Sentences with phrase «indie hit for»

A few days ago, a Kickstarter was launched for a title that has the potential to be the next biggest indie hit for this generation.

Developed by a chilean group that goes by the name of ACE team and published by Atlus, the first game was an indie hit for its unique take on first - person action.

Not just poised to be a solid indie hit for distributor A24, it now has Baker in the heart of the Oscar race.

Not exact matches

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance's office is hitting back at an explosive New York Magazine report claiming that it failed to prosecute Harvey Weinstein in 2015 for alleged sexual harassment because of the indie mogul's political connections.

Recently, she hosted the third season of «Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner» for the Si TV Network.New York Newsday raved over her performance in the indie hit «Woman Thou Art Loosed» calling her portrayal of an ex-con recovering addict «Haunting «Six Page Pictorial in the new Las Vegas National Magazine «Player» released Jan 2006Studied Shakespeare at «The Actors Circle Theatre» in Los Angeles and received a standing ovation for her portrayal of «Miss Alma» in Tennesee William's «Summer and Smoke «Running Scared, the film she had a supporting lead in with Paul Walker, is the Top Ten DVD Rental of the month.

Diablo next wrote the screenplay for Juno, the unexpected indie hit of 2007, earning her numerous awards including an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

Other welcome nominations went to Cynthia Nixon and Christopher Abbott as mother and son in «James White,» indie horror hit «It Follows» for best first film and best director, Brie Larson for «Room,» and Bel Powley for «The Diary of A Teenage Girl.»

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.

Sam has a borderline crazy love for indie games, and is often found scouring the back alleys of the PlayStation Store for his next hit.

Nanjiani is coming off the hit indie The Big Sick, which he co-wrote, executive produced and starred in, earning an Oscar nomination for his writing efforts along with wife Emily V. Gordon.

This week kicks off the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, and we'll be catching glimpses of plenty of indie releases that will likely be hitting theaters throughout the year, not to mention some possible awards contenders for next year.

Writer - director Finn Taylor scored a minor cult hit with his quirky, eccentric comic thriller, Cherish, which generated some indie buzz for its unique, infectious energy, including getting a good review from yours truly.

IFC has revealed another creepy official trailer for the upcoming indie horror The Autopsy of Jane Doe, which will be released next summer meaning they're hoping it'll be a cult hit.

Hit the jump for the casting news of the Hurricane Katrina thriller Hours and the Julianne Moore indie comedy The English Teacher.

Really cool to get an early feel for these films and see what indie films will be must - sees when they hit domestic theaters.

The film was met with much praise when it premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, and was picked up by Fox Searchlight, a studio known for indie hits like Little Miss Sunshine, Juno, and, of course, The Descendants.

An official theatrical trailer for cult favorite indie flick Bellflower has hit the web courtesy of IMDb, with an embed below from Twitch.

A hit at the London Film Festival, the film encouraged an assessment of the director's fiction and film work, and gave notice of a cinema with time for naturalistic performance and authentic space years before the indie directors» apparent invention of «quirky» American representations.

Last year, Amazon had a huge breakthrough success in their film division, with Manchester by the Sea becoming an indie hit, followed by a bunch of Oscar nominations (including Best Picture) and wins for star Casey Affleck and writer / director Kenneth Lonergan's screenplay.

«Always Shine» (Oscilloscope) Sophia Takal's sophomore directorial effort stands as one of the year's most compelling indie thrillers, and will hit close to home for any actor who's looked on as a friend's career moves forward.

He's not a struggling indie filmmaker cruising for a hit.

Regardless of whatever snowpocalypse hits Park City, Utah, there's no place we'd rather be for a week in January, when the world's most passionate indie - film connoisseurs come together for a taste of the new and notable.

Those are two of the three PlayStation 4 titles for the month, along with indie hit Downwell, which is a PlayStation Vita game that's also available on PS4 via cross-buy.

Nintendo already had a ton of great games in development for the console and indie developers were lining left, right and centre to get their games on the console that was proving to be a hit with everyone.

The director of British indie hits Weekend and 45 Years turns his eye on the American west for this sensitive, scenic tale of a boy and his horse.

Alex Garland won the first - time director honor in 2016 for the indie sci - fi hit «Ex Machina.»

To everything there is a season, and to the donut shop that serves as the location for some key scenes in the 2015 indie hit Tangerine (a.k.a. «The iPhone movie»), the season has turned to being bought by actor Danny Trejo and getting a new, bright pink paint job.

