Sentences with phrase «on cult movie»

Lissa's Review: This is probably akin to sacrilege on a cult movie site, but would someone please explain to me what the flipping heck it is I watched the other night?

His work on cult movie Koyaaniqatsi set his social agenda for a decade.

Not exact matches

He's looking at a movie based on Charles Manson — the infamous cult leader, rock star wannabe and, finally, deranged psycho who went on a Hollywood killing spree that left nine dead.

I just watched the movie «September Dawn» where on 9 - 11 many Americans lost their lives to this cult and I spoke with my Son about this movie where they believe by killing gentiles (anyone not a mormon) that they are saving us, and we can go to the planet kolob and be a god.

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.

Among the commonest routes are alcohol, sexual variety, speeding on the highways, exciting sports or movies or radio or wood pulp, harder work with less time to think, the physician, the psychiatrist, some cult or other.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The picture 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»).

A top - notch cult - movie cast — including Christopher Walken, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Tom Waits, Harry Dean Stanton — anchors this wacky, blood - spattered commentary on the psycho - killer thriller from the writer - director of In Bruges.

Although the film didn't connect as strongly with mass audiences (although it's considered a «sleeper hit,» you have to wonder what it could have done if it had been released after Whedon's little art house film «The Avengers «-RRB- and more than a few critics found it befuddling and arch (it's neither), «The Cabin in the Woods» is the kind of movie that will ultimately live on as a deserved cult classic, perfect for drunken film studies students and bored kids at slumber parties alike.

This film is actually terrible — I mean, yeah — it is scary in the sense that its creepy, but I think, really, the film is just the byproduct of global DVD residuals from the directors father — allowing Panatos to string together a series of overproduced, overgrained interior sequences, cheap synth score and a slasher movie ending, and trying to pass it off as a «cult movie», when really we, the audience, need to know who, what or where the protagonist is coming from, what her dramatic need is, who she interacts with, and so on.

In the vein of Tommy Wiseau's» The Room» comes» Dangerous Men», a movie the distributor no doubt hopes will become a cult classic thanks to the obvious lack of quality on screen and the narrative about the behind - the - scenes personality who made it.

The film tells the tale of the making of Hollywood dreamer Tommy Wiseau's dreadful movie The Room, a wannabe serious drama that turned into a certified cult comedy classic on the midnight show circuit — certainly not by original intention.

The film tells the tale of the making of Hollywood dreamer Tommy Wiseau's dreadful movie The Room, a wannabe serious drama that turned into a certified cult comedy classic on the midnight show circuit — certainly not by original... Read

On Michael Reeves and British gothic film [New York Times] Credited with directing three déclassé horror movies, dead from an overdose of barbiturates at 25, the British filmmaker Michael Reeves (1943 - 1969) is a quintessential cult figure.

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).

The movie could be summarized as «Rosemary's Baby if Rosemary were the head of the cult,» but while Roman Polanski's 1968 masterpiece is a rich, nuanced film that works (and disturbs) on multiple levels, Hungry Hearts never goes any further than preying on some pretty basic fears.

If Platoon doesn?t have the cult status of some other movies on the Vietnam war, it?s not because of the overall quality, because it?s a really great movie.

Best supporting actor in a series, limited series or TV movie David Harbour, «Stranger Things» (Netflix) Alfred Molina, «Feud: Bette and Joan» (FX) Christian Slater, «Mr. Robot (USA) Alexander Skarsgard, «Big Little Lies» (HBO) David Thewlis, «Fargo» (FX) IMMEDIATE REACTION: Even though the talented child actors on «Stranger Things» repeatedly steal every episode, David Harbour has earned somewhat of a cult following as the breakout «grown - up» star — so, good for him!

Extras: aside from a number of trailers for cult movies coming out from Shock, there are no other extras on this release.

Not content to just make a movie about the end of the world, or the bisexual frolics of American collegegoers, or masked cult devotees murdering students on campus, Araki has gone and merged them all together in the form of Kaboom.

Not content to just make a movie about the end of the world, or the bisexual frolics of American collegegoers, or masked cult devotees murdering students on campus, Araki has gone and merged them all together in the form of

The thoroughly awful movie that resulted from their collaboration would go on to become a midnight cult classic, one of the most highly regarded so - bad - it's - good films ever made.

Based on the campy B - movie Army of Darkness, a particularly popular entry in the cult classic Evil Dead franchise, the video game incarnation is a castle defense game with some very light RPG elements.

Disney might have cancelled the third Tron movie, but they're not pulling the plug on the»80s cult classic altogether.

