Sentences with phrase «hit movies as»

«I don't know if it's something in the zeitgeist that's manifesting itself in these powerful portrayals of female characters in these really big hit movies as well as smaller indie movies.

In recent years Ben has starred in such hit movies as Mystery Men (1999), Keeping the Faith (2000) and Meet the Parents (2000).

Whether surfing the Web, watching the latest hit movie as it was intended or video - chatting with friends, Motorola XOOM will delight customers with its ease of use, speed, and vivid graphics.

Not exact matches

Today, thanks to ebooks and Amazon (amzn), self - publishing is a global phenomenon — an independent route intentionally chosen by more and more authors — that has spawned not only mega-bestsellers like Fifty Shades of Grey, but also hits in other realms, such as the movie version of The Martian.

And as an added treat, there's also the great performance by Riz Ahmed in the movie (who has blown up since with his performance in the HBO hit «The Night Of»).

Compton was actually one of two Universal movies to cross that milestone this weekend, as Amy Schumer's Trainwreck also hit the $ 100 million mark.

As the movie character Rocky Balboa once said, «It ain't about how hard you hit.

On Nov. 15 — the release date of its latest hit — Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Ubisoft co-founder and CEO Yves Guillemot spoke to Canadian Business staff writer Jeff Beer about how the industry has changed in the past 25 years, where games and movies will meet and Canada's potential as a video - game powerhouse.

She has starred in hit movies such as The Wedding Planner, made a highly successful run as a judge on American Idol, and had several hit albums.

As for Owning Mahowny, the movie wasn't exactly a box office hit, but it did garner impressive reviews, which shouldn't surprise anyone considering its protagonist was played by one of the greatest actors of our time.

And if the coming big releases «Jumanji» or «The Greatest Showman» (a Fox movie, by the way) do knock «The Last Jedi» from the top spot in the coming weeks, Disney still earned $ 5 billion - plus at the worldwide box office for the third year in a row (Warner Bros. hit that mark this year for just the second time in its history) and is likely to surpass WB as the top - earning studio at the domestic box office for the year.

With Disney pushing the annual release of Star Wars movies, Star Wars toys are likely to remain popular as the franchise has long been a hit with kids as well as fans of the originals.

With «The Fate of the Furious» hitting theaters on Friday, and looking to make box - office dollars as over-the-top as its stunts, here we look back on the incredible career of «The Rock» from a failed football run and WWE to bona fide movie star:

The ability to hit a huge percentage of a demographic with promotions in a short time, such as for a new movie release, attracts advertisers to Facebook.

Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA)- owned Paramount Pictures announced on Wednesday that it will start streaming its movies as early as 31 days from the time they hit the theaters.

Farmiga, who starred opposite George Clooney in the hit movie «Up in the Air,» told CNN that she began panicking during preproduction, as the magnitude of the undertaking - simultaneously directing and playing the lead role, lots of child actors, and 25 scenes that included music - became clear.

As a Christian and mom of three who attends a non-denominational church in West Lake, California, White said the movie hit home for her.

As is probably expected, the movie, which hits theaters in March, is reigniting the controversy surrounding the book.

Before his breakout role as Aaron Samuels in the hit movie, Mean Girls, Jonathan Bennett launched his career on the small screen.

When they had signed for their movie, Chuck Connors had said, «They'll be sensational,» but Chuck is as good at judging actors as he used to be at hitting against lefties.

The event was captured in an award winning documentary in 1970, the movie Woodstock, a soundtrack album, and Joni Mitchell's song which commemorated the event, and became a major hit for Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, as well as the chart - topper for Matthews Southern Comfort.

«BabyCenter has seen this over the years with celebrity and sports star names, as well as names from hit TV shows or movies.

The brainchild of Danny Crossman, a British bomb disposal officer responsible for such lifesaving technologies as the bomb suit featured in the OscarTM - winning movie, The Hurt Locker, ShockboxTM consists of a miniature sensor with rechargeable battery, BluetoothTM wireless module and a sensor, which transmits data on hits to a player's helmet in real time to a smartphone, laptop or PDA on which the Shockbox app has been downloaded.

This was a great movie — had the boys in stitches and we've almost watched it as many times as Cars 2 (the surprise hit of 2 years ago!!!)

My daughter and I will be going to see the movie as soon as it hits theaters in our area so stay tuned for a review on what we thought after actually watching it.

Okorafor said she was buoyed by the global success of the summer box office hit «Wonder Woman» — the first superhero movie to star a woman since 2005 — with the character hailed as a new role model for girls and a break away from sexism in Hollywood.

