Sentences with phrase «movie at year»

Critics will likely come through for the movie at year's end.

With a head - bopping soundtrack and an inspiring underdog narrative, Mister and Pete is a film that succeeds at practically every turn, even if it isn't the most original movie at this year's festival.

The Assassin was our favorite movie at this year's Cannes Film Festival, and won Hou a much deserved Best Director prize.

Based on his one - man show of the same name (which was in turn inspired by actual events from his life), the film is a witty and consistently funny human comedy about the fear of commitment, and hands - down my favorite movie at this year's SXSW.

Science fiction film Melancholia won the award for best movie at this year's European Film Awards in Berlin.

I saw close to 50 movies at this year's festival, many were inconsequential and non-starters, but that's always been the case here, as Sundance is a festival which aims to give first - time filmmakers a shot, despite the rookie mistakes that may arise from such a venture.

When: June 12th Why: Alfonso Gomez - Rejon's sophomore effort was one of the most talked - about movies at this year's Sundance Film Festival, igniting a bidding war between eight studios before eventually landing at Fox Searchlight.

WHY: Gillian Robespierre's directorial debut was one of the most talked - about movies at this year's Sundance Film Festival, but it's neither as funny nor as edgy and controversial as it aims to be.

One of the most anticipated movies at this year's Sundance Film Festival has turned out to one of the most upsetting.

Park City • One of the scariest, most mind - warping movies at this year's Sundance Film Festival premiered in the wee small hours Sunday — and it was all filmed in Utah.

Not exact matches

The two companies have been talking about a potential movie for over a year, the report said, and it builds on a previous deal between Nintendo and Universal to build Nintendo - related rides and attractions at various Universal theme parks.

This has resulted in 140 events each year at go - kart facilities, driving ranges, and the movies.

2016 was an especially monster year for Disney at the box office distinguishing it from much of Hollywood as the movie studio continues to close ranks around its core franchises, such as Pixar and the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

BKEG was acquired in 2003 by New Wave Entertainment, a producer of marketing solutions and trailers for the movie industry that's owned by Paul Apel, who started as an editor at the company and worked his way up to owner and CEO, a spot he's had for 23 years.

«If you look at sci - fi movies set 20 years from now, you don't see people carrying their groceries.

The big match - up at this year's Super Bowl won't be the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers, it will be the strange alliance of television networks and movie studios, as movie studios are now among the biggest Super Bowl advertisers.

After two years of popping up at high - profile events sporting Google Glass, the gadget that transforms eyeglasses into spy - movie worthy technology, Google co-founder Sergey Brin sauntered bare - faced into a Silicon Valley red - carpet event on Sunday.

«Here is a company that has the best movies about how we've got to help one another and how racism is wrong and how we've got to take care of our toys,» said Glynndana Shevlin, a 58 - year - old who's worked for almost 30 years at Disney.

A cheap date — defined as cab rides, dinner or lunch for two at a pub or diner, soft drinks, two movie tickets and a couple of beers — runs about $ 195.90 in Zurich, down around 7 percent from last year, the survey found.

Recently while watching some of my all - time favorite movies, I picked up on some great quotes that extend beyond the plot of the movie to my real life and my personal journey while working at a startup over the past two years.

Even if you're not a gamer, you've probably been exposed to the Mortal Kombat pop culture phenomenon at some point over the years, perhaps with the 1995 movie (starring Christopher Lambert).

Over a month after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced this year's Oscar nominees, and the entire movie industry can still only guess at who will leave Los Angeles» Dolby Theatre with a golden statue on Sunday night.

The dark comedy Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri won big at the Golden Globes earlier this year, but the film has also seen a sustained backlash from critics over its questionable ending and a perceived failure in fleshing out the movie's non-white characters.

He says, «Nobody cries at the end of a movie about a guy who wants a Volvo [and achieves it]... But we spend years actually living those stories, and expect our lives to be meaningful.»

