Sentences with phrase «like war flicks»

If you like war flicks without a convoluted, politically - tinged story, Tears of the Sun has plenty of solid, and mostly realistic, fighting.

Not exact matches

Bursting with the same charismatic, comic book energy that skyrockets through most of his movies, old crime reporter, novelist, war hero, writer - director and sometime producer Samuel Fuller, almost 69, still moves and talks like his daffy action flicks — like the wild man from Borneo — in quick, short, blocky punches, like two - fisted slabs of socko headline type.»

In a lot of ways, Lakeview Terrace belongs in a conversation about the recent spate of flicks concerning war veterans returning from the front (like The Lucky Ones, or Home of the Brave (also starring Samuel L. Jackson)-RRB- of an unpopular war broken, angry, and unfit for the hypocrisy of peaceful coexistence.

To be honest, I remember thinking the same when I saw the movie as a kid back in the early 1980s — in the meantime Harryhausen's special effects have been overtaken the visual wizardry of flicks like Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark..

Much like the stunning alternate posters we saw for Texas Chainsaw 3D, there's a new batch of alternate prints for the highly anticipated zombie flick World War Z that are very cool.

Don't Count»Em Out: That leaves room in a 10 - nominee field for biopics like the Winston Churchill flick Darkest Hour and the Thomas Edison - George Westinghouse - centric The Current War, as well as Stronger, about Boston bombing hero Jeff Bauman.

Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D. — the fictional warring agencies of the Avengers - centered Marvel screen universe — are involved, though they might as well be the Soviets and the CIA; in stretches, the movie feels more like a high - concept Chevy Chase flick than a Marvel stand - alone.

Then, he reviews some other flicks like Ferdinand and The Shape of Water before diving into Star Wars: The Last Jedi with guest - reviewer Nicholas Carr.

A postmodern Cold War thriller that pits the Russians against England's MI6, Our Kind of Traitor is like a B - roll James Bond flick stripped of most of its action set - pieces, yet imbued with a plot and characters more sophisticated than the average 007 fare.

The most interesting notion that the new «Tomb Raider» reboot has to offer apparently comes from the 2013 reimagining of the original»90s video game: It gives us a Lara Croft who's capable but not superhuman, making her more like Bruce Willis» legendary John McClane (in the first few «Die Hard» movies, anyway) than the usual impenetrable war machines who so often anchor action flicks and video games.

Much like the grim - n - gritty «Logan,» «War for the Planet of the Apes» makes more visual and emotional sense as a recombinant Western movie than a sci - fi flick.

That means it's surpassed the opening weekends of nearly all of Marvel's other superhero flicks, including The Avengers: Age of Ultron, both Guardians of the Galaxy movies, and solo vehicles like Captain America: Civil War, Iron Man, and Thor: Ragnarok.

It was pointed out that the shared cultural experience of cinema has largely disappeared, apart from behemoths like Star Wars, and shifted to television — another suggested nail in the coffin of Chick Flicks.

Master Obi Wan Kenobi getting his own flick The Star Wars universe is beginning to spread like wild fire and Disney is continuing their world building by shining a light on several key characters of the beloved franchise in their own spin off films.

Since American Sniper created this expectation of modern day military war flicks hitting during the first of the year, movie studios have turned them out like clockwork.

Released in theaters 40 years ago in October, the super -»70s flick had a cool title, a killer poster, a score by Jerry Goldsmith, a cast that included George Peppard, Jan - Michael Vincent, Paul Winfield, Jackie Earle Haley, and Dominique Sanda — and the ultimate post-apocalyptic survival vehicle: The Landmaster.It capitalized on cold - war fears that nuclear armageddon was right around the corner, and what we'd be left with would be a radioactive wasteland, plagued by bizarre weather patterns and populated by mutated insects and deadly scavengers.The film also had a gimmick: Like BATTLESTAR GALACTICA's limited 1978 theatrical run that was released in «Sensurround,» DAMNATION ALLEY boasted a big - screen release bathed in «Sound 360» — basically full - range stereo speakers turned up to 11 to envelop the viewer and make the seats vibrate (a technique also used for the release of DAMIEN: OMEN II).

Or maybe the GSD caught your eye in the Will Smith flick I Am Legend, or in one of the many films like Chips the War Dog that illustrate the incredible intelligence and compatibility with man that this breed has.

The streaming service's TV additions are joined by a number of compelling films, including critically acclaimed dramas like The Florida Project, Greek myth - inspired action flick Troy, and Mel Brooks» indelible Star Wars parody, Spaceballs.