Sentences with phrase «major studio films»

The daughter of actors Lindsay and Barry Otto and the sister of actress Gracie Otto, she began acting at age eighteen, and has performed in a variety of independent and major studio films.

Bana performs predominantly in leading roles in a variety of low - budget and major studio films, ranging from romantic comedies and drama to science fiction and action thrillers.

Is it more worthwhile than most of the major studio films released so far this year?

Looking back to June 1993, seven major studio films saw wide releases, only one less than 2013.

While the festival features some major studio films — it opened this year with The Five - Year Engagement, and closes with The Avengers — the majority of films screening at Tribeca are independently produced, premièring...

Garant and Lennon, who have made plenty of money writing major studio films like Night at the Museum, put this movie together independently on a small budget.

There were several major studio films like Fury, The Theory of Everything, Interstellar, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, and The Imitation Game which didn't meet expectations and only made some Top 10 lists.

The film hits theaters on March 16 and is one of the few major studio films to ever feature a gay character in the lead role.

GLAAD's annual Studio Responsibility Index study of the major studio films of 2017 found a significant drop in LGBTQ representation.

In this way, as with major studio films, a television series is a global product and streaming services are just a few more potential buyers in a broad marketplace.

Knaggs» career reached a peak in the mid -»40s, when he worked in supporting roles in ambitious major studio films such as None but the Lonely Heart (a fascinating but failed attempt at a serious drama by Cary Grant) and unusual independently made features like Douglas Sirk's early Hollywood effort Thieves» Holiday, while also making the rounds of such popular medium - budget Universal Pictures productions as House of Dracula, The Invisible Man's Revenge, and Terror By Night.

Los Angeles / November 28, 2016 — The International Press Academy (IPA) announces its nominations for the 21st Annual Satellite ™ Awards and for the first time the IPA is awarding a separate independent film and major studio film as Best Picture.

Mark Duplass in a major studio film... interesting.]

The Town (read our review) is his return to headlining a major studio film (as well as directing) and it seems that the general public have forgiven him for any cinematic wrong doings — let's hope he stays on top!

Clearly whatever of interest that has kept readers returning to King's books does not translate into the film, which is as banal and unfulfilling as any major studio film released this summer.

Infinity War is the first major studio film to be shot in its entirety with Imax cameras expanding the aspect ratio by 26 %.

In 2017, there were exactly zero trans characters in any major studio film.

He also discusses his working relationship with actor Jack Nicholson, casting the future movie star in many of his early roles, making his first major studio film for Columbia Pictures Getting Straight starring Elliott Gould and Candice Bergen.

The Forbes article contextualizes «It Follows» as if it were a major studio film with an enormous marketing campaign.

With The Thing, it was the first major studio film he and Carpenter worked on which was «so full of interesting new things» for the duo in terms of the types of boundaries they were pushing with the film on top of having the backing and budget of a big studio.

Though a relatively inexpensive production, Free Willy was still a major studio film and has the polished look of that.

This year it's hard to argue with the oft - repeated assertion that The Dark Knight was the best major studio film of the year.

How is it that a major studio film — one in which marks the first time these legendary characters meet / fight / team - up onscreen in a live - action feature — that cost hundreds of millions of dollars to make, has been in the planning stages for years, and is the catalyst for their own shared universe of interconnected films doesn't seem to know one thing about its title characters outside of names and costumes?

Malin Akerman gives one of the worst performances I can think of in a major studio film in the last twenty years.

In addition to 34 narrative and documentary feature - length films in competition, and eight shorts programs, the festival will feature panel discussions and workshops including «The Finest Hours» author Casey Sherman (and my former WBZ - TV colleague) who'll tell you how he got from «From Page to Screen» and turned his book into a major studio film shot in Massachusetts.

Alan Ford's thick, creepy glasses; Dennis Farina's crass American foil to all those classy Brits; Jason Statham proving he can do more than just beat the hell out of his co-stars; the tragic fate of Benicio del Toro's Franky Four Fingers; and, of course, the sole iconic element of Ritchie's first major studio film (aside from ultra slo - mo fight scenes): Brad Pitt's gibberish - spouting gypsy boxer with a devastating right hook, Mickey O'Neil.

