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Beatty takes a comedic approach to the eccentric figure resulting in one of the funniest and most original films of the year.

Not exact matches

And many, many sequels aren't executed with the thought or care of their far - superior original films, especially in series that have stretched over many years — as one sees in the chasm of quality between «The Terminator» (1984) and «Terminator Genisys» (2015).

Netflix's target for original movies next year compares with a 2017 slate of about 50 film titles that it has released or is scheduled to debut globally.

The Bright bonanza is part of $ 5 billion that Netflix will spend on programming this year alone, including at least 60 original shows, a dozen documentaries, and eight feature films.

While the top 20 most downloaded films included some prestigious movies like 12 Years a Slave (at number 10) and Gravity (at number four), the majority of the most pirated flicks were largely big blockbuster franchises, adapted from books — Divergent, Hunger Games: Catching Fire and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug — superhero sequels and reboots like Godzilla and Robocop, although Excipio was unclear as to how many of the more than 29 million illegal downloads were for the»87 original.

The truly amazing part of the play's history is that it was originally conceived for the husband - wife film - star team of Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester 50 years ago, with the great director James Whale (the original Frankenstein) attached to helm the production.

I read books that extended the original story 20 years into the future, played the video games, and have even recently spent an evening at Secret Cinema dressed as Han Solo, recreating A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back (two of the greatest films of all time).

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After years of development, filming, testing and interviews, we were able to present Baby Carrier Original, which is now used all over the world.

One of the most original and stylish films of the year.

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, one of the most dumbed down action films of 2001 gets the sequel treatment (that everything is getting this year), turns out to be one of the few that actually works better than the original, if only slightly.

Though director George Sluizer (The Vanishing) originally ceased production of Dark Blood when the film's young star Phoenix died tragically at 23, the film arrived onscreen nearly 20 years after its original scheduled release date.

District 9 is the most original, innovative and entertaining science - fiction film in years and contains the best mix of politics and spectacle since Starship Troopers.

Take a Pulitzer Prize - winning author's first original screenplay, attach a respected director whose last film was considered a disappointment by many, and add a cast that includes Michael Fassbender (one of the highlights of that disappointing film), Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, and Cameron Diaz, and you have a solid formula for one of the most anticipated films of the year.

Original director Wes Craven and original screenwriter Kevin Williamson come back for more, and do so with the willingness of an entirely new cast and the old one, an unprecedented feat seeing as how the last film was made eleven yearOriginal director Wes Craven and original screenwriter Kevin Williamson come back for more, and do so with the willingness of an entirely new cast and the old one, an unprecedented feat seeing as how the last film was made eleven yearoriginal screenwriter Kevin Williamson come back for more, and do so with the willingness of an entirely new cast and the old one, an unprecedented feat seeing as how the last film was made eleven years prior.

Welles original edit of the film has been lost and bastardized through the years, and the film's final tone of forgiveness rings somewhat at odds with the rest of the film's general feel.

It was also light years ahead of all film special effects that preceded it, and nothing came close to redefining the look of a «space movie» until the original Star Wars, a decade later.

Steven Spielberg's film is a paean to the essential role of a free press, one the director felt he had to make in 2017 (he first read Liz Hannah's original script earlier this year and rushed it into production).

The Strangers» pared - down style makes it particularly unsuited for the sequel treatment: Absent some Aliens - style conceptual twist, the best a 10 - years - later follow - up could hope to do is ably copy the original, and it doesn't take long for the new film to indicate it's incapable of doing even that.

Highly original and filmed with perfect assurance, River of Grass is one of the finest independent films of recent years.

As much as I love the various film retellings of Robin Hood over the years, I'll probably skip this one; Crowe is ridiculously miscast (might have been a good sheriff per the original plan though), and while I'm glad the movie isn't all swordplay and archery, it sounds seriously short of what made Robin Hood an actual legend — you know, derring - do and outsmarting the local (corrupt) government.

Six original feature films will be anchored by three upcoming sequels over the course of the next four years.

Originally created in the 1930s by short - lived author Robert Howard, the character of Conan the Barbarian has seen a number of incarnations over the years, including an upcoming filmed re-adaptation of Howard's original stories.

To give you some idea of what Harvey and Bob think of Charles Burnett's The Glass Shield, they blocked the film's release for a full year, forced Burnett to write and direct a less blunt and despairing ending after some test - marketing, refused to let the original version be shown at a Burnett retrospective in New York, and finally, after sending Burnett on a few interviews, shoved the picture out earlier this month.

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The passing of nearly thirty years has undoubtedly bid farewell to some of the film's original audience and those taking their place are just as likely to watch a dated movie like this for the unintentional laughs as for the old - fashioned action sensibilities.

Instead, the film's notoriety and acclaim came in the years to follow, not only with audiences and critics learning to appreciate the film upon repeat viewings but with the release of multiple different cuts and remasterings of the original 1982 version, which have been released periodically in the decades since.

Anyway, the entire purpose of Zoolander 2 — and any comedy sequel made more than 10 years after the original, and comedy sequels in general — is to facilitate the repetition of jokes from the original film among fans who prefer to communicate their thoughts and feelings in movie - quote form, so reference away, referencers.

It's the funniest horror film since «Evil Dead 2», the smartest since «New Nightmare» and surely one of the most breathlessly entertaining, original movies of the year.

Surprisingly, though seventeen years of technological advances should have made for smoother man - to - dog transformations, the visual effects don't hold up as well as the original film's.

