Sentences with phrase «movies are these days»

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But the end of the one - movie - per - day plan is the big news here, and there are a few possible reads from a business perspective.

Prime succeeds because it is designed to be mentally effortless: pay a yearly fee and get free two - day shipping (with Oscar - worthy movies included).

If you're not familiar with Alien Day, it refers to an annual promotion from Twentieth Century Fox that centers on the famed movie franchise Alien.

In 2011, while the rest of the movie crew was busy with setting up the day's shoot, 29 - year - old Emellie O'Brien was busy digging through the garbage.

The very first one seemed to pop up on May 20, just five days after «Fury Road» was released, showing how instantly quotable this movie really is.

Despite having been BFFs since their Chicago improv days in the early 90s, and having proven their undeniable chemistry on SNL, in movies, and hosting the Golden Globes, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will probably never produce a TV show together.

After early press screenings of the movie, Warner Bros. shifted that date to a few days earlier, making it clear it was confident in how the movie would be received.

Netflix eventually realized it was doing better in the region where its distribution centre was housed, because that was where its movies - by - mail business was a next - day service.

«The Interview,» the Sony Pictures film about a fictional plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, opened in more than 300 movie theaters across the United States on Christmas Day, drawing many sell - out audiences and statements by patrons that they were championing freedom of expression.

With drugstore Seniors» Days, reduced movie tickets and museum admission, and major tax breaks, anyone about to hit their golden years could be justified in thinking they'll never have to pay full price again.

«Days of Future Past» is a sequel to a mediocre reboot that also happens to be the best X-Men movie yet.

MoviePass announced via Twitter on Wednesday that it is reinstating its popular $ 9.95 one - movie - per - day monthly plan.

Anyway, Cineplex needs big summer blockbusters to lure people into theatres, and that's harder to do these days when consumers have so many other ways to watch movies, especially through streaming services like Netflix.

Guerrasio: So the first scene of Alma in the movie when you meet Reynolds in the restaurant, is that the first time you met Daniel Day - Lewis?

Much of the money Rainmaker makes now comes from producing two Barbie movies a year for Mattel, a long fall from the days this same studio was inducted into the Smithsonian Institution, having been nominated by Bill Gates himself.

If SyFy can capitalize on its viral, it will be well on its way to owning the modern - day B - movie.

It might be difficult to recall, what with a hit movie out and LEGO sales near an all - time high, but just a decade ago the company was on the brink, bleeding $ 1 million in cash a day and posting record deficits.

Those are the age groups Aron is trying to attract — the viewers who, these days, may be more likely to watch Netflix on their couch than go to the movies.

You can stock up on hot dogs and soda for your barbecue; find summer clothes, like tank tops and flip flops, at Dick's, JCPenney, and other clothing stores; and many of the books and movies being offered appear to fit the Independence Day theme, including the Totally Hilarious All About America Activity Book from Exchange, which you can get for 25 % off.

Every member of the family — including dogs — should be able to enjoy a day at the movies.

The movie demonstrates how lying, cheating and stealing are all in a day's work for the sales departments of some companies, but also how that attitude can bring the salesperson, and the company, down.

While the movie was set on the last day of camp during the summer of 1981, the show will be set on the first day of camp during that same summer.

But most importantly, gone are the days when movie executives thought female - led superheroes wouldn't make money.

It was fun to see a modern - day interpretation of a silent film, but it didn't bring much more to the table than that gimmick, and it doesn't hold a special place as a memorable and impactful movie the way its fellow nominees «The Tree of Life,» «Midnight in Paris,» and «Moneyball» do.

Perhaps gone are the days when women's roles in superhero movies were to propel the male hero towards his mission.

To this day, «The Last Movie» has never been available to audiences beyond its initial run and a VHS release in 1993.

It went on to become the highest - grossing film in the US over President's Day weekend, highest opening all - time for an R - rated movie, and the highest - grossing for the month of February.

