Sentences with phrase «star of action movies»

He reportedly once turned down the role of James Bond because he didn't want to be typecast as the star of action movies.

With both arms stretched out, you feel like you're the star of an action movie as you mow down the waves of aliens heading straight for you.

Not exact matches

Since the «Star Wars» prequels, in which George Lucas was heavily criticized for using too much CGI to create the worlds and characters, many big - budget movies have tried to find that happy medium of practical and visual effects to give the action on screen a more grounded feel.

Michael Bay is known for two things: his blockbuster, action - packed movies and allegations of sexist on - set behavior towards female stars.

Former California governor and Terminator movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger says he plans to sue the big oil companies for «first degree murder», likening their actions to those of tobacco companies, and NGOs are suing Big Oil in the Philippines for violating the human rights of typhoon victims.

Disney has one of its biggest movie slates for FY2018 with Ant Man and The Wasp, The Avengers: Infinity War, Solo: A Star Wars Story, The Incredibles 2 and Mulan (live action film) around the corner.

You might assume that because Bruce Willis and Sylvester Stallone are two massive action stars who sort of have their skin in the same genre of action movie, that they'd be pals.

The former pro wrestler who has become one of the world's biggest action - movie stars was asked about his political aspirations by GQ, specifically, if he'd ever run for president.

The first John Wick was a surprise out of nowhere, in which two directors known for great stunt work delivered a simple, yet powerful action movie starring Keanu Reeves.

Let the stars show you what they've got in an interactive dance - along that lets you control the action, and relive your favorite parts of the movie with an incredible virtual scrapbook!

They're an ethnically diverse lineup showcasing the full range of popular entertainment: extreme fighting champions, Spanish - language tv stars, action - movie antiheros, animated characters, reality tv stars — lots of reality tv stars.

The top ten men continue to out - earn their female counterparts by a huge margin — $ 488.5 million compared with just $ 172.5 million — a disparity Forbes attributed in part to the preponderance of superhero movies and action blockbusters that offer few starring roles for women.

Updated at 8:12 p.m. ET on Tuesday 6/4 (CNN)-- Access to top Russian officials by U.S. lawmakers was helped along by action movie star Steven Seagal — and more specifically the actor's martial arts skills - the leader of a congressional delegation said Tuesday.

Former action movie star and now governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, urged «action, action, action» from world leaders in his address.

The screen star is still here, of course — this fall she appears in two major films, the comedy A.C.O.D. and the action movie Machete Kills.

Lily James, the titular star of Disney's new live - action Cinderella, donned an ethereal Elie Saab gown and a pair of Christian Louboutin Cinderella Slippers to the movie's Hollywood premiere this past weekend.

Everyone's favorite new lovable action star Chris Pratt came in second at $ 1.2 billion, thanks to the success of Guardians of the Galaxy and The Lego Movie.

I'm sure we're all guilty of telling a couple of white lies, and because it's so easy to do this with the online personals, email, and the chat to make us out to be a movie star, those actions really don't do us any good.

I am 56 but young at heart, have various interest such as beach walking, under the stars, dancing, enjoy quite time at home in front of TV with a good movie that could b either a drama, romance, true life, fictional and comedy but will watch SOME men's action movies depends how I feel, enjoy...

As schematic as a popular entertainment needs to be yet refreshingly devoid of significant lulls in the action — for exposition, weapon reloading, lovemaking and the like — the film is fast, smart and single - minded, providing not only a satisfying bang for the ever - beleaguered moviegoing buck but memorable debuts for first - time feature director Mimi Leder and fledgling film studio DreamWorks SKG (Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen)-- as well as ringing confirmation that George Clooney is indeed a movie star.

«Rampage» would surely sink a less sturdy action star, yet even here the wayward mishmash of monster - movie tropes only seem to ping off him like bullets deflected by Superman.

Adding yet another meaningless B - movie role to his long list of misses, veteran action star, Bruce Willis, returns to the big screen.

This movie does something few political thrillers do: it has all the world problems and stuff, but also lots of action and a star who's not a has - been (Harrison Ford, I'm looking your way).

Cruise is probably the most graceful physical performer to occupy the screen since Burt Lancaster, and in this sort of action role, he's just about peerless... He may not be a great actor, but to find a greater movie star would be a nigh impossible mission.

Theron has been flexing her bona fides as an action star with movies like «Mad Max: Fury Road» and «Atomic Blonde,» but «Tully» is a gentle reminder that she is one of our finest actresses working today.

After a couple of brief but powerful action scenes and a long section where Louie and two pals, tail gunner Mac (Finn Wittrock) and pilot Phil (Domhnall Gleeson), are lost at sea (the movie's best bit, but more on that later), we're left with a long last section; a prison camp pic where our hero is locked into a battle of wills with Watanabe (Japanese pop star Miyavi aka Takamasa Ishihara).

After making her film debut in That Night (1992), Heigl balanced movie work with high school, playing a small role in Steven Soderbergh's Depression - era drama King of the Hill (1993), starring as Gérard Depardieu's difficult daughter in My Father the Hero (1994), and Steven Seagal's niece in the action sequel Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995).

(The title comes from a series of Italian action movies whose first star, Franco Nero, shows up here in a cameo.)

