In the best movies of 2017, a strong woman could battle hate with love, Americans could have truths about race laid out unambiguously, poverty and injustice could be looked in the eye, and people could enjoy freedom to love whom we want and to print what needs to be said.
In celebrating actor Denis O'Hare, Ross says that he has «been
in every good movie of 2007.»
Not exact matches
Often billed as China's answer to YouTube, Youku is actually closer to Netflix; it's a streaming video site that relies on a vast library
of licensed
movies and television to draw
in a growing audience hungry for the
best western and Asian content.
Now translated into English, Liu Cixin's The Three - Body Problem won the 2015 Hugo Award for
best science - fiction novel and is
in the process
of being made into a Hollywood
movie.
The studio has two more big Marvel releases (Guardians
of the Galaxy 2 and Thor: Ragnarok) as
well as a live - action version
of Beauty and the Beast, two new
movies from Pixar Animation Studios (including Cars 3), and a fifth installment
in the Pirates
of the Caribbean franchise (two
of the first PotC films grossed more than $ 1 billion apiece).
Best known as the world center
of movie - making, LA is also a center for shipping (its port and adjacent Long Beach make up the fifth busiest port
in the world).
«Winter Soldier» is a pretty
good movie, but Alexander Pierce, played by Robert Redford, is so forgettable that I forgot Redford (one
of the most iconic actors
of all time) was even
in the
movie.
«Black Panther» was praised back
in February for having one
of the
best villains
in the universe (and
in movie history).
In Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood, Nitehawk Cinema offers an eclectic mix
of today's
best art house
movies alongside cult classics.
But the narrative already has the makings
of a feel -
good Hollywood
movie — so it should come as no surprise that a feature film dramatizing Ma's rags - to - riches rise is already
in the works.
But that doesn't mean that all
of these MCU villains are bad: they're just forgettable, even
in some
of the
best movies to date including «Iron Man 3,» «Ant - Man,» and «Captain America: Civil War.»
Each
of the two previous films have generally positive Rotten Tomatoes ratings, and they fared reasonably
well at the box office ($ 170 million
in global gross for Cloverfield and $ 110 million for 10 Cloverfield Lane) for lower - budget
movies.
But others point to an overreliance on
movie tie -
ins and a lack
of novelty: Star Wars toys didn't sell as
well as expected, perhaps because kids see them as a tired formula.
In perhaps the most notorious example of Oscar's underdog favoritism, in 2010, The Hurt Locker — released on just 535 screens and tallying less than $ 19 million at the box office — beat Avatar which had grossed $ 760 million and was well on its way to becoming the most successful movie ever mad
In perhaps the most notorious example
of Oscar's underdog favoritism,
in 2010, The Hurt Locker — released on just 535 screens and tallying less than $ 19 million at the box office — beat Avatar which had grossed $ 760 million and was well on its way to becoming the most successful movie ever mad
in 2010, The Hurt Locker — released on just 535 screens and tallying less than $ 19 million at the box office — beat Avatar which had grossed $ 760 million and was
well on its way to becoming the most successful
movie ever made.
This year's field
of Best Picture nominees features eight
movies with widely variant box office performances, from 20th Century Fox's (FOX) The Martian «s leading $ 228 million
in domestic gross to Room, which barely cracked $ 12.5 million
in ticket sales.
One
of the
best horror
movies in the last five years.
If you still can't lose the bad taste
of the sequel, check out the original,
in which the jokes feel less stale and Will Ferrell is still the
best part
of the
movie.
But, it would fall
well short
of his dream
of creating computers with «universal intelligence,» as he put it, which involves artificial intelligence like
in the
movie Her that is so lifelike that you could fall
in love with it.
It appears that Las Vegas oddsmakers are not
in total agreement with
movie experts, as the online gambling site Bovada actually has Three Billboards (20/23) as the odds - on bet to win the
Best Picture race over the likes
of The Shape
of Water (7/5), Get Out (11/2), and Lady Bird (14/1).
