Sentences with phrase «success of films like»

With Spider - Man Homecoming swinging into theaters next month, I got a few minutes to chat with director Jon Watts about his take on Spidey, integrating with the larger Marvel cinematic universe, and what the success of films like Logan and Deadpool mean for comic adaptations.

The Marvel film's success comes three years after the #OscarsSoWhite controversy raged — and follows the critical and commercial success of films like «Straight Outta Compton,» «Wonder Woman,» «Coco,» «Get Out,» and last year's Oscar Best Picture winner «Moonlight.»

Jennifer Lawrence has made great strides in attempting to transform from the box office bombshell behind the success of films like The Hunger Games series, and the odd critical success of Silver Linings Playbook or Joy, into a legitimate, respected...

Jennifer Lawrence has made great strides in attempting to transform from the box office bombshell behind the success of films like The Hunger Games series, and the odd critical success of Silver Linings Playbook or Joy, into a legitimate, respected thespian, and with her most recent leading role in her then - paramour, Darren Aronofsky's mother!

Perhaps the biggest effect of the success of films like this and Joss Whedon's Avengers is where Hollywood finds its next big tentpole filmmakers.

The success of films like Trumbo, Beasts of No Nation, 99 Homes and I Smile Back are proof positive of that.

The studios — and director Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) are hoping to capitalize on the late summer slot that led to the success of films like Marvel Studios» Guardians of the Galaxy.

For the most part, the movies still suck, but following the box office success of films like «Taken» and «Ride Along,» the studios seem more willing to give higher - profile titles a chance to perform against the weaker competition.

Combined with the success of films like «Game Night» ($ 104 million) and «A Bad Mom's Christmas» ($ 130 million), raunchy comedies may be making a slow recovery at the box office after a 2017 that saw most of them flame out.

I was expecting 2009's remake to capitalize on the success of films like Step Up 2 The Streets, and turn this more into a performance film.

The script, adapted from the Andre» Acimen novel, is written by three - time Academy Award nominated director James Ivory, who was so instrumental in the success of films like «The Remains of the Day» and «Howards End.»

The report says that Hollywood is at a tipping point with both the Time's Up and #MeToo movements and the huge box office successes of films like «Black Panther» and «Wonder Woman.»

Still, the measure of the success of a film like A Ciambra isn't necessarily that it departs from a historically successful aesthetic program; it's perhaps more to do with the degree to which a filmmaker undertakes to become embedded in the world that's being explored.

Not exact matches

While major production companies and distributors, à la Disney, typically get most of the credit for the success of Hollywood films, there are dozens of independently run startups like Rodeo that contribute in no small part to the success of projects, and without which these films would not look as glossy as they do.

Much like the success of last year's Warner Bros. film Wonder Woman helped change the conversation around a female superhero movie helmed by a woman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of color.

Families Like Yours, a new documentary «exploring the love, compassion, sacrifice, and success of LGBT families in America,» premiered in New York City yesterday, and will soon make its way to LGBT film festivals and conferences around the world.

So, like a movie studio that green lights two sequels after the success of the first film, I went into The Falling Star knowing how Police at the Funeral would end.

While it may sound like something out of a James Bond film, engineers have been trying to design functional aerial - aquatic vehicles for decades with little success.

Teresa was inspired by the style of Melissa McCarthy in the recent film I Spy and so redid her own spin on dressing like Melissa which had me thinking on whom I might want to target and dress like in films... my brain is searching but with no success (HELP!).

Agee would continue appearing on screen in films like Super, and found success for a number of years as a writer on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Having seen nearly every computer - animated film made, I would rank Shrek and Shrek 2 near the top of the second tier, just below the fine films of Pixar and on par with DreamWorks» other successes (like Antz, Over the Hedge).

David Starsky is just the sort of uptight, anal retentive stick - in - the - mud that Stiller's has a lot of success with in films like Meet the Parents and Along Came Polly - while Wilson's Ken Hutchinson is reminiscent of virtually every character in the actor's repertoire (with few exceptions, including his rare dramatic performance in The Minus Man).

Helgenberger would continue to appear in films like In Good Company and Mr. Brooks, and found particular success with the starring role of Catherine Willows on the long running proceedural CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

The success of the film led to a job directing the 1989 big - budget version of Batman; a darkly lavish, gothic production, the film proved to be a huge hit, securing Burton a place on the roster of A-list directors.His next film, 1990's Edward Scissorhands was the tongue - in - cheek gothic tale of an artificial boy put together by a benign scientist, who dies before he can complete the boy; as a result, the fabricated youth has hedge clipper - like scissors for hands.

Over the Top is pretty much like all of the other successful Stallone films, which probably means that it will be a success, too.

He compared the process to Deadpool, which may have seemed like an instant, overnight success, but he reminded fans that the film was in various stages of development for a decade before it hit theaters.

