Sentences with phrase «sleeper hit for»

Designed to deliver a superior audio experience, the HomePod — despite its clunky name — could very well prove to be a sleeper hit for Apple once it hits store shelves later this year.

According to insiders, Google is working on a competitor to the Amazon Echo, the smart speaker that has proved to be a sleeper hit for Amazon.

Factor in the community aspect, which is still being worked on and updated constantly, and you have yourself a sleeper hit for fans of hip hop.

It's a charming game that handles smoothly and takes on board all the modern match - 3 designs that make the genre so enjoyable, and it's definitely worth checking out - this could be another sleeper hit for Playrix.

The first game was a real sleeper hit for me back in 2015, and I'm surprised at how much fun I've had with it.

Attack on Titan has been a sleeper hit for the manga publisher Kodansha Comics, and at their panel at New York Comic Con, editor Ben Applegate announced that they had sold over 500,000 copies of the series, which is currently at seven volumes.

Farming Simulator 2013 has been a sleeper hit for Giant's Software, proving immensely popular with a PC audience and enjoying mobile ports to both 3DS and PS Vita.

Dishonored is definitely a sleeper hit for this year and is going to be the game that will be given credit for Arkane Studios success with future games.

Not exact matches

Comcast's (cmcsa) Universal Studios held the previous single - year box office record, which it set just last year, and the studio has a handful of sequels from franchises that have recently produced billion - dollar films on deck for 2017 — The Fate of the Furious and Despicable Me 3 — as well as the sequel to last year's sleeper hit, Fifty Shades of Grey.

For instance, when Graff bought the patent on a new bed - support system, he thought he had a sleeper hit.

My son was too light of a sleeper for that once he hit 4 months.

I've got my fingers crossed for you that he keeps sleeping well too, Nerys was a really good sleeper to start with then we hit the 4 month sleep regression and it all went out the window!

Although the film didn't connect as strongly with mass audiences (although it's considered a «sleeper hit,» you have to wonder what it could have done if it had been released after Whedon's little art house film «The Avengers «-RRB- and more than a few critics found it befuddling and arch (it's neither), «The Cabin in the Woods» is the kind of movie that will ultimately live on as a deserved cult classic, perfect for drunken film studies students and bored kids at slumber parties alike.

-- After being completely blanked in the Golden Globes nominations, the sleeper hit romantic comedy «The Big Sick» made a much healthier showing in the SAG nominations, earning a rather surprising spot in the ensemble category as well as a supporting actress nod for Holly Hunter.

Despite being a sleeper hit, «Monuments Men» was pummeled with negative reviews, prompting Clooney to apologize for his WWII caper.

The director behind The Full Monty (1997), Peter Cattaneo was responsible for one of the biggest sleeper hits of the 1990s.

In RED 2, the high - octane action - comedy sequel to the worldwide sleeper hit, retired black - ops CIA agent Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives — including former colleague Marvin (John Malkovich), ever - deadly sharp - shooter Victoria (Helen Mirren) and Frank's beloved Sarah (Mary - Louise Parker)-- for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.

Question is how much festival hype does it need for distributor Bleecker Street to turn it into a sleeper hit?

Something of a sleeper hit The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel's success essentially solidified a need for a second, and with a cast so rich in talent and history, it's hard to pass up.

After The Maze Runner became a sleeper hit, the cast knew they'd be back for films based on the next two novels by John Dashner.

A24 A24 followed up its Best Picture win for «Moonlight» by releasing another sleeper hit: «Lady Bird.»

A sleeper hit originally released on PC in 2012, Dustforce is a 2D platformer that trades pixel - perfect jumping for a momentum - based approach.

Sverak won the foreign film Oscar for his art house sleeper hit Kolya (1996) about a stepfather and his little boy and his latest called Barefoot is another childhood tale set in the countryside during World War II.

When you throw the chance to watch the real - life Hanks as a father - son duo into the mix, you have all the ingredients for sleeper hit that can't miss in indie art houses.

The sensibilities of this film were more directly reprised for last year's sleeper hit, Eight Below.

His first try proves an early candidate for sleeper hit of the year, a film that manages to balance... Continue reading Get Out

A sequel to 2011's sleeper animated hit Gnomeo & Juliet — one that Disney notably had no trouble relinquishing to Paramount — Sherlock Gnomes returns to the garden of vaguely remembered delights for another round of lawn - related puns and sappy Elton John songs (you know, for kids).

If you're under the age of 20, probably not, but for the rest of us the sleeper hit now seems nothing more than a nostalgic dream.

Another mixed summer blockbuster season is coming to an end, which usually means dumping the usual outcasts or dross between late August to early October and hope for the odd sleeper hit or underrated gem.

