Sentences with phrase «open a film on»

Filled with stars who usually open a film on their own?

A24 Films picked up Ex Machina for US release and will open the film on April 10th this spring.

Stone's action is so explosive and sudden that you have to wonder why opens the film on three stultifying speeches that stop the film dead before it even begins, or why he gives over so much to mundane detective / narrator Edmond Ryan.

One gets the feeling that the filmmakers were excited to open this film on the heels of a Hillary Clinton victory... a story about a powerful woman, laser - focused on her mission to push through gun - control legislation.

Phillips opens the film on a mock - epic note (complete with slo - mo and portentous chorus), as ever - resourceful criminal wild man Mr. Chow (Jeong) escapes a Thai prison under cover of a riot.

I'd say the lack of pricey 3D exhibitions may very well have encouraged some ticket sales, but that might be at odds with the evidently fruitful decision to open the film on IMAX screens five days before general release.

It is a notably unsettled experience for the audience, as director Robert Greene chooses to anchor the film on a sort of framing device, opening the film on Kate in wardrobe on the day she will shoot her climactic scene, and then constantly revisiting it as she builds her character.

Not exact matches

The Walt Disney Co. on Monday reported final weekend numbers for the superhero smash at $ 257.7 million in U.S. and Canadian theaters, further boosting the film's record - breaking opening weekend.

«The Interview,» the Sony Pictures film about a fictional plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, opened in more than 300 movie theaters across the United States on Christmas Day, drawing many sell - out audiences and statements by patrons that they were championing freedom of expression.

First opened by the Zelepos family on Main Street in Mystic, Conn., this seaside establishment serves as the backdrop to the 1988 film of the same name, starring Julia Roberts.

The opening scene of «Spectre,» the latest James Bond film, centers on a Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) parade shot on location in Mexico City.

It went on to become the highest - grossing film in the US over President's Day weekend, highest opening all - time for an R - rated movie, and the highest - grossing for the month of February.

Analysts knew the film version of the book would do well, but they didn't quite expect this: The Hunger Games raked in US$ 152.5 million on its opening weekend, the third - best for any movie, ever.

In other words, the two groups both said they were testing Twitter's predictive ability; in reality, they both examined the accuracy of predictions using tweets and additional data sources like movie openings in theaters and film ratings on International Movie Database and Rotten Tomatoes.

That film went on to earn $ 30.3 million opening weekend.

Critics are giving mixed reviews to Snowden, the Oliver Stone film that opens in theaters on Friday.

That puts the Sony Pictures film on pace to swing to a $ 120 million opening, short of the record - breaking $ 151 million debut of 2007's Spider - Man 3 but according to Variety topping even the sunniest expectations for the film, which stars 21 - year - old actor Tom Holland in the title role.

Spider - Man: Homecoming, the latest film starring the famous Marvel Comics character and the second reboot to the franchise, pulled in $ 50.5 million from 4,248 locations in its opening on Friday night.

The film that triggered the devastating cyberattack on the studio last month, which the United States says was launched by North Korea, opened Thursday in 331 independent theaters with a $ 1 million box office and $ 1.8 million over the subsequent three days, according to Sony.

The film opened in more than 300 movie theaters across the U.S. on Christmas Day, drawing crowds of people who said they were championing freedom of expression.

So in 2011, he began filming the show with Channel 4, a «fly - on - the - wall drama» following the love lives, arguments and parties of his friends who were (and still are) constantly visiting London's best restaurants, bars, shops and club openings.

His lawyers claimed in court papers on Friday that the adult film actress — who allegedly had an affair with him beginning in 2006 — has violated a confidentiality agreement at least 20 times, opening her up to damages of $ 20 million.

Once a sector has been cracked open, operational restrictions come in to play — witness the ongoing regulation of the film market through censorship, import quotas and central government decisions on movie release dates.

LOS ANGELES — Ashley Judd sued Harvey Weinstein on Monday, opening a new legal battlefront for the disgraced film producer by claiming that her career withered because he spread lies about her in Hollywood after she rejected his sexual requests.

