Sentences with phrase «other blockbuster movies»

What you may not know is that the movie team at Virtuos, a gaming company with studios in Shanghai, Chengdu, and Xi'an, played a part in generating the visuals of Star Wars as well as other several other blockbuster movies and AAA games.

Not exact matches

Anyway, Cineplex needs big summer blockbusters to lure people into theatres, and that's harder to do these days when consumers have so many other ways to watch movies, especially through streaming services like Netflix.

To compete, other studios could also merge — giving us essentially a movie version of the NBA's super-team syndrome — or they could amp up efforts to infiltrate streaming, leaving their movie studios as an output for major blockbusters that audiences still want to watch in theaters.

Similarly, Black Panther «s early success is already dispelling industry concerns that a superhero movie revolving almost entirely around black characters could resonate with a general audience and earn the same box - office popularity as other (whiter) blockbusters.

I read somewhere (or did I see this in a blockbuster movie) that your taste buds change every 7 years or so, so I guess I'm still in store for several other rounds of changes.

Dinner at an average diner followed by a typical blockbuster crowd - pleaser because you don't know each other well enough to suggest a niche movie or activity.

A junior - league rip - off of Rocky (and countless other boxing films), the movie doesn't just borrow from Stallone's proto - Reaganite blockbuster — it all but samples it, sprinkling in bits and pieces from most of the other go - for - it sagas (The Karate Kid, An Officer and a Gentleman) that Rocky made possible.

There's no reason your big blockbuster movie has to be filled with incoherent pixels attacking other incoherent pixels.

Many film fans assume that Mitchell won his 1939 Best Supporting Oscar for his portrayal of Gerald O'Hara in the blockbuster Gone With the Wind; in fact, he won the prize for his performance as the drunken doctor in Stagecoach — one of five Thomas Mitchell movie appearances in 1939 (his other films that year, classics all, were Only Angels Have Wings, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame).

But what continues to surprise and impress me (beyond the exciting action, the fantastic costumes, and the impressive special effects) is that unlike other big budget blockbusters and fantasy series, The Hunger Games movies, so far, always manage to make me cry.

That it mostly does is something others wishing to craft blockbuster movies should study long and hard, to see which of its tricks they want to steal.

Either because of bad word of mouth, or because practically everyone who had wanted to see the movie in the first place had done so already in that first weekend, or because of competition from other high - profile blockbusters.

This movie should be the bar that all other summer blockbusters reach for.

The newest movie within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, «Avengers: Infinity War,» might be launched later this week at the heels of the worldwide blockbuster, «Black Panther,» including any other flick to the superhero franchise.

Openly trolling the ambitions of other modern comic - book movies, the sequel to Deadpool, the surprise hit that cast Ryan Reynolds as the self - destructive and puerile Bugs Bunny figure of the present superhero blockbuster landscape, mostly outdoes its predecessor in terms of style and satirical intent: Now that he's...

That other science - fiction movie would have been a monumental success, and maybe some studio would want a potential science - fiction blockbuster to call its own.

Among the certainties in the world of film criticism — there will be a series of pieces bemoaning critics» inability to stop a terrible summer film from becoming a blockbuster; Armond White will often stake out a position in opposition to many of his fellow critics; movies about middle - aged men having their mid-life crises sorted out by women well out of their league will always receive mostly kind notices; etc. — there's one that stands above all others.

Though his name was known in many circles on the basis of his first two movies (and in others for his marriage to Madonna), British filmmaker Guy Ritchie was something of a niche brand until helming 2009's blockbuster Sherlock Holmes and its nearly as successful 2011 sequel.

Given the hype and fanfare The Dark Knight has received over the past few months — surpassing other blockbusters like Iron Man and even Indiana Jones — you'd expect it to be the kind of movie that inspire a boyish cheerfest like Star Wars, not a straight - faced Best Picture contender.

For some movie fans, Fall is a welcome respite from the oft - numbing assault of Summer blockbusters; for other fans it will be time spent having to endure a lot more «artsy» films and Award season hopefuls until the holiday movie season arrives with its own slew of blockbuster fare.

As to whether the movie plays said respective shticks off each other well, that's another matter — as is the Lonely Island — alum filmmaker's inability to meld his weirdo absurdism with a corporate blockbuster's framework, and the lazy overreliance on creative obscenities in lieu of actual jokes.

