Sentences with phrase «older cult films»

Drew's Review: In case you were wondering, yes - I decided that immediately after a «2009 in Review» article all about how I never go to the movies anymore and have reconnected with older cult films, my first review of 2010 would be of a movie currently in theaters.

However when they said they picked up the license for the old cult film, The Warriors I can not say I was surprised as that was one of those movies that just took a bunch of gangs hating The Warriors in New York City.

Not exact matches

The 34 - year - old actress stars in the new the dramatisation of the making of Tommy Wiseau's «The Room» alongside her husband Dave Franco, 32, and his older brother James - who directed and stars as Tommy as he portrays Johnny in the 2003 cult film.

His breakthrough year was 2001, however, with standout turns in a pair of indie films: a haunted adolescent in the cult classic Donnie Darko and a gawky teen in love with an older woman in Lovely & Amazing, a performance he more or less repeated the next year opposite Jennifer Aniston in The Good Girl.

From 3D cane toads on opening night (Cane Toads: The Conquest) to John Woo kung fu to close the program (Reign Of Assassins), possibly the world's first «womantic» feature (the Brisbane - based comedy Jucy) to the utterly indescribable (Tommy Wiseau cult phenomenon The Room), the new look festival — in a new timeslot and new venues (Palace Centro and Barracks cinemas, and Tribal Theatre)-- has assembled an amazing line - up, with films for young (well, 18 and over for the most part, given the severing of links between BIFF and Cine Sparks) and old.

The 29 - year - old indie darling has developed somewhat of a cult following among film buffs, thanks to her roles in not one, but three David Cronenberg features (A Dangerous Method, Cosmopolis, and Maps to the Stars).

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.

The film's sole redeeming factor is the juicy role it provides to 76 - year - old cult actor Michael Parks, who's experiencing a late - career renaissance thanks to filmmakers like Smith and Quentin Tarantino.

This is legendary 79 - year - old cult director Monte Hellman's («Two - Lane Blacktop» / «Cockfighter» / «The Shooting») first film in twentyone - years (he taught film at Cal Arts during that period), after the bomb he directed in 1989 called «Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!».

But just as older genre film fans might look back in wonder at the summer of ’82 (featuring E.T., Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan, Poltergeist, The Road Warrior, and Blade Runner) or the summer of ’84 (Ghostbusters, Gremlins, Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom), there have been some contemporary summers with robust, varied lineups of very good movies, like 2008 (Iron Man, The Dark Knight, Wall - E, Step Brothers, and cult favorite Speed Racer) and even the otherwise sequel - saturated 2011 (Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes, Super 8, X-Men: First Class, the first Captain America).

The film stars Elisabeth Olsen in an extraordinary, nuanced performance as Martha, who, after escaping from a sinister cult, attempts to re-assimilate herself into contemporary society by staying with her estranged older sister Lucy (Sarah Paulson) and her fiancé Ted (Hugh Dancy) at their lake house in New England, but Martha begins to worry that members of the abusive sect she managed to run away from are plotting to bring her back to their corrupt commune.

This is the epitome of sick, twisted, vile films that will probably do well as a cult classic (just the trailer has been widely publicized) and will unfortunately be the older teenager late - night sleepover film for years to come.

Some other memorable moments that emerged while compiling this: Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep (both Oscar - nominated) and Tom Waits on the downward spiral in Hector Babenco and William Kennedy's bleak «Ironweed»; John Huston's lyrical direction of the posthumously released adaptation of James Joyce's «The Dead»; the joyous Cajun -, zydeco -, R&B and gospel - flavored soundtrack of «The Big Easy,» gumbo for the ears; the consummate character actor John Mahoney breaking out (at least for me) in «Tin Men,» «Suspect» and «Moonstruck» and and Hunter delighting in «Raising Arizona,» «Broadcast News» and just about anything that came after; plus two British indies: Emily Lloyd as a cheeky 16 - year - old in David Leland's delightful comedy - drama «Wish You Were Here»; and one of the great cult films of the decade, Bruce Robinson's savagely witty «Withnail and I» with Richard E. Grant and Paul McCann.

The first English language stage adaptation of work by cult Spanish film director, Pedro Almodovar, received a rapturous welcome at the Old Vic tonight.

Despite the example being 30 years old, there came a general murmur of acknowledgement accompanied with smiles of recognition and since then I've learned that certain films, despite their age, have achieved cult status among a teenage audience.