Last year there was a significant influx of major studio film productions in the area of Michigan which I call home — an exciting time then for us Midwesterners as everything from the third Harold and Kumar and Transformers fli...

Relativity Media is a next - generation studio engaged in multiple aspects of entertainment, including full - scale film and television production and distribution, the co-financing of major studio film slates, music publishing, sports management and digital media.

Much respect to him for avoiding late - night TV after that to preserve his perfect record, even though a major studio film starring him has been released since.

Not exact matches

The company works with major film studios to create original and marketing content ahead of movie releases.

Compared to major studio projects like the forthcoming Aaron Sorkin adaption of Walter Isaacson's popular biography of Jobs, this film was made on a shoestring, with an estimated budget of just $ 8.5 million.

Netflix has been stocking up its portfolio of original content with an eye toward challenging major film and television studios as well as bringing home award show hardware.

Independent of Lucasfilm and its parent company, Disney, ILM provides visual effects services for films from all the major movie studios.

The Motion Picture Production Code, introduced by the major studios in 1930, was a direct progenitor of the Comics Code, while the modern film - rating system and the Parental Advisory labels created by the Recording Industry Association of America in 1985 are all part of the same bloodline.

The 39 - year - old native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who started as a nightclub stripper there at 17, has appeared in more than 250 X-rated films, beginning in 2000; was signed as an exclusive with major porn studio Wicked Pictures in 2002 (she's still a contract player for them); and has been inducted into multiple industry halls of fame, including the one run by leading industry trade publication Adult Video News.

This would be a big shift in the business model of feature - film distribution for both the major studios and the theater chains.

It's not hard to see a path where the number of faith - based films financed by major studios increase.

Adding to that, Dr. Johnson said, «It is a significant and welcome development when a leading Hollywood studio like Paramount makes a major film about a story from the Bible.»

In contrast, it is a significant development when a major Hollywood studio like Paramount makes a film about a story from the Bible.

He made his first appearance in an American film in Victor Halperin's grisly thriller Torture Ship, playing one of the criminals on whom well - intentioned (but quite mad) scientist Irving Pichel plans to perform glandular experiments, but he soon moved up to higher budgeted films from the major studios, although still almost inevitably in sinister roles.

Take away The Wind Rises, which was briefly screened in 2013 only to qualify for awards (which it did, collecting an Oscar nomination for best animated film), and Disney's 2013 average drops to 53.4 (the studio's lowest average since 2010), though that was still higher than four other major distributors last year.

However, despite releasing more films than any other major studio, Lionsgate earned the bulk of that money from just one title: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, which has collected over $ 850 million to date.

That film was also the year's biggest box office flop from a major studio, boasting one of the worst opening weekends in history ($ 306,367) for a nationwide release.

Much like last year and the year before, this year's Movie Studio Report Card evaluates both the box office performance and overall film quality of the six major studios (and many indie distributors) in an attempt to determine the best and worst studios of 2011.

Just three of the studio's 15 films received positive reviews from critics (and one of those, only by a nose), putting Universal in the bottom half among the major distributors in terms of quality — not surprising, given that its 2014 slate wasn't exactly deep in Oscar - worthy films.

In 2013, Paramount led all major distributors in film quality, but even that studio could muster only a C + grade, thanks to a mediocre average Metascore of 58.4.

For the second straight year, Disney released better films overall than any major studio — and this time, it wasn't even close.

Grades for the studios» 2015 films are listed below, and — as always — you'll find most of the majors toward the bottom of the list.

Not only were global receipts down slightly compared to the previous year, but Fox was alone among the major studios in failing to record a green Metascore — that's right, not a single Fox film earned positive reviews from critics in 2013.

There are no obvious hits in its lineup, though the studio has once again enlisted major or critically acclaimed directors, including Imitation Game helmer Morten Tyldum (for the sci - fi film Passengers), Paul Feig (for a female Ghostbusters reboot), Antoine Fuqua (a Magnificent Seven remake co-written by True Detective's Nic Pizzolatto), Ron Howard (Inferno), and Ang Lee (Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk).