Sentences with phrase «star than a monster»

Not exact matches

Arrieta's ceiling turned out to be a lot higher than most of his 95 - mph peers, but he just proves that it's possible for a stuff - monster to turn into an All - Star, not probable.

A sun - size star approaching within 30 solar radii of the monster, they calculate, would be ripped apart by the black hole's gravitational pull, which would be far stronger on the near side of the star than on the far side.

Dwayne Johnson finally gets a star to match his size if not charisma in the sometimes gloriously ludicrous «Rampage,» a movie based on a hit arcade game that was literally just larger - than - life monsters bashing buildings.

By focusing so strongly on Cruise's «Nick Morton» character, The Mummy makes its monster little more than a background prop, a mistake future movies probably won't make (bigger stars, like Javier Bardem and Johnny Depp, are confirmed to be playing Frankenstein's monster and the Invisible Man respectively).

Other highlights in this strand include: Miguel Gomes» mixes fantasy, documentary, docu - fiction, Brechtian pantomime and echoes of MGM musical in the epic ARABIAN NIGHTS; the World Premiere of William Fairman and Max Gogarty's CHEMSEX, an unflinching, powerful documentary about the pleasures and perils associated with the «chemsex» scene that's far more than a sensationalist exposé; the European Premiere of CLOSET MONSTER, Stephen Dunn's remarkable debut feature about an artistic, sexually confused teen who has conversations with his pet hamster, voiced by Isabella Rossellini; THE ENDLESS RIVER a devasting new film set in small - town South Africa from Oliver Hermanus, Diep Hoang Nguyen's beautiful debut, FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, a wry, weird socially probing take on the teen pregnancy scenario that focuses on a girl whose escape from village life to pursue an urban education has her frozen in mid-flight; LUCIFER, Gust Van den Berghe's thrillingly cinematic tale of Lucifer as an angel who visits a Mexican village, filmed in «Tondoscope» — a circular frame in the centre of the screen; the European premiere of KOTHANODI a compelling, unsettling fairytale from India; veteran Algerian director Merzak Allouache's gritty and delicate portrait of a drug addicted petty thief in MADAME COURAGE; Radu Muntean's excellent ONE FLOOR BELOW, which combines taut, low - key realism with incisive psychological and ethical insights in a drama centering on a man, his wife and a neighbor; and QUEEN OF EARTH, Alex Ross Perry's devilish study of mental breakdown and dysfunctional power dynamics between female best friends, starring Elisabeth Moss.

Other than Pratt's lead role as Star - Lord, all four characters are visibly non-human to varying degrees — including, of course, a gun - toting, talking raccoon and a friendly tree monster — but they don't feel alien.

So far the Hollywood movies screening at Cannes — Woody Allen's romantic roundelay «Cafe Society,» starring Kristen Stewart, Shane Black's hit - man comedy «Nice Guys» starring Ryan Gosling, and Jodie Foster's Wall Street thriller «Money Monster» starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts — have played out of competition, more as red - carpet plays and marketing junkets than surefire Oscar launches.

While the creative talent may be attracted by opportunities to try something new, horror's continuing appeal to producers and studios is baser: audiences have always been more jazzed by creepy concepts or masked monsters than recognisable (and costly) stars.

One of the elements setting «Infinity War» apart from far too many superhero movies is the introduction of a villain who's more than just another fire - breathing, multi-tongued monster - god hell - bent on destroying everything in its way while mouthing platitudes through some kind of filter that makes him sound like he watched «Star Wars» a thousand times and was always rooting for Darth Vader.

The philosophical vignettes might not have the narrative weight to be anything other than beguiling curios tossed out and then forgotten about but there are enough of them, delivered sharply enough by delightful movie stars at the top of their game, to make Age of Ultron one of the most thoughtfully driven monster vehicles you are likely to see in a summer rammed with powerful, glossy, mechanised beasts.

TMNT (Warner Bros., March 23) Starring: Patrick Stewart, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Chris Evans, Ziyi Zhang, Kevin Smith Director: Kevin Munroe Rating: PG The Pitch: Monsters have been unleashed on New York City, and the Turtles are needed more than ever.

His roles in more than 200 films include star turns as Dracula, the Mummy and Frankenstein's monster in Hammer horror classics, Count Dooku in Star Wars, and Saruman in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit fistar turns as Dracula, the Mummy and Frankenstein's monster in Hammer horror classics, Count Dooku in Star Wars, and Saruman in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit fiStar Wars, and Saruman in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit films.

Sitting down in a little area above Sony's monster - sized booth, I was given a look at Uncharted 2 «s single - player by none other than the co-president of Naughty Dog, Evan Wells — sorry, I get star struck.

I only played up to the four star - ranked quests, but the progression was smoother and more satisfying for solo play than any Monster Hunter yet, even with what felt like slightly reduced difficulty.