Sentences with phrase «of creature movies»

Referencing B movies like Creature from the Black Lagoon, Shannon told Vanity Fair that he and del Toro had early conversations «about the notion that back in the day, when Hollywood was making these kind of creature movies, Strickland would have been more like the hero.

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It's unclear what the an upcoming Mario movie would be about, but it's likely to be a blend of the surreal and comical — something the Mario franchise is known for, with its portly plumber battling turtle - like creatures in a so - called Mushroom Kingdom.

Universal was making real cheesy movies like Revenge of the Creature from the Black Lagoon (sic).

If this is correct, the strange creatures of science fiction movies, with two arms and two legs and a head, are far more like us than anything we are really likely to meet «out there».

Jason Joseph employs the Lockean obsession with autonomy and productivity — and the Christian view of the personal dignity of the creature — to think about two movies I will see soon.

Despite their appearance, Susuwataris are good creatures in the movie, mainly they make sure that the family that is moving into the new house is composed of good people.

Create quirky and fun centerpieces full of wildflowers with googly eyes stuck on to imitate the animated creatures from the movie.

«Every science fiction buff will immediately recognize it as a miniature version of the creature from the movie Alien,» he wrote.

In contrast to the images from Frankenstein movies, the man - made creature would barely eke out an existence in the pampered confines of a laboratory flask.

Looking more like a creature out of a Steven Spielberg movie than one of our closer primate relatives, Callithrix saterei made its official debut as a new species of marmoset in 1996.

The point of my [1992 book] What Robots Can and Can't Be can be distilled to this stark but, by my lights, accurate claim: We are sliding inexorably toward a time when AI will supply — despite demanding tests of «unmasking» [like the movie's Voight — Kampff test]-- creatures behaviorally indistinguishable from human persons, such as Blade Runner's replicants.

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Kong: Skull Island is a dumb monster movie with some good special effects, some interesting creature designs and plenty of action.

After the outside lot, we returned inside, to displays of all the amazing creatures and special effects from the movies, various scale models of different sets, and then, one of the parts I had been most excited about — we walked up Diagon Alley!

I think this is the best horror movie of 2012 this far because it's not a reboot or a remake, but with lots of horrid zombies and gruesome creatures.

It will be in that moment that you lose your status as Awesome Person Who Takes the Kids to the Movies and Buys Them Candy because it is then that you will have to explain to your child that, in real life, Jim Carrey's character would be considered a delusional pet hoarder endangering the lives of creatures that need special care and that the mean zookeeper is the good guy and not some kind of animal prison warden kidnapper.

These creatures never actually had a name, but the director oddly commits that egregious error of introducing a conversation between Royce and the others solely for the purpose of mentioning the movie title.

In terms of new participants, we find material from stunt performer Isaac Hamon, Weta Workshop lead concept designer Nick Keller, Weta Workshop sculptors Kim Beaton and Jamie Beswarick, Weta Workshop concept artists Frank Victoria, Lindsey Crummett, Greg Tozer and Johnny Fraser - Allen, hair and makeup designer Peter Swords King, costume designers Ann Maskrey and Bob Buck, costumer Amy Craven, textile artist Kelly Olatunji, Weta Workshop technician Kim Docherty, special makeup and prosthetics supervisor Jason Docherty, prosthetic makeup artist Georgia Allen, master swordsmith Peter Lyon, additional costumer Emma Evans, lead creatures designer Andrew Baker, digital creature supervisor Simon Clutterbuck, textures technical supervisor Glen Sharah, senior shader TD Christopher George, VFX supervisor Chris White, texture artist Daniel Bennett, actor Manu Bennett, Hobbiton Movie Set and Farm Tour owner Russell Alexander, supervising art director Simon Bright, art director Brian Massey, set dresser Ben Whale, Middle - Earth Minstrel editor / author Bradford Lee Eden, sound designer Dave Whitehead, composer David Long, and musician Neil Finn.

The plot, like allot of Eastern movies, its confusing, with lots of odd names, sorcerers, magic and creatures running around, you lose it big time.

It is its own unique, unclassifiable creature: discomfiting and difficult, not least because it depicts a kind of love that may be even more unattainable for most of us than the usual movie kind of love.

The only thing that saved this movie were the amazing special effects, and some major creature designs of their culture.

Director Michael Dougherty does for Christmas what he did for Halloween in «Trick r Treat» in this comic shocker that Entertainment Weekly called «a great - looking movie, filled with freaky creature designs and a just - right mixture of practical effects and CGI.»

Half the pleasure of giant - monster movies is allowing our suspension of disbelief to buckle like a bridge in Godzilla's path, and true to form, the film saves a few gonzo twists (including one especially outlandish bonus mutation) for the grand finale — an extended set - piece in which the three creatures converge on Chicago, which has typically gotten off easy where natural disasters are concerned.

Full credit to director Michael Dougherty (Trick «r Treat) because this is great - looking movie, filled with freaky creature designs and a just - right mixture of practical effects and CGI.

In the movie, Shrek — voiced with a dram of Scottish attitude by Mike Myers — hits the road because he can't stand the internment camp that's been set up in his swamp: It's populated by fairy - tale creatures who have been rounded up by despotic Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow, a hoot).

