Sentences with phrase «little cult movie»

The strangest thing about the dour indie revenge drama Dawn Patrol is its pedigree: Some years ago, its director, Daniel Petrie, Jr., wrote a little cult movie called Beverly Hills Cop, which apparently managed to find an audience.

She can enjoy her little cult movie.

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Even after The Disaster Artist gave his own story and his cult - classic indie film The Room — largely regarded as the worst movie ever made — new prominence, little is known about where he comes from or who he truly is.

And though I'm often reticent to watch movies more than once or twice, Tully is the kind of cinematic treat — a cult classic well in the making — that you'll want to rewatch again the second it's over, not just to help piece together various narrative clues but to revisit the rib - tickling jokes and hang out with these characters for a little longer.

Although the film didn't connect as strongly with mass audiences (although it's considered a «sleeper hit,» you have to wonder what it could have done if it had been released after Whedon's little art house film «The Avengers «-RRB- and more than a few critics found it befuddling and arch (it's neither), «The Cabin in the Woods» is the kind of movie that will ultimately live on as a deserved cult classic, perfect for drunken film studies students and bored kids at slumber parties alike.

The original movie grossed a little over $ 60 million worldwide back in 2001 from a budget of just under half of that, though the film has a huge following and gained a progressive cult status in the years that have passed since then.

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Most notorious for being the movie red - hot Mark Hamill (Comic Book: The Movie) would do right after Star Wars, the film still did little business comparatively, although it has gained a small cult following, particularly for aficionados of the Corvette Stingray, which is featured prominently in the plot of the movie red - hot Mark Hamill (Comic Book: The Movie) would do right after Star Wars, the film still did little business comparatively, although it has gained a small cult following, particularly for aficionados of the Corvette Stingray, which is featured prominently in the plot of the Movie) would do right after Star Wars, the film still did little business comparatively, although it has gained a small cult following, particularly for aficionados of the Corvette Stingray, which is featured prominently in the plot of the film.

Writer / director Michael Dougherty has given movie buffs everywhere a gift, not just in terms of crafting an excellent film (one that's assuredly destined for cult classic status), but in granting us the opportunity to surprise the hell out of all of our friends on Halloween night with a trippy little horror flick that they know nothing about.

This little gem features American treasure and all - around genre cinema maestro John Carpenter discussing his 1988 sci - fi / action / horror cult classic They Live, going into detail about such things as the conceptual ideas behind the movie's premise, his casting of professional wrestler «Rowdy» Roddy Piper as the protagonist, and the rebellious inspiration for the film's infamous fight scene between Piper and the great Keith David.

2014 didn't have a cult film in the making like What We Do in the Shadows, or a true sleeper like Straight Outta Compton (or Spy, for that matter), or a blockbuster hitting the sweet spot for audiences and critics alike like Mad Max has done, or a traditional standalone nonfranchise blockbuster like The Martian, or an animated film with the acclaim of Inside Out, or a little horror movie that could like It Follows, or an unexpected independent drama that ran forever like Room....2015 was a year like 1999 or 1994.

A savage and cynical satire that's full of colorful off - color status quo commentary, this joyfully fucked up little film also doubles as a paeon to slasher movies and teen exploitation fare (fans of Michael Lehmann's 1988 cult classic, Heathers take particular note, please).

But the trailer is also curiously devoid of mentions of The Room and the gigantic cult status it attained, instead aiming perhaps a little too broadly to depict this making - of film as the Rocky of bad movies.

That adds a little personality and pizzazz to a movie that has a bit of potential to become a cult favorite down the line.

The Official Making of Big Trouble in Little China by Tara Bennett and Paul Terry, available now, is a must - read for cult movie fans.

Pulp Fiction is a little different than most cult movies because when it came out it was successful and critics loved it.

Here's a neat little nugget featuring filmmaker Alex Cox giving an introduction to Robin Hardy's 1973 cult horror classic The Wicker Man for BBC2's weekly cult movie series Moviedrome, the original incarnation of which ran from 1988 to 1994 with Cox as its host.

It's one of those cult films that people could only love for reasons other than the movie itself, whether for the nostalgic value of the folk music, the hippie counterculture period, or they're huge fans of Arthur Penn (Bonnie and Clyde, Little Big Man).

Faults, although a little too controlled, is a worthy addition into the modern canon of «cult» movies and places Riley Stearn firmly into the «ones to watch» category of modern independent cinema

Writer / director Ti West had a little too much fun making the movie look like it was filmed 30 years ago, but had I not known in advance that the film was made this last year, I might have thought it was an authentic 80's cult pic.

Like a great cult movie, the little Juke NISMO RS may not be for everyone, but those who do love it will appreciate it all the more.