Sentences with phrase «takes superhero cinema»

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The raucous, raunchy Deadpool 2, which opens in wide release Friday, is a fitting sequel to the wry and self - referential original, a superhero film billed as a new frontier in superhero cinema that took the box office by storm in 2016.

The Avengers has enjoyed the biggest superhero movie opening in British cinema history after taking $ 25 million (# 16 million) at the U.K. box...

Ever since «X-Men» took advantage of digital effects technology to render eye beams and human - generated lightning bolts, the finest examples of superhero cinema have grabbed hold of this opportunity with both hands to deliver innovative and arresting experiences within an established but flexible formula.

For cinema - goers, summer ’11 has provided no shortage of spandex - clad warriors and explosive fight scenes, but the rap game's superheroes have been uncharacteristically coy: Lil Wayne's fourth Carter album has been delayed for months, the Jay - Z / Kanye collabo finally hits stores next week after a half - year's worth of bait and switch, and Drake passed on giving the season a high - profile closer when he pushed his Take Care from mid-September to late October.

The third instalment of the Marvel superhero team's big screen adventures is set to hit cinemas next year — with filming taking place recently in Edinburgh.

Written and directed by Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter, Mud), Midnight Special has roots in the sort of golly - gee earnest filmmaking of Steven Spielberg's Amblin era — most notably Close Encounters of the Third Kind and ET — but it also owes a lot to the current trend of superhero cinema.

If you take the time period as 2003 - 2007, three of the superhero movies released are superhero cinema benchmarks that would still make a superhero movie all - star starting eleven: X2: X-Men United; Spider - Man 2; Batman Begins.