For a few hours, you will feel like Audrey Hepburn or Gregory Peck, the protagonists
of cult movie «Roman Holiday.»
It is not one movie, but all movies, thus falling perfectly under egghead Umberto Eco's definition
of a cult movie.
I recommend it for people who like fairytale movies, werewolves, are looking for something different for Halloween perhaps, or who want to increase
some of their cult movie knowledge.
But in an interview with VH1 celebrating 10 years since the release
of the cult movie, the director has revealed the two stars - who captured the audience's hearts with their chemistry - fought during filming, and Ryan even asked for Rachel be taken off the project.
Whether you're a fan or you think it's overrated, there's no denying it has become a member
of the cult movie pantheon.
Almost the very definition
of a cult movie, Withnail & I is a movie with a number of virtues, and one that remains as consistently entertaining today as it did when it was first released (if you haven't tried the drinking game yet, then shame on you).
21 Jump Street has become something
of a cult movie.
Slipping from fantasy to soap opera without any authorial control, pic's best hope is to be recognized as some kind
of cult movie of badness.
The disaster artist is about the making
of the cult movie «The Room», so you should see that first instead to appreciate «The Disaster Artist» better.
But it has since become something
of a cult movie, passionately loved by many of those who watch it.
I can definitely see why this is one
of those cult movies - it has that realistic vibe to it and basically talks about really serious things, but at the same time it has comedic elements and even though you feel disgusted with all the narcotics and heroin they are taking, the movie draws you in with it's storyline
I can definitely see why this is one
of those cult movies - it has that realistic vibe to it and basically talks about really serious things, but at the same time it has comedic elements and even though you feel disgusted with all the
Factory's Collector's Edition — spine number 28 in their growing Shout Select line
of cult movies — offers a solid Blu - ray presentation.
Like a lot
of cult movies though, it has it's flaws; the settings are basic and it has the old flashing computers with an abundance of lightbulbs on show but it's testament to Carpenter's vision that his concept overrides these dated faults and the film still manages to remain suitably futuristic.
It plays on TCM as part
of the Cult Movies line - up for July and you'll why it fits the bill: the tension between personal loyalty and the communal good and the contrast between the peaceful beauty and the savage violence of the wilderness defines the film.
Not exact matches
In Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood, Nitehawk Cinema offers an eclectic mix
of today's best art house
movies alongside
cult classics.
Romero is credited with reinventing the
movie zombie with his directorial debut, the 1968
cult classic, «Night
of the Living Dead.»
The reason he was the driving force behind the films creation and promotion was not because
of the artistic merit he imparted to the work (not to say the
movie and book weren't excellent), but because
of the
cult of personality surrounding his own personal brand.
While the
movie remained a subject
of debate for a good while, the characters
of Mickey and Mallory become
cult heroes, prooving the fact that controversy is the most efficient form
of publicity.
He's continued working with Greg over the years, using the
cult status
of The Room to his benefit and pretending he meant for his
movie to be a comedy all along.
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.
However, many seemingly innocent American blockbusters have been banned, including Avatar (for «undertones
of rebellion»), Back to the Future (China bans all
movies with time travel) and the 2016 Ghostbusters reboot (for «promoting
cults or superstition»).
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.
Salt & Straw may be the only ice cream chainlet in the country to claim the kind
of cult following reserved for»80s
movies or indie bands.
Pivotal to that
of course are the actions
of Damien Comolli, a divisive figure perhaps not a million miles away from Philip Seymour Hoffman's
cult leader in the
movie The Master.
Despite its puny $ 7,000 budget, Shane Carruth's 2004
cult classic stitched together one
of the trippiest
movie visions
of time travel.
James Edmund Caan, best known for his portrayal
of Sonny Corleone in the
cult movie «The Godfather «is an important name both in the realm
of highly respected actors and the community
of Gosoku Ryu Karate.
It was such a
cult classic
movie that those
of us who are old enough to have seen Beetlejuice during the late 80s or 90s tend to associate chunky black and white stripes with the character.
For even more entertainment, the Pump is always playing a classic
cult movie, and, when you get hungry, walk up to the food truck
of the night.
