Sentences with phrase «of an action movie as»

With both arms stretched out, you feel like you're the star of an action movie as you mow down the waves of aliens heading straight for you.

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The studio has two more big Marvel releases (Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and Thor: Ragnarok) as well as a live - action version of Beauty and the Beast, two new movies from Pixar Animation Studios (including Cars 3), and a fifth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise (two of the first PotC films grossed more than $ 1 billion apiece).

Tesla CEO Elon Musk referenced the action movies as a way of illustrating his fears about the worst possible outcomes of development of AI technology.

None of the upcoming movies listed over the next two years will have women behind the director's chair and, as Casey Cipriani and Melissa Silverstein of IndieWire have noted, no woman has directed a live - action film for the studio since 2010.

«Mad Max: Fury Road,» which delves into what the world could potentially become after a nuclear apocalypse, could go down in history as the best action movie of all time.

Otto's default mode is to use its bright, f / 2 aperture, glass lens and quarter - inch CMOS (complementary metal - oxide - semiconductor) sensor to make the stop - action movies commonly known as GIFs (Graphics Interchange Format), of which you've seen a million or so devoted to cats.

The live action Beauty and the Beast has been the top - grossing movie of the year so far, which is a good sign for the company's other live - action remakes in development such as The Lion King and Mulan.

A verse can completely backfire and mess up the rest of the Bible, permanently damaging that bible AND the shooter as well as the intended target (I assume you've seen movies or action clips where a gun explodes).

everything is made up of atoms (don't believe me do some research) its the different variables of heat and light and things like that that cause different reactions to make different things and these things when they interact can create something completely different and you and slowly the process of mitosis or miosis starts to work and form stuff hell i learnt that in high school and it was a catholic one at that a millions of years ago i bet the universe was completely different and had things in it that our minds cant even imagine that have since changed over time from action and reaction to what we have today and in another million years who knows with all the different gases we pump into the air and the weather getting more intense on both ends of the scale life as we know it will be different the human race will have to evolve to survive and will probibly form into a slightly different species hell maybe well evolve into 2 different species like in the movie time machine

Sure, Fury Road is somewhat light on plot, as most of the dialogue is shouted over revving engines, but it's revolutionary for an action movie in both its artistry and its strong female characters.

In its attempt to ask big questions such as whence and whither humankind, Prometheus presents an action / monster suspense movie in the place of Kubrick's classic, but such deep questions remain to the end in the character of Dr. Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace).

Moviegoers are finally about to get a break from all of the big - budget summer blockbusters and superhero action movies, as studios move away from large - scale spectacles...

I accept the Old Testament as more of an action movie: blood, car chases, evacuations, a lot of special effects, seas dividing, mass murder, adultery.

Speaking about the film recently in Los Angeles, Cera — who in this film, takes some refreshingly bold steps away from his usual one - note nerd persona — and co - writer / director Edgar Wright (who also did the zany cult classics Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz) discussed the meaning of the film, the stretching Cera had to go through for the role, and the way in which the film's hyperkinetic action sequences are really just the same as the dance scenes in Grease or a Gene Kelly movie.

Moviegoers are finally about to get a break from all of the big - budget summer blockbusters and superhero action movies, as studios move away from large - scale spectacles in favor of award - season prestige films.

This isn't just your typical race highlight montage however, but a beautifully shot movie with insights from drivers and team members getting just as much of the spotlight as the on - track action.

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, for infants, a noise level that exceeds 45 decibels is of concern, and some movies, such as action movies, can have a sustained level of 90 decibels.

Vacca can point to a number of actions he has taken as District Manager in support of disability issues, including holding up construction of a local movie theater until there was accessible design, working for accessible schoolyards and school bathrooms, and support for community residences for mentally disabled consumers.

WATCH: Some of the best romantic movies are set in London (think Notting Hill, Love Actually, and About Time), but popular feature films such as Skyfall or Sherlock Holmes offer action - packed alternatives.