20th Anniversary Edition DVD Review: Thank god somebody finally recognized the strong cult following of this movie, or it may have never been released on DVD.

For five years the billboard stared down on baffled motorists, while the movie itself ascended to cult status.

Jeff Goldblum plays a decadent intergalactic ruler, the Grandmaster, like a regally stoned survivor of a»60s cult that modelled its iconography on Italian peplum movies.

But the actor, who died yesterday in a freak automobile accident at the age of 27, went in the opposite direction, putting his franchise clout to work on movies by cult directors like Jim Jarmusch (Only Lovers Left Alive), Joe Dante (Burying the Ex), Paul Schrader (Dying of the Light) and Michael Almereyda (Cymbeline).

Hot on the heels of the Alice Lowes and Ben Wheatleys of this world, are an entire new movement of young, cult - driven filmmakers, pushing old - school movie monsters and pitch black dark comedy to the very front of their repertoires.

At a recent Netflix press event to promote the upcoming female wrestling dramedy Glow, TVGuide.com caught up with Alison Brie, who played goody girl Annie Edison on the cult NBC and Yahoo sitcom, and asked her straight up: What's up with the Community movie?

The cult filmmaker made over 200 films, editing, cutting, and repurposing movies to fit current demands and The Sadist of Notre Dame, as it had its beginnings as Exorcism and then as Sexorcism — complete with a nude woman on an upside down cross — is no different.

Cult movies means many things to many people — Ben Wheatley's introduction touches on the manner in which he discovered the underbelly of cinema, but it won't be shared by everyone, of course — and everyone will have their own favorites.

0:00 — Intro 2:45 — Headlines: RIP Sidney Lumet, Wayne Kramer Drops Out of Headshot, Will and Jaden Smith in M. Night Shyamalan's Sci - Fi Film, Michael Shannon is General Zod 18:30 — Review: Your Highness 43:10 — Review: Hanna 1:03:00 — Trailer Trash: Warrior, Anonymous 1:11:15 — Other Stuff We Watched: Arthur, 12 Angry Men, Taking On Tyson, Atonement, The Killing, Tough Enough, The Windmill Movie, Taxi Driver, The Toy, Three Kings 1:40:45 — Junk Mail: Reed, The Expendables 2 Directors, Spoilers, Unlikeable Main Characters, Comic Book Recommendations, Directors We'd Like to See Direct a Documentary, Movies vs. Video Games, Cult Classics 2:10:25 — This Week's DVD Releases 2:13:00 — Outro

Within six months, the film was premiering at Cannes, beginning a year - long whirlwind that culminated in the film's immediate cult status on its release back in the spring, and has put Saulnier (who also served as the movie's stellar DP) on just about everyone's one - to - watch lists.

In some ways, Neil Marshall's take on the cult favorite comic book franchise Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen will be a very different experience to that of Guillermo del Toro's two movies (the R - rating, for a start), but will also try to stick to del Toro's much - revered style of practical effects.

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»).

On a very small budget, but with tons of passion for filmmaking, an unknown director would make one of the most classic cult films of all time that not only was a head of its time, but would become the number one movie responsible for a genre.

As I touched on earlier, I'm actually glad that I didn't get to many new movies this year, because I liked being able (forced) to focus on the cult films that make up the backbone of MRFH.

Filmed on a shoestring budget against the backdrop of 1980s New York (where the movie would become a staple of the infamous 42nd Street grindhouse circuit), «Basket Case» has clawed its way from its humble origins to become one of the most celebrated cult movies of all time.

Cult zombie movie and Flickering Myth favourite Stalled is now a game — and it's available to play on iOS devices!

Men in black watch Sharon from the windows above a she travels down what I assume is Nathan Ave.. These guys could be members of the cult who may have kept Sharon and her father on the run (if this follows the cult plot of Silent Hill 3)... or just leftovers from Christabella's congregation in the first movie.

Writer / director Michael Dougherty has given movie buffs everywhere a gift, not just in terms of crafting an excellent film (one that's assuredly destined for cult classic status), but in granting us the opportunity to surprise the hell out of all of our friends on Halloween night with a trippy little horror flick that they know nothing about.

Franco is garnering Oscar buzz for his performance as Wiseau, a singularly strange individual who somehow or other was able to arrange financing for his feature film The Room, a movie so bad it went on to become a cult sensation.

The film is based on the making of the terrible 2003 Tommy Wiseau movie «The Room,» universally panned as the worst movie ever made that has now grown into a runaway cult classic.