Sentences with phrase «of big budget titles»

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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.

I must admit the buzz around the title social entrepreneur immediately makes me think I need a board of directors, bigger budgets and big goals — three key elements that are missing from many startup companies.

The elimination of men's sports programs — in recent weeks Syracuse announced it will ax wrestling and men's gymnastics at the end of this year, while Michigan State said it will say farewell to men's lacrosse and fencing — has continued over the last several years in the name of budget tightening (though not usually in the biggest - budget sport: football) and Title IX compliance.

In a year filled with big - budget sci - fi titles, genre fans seem to be least enthused by After Earth, and who could blame them; need we remind you of M. Night Shyamalan's recent record?

Shadow Complex is yet another example of how fun, creative gameplay does not have to be limited to the bigger budget AAA titles.

Shadow of War follows other big - budget titles that also had their Denuvo anti-tamper tech cracked so soon such as Total War: Warhammer 2, Sonic Mania, and others.

In what must be one of the most confusingly titled franchises in history (Rambo «s up there, also), Fast & Furious seems to clearly have the biggest budget of them all, though sadly spends it all on digital effects.

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.

In March, it's been a different story, with big - budget action films London Has Fallen and Allegiant plus horror titles The Other Side of the Door and The Witch.

As you probably know, Andrew Stanton (WALL - E, Finding Nemo) is currently working a big budget movie version of Princess of Mars titled John Carter of Mars for Disney / Pixar.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening March 2, 2012 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Lorax (PG for mild epithets) Danny DeVito stars as the title character in this animated adaptation of the Dr. Seuss classic about an idealistic 12 year - old (Zac Efron), raised in an artificial reality, who searches for a real tree in order to impress the girl of his dreams (Taylor Swift).

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening November 23, 2007 BIG BUDGET FILMS August Rush (PG for slight violence, mild profanity and mature themes) Freddie Highmore stars as the title character in this escapist fantasy about a promising musical prodigy who runs away from an orphanage to New York City to find his parents (Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Myers) only to end up living with a Fagin - like wizard (Robin Williams) and lots of other kids in a makeshift shelter in an abandoned theater which was once the Fillmore East.

The lead in Roland Emmerich disaster pic «The Day After Tomorrow» gave him an early taste of bland, big - budget (smash hit) spectacle, though he also auditioned to play the title character in «Batman Begins,» and was briefly lined up to take over the role of Peter Parker in «Spider - Man 2» when health issues / contract negotiations looked to rule out Tobey Maguire — now there's an interesting what - if scenario.

Greengrass, of course, is the acclaimed British director who has moved between big - budget action fare such as «The Bourne Ultimatum» and gritty lower - budget titles such as «United 93.»

Battle to Stay Awake may have been a more appropriate title for this actioner that appears to be mostly conceived of either as a big budget military recruitment video or the ultimate «Demo Disc» for home theater enthusiasts to show off their high - end audio - visual equipment.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening October 17, 2008 BIG BUDGET FILMS Max Payne (PG - 13 for profanity, sexuality, intense violence and drug use) Mark Wahlberg stars in the title role of this revenge thriller about a DEA agent and an assassin (Mila Kunis) who join forces to find the killers responsible for the murder of his family and her sister.

The Missing is one of the few recent big - budget titles to not include an audio commentary, but there are plenty of other extras to be had on this 2 - disc set (with the bulk of the extras housed on Disc 2).

That 1976 film, titled Eat My Dust, became one of Corman's biggest hits of the decade, with returns handily surpassing its estimated $ 300,000 budget.

You can visit any number of other sites to get the same regurgitated Top 50 Most Anticipated Movies of 2018, each of them running through the big budget films in a different order, all titles you no doubt will be actively aware of precisely when the studio giants backing them want you to.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening July 1, 2011 BIG BUDGET FILMS Larry Crowne (PG - 13 for brief profanity and sexuality) Tom Hanks stars in the title role of this romantic romp as a victim of downsizing who develops a crush on his jaded speech professor (Julia Roberts) when he enrolls at a community college to brush up on his job skills.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening June 24, 2011 BIG BUDGET FILMS Bad Teacher (R for nudity, profanity, sexuality and drug use) Cameron Diaz stars in the title role of this romantic comedy about a trashy gold digger who schemes to land a wealthy substitute teacher (Justin Timberlake) while being chased by another colleague (Jason Segel).

Following the indie games came more big budget title showings, starting with first gameplay footage of Mortal Kombat X.