While we would love to imagine an Eno soundtrack for The Hobbit, Halo, Tintin, or any of the other blockbusters Jackson has been tied to, the movie in question is The Lovely Bones, an adaptation of Alice Sebold's novel.

We talk about the film's various strengths, the rich themes woven into the story, the meteoric rise of director Ryan Coogler, the incredible villain, how it compares to other Marvel movies (there are more than a few insults lobbed at Doctor Strange), how Marvel movies changed after the dissolution of the story group, what Black Panther means for the future of the MCU and for blockbusters in general, and more.

With apologies to Steven Spielberg's classically tailored Bridge of Spies, the sprawling Straight Outta Compton, the moody creepshow It Follows, a pair of formally risky survival movies (The Martian and The Revenant), the bodacious blockbusters Furious 7 and Avengers: Age of Ultron, a movie you've never heard of called Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and other near - gems we left behind, our picks for the year's 21 very best movies are listed below, in descending order.

Part of this may be due to director Taika Waititi, who is a newbie in the world of big - budget blockbusters, but like many other directors tapped to helm Marvel movies (including Gunn and Watts) has an intriguing background in indie cinema that would seem to have little to do with IMAX - worthy digital bombast.

Zero Dark Thirty 2012, 157 minutes, R / Director: Kathryn Bigelow / Writer: Mark Boal / Stars: Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Ehle, Mark Strong, Kyle Chandler, Edgar Ramirez, James Gandolfini, Chris Pratt Buy It: Blu - ray Combo • DVD • Instant Video The search for Osama bin Laden seemed as appropriate as any story for director Kathryn Bigelow and producer - screenwriter Mark Boal to tackle after their little Iraq War drama The Hurt Locker held on to win the Best Picture Oscar, defeating among other movies the behemothic blockbuster directed by Bigelow's ex-husband James Cameron.

Some interesting quick observations: Dwayne Johnson's name keeps popping up, there are six hotly anticipated movies in March, before the traditional summer blockbuster season even begins, and there are more DC branded and Marvel Studios movies in theaters than any other year.

As the first few days of May pass by, and many of us give each other the fond wish of «May the 4th Be With You,» the first of the summer movie blockbusters has hit screens with «The Amazing Spiderman 2» pulling in almost $ 36 million on opening day!

It's just not a blockbuster comic book movie without blocky plastic recreations of pivotal scenes, courtesy of Lego.Check out three Justice League movie Lego sets coming in August, starring Stubble Affleck Batman, Sea Hobo Aquaman, Pizza Delivery Flash and other super friends.

Marvel's biggest movie yet Avengers: Infinity War is ready to hit the screens on April 27, and if you want to catch up on all the other movies before the potential blockbuster, then now is the time.

That's a really tremendous cast, one with a whole bunch of Oscars and other awards to their names, and at the very least the movie will serve as counterprogramming to next summer's action and superhero blockbusters.

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Other flaws with the movie come with the usual territory of summer blockbuster.

That night she was back onstage — albeit with crutches — singing «Super Trouper,» «Winner Takes It All» and all the other ABBA songs, which inspired the original Broadway show and led to the 2008 blockbuster movie starring Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan.

In other words, it's as if studios were filling blockbuster movies with scenes that their target audience didn't necessarily want.

Unlike what the Hollywood blockbuster movies Jaws and Open Water are trying to make us believe, sharks (and other marine animals) actually have little or no interest at all in taking a bite from us divers.

The mostly male audiences have been attracted to the real - world settings, blockbuster action sequences that resemble those of big budget movies, and extensive online options that let them compete against other players via the Internet.

It was only a matter of time before the team behind The Lord of the Rings movie franchise took notice of the success of other film blockbusters like Star Wars, Harry Potter and Indiana Jones and how well they all did when they met the LEGO world.

Activision - Blizzard, whose other franchises include the immensely popular «Guitar Hero» and «World of Warcraft,» wants to beat previous sales records set by video games such as «Grand Theft Auto» and blockbuster movies such as «Dark Knight.»

In an alternate universe, the soundtrack to Disney's blockbuster movie The Lion King is sung by the Swedish band ABBA — but in our universe, where some members of ABBA had other engagements, Elton John was enlisted for the task and, together with lyricist Tim Rice, created original songs like «Circle of Life» and «Can You Feel The Love Tonight».