Sentences with phrase «modest sleeper hit»
While we have our share of problems with the kinda twee, kinda cliche - indie - pop - song - rolled - up - into - a-movie indie flick, it picked up mostly strong reviews and managed to be a fairly modest sleeper hit on its release in 2008, winning the John Cassavetes Award at the Independent Spirit Awards the next year.
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Smaller, more personal works might make a modest profit while cruising the art - house circuit in the hopes of becoming sleeper hits, though that's, of course, a gamble.
[Continuing a series of GameSetWatch - exclusive interviews with alternative game developers, Phill Cameron Interviews Dan Pinchbeck, a researcher at the University of Portsmouth in England, and creator of Half - Life 2 interactive story - based mod Dear Esther, somewhat of a sleeper hit in the modding community.]