Sentences with phrase «of superhero blockbusters»

Affleck is part of superhero blockbusters, prestige fare, and everything in between.

Another year, another batch of superhero blockbusters, brand - name sequels and big - name movie stars / directors vying for your attention.

Since Marvel Studios started working with Fayetteville's Pinewood Studios, there has been a near - endless stream of superhero blockbusters to come out of Georgia.

There are hiccups in its ambition, but it's hard not to get swept up in all the technologies, characters, and politics crammed into the movie's compelling dramatic conflict, which casts the charismatic Michael B. Jordan — the star of Creed and Coogler's debut, Fruitvale Station — as the most complex villain in the post-Dark Knight cycle of superhero blockbusters.

Infinity War marks the start of a hectic summer of superhero blockbusters for Disney, who will also put out Solo: A Star Wars Story on May 25.

While the fascists at the Star Wars franchise are firing directors for failing to conform to formula, Marvel takes an agreeable leap forward by putting New Zealand actor / director Taika Waititi in charge of one of its superhero blockbusters.

But the scenes feel especially prescient, and inadvertently scathing, because of the superhero blockbuster that came before it.

Not exact matches

The first superhero blockbuster film of 2018 is gearing up for a huge box - office opening this weekend.

In the past several years, Netflix has followed the blockbuster trend of making comic - book superheroes the subject of its original programming.

While the top 20 most downloaded films included some prestigious movies like 12 Years a Slave (at number 10) and Gravity (at number four), the majority of the most pirated flicks were largely big blockbuster franchises, adapted from books — Divergent, Hunger Games: Catching Fire and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug — superhero sequels and reboots like Godzilla and Robocop, although Excipio was unclear as to how many of the more than 29 million illegal downloads were for the»87 original.

Black Panther is already the biggest movie of 2018, and now the latest superhero blockbuster from Marvel and Walt Disney is on the precipice of cracking $ 1 billion in worldwide box - office revenue.

Reading a typical biotech press release is kind of like listening to a sugar - high kid gush about the latest superhero blockbuster.

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.

The film marks a transition for actor Andrew Garfield, from blockbuster superhero, to critical darling, in a starring role that is already being called one of the year's most powerful.

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.

The top ten men continue to out - earn their female counterparts by a huge margin — $ 488.5 million compared with just $ 172.5 million — a disparity Forbes attributed in part to the preponderance of superhero movies and action blockbusters that offer few starring roles for women.

This is an album of songs for a big idea before it was shrunken down and packed into the blockbuster money machine, and its well - intentioned attempt at bringing legitimacy to Marvel leaves Lamar and co. alone on a podium, broadcasting their passions through a megaphone to kids who just came to see superheroes do some backflips.

The future of blockbuster films such as these lie with directors like Coogler (and Patty Jenkins, and Taika Waititi), ones who are bringing much - needed new life and ideas to the superhero genre.

(CNN) Black superheroes have reached the screen before, but seeing the collective weight of Marvel / Disney thrown behind a blockbuster like «Black Panther» still feels like a cultural watershed, one that the movie exuberantly embraces.

He played Spider - Man's formidable foe, The Rhino, in the latest entry of the blockbuster superhero franchise, THE AMAZING SPIDER - MAN 2, directed by Marc Webb.

Black Panther may not be the first superhero film to place a black lead front and centre — Wesley Snipes made two great Blade movies plus another one, and the»90s delivered a handful of now - forgotten fare with black men behind the mask (Spawn, Steel, Blankman, The Meteor Man)-- but it is the first to surround its hero with an equally diverse cast, and announce itself as the new blockbuster status - quo, not a one - off alternative for a widely underrepresented audience.

Iron Man kicked off Marvel's current period of blockbuster movie domination, and it couldn't have been done without the chemistry between Robert Downey Jr. «s reformed genius superhero Tony Stark and his mentor - turned - foe Obadiah Stane (Jeff Bridges).

Once the Furious movies slipped the realism leash, they went from being pulpy B movies to something like blockbuster superstores — a one - stop - shopping center where you can sample Mission: Impossible - style assignments, MMA bouts (see Furious 7's Michelle Rodriguez and Ronda Rousey's formalwear tussle for a combo of both), A-list action heroes, gunfights, analog stunts, CGI spectacle, capeless superhero movies and a bit of broad comedy on the side.

Like last summer's cure for the common superhero blockbuster, the DC Comics ringer «Wonder Woman,» «Black Panther» fleshes out a beautifully functioning society far from the prying, destructive eyes of the outside world.

Fans have been waiting with burning anticipation for two years for the release of Deadpool 2, star and co-writer Ryan Reynolds» follow - up to the R - rated superhero blockbuster that earned a stunning $ 363 million domestically and $ 420 million overseas for a whopping worldwide total of $ 783 million.

