Not exact matches
The memory may have faded, but movie
studios can still feel the sharp barb left behind
by 2014's release
of «The Interview,» the James Franco and Seth Rogen - starring slapstick comedy that saw the duo assassinate Kim Jong - un; hundreds
of Sony's e-mails were leaked
by hackers in the aftermath, causing their own controversies, while even the brief threat
of all -
out war seemed to hang strangely in the air.
But for Paramount, the
studio's success will largely be defined
by movie ticket sales as well as the number
of big blockbuster and tentpole film franchises it can churn
out.
Since it enjoys support from many
of the big
studios and networks, Hulu stands
out from the pack
by getting most shows the day after they air.
As Jerry Brown, associate partner in PricewaterhouseCooper's consulting practice, recalls, «I saw a presentation given
by one
of the major
studios where they pointed
out that when they sold a [game] for a console they expected to collect $ 50 per consumer and that was it.
In my senior year
of college, in my tiny
studio apartment with a microwave oven and electric stove, I'd pass time during the hibernation
by trying
out all sorts
of new recipes.
The letter hounding Bobie
out of the
studios of Asempa FM was signed
by Mr. Ekyi Quarm, Chief Operating Officer (COO)
of the Multimedia Group.
Kwaku Boahen whose misconduct could no longer be contained
by the show host, Nana Yaw Kesse, was warned to either conduct himself well or be thrown
out of the
studio.
Confronted with the question
of how musicians can pay for
studio bills should they give
out CDs for free, Socrate Safo said people who are touched
by the message can bless the artiste whose work they listened to.
Koch stopped
by the CapTon
studio on his way
out of town after meeting with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who used to be lukewarm on redistricting reform and now — at least according to the former mayor — is more on board than Skelos.
Try biking (or running or rowing) it
out to one
of these songs recommended
by Steph Dietz, lead instructor at Cyc Fitness, an indoor - cycling
studio chain.
You can simply add five minutes
of foam rolling to your cross-training routine; or knock
out both strengthening and stretching
by joining a yoga or Pilates
studio.
By having the flexibility to try different
studio classes around town, I'm able to maximize my fitness routine and get
out of my comfort zone.
Every item from Elegantees is custom designed in their
studio in New York City, and then hand crafted
by a woman who has been rescued
out of the horrific sex trade in Nepal.
From starting
out small to advancing his talents
by working with Future making the rapper one
of the hottest rappers in the mixtape game
of 2015/2016 and then getting Kanye West attention in the
studio.
Warner Bros. intended to cast Edward G. Robinson in Duke's role, only to be thwarted
by Howard, who told the
studio that he himself would drop
out of the project if Bogart wasn't retained.
It was not run
by the
studio, but contracted
out to a sleazeball who must have had incriminating photos
of some MGM executive.
Treated
by some as a major
studio (and we're counting it as one this year, mainly
out of sympathy) after merging with Summit and grossing over $ 2 billion worldwide for two straight years, Lionsgate regressed in 2014.
This is the kind
of picture that was cranked
out by all the
studios at the time.
With Miller
out, replaced
by David Leitch (Atomic Blonde, John Wick), Reynolds drafted onto the original screenwriting team
of Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick and box - office expectations sky - high from
studio 20th Century Fox, the enterprise doubles down to the point
of gluttony.
Fox announces their distrust
of critics with this title
by splaying «Property
of 20th Century Fox Publicity Department» in huge letters across the screen for the duration
of the film on both sides
of the disc (the first time a major
studio has done so since DreamWorks sent
out advanced copies
of the Gladiator Signature Selection in 2000 — which is why you never saw a review
of it at FILM FREAK CENTRAL), in turn prohibiting an ethical assessment
of the image.
Get
Out was released
by Jason Blum's Blumhouse productions, a
studio that can easily be described as the modern - day saviour
of the low - budget, major - release film, even if they most recently subjected us to the latest M. Night Shyamalan misfire, Split.
Early Man Rated PG for rude humor and some action Rotten Tomatoes Score: 84 % (at time
of writing) In Theaters Aardman, the UK stop motion animation
studio behind Chicken Run and Wallace & Gromit, are now tackling caveman soccer in this new project about a tribe
of neanderthals who are forced
out of their valley
by their technologically superior neighbors, only to challenge them to a football match to win back their land.
Almost two full decades before the explosion
of effects - and gore - driven horror created in large part
by the emergence
of a viable VHS genre market, Lewis and his producing partner crafted careers
out of servicing the more prurient interests
of theater owners, who were eager to book cheap fare that could fill seats between Hollywood
studio engagements.
The opposing forces are a direct reflection
of the challenge undertaken
by director and co-writer Craig Brewer, who only half sells
out as he tries to leave an auteur's mark while remaining faithful to a source that's loaded with dated,
studio - friendly hokum.
Released on July 29
by Polydor / UMe, «Get on Up: The James Brown Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)» has
studio and stand -
out live versions of Brown's top soul / funk hits — from his first, 1956's «Please, Please, Please,» to «Out of Sight,» «I Got You (I Feel Good),» «Try Me,» «Papa's Got a Brand New Bag,» «It's a Man's Man's Man's World» and «Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine.&raq
out live versions
of Brown's top soul / funk hits — from his first, 1956's «Please, Please, Please,» to «
Out of Sight,» «I Got You (I Feel Good),» «Try Me,» «Papa's Got a Brand New Bag,» «It's a Man's Man's Man's World» and «Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine.&raq
Out of Sight,» «I Got You (I Feel Good),» «Try Me,» «Papa's Got a Brand New Bag,» «It's a Man's Man's Man's World» and «Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine.»
