Sentences with phrase «into superhero blockbuster»

, for which he received rave reviews for his performance, and he now follows its director, fellow New Zealander Taika Waititi, into superhero blockbuster territory — Waititi recently directed 2017 ’s

Most audiences know Franco as a Judd Apatow regular, or for his forays into superhero blockbusters.

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This is an album of songs for a big idea before it was shrunken down and packed into the blockbuster money machine, and its well - intentioned attempt at bringing legitimacy to Marvel leaves Lamar and co. alone on a podium, broadcasting their passions through a megaphone to kids who just came to see superheroes do some backflips.

Many people like to think that blockbuster and / or superhero movies are little more than fluff, an excuse to tap into a ready - made fan base and have some cool action scenes and colourful costumes to grab a large demographic market.

IndieWire's David Ehrlich gave the film a D +, writing in his review, «By turning Tarzan into just another superhero, David Yates» blockbuster origin story wastes one of literature's great wild men.»

There are hiccups in its ambition, but it's hard not to get swept up in all the technologies, characters, and politics crammed into the movie's compelling dramatic conflict, which casts the charismatic Michael B. Jordan — the star of Creed and Coogler's debut, Fruitvale Station — as the most complex villain in the post-Dark Knight cycle of superhero blockbusters.

As the final piece of the puzzle for the ensemble cast of this summer's blockbuster Marvel superhero movie «The Avengers,» Finn cast him as mild - mannered Dr. Bruce Banner, known to transform from time to time into the Incredible Hulk.

Eighteen films into Marvel's blockbuster franchise they're long overdue, arriving in a «Black Panther» origin tale that also breaks ground as the first standalone film of the modern Marvel era to be led by a black superhero.

Summer blockbuster season is usually prime time for action flicks, but adventure films — including Marvel superheroes and a motley crew of gamers — will hit theaters well into December.

The cast of Marvel's hugely - anticipated superhero blockbuster Avengers: Infinity War were in attendance at Disney's D23 Expo in Anaheim, California this past weekend in order to send the crowds in attendance into raptures with the very first footage from the movie [read a description here].

Having spun a series of blockbuster individual superhero movies into the mega-hit «The Avengers,» Marvel has begun following those heroes back into their own adventures.

By turning Tarzan into just another superhero, David Yates» blockbuster origin story wastes one of literature's great wild men.

The reigning king of planet blockbuster crammed 30 - plus superheroes into a single sardine tin of a movie.

Everything culminates in a climax that cheekily does the exact opposite of what Marvel and other big superhero blockbusters have all been criticized for doing, before whirling off into a direction I guaran - f ** king - tee you won't see coming.

«Wonder Woman» also acted as a shot in the arm to Warner Bros.» critically beleaguered DC superhero brand — which includes three critically panned but somewhat financially successful blockbusters, 2013 ′ s «Man of Steel,» 2016 ′ s «Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice» and 2016 ′ s «Suicide Squad» — as well as a sluggish summer movie season that was down nearly 9 % from last year going into the weekend.

Superhero blockbuster just turned Oscar nominee into globally recognizable A-lister — and latest example of the Marvel Movie - Stardom Machine

Before Hollywood adapted Blade, Spawn, and Steel from their respective Marvel and DC Comics franchises, the black superhero tradition in TV and film was decidedly less mainstream, even as Hollywood adapted the white comic heroes Superman and Batman into blockbusters for decades before the modern superhero movie boom began in earnest.

Last month, the highly anticipated Summer superhero blockbuster, Man of Steel, soared into theaters.