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B - The Invisible War Not Rated Available on DVD This years Sundance winner for documentary is a hard - hitting film about the massive cover - up and mishandling of rape in the military.

Reuniting the hit cast to the hit film about a guy making a hit on some dogs, Fierce Creatures is the not - quite - a-sequel-but-almost of the year.

Not exact matches

According to rival Hasbro, the property generates about $ 100 million in sales in the years when a feature film hits the box office.

What lessons did you learn about innovation when you interviewed the people at Disney Animation regarding the creation of the hit animated film Frozen?

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the latest of the Narnia Chronicles to hit the big screen, is not so much a children's story as a film about growing up... More

Disney had an amazing year in terms of box office, but that doesn't exclude some of their smaller hits, including this film about a chess prodigy in Uganda who tries to balance her success with responsibility to her family.

Item: regardless of the mistake about the cat identity, the film clearly invites us to judge Llewyn poorly for abandoning the second cat, to associate that with his abandoning these two children to death or fatherlessness, and to see the hitting of the cat as a sign of his sin, and of how the one child will be wounded for life by it.

Dennis Quaid plays the father of MercyMe frontman, Bart Millard, in the new film about the origins of the band's hit worship song, «I Can Only Imagine,» and the role...

From watching the film, it's clear that Bucs right tackle Gosder Cherilus, himself a backup pressed into action because of an injury, had no idea what was about to hit him.

If the store sounds like a sports version of the record shop in High Fidelity (the hit film, based on a novel by Nick Hornby, about pop - music freaks congregating in a store called Championship Vinyl), well, Hornby is a Sportspages regular.

Using electron microscopes, the scientists took images of the thin films (about 100 nanometers thick) of the material they prepared, before and after they hit the films with low - energy protons.

As Angelina Jolie hit the red carpet for the UK premier of her film, Salt, she had some interesting words about her once - vegan diet.

For some reason, I wasn't smart enough to film our first few lifts together (we've been hitting it for about a month now) but I did grab the camera last week and I put together a highlight video.

The Big Short hits UK cinemas these are the best films about.

Director James Cameron's 1986 blockbuster follow - up to Ridley Scott's Oscar winning science - fiction / horror flick that became one of the biggest grossing films of 1979 asks a good question to a successful hit... How do you make a successful sequel to a film in which much of the suspense comes from learning about the mysterious monster?

An okay film about a reformed hit man and his attempts to find love while still being a target.

But while that film hit every clichéd note you'd expect, despite its good intentions and great ensemble cast, «Other People» breathes new life into the formulaic, dark comedy about death.

If you've heard one thing about this Sundance hit, it's probably that it was filmed entirely on an iPhone 5s, with some «circling» shots done through Baker filming the actors while riding his bike, and that it's one of the rare movies about transgender people to reach mainstream consciousness that also stars transgender performers.

So when The Hunger Games or Wonder Woman or Black Panther becomes an enormous hit, everybody is utterly shocked (except for those of us who've been clamoring for those films since childhood), and the entertainment journalists write articles about this surprising new development, and explain why it may never happen again.

But those two films, along with Paul Feig's summer comedy hit Spy, were about all that went right for the studio in 2015.

When talking about cynical marketing campaigns, it's usual to point to terrible films that become big hits through licensing, advertising and sponsorship deals, but the other side of the coin is John Carter.

The film's humor hits with absolute accuracy, and the twists and turns throughout keep the viewer guessing about which direction the next threat (or next comedic beat) is going to come from.

Even if you don't buy into the idea that Home Alone was an expression of libertarian, Republican values - in which poor, lazy criminals only got what they deserved - the comedy in this film is hit - and - miss precisely because we don't care enough about the fall guys.

I'm told that Alex Garland's film, out February 23, veers considerably from the plot of Jeff VanderMeer's hit 2014 novel; those going in expecting a faithful adaptation will be disappointed, and may spend the bulk of the movie frustrated about what's not there instead of appreciating what is.

The thing that hits you first about this film is it looks sharp, the opening credits are damn nice and Murphy looks his coolest since «Beverly Hills», its a slow builder for sure but with Wincott as the baddie with his raspy devilish voice it keeps you glued to the screen.

But for a film that tries to be important it isn't orchestrated substantively enough to be as raw and hard - hitting that a film about this subject matter should be.

Throughout the film there are several cinematic camera tricks, which hit the mark about half the time (and are annoying the other half), and overall the performances of the cast are good, though I thought that the cheerleader's portrayal was a bit uneven, perhaps due to the script that had her alternatevely playing hot and cold.

He did several suspense films, including Johnny Allegro and Dangerous Profession, but it was his work on The Window that earned Tetzlaff a permanent place in the memories of filmgoers — a dark, chilling, and suspenseful thriller, based on the fable of the boy - who - cried - wolf, this film, about a young boy (Bobby Driscoll) known for telling tall tales, who witnesses a murder in his tenement building and can't get anyone to believe him, was an instant hit.

