Sentences with phrase «of major blockbusters»

'' If Nintendo can complement its handful of major blockbusters with some strong third - party exclusives».

If Nintendo can complement its handful of major blockbusters with some strong third - party exclusives, the Switch could be a must - buy by the end of the year.

More than 25 % of the major blockbuster drugs of the Top 10 pharmas are coming off patent in the next three years.

Loosely based on the classic 1986 arcade game of the same name, Rampage is director Brad Peyton's third outing with Dwayne Johnson and second major foray into the world of major blockbuster destruction, after 2015's natural disaster flick San Andreas — and honestly?

Not exact matches

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

M&A activity — as revenue growth stays challenged — has been feverish, and the announcement of talks between Pfizer (PFE) and Allergan (AGN) is reminiscent of deals such as AOL / Time Warner in 2000 and RBS / ABN - AMRO in 2007, blockbusters in market leading sectors which were followed by major market tops.

Weston said his family, who also controls Loblaw's parent company, George Weston Ltd. (TSX: WN), has undergone some major changes in the past year, including the $ 12.4 - billion blockbuster acquisition of the Shoppers Drug Mart chain.

But for those firms lucky enough to hit upon a major blockbuster — typically defined as any drug with annual sales of more than $ 1 billion — the rewards can be handsome.

Mullin notes that most of the major stories we associate with previous administrations, including blockbuster events like Watergate and the NSA spying scandal, came from outside the White House, and didn't have anything to do with the traditional press corps.

One of my major criticisms of Thomas Piketty's blockbuster book on wealth inequality was that it didn't highlight the global effect of inequality well enough.

April 27 - Two major Wall Street brokerages were the first to value Amazon.com Inc in excess of $ 1 trillion on Friday after another set of blockbuster quarterly results for the online shopping behemoth.

For lots of other folks, the game's single - player, blockbuster story campaign is a major part of the annual «Call of Duty» experience.

Of course, if box - office totals experience a major rebound next summer, then any concern over the state of the summer blockbuster may go out the windoOf course, if box - office totals experience a major rebound next summer, then any concern over the state of the summer blockbuster may go out the windoof the summer blockbuster may go out the window.

This is just the latest example of recent major blockbuster movies using computer graphics to de-age an actor.

To compete, other studios could also merge — giving us essentially a movie version of the NBA's super-team syndrome — or they could amp up efforts to infiltrate streaming, leaving their movie studios as an output for major blockbusters that audiences still want to watch in theaters.

A year ago Sony suffered a major hack that prompted a string of events that seemed worthy of a tragic - comic blockbuster, in response to the studio's comedy about North Korea, «The Interview.»

The movie certainly seems to be following a similar script to many of its Disney - Marvel superhero predecessors that rode major marketing campaigns and favorable critical buzz (Black Panther has a 97 % rating on Rotten Tomatoes) on their way to becoming global box - office blockbusters.

A new FDA - approved blockbuster drug that has patent protection, treats a major health condition and is first to market in its category has a license to print billions of dollars.

In the wake of Tribune Publishing's blockbuster announcements that it has rejected a sweetened buyout offer from rival Gannett Co. and brought L.A. billionaire Patrick Soon - Shiong on board as an investor, one of the company's major shareholders is...

The major drug companies make most of their profits on blockbuster drugs aimed at one of the above degenerative diseases of aging.

I'd wager that ARGO is yet another TIFF film that's bound to be a major player at the Oscars, and also one that could be a real blockbuster, as it's the kind of film literally any audience can enjoy.

Sheen's next major success was also a comedy, the 1991 military - film satire Hot Shots, and while box - office blockbusters tended to elude him, Sheen worked steadily over the next several years, and racked up a respectable number of box - office successes.By this time, Sheen had developed a reputation as a hard - living star who spoke his mind regardless of the consequences, but his fun - loving image began to take on a darker hue in the mid -»90s.

Instead we are presented with an absolute turd of a film with shockingly bad «action» set pieces (despite not actually requiring major action set pieces for the plot), dreadful visuals that might as well be that «Gladiators» TV show complete with glitter and sparkles, a god awful thrash / heavy metal soundtrack just in case you forgot this film was suppose to be tough and your obligatory dire big name cast hot of the heels of other poor major blockbusters (yeah stick him / her in it, big name, can't go wrong, doesn't matter if they actually fit the role or not pfft!).