Carrie Fisher,
best known for her portrayal
of the plucky Princess Leia
in George Lucas» epic intergalactic
movie series, died Tuesday, days after suffering a heart attack on a plane.
VIZIO is having an incredible sale, especially
well - timed for everyone trying to cram screenings
of all the Oscar - nominated
movies in before the ceremony.
In anticipation
of the upcoming «Captain America» and «X-Men: Apocalypse,» we ranked the 12
best Marvel
movies we've seen since Robert Downey Jr.'s era - defining «Iron Man.»
Meanwhile, Dunkirk also fared the
best of all Best Picture nominees on YouTube, with the movie's trailer getting nearly 44 million global views on Google's digital video service (Get Out and The Shape of Water are the runners up in that regard, with 30 million and 18 million respective views for their traile
best of all
Best Picture nominees on YouTube, with the movie's trailer getting nearly 44 million global views on Google's digital video service (Get Out and The Shape of Water are the runners up in that regard, with 30 million and 18 million respective views for their traile
Best Picture nominees on YouTube, with the
movie's trailer getting nearly 44 million global views on Google's digital video service (Get Out and The Shape
of Water are the runners up
in that regard, with 30 million and 18 million respective views for their trailers).
Movie booking site Fandango told Variety that the film has become the biggest pre-seller
in the history
of the ticketing company,
besting the inaugural installment
of The Hunger Games.
As Kaan Yigit, president
of Solutions Research Group, puts it: «I think there is room
in the market for an additional service
in Canada because the appetite for
movie and TV content online is only increasing and Canada is underserved versus the U.S. where there is, for example, Hulu,
in addition to a stronger Netflix offer as
well as Amazon Prime.»
In response to a post by a Twitter user which said Musk should provide «some very strong arguments in a well written blog piece to win over the (myself included) skeptics,» the Tesla and SpaceX CEO wrote: «Movie on the subject coming soon...» Now, why hasn't anyone thought of that befor
In response to a post by a Twitter user which said Musk should provide «some very strong arguments
in a well written blog piece to win over the (myself included) skeptics,» the Tesla and SpaceX CEO wrote: «Movie on the subject coming soon...» Now, why hasn't anyone thought of that befor
in a
well written blog piece to win over the (myself included) skeptics,» the Tesla and SpaceX CEO wrote: «
Movie on the subject coming soon...» Now, why hasn't anyone thought
of that before?
The situation is different
in movie theatres, since the glasses are part
of that special experience, but it doesn't necessarily translate
well into home viewing.
No wonder, then, that seven
of the films on our list
of movies that feature entrepreneurs have been nominated for
Best Picture
in the Academy Awards (
of them, Forrest Gump won the top honor
in 1994).
Marvel has a pretty
well - established history
of remixing and streamlining the
best and most iconic
of the many looks each
of its characters have sported over the years for their big - screen adaptations (
in a funny bit
of symmetry, the
movie designs usually end up influencing how a character will look
in the comics afterward).
In the movie Knocked Up under - achieving friends talk endlessly about creating a web site that will direct people to the «good parts» (meaning nudity) in every movie ever made only to find out after months of planning Mr. Skin had beat them to i
In the
movie Knocked Up under - achieving friends talk endlessly about creating a web site that will direct people to the «
good parts» (meaning nudity)
in every movie ever made only to find out after months of planning Mr. Skin had beat them to i
in every
movie ever made only to find out after months
of planning Mr. Skin had beat them to it.
According to the airline, the sponsorship deal means the inclusion
of limited edition travel kits with slippers, headphones and other
in - flight items befitting the film's theme, as
well as new
movie - themed menu items, dedicated travel guides to Gotham City and Metropolis, and a special edition frequent flyer card.