A massive «movie metropolis» billed as China's answer to Hollywood opened on Saturday, aiming to boost the domestic film industry and attract foreign producers.

But I love how diverse and varietal films can be and how they can shed new light on old ideas or open new vistas of possibilities in the dull and boring routine I often find myself in.

Awakens is a film of prodigals; over the course of the film some return home, some start that long trudge back to open arms while others turn their back on that welcoming embrace.

«Soul Surfer,» the feature film based on the true story of surfer Bethany Hamilton being attacked by a shark and her journey back to surfing, opened last weekend in the fourth spot on the box office charts - partly a testament to its appealing family - friendly message and a marketing campaign that heavily targeted religious groups.

The movie is touring the country, mostly at Jewish congregations and film festivals, including in Atlanta, where it debuted on opening night.

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.

Just because China is working with the the U.S. on film production does not mean it's open to importing western tolerance.

Set in 1959, the narrator reflects back on the events from the present, highlighting the novelty of the encounter in the film's opening line: «I was twelve going on thirteen the first time I saw a dead human being.»

The film opens with Cameron sitting on an Adirondack chair in his backyard.

Young sold 22 million copies of his novel worldwide — more than Huck Finn, Pride and Prejudice, or The Grapes of Wrath have ever sold; more than Catch - 22 and The Exorcist combined — and the film earned a healthy $ 16.1 million at the box office on its opening weekend.

The film opened in limited markets on Christmas Day, and opens wide tomorrow, January 9.

UK — July 28, 2016 — Futamura, a privately - owned Japanese manufacturer of cellulose and polymeric films for the packaging market, held its official opening ceremony at its Wigton site in Cumbria on Monday 25th July.

Just like how a film in the theatre can't be gauged on how good it is by how much it raked in at the box office opening weekends; just because they saw it doesn't mean they were entertained by it.

In a Pathé film from 1964 called Salty Business, on YouTube, you can see Cyril in his Wellies, opening a gate to let the tidewater fill the storage pond.

He runs the film through from opening kickoff to final gun, studying the positioning of his officials, where they were on crucial plays, how they called the plays and whether they were correct or not.

# 1 over all at the box office on opening weeks and over / under 4.5 Oscars (Why isnt best FANS a Oscar for films??? Completely unfair to the people who make movies a success IMO)

44 Fresh Eye On The Open By altering exposed Polaroid film, a photographer devised an unusual look at the U.S. Open at Flushing Meadow Photographs by Michael Going

The story of a seven - month voyage at sea, Windjammer, the only feature film ever made in Cinemiracle (a wide - screen process), opened at the Roxy in New York City on a movie screen measuring 100 feet wide by 40 feet high.

In an incredibly open video — rare to see in F1 — filmed after qualifying, Hamilton reflected on his achievement and what the moment means to him.

In a highlight film of his career that was shown at a testimonial dinner for him last year, Marino appears on camera, full frame, with a few earnest opening remarks about how he'd like to be remembered as a team man who worked as hard as he could, and as a team leader, etc..

The film opens in U.S. theaters on June 21, 2013, and will be shown in Disney Digital 3D ™ in select theaters.

Given that there are surely school districts in the US which would have welcomed him with open arms, why did JO insist on filming in a city whose schools would not play ball with him?

The Motor Speedway of the South, the location of the Dinoco 400 race that opens the first Cars movie, is based on Charlotte Motor Speedway, and the film had its gala premiere there back in 2006.

For his senior project at BYU - Idaho, Owen created a film series on open adoption from all sides of the adoption triad — adoptive parents, a birth mom in her 20's who is also an adoptee in a closed adoption, and a young adoptee who has always had open adoption relationships.

The film, which was recently released on DVD, has spurred open and graphic discussion on birthing blogs, message boards and childbirth groups.

Also, the Swedish singer - songwriter Loney Dear, whose song opens the film, was the first person who got on board.