Liam Hemsworth was thrilled to be cast in the 20 - years - later sequel Independence Day: Resurgence, since the 1996 original film was one of his childhood favourites.

Director: Colin Trevorrow Project: «Jurassic World,» i.e. «Jurassic Park 4,» which after years of rumors and suppositions is now set for June 12, 2015, the 22nd anniversary of the original film's release.

What You Need To Know: Nearly thirty years after he last made it to screens, apocalyptic hero Mad Max is back, but with Tom Hardy stepping into the shoes of the disgraced and aging Mel Gibson, and George Miller, who was behind all three original films, back in the driving seat.

Highlights include the world premiere of Stake Land 2, the new sequel to one of the best vampire movies ever, which was only recently announced earlier this year after being filmed in secrecy, with Nick Damici and Conner Paolo reprising their roles from the original.

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Robert Totten / Don Siegel — «Death Of A Gunfighter «(1969) A flawed, but nevertheless interesting, minor Western that fits neatly into the revisionist movement in the genre at the end of the 1960s / beginning of the 1970s, «Death Of A Gunfighter» is best remembered as the film that birthed the name «Alan Smithee» (or here in its original spelling, «Allen Smithee»), which became the standard DGA pseudonym when a director took their name off a movie for the next thirty yearOf A Gunfighter «(1969) A flawed, but nevertheless interesting, minor Western that fits neatly into the revisionist movement in the genre at the end of the 1960s / beginning of the 1970s, «Death Of A Gunfighter» is best remembered as the film that birthed the name «Alan Smithee» (or here in its original spelling, «Allen Smithee»), which became the standard DGA pseudonym when a director took their name off a movie for the next thirty yearof the 1960s / beginning of the 1970s, «Death Of A Gunfighter» is best remembered as the film that birthed the name «Alan Smithee» (or here in its original spelling, «Allen Smithee»), which became the standard DGA pseudonym when a director took their name off a movie for the next thirty yearof the 1970s, «Death Of A Gunfighter» is best remembered as the film that birthed the name «Alan Smithee» (or here in its original spelling, «Allen Smithee»), which became the standard DGA pseudonym when a director took their name off a movie for the next thirty yearOf A Gunfighter» is best remembered as the film that birthed the name «Alan Smithee» (or here in its original spelling, «Allen Smithee»), which became the standard DGA pseudonym when a director took their name off a movie for the next thirty years.

Perhaps Burton's 2001 remake Planet of the Apes was a better point of comparison, having similarly come a little over thirty years after an enduring original film.

Especially good to see were screenplay nominations for two of the year's most inventive and original films, the science - fiction brain twister «Ex Machina» and the inside - the - brain animated triumph «Inside Out.»

Unlike such films as Dumb and Dumber Too, the film may be set years later, but it feels exactly like the world of the original.

The original movie grossed a little over $ 60 million worldwide back in 2001 from a budget of just under half of that, though the film has a huge following and gained a progressive cult status in the years that have passed since then.

Alejandro González Iñárritu's meta film is one of the most original films I saw all year.

Following this uber - short Q&A session with the original «Scream» crew, four new cast members — Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Rory Culkin, and Anthony Anderson — took their place on the panel to discuss joining the storied franchise after years of being exposed to the films as moviegoers.

But the premise that carried the first film (and the original Japanese trilogy and mini-series)-- the idea of a media - borne STD (or drug addiction), transformed here into something carried aloft by the virulence of peer pressure — is instantly discarded along with its deadline gimmick in favour of about two hours of garbage involving killer deer, a somnambulantly - possessed kid (if demonic possession renders your nine - year - old docile as a fawn, that's a trade - off some might be willing to make), and poor Naomi Watts huffing and puffing and delivering awful, repetitive monologues at her catatonic kid.

With a promised 1,000 additional hours of content in 2017, a major focus this year and beyond is their ability to both penetrate the original film world, and receive recognition for their efforts from Academy members at the Oscars — something that Amazon can now boast about after Casey Affleck scored a Best Actor win for Manchester by the Sea.

«This year our studio reached some key milestones, including the release of three vibrant Paramount franchise pictures and our first original CGI animated film.

Not even the original cast and director could replicate the magic of the original film just a few years later when the disappointing Ghostbusters 2 had been released, so what chance could an entire remake of the series with different actors playing different characters have?

For while it is technically a sequel, taking place in the same world as Scott's film and extending the narrative to thirty years later, Blade Runner 2049 at the same time wants to provide a sumptuously studied remake of Blade Runner, copying countless elements from it in order to evoke rich sense - memories of the original film.

All the original music for the film was written by Hawkes, and I instantly wanted to pair the movie into a double feature with Zoe Lister - Jones» «Band Aid» from last year (another terrific movie about the healing power of music).

«The Shape of Water» leads all films this year with 14 nominations including Best Picture, Sally Hawkins for Best Actress, Richard Jenkins for Best Supporting Actor, Octavia Spencer for Best Supporting Actress, Guillermo del Toro for both Best Director and Best Original Screenplay alongside Vanessa Taylor, Dan Laustsen for Best Cinematography, Paul Denham Austerberry, Shane Vieau, and Jeff Melvin for Best Production Design, Sidney Wolinsky for Best Editing, Luis Sequeira for Best Costume Design, Best Hair and Makeup, Best Visual Effects, Best Sci - Fi or Horror Movie, and Alexandre Desplat for Best Score.

The writer - director's unique focus on responsibility — and its limits — led to the creation of the year's most haunting and original film.