Sentences with phrase «sort of cult»

Presenting a new twist on the Resident Evil storyline, Code: Veronica X served as a sort of cult hit of the Resident Evil franchise.

Yes, the film received an F CinemaScore, and was thrashed in certain critic circles — but it has also been fiercely embraced in others, which admire the film for its sheer insanity and have given it an instant sort of cult status.

Just four years after The Silence of the Lambs made Levine sort of a cult figure, the film is the first to capitalize on his new status, its resounding failure freeing him to return to the character actor ghetto.

Goon wasn't a runaway hit, though it's certainly a solid sports comedy, so it doesn't have much to live up to except to please fans of the original, which has become sort of a cult favorite.

We just heard about Vincent Cassel joining the cast of Bourne 5, and now we've got a new trailer for Partisan, the creepy - looking film that features Cassel as a sort of cult leader who acts as head of a closed community and trains young urchins to do his bidding, which is often violent.

Did or does S.W.A.T. the television series have the sort of cult following that made a film version inevitable?

Maybe not ALL his films are hits, but pretty much all of them have some sort of cult following (The Mariachi trilogy, Spy Kids, Sin City, Machete, Dusk Till Dawn, Planet Terror)... and I'll take him over Michael Bay or any other cookie cutter director.

«We have a sort of cult following,» O'Shea boasts.

I feel that lemonade has a sort of cult status in every cuisine.

The sad thing is, many of the folks in this sort of cult will bounce from one things to another, their belief system not damaged in the least from an abortive Doom's Day incident.

They are, as religion reporter Amy Sullivan points out, some sort of cult with «no discernible relationship to Christianity.»

Seriously, the Mormon lifestyle with huge families and people blindly following the Church's directives is sort of cult - like.

So to think that there in some sort of cult is BS.

The comfort that this minimalist design results in has won it a sort of cult following among iPhone users, and since 2015 The Wirecutter has named it the best smartphone armband for running.

All of this, combined with the fact that T - Mobile had always kept it somewhat hidden, led to the plan attracting a sort of cult following over the past half - decade.

Not exact matches

As to all your claims about believing until you believe and then pretending to sort of believe until you kind of believe a little more, I've heard it all before... from various members of various cults, religions, and pop philosophies.

Is your messiah from some sort of warlike cult?

A critique of the sort of theology that fits the cult of the great theologian must inevitably be a critique of the ecclesial life that produces the cult.

If you are ANY sort of Christian, you need to read up on the Mormon cult and find out what an affront to Christianity it is.

Arguably too, it's a sort of false start, as his message is repeatedly obscured by the cult of his person and power.

They may be cult members, they may be breathren of the truly righteous or the worst sort of social and religious bigots God's influence on humanity has yet produced.

And in the interest of full disclosure, they are some kind of religious movement / cult, so if you're wary of that sort of thing, take heed.

In this week's episode we sit down with Amanda Chantal Bacon, founder and owner of Moon Juice, the cult shop in Venice, California where you can find all sorts of tonics, powders, and treats with ingredients you've never heard of.

Here we go again with another pointless Diaz bros thread which I can't blame MMAMANIA for since the basement dwelling cult of Diaz fans all have a group orgasm every time some pointless article drops about their favorite «do nothing» entertainer says or acts like some sort of gangster.

Sort of the new cult of more than those who actually know, thanks to PlayStation managers and social media.)

Andrea Radrizzani, who became the club's sole owner earlier this year, has become a cult figure of sorts with the Leeds United faithful.

TF: We need to be less snobbish about diplomacy and treat it less as a sort of special cult.

It's true, lots of fitness fads attract a cult following of sorts.

Not everyone jives with those stretchy fabrics, and vintage denim has spawned quite a strong cult following of sorts.

Odious and completely unfunny, it really amazes me that this awful movie has become some sort of trashy cult along the years, and it is nearly unbearable to see a bunch of stupid characters incapable of noticing that a man is obviously dead.

It's a show for a very specific sort of audience, but for that audience, it could become a legit cult hit.

Now considered a cult classic, Wiseau's feature bombed at the box - office, but with his engaging charm and enthusiasm he's become a sort - of celebrity.

Vulcan cult leader Sybok (Laurence Luckinbill) and his followers have invaded a «planet of peace,» where delegates from hostile races coexist in a sort of intergalactic United Nations.

In fact, it probably owes its cult status predominantly to two or three superb lines delivered to deadpan perfection by Caine («you're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off», etc), than any sort of major comic consistency or outstanding action sequences.

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story has become a sports cult film of sorts — one of the best of the Frat Pack movies — telling the story of the scrappy dodgeball team at Average Joe's gym, led by Peter La Fleur (Vince Vaughn), going against Ben Stiller's White Goodman and the formidable Purple Cobras from his Globo Gym.

Nevertheless, it does retain a small cult following, and can even be seen as a precursor of sorts to such films as the horror flick Event Horizon and Danny Boyle's dying sun thriller, Sunshine.

But in a few weeks, that might change, because after the film premiered at Sundance back in January, Fox Searchlight are opening «I Origins,» Mike Cahill «s follow - up to his cult hit «Another Earth,» in theaters, and it's right up that sort of street.

The Disaster Artist's eagle - eyed view of the phenomenon and the forces behind it sort of solidified my feeling of being an outsider to the cult.

Each, we learn, is already deeply enmeshed in some sort of family dysfunction, from promiscuous bartender Tangie (Newton) to her pregnant, teenage sister (Tessa Thompson) to their clueless, cult member mother (Goldberg).

The co-writer and director, James Gunn, is a cult favorite but hadn't helmed a film of this scale (sort of similar to Joss Whedon's position before «The Avengers» became the third - highest grossing film of all time in 2012).

If you grew up as a horror film fanatic in the 1980s, you may have run through most of the American slasher flicks and occult thrillers — and then you rented Lucio Fulci's 1980 cult favourite Zombie, which hopefully led you to all sorts of gore - laden apocalyptic mayhem from Italian splatter - slingers like Umberto Lenzi (Nightmare -LRB-...)

Specifically, cult TV favorites Mads Mikkelsen and Alan Tudyk have both joined the movie's roster of talent in as - yet - unannounced roles, with Tudyk apparently reusing his old I Robot motion - capture skills as some sort of digital creature.

Sort of like a 70's Satanic cult movie, but in reverse.

Lillard is in the process of becoming a sort of Steve Buscemi for the 13 - 25 set, appearing in everything from cult faves Hackers and Scream to Chris Roberts» upcoming Wing Commander film.

But it's sort of their shot at a foul - mouthed pot - sex - bodily - functions - Judd Apatow - style comedy and as such seems watered down, with just a hint of the British eccentricity that made them cult heroes.

Created by the Duplass Brothers, Mark and Jay, the anthology suggests all sorts of things can happen — from murder to cult activity to mixed martial arts.

Written off as juvenile and quickly gone from theatres, it has since found a niche as a cult movie of sorts among Mr. Smith's legions of fans.

Over the years, this film has gained a cult following for those nostalgic for the 70s, as well as Peckinpah fanatics, who probably see this as a curious sort of masterpiece.

What you do get is a crazed story that involves inter-dimensional monsters that use the discarded curtains as some sort of psychic womb and a cult of bearded weirdos led by a Powder cosplay enthusiast that are hellbent on stopping Danni.

The movie wasn't successful at the box office but gained a cult following of sorts among Anderson fans.