You might remember Johnson from such hits as blaming climate change on sunspots, Photoshopping President Obama into an ad opposing the Iran nuclear deal, and calling the Lego Movie «insidious» and «propaganda.»

It should come as no surprise that nanotech hits many of the fear buttons in the psychometric paradigm: It is a man - made risk; much of it is difficult to see or imagine; and the only available images we can associate with it are frightening movie scenes, such as a cloud of robots eating the Eiffel Tower.

CATONSVILLE, MD, January 25, 2018 — In the nearly 60 years between the 1939 release of Hollywood's first animated movie, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and modern hits like Toy Story, Shrek and more, advances in animation technology have revolutionized not only animation techniques, but moviemaking as a whole.

We'd go out for Cosmos and then hit the movies... with pink marshmallows as a snack!

First and foremost, Cuthbert, Murray, and Van Holt give solid, fun shows, which allows the later parts of the movie to hit harder as a result.

I'm just as happy cuddling up by a fire and watch a good movie or hitting the Casino's.

For example, whether you go to a farmers market, hit up a flea market, enjoy a movie night in the park, or attend an art show, you and your date will be able to get to know each other better while enjoying a taste of local culture as well.

You can try not liking this adaptation of the Off - Broadway musical hit — it has no polish and a pushy way with a gag — but the movie sneaks up on you, about as subtly as Audrey II.

Black Panther hits many high notes as a superhero movie, but it also contains a hopeful message about the tribe of humanity.

More often than not, the undeniably talented comic actor's hits (Billy Madison, Big Daddy, The Longest Yard, Click ad nauseum) personify him not only as an arrested adolescent but a perpetually (and psychotically) angry one; the box office success of movies as unpleasant as those reveals things about their fans that I'm not sure I want to know.

While we learn a fair amount about the movie, we get a few too many superficial moments, such as the reels that feel like «greatest hits» from earlier movies.

While the title is the same as Justice vs. Simian's nine - year - old hit, that song is much stronger than most of what's actually in the movie.

Lucy isn't your typical girl - power action - movie role; she's something much weirder, and Johansson plays her as a greatest - hits - compilation synthesis of her last three movie roles, in Her, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Under the Skin.

As it stands now, The Virginity Hit will turn off a great many who would consider themselves fans of these sorts of movies.

Fans of Suzanne Collins» hugely successfully series of books have been on the defensive since this adaptation is being referred to as «Twilight meets The Running Man `, whereas those previously unaware of the tween - lit hits are seeing this movie as little more than «Battle Royale with all the violence taken out, and replaced with a love story.»

Disaster Movie follows the comic misadventures of a group of ridiculously attractive twenty - somethings during one fateful night as they try to make their way to safety while every known natural disaster and catastrophic event - asteroids, twisters, earthquakes, the works — hits the city and their path as they try to solve a series of

She began appearing in films in 1968, hitting her stride with such movies as Gator (1976), American Gigolo (1978), and Zorro, the Gay Blade (1981).

The jokes hit upon every elementary school kid's favourite subjects: comic books, movies about comic books, sex (but only some vague notion of sex — as if viewing a porn video through a scrambled pay - per - view feed or, for today's generation, via a slow - to - buffer WiFi connection).

As the superhero movie world shudders in the immediate wake of Avengers: Infinity War (a film I was pretty bored by), this week on store shelves lands Ryan Coogler's (Creed) Black Panther, one of the most successful films of the decade and a surprise hit across the globe.

Her first big movie break was as a lead in Paul Verhoeven's thriller Basic Instinct Jeanne has also starred along side Tom Cruise's as his wife in the box - office hit The Firm.

«Hoodwinked» wasn't a bad movie, but it wasn't a smash hit, either, and the stash of spoofable fairy tales is now as empty as Old Mother Hubbard's cupboard.

Critic Consensus: A must - see film for movie lovers, this Martin Scorsese masterpiece is as hard - hitting as it is compelling, with Robert De Niro at his best.

Filmmakers John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein have infused Vacation with an almost aggressively episodic narrative that grows more and more problematic as time progresses, as the movie suffers from a hit / miss ratio that is, to an increasingly palpable extent, far more miss than hit and it does consequently become awfully difficult to work up any genuine interest in the protagonists» continuing exploits.

There was a time when films of this quality and character were not as rare as they are now, when directors of Spielberg's talent and ambition thought it was an obligation to make movies that were not meant to be huge hits, that spoke to their passions or, rather, their obsessions.