Sentences with phrase «superhero tentpoles of»

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Thus, the reference to Birdman: a movie about an actor attempting to erase the memories of his superhero alter ego by staging a serious play; a movie in which an actor's superhero alter ego follows him like a ghost, reminding him it's the hero people want to see, not the washed - up actor and his play; a movie that exists as a rebuke to the tights - clad tentpoles that have taken over the industry.

Working unobtrusively but consistently in a decadent Hollywood that's doubled down on sci - fi / fantasy / superhero franchise tentpoles as the end - all - be-all of action movies, Jaume Collet - Serra has been diligently and often ingeniously pursuing another filmmaking model, that of the mid-range budget standalone genre picture.

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.

This is a fresh take on the thriller genre in the time of superheroes tentpoles and Disney - adaptation epics that leave our eye sockets choked full of CGIs.

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.

The Disney and Marvel superhero tentpole brought its overall total to just short of $ 600 million.

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 tentpole, which cost between $ 300 million and $ 400 million, opened worldwide with $ 630 million, making it the highest global opening weekend of all time, even without China debuting this weekend.

Currently, the superhero tentpole is selling more than double the amount of tickets on Fandango that «Black Panther» sold at the same point in the sales cycle.

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

Although this isn't Hollywood's first attempt to turn a historically black superhero into the main event, headlining their own tentpole film — consider Wesley Snipes run as the vampire - hunter Blade, Halle Berry's turn as Catwoman, Will Smith's alcoholic anti-hero Hancock or even Shaquille O'Neal's turn as Steel — this feels like a first in part because of how much effort has been poured into its making and, more importantly, how readily it embraces its fundamental blackness, from its colorful African settings to its tribally - influenced makeup, hairstyle, and costumes to its predominately black cast and crew, a verifiable assemblage of talent that'll turn even the most skeptical of heads.

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.

It was the fail story of the Summer, with Twentieth Century Fox's tentpole superhero blockbuster bombing so hard at the box office, it took out a five - mile stretch of Odeons in the Greater Bexleyheath area.

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.