Sentences with phrase «make bigger budget films»

As an astounding Shakespearean director and actor, he is also proven to make bigger budget films work for him and tell interesting narratives for characters we didn't think we'd care about i.e. Thor and his live - action remake of Cinderella for Disney.
3D is already being heavily pushed on every director making a bigger budget film and studios are creating small production companies to make Paranormal Activity - like films.
The Duplass brothers proved it is possible to make a big budget film still feel small and intimate a few years back with Cyrus, Swanberg solidifies the transition can be achieved with Drinking Buddies.

Not exact matches

He called «The Walking Dead» a «soap opera» and said big - budget films like «World War Z» made modest zombie films impossible.
So Paramount, in the wake of a disappointing 2017 that saw big budget films like Transformers: The Last Knight and Ghost in the Shell underperform while the studio's would - be Oscar hopefuls Suburbicon and Downsizing were DOA at awards season, is looking to make some changes in 2018 and selling God Particle off to Netflix may be a cushy deal.
Why in the wide, wide, world of sports would anybody make a big - budget feature film from a decades - old, animated cartoon parody of Nelson Eddy / Jeanette MacDonald movies?
After being cast as Lorene Rogers in a TV remake of From Here to Eternity (a role she reprised in a subsequent series based upon the film), Basinger finally made her way to the big screen in the low - budget drama Hard Country.
Now I like the first Hoodwinked movie very much, and for a low budget CG film its very funny and keeps you entertained, so when I heard they were going to make a bigger budgeted 3 - D sequel I was interested, but the better CG doesn't add to how poorly this film was made, the CG may be better, but the lip synching is terrible and the voice acting isn't that good.
Cinematically, Van Winkle made his mark in glossy, big - budget Hollywood genre films, often laden with heavy special effects.
After making his name with three independent films in Shotgun Stories, Take Shelter and Mud, director Jeff Nichols approaches his fourth feature with a bigger budget, making it his first studio production and allowing him to operate on a slightly more ambitious and grander scale.
She made countless lecture appearances on the college and film convention circuit, and in 1978 returned to films as Lois Lane's mother in the big - budget Superman: The Movie: alas, most of her part ended up on the cutting - room floor, and neither she nor fellow Adventures of Superman alumnus Kirk Alyn received billing.
The presence of Penn, who has purposefully avoided making big - budget Hollywood films, is a testament to Pollack's reputation and power; and rarely has this supremely gifted performer been more effective, despite the inherent limitations of the thriller genre.
But what Relativity lacked in quality, it made up for in ticket sales, thanks mainly to just two films: the surprise Bradley Cooper hit Limitless, and Tarsem Singh's Immortals 46, a rare big - budget film for the distributor.
It is unfortunate that the film's marketing budget and small distribution are its biggest flaws, because the film will make you laugh, cry, and smile more than most films that actually did get nominated.
This felt like an old - school, big budget sci - fi film with massive special effects, great visuals and a concept that made you think in Director Joseph Kosinski's love letter to 80s and 90s science fiction trendsetters.
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening June 11, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS The A-Team (PG - 13 for profanity, smoking, and pervasive action violence) Screen adaptation of the pyrotechnics - driven TV series from the Eighties chronicling the exploits of a squad of former Special Service soldiers determined to clear their names after unfairly being branded war criminals.
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, the second feature film of Fred Schepisi, an openly ambitious and confident Australian director (7), was at the time of its release the biggest budget film made in Australia at $ 1.2 m.
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening November 12, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS Morning Glory (PG - 13 for profanity, sexuality and drug references) Romantic comedy about an aspiring TV producer (Rachel McAdams) whose hopes to save a struggling news program depend on her controlling the show's feuding co-anchors (Diane Keaton and Harrison Ford).
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening November 19, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (PG - 13 for intense violence, frightening images and brief sensuality) First half of the final installment of J.K. Rowling's series has Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) joining forces to wrest control of Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic back from evil Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) and his minions.