It should have been a no - brainer: The movie is based on a late -»80s arcade game spawned by the creature - feature films of the»50s and»60s, in which one to three players controlled giant monsters as they stomped the bejeezus out of one cityscape after another while the tiny cartoon populace reacted accordingly.

Reuniting disaster - resistant star Dwayne Johnson with his «San Andreas» director, this brainless big - screen monster - smash movie assumes that audiences want to see the Rock stop three enormous mutant creatures from destroying American metropolises, when in fact, it's the gleeful prospect of witnessing just that kind of spectacular CG devastation that gave the game its name — and presumably got the movie made.

It is here where we meet the swaggering, frequently sozzled Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson, excellent), an Asgardian outcast who's trying to drown her past in drink, and Korg (voiced in near - falsetto by Waititi himself), a gentle giant of a rock creature who might be the silliest, most likable thing in a movie full of them.

Also, Yoda is the greatest example of a puppet creature in a movie because of the great design that almost convinced me it was real.

It's certainly the most apt representation of the viewing experience for this Dwayne Johnson — starring creature feature, an epic disaster movie that sees a mutated gorilla, crocodile, and wolf tear apart downtown Chicago.

A light - hearted monster movie that offers up plenty of laughs, Lake Placid is still a really fun and well - made creature feature that doesn't ever treat its characters - or the audience - like morons.

The narrative's shift into its comparatively uneventful midsection, which mostly follows the protagonists as they walk through the Shimmer and make interesting / horrifying discoveries, suffers from a somewhat hit - and - miss feel compounded by an overlong running time (ie portions of the second act could've used some trimming), with the movie benefiting substantially from a continuing emphasis on sequences of a thoroughly engrossing nature (eg the crew is attacked by a vicious hybrid creature).

Often tiring of the expensive creature comforts surrounding him, Vidal spent much of his spare time at the movies.

You don't have to be a horror - movie scholar to know that nothing significant is going to happen in any movie with «2» in the title; the creature has to stay around long enough at least to complete a trilogy and fill out a nice boxed set of DVD's.

It lacks anything like adult emotion, and its themes and images arrive at a dizzying, stupefying pace, as if vomited up by some voracious creature that ate the last 20 years of sci - fi and action - movie history and only partly digested them.

Fox doesn't have any revivals of classic sitcoms or new adaptations of popular movies on its fall TV schedule, but it does have X-Men-related show, a live - action Star Trek parody from Seth MacFarlane, and a show about Adam Scott and Craig Robinson hunting supernatural creatures.

Fittingly, Magee adapts the skills he learned on past creature crews to make his first turn in the director's chair a tour de force, with creature design and practical effects that rival the best of the big budget movies going today.

Zombie movies have become something of a plague themselves, infesting movie theaters everywhere with bloody - mouthed soulless creatures.

Following the explosive Legendary Pictures presentation in Hall H, where Edwards introduced a sequence that showcased another monster from the movie, the filmmaker and cast members Bryan Cranston, Aaron Taylor - Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen sat down with members of the press to talk about the challenges of updating the iconic creature.

The original 2001 movie starred Justin Long and Gina Philips as a brother and sister who run across a creature known as the Creeper, who feasts on body parts to make it part of its own.

In either a brilliant subversion of creature - feature films, or a top - notch blending of subgenres, a good chunk of the movie is essentially Friday the 13th if Jason Voorhees was Sasquatch.

But one of the most lasting images from Half - Blood Prince should be the introduction of the inferi, a swarm of undead creatures who guard an item that Harry very much needs to defeat Voldermort and who will turn up in the movie's third act.

Universal Pictures has released a new featurette for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom which takes us behind the scenes of the blockbuster sequel and sees director J.A. Bayona, creature Effects supervisor Neal Scanlan, executive producer Colin Trevorrow, and stars Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt how practical effects are being used during filming to bring the movie's -LSB-...]

Although there are some fantastic creatures encountered, people shouldn't expect anything akin to the Ray Harryhausen style of animation like the Sinbad movies of the past for this modern adventure.

A large part of that is due to Rick Lazzarini's superb creature effects, which look real and physical, so there's none of the shoddy CGI you associate with other mid-to-late-90s effects movies (looking at you, Jumanji).

A young actor who's worked with Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen and Warren Beatty, he's already built up an impressive résumé — although too often, he's done fine work in movies nobody saw (Coppola's sibling drama Tetro, the supernatural YA romance Beautiful Creatures) or been relegated to the margins of good movies (Blue Jasmine).

Also, it appears to be an early plot in the movie, but the trailer reveals the origins of the creatures.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 at 9 / 8c — THE NIGHT BEFORE HALLOWEEN Original Syfy Movie starring Bailee Madison (The Fosters, Good Witch) and Anthony Lemke (Dark Matter, American Psycho)-- When a Halloween prank goes wrong, it unleashes a creature that will hunt each of the participants down and kill them, unless they can figure out how to transfer the curse to someone else.

There are many reasons why The Thing is considered a top - tier horror movie, but the fact that any one of the stellar character actors featured in the film could actually be the titular shape - shifting alien creature is definitely one of them.

And let's not forget Dan Stevens (The Ticket), who spends most of the movie as a digitized creature, as the beast.