Sentences with phrase «novel by cult»

The text goes on to compare a selfie by the reality TV star to a character from a novel by cult sci - fi author Philip K Dick; a cyberpunk prophecy «where memories as well as identities are disposable commodities and the present is nothing but a perpetual staging of stillborn moments.»

It's an adaptation of a 1971 novel by cult Seventies neo-polar writer Jean - Patrick Manchette, whose Nada became an underrated 1974 film by Claude Chabrol, and whose 1981 novel The Prone Gunman has just been adapted by Taken director Pierre Morel with Sean Penn, Javier Bardem, Idris Elba, and Mark Rylance under the rather uninspiring truncated title The Gunman.

Not exact matches

The result — a tale of a young teenage boy who believes his epic sci - fi novel has been stolen for use by one of his writer heroes, and the battle that ensues between them — is a movie that this time might be too strange for a mainstream audience, but based on the Hesses» track record, could very well gain a cult following for years.

Director Uli Edel made the harrowing Last Exit To Brooklyn in 1989, an adaptation of Hubert Selby Jr's cult novel and he moves the action along very adeptly here, helped by an excellent cast and a strong screenplay from Eichinger, no stranger to controversial subjects.

But with last year's success of Emma Cline's novel The Girls (and it's eventual film adaptation), it seems as though a slew of Fashion Girls were inspired by the look of some cults / religious subcultures (tomato / tomatoe?).

Directed by Chuck Russell («The Mask») and based on Cathy Cash Spellman's novel, «Bless the Child» pits Maggie (Kim Basinger), an unmarried psychiatric nurse, against a fiendish devil cult led by the supercilious Eric Stark (Rufus Sewell).

THE IMPOSSIBLE director Juan Antonio Bayona is said to be leading the Brad Pitt starring sequel to this year's surprise hit, which was based on the cult novel by Max Brooks.

Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, and Helen Mirren star in Red, an explosive action - comedy based on the cult DC Comics graphic novel by Warren Ellis.

Based on the cult novel Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by English author Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), the BBC America television adaptation has reportedly cast Elijah Wood (Lord of the Rings) in a key role.

Based on a cult novel by Jean - Patrick Manchette and Jean - Pierre Bastid, «Let the Corpses Tan» tells the story of a woman and her two lovers who see their idyllic Mediterranean home invaded by a carload of robbers with a trunk of gold, and then the cops show up.

Action - comedy caper RED 2 will see most of the crew from Robert Schwentke's adaptation of the cult graphic novel by Warren Eliis and Cully...

Ira Levin's novel The Stepford Wives was first filmed in 1975 by Bryan Forbes — a dark thriller about the lengths the men of the town of Stepford will go to in order to keep their wives in line, with a chilling score by Michael Small; it wasn't a huge success at first but went on to become something of a cult favourite and had its own kind of cultural impact.

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Based on Reif Larsen «s cult novel «The Selected Works Of T.S. Spivet,» the film, which seems to be right in Jeunet's quirky wheelhouse, is toplined by young newcomer Kyle Catlett, with Helena Bonham - Carter, Callum Keith Rennie, Kathy Bates and Judy Davis also on board, and marks the Gallic helmer's first time shooting in 3D, which, as with Martin Scorsese and Ang Lee in recent years, is surely worth the price of admission alone.

Based on a cult novel by Walter Kirn, Thumbsucker works when its obsession with flight and freedom from dependency is carried in images and song (its soundtrack by Polyphonic Spree and the last new recordings by the late Elliott Smith will be the chief reasons for the picture's nominal success) as opposed to all the dark musings meant to underscore each character's own obvious dependencies.

Directed by Danny Boyle and based on Irving Welsh's 1993 cult novel, «Trainspotting» was impeccably cast, was acted, shot and directed with a kinetic frenzy that was impossible to deny and featured the greatest music supervision of the 1990s.

James McAvoy takes a depraved walk on the wild side in this gleefully lurid adaptation of a cult novel by Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh.

Director Peter Care's adaptation of Chris Fuhrman's cult novel The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys tries to address this essential «Blake - ian» paradox (extolling the virtues of experience in the act of static creation) by splitting its protagonists between the primogenitor (Kieran Culkin as Tim) and the chronicler (a fantastic Emile Hirsch as Francis), with Jena Malone's haunted Margie left a metaphor for the balance between innocence and experience (explored by Blake in his most well - known works («Songs of Innocence,» «Songs of Experience»)-RRB-.

Dirk Gently Holistic Detective Agency, 2012 (BritBox Premiere) See where it all began as BritBox brings back the original episodes of the popular series based on the cult novel by Douglas Adams (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy).

Let Me In Premise: Based on the Swedish cult horror hit Let The Right One In — which itself is adapted from the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist — this English - language version stars Kodi Smit - McPhee as a bullied middle - schooler and Chloe Moretz as the like - aged (in appearance, anyway) vampire who befriends him.

Kick - Ass is directed with perfect style by Matthew Vaughn, who made the cult gangster film Layer Cake and the quaint fantasy Stardust, which was also adapted from a graphic novel.

Based on the 1971 novel by Hunter S. Thompson, the film was actually a box office failure but has gained a huge cult following over the years, with Depp putting in a splendid performance as the lead, Raoul Duke.

WHY: Mark Robson's 1967 adaptation of the wildly popular bestselling novel by Jacqueline Sussan may be considered a cult classic in some corners, but «Valley of the Dolls» has lost most of its campy appeal over time.

The actor plays a supporting role in his first feature, a 1970s gangster story based on the cult novel by Victor Headley.

The gothic - centric update of the «monster» inspired by Mary Shelley is directed by Stuart Beattie, based UNDERWORLD creator Kevin Grevioux's same - titled cult graphic novel and we have a further two clips.

One Missed Call was a novel written by Yasushi Akimoto that was adapted into a movie by cult director Takashi Miike.

Similar to that shown below in the novel by Andrew Warren «A burned spy must stop a deadly cult from igniting global conflict.»

At first glance it seems as if Ullman, whose debut novel was the cult classic, The Bug, has moved into entirely new territory with By Blood.

The 1993 novel quickly attained cult status, and then, fueled in part by Danny Boyle's boldly adapted 1996 film of the same name, the cult grew some more.

By now, you've most likely heard something about 2000's cult - favorite horror novel House of Leaves.

Hardback versions of much - hyped new works such as Harper Lee's Go Set A Watchman also proved bestsellers, along with cult novels such as The Girl of the Train by Paula Hawkins.

The show is directly inspired by American writer Richard Brautigan's 1976 cult classic, Sombrero Fallout: A Japanese Novel, and is comprised of nine small scale paintings exquisitely rendered in pencil, watercolour and collage.