Sentences with phrase «in superhero cinema»

But even if the screenplay — credited to Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill and Jon Spaihts — is just a touch too familiar, it seems hardly fair to penalize a film so visually inventive, witty and filled with magnificent spectacle, just because it has come around at a saturation point in the superhero cinema industry.

The raucous, raunchy Deadpool 2, which opens in wide release Friday, is a fitting sequel to the wry and self - referential original, a superhero film billed as a new frontier in superhero cinema that took the box office by storm in 2016.

Not exact matches

The LEGO Batman Movie wasn't all that innovative in terms of superhero cinema, but it was set in a digitally derived LEGO universe.

With Avengers: Infinity War still in cinemas, the world is hardly screaming out for another effects - laden saga of superheroes banding together to defeat a baddie played by Josh Brolin.

I would argue every single one of these movies loses its nerve when it comes to truly exploring these thematic questions, but that they're even interested in asking those questions is a big step up from a lot of superhero cinema.

The current cycle of comic - book - superhero films could be credited to, or blamed on, the success of Bryan Singer's X-Men in 2000, which removed some of the taint and anxiety surrounding the idea of translating the cheesiness of comic - book storytelling for a cinema audience.

After a little more than half a month of its release, Disney and Marvel's epic superhero film Avengers: Infinity War has become the fifth highest worldwide earner in the history of cinema.

With Lionsgate's big screen reboot of Saban's Power Rangers hitting cinemas this Friday, THR is reporting that the film is set to make history by being the first big - budget superhero movie to feature a LGBT protagonist in Becky G's Trini, a.k.a. the Yellow Ranger, with the character revealed to be having «girlfiend problems» in what director -LSB-...]

The combined success of the record - breaking, critical acclaim - nabbing and audience - thrilling success of Marvel Studios» Black Panther, introducing a black superhero and boasting a largely black cast, and the recent record - breaking, critical acclaim - nabbing and audience - thrilling successWonder Woman, whixh gave female filmgoers a superhero in their own image, should prove to Hollywood that inclusion sells in cinema, but will it bring real change in the making of movies?

With Deadpool 2 set to arrive in cinemas next week, four new images have arrived online for the upcoming superhero sequel featuring Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds), Weasel (T.J. Miller), Russell (Julian Dennison), and Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Brianna Hildebrand); check them out here along with a new poster...

A dream - sequence reunion between Erik and his slain father (Sterling K. Brown) might count as the most affecting moment in MCU history — if not all of superhero cinema — were it not for Killmonger's final lines: «Throw me in the ocean with my ancestors that jumped off the slave ships,» he says, «because they knew death was better than bondage.»

With Black Panther set to open in cinemas around the world this week, Marvel will soon be turning its full attention to the marketing campaign for Avengers: Infinity War, and today we've got a new piece of promotional artwork for the hugely - anticipated superhero event, which gives us another look at Iron Man in his latest -LSB-...]

Superhero fans, movie fans and, especially, connoisseurs of black culture — American and African — are all eagerly awaiting the debut of Marvel's «Black Panther» movie starring comic books» first black superhero with an enthusiasm not often seen in AmericaSuperhero fans, movie fans and, especially, connoisseurs of black culture — American and African — are all eagerly awaiting the debut of Marvel's «Black Panther» movie starring comic books» first black superhero with an enthusiasm not often seen in Americasuperhero with an enthusiasm not often seen in American cinema.

«X-Men: Apocalypse» delivers another nail in the coffin for the godfather franchise of modern superhero cinema.

With Black Panther set to open in cinemas around the world this week, Marvel will soon be turning its full attention to the marketing campaign for Avengers: Infinity War, and today we've got a new piece of promotional artwork for the hugely - anticipated superhero event, which gives us another look at Iron Man in his latest armor.

One of the writers of Deadpool, Paul Wernick of Zombieland, told Indiewire in February that he hoped superhero cinema wouldn't suddenly become clogged with R - rated films.

Because Black Panther isn't just a crowd - pleasing superhero movie (though it is that for sure), it's a vital moment in cinema history and a heartfelt, thoughtful exploration of the scars of colonialism and the hope for healing.»

