Sentences with phrase «on this cult hit»

Benefiting from the late -»90s wave of youth - driven TV shows, Heigl stayed with television and attracted an avid following as alien beauty Isabel on the cult hit Roswell.

It could be more straightforward to call who didn't seem on this cult hit.

Based on the cult hit TV series, The Secret History of Twin Peaks by Mark Frost (Macmillan / Flatiron Books; Macmillan Audio; OverDrive Sample) offers «a deeper examination of the tiny town's history and its many deep and troubling mysteries.»

Michel Ancel, the lead designer on cult hit Beyond Good and Evil, has assured fans that the sequel will be more immersive than ever.

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However, Castle became a cult hit on video, and I guess that was good enough for a second adventure.

Word - of - mouth on Reservoir Dogs began to build at the 1992 Sundance Film Festival, which led to scores of glowing reviews, making the film a cult hit.

As the prom draws near and the popular head cheerleader of Echo Lake High dumps her star quarterback boyfriend in favor of attending the dance with the biggest loser in school, the raging footballer plots murderous revenge in cult animation icon Bill Plympton's darkly satirical take on the teen tragedy radio hits and high - school melodramas of the 1950s and»60s.

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.

A cult hit on DVD, the 2008 horror / comedy Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer endeared up - and - coming genre director Jon Knautz to many in...

Director / writer Joseph Kosinski «s story (the script is credited to Karl Gadjusek and Michael DeBruyn, with William Monahan and Michael Arndt among those who worked on the film too) cribs liberally from other more familiar sci - fi tales, including one recent cult hit which mentioning the name of would likely tip you off to the film's big secrets.

THE IMPOSSIBLE director Juan Antonio Bayona is said to be leading the Brad Pitt starring sequel to this year's surprise hit, which was based on the cult novel by Max Brooks.

A number of viewers have picked up on the Russo» recurring in - film tribute to the cult hit comedy TV series Community.

It launched the career of its charismatic star, Jake Gyllenhaal, and it became a cult hit on video thanks to strong word - of - mouth, midnight screenings at repertoire theatres, and Gyllenhaal's sizable Internet following.

Writer - director Kevin Smith didn't plan on making a sequel to his 1994 cult hit «Clerks.»

Director Richard Kelly's follow - up on the enigmatic cult hit Donnie Darko has run into a critical storm: an unfinished version (according to Kelly) was shown at the Cannes film festival where it was boo - ed and got rotten reviews.

However the trippy tale of Jeff Bridges» slacker has gone on to become a cult hit and even has it's own religion, Dudeism.

My Dinner With Andre, directed by Louis Malle from a script by Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory, who play fictionalized versions of themselves, became the surprise indie hit of 1981 and a cult film on the art house circuit.

Based on James O'Barr's 1980s cult comic, the hit 1994 film starred Brandon Lee as Eric Draven, a murdered musician who's resurrected by supernatural means to exact revenge on those who killed him and his fiancee.

Battlestar Galactica: Season 4.0 Unrated On January 16th, the final episodes of this cult classic Sci Fi Channel drama will hit the air.

In other television news, cult hit «The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret,» created by and starring David Cross, will be resurrected on IFC in 2015, three years after the first two six - episode seasons officially wrapped.

Ace new movie The Disaster Artist — in limited cinemas on December 1 and nationwide from December 6 — is the true story of how one man's dream to make his cinematic masterpiece led to one of the worst films in history, and one of the biggest cult hits.

A small part as Anne Boleyn in Best Picture winner «A Man For All Seasons» was a mere taster for more full - on roles in cult sixties hit and Palme D'Or winner «Blow - Up», and her first Oscar - nominated performance in «Morgan: A Suitable Case For Treatment».

To date, Halloween Horror Nights will also feature the following mazes: American Horror Story: Roanoke, based on FX's critically - acclaimed, Emmy ® and Golden Globe ® Award - winning television series; The Shining, inspired by the greatest horror film of all time; and Ash vs Evil Dead from the hit cable series based on the cult classic.

Nine years ago, autodidact filmmaker Shane Carruth burst onto the indie scene with the abstruse and complex sci - fi thriller «Primer,» which made him a Sundance darling in 2004 when it won the Grand Jury Prize and went on to become a cult hit.

Based on a book about the making of The Room — a cult hit widely considered the worst film ever made — The Disaster Artist was directed by Franco, who also stars as its strange subject: Tommy Wiseau, who wrote, directed, produced, and starred in The Room.

While not a huge hit on release, «Last Starfighter» developed a rabid cult following once it hit VHS.

