Sentences with phrase «stakes in movies like»

Furthermore, co-directors Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland (whose The Last of Robin Hood was also released in 2014), probably have a huge emotional stake in a movie like this, given that Mr. Glatzer suffers from ALS.

Not exact matches

What's missing is a sense of the sheer fun in movie - making that can energize a project like this, even one that might have more at stake than the usual superhero fare.

Captain America: Winter Soldier artfully dodges nearly every typical superhero movie problem (as well as general sequel problems) with a stunning grasp of mood, total commitment to a «square» character, a smart choice of villain, and thrilling action scenes that feel authentically dangerous (a complete rarity in blockbusters) rather than like stop - and - gawk «setpieces» with no actual stakes.

Explaining the evolution of the X-Men series and including the more fantastical elements, Singer said «Like Apocalypse — like some of the imagery and characters and stakes [in that movie]-- it's something we haven't seen befLike Apocalypse — like some of the imagery and characters and stakes [in that movie]-- it's something we haven't seen beflike some of the imagery and characters and stakes [in that movie]-- it's something we haven't seen before.

And then there is the really off - beat stuff like a post-apocalyptic-vampire-western-road movie, Stake Land (which is magnificent), a naughty DIY costumed hero flick from James Gun called Super and starring Ellen Page and Kevin Bacon, an Eva Green starring ethereal cloning drama from Hungary, but in English, called Womb, and a film that will make you completely reassess how you feel about Santa Claus and his elf posse when the jolly fat man is portrayed as a 25 meter tall horned demon encased in a block of ice under a Finnish mountain.

Frightened, awkward dino Arlo (Raymond Ochoa) travels home through a savage landscape with the helpful accompaniment of a feral boy named Spot (Jack Bright), who generally behaves like a dog, in a movie where the stakes are slighter but the character bonds are nonetheless rich.

Forgetting for a moment the movie's many slick but false moves, and the manner in which it contrives to put Palicki in first workout clothes and then a cocktail dress, what's most notable about «Retaliation» is the litany of small indignities it foists upon its big - stakes, wham - bang conceit, like the fact that the American President's national popularity is said to soar after, in the wake of a nuke going missing, he decides to push for a worldwide nuclear disarmament summit; or that Israel — who's never officially admitted to possessing nuclear weapons — is part of the gathering, along with global pariah North Korea.

Netflix is using its budget and reach to stake out an alternate movie universe, where a title that would flop in theaters — like The Cloverfield Paradox — can be repositioned as a win for streaming.

Of course, Ant - Man will go on to appear in more Marvel movies, but for now, in this first time out, it feels like nothing is at stake.

By announcing these initiatives at SXSW, an arts and technology event, rather than waiting for Comic - Con or the debut of one of Marvel's big crossover movie properties like the Avengers, the company is clearly attempting to stake its claim to a larger chunk of cultural real estate than the niche market accorded to superhero comics in recent times.

Super Hot PSVR is a high stake puzzle shooter that makes you feel like you're in a AAA action movie.