Sentences with phrase «superhero tentpoles for»

Somehow, it's May, and I've seen all three superhero tentpoles for this year.

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And the film counts as a major, important victory for representation — not just as a rare, series - launching vehicle for a black superhero, but also as a mega-budget Hollywood tentpole starring mostly black actors, one that's explicitly about black (and African) identity.

The latest accomplishment: The Disney and Marvel superhero tentpole passed up James Cameron's Titanic on Saturday to rank as the third top - grossing title of all time at the North American box office behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($ 936.7 million) and Avatar ($ 760.5 million), not adjusted for inflation.

With Doctor Strange about to hit theatres, naturally Marvel is ready to stoke the masses for their next superhero tentpole: Guardians of the Galaxy - Vol.

In this Marvel tentpole world, where faux dramatics are conjured to create the illusion that superheroes are fighting for something of some value, Rogue One is indeed rebellious, posing a quest that resonates with emotional engagement and grand illusion.

The superhero genre has (deservingly) caught a lot of flack over the years for its Saturday Morning Cartoons rendition of tentpole blockbuster cinema.

But in an entertainment climate where it's all about reboots and superhero tentpoles and adaptations of preexisting source material, where we're constantly clamoring for anything new, it's hugely refreshing to have a series of films that doesn't seem to give a shit about any of that.

As film turns towards tentpoles, superhero movies, and event pictures, Haynes praised the small screen and streaming outlets for having more adventurous taste.

And after sixteen years of big time tentpole superhero flicks, and eight years of almost suffocating omnipresence of these films in pop culture, the time certainly feels right for a movie to come along and knock them down a few pegs from the inside.

In this cinematic era when no less than half a dozen tentpole superhero movies will hit theaters with the force of Thor's hammer in a single year, it takes more than cool fight scenes and colorful costumes for a comic book - based film to emerge as something special.