Sentences with phrase «of the cult films»

It's become something of a cult film for bodybuilders, the same way «Pumping Iron» has.

Dave Franco (brother of James) may be much shorter than the real - life Sestero, but without his wide - eyed enthusiasm gradually giving way to disillusionment, The Disaster Artist would merely be an in - joke for the enjoyment of the cult film's rabid devotees.

Ahead of his appearance at Filmbase, Gemma Creagh talked to Greg Stesero, co-star of cult film «The Room» and best - selling author of the «The Disaster Artist».

One of our favourite movies of the latter part of this year in the upcoming The Disaster Artist, James Franco's feature that looks into the making of the cult film The Room, one that is heralded as being the Citizen Kane of bad movies.

Ryan Moody says he was tapped by director James Franco in 2013 to adapt the book about the making of the cult film «The Room.»

One of those cult films (though not part of the New Cult...

While many mainstream films fade from the public eye after the completion of their initial theatrical runs, the popularity of cult films continue to grow.

Like many of the cult films I've reviewed in the past, it's a film of interesting parts rather than a perfectly realised whole.

Though the popularity of cult films used to spread through midnight screenings in cities and often - borrowed VHS or DVD copies, the internet and digital streaming has increased the admiration of certain cult films exponentially.

Transferring all of the familiar action cliches and plot devices to rural England was a masterstroke, and Pegg's obvious love of cult film and TV offers up a wealth of targets for homages, from Bad Boys II to The Stepford Wives to The Wicker Man.

There are dozens and dozens of cult film favorites, but with the exception of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, few rival the level of celebration of the Coen brothers» 1998 comedy The Big Lebowski.

Loyal fans of cult film director Tobor Takacs (The Gate, I, Madman, Sabrina the Teenage Witch) know well the terrifying supernatural thrillers THE GATE and GATE II, based on characters created by Michael Nankin (Battlestar Galactica, Hell on Wheels).

And Tim Burton's zany Ed Wood (1994) was about the maverick, low - budget, Hollywood director (Johnny Depp) of cult films who often is regarded as the «worst director» of all time.

Factory's new, horror - focused branch Scream Factory, which quickly built a pedigree for wonderful releases of cult films.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) The granddaddy of cult films — one that encourages reenactments, rice - throwing, and cross-dressing.

Loyal fans of cult film director Tobor Takacs (The Gate, I, Madman, Sabrina the Teenage Witch) know well the terrifying supernatural thrillers THE GATE and GATE...

I have a feeling that if John Q. Doe directed this film, it would easily be a quaint dinosaur, instead of the cult film it is today.

The behind - the - scenes story of the making of the cult film «The Room,» with James Franco playing the film's star / writer / director / jack - of - all - trades Tommy Wiseau.

It's one of those cult films that people could only love for reasons other than the movie itself, whether for the nostalgic value of the folk music, the hippie counterculture period, or they're huge fans of Arthur Penn (Bonnie and Clyde, Little Big Man).

Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Sam Rockwell, Tony Shalhoub, Justin Long, and more led the ensemble, but one imagines it'd be difficult to round up all those busy actors for a small screen iteration of the cult film.

On paper, the marriage of cult film director David Cronenberg and cult novelist Don DeLillo is no doubt an ideal one, but movies require bringing dozens or even hundreds of other random factors into the mix, and it's the director's job to bring all of it together into one cohesive vision.

As a director, Dario Argento very quickly established the status of a cult film phenomenon, whose works were praised and condemned in equal measure.

When the daughter of a cult film director dies in a suspicious accident, investigative journalist Scott McGrath is determined to uncover the truth.

At Tate Britain, Patrick Keiller has been given the whole length of the Duveen galleries to reprise one of his cult films by other means.

«Experimental and ground - breaking... The central cinema shows Raven's mesmeric Curtains, with stereoscopic images converging and becoming 3D when viewed through 3D glasses, but will also host an excellent series of cult films» The Upcoming

Mary Woronov emerged in the early»60s as one of Andy Warhol's superstars, appearing in his film Chelsea Girls and dancing with The Velvet Underground before going on to star in dozens of cult films and b - movies.