China's box office revenue is still swelling at double - digit rates after years of breakneck growth and, with Hollywood know - how and bigger budgets, Chinese movies are gaining momentum as they find ways to play on domestic themes and improve production quality.

After 18 years at Alliance, eight of them as president of the movie distribution unit, Theroux was booted out in 2006 for trying to orchestrate a management buyout.

For years he held private screenings of the movie (it's also been shown at a few film festivals), and there was even a moment when he and Stern thought of remaking it with Hopper directing once more and a younger actor in the lead.

It has been three long years, but we're finally getting our first look at Steven Spielberg's next movie.

It's been 45 years since «The Last Movie» had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, where it won the festival's Critics Prize.

When starring in movies like «American Hustle» or «The Hangover,» 40 - year - old actor Bradley Cooper is able to stay at his normal weight — around 185 pounds.

But at the start of the movie, it's been five years and no one has found any of the keys.

Netflix, the U.S. video - on - demand company, will not be allowed to compete at the Cannes Film Festival after this year unless it changes its policy and gives its movies a cinema release, organizers said on Wednesday.

Ahead of «Avengers: Age of Ultron,» which arrives to theaters in May, «Furious 7» has a good shot at being the year's first billion - dollar movie.

Cannes organizers announced a rule last year that movies could not compete for awards without a French theatrical release, though they could still screen at the festival.

The 35 - year - old has many interests in life — in high school he played every sport he could try out for, and at home, he'd watch every movie and read every comic book he came across — but his chief interest is simply listening to his mind wander.

In recent years, there have been claims that movie ticket sales would decline as more people opt for watching at home via streaming.

At the time, all the networks were making 20 - plus movies a year and a couple of miniseries and maybe a few limited series, and so you were making things all the time.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier, this year's top - grossing film so far, came out in early - April and the scattering of big movies around the calendar is one reason why all 2014 films have only grossed about 5.4 % less than all films had last year at this point.

The movie has earned $ 46.8 million at domestic theaters, and will appear later this year on Amazon's Prime Video service.

After almost a 40 - year ban, an AMC movie theater opened its doors in late April at a converted part of the district's conference center.

And if the coming big releases «Jumanji» or «The Greatest Showman» (a Fox movie, by the way) do knock «The Last Jedi» from the top spot in the coming weeks, Disney still earned $ 5 billion - plus at the worldwide box office for the third year in a row (Warner Bros. hit that mark this year for just the second time in its history) and is likely to surpass WB as the top - earning studio at the domestic box office for the year.

12 Years a Slave The misleading poster by Italian film distributor BIM Distribuzione featured the giant head of movie star Brad Pitt, who served only a supporting role in the film, while the movie's lead actor Chiwetel Ejiofor was given a tiny spot at bottom right corner.

The distributor bought the worldwide rights for the movie following its world premiere at this year's Toronto International Film Festival for $ 5 million.

While the top 20 most downloaded films included some prestigious movies like 12 Years a Slave (at number 10) and Gravity (at number four), the majority of the most pirated flicks were largely big blockbuster franchises, adapted from books — Divergent, Hunger Games: Catching Fire and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug — superhero sequels and reboots like Godzilla and Robocop, although Excipio was unclear as to how many of the more than 29 million illegal downloads were for the»87 original.

The surprise hit of the year, having the best opening ever for an R - rated movie ($ 132.4 million) and earning over $ 780 million at the global box office, was also the most illegally downloaded movie of 2016, according to TorrentFreak.

Still, there's an expectation that the crop of movies dubbed the «best» each year by critics will at least get a reasonable amount of love at the box office.

Looking at the most popular movie from each year can tell you a lot about what people were talking about at the time, and how people's tastes have changed.

The movie was bought for around $ 5 million following its world premiere at this year's Toronto International Film Festival.

To make this list, we looked at the highest - grossing movies from each year using Box Office Mojo and The Numbers.

It's all about the unpredictable at the MTV Movie Awards, hosted by comedian Kevin Hart and action star Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson, where fans vote for their favorite films and performances from the year.