If major US studios think they can churn out substandard films, using product - placement to cover the cost of scatter - shot television advertising as a route to box office success, then they, like the Spartans themselves, are doomed.

Still, in the eyes of near - sighted Hollywood executives, Chan's star power was proven by the financial success of mediocre chop suey action films like «Rush Hour» and «Shanghai Noon.»

With the success of the National Treasure films, how was it like to work with Nicolas Cage in a different type of film, especially with a film that is very visual effect driven?

After starring in acclaimed films like The Killing of A Sacred Deer and Dunkirk, Keoghan told how he reckons the Irish charm could have something to do with his success abroad.

From British / Irish director Martin McDonagh, who'd already had massive transatlantic success with plays like «The Beauty Queen of Leenane» and «The Cripple of Inishmaan» and had already won an Academy Award for his short film «Six Shooter,» the hitman black comedy was not just the arrival of an exciting new director, but also marked a refreshing change of pace for Farrell, whose split personality of rugged charm, soulfulness and hair - trigger volatility found its most perfect vehicle to date.

Following the success of last year's Million Dollar Arm, which was pretty decent, and previous efforts like Cool Runnings (brilliant), Invincible (okay) and even Remember The Titans with Denzel Washington (decent), the studio presents McFarland, a film named after one of the poorest towns in California, situated just north of Los Angeles.

Sharing the honour with the likes of Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac and Lupita Nyong «o, the film is, no doubt, set to be a huge box office success.

Made for a mere $ 4.8 million, the «Groundhog Day» - like horror film directed by Christopher Landon and rated PG - 13 follows the success of Blumhouse's other 2017 hits, «Get Out» and «Split».

Considering how that film was not exactly a commercial success, this may not sound like a big deal to many of you but as someone who believes that bleak and bruising comedy - drama to be one of the great unsung movies of the decade — the kind of film that the great Billy Wilder might have made once upon a time — I went into the screening with the kind of over-the-top sense of anticipation that many felt as they walked into «Avengers: Infinity War.»

Some of the credit for the film's success is due to the talent brought on board, starting with a phenomenal cast of actors, including Oscar - nominated thespians like Benedict Cumberatch, Tilda Swinton, Chiwetel Ejiofor (Triple 9), and Rachel McAdams (Spotlight).

Perhaps expectations might have played a role as to why surprise like Cherish has become a minor favorite of mine and an expected success like The Darwin Awards is a disappointment, In this outing, Taylor seems like he's trying too hard to be clever, and though his imagination is admirable, as a comedy, his film falls short regardless of whatever direction he manages to take it, primarily because it goes everywhere and nowhere at once.

Not a complete success, Sentinel, like the stray film in the Children of the Corn and Hellraiser direct - to - video series (IV and V respectively), succeeds based on a talented director and a smart use of atmosphere.

After the recent success of the movies like Alice In Wonderland, Cinderella, 2016 Jungle Book and Beauty and the Beast, Disney studios knows it is onto a really good thing by making its animated films into live - action movies.

After the success of Disney's «Alice in Wonderland», we knew that more films like this weren't far behind.

David Mamet ---- «House of Games «If it feels like some of the writers on this list kind of lucked into direction having written a film (or several) that became a mainstream success thereafter, there are a few others whose writerly voice was already so established that the idea of having them direct a straightforward genre film is kind of inconceivable (see also: Charlie Kaufman).

With the success of Marvel films like Logan and Deadpool, 20th Century Fox is continuing to take risks with its superhero properties.

In the wake of the international success of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the film sounded like a rip - off, featuring martial arts fighting and battles between massive armies.

The movie's unexpectedly goofy sense of humor helps to keep things light, and the actors do a good job with the material they've been given, but «Beautiful Creatures» doesn't feel like it was made by a studio that loved the books, but rather the idea of success that a film adaptation might bring — all business and no soul.

The actor's ability to poke fun at herself while starring in a tentpole film like «Ready Player One» is part of what makes Cooke's success feel so genuine.

Following the film's success Lynskey moved to Los Angeles, but like many aspiring actresses she faced a lot of rejection, but not for her acting; looks and body physique were to blame.

This film, made on an identically low budget but with a lot more confidence, feels like another step in a transformation: It waves away the somber atmosphere of his early successes to run hollering down a dark tunnel, chasing familiar motifs further underground.

Marvel are riding a tide of success at the moment with many films in production, including the likes of Thor: Ragnarok, Spider - Man: Homecoming, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

by Walter Chaw One of legendary director John Ford's last films, and his final collaboration with John Wayne, Donovan's Reef is, like much of Ford's later work, a derivative amalgam of his earlier successes.

In some ways it plays like a sardonic post-script to their great success, The Third Man, in others a transition film between the gritty but heroic espionage thrillers of the forties and fifties and the far more ambivalent and skeptical work of John Le Carre, as seen in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold just a few years later.