She will compromise on movies too, as even most action / adventure flicks have enough kissing to satisfy your romantic lady for a couple of hours.

I love action movies but also a little bit of romantic settings such as music, movies books.

But it's a bit like the man - child Steve Carell character in The 40 Year Old Virgin who, towards the end of the movie, makes one tiny change — boxing up his action figures — as a signifier of his life - change into manhood.

Action and adventure movies were the most common among 43 % of men, while comedy came in second as the most popular genre (21 %).

I am 56 but young at heart, have various interest such as beach walking, under the stars, dancing, enjoy quite time at home in front of TV with a good movie that could b either a drama, romance, true life, fictional and comedy but will watch SOME men's action movies depends how I feel, enjoy...

That blending of animation and live action, familiar in practice (Mary Poppins, Pete's Dragon, etc.) but unprecedented in complexity, must be especially seamless in order to work because the movie, by design, treats it as no big deal.

For most of his action - movie career, he has come across as a less romantically nimble, less self - amused version of Douglas Fairbanks, the swashbuckler who leaped through the silent era.

The predictably action - packed final stretch doesn't fare quite as well as all that precedes it, unfortunately, which does ensure that Shaun the Sheep Movie ends on a somewhat underwhelming note - although this hardly diminishes the impact of what is otherwise a thoroughly entertaining little animated endeavor.

As schematic as a popular entertainment needs to be yet refreshingly devoid of significant lulls in the action — for exposition, weapon reloading, lovemaking and the like — the film is fast, smart and single - minded, providing not only a satisfying bang for the ever - beleaguered moviegoing buck but memorable debuts for first - time feature director Mimi Leder and fledgling film studio DreamWorks SKG (Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen)-- as well as ringing confirmation that George Clooney is indeed a movie staAs schematic as a popular entertainment needs to be yet refreshingly devoid of significant lulls in the action — for exposition, weapon reloading, lovemaking and the like — the film is fast, smart and single - minded, providing not only a satisfying bang for the ever - beleaguered moviegoing buck but memorable debuts for first - time feature director Mimi Leder and fledgling film studio DreamWorks SKG (Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen)-- as well as ringing confirmation that George Clooney is indeed a movie staas a popular entertainment needs to be yet refreshingly devoid of significant lulls in the action — for exposition, weapon reloading, lovemaking and the like — the film is fast, smart and single - minded, providing not only a satisfying bang for the ever - beleaguered moviegoing buck but memorable debuts for first - time feature director Mimi Leder and fledgling film studio DreamWorks SKG (Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen)-- as well as ringing confirmation that George Clooney is indeed a movie staas well as ringing confirmation that George Clooney is indeed a movie staas ringing confirmation that George Clooney is indeed a movie star.

Years later, the movie observes as the Department of Veterans Affairs repeatedly refuses to treat her, and a class - action suit she joined is dismissed because rape is an «occupational hazard» of a career in uniform.

Given that The Peacemaker is the first ever movie from the newly formed DreamWorks movie studio, the brainchild of Steven Spielberg, it comes as a certain surprise that the plot is one of the most basic action movie plots - catching the terrorist who stole several weapons of mass destruction and intends to use them.

While recognizing that it's not any sort of great piece of acting by Robert Mitchum or a searing portrait of war, if one accepts The Enemy Below as an action - filled war movie, it's thoroughly entertaining stuff.

As a critic who complains about painless and brainless action movies, I hoist a glass of mead to the men and maidens of Ironclad.

Without much material or throughline, the movie devolves into a succession of scenes in which the scream queen Vivian runs from one imperilment to the next; the proceedings culminate in abandoned mine tunnel that serves primarily as a means for obscuring the action.

It would be interesting to see a truly genre - breaking action movie that doesn't just shun the superficial elements (like love interests and wisecracks), but questioned the very idea of using violence to combat violence as the morally Right thing to do.