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Albedo is, body and soul, like one
of those sci - fi trash -
cult movies from the sixties.
Of his handful of movie appearances in the 1970s, Thomas is best remembered for his portrayal of Stix in the cult - favorite Sparkle (1976
Of his handful
of movie appearances in the 1970s, Thomas is best remembered for his portrayal of Stix in the cult - favorite Sparkle (1976
of movie appearances in the 1970s, Thomas is best remembered for his portrayal
of Stix in the cult - favorite Sparkle (1976
of Stix in the
cult - favorite Sparkle (1976).
Not exactly a horror
movie, but more
of a tribute to the horror classics, the Cabin in the Woods presents an original plot with literally TONS
of references to
cult horror classics and even some
of the video games (Will you spot the Boomer, Hunter, Tank and the Witch from Left 4 Dead?)
Cabin in the woods will gain more
cult following as the years go on, but after years
of horrible horror flicks, The Cabin In The Woods will give you one
of the greatest horror
movies of all time.
Not exactly a horror
movie, but more
of a tribute to the horror classics, the Cabin in the Woods presents an original plot with literally TONS
of references to
cult horror classics and even some
of the video games (Will you spot the Boomer,
That
movie, in all its incompetent grandeur, is «The Room» (2003), which is now considered «the greatest bad
movie ever made» because
of its DVD popularity and
cult following.
Whatever other inspirations the» Hunger Games» series draws upon — from» Survivor,» to the Arnold Schwarzenegger
movie version
of» The Running Man,» to the Japanese
cult classic that author Suzanne Collins claims she never saw,» Battle Royale» — at its best it's a meditation on the way fear and hope can be used by tyrants to subjugate the masses.
The friendship arc continues to have a touch - and - go handling and the
movie itself egregiously abridges the film's natural, long ascent into
cult status with its ending, the strangest
of its kind since Danny Boyle's «Steve Jobs.»
Starring writer - director - producer and enigmatic «auteur» Tommy Wiseau, who had unlimited funds but questionable talent, the $ 6 - million film has been hailed «The «Citizen Kane»
of bad
movies,» a fascinatingly inept and endlessly quotable
cult sensation that has carved out a place for itself as a midnight -
movie communal experience.
An insufferable, self - conscious
cult movie, The Chumscrubber smugly heaps on half - baked ideas about media violence, the homogeneity
of suburbia and the disintegration
of the American family.
No one has apparently been able to answer the first two, but director / star James Franco does a hell
of a job on the third in «The Disaster Artist,» the story
of Tommy Wiseau, the man behind a truly awful
movie that became a
cult classic.
If it's been a while since you've felt the cold blast and hard crunch
of midnight -
movie meanness, Zahler's shaping up to be your guy — the one selling illicit thrills out
of the trunk
of a well - restored, vinyl - topped LTD — and with «Brawl,» he sets himself further apart from his more schlock - minded contemporaries in
cult cinem
The hard - working actress has made a career
of choosing diverse and challenging projects both in film and television, starting with her acting debut in the
movie JOE, which she soon followed with the 1975
cult classic THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW.
Odious and completely unfunny, it really amazes me that this awful
movie has become some sort
of trashy
cult along the years, and it is nearly unbearable to see a bunch
of stupid characters incapable
of noticing that a man is obviously dead.
It is hard making a painfully bad
movie that slips into a
cult favorite spectacle
of baddie goodness.
Eminently quotable and relentlessly funny, this
movie is worthy
of its
cult status.
This 1979
movie adaptation
of the
cult TV series is blandness raised to an epic scale.
Wray must negotiate the ins and outs
of cult popularity while trying to get a «real» career in TV and
movies started.
The film follows the making
of «The Room» - directed by and starring Wiseau - which has been dubbed the worst
movie ever made but went on to gain a
cult following.
The Disaster Artist is based on Greg Sestero's best - selling tell - all about the making
of Tommy Wiseau's
cult - classic disasterpiece The Room («The Greatest Bad
Movie Ever Made»), and stars James Franco, Dave Franco, and Seth Rogen.