Sentences with phrase «released major hits»

The Staple Singers released major hits including traditionals such as «Will the Circle Be Unbroken,» and originals like «This May Be the Last Time.»

After the slightly harsh transition to your first office the difficulty also begins to let up once you've released a major hit with the gamers and progressed to the final office.

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The racy Grand Theft Auto IV isn't the only major game coming out this spring — Capcom's Devil May Cry 4 was released in February; Sony's Gran Turismo 4 Prologue hit shelves in April; and God of War: Chains of Olympus in March, the same month as Nintendo's Super Smash Bros..

«Even with more money in their pocket from tax refunds, the strain of major and unexpected medical costs are hitting families hard and making it difficult for them to recover,» Diana Farrell, president and chief executive officer of the JPMorgan Chase Institute, said in the press release.

Think, for a second, about the major blockbuster releases you've heard about hitting theaters (or are about to hit theaters).

Rather than hitting all the major plot points of Jobs» life, the film presents fictionalized versions of behind - the - scenes looks at three product releases from 1984 to 1998.

The movie Cabaret — based on the hit Broadway play — was released in 1972, transforming Liza Minelli from «Judy Garland's talented daughter» into a major star.

When I finally had a chance to speak, we were already running over the 2 1/2 hours allotted for the roundtable, so I was only able to briefly touch on two of my many message points: one, that the game can be and is being made safer, and two, that, based on my experience following a high school football team in Oklahoma this past season - which will be the subject of a MomsTEAM documentary to be released in early 2013 called The Smartest Team - I saw the use of hit sensors in football helmets as offering an exciting technological «end around» the problem of chronic under - reporting of concussions that continues to plague the sport and remains a major impediment, in my view, to keeping kids safe (the reasons: if an athlete is allowed to keep playing with a concussion, studies show that their recovery is likely to take longer, and they are at increased risk of long - term problems (e.g. early dementia, depression, more rapid aging of the brain, and in rare cases, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and in extremely rare instances, catastrophic injury or death.)

She also posed for a well - publicized layout in Playboy which, coinciding with the film's release, certainly didn't hurt her growing popularity.While Basinger's career took off after Never Say Never Again, and she appeared in several major hits (including The Natural, 9 1/2 Weeks, and Batman, the latter of which led to a brief romance with pop star Prince), quality roles tended to elude her.

None of the studio's 13 upcoming films looks likely to be a major hit, and the studio has already given up on one of them, deciding not to release Joe Carnahan's Stretch (which was to come out in March).

Seventeen years after The Shaggy Dog became one of Disney's biggest live action hits, the studio ushered into theaters a sequel, titled The Shaggy D.A., as its major Christmas 1976 release.

The eighth major screen adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's classic novel, and the fifth film from hit - or - miss Brit Joe Wright, this spare - no - expense movie wears its grandiosity on its ruffled sleeve, as the recently released trailer certainly attests.

It's another fantastic week for movie fans, with some pretty major titles hitting Blu - ray today, and a few more (like «Les Miserables» and «This Is 40») being released on Friday.

A major hit at the time of its release in Hong Kong, and a bit of a fan favorite for fans of Stephen Chow, Fight Back to School is, nevertheless, one of his films that haven't really weathered the test of time in terms of overall quality.

The Japanese - language version of «The Wind Rises» was released in July and has been a major hit in Japan, where it has grossed $ 120 million and is the highest - grossing film of the year so far.

Warner Bros. had six R films among its 14 releases (not counting Imax nature films and re-releases) and had a major hit with the R - rated «Magic Mike,» which cost just $ 7 million to make and took in $ 113 million domestically.

Its October release date is prime position that makes perfect sense for a premiere at one of the major fall film festivals, Toronto or Telluride most likely, and it has the potential to be a hit through many different branches of the Academy.

In addition to casting actors with Down syndrome in key parts in recent hit TV shows like American Horror Story (Jamie Brewer) and Glee (Lauren Potter), 2015's Where Hope Grows made history as the first major US theatrical release to star an actor with Down syndrome in a leading role (David DeSanctis).

The organization is calling on the industry to commit to hitting a target of 20 percent of major releases including LGBTQ characters by 2021, and 50 percent by 2024.

Just about every major comedy released under an R - rating in the past few years (including «The 40 - Year - Old Virgin,» «Wedding Crashers,» «Knocked Up» and «Superbad») have gone on to become instant hits, and though «The Brothers Solomon» doesn't even come close to the quality of any of those films, it'll have no problem convincing the general public otherwise.

Movie studios tend to avoid scheduling major home video releases for the summer, preferring to get holiday season hits out for Easter and summer blockbusters around Thanksgiving and Christmas.

As Hollywood touts great wins for diversity and inclusion with recent films like «Black Panther» and «Wonder Woman» shattering box office records, a new study from GLAAD asserts that representations of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people in 2017 films released by the major studios hit a six - year low.

*** The following review contains spoilers for the first Major League *** Five years after Major League became a hit on home video, the sequel is released, which finally answers the question, «What happened to the team after they won the division?

The original Street Fighter IV was a major hit on PC when it was released in 2009, and dubbed by many as the definitive version of that iteration.