Director Breck Eisner has the basic feel for action movies down as he sends Dirk and wacky sidekick / homoerotic love interest Al Giordino (Steve Zahn) off in search of a lost Confederate ironclad buried in the Sahara sands.

Superman (Henry Cavill), the movie submits, is a messianic figure, a giver of hope, floating beatifically midair with his cape flapping around him while supplicants reach out in tears, more important as a symbol than as a man of individual actions.

After an intriguing prologue that sets up the real reason for the space race — something crashed on the dark side of the moon [but they couldn't use that as a title because of the Pink Floyd album]-- Transformers: Dark of the Moon quickly devolves into an action movie with giant robots, explosions, gunfire, and some rude language from Sam Witwicky's [Shia LaBeouf] parents [played by the ever delightful Julie White and Kevin Dunn].

Lucy isn't your typical girl - power action - movie role; she's something much weirder, and Johansson plays her as a greatest - hits - compilation synthesis of her last three movie roles, in Her, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Under the Skin.

Good sci - fi has all these things, of course, but «bigger» isn't better, and most of the «big» idea movies use «the future» as a setting for action and adventure, whereas true sci - fi films (and books) use that setting to tell human stories in new ways; human relationships (with others, with self, with the environment, etc...) are are the core of the best sci - fi movies we've seen.

The Movie: The idea of George Clooney playing a (mostly) silent assassin holed up in the Italian countryside with gorgeous European women sounds like recipe for a solid dramatic experience, so why Focus Features is marketing «The American» as some sort of action thriller when in fact it's an arty European film, will throw some moviegoers off and just outright anger others.

With previous director Tim Miller departed (to take on an actual Terminator movie), David Leitch steps into the breach and proves himself just as capable with this kind of heavy - CGI action as he did with the more grounded combat of John Wick and Atomic Blonde.

And while the movie's obvious highlight comes with Roma's brutal dressing - down of Kevin Spacey's officious manager, Mamet's screenplay affords virtually all of the actors their moment in the sun - with Lemmon's sad - sack of a character ultimately standing as the film's emotional center (ie despite his exceedingly slimy actions, Levene becomes a figure worthy of the viewer's sympathy).

The trick for a movie of this type, at least one that is aspiring to be more than just a simple - minded exploitation film (such as the original Charles Bronson «Death Wish,» a far more complicated work than usually given credit for, especially in comparison to its tacky sequels), is to create a narrative that somehow justifies such actions without completely overdoing it.

Theron has been flexing her bona fides as an action star with movies like «Mad Max: Fury Road» and «Atomic Blonde,» but «Tully» is a gentle reminder that she is one of our finest actresses working today.

The action beats and set - ups operate on horror movie rhythms, utterly at odds with the «Every Which Way But Loose» comic relief (George flipping off The Rock, grinning) and the ever - gyrating deployment of George as gentle giant, then killer monster, then monster - killer, then sweetie pie again.

The characters are the usual action movie stereotypes, but Treat Williams is fun as a kind of watered down Ash from Evil Dead 2 and I actually laughed out loud a couple of times.

Unlike series co-star Biel, Mitchell remained with the program throughout its run, and through many character changes that found Lucy marrying Kevin Kinkirk, working as an associate pastor, giving birth, and surviving both a miscarriage to twins and clinical depression.Although Mitchell branched out from television into cinematic work as early as 1996, with a turn in the fantasy - action thriller The Crow: City of Angels, and continued intermittent film appearances (such as a supporting role in 2005's slasher movie Saw II), she made no secret of her real passion: performing country music as a guitarist and vocalist.

Beyond that, everything is just as it should be - the action, the humor, the cars, the music... it all adds up to a blast of a movie, even if it is a bit unbelievable.

Zemeckis talks about how he approached the film as a regular live - action movie, with a particular emphasis on a non-stationary camera, thereby complicating the efforts of the animators.

As most of you know, this is a send - up or spoof of film noir detective movies interlacing live action with film clips.