The filmmaker also has another true story - based historical drama that he intends to make along with those two big - budget, tentpole offerings (namely, The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara), but his new collaboration with Hanks - titled The Post - may begin production before the latter does.

Considering the game has been developed without the big budget of an AAA title, Stormind Games did an excellent job, considering they have opted in making a third person game which requires way more effort than a first person one.

It's also a style of game you never see in modern big budget titles and so good it absolutely demands being spun off into its own game.

Finally, with Sonys push for indie games, there will be more excellent, creative titles that utilize the hardware outside of the big - budget realm.

Marvel Comics» Fantastic Four superhero crew previously appeared on the big screen in a low - budget 1994 film titled The Fantastic Four and in a glossier 2005 offering starring Chris Evans and Jessica Alba called Fantastic Four, which spawned a sequel that arrived two years later, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.

The big change will come when Title I truly pries open the black box of district budgeting and forces equity in state and local funds.

He attributed much of the design of the system to his mother, a school librarian, who told him her big barrier to buying comics was the risk of wasting her limited budget on the wrong titles.

It's time for the library to have a big enough of a book budget to win them and their parents over with the right digital and paper titles.

Today, the big publishers have reduced their publicity budgets and most of the biggest name writers I know are placing many of their titles with small, startup publishers or even e-publishers.

With margins low, distribution costs rocketing, limited or no marketing budgets for all but the top 15 percent of titles, and little major media interest in all but the biggest authors, book sales drop a little more each year and fewer and fewer authors can live off their fiction efforts.»

I think it's one of the most underrated big - budget games of last gen — considering just how easy it was to get 9's and 10's for other popular titles.

The Facebook - only title, launching shortly before Dragon Age II, will unlock five unique items — two rings, two amulets and a belt — in the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of its big budget counterpart.

When added to previously confirmed titles like: Fatal Frame 4, Fragile, Tales of Symphonia 2, Monster Hunter 3, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicals, Little King's Story and the strongly rumored Castlevania game, you have a list of big budget projects that embarrasses the West's effort comparatively.

Between these big - budget behemoths and these experimental, creative little titles we gamers get a bounty of awesomeness to feast upon.

Here's the big problem, though; for a game that looks, plays and feels like a budget title it's hard to swallow the full triple - A asking price of around of over # 50, which is the publisher's recommend amount.

Big - budget retail releases may have dried up for the Summer, but there's a ton of new titles to download this week on the PlayStation Store...

The Triple - A console market isn't exactly awash with horror games but if you wade through the other big budget titles, you'll find a bevy of scary gems for your beloved Playstation 4.

Portal Knights comes out of a much smaller studio, yet it looks and feels like a bigger - budget title.

To the game's unending credit, this proves to be one of the more emotional moments in gaming we can remember, creating the type of reaction so many big budget titles try (but fail) to manufacture — and it's done here in a matter of minutes.

Zach Wilson — Senior Level Designer at Kaos Studios, one of New York's only triple A big budget developers and creators of the hotly anticipated title Homefront.

We haven't released a game before, it's true, but the quality of what we're doing speaks for itself — if you have spent a few minutes in the Playable Showcase then you've probably realized that we are committed to a beautiful looking game that plays just like a big - budget title would from an established developer.

Games Industry veteran and marketing & PR guru Brian Baglow presents to Scotland's buzzing games development sector the ins and outs of good marketing for games; revealing that it doesn't necessarily require a budget of millions to tell the world about your next (or first) big blockbuster title.

The next installment of Modern Warfare was proudly touted along with a host of other big budget titles like Uncharted, Gears of War, Forza, Assassin's Creed and the usual dribble from Nintendo.

Originally announced as a PlayStation 3 - exclusive but apparently also developed for the 360 (the developer's website refers to it as a title coming to «next generation consoles»), the detective tale of L.A. Noire is said to be a massive undertaking and «could be the biggest budget videogame in development anywhere in the world.»

Graphically the game is a good representation of the sport if not a little rough around the edges at times, although not on the levels of other re-occurring and bigger budget sports titles from EA and 2K.

«I've known and worked with Dlala since 2012 and have continuously been impressed with their tenacity, creativity and determination in making the best games possible that seek to buck the trend of the big budget AAA titles that sometimes sacrifice gameplay for visual impact.

I can promise you that you will be rocking along with the «cheapiness» of the music, forgetting all about the orchestras and dramatic music of today's big budget titles.

Hack - and - slash fans scarcely need a reason to get excited for a big - budget online title, but for the rest of us there's the compelling argument made in its beautiful graphics and over a dozen playable characters to pique interest.