Teaser trailers have revealed that this modernized interpretation of the Superman origin and mythos will include some deep, probing questions about what it is to live as a god - like orphan on an alien world; however, we've seen little to no action from this Superhero blockbuster.

This may not be the summer blockbuster you were expecting, but this wildly entertaining slice of superhero perfection is undoubtedly the best and bravest IRON MAN yet.

The Avengers (Joss Whedon, 2012) Marvel delivers one hell of a crowd - pleasing blockbuster, which certainly aims to please both old and new fans of these Marvel superheroes.

IndieWire's David Ehrlich gave the film a D +, writing in his review, «By turning Tarzan into just another superhero, David Yates» blockbuster origin story wastes one of literature's great wild men.»

It's not just the best Marvel movie to date (although it is that), and it's not just in the very top tier of superhero movies (although it is), but it's one of the most all - around satisfying summer blockbusters since God - knows - when.

That seems like a lot of superheroes for one gargantuan summer blockbuster.

«Avengers: Age of Ultron» - May 1 The elite superhero team — including Scarlett Johansson, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth and Chris Evans — assembles again in this follow up to the 2012 blockbuster.

Captain America: Winter Soldier artfully dodges nearly every typical superhero movie problem (as well as general sequel problems) with a stunning grasp of mood, total commitment to a «square» character, a smart choice of villain, and thrilling action scenes that feel authentically dangerous (a complete rarity in blockbusters) rather than like stop - and - gawk «setpieces» with no actual stakes.

Determined to make a different kind of summer blockbuster, director Guillermo del Toro avoided superheroes in tights and capes, trading the more familiar American comic book universe for Japanese genres involving monsters from the sea.

Deadpool is the first disaster movie of 2016 — a chest - bumping, fourth wall - breaking, shot - slamming, wedgie - pulling emojilatory mess that brashly announces itself as the shiny new nadir of the postmodern superhero blockbuster.

Now comes the new wave of blockbuster Marvel franchises, with The Hulk riding a wave of mass approval as the next big superhero thing to hit theaters since X2.

Who knows, though, since Captain Marvel is the focus of a lot of MCU - related speculation at the moment; not only will it be the franchise's first female - led superhero movie, but it also got a massive Hail Mary pass from last month's blockbuster Avengers: Infinity War, which asked fans to sit through, roughly, 7,000,000 minutes of end credits in order to get the merest peek at her logo.

Don't be fooled by the whiz - bang action sequences and glossy production values of such blockbusters; actors playing superheroes must flex their acting muscles as much as those in prestige dramas — not to mention their literal muscles, too.

She is the face of female superheroes everywhere and with Marvel's 2017 offerings being light and breezy, perhaps Gadot owns the best superhero blockbuster of the year.

Ten years ago, we became part of a bigger universe — we just didn't know it yet — when Samuel L. Jackson popped up for a cameo in Marvel's 2008 superhero blockbuster Iron Man to talk to Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark about the Avengers Initiative.

So now that we know that an R rating is officially no longer an obstacle for superhero blockbusters in this golden age of comic book movies, where does Deadpool 2 go next?

Empire has released the cover for the latest issue of its magazine, which gives us a new look at Ben Affleck's Dark Knight and Henry Cavill's Man of Steel from next year's DC superhero blockbuster Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice... SEE ALSO: Trailer Breakdown: Breathtaking Batman v Superman Screen Grabs May Reveal Amazing Plot!

Last week Entertainment Weekly delivered the first batch of official images from next year's hugely - anticipated superhero blockbuster Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and now another still has emerged from inside EW's Comic - Con special featuring Henry Cavill's Man of Steel... SEE ALSO: Henry Cavill talks future Man of Steel sequels Fearing the actions of a -LSB-...]

As with the too - early franchise reboot in 2012, this sequel struggles to balance the demands of a teen romance with a superhero blockbuster.

It's empowering to see a massive blockbuster superhero film written, directed, and starring people of color.

For the central villain of a blockbuster superhero movie, Daniel Brühl's Helmut Zemo got relatively little screen time in Captain America: Civil War.

The newest movie within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, «Avengers: Infinity War,» might be launched later this week at the heels of the worldwide blockbuster, «Black Panther,» including any other flick to the superhero franchise.

Openly trolling the ambitions of other modern comic - book movies, the sequel to Deadpool, the surprise hit that cast Ryan Reynolds as the self - destructive and puerile Bugs Bunny figure of the present superhero blockbuster landscape, mostly outdoes its predecessor in terms of style and satirical intent: Now that he's...

The film has become one of the summer's biggest blockbusters and disproved the notion that female - driven superhero films do not sell.