Sentences with phrase «of big budget blockbusters»

And it also sort of bites the Hollywood hand that feeds it by respectfully making fun of big budget blockbusters and the actors who act in them.

It's the middle of the summer, which means lots of big budget blockbusters are about to hit screens!

But the superhero remains the preserve of the big budget blockbuster.

Not exact matches

Of course, even over-hyped, big - budget blockbusters can turn into major flops at the box office.

Either way, it's looking like a disappointing start to the summer for Warner Bros., which has several big - budget releases planned for the rest of 2017, none of which are total locks to be blockbusters.

In recent years, the statuette has gone home with lesser - seen movies, often from off the mainstream radar — offbeat or «prestige» titles that captured the imagination of Academy voters if not the American public — to the near - total exclusion of big budget Hollywood blockbusters.

Penot had been busy creating big - budget blockbusters during a six - year stint as a perfume developer at Armani Fragrances, and Le Labo was his chance to make the indie label of his dreams.

While Hope is known for making independent movies rather than big - budget Hollywood blockbusters, Amazon Studios has succeeded in the world of television in part by aligning itself with high - profile directors like Allen and Steven Soderbergh of «Ocean's Eleven» fame.

Whereas an entire generation of kids who grew up wishing for fame imagined being on an ABC sitcom or starring in a big - budget blockbuster, tomorrow's daydreaming kids will likely be imagining a very different image of super-stardom.

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...

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.

Tomorrowland, Disney's big - budget summer blockbuster that's based on the future - themed parts of its theme parks, comes out in a month.

Rob Legato, an effects supervisor, told the Hollywood Reporter that in the future, actors involved in big - budget blockbusters might need to have a variety of facial expressions digitally scanned, in case something were to happen.

The Screen Rant editorial team shares their top 5 favorite movies of 2017 - from innovative indie films to big - budget blockbusters.

Still, After Earth is, for much of its refreshingly brief running time, a better - than - average big - budget blockbuster that marks Shyamalan's most entertaining effort since 2006's Lady in the Water.

Now Coogler moves from the comfortable mid-range budget of that Rocky reboot to the nine - figure realm of comic book action, a genre that has given Hollywood many of its biggest blockbusters over the past two decades.

Marty Wolf (Paul Giamatti) is an evil Hollywood producer who steals the vaguely autobiographical writing assignment of pathological liar Jason (Frankie Muniz) and turns it into a big - budget blockbuster that shares its name with this film's title.

The country's audiences have developed a taste for big - budget Hollywood blockbusters to rival any in the United States, but China's cultural traditions and the deeply - ingrained involvement of the Chinese government have proven difficult both to Hollywood studios looking the penetrate the market and U.S. filmmakers seeking collaborations.

Star Trek took costumes we all know & laugh at and made them worthy of a big - budget Hollywood blockbuster.

I should get something out of the way regarding Black Panther — this is going to be a very positive review, and it has everything to do with Marvel making the blackest big - budget blockbuster of...

This week we conclude our pick of the 50 best films of the 2010s thus far, and looking down the list I notice we haven't included too many blockbusters or big budget hits.

Happy to be there: For being as narrow as three nominees, the foreign film «A Man Called Ove» pulled off what «The Hundred Year - Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared» did last year as a random film to crash the big budget field of fantasy blockbusters.

The summer months often bring a slew of prospective blockbusters, as studios trot out their annual selection of big - budget spectacles.

was a low budget entry into the genre that appears to have gotten him enough good will for the folks at Legendary Pictures to put him behind the helm of a $ 160 million blockbuster relaunch of the big green guy himself.

Enter Gareth Edwards, whose 2010 film Monster was a low budget entry into the genre that appears to have gotten him enough good will for the folks at Legendary Pictures to put him behind the helm of a $ 160 million blockbuster relaunch of the big green guy himself.

The Wrap's Reviews Editor Alonso Duralde joined forces with reviewer Inkoo Kang to reveal their favorite films of the year — from big budget blockbusters to film festival gems that you may have missed.

Weisz recently starred in the big - budget blockbusters «The Bourne Legacy» and «Oz the Great and Powerful,» so «Oceans» would represent a refreshing change of pace that would highlight the «Constant Gardener» star's considerable talents.