There's also a ton of great non-Halloween releases, including two major Sundance hits, summer box office smashes, and a neat complete series TV set.

Each of us has fond memories of specific films but with two or three major movie releases hitting theaters every week, more and more entertainment offerings are available to the next generation of consumers.

Please keep in mind that most of these films are limited releases, if you don't live in a major city, it may take a while for it to hit your local theater.

California's new system for ranking its schools has hit a major snag, sending state administrators back to their computers for recalculations of the official numbers released last month.

Toyota of Japan has released the first official photos of their 2012 Land Cruiser refresh, the first major update since the SUV first hit the market in 2007.

She is also a devoted fan of the celebrated British children's author Philip Pullman, and her book about the religious and ethical dimensions of his award - winning trilogy Killing the Imposter God: Philip Pullman's Spiritual Imagination in His Dark Materials (Jossey - Bass / Wiley) hit the bookshelves in the middle of a major, national controversy about the release of the trilogy's first movie installment.

Comi and cutting - edge game designer Zeitgeist Games today announced the release of the iPhone version of Aimee Major Steinberger's smash - hit manga journal «Japan Ai — A Tall Girl's Adventure in Japan» — named one of the Young Adults Librarian Association's Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens of 2009!

The Motorola Xoom has been a major hit at CES, and to go along the the tablets» 3G / 4G capabilities, there is a rumored Wi - Fi only version to be released in April.

As we near the end of 2015, the last of this year's major releases are hitting as we roll into December.

Speaking to Nikkei, as translated by Andriasang, Iwata (pictured) said the 3DS «has regained its vigour» thanks to the price drop and major new releases such as Mario Kart 7 hitting shelves.

The Windows Store now features many exciting franchises such as Halo and Asphalt, with major publishers such as Gameloft unleashing new releases and proven hits.

Dark Day Interactive - is a small indie Development company, based in Australia and the United Kingdom, with past experience in the video game market, with the current release of Once Bitten, Twice Dead on PC, and iOS hits like Sky Island, the team has taken there past skills and knowledge from other projects and combined them into one tight company, answering to no major publishers, only making games they love, for the community and helped shape by the community.

I think I've finally hit almost every major release this year on the console, and it definitely was a great year for the 360.

Although specifics were not given, we can assume that the major event the tweet is talking about would be the release of the upcoming Tomb Raider film, starring Alicia Vikander that is set to hit theaters on March 16, 2018, more on that here.

It's never good when a game you were really looking forward to gets swept under the rug because of other major releases hitting retail within the same time frame as the smaller titles hitting retail which have major potential.

During a post-virality period when many believed a studio producing another major hit — one that could quickly take in tens of millions of monthly players and rise to Facebook fame — was highly unlikely, Zynga released just that with FrontierVille, an engrossing Old West pioneer sim that now has over 30.5 million users on the social network (not quite CityVille numbers but still impressive).

Version Tested: Xbox One Available On: Xbox One, Windows 10 Developer: The Coalition Publisher: Microsoft Genre: Action / Adventure, Shooter Official Site: GearsofWar.com Release Date: September 11, 2016 Where to buy: Xbox Live, Major Retailers 10 years ago, Gears of War hit the Xbox 360 to high critical acclaim.

Now with Yakuza 0 releasing earlier this year, and Yakuza Kiwami also hitting our shores, it appears as if Sega has a new goal in life to bring the Yakuza series out in all major territories as quick as possible.

In March 2012, Seon released Cubemen on Steam, Desura, Mac App Store and iOS App Store (iPad2 +) and it instantly became a world wide hit, topping the charts in all of the major regions and hitting # 1 game in Australia and top 5 game in 38 countries.

Nexon, a South Korean video game company, and Grand Cru have released the first major update for their hit fantasy card battle RPG, Battlejack: Blackjack.

The Terminator, released in 1984, was a considerable hit; when Carolco spent millions on buying the property, and around $ 100 million on making T2, it was betting that Cameron could turn a low - budget sci - fi thriller with horror overtones into a major summer blockbuster.

As the trend with recent major Japanese titles have shown, there seems to be a big hit on any title releasing without a PlayStation 3 port.

Released in February of 2017, Horizon Zero Dawn was a major hit.

The retro - style 2D platformer was a major hit and SEGA decided to keep fans of the game happy by releasing animated shorts based on it.

At present, as I discussed in my analysis article on Tuesday, evidence for widespread ecological damage is thin; so we have to presume that as of now, the significant volume of oil that remains (even a quarter of 4.9 milion barrels is still far more than released by the Exxon Valdez) is not hitting enough of those key zones to be having a major impact.

Also, regarding subsea volacanic eruptions — a volcanic eruption involves release of magma at several thousand degrees C plus superheated gases — when that hits cold sea water you are going to have a very violent and explosive change of form from lquid water to steam combined with the release of dissolved gases (mostly CO2)-- I am not sure what laws of Chemistry and Physics you are looking at, but I would suggest that that those bubbles and heated gases and water will rise to to the surface very quickly and have a major local effect on any nearby ice.