The Oscar - nominee (for Alexander Payne's «Sideways») returns to the multiplex after a part in the hit religious film «Heaven Is for Real» from last year, while having previous appeared in a mix of indie and studio projects that range from «George of the Jungle» to «Lucky Them» and even «Spider - Man 3.»

Mutant Mudds Collection (unfortunately) didn't hit the sales success of other indie Switch titles, offering a unique take on indie sales for the platform.

His performance in the hit 2006 indie Thank You for Smoking drew notice and Golden Globe and Independent Spirit Award nominations.

Polytron, the studio best known for the indie games hit Fez, is launching a venture it calls Polytron Partners, designed to partner with other indie games and help bring them to market.

When you throw the chance to watch the real - life Hanks as a father - son duo into the mix, you have all the ingredients for sleeper hit that can't miss in indie art houses.

During Nintendo's recent financial report, the company shared some great sales numbers for a two hit indie games on Nintendo Switch.

Comedian and star of last year's indie comedy hit Obvious Child, Jenny Slate, will star in a new comedy show for FX.

When Hughes started production on The Breakfast Club in March 1984 with an indie - movie budget of $ 1 million (about $ 2.5 million adjusted for inflation), his debut feature Sixteen Candles wouldn't even hit theaters for another two months.

Hope has made Amazon the anti-Netflix — many believing Netflix is burying their quality films — bringing aboard indie distribution veteran Bob Berney to make sure each film took full advantage of each distribution window, including theatrical, before hitting Prime for free.

A Bird Story, the sequel of sorts to 2011's hit indie game To the Moon, is set for release next Friday, developer Ken Gao has announced.

Continuing the year of the vet, earlier we saw strong performances that could attract voters» attention from a past winner, 70 - year - old Helen Mirren, in Woman In Gold (a film The Weinstein Company has already started campaigning for its star); and 72 - year - old Blythe Danner getting a full - bodied leading role in the hit adult indie I'll See You In My Dreams which has grossed over $ 7 million so far for new distributor Bleecker Street, which will probably be encouraged to launch an Oscar campaign on her behalf.

Potential indie hits like The Fundamentals of Caring, Tallulah, Mascots, and Barry simply get added to Netflix's ever - expanding library, which is harder and harder to browse (especially because the company doesn't create easy landing pages for its original content — which, to be fair, is also a problem Amazon Prime has).

Awarding the indie hit Moonlight, a rave - reviewed coming - of - age drama about complicated intersections of identity and race, would be a push for more searing relevance.

When it comes to indie hits, Edmund McMillen has consistently knocked it out of the park, with his creations Super Meat Boy and Binding of Isaac becoming beloved for their simplicity.

Braff, best known to TV viewers for his lead role on the long - running, much - syndicated hospital comedy «Scrubs», graduated to auteur status as writer - director - star of the acclaimed, hit 2004 indie Garden State.

But a slowly expanding release in May made it the biggest indie hit of 2016; it ended up grossing $ 14 million, the most for any movie that never reached more than 800 screens nationwide.

When asked what his cinematic influences were for the latest — and supposedly final — Wolverine stand - alone movie, director James Mangold reeled off an impressive and enticing list that included none - more - classic Western Shane, indie - hit heart - warmer Little Miss Sunshine and Darren Aronofsky's bruising character piece The Wrestler.

Released: September 22 Cast: Martin Dingle Wall, Gary Sturm, Ken Lally Director: Joe Dietsch & Louie Gibson Why It's Great: You could throw a virtual rock through Amazon, iTunes, and Netflix and hit a half - dozen indie thrillers that riff on «The Most Dangerous Game» blueprint i.e. human beings hunting other human beings for sport.

The New York based indie distributor Adopt Film has acquired Victoria for the U.S. and it will hit theaters on October 9th.

Holderman knows his way around this age group, having written the 2015 hit indie comedy A Walk in the Woods for Redford and Nick Nolte.

In Bruce Van Dusen's American indie road movie, «Backseat,» the uptight intellectual who digs into psychology and philosophy for his small talk and the 10 - watt buddy who embraces urban legend as cultural fact hit the road, in the ugliest car on the planet, to meet actor Donald Sutherland in Montreal.

It feels like we've been waiting a long time for indie comedy The Oranges to actually hit cinemas outside of the festival circuit since it was finished last year.

Holly Hunter already has Oscars, Emmys and a whole slew of other awards for movies like The Piano, Broadcast News over her long and successful career, but now last summer's indie hit The Big Sick has sparked a new round of honors for the star including two SAG nominations, a Critics» Choice nom, and tonight a Career Achievement Award at the Palm Springs Film Festival's awards gala.