There are any number of possible explanations for this trend, most probable simply being the increasing split between blockbuster «entertainment» films that dominate the technical categories while low - budget (in) dependent films, driven by strong acting, directing and writing, dominate the more prestigious awards, making a 7 Oscar win relatively rare (in order to reach that number, a film has to do well in either the effects or design categories, areas which favor big - budget spectacle).

Ernest Cline's divisive, geek - friendly bestseller gets a big - budget adaptation courtesy of the biggest name in blockbustering, Steven Spielberg.

Although best known for his big budget blockbusters, Spielberg said his favourite project was his Holocaust documentary for the Shoah Foundation, which collected the testimonies of survivors of the World War Two atrocity.

Still, it's a fine send - off for a series that redefined the look and feel and ambition of the super-hero genre, the summer blockbuster and the big - budget studio tentpole all in one go.

Those awaiting Legendary Pictures re-imagining of Japan's iconic creature GODZILLA still have a year to wait for the release of the big - budget blockbuster directed...

Here, it's as if the machinery of making a big - budget, comics - inspired summer blockbuster has swallowed him whole.

The premise of his first truly big blockbuster — as fun as they were I always felt the Hellboy movies were held back by budget constraints — is pretty straightforward and will grab the attention and imaginations of the 10 - year - old in all of us.

In 1927, working with one of the biggest budgets in Hollywood history, DeMille spun the life and Passion of Christ into a silent - era blockbuster.

Bridesmaids is one of the few comedies coming up in this summer of big - budget blockbusters and it looks like it's going to be a decent estrogen - infused counterpart to the off - the - wall guy humor of The Hangover Part II.

Part of this may be due to director Taika Waititi, who is a newbie in the world of big - budget blockbusters, but like many other directors tapped to helm Marvel movies (including Gunn and Watts) has an intriguing background in indie cinema that would seem to have little to do with IMAX - worthy digital bombast.

More than the flawless visuals, nuanced performances and consistent laughs — watch out for one cheeky Lord of the Rings reference — it's a treat to see a big budget blockbuster that celebrates intelligence over explosions.

While the details are familiar from Sam Raimi's 2002 film, they play out in a more relaxed manner: The Amazing Spider - Man is every inch a blockbuster, but it doesn't have the urgency of most big - budget summer movies.

Despite a big summer blockbuster budget of $ 130 million and a prime early May release date — exactly the same spot that worked for Gladiator five years earlier - Heaven failed to find an audience.

It's a bit of a surprise to find such a wealth of acting talent in a big - budget blockbuster such as this, but it's an extremely welcome one.

Audiences will still likely see every punch coming from a mile away, but what's remarkable is how the movie lands them all: It's an invigorating piece of nostalgia that fuels a bigger adrenaline rush with its climax than any big - budget blockbuster could provide.

He's at the cusp of stardom, essentially, with leading - man good looks and an ineffable quality of fearless integrity that allows him to back away from the big - budget blockbusters in which he has found himself of late to take a small role in a small film, just because it's important to him.

Something of a small miracle, «The Way Way Back» is such a refreshing, smartly enjoyable reprieve from the summer movie season's barrage of superhero fare and big - budget blockbusters that you feel blue when it must come to an end.

I understand this isn't a big budget blockbuster but scenes like the airplane scene and the river scene really took me out of the film.

A refreshing spin on the superhero origin story, Chronicle was one of the surprise hits of the year, banking $ 126m from a budget of just $ 15m; a sequel has already been announced (although Fox are apparently unhappy with Max Landis» script), and its success has paved the way for Josh Trank to try his hand at a big budget superhero blockbuster with Fox's Fantastic Four reboot.

Box office expectations: With a hefty $ 180 million budget, Warner Bros. is hoping that Legend of Tarzan will be one of their big summer blockbusters of 2016.

The Wrap «s Reviews Editor Alonso Duralde joined forces with reviewers Inkoo Kang and James Rocchi to reveal their favorite films of the year — from big budget blockbusters to film festival gems that you may have missed.

«Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)» is one of the most thrilling films I've ever seen — which is pretty amazing, since it's not a big - budget, action - packed, superhero blockbuster.

«The Way, Way Back» doesn't have enough emotional punch to be an awards contender, but in a summer filled with big budget blockbusters, leave it to a quaint coming - of - age comedy to stand out as the best of the season.