At its E3 press briefing, Microsoft unveiled an unprecedented line - up of world - premiere Xbox One blockbusters from some of the most innovative and celebrated studios on the planet, including 343 Industries, Crytek, Turn 10 Studios, Remedy, DICE, Capcom and Insomniac Games, along with support from virtually every major publisher in the industry.

Today, the city's major studio, EUE Screen Gems, is in the midst of constructing the largest soundstage east of California, in addition to a massive $ 175 million water tank for blockbuster features.

He promised «Doctor Strange» would be «weird and wild», and so it is, at least within the context of a major Hollywood blockbuster.

The younger sister of famous twins Ashley and Mary - Kate Olsen, the fashion forward beauty worked her way up through the indie film ranks before landing several major blockbusters.

Wired recently checked in with Taika Waititi, who is making the much - traveled journey of indie - to - blockbuster director this year by making his first major franchise film, Thor: Ragnarok.

The first thing to note is that it's a major change of pace from the director's recent blockbuster output — a psychological piece more in keeping with his take on The Ring.

is not the kind of major American film one expects to find in the middle of the annual blockbuster season, but in a summer as starved of imagination, artistry and humanity as 2009 has been so far, thank God for such anomalies.

Granted, the terrorists in True Lies are completely incompetent stooges, but this plot thread was certainly ahead of its time and would never fly in a major Hollywood blockbuster today.

That big moment charged the hype machine for the film in a way that major summer blockbusters aren't capable of achieving with an entire year of buildup and spoiler - filled trailers, making this film one of the most talked about projects in the past year simply due to the fact that no one knew what it actually was.

Today, some downloadable titles earn more critical attention than major blockbusters and may even reach Microsoft's mandated size limit of 2 GB.

GLAAD also suggests, in the age of many comic book characters taking a leap into major blockbuster fare, that these adaptations maintain the LGBTQ identities of characters as expressed in the source material.

The man behind the art house favorite of Y Tu Mama Tambien and the major blockbuster of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban has made easily the best film of his career.

Aaron Taylor - Johnson who was a relative nobody until he was in Kick - Ass is now starring in major Hollywood blockbusters like Godzilla and Avengers: Age of Ultron.

Because it is such a major movie event at the moment, we always enter the frame of mind, where we expect an action blockbuster.

Avengers: Infinity War has created quite the pomp and circumstance for the milestone anniversary, and leading up to the release of the movie, Marvel unveiled several featurettes looking back at the 10 years that led up to this major blockbuster event.

Conversely, The Telegraph's self - confessed Man of Steel fan Robbie Collin tore into its sequel, stating «No major blockbuster in years has been this incoherently structured».

Laura Butler Her other half is the star in a major Hollywood action blockbuster but Madeline Mulqueen has insisted that she will be steering clear of adopting a «Transformers theme» for her wedding to actor Jack...

in any major blockbuster of 2017.

Furthermore, in a summer filled with overblown and script - weak blockbuster fare, it's nice to see a relatively small «independent movie» (I put that in quotes because the film is from Fox Searchlight Pictures, which is, after all, a subset of a major studio), which delivers its goods without a single explosion or special effect (none visible, anyway).

The Hangover Part II is one of the last major summer blockbusters to finally release a trailer, and the fact that it has taken so long definitely has some people wondering what's up.

But in recent years, killing a major character in your average blockbuster has become inert thanks to the increasing use of formulas to create stakes.

The release of G.I. Joe marks the unofficial end of the summer blockbuster season, meaning it's only a few weeks until the major studios will begin to unveil what they consider the year's strongest awards contenders.

The average runtime for studio blockbusters has been way past the two - hour mark for some time now, but 163 minutes is still a wallop of a runtime even for a major release.

So skip the shitty blockbusters (Wonder Woman aside the rest of the major studios offerings are trash — THE MUMMY!!!)

This film will be an instant classic and a major blockbuster if it even achieves half of what the animated show was.

Even in the wake of the massive box office and critical success of Avengers: Infinity War, folks are still talking about this year's other major Marvel blockbuster, Black Panther.

But what truly sets Black Panther apart is that it envisions something no superhero movie — no major studio blockbuster of any kind, really — has ever even come close to contemplating: The complex intersection of black joy and black liberation.