Seductive, humorous, and foreboding, the machine has visually and literally «taken» the woman, alluding to the femme fatales of cult films such as The Bride of Frankenstein as well as making highbrow reference to Marcel Duchamp's The Bride Stripped Bare by her Bachelors, (1915 - 23).

Not exact matches

(The name appears to reference the 1970s cult film Soylent Green, in which humans ate a strange food that turned out to be other humans, but Rhinehart says that in the book version, soylent was made of soya and lentils.)

The chain is famous for League's strict anti-texting policy, as well as the stars who show up to premiere films at the Austin location and the special posters designed for many of the screenings, which may pair cult classics with themed foods.

One, inspired by the cult horror film «The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,» has distorted, snowy walls.

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.

In November 2014, Sony Pictures was preparing the release of the controversial film, The Interview, which mocks Kim Jong - un's cult - y regime.

``... [the] gulf between the Church and the scientific mind... widens with each generation, and modern means of diffusing knowledge by the press, radio, and film, have brought us now to such a pass that the Christian, and especially the Catholic, whose beliefs are enriched in their religious manifestation by the ceremonies and practices of a most ancient past, finds himself considered the initiate of a recondite cult whose practices are not only unintelligible to men around him, but savour to them of superstition and magic.»

And ever since some comments here got me digging deep into TRUE GRIT, I've learned to respect the cult of the Coen Brothers, and to approach their films with high expectations.

I think I'm going to be sick, AA wants nothing to do with press radio or film (nor does it wish to engage in any sect, cults or religion), yet you have the nerve to write an opinionated article about not believing in God and being part of AA?

Anyone who has attended a Star Trek or Star Wars film on opening day and then gone a few weeks later knows the difference between a piece of art viewed by cult followers and one viewed with casual fans.

But we'd do well to define what «cult» actually means, both inside the Christian church - i.e., Christians use the term largely to differentiate other religions which deviate from orthodox, historical and Biblical Christianity - and outside, where it's thrown around to describe everything from followers of Kevin Smith films to any organization that's secretive and raises boat loads of money.

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.

Definition of CULT 1: formal religious veneration: worship 2: a system of religious beliefs and ritual; also: its body of adherents 3: a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious; also: its body of adherents 4: a system for the cure of disease based on dogma set forth by its promulgator 5a: great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work (as a film or book); especially: such devotion regarded as a literary or intellectual fad b: the object of such devotion c: a usually small group of people characterized by such devotion

And the Arsenal cult hero is at it again, having been filmed tearing it up in the dressing room of current club Nottingham Forest in a wee pair of kegs.

For example, if you're a printmaker and you've just finished a range of posters based on 80s cult films for a local exhibition, the most effective way to spend your money could be promoting your work to men interested in cinema aged 35 - 45 within 10 km of the gallery, instead of all genders, all ages, all across the UK.

She also appeared to cast Ed Miliband in the role of Uncle Monty from Withnail and I, as she quoted a memorable line from the cult film.

The 1936 film Reefer Madness developed a cult following because of its over-the-top depiction of the evils of marijuana.

Although best known as the director of the cult classic films Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive and the television series Twin Peaks, David Lynch is also a painter and designer.

But it's good to know that I'm not alone in my horror: Director Luke Gilford has skewered the extreme ends of «wellness» in his new short film Connected, starring Pam Anderson as Jackie, a lonely spinning instructor who wants to feel more, well, connected — so she joins a wellness cult and gets wifi shot into her brain so that Jane Fonda (no, really, she does a voiceover cameo) can tell her how «limitless» she is all the time.

I went for a modern 90's vibe today — it was one of my favorite decades for film and fashion the first time round (think Sex And The City, Clueless, Melrose Place and other cult classics!)

But with last year's success of Emma Cline's novel The Girls (and it's eventual film adaptation), it seems as though a slew of Fashion Girls were inspired by the look of some cults / religious subcultures (tomato / tomatoe?).

In addition to his duties of teaching film school to up and coming filmmakers, Duncan has built a cult following on Youtube.

Even though Bloody Days tries to walk the walk and talk the talk, ultimately it feels less like a creative homage to a cult film classic and more like a shallow imitation with a hint of Tarantino flair.

Directed by and starring James Franco, this film is much more of an homage to the cult classic that is The Room, as well as a nod to the passion it takes to make something so terrible.