Roth, no stranger to pouring on the reckless boundaries of surrealistic and sadistic porn imagery of torture, fuels his edgy, yet sluggish, edition of Death Wish with a tiresome and nostalgic regurgitation of the late action star Charles Bronson's urban movie series from yesteryear.

And his action - team entourage, drawn from various species of animal and movie star — praying mantis, tiger, monkey, etc; Seth Rogen, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, etc. — do more to crowd the picture than to enliven it.

Fox doesn't have any revivals of classic sitcoms or new adaptations of popular movies on its fall TV schedule, but it does have X-Men-related show, a live - action Star Trek parody from Seth MacFarlane, and a show about Adam Scott and Craig Robinson hunting supernatural creatures.

Despite his enormous success, Eszterhas seemingly felt slighted by the industry in which he made his living, and decided to bite the hand that fed him with Hollywood satire «An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn,» in which director Eric Idle makes a $ 200 million action movie (starring Sylvester Stallone, Jackie Chan and, um, Whoopi Goldberg) and tries to take his name off of it after studio interference, but is unable to because his name is actually Alan Smithee.

Irma Vep (1996) channels the glamour of Hong Kong action movies, as represented by the film's star Maggie Cheung; but it also looks back to early French cinema and the serials of Louis Feuillade.

Deadline reports that the Jungle Cruise movie will be an Indiana Jones - like action - adventure, and Collet - Serra was very much interested in getting his hands on a film of its nature, a potential franchise that he will be able to mould around an A-list Hollywood star like Johnson.

The abundant tropes remind the viewer of those featured in vehicles favored by the likes of Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, and James Coburn, men's men who made movies for men that weren't even likely to interest boys with a taste for action, as the work of the next generation of action stars (Stallone, Schwarzenegger, and Norris» other slightly younger Expendables cast mates) would.

Bolstering a star studded cast that would entice most movie fans to see in action, I am pleased to announce that none of them disappoint, but this isn't a new western classic either.

Director Mimi Leder made the step up from television for her first big feature (she had directed numerous episodes of ER, starring Clooney and executive produced by Dreamworks's Steven Spielberg) and it received reasonable notices, though I can't really think why (it was nowhere near as good as the other big, dumb action movie of that year, Air Force One).

French director Pierre Morel more or less started the «aging action star» trend with Taken, and now he's giving Sean Penn the «Neeson» treatment with The Gunman, an international action thriller that unfortunately won't be Penn's springboard into genre superstardom because frankly, the movie's sort of a bummer.

But like Abrams did on «Star Trek,» Whedon has stepped up his game in a major way: the action is clear and coherent, the pacing is tight (it's 140 minutes long, but flies by) and the technical contributions are top - notch across the board, from the Bond - movie production design of James Chinlund («The Fountain «-RRB- and the razor - sharp cutting of Jeffrey Ford («Public Enemies «-RRB- and Lisa Lassek («Cabin In The Woods») to Seamus McGarvey «s bright cinematography and Alan Silvestri's firmly listenable score (although the latter could, it should be said, use a more distinctive theme).

But Johnson is one of the biggest (if not the biggest) movie stars for a reason, and his fans will happily come out to see him be a big, bad action hero.

The live - action remake of the 1991 animated classic, starring Emma Watson and Dan Stevens as the fairytale couple, enchanted movie - goers upon its...

Next weekend sees the release of Zac Efron's EDM movie We Are Your Friends, the faith - based War Room, and the Owen Wilson starring action thriller No Escape, which leaves plenty of room for Compton to squeeze out its third victory in a row.

by Walter Chaw The same kind of movie as Doug Liman's Mr. and Mrs. Smith but more so, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang marks the hyphenate debut of star screenwriter Shane Black, and it's the kind of movie his Last Action Hero would have been had they aimed it at adults (and cast actors).

Instead of using his newfound clout to take a starring role in another prestige picture, an action vehicle, or a superhero movie, his next gig will see him play a supporting role in a twisted comedy from the mind of Taika Waititi, the director of films like Thor: Ragnarok and Hunt for the Wilderpeople.

He decides he had better sign up for some martial arts lessons, and wanders into the gym of faded B - movie action star Chuck Scarett (Jim Belushi).

A near - perfect mix of gunplay and martial arts, starring some of the top female action stars of the period, the movie is unmissable for fans of the genre.

Next weekend offers several new options, including Liam Neeson's latest thriller, The Commuter, Paddington 2, the follow - up to Paul King's 2014's original feature, Taraji P. Henson's action movie Proud Mary, and the expansion of Steven Spielberg's The Post, starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks.

Johnson stages some of the most dynamic action sequences ever seen in a «Star Wars» movie and sets them to a ticking - clock narrative that heightens the tension.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi Rated PG - 13 for sequences of sci - fi action and violence Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91 % Available on Disc and Streaming In this official 8th Star Wars movie (not including the spin - off Rogue One of course) The Last Jedi continues the saga as we watch Rey gets some training from the unconventional teacher Luke Skywalker while Kylo Ren makes his move to take over the galaxy.

2010: JGL officially became a movie star after taking on the dapper role of Leonardo DiCaprio's best - dressed partner in Christopher Nolan's sci - fi action blockbuster «Inception.»