Sentences with phrase «summers hit film»

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Released last summer in theaters, and now available on DVD, The War Room was the most surprising hit film of 2015 — and one of the most rewarding.

I practically grew up on the beloved Pixar film «Finding Nemo», so you can only imagine my excitement when «Finding Dory» hit theaters last summer.

The former star of Party of Five and films like I Know What You Did Last Summer is embarking on the fourth season of Ghost Whisperer, the creepy hit drama in which she plays Melinda, a young newlywed able to pass messages from the dead to the living.

Recently, in an industry first, Pantone, Illumination Entertainment and Universal Partnerships & Licensing created an official new PANTONE Color, Minion Yellow, based on the Minions from Universal Pictures and Illumination's Despicable Me global film franchise, including this summer's blockbuster hit, Minions.

Following Orgazmo (1997), the Parker film that Stone produced, and BASEketball (1998), in which he starred with Parker, South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut hit movie screens across the country during the summer of 1999.

But those two films, along with Paul Feig's summer comedy hit Spy, were about all that went right for the studio in 2015.

Recently, she hosted the third season of «Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner» for the Si TV Network.New York Newsday raved over her performance in the indie hit «Woman Thou Art Loosed» calling her portrayal of an ex-con recovering addict «Haunting «Six Page Pictorial in the new Las Vegas National Magazine «Player» released Jan 2006Studied Shakespeare at «The Actors Circle Theatre» in Los Angeles and received a standing ovation for her portrayal of «Miss Alma» in Tennesee William's «Summer and Smoke «Running Scared, the film she had a supporting lead in with Paul Walker, is the Top Ten DVD Rental of the month.

This brilliant contraption of a film could become the hit of the summer.

This week, get the latest casting details on the next Superman movie, and watch a dozen just - released trailers for upcoming films ranging from summer comedies to Sundance hits to foreign - language Oscar contenders.

The Summer Blockbuster Hit, Disney • Pixar's «Finding Dory,» Swims Home on Digital HD on Oct. 25 and Blu - ray ™ on Nov. 15 Dive deep into the kelp to find out more about the making of the film with extensive extras featuring the creative talent of Pixar and the all - star cast!

Named for its orange color palette, the film was shot on an iPhone 5S with a tiny budget, becoming a surprise box office hit this summer.

Ridley Scott's much anticipated prequel / sequel to his hit film Alien and the polarizing Prometheus will be moved from it's October release into the summer in August while «The Predator» will come out in March 2018 with the director of The Monster Squad and Shane Black returning to pare up for the sequel to the 1987 classic.

The film adaptation of Cassandra Clare's «Mortal Instruments» novels is slated to hit theaters next summer, with Lily Collins and Jamie Campbell Bower attached to star.

That will change this summer when the highly anticipated Sundance horror film Hereditary hits theaters.

One of Marvel Studios» biggest risks finally hit cinemas this summer after months of speculation of whether the film would survive or even pay...

It's tough to call «White House Down» a quality film when considering the award - worthy material that's already hit theaters this year, but it's easy to dub it a quality summer film.

Nakashima «Äôs film was THE summer hit in Japan this season and is riding high as a crowd pleaser in festival circuits worldwide.

He has taken over the animation world with his shows «Family Guy» and «American Dad» and recently crossed over into film with the huge summer hit «Ted».

Rachel McAdams, Naomie Harris, Curtis «50 Cent» Jackson and more star in the film which will hit theaters on July 31st this summer.

This sequel to the 1999 hit that aspired to be the new PORKY»S — but was really the new FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH — finds the Michigan teens back from college on their first summer break: well - meaning mope Jim (Jason Biggs); sensitive jock Oz (Chris Klein); sophisticate - wannabe Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas), who remains obsessed with a classmate's randy mother following their fling in the first film; and Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas), the nice, regular guy audiences are meant to identify with.

Cooper has starred in comedies such as the 2001 film «Wet Hot American Summer,» 2005's «Wedding Crashers,» and the 2009 box office hit «The Hangover» and earned his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor for the 2012 film «Silver Linings Playbook.»

Hit the jump for more on the film and a statement from Nolan about shooting in Pittsburgh this summer.

I think the release is later than expected for two reasons, firstly Sony Pictures Classics now have a trilogy of films coming out over the summer with this, the new Almodovar film and Before Midnight hitting cinemas in May and June respectively.

Bridesmaids is already something of a hit, we know The Hangover Part II is going to be a monster and with the recent releases of trailers for films like 30 Minutes Or Less, Friends With Benefits, Crazy Stupid Love, Bad Teacher, The Change Up and Horrible Bosses, maybe this summer will be remembered less for its loud explosions and leotards and more for its laughs.

Despite middling reviews, the magic - themed heist film Now You See Me proved a surprise hit for Lionsgate back in 2013, and now the company is releasing a sequel this summer with returning stars Jesse Eisenberg, Dave Franco, and Woody Harrelson, joined by Lizzy Caplan and Daniel Radcliffe.

Coming to prominence thanks to (500) Days of Summer, the director then made the two Andrew Garfield Spider - Man films before returning to character - driven work with this spring's Gifted, which was a modest hit for Fox Searchlight.

