Sentences with phrase «made cult hit»

From the producers of Paranormal Activity and featuring narration by James Remar (The Warriors), The FP is a fury of fierce footwork, triumphant montages and neon street wear that Moviefone calls «a rare ready - made cult hit.»

Not exact matches

In 1974, Phil Karlson regained his cult following with the action - packed surprise hit Walking Tall (1974), which made Karlson a millionaire many times over thanks to his farsighted financial investment in the project.

Word - of - mouth on Reservoir Dogs began to build at the 1992 Sundance Film Festival, which led to scores of glowing reviews, making the film a cult hit.

AMERICAN VIRGIN This hard - edged and funny satire will appeal to the same audiences that made «Freeway» a cult hit.

Other than an early scene of Wall Street protesters, they've vaporized the politics and returned to the absurdist stoner silliness that made the first film a cult hit.

Two years ago I had the privilege of watching Oliver Stone's violently controversial and polarizing cult hit classic Natural Born Killers where immediately afterwards the man himself took part in an eye - opening Q&A as to what makes him tick as a filmmaker.

This is from the same filmmaker who made the cult horror hit The Loved Ones, and the film first premiered at festivals a few years ago.

The 1971 cult hit «Harold and Maude» is the best movie about an affair between a suicidal teen and an 80 - year - old woman ever made, thanks to Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort.

«Game of Thrones» and «The Babadook» star Essie Davis will reprise her title role from the 2012 Australian - made murder mystery series which became a global cult hit after Netflix scored the property in 2015.

The good news is that that's not Marvel's style, and Thompson's wildly busy schedule — she's a Westworld regular, just co-starred in Annihilation, and is making the festival rounds with soon - to - be cult hit Sorry To Bother You — probably just means the studio's keeping her in pocket until Avengers 4 rears its head.

Tremors was not a box office smash in theaters but became a cult hit once it went to VHS, making back three times its budget.

Writer - director Kevin Smith didn't plan on making a sequel to his 1994 cult hit «Clerks.»

Before hitting it big with his smash hit Three Kings, writer - director David O. Russell made his mark with small indie comedies like Spanking the Monkey and this cult gem, Flirting with Disaster.

The latest podcast revisits «Artist's» origin story, Tommy Wiseau's «The Room,» which many have named as the worst movie ever made, but which took off as a cult hit in L.A. and spread globally over the early 2000s.

Ace new movie The Disaster Artist — in limited cinemas on December 1 and nationwide from December 6 — is the true story of how one man's dream to make his cinematic masterpiece led to one of the worst films in history, and one of the biggest cult hits.

Those qualities have made it one of the biggest cult hits in history, and, despite its initially poor box office performance, a big glittery hit.

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.

Nine years ago, autodidact filmmaker Shane Carruth burst onto the indie scene with the abstruse and complex sci - fi thriller «Primer,» which made him a Sundance darling in 2004 when it won the Grand Jury Prize and went on to become a cult hit.

«Con Man» follows Wray Nerely (Tudyk), the former star of a prematurely canceled sci - fi series that became a cult hit, as he makes the rounds at conventions and comic book stores.

Park Chan - wook's 2003 weirdo masterpiece was such a cult hit, they made a not - so - great American version in 2013 with Josh Brolin.

Based on a book about the making of The Room — a cult hit widely considered the worst film ever made — The Disaster Artist was directed by Franco, who also stars as its strange subject: Tommy Wiseau, who wrote, directed, produced, and starred in The Room.

The Disaster Artist is a hilarious adaptation of a book of the same name by Greg Sestero, who stars in The Room, a cult hit that's widely considered the worst movie ever made.

The Disaster Artist, a film about the making of Wiseau's doomed The Room, a movie so bad and weird it became a cult hit.

But that's what Franco's latest feature, «The Disaster Artist,» is, and unlike the picture it's about, the new film is receiving rave reviews, as is Franco for his portrayal of the totally bizarre character who made and starred in the 2003 calamity - turned - cult - hit, Tommy Wiseau.

Instead, he made an accidental cringe comedy — and became a cult hit.

From Software created something of a cult smash hit with Dark Souls, which makes no apologies for showing up how much you suck at playing games that forbid handholding.

Here is a movie that (a) was directed by a talented and idiosyncratic newcomer, namely Richard Kelly who made a splash with the cult Donnie Darko hit; and (b) is based on a bona fide science fiction story by I Am Legend scribe Richard Matheson.

Nobody remembers this now, but back then, the trades were counting on the reunion of Silverado collaborators Lawrence Kasdan and Kevin Costner to deliver the sleeper hit of the summer; although back then everybody involved in the production tried to pawn off the film's failure on the growing cult of Tombstone, the fact is that Wyatt Earp is, if not the most boring movie ever made, perhaps the second-most.

Thomas, who created the BBC / PBS series Call the Midwife — an unlikely cult hit of a show about nurses in 1950s London — seems to have been compelled by a desire to make the book more accessible to modern audiences.

Two of his films, Alien and Blade Runner, have become such cult hits and are loved by many that when he announced he would be making a brand new sci - fi film that would be a tie - in to Alien, people went nuts.

«Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt» Season four: Doomsday cult survivor Kimmy Schmidt continues to check out and make her approach in New York City on this hit comedy collection.

I think you still need a Will Ferrell or an Adam Sandler if you expect to make a ton of money, otherwise you have to hope for a breakout hit or cult classic status.

One of the best worst movies ever made continues to flourish, thanks to a cult following and the hit comedy The Disaster Artist.

Because of its unique blend, it doesn't do either solidly, but I think the refreshing take on these back in 2008 are what made this game such a cult hit.

As such, we'll delve into the series as a whole and examine what has made these games remain such a cult hit.

An Indiegogo campaign to fund a fan - made movie of indie game cult hit, Hotline Miami, has reached its final 48 hours.

It is a cult hit that later made its way to PC.

The EDF (no relation to Red Faction's EDF) games have been something of a cult hit on the 360 for a while now and the series has finally made its way to the PS3 too.

It's more of what made the original Shadow Warrior a cult hit; silly humor, beautiful environment and enemy design, fun gun and sword play, plus a host of supernatural abilities influenced by asian mythology.

After becoming a cult hit on the older generation of consoles, Dragon's Dogma makes its way to PC as Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen that includes all the content from the console release.