«Oasis» Based on the cult - hit novel «The Book of Strange New Things» from Michel Faber, «Oasis» follows a chaplain (Richard Madden, «Game of Thrones») who is sent into space to help establish a colony on a distant planet.

As cult hits often do, «Wet Hot» found its audience on DVD, helped along in no small part by the rising star status of several of its key players, including Paul Rudd, Bradley Cooper, Amy Poehler and Elizabeth Banks.

Here is a movie that (a) was directed by a talented and idiosyncratic newcomer, namely Richard Kelly who made a splash with the cult Donnie Darko hit; and (b) is based on a bona fide science fiction story by I Am Legend scribe Richard Matheson.

On Wednesday, Hollywood legend John Carpenter hit back at neo-Nazis and white supremacists online who had been idolizing his 1988 cult classic, They Live, as an allegory for fighting against Jewish supremacy.

Nobody remembers this now, but back then, the trades were counting on the reunion of Silverado collaborators Lawrence Kasdan and Kevin Costner to deliver the sleeper hit of the summer; although back then everybody involved in the production tried to pawn off the film's failure on the growing cult of Tombstone, the fact is that Wyatt Earp is, if not the most boring movie ever made, perhaps the second-most.

Today marked the announcement at their E3 Press Conference that Xbox Backwards Compatibility will expand to the original Xbox, with a confirmed title being Crimson Skies — the dogfighting simulator that became a cult hit on the original console.

Lynch's «Twin Peaks» is a cult hit on television.

Author Ernest Cline is set to hit continue on Ready Player One, with the writer revealing during a Facebook Livestream for Steven Spielberg's upcoming movie adaptation of his cult novel that he is working on a sequel to the 2011 novel.

Bill Paxton first gained attention with his short film, FISH HEADS (1980), became a cult hit following its debut on «Saturday Night Live.»

«Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt» Season four: Doomsday cult survivor Kimmy Schmidt continues to check out and make her approach in New York City on this hit comedy collection.

Let Me In Premise: Based on the Swedish cult horror hit Let The Right One In — which itself is adapted from the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist — this English - language version stars Kodi Smit - McPhee as a bullied middle - schooler and Chloe Moretz as the like - aged (in appearance, anyway) vampire who befriends him.

«Big Little Lies» co-star Laura Dern shares her experience working with Jonathan Demme on HBO's cult hit comedy «Enlightened.»

This week on Alcohollywood, we crash and burn with guest Derek as we talk about 1990's cult hit Robot Jox, directed by Stuart Gordon!

4:00 p.m., Indigo Ballroom — «Wilfred» FX «s cult hit starring Elijah Wood as a man who imagines his dog is his malevolent best friend, is quietly becoming one of the smartest and darkest comedies on TV, and Wood will be there with his co-stars and creative team to discuss the show, as well as preview an upcoming episode.

Writer / director / producer Ryan Murphy is best known for creating some of the most popular shows on TV including the WB's cult - classic Popular, FX's award winning and groundbreaking series Nip / Tuck and Fox's current runaway hit Glee.

After he had finished unveiling the cover featuring his hideous visage, CM Punk's music (which is a song by Living Color called Cult of Personality, for anyone interested, and you should be, because it's fantastic) hit and the champion sauntered down to the ring to take the piss out of John» I've got no testicles» Laurinaitis and inform the happy crowd that it wouldn't be Big Johnny on the cover of WWE» 13, but CM Punk himself, at which point the fireworks hit and a massive poster unfurled revealing the cover you can see at the top of this screen.

Uwe Boll may have a cult hit on his hands with his upcoming Postal, a rendition of the off - kilter videogame, if we're to go by recent screenings held New York and Chicago.

Because of its unique blend, it doesn't do either solidly, but I think the refreshing take on these back in 2008 are what made this game such a cult hit.

You may recognize the Piranha Bytes name from their previous work on the Gothic series, which was a series that garnered a cult following when it first hit the PC.

Season 2 of the cult hit follows young Clementine on a new adventure fresh after the pain of Season 1's finale.

With the help of groups such as The Future War Cult, Dead Orbit, Vanguard, Crucible, and even the New Monarchy; guardians will arm up and take on the enemy where it hits them the hardest; their leaderships and key bases.

SWERY's cult horror hit Deadly Premonition will arrive on PS3 in a revamped Director's Cut edition that supports the PlayStation Move peripheral and stereoscopic 3D.

Two RPG gambles last generation from Mistwalker in the form of Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey on the Xbox 360 failed to be the smash hits they were planned to be, but cult followings have often proven to be very powerful mediums — just ask Team Ico and Operation Rainfall.