Here's a look at some of the family - friendly films hitting theaters this summer.

The question remains which films will manage to break through the pack in the last couple of months before the summer movie season hits.

Set in Los Angeles in the summer of 1969, the movie focuses on a former male TV actor who's had one hit series and is looking for a way to get into the film business.

In a way, the film plays like a greatest - hits collection of the worst films so far of Summer 2017, from an appearance by the Knights of the Round Table that calls to mind «King Arthur: Legend of the Sword,» the leaden comedy and leering courtship of «Baywatch» and the general «Why are we in England again?»

But what is unexpected about this summer hit is the amount of humanity the script brings to the story; there is at least one relatable theme within the film that any audience member, no matter his or her own personal background, will find.

Yes, Nolan: he brought summer hit Dunkirk to T.I.F.F. for a special IMAX presentation that was perfectly timed to keep his film in the conversation, and hopes for his first - ever best - director nomination alive.

Director Roland Emmerich's Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx - fronted White House Down was supposed to be a massive summer hit, but instead the film only managed to gross $ 73 million domestically.

There are many things in common between the two films, each a summer Columbia Pictures release grossing in the neighborhood of $ 250 million domestically (Ghostbusters» slightly lesser take obviously meaning much more when thirteen years of inflation are accounted for) and spawning a hit titular theme song, an animated TV series, and a sequel.

Independent film has hit the summer doldrums.

When The Blair Witch Project hit multiplexes in 1999, it not only became a summer blockbuster and box - office phenomenon, it rewrote the grammar of horror films — a lot of viewers thought it was a documentary.

He has morphed from the androgynous alien kid in long - running 90s TV hit Third Rock from the Sun to the teen gay hustler in Gregg Araki's 2004 film Mysterious Skin, bouncing on through characters as varied as (500) Days of Summer's lovelorn romeo, Hesher's charismatically violent burnout, and Inception's corporate dream - fiddling crook.

Other highlights from 2016 (and also must see films) have included the very informative and poignant documentary, «Maya Angelou and Still I Rise,» by Rita Coburn Whack and Bob Hercules; Mick Jackson's «Denial,» the gripping Holocaust denial tale with compelling performances from Rachel Weisz and Timothy Spall; Paul Verhoeven's «Elle,» with its great Isabelle Huppert performance; the remarkably thoughtful sci - fi film, «Arrival,» by Denis Villeneuve; Tom Ford's «Nocturnal Animals,» with its outstanding performances from Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Shannon; David Mackenzie's «Hell or High Water,» this summer's sleeper hit; Cristian Mungiu's «Graduation,» winner of the Best Director prize at Cannes; and Cristi Puiu's «Sieranevada,» winner of the top prize at this year's Chicago International Film Festival.

The sumptuously filmed classical drama will be a strong awards contender (for cinematography as well as foreign film) and could prove an art - house hit in North America, adding to such Amazon successes as Kenneth Lonergan's «Manchester by the Sea» (Roadside Attractions) and Asghar Farhadi's «The Salesman» (Cohen Media), which both won Oscars, as well as last year's Sundance acquisition, summer hit «The Big Sick» (Lionsgate), which earned an Original Screenplay nomination.

Late last summer, reports emerged that the Weinstein Company, the film's U.S distributor, wanted 20 minutes cut, to up the tempo of the film — even as the movie was a critical and financial hit across Asia and Europe.

The movie is the acclaimed director Richard Linklater «s highly anticipated follow up to his hit film Boyhood, which received tons of rave reviews this summer.

Summer blockbuster season is usually prime time for action flicks, but adventure films — including Marvel superheroes and a motley crew of gamers — will hit theaters well into December.

At the film's recent Los Angeles press day, the cast and crew let slip a few fun facts behind the making of the sleeper hit of the Summer.

Film Review by Kam Williams Headline: Megan Morphs into Monster in Tasteless Zombie Flick Megan Fox's Transformers 2 may have been the biggest box - office hit of the summer, but her new film, Jennifer's Body, has a better chance of becoming the biggest flop of the fall.

The first trailer for The Smurfs hit theaters this summer and featured more inappropriate humor than we were expecting for a kid's film («Smurf happens»... really?).

The film premiered at last year's Venice and Toronto Film Festivals, and is just hitting US theaters and VOD this summer, if you're curious to check it out.

With the film due to hit theaters later this summer, we're finally starting to catch a glimpse of what Foy has in store.

The trail blazed by Hathaway's hit of last summer, The Devil Wears Prada, is treaded most slavishly by an adaptation of another chick lit bestseller, Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus's The Nanny Diaries; in fact, simply trade out Hathaway for Scarlett Johansson as the employee, Meryl Streep for Laura Linney as the employer, and the world of fashion magazines to snooty Upper East Side high society, and you have vaguely the same film.

When «Spider - Man: Homecoming» hit theaters this past summer, I think audiences were genuinely shocked to get another good film in the franchise after 13 long years and three big disappointments along the way.

Where many studio films suffered over the summer with the critics, these three films were hits with both the critics and fans alike.