2014 didn't have a cult film in the making like What We Do in the Shadows, or a true sleeper like Straight Outta Compton (or Spy, for that matter), or a blockbuster hitting the sweet spot for audiences and critics alike like Mad Max has done, or a traditional standalone nonfranchise blockbuster like The Martian, or an animated film with the acclaim of Inside Out, or a little horror movie that could like It Follows, or an unexpected independent drama that ran forever like Room....2015 was a year like 1999 or 1994.

The other was Hell or High Water, the sleeper hit of 2016 that garnered Sheridan an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay.

Clive Barker handpicked Licht to score Hellraiser: Bloodline, and ABC selected Licht to compose music for their sleeper hit Body Of Proof.

Also in contention for the Best Film AACTA are the sleeper hit Ali's Wedding (8 nominations) and box office non-starters Berlin Syndrome (8 nominations; pictured, right), Hounds of Love (8 nominations) and Jasper Jones (6 nominations).

Genre house Cinepix recognised a keen horror voice in Mihalka, who delivered a lean, mean slasher thriller that became one of the production company's most profitable properties; Paramount picked it up for US distribution and turned it into the sleeper hit in February «81.

But if you factor in a Disney film, writing an Oscar - winning song for The Muppets, a sleeper hit HBO sitcom, and the fact that this musical - comedy duo is one of the funniest and most talented acts to come along in two decades — well, an explanation begins to take shape.

Sleeper Hit: Rise of the Planet of the Apes, with a healthy assist from overseas markets, is going to workout for Twentieth Century Fox.

Ryan Coogler is the mastermind behind the camera for a sleeper hit starring Jordan titled Fruitvale Station, one of the years best films back in 2013, and the crazy thing is, Coogler was only 26 years old.

When: August 9th Why: Moviegoers have been patiently awaiting Neill Blomkamp's follow - up to «District 9» ever since the 2009 sleeper hit arrived in theaters, and although it's not a sequel like some were hoping for, it is another sci - fi thriller with a socio - political message.

Sleeper Hit: For once, yours truly is going to flip - flop with regards to what was put on Flop Alert last weekend.

In 2008, things briefly looked up for «Dallas» at Universal when Ryan Gosling and Craig Gillespie, who were coming off the sleeper hit «Lars and the Real Girl,» signed on.

The Purge: Anarchy, the sequel to summer 2013's sleeper hit that opened to No. 1 at the box - office, sees the return of writer / director James DeMonaco to craft the next terrifying chapter of dutiful citizens preparing for their country's yearly 12 hours of anarchy.

Naomi has tried to balance her career between mainstream and independent films, but her past performances in art - house sleeper hits like «21 Grams» and «I Heart Huckabees» have displayed her amazing talent for diving no - holds - barred into any character.

It will be difficult for the NOOK Color to maintain its «sleeper hit» status now that several other inexpensive Android tablets are out now, or will be coming out soon.

For that reason, the remastered version of Lock's Quest, a sleeper hit developed by 5th Cell and originally released in 2008 for the Nintendo DS, still holds up for the most part as a fun and challenging strategy romp thanks to it's solid core gameplay — if you can handle the wonky adapted control setFor that reason, the remastered version of Lock's Quest, a sleeper hit developed by 5th Cell and originally released in 2008 for the Nintendo DS, still holds up for the most part as a fun and challenging strategy romp thanks to it's solid core gameplay — if you can handle the wonky adapted control setfor the Nintendo DS, still holds up for the most part as a fun and challenging strategy romp thanks to it's solid core gameplay — if you can handle the wonky adapted control setfor the most part as a fun and challenging strategy romp thanks to it's solid core gameplay — if you can handle the wonky adapted control setup.

After loving what I've seen of the game prior to launch, I've been pulling for the game to be this fall's sleeper hit and, at close to 16 hours in, I'm sticking to that statement as Mad Max is a lot of fun so far.

Alan Wake was an absolute sleeper hit back on the Xbox 360 and is considered a massive hidden gem for the console today.

I really hope that the «sleeper hit» status that has been associated with Until Dawn has translated into sales capital for the Supermassive Games team.

The first Halo Wars for the Xbox 360 was a sleeper hit and a cult classic, and if you've been dying to play the critically acclaimed sequel, then check out this 1 TB Xbox One S bundle, which is now available from Microsoft for $ 299.

and if they pull it off, i'm pretty positive this will be the sleeper hit of the year, (well, for anyone who likes scary games at least.)

«If you want to know why average looking games do well and something you love is a «sleeper hit», it may be the dev being sensible enough to stash some cash away for advertising.