Sentences with phrase «success as a feature film»

Even board games can see success as a feature film, if 1985's cult classic Clue is anything to go by.

Not exact matches

After winning a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her wild - eyed turn as a mental patient in Girl, Interrupted, she attempted a few other serious acting roles but only seemed to find blockbuster success when she took on the lead role in the feature - film adaptation of the video game Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

It was for his portrayal of an embittered DJ in another of Egoyan's films, Exotica (1994), that Koteas garnered his second Genie nomination; following this critical success, he began to appear in an increasing number of high profile productions.Koteas was subsequently featured to great effect as the creepy Vaughan in David Cronenberg's controversial Crash (1996), and he invested his brief but pivotal role as Holly Hunter's mystery man in the acclaimed Living out Loud (1998) with memorable charisma.

Its feature film business has been fueled by such recent successes as the blockbuster first installment of The Hunger Games franchise, The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn — Part 2, Now You See Me, Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain, Warm Bodies, Snitch, Texas Chainsaw 3D, The Expendables 2, The Possession, Sinister, Arbitrage and Pantelion Films» breakout hit Instructions Not Included, the highest - grossing Spanish - language film ever in the U.S.

Chow Yun - fat, at this time the biggest star in the colony, hot off the smashing success of A Better Tomorrow, plays the middle brother while pop star Jacky Cheung, himself on the road to a successful film career (he'd win the Supporting Actor Hong Kong Film Award this year for his work in Wong Kar - wai's debut feature As Tears Go By), plays the youngest.

And yet, while the film is likely to be looked at now primarily as a feature - length tribute to Stanton and his career, his exemplary work is not the only reason for the film's success.

Following the success of the movie, a TV pilot was shot with Kiefer Sutherland and Eric Roberts starring, but it failed to get a series pickup and was included as a bonus feature on the film's DVD and Blu - ray release.

The idea is that box office success for a movie centered on a nonwhite superhero and cast could inspire Marvel to produce and create more movies like Black Panther in the future (the studio's previous 17 films have all featured white men as the superhero leads).

With Control and now The American Corbijn has not only proven his success in making the transition into feature films but asserted himself as one of the most talented directors working today.

Its feature film business has been fueled by such recent successes as the blockbuster first two installments of The Hunger Games franchise, The Hunger Games and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, A Madea Christmas, Now You See Me, Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain, Warm Bodies, The Expendables 2, The Possession, Sinister, Roadside Attractions» Mud and Pantelion Films» breakout hit Instructions Not Included, the highest - grossing Spanish - language film ever released in the U.S.

The success of Ted, his feature directorial debut starring Mark Wahlberg as a man who smokes pot with a living, foulmouthed teddybear, which earned more than $ 500 - million worldwide, guaranteed that MacFarlane could do anything he wanted with his follow - up film.

Apparently banking on the success of such estrogen - laden films as Sex and the City and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The Women (a remake of a 1939 movie) features a cast made up entirely of females.

The «Star Wars» film tops a year that included the breakout success of Patty Jenkins» rousing «Wonder Woman,» which featured an entire island of wise and mighty Amazons, and offered such confident combatants as Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson) in «Thor: Ragnarok.»

But those high tech toys were like big kid fantasies come alive, magnificently designed vehicles rolled out as lovingly detailed miniatures with a sense of awe and wonder, and the success of the spawned two feature films that upped the ante on the spectacle.

A harbinger of Oscars success as well as the highest distinction given by Hollywood's directing guild, the DGA Awards recognize achievement in feature film as well as television, documentary, variety shows, and commercials.

«Fading Gigolo» is probably the biggest dice - roll, as any of several small films featuring favored, under - awarded performers could go here, but «Gigolo» s modest success, and actor - friendly bent makes Turturro certainly as worthy as any.

Unlike Sean Baker, who found great success in his 2015 street drama Tangerine, interestingly among the first few feature films to dabble in Apple, Soderbergh's implementation tends to draw attention to style and like the worst of found - footage (which this film mercifully isn't), ends up more as a gimmick than the product of creative budgeting.

For all his success, it was his experience as a young man that provided the inspiration for this film, his feature film directorial debut.

Education is notorious for single - school success stories that serve as fodder for 60 Minutes and feature films, but are never «replicated» elsewhere.

Its feature film business has been fueled by such recent successes as the blockbuster first three installments of The Hunger Games franchise, the first installment of the Divergent franchise, and John Wick.

Featuring insights from industry icons (Peter Molyneux, Tim Schafer), journalists (Geoff Keighley, Stephen Totilo), tastemakers (Gabe & Tycho of Penny Arcade), and players profoundly impacted by the game (Yogscast, The Shaft, Minecraft Teacher), the film serves as a time capsule for one of this generation's most unorthodox success stories.