«
Of course there was plenty of good cocaine,» Dean Stockwell, who played Billy the Kid in «Last Movie's» film - within - a-film, told Uncu
Of course there was plenty
of good cocaine,» Dean Stockwell, who played Billy the Kid in «Last Movie's» film - within - a-film, told Uncu
of good cocaine,» Dean Stockwell, who played Billy the Kid
in «Last
Movie's» film - within - a-film, told Uncut.
In 2008, for example, «Norbit,» one
of the worst
movies of all time, was nominated for
best makeup.
A brilliant scene
in the
movie Apollo 13 illustrates the skill
of creating meaning deliberately by choosing how to interpret external events the
best I've seen.
Looking out on the next decade, Jobs may
well be asking himself a variation
of that very question: After creating more than $ 150 billion
in shareholder wealth, transforming
movies, telecom, music, and computing (and profoundly influencing the worlds
of retail and design), what should Steve Jobs do next?
The company has done
well with several
of its
movie franchises, such as Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar and Shrek, but it doesn't have anything that really compares to the Star Wars library or the Marvel franchise (although Shrek has pulled
in about $ 3.5 billion since the original
movie in 2001).
Ahead
of «Avengers: Age
of Ultron,» which arrives to theaters
in May, «Furious 7» has a
good shot at being the year's first billion - dollar
movie.
Analysts knew the film version
of the book would do
well, but they didn't quite expect this: The Hunger Games raked
in US$ 152.5 million on its opening weekend, the third -
best for any
movie, ever.
The two, who had worked together on
movies like «Gods
of Egypt» and «Power Rangers,» were
well aware
of the responsibility when they set out to make Netflix's reboot
of «Lost
in Space,» which premiered Friday.
Theatres were thus required to take part
in a process called block booking, where they had to purchase a bunch
of crappy
movies if they wanted the
good ones.
For the
better part
of the last decade or so, cable and TV companies have watched the upheaval going on
in the
movie and music industries — not to mention the newspaper business — and felt pretty sanguine about their prospects.
Here's the average cost
of a single - family home, the
best - selling cholesterol drug Lipitor, a
movie theatre - ticket, a dozen eggs and a gallon
of gasoline
in the largest metropolitan areas
of each
of the ten states using data from the ACCRA Cost
of Living Index.
Thus, I broke the most important rule
of column writing, storytelling, and content generation, as articulated
best by actor / comedian Steve Martin
in the 1987
movie Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: «When you're telling these little stories?
While Black Panther rode a huge wave
of critical acclaim and fan excitement to the biggest opening weekend ever for the month
of February (and the fifth - largest
of all - time), raking
in more than $ 426 million worldwide, a small number
of Internet trolls still did what they could to dampen the
good vibes surrounding the trailblazing film, which features Marvel's first African - American director (Ryan Coogler) and a cast led by black actors such as Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong» o. Starting last week,
in the first few days
of Black Panther «s highly - anticipated theatrical release, some Twitter accounts started trying to spread false accounts
of attacks at screenings
of the
movie.
James Franco plays the captain
of the ship, who is under the weather as he goes into cryosleep (never a
good sign
in an «Alien»
movie).
That's fine, though, because what the
movie does so
well is zero
in on its core group
of characters while also highlighting that there is a larger world than just them.
And perhaps more than any other comic - related corporation, Disney has gotten some fairly
good marks from comic lovers for the faithfulness
of its Marvel properties and the attention to detail shown
in both the
movies and TV shows.
Rogers knows that
better than anyone, so, despite the Oscar snub, he's taking
in the fun
of being on a
movie with awards love.
The
movie, about a father dealing with the aftermath
of his wife falling into a coma, was nominated for five Oscars
in 2012, winning one for
Best Adapted Screenplay.
Speaking
of the investigative journalism - focused
movie to win the most recent
Best Picture Oscar, Oliver said: «One
of the things that made Spotlight so powerful is the knowledge that the newspaper industry today is
in big trouble.»