And while this certainly holds true for Kung Fu Panda 2 - which takes the first film's goofy notion that a panda bear can be the son of a goose and goes about explaining said relationship with a giant vat of sticky sentiment - the follow - up to DreamWorks» 2008 hit is still more than a cut above the usual family fare.

Funny man Jim Carrey is a leader in the business, and this film may follow the success of «There's Something About Mary» and be a big hit.

I wasn't sure if I'd enjoy a film about suicide, and, though the film does have its somber moments, it's filled with good sequences, evidence of real talent, and hits a tone that makes it all work.

If any of this made you curious about what the hell is happening in this film, you can check it out for yourselves when Director's Cut comes to select theaters on May 10 and 11, and hits VOD and Blu - ray / DVD combo on May 29, 2018.

The Summer Blockbuster Hit, Disney • Pixar's «Finding Dory,» Swims Home on Digital HD on Oct. 25 and Blu - ray ™ on Nov. 15 Dive deep into the kelp to find out more about the making of the film with extensive extras featuring the creative talent of Pixar and the all - star cast!

Critics, however, raved about the film, many going a step beyond rewarding the artistic effort and mobilizing readers to go see the Amazon Studios original when it hits theaters later this year.

About Photo # 3924187: Spider - Man: Homecoming hits theaters tonight and fans will want to know if there's an end credits scene after the film!

If you're excited for the film and want to know absolutely nothing else about the story until it hits theaters, then be careful what you read over the next few weeks.

Whilst Jane Campion has a tradition of making films about women in a men's world, I felt this film failed to be a hard hitting feminist discourse, mainly because the story was so ordinary.

ET caught up with the 28 - year - old actor at the «Black Panther» premiere on Monday night, where he opened up about his Oscar nomination and starring in the new Marvel film, which hits theaters on Feb. 16.

A living, breathing celluloid invasion flick led by a breathless ensemble of off - the - grid, in - over-their-head rockers who sell the shit hitting the fan with every quaking splinter of their being, Jeremy Saulnier's grimy, nasty, punk exploitation film is a 12 - gauge blast of ultraviolence that doesn't stop to ask about your feelings as its slashing you up the middle.

With the film now available on Digital HD and hitting Blu - ray and DVD on April 10th, I recently got the chance to speak with director Michael Gracey about the film.

Using the greatest hits blueprint, one would think any big - time film treatment about Thurgood Marshall, an American hero for racial equality, has to include Brown vs. Board of Education and his ascension to become the first black U.S. Supreme Court justice.

Thematically, «The Stanford Prison Experiment» clearly has a lot to present about not just male aggression but what being imprisoned does to people (Nelsan Ellis is phenomenal as an ex-con who tells Zimbardo that they need to «teach these boys of privilege what a prison is»), but writer Tim Talbott hits a few too many of the film's themes repeatedly, just to make sure you get them.

After a successful festival run and a US release on home video Richard Bates Jr's Excision hit Blu - ray and DVD in the UK, giving us the opportunity to talk about the film with star Traci Lords.

Having made this film as well as his debut, «The 40 - Year - Old Virgin,» maybe Apatow can cool it about the age stuff until everybody hits 50?

The Strangers In about as simple a horror film premise as a high school screenwriting student might come up with, this night out with Scott Speedman («Felicity,» «Anamorph») and Liv Tyler («The Lord of the Rings» series) hits the standard horror buttons to ensure a spectrum of shocks so that inveterate genre fans won't won't be demanding their money back.

The good news and bad news is the same: Churchill, starring Brian Cox, is a worthy addition to the considerable canon of films about the great statesman (the greatest of the British, many say), but it also doesn't go beyond the best of the many bios that have already hit screens big and small (with stars like Albert Finney, Richard Burton and Brendan Gleeson as the British leader).

My Life as a Dog: Criterion Collection Unrated Available on DVD and Blu - ray Swedish with English Subtitles Before cranking out hit films like The Cider House Rules and Chocolat, Swedish director Lasse Holstrom hit the scene big - time with this little indie about a boy who goes on a journey of discovery when he is sent away to give his dying mother some rest.

Two big hits in 2014 (the franchise - starter, Divergent; YA phenomenon The Fault in Our Stars), a hotly - anticipated indie (Gregg Araki's White Bird in a Blizzard) about to roll - out, and the lead in the new Oliver Stone film locked in, Woodley is on track for super-stardom.

Shelly's lasting legacy, then, is this exquisite, engaging film about stunning, sincere slices of life — Russell's luminous lead, a narrative in no hurry to hit familiar notes, Andy Griffith's codger delighting in schadenfreude.

As Donald Trump continues to talk about the problems with illegal immigration and boast of how he'll erect an impassable wall on the border between the U.S. and Mexico, a film that shows the reality of life along that border is hitting theaters.