Inside
Out boasts the imaginative concept
of emotions being controlled from a desk
by office workers in your head (Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust, and Anger), which would have been enough to base a movie around for any other animation
studio, but this is a Pixar production, meaning things only expand further into complexity, wowing both children and adults on different levels.
Along with a request that women walking the red carpet at the Golden Globes speak
out and raise awareness
by wearing black, the initiative includes a legal defense fund, backed
by $ 13 million in donations, to help less privileged women — like janitors, nurses, farm and factory workers, waitresses, hotel housekeepers — protect themselves from sexual misconduct and the fallout from reporting it; legislation to penalize companies that tolerate persistent harassment, and to discourage the use
of nondisclosure agreements to silence victims; and a drive to at long last reach gender parity at
studios and talent agencies that reportedly has already begun making headway.
As the major
studios have increasingly focused on predictable mass entertainment formulas, quality and imagination have migrated to what could be called Sundance films: Lower budget, innovative projects fueled
by the love
of their makers, and sometimes
by the determination
of actors trying to break
out of assembly - line fodder.
I saw 4
of them in a theater, and I watched the rest on personal screeners sent -
out by the
studios to BFCA members.
I hate to think that When Marnie Was There (Universal, Blu - ray, DVD) may be the last film to come
out of Japan's
Studio Ghibli, the great animation
studio created
by filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki (Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away).
Last year, only 14 films put
out by major
studios (12.8 %
of the total films) included LGBTQ characters, down from 18.4 % the year before.
Get
Out is artful in a way a lot
of studio films aren't, laden with dread and portent but still leavened
by a light, wry touch.
While the actor understandably finds it hard to speak
out against the producers that essentially gave him his start in Hollywood, Radcliffe admits he completely understands why people are frustrated with the lack
of response
by the
studio.
The movie
studio will be giving
out prints
of this piece
by Ryan Meinerding at SDCC next week.
Sunset Overdrive comes from the long loved developers
of the Ratchet and Clank Series and for the
studio to make something
of the likes
of Sunset Overdrive when stepping
out of the world
of Ratchet And Clank really caught us
by surprise.
The arrival
of the film noir coincided with a new penchant, inspired
by Italian neorealism, for moving
out of the
studio on occasion and onto the great rich set
of the American city and its suburbs, a readily available set which became, sometimes with only minimal adjustment
of light and shadow, fully as «Germanic» as anything constructed at Ufa in the Twenties.
Violence: A movie
studio films various scenes for pictures including: a western with a shoot -
out where one
of the actors is gunned down on screen, an underwater extravaganza where an actress is swallowed
by a whale, and a Roman epic that depicts centurions beating slaves.
The concert and
studio sequences are intoxicating, and the performance
of Ice Cube —
by Cube's oldest son, for crying
out loud — is mesmerizing.
In truth he is a «fixer» employed to make the
studio look good
by keeping the bad behavior
of its associated celebrities
out of the gossip columns.
Refuse to play...» Universal has released the first official trailer for a new horror thriller movie titled Truth Or Dare, one
of the latest features made
by the highly successful horror
studio Blumhouse Productions (Get
Out, Split, Happy Death Day, The Gift), directed
by the same guy who made Kick - Ass 2.
BY TODD GILCHRIST On Saturday Walt Disney dominated the early hours
of programming in the 5000 - seat Esplanade Room at San Francisco's Wondercon: the
studio brought
out cast members and filmmakers from Prince
of Persia, Toy Story 3, and The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
As part
of its planned Spider - Man spinoff universe, Sony Pictures announced last year that the upcoming Venom and in development Silver & Black and Nightwatch would be joined
by a Morbius, the Living Vampire movie, and it seems the
studio has been sounding
out potential directors.
While it is true there's more than one way to be funny, Deadpool 2 is not particularly so, and it contains some
of the sort
of material that should have been rubbed
out of cinema
by 2018 (a prison rape joke in a
studio film isn't «politically incorrect» so much as it is tasteless).
One truly can compare the watching
of how big
studios and their hired bigwigs operate as the equivalent
of watching how sausage gets made, as many
of us to very much enjoy the end product, but we would be less pleased if we were to know how a kernel
of inspiration from the mind
of a writer can be second - guessed and repackaged due to executive decisions made
by relatively visionless empty suits who are in the creation process solely to make money, squeezing
out all trace
of artistic merit where it interferes with bottom - line profit.
Baker protégé Rob Bottin's work on that film was arguably equal to that
of his mentor (who left Bottin in charge
of The Howling «s effects after he exited the project for the bigger - budget American Werewolf), and yet the Academy couldn't even be bothered to nominate him (or, perhaps more likely, its members simply couldn't bring themselves to watch a low - budget horror movie not put
out by a major
studio).
And yet, while I was occasionally left a little adrift
by the rules and regulations, «Moneyball» turned
out to be my favorite
studio movie
of the year.
The
studios roll
out 12 comedies aimed at or produced
by women after years
of underserving female audiences
Paramount arguably botched its roll -
out, though the
studio was hampered
by the crowded slate
of awards films (including Arrival and Fences) and
by being unsure until late in the season that Silence would even be ready for awards contention.
The second disc continues with five narrated storyboards that rekindle the conversation Gilliam and co - writer / co-star Charles McKeown start on the first disc's yakker — another bitter diatribe about how financiers pulled
out, how evil German producers sabotaged the whole thing, and how the final vision was undermined
by studio heads without vision
of their own.
This is the third high profile film from Writer / Director M. Night Shyamalan, and one with both high expectations, plus a likely need on the part
of Shyamalan to prove himself capable to stretching
out in new directions - but likely also tempered
by the
studio's desire to bank on what has already proved successful with this insightful talent.