Theater chains have fought against Netflix's incursion into movies, over its model of releasing films for theatrical debut the same day they're available to stream on Netflix.

The movie, which focuses on the titular superhero who is king of the fictional African country of Wakanda, is forecasted to pull in as much as $ 165 million in domestic box - office gross for its debut over the four - day President's Day holiday weekeday President's Day holiday weekeDay holiday weekend.

Some of his favorite movies were «The Longest Day,» «Roman Holiday,» «Spartacus,» «Bad Day at Black Rock,» and «Iwo Jima.»

But the only movie that was emulated here was the geopolitical equivalent of Bill Murray's Groundhog Day.

I was working on something related to movies the other day and came across an interesting slice of history I was not aware of that could have some bearing on a particularly contentious debate going on today.

Still, while Guardians of the Galaxy has vaulted past its summer of 2014 competition, the movie is still barely inside the top 20 grossing Disney films of all - time and it entered Labor Day weekend slightly behind Captain America: The Winter Soldier for the company's (and the industry's) best - performing film of the year.

It's incredible to think he was just puttering around his house and was on the set the next day when the director Ridley Scott called on him to replace Kevin Spacey, who was cut from the movie weeks before its release date following sexual - misconduct allegations.

Comedy writers have to be able to keep up on the news of the day, fluently critique every comedy movie since the invention of celluloid, and then write original material under deadline.

It's hard to come across a movie or TV show these days that doesn't feature a complex, sexually fluid female character, like Eleanor Shellstrop on «The Good Place» or Petra Solano on «Jane The Virgin.»

The company's first - day presales record was previously held by «The Hunger Games,» the first movie in the eponymous series.

Timing is everything — even, as it turns out, when you're deciding which day to visit the zoo or what time to catch a movie.

Instead, reserve some time and energy to do something that simply makes you feel good in the moment, whether it's reading a book, watching a movie, going for a walk or taking an entire day off from work.

«At the end of the day a theatrical release still generates a lot of publicity, it gets a movie reviewed — every person that goes to watch that movie is paying for it,» he said.

While Black Panther rode a huge wave of critical acclaim and fan excitement to the biggest opening weekend ever for the month of February (and the fifth - largest of all - time), raking in more than $ 426 million worldwide, a small number of Internet trolls still did what they could to dampen the good vibes surrounding the trailblazing film, which features Marvel's first African - American director (Ryan Coogler) and a cast led by black actors such as Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong» o. Starting last week, in the first few days of Black Panther «s highly - anticipated theatrical release, some Twitter accounts started trying to spread false accounts of attacks at screenings of the movie.

The film opened in more than 300 movie theaters across the U.S. on Christmas Day, drawing crowds of people who said they were championing freedom of expression.

USA Today reports that the movie's opening day earnings are projected to reach between $ 120 million and $ 125 million.

You could say that this movie is ultimately to blame for the technological mess that was «Die Another Day,» but that wouldn't be fair.

«Braveheart» was so popular that it still inspires people to travel to Scotland to this day — there are tours based on locations in the movie.

Where subscribers could once see a movie every day, they're now capped at four tickets per month.

Credit Karma's 30 - Day Debt Loss Challenge is a great place to look for cheap ideas, from hosting a potluck with friends (instead of eating out) to inviting them over to your place to watch Netflix instead of going to the movies.

«MoviePass is excited to once again offer our popular $ 9.95 per month plan where you can see a movie a day in the theaters,» a MoviePass spokesperson said in a statement to TechCrunch.

The movie, told by industry pioneers Danny Sullivan, Rand Fishkin, Jill Whalen, Brett Tabke, Rae Hoffman and Barry Schwartz, covers the early days of SEO when people were «spammin and jamming,» affiliates vs. main stream, black hat vs. white hat, the unique and often rocky stories of the industry's pioneers, how Matt Cutts changed the industry, the history of Google updates and even has commentary on the future of SEO from the industry's top minds.

We weren't sure whether a model in which you managed your selections by means of a queue and got a movie in the mail a few days later would catch on.