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening December 10, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (PG for frightening images and action fantasy sequences) Third installment in the film franchise based on the C.S. Lewis series of fantasy novels finds Edmund (Skandar Keynes) and Lucy Pensie (Georgie Henley), along with their cousin Eustace (Will Poulter), returning to the magical land of Narnia to embark on a dangerous, seafaring mission taking them to the edge of the world.
With Lionsgate's big screen reboot of Saban's Power Rangers hitting cinemas this Friday, THR is reporting that the film is set to make history by being the first big - budget superhero movie to feature a LGBT protagonist in Becky G's Trini, a.k.a. the Yellow Ranger, with the character revealed to be having «girlfiend problems» in what director -LSB-...]
The result is a deeply challenging, big budget, female - driven sci - fi film, which begs a question — how did this get made?
To get away from the idea of gritty low - budget Noir or any B - movie sense (and because the spy films from James bond on down were making so much money), Warner and Newman went the big time Hollywood route with an all - star cast for the first Harper film including Lauren Bacall, Shelley Winters, Julie Harris, Arthur Hill, Janet Leigh, Pamela Tiffin, Robert Wagner, Strother Martin and made it a point it was Hollywood getting gritty on its own big time terms.
The film boasts big - budget special effects and an A-list cast, but it's Johnson's charm and charisma that make this movie worth watching.
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening April 10, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Dragonball Evolution (PG for intense action and brief adult language) Sci - fi martial arts adventure, based on the Akira Toriyama novel about a young warrior (Justin Chatwin) who, with a handful of friends, sets out on a quest to save the planet from an evil king (James Marsters) bent on world domination.
Enter the The Green Hornet, a big - budget superhero film that doesn't obsess about reverence to its roots, nor in making a movie that feels it has to respect the requirements of hero drama, or the moodiness that overwhelms some franchises (Spider - Man 3 overdosed on it).
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening March 30, 2012 BIG BUDGET FILMS Mirror Mirror (PG for action and mild crude humor) Overhaul of beloved classic fairytale has exiled Snow White (Lily Collins) returning to the kingdom to wrest both the throne and a handsome prince (Armie Hammer) from the clutches of the evil queen (Julia Roberts) with the help of seven dwarfs.
This film is a must for any horror film aficionado, as well as any amateurs hoping to make it big from a low budget film.
Oddly, Ford made another film that same year, a big - budget, full - color adventure / romance,
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening March 23, 2012 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Hunger Games (PG - 13 for intense violence and disturbing images) Screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins» futuristic sci - fi novel about a 16 year - old girl (Jennifer Lawrence) who volunteers to take her unlucky younger sister's (Willow Shields) place in a nationally - televised fight to the death featuring 24 participants picked by a government lottery.
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening February 24, 2012 BIG BUDGET FILMS Act of Valor (R for torture, profanity and graphic violence) Action adventure about an elite team of Navy SEALS who embark on a top secret mission to rescue a kidnapped CIA Agent only to uncover an imminent terrorist plot against America.
Ari wants Vince to cash in on a big - budget action - adventure film entitled «Matterhorn,» while Eric fights for a low - budget independent feature that may not pay as much, but has the makings of an instant classic.
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening March 2, 2012 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Lorax (PG for mild epithets) Danny DeVito stars as the title character in this animated adaptation of the Dr. Seuss classic about an idealistic 12 year - old (Zac Efron), raised in an artificial reality, who searches for a real tree in order to impress the girl of his dreams (Taylor Swift).
A surprise late - film cameo from a member of the usual gang (hint: not Ben Stiller, but the other one) livens things up a little, but it also raises a troubling question: Vaughn, Wilson, and their pals have emerged in the past few years as the most reliable big - budget comic collective since the first batch of Saturday Night Live vets started making movies in the late»70s and early»80s.
Szifron is an Argentine film and television director and screenwriter who was set to make his American debut with the big budget Six Billion Dollar Man starring Mark Wahlberg.
Of course, Verhoeven's US big - budget genre work, such as RoboCop (1987) and Total Recall (1990), both spawning recent lackluster remakes, and pulpy neo-noir Basic Instinct (1992) were overshadowed by the debacle that would come to be Showgirls (1995), now celebrated as one of the best worst films ever made.