The Avengers has enjoyed the biggest superhero movie opening in British cinema history after taking $ 25 million (# 16 million) at the U.K. box...

It's the hottest thing in contemporary cinema — after superhero movies and pirate movies, that is!

With superhero movies so saturated in today's cinema, it is refreshing to have Deadpool come along and do everything by a totally different book.

In an age defined by franchise dreams and $ 200 million superhero movies, indie filmmakers (and blockbuster - weary fans, frankly) are increasingly desperate to find cinema's new hero.

Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton), a man who once delighted cinema audiences with his crime fighting escapades as the iconic feathered superhero; Birdman, now tries to reboot his failing career by directing and staring in the ambitious Broadway play; «What We Talk About When We Talk About Love».

The third instalment of the Marvel superhero team's big screen adventures is set to hit cinemas next year — with filming taking place recently in Edinburgh.

For such a short film (in terms of superhero cinema), nearly the entire film continues at a sluggish pace before diving head - first into a finale that is rushed, but even worse, unearned.

Yesterday, we reported Jim Carrey is in line to join the superhero - inspired sequel and Matthew Vaughn will produce the flick that hits cinemas next year.

The concept of superheroes in cinema has been examined, re-examined, then anally probed by a poorly lubricated gloved finger.

In spite of the loss of novelty superhero cinema now provides.

And with how far we've come in terms of superb superhero cinema over the last decade, the filmmakers behind Fantastic Four should have learned their lesson already.

Written and directed by Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter, Mud), Midnight Special has roots in the sort of golly - gee earnest filmmaking of Steven Spielberg's Amblin era — most notably Close Encounters of the Third Kind and ET — but it also owes a lot to the current trend of superhero cinema.

Whereas the success of 2016's R - rated origin presented a delightful surprise for unfamiliar audiences deeply ingrained in the machinery of superhero cinema, Deadpool 2 recognizes that everyone is in on the joke now, and fearlessly lights a match over two - hours of explosively funny gags and one - liners.

In the 1990s, when the recipe for successful superhero movies hadn't yet been perfected (Tim Burton's Batman was a unique specimen), American auteur cinema had more space, and so actors did as well.

Afflicted is an intelligent and terrifying step further in vampire cinema, with t ouches of superhero movies and a serious, dark tone.

The 30 - year - old actor stars as the antagonist in the upcoming Marvel movie - which is set to hit cinema screens in February - and has said that whilst he had «a lot of fun on set» with his co-star Chadwick Boseman, who stars as the titular superhero, he admits the role was tough to prepare for.

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The last female superhero vehicle to charge into cinemas was the dismal «Elektra» in 2005, which incidentally debuted two years after Jenkins» last feature, «Monster,» which only won Charlize Theron an Oscar.

Due, in part, to the outsized proliferation (and templatization) of a particularly disaster - friendly subgenre of science fiction — the superhero movie — mainstream cinema is saturated with images of VFX - bloated destruction wreaked by all manner of creatures: demigods, aliens, pirates, mummies, mutants, advanced apes, sentient cars, and humans.

Warner Bros. has released the third and final trailer for the upcoming superhero ensemble movie Justice League, which will arrive in cinemas next month...

Quick - shrinking superhero Ant - Man made his Marvel Comics debut in 1962, and this expensive summer blockbuster marks his first cinema appearance.

For one thing, an entire subset of younger cinema - goers are only just about to experience the dizzy uplift of watching a title character in a superhero movie who looks like them under the costume.

In a clever bit of Comic - Con - minded programming, the IFC Center will host a pair of midnight screenings of Burton's 1992 superhero blockbuster, which, in our post-Christopher-Nolan DC Comics cinema landscape, feels even more singular than ever beforIn a clever bit of Comic - Con - minded programming, the IFC Center will host a pair of midnight screenings of Burton's 1992 superhero blockbuster, which, in our post-Christopher-Nolan DC Comics cinema landscape, feels even more singular than ever beforin our post-Christopher-Nolan DC Comics cinema landscape, feels even more singular than ever before.

If you're a fan of superheroes punching each other (and, judging by the last five years in American cinema, this category probably includes many of you), you will no doubt be excited by the release of NetherRealm Studios» Injustice 2.