disney had let him go for longer reshoots because his principal photography had come in on time and on budget).

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.

The actress didn't let the film's small budget and short production schedule stop her from doing work of the highest order.

Stephen Frears» directorial debut Gumshoe, a cockeyed detective film starring Albert Finney as a small - time bingo caller who plays at being a private detective for fun and ends up in the middle of a real mystery, and Arch Oboler's 1951 end - of - the - world drama Five, a low budget, high concept film he produced independently, also arrive under the «Martini Movies» imprint.

In his first feature film, director Josh Forbes does give the film the appearance of a much higher budget than in actuality.

That Sony's disc was serviceable entails that even the minor improvement made here results in The Muppet Movie looking rather strong for a movie approaching 30 that was not shot on the highest of budgets or film stocks.

The budget may be low but the film is still of a high standard.

Producer Jason Blum is the founder and CEO of Blumhouse Productions, which is a multi-media production company that has pioneered the model of making high - quality, low - budget films, and now does everything from movies and TV shows to books and live events.

In fact, PA3 opened bigger and though it had the series» weakest legs to date, it still ended up with a domestic gross close to the first film and a franchise - high worldwide take of $ 203 M. And while the production budget again rose, it was still kept to just $ 5 million, well under the competition and far less than the marketing costs of such a high - profile wide release.

Independently made (on a reported $ 80 million budget) by French producer Dimitri Rassam, «The Little Prince» may lack the fast pace and high - concept storytelling of today's most popular animated fare, but it should strike a solid chord with family audiences around the world (where the film has been heavily presold) and particularly in France, where Paramount opens the film July 29.

But he had never actually completed a film with a budget higher than $ 35 million (2006's The Fountain).

It seems that Hollywood has woken up to the vast store of talent that exists in the low - budget milieu, and more and more, the calling - card small film or successful TV stint is being used as a conduit to gain a higher profile and a bigger budget the next time out.

Actor Dwayne Johnson returns to the big screen with the newest disaster flick San Andreas, a film that will no doubt continue Johnson's string of high budget, low payoff films that have plagued his career Read More →

Recognized and respected for the quality of the films we represent, whether high profile fare with a medium - sized budget or cutting - edge low - budgets from emerging talents, the value we seek most is originality.

She remembers Gortner as the high - energy den leader of the cast, on a shoot that ran far too long, and discloses that co-star Ida Lupino — herself a budget filmmaker of some renown — grew so fed up with the schedule that she wrote a death scene for her character, browbeat Gordon into filming it that very day, and went home.

A big - budget, high - quality animated film this early in the year is rare, and while this third chapter of Po the Panda, Master Shifu and the Furious Five doesn't quite live - up to the original, it's fast, furry - ous, and a satisfying conclusion to the trilogy.

Drinking Buddies is somewhat of a crossover from micro-indie films into a larger budget film for Joe Swanberg; it contains a well - known cast (Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson, Anna Kendrick) and much higher production values (having a dedicated director of photography, etc.) than his previous 14 films.

The film, adapted from Irwin Shaw's acclaimed novel, had been generating high interest given its lavish budget and A-list cast, namely, Marlon Brando, Dean Martin and Montgomery Clift.

In particular, it looks like the Metal Gear Solid movie is still being produced by Sony Pictures, meaning that it remains a high budget effort with all the things you would expect from a top film releasing to the cinemas nowadays.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening January 4, 2008 BIG BUDGET FILMS One Missed Call (PG - 13 for mature themes, frightening images, terror, intense violence and some sexual material) Shannyn Sossamon stars in this remake of Chakushin Ari, a high attrition - rate horror flick from Japan about a traumatized young woman who's afraid to answer her cell phone after several of her ill - fated friends receive messages accurately predicting exactly when and how they are about to die.

The film, based on Veronica Roth's novel of the same, stars Shailene Woodley in her first foray into high - budget Hollywood film.

Not everyone digs the aesthetics of this version of Beauty and the Beast, but as a relatively high - budgeted film from the most commercially successful movie studio of the past several years, it is little surprise that it looks as great as intended on Blu - ray.

Following the exponentially higher budgets for Del Toro's other recent films, «Pacific Rim» and «Crimson Peak,» the budget for «The Shape of Water» is under $ 20 million.

This is a film full of talented actors (Felicity Huffman, Jim Broadbent, and Victor Garber are all featured in addition to Samuel L. Jackson), who are given low - substance dialogue and the essence of a plot in what is essentially a high budget National Geographic explosion pic.

The film's budget ($ 120 million) was higher than Logan's and it may have been worse for it.

Fruitvale was a small, low - budget independent film, but it garnered enough attention for Coogler and enough confidence in his abilities that he landed a much higher - profile movie for his next project.