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening March 18, 2011 BIG BUDGET FILMS Limitless (PG - 13 for profanity, mature themes, violence, sexuality and disturbing images) Bradley Cooper stars in this action thriller about a frustrated writer whose life is transformed after he is introduced to a top - secret, smart drug which enables him to use 100 % of his brain.
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening November 23, 2007 BIG BUDGET FILMS August Rush (PG for slight violence, mild profanity and mature themes) Freddie Highmore stars as the title character in this escapist fantasy about a promising musical prodigy who runs away from an orphanage to New York City to find his parents (Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Myers) only to end up living with a Fagin - like wizard (Robin Williams) and lots of other kids in a makeshift shelter in an abandoned theater which was once the Fillmore East.
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening December 7, 2007 BIG BUDGET FILMS Atonement (R for profanity, sexuality and disturbing war images) Decades - spanning romance drama, opening in England in 1935, about the budding relationship between a rich girl (Keira Knightley) and the son (James McAvoy) of her family's maid aborted when he is falsely accused of a crime by her jealous younger sister (Saoirse Ronan).
The film was a big success, becoming Eastwood's first to pass the 100 - million - dollar mark — to be more precise, it made almost 160 million dollars on a mere 14 - million budget.
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening December 23, 2011 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Adventures of Tintin (PG for violence, drunkenness and smoking) Steven Spielberg directs this animated adaptation of the classic comic book series about an intrepid young journalist who is abducted from Europe to Morocco where he escapes his kidnappers to embark on a perilous quest for hidden treasure.
Joe Swanberg, who served on some of Perry's previous projects including Queen of Earth, planted an idea in Perry's mind about making a film in his Brooklyn neighborhood that had a smaller budget than his 2014 film, Listen Up Philip, but «feels big
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening December 30, 2011 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Iron Lady (PG - 13 for violent images and brief nudity) Meryl Streep impersonates imperious Margaret Thatcher in this intimate portrait recounting the private life and political career of the former Prime Minister of Great Britain.
Paul Thomas Anderson for teaching me that it's ALL about the script and if you have the right actors directors don't have to do anything on set but be a fan, Lumet for his films and his book, a young directors» must read, Coppola for his courage in filmmaking, Steven Soderberg for refusing to ever be put in a box and pushing the form as far as he can, Kathryn Bigelow for giving masterclasses in action, James Cameron for Terminator 2 and prove big budget cinema can still be perfect cinema, Sean Penn for bringing his acting chops to directing, David Mamet for his scripts and his dialogue, Nolan for having more heart than most people seem to give him credit for (Memento, Rises, Inception and Interstellar all made me cry.)
By far the best sci - fi film I've seen yet this year, and proof that international films make for more interesting dynamics, Snowpiercer is easily the original action film a summer full of big budget explosions needs.
If Hollywood was smart, they'd hurry their asses up and get Tony Jaa and Iko Uwais and Evans locked into a big budget internationally oriented film made the way Evans wants it made.
Warner Bros. is understandably worried about sending out a big budget film with unproven talent, helmed by gross - out comedy director like Dobkin making his first action movie.
Though far from the big - budget extravaganza of the first two «Iron Man» films, what the indie comedy lacks in spectacle it makes up for with a great cast, a warm and funny script, and some mouth - watering food porn.
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening November 5, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS Due Date (R for profanity, sexuality and drug use) Robert Downey, Jr. and Zack Galifianakis co-star in this raunchy road comedy about an uptight dad - to - be who hitches a ride across the country with a wacky slacker in order to make it on time to witness the birth of his bMake Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening November 5, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS Due Date (R for profanity, sexuality and drug use) Robert Downey, Jr. and Zack Galifianakis co-star in this raunchy road comedy about an uptight dad - to - be who hitches a ride across the country with a wacky slacker in order to make it on time to witness the birth of his bmake it on time to witness the birth of his baby.
While big - budget blockbusters continue to disappoint, these smaller, more intimate films are more than making up for it.
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