Sentences with phrase «than a superhero skig»

The upshot: Mirror neurons may be more sidekicks than superheroes, but they're propelling neuroscience in promising new directions.

Which I guess are more supervillain than superhero.

You could do worse than a superhero movie that's merely hilarious.

As a rule, these movies basically work, most of them, even if they sometimes feel more like a product, launched, than a superhero world, imagined.

New Mutants is directed by Josh Boone and written by Boone and Knate Lee, and is positioned as more of a horror movie than a superhero movie, as evidenced by the film's initial trailer.

Others, like the Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) are more like super-spies than superheroes, black - ops specialists with highly developed fighting skills but no special powers.

More a grand fantasy with martial arts overtones than a superhero battle royal.

This sequel is more religious thriller than superhero film, though the directing duo of Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (whose other credits include Gamer and the maligned Jonah Hex screenplay) make it look like a car commercial, with their jerky handheld digital video, odd angles, and hollow showiness.

Blade, to the fresh eye, free of the fandom surrounding the character, comes across as the kind of film that is probably closer to a B Movie in the action genre than a superhero flick, as it is branded to be.

«So it's probably going to feel like it's more about the political unrest than the superhero, initially.»

It probably would have been better as a Grindhouse movie than a superhero movie.

We're close to the action in this film, often shot from low to the ground, more like a «Bourne» film than a superhero movie, and the focus is more on fight choreography than editing.

We can expect further details on what other additions will be included as the release date draws nearer but for now it's just nice to know there will be more to look forward to this summer than superhero popcorn flicks and swimming pools.

Elwes told Deadline that «it's really difficult right now to get financing for anything other than superhero films» and that Movie Collective offers an alternative way to finance «quality films».

While audiences are still cowed by Disney's all - powerful money - printing Infinity Gauntlet, an understated Hungarian narrative is quietly raising some far more provocative ideas than any superhero massacre ever could.

In Hollywood, the only thing more ubiquitous than superhero movies are complaints about superhero movies: that they are interchangeable and far too numerous.

«The creation of «Black Panther» represents the turn from seeing black people as victims to them having agency, and who has more agency than a superhero?»

«By nature comedies offer something different than the superhero movies and blockbusters,» Rentrak senior analyst Paul Dergarabedian told TheWrap.

Sure it takes place in the X-Men universe but it looks more like a «trapped in a hellish insane asylum» movie than a superhero movie would success.

The newest Marvel movie is about more than a superhero's journey.

The character's introduction in Captain America: Civil War (more on that later) is built upon here as the film does a fantastic job of showing audiences Peter's teenage earnestness that it makes it feel more like a coming - of - age film than a superhero blockbuster.

Because that's true, «Captain America: Civil War» appeals to me more strongly than any superhero movie of the last decade.

Ultimately, this looks like it takes itself far more seriously than that superhero flick.

It's so different than the superhero movies to date, it departs so far from that,» says the actor.

Much more than superhero movies themselves, Reynolds, Leitch and the rest of the team are going after the business of superhero movies, the contractual stipulations that leave certain characters outside of certain movies despite what fans want to see.

Part of that, frankly, stems from uncertainty as to what exactly Doom's powers are, after a fleeting demonstration of them that feels closer to horror than the superhero genre.

This time Traveller's Tales ridiculously productive team of developers are taking on dinosaurs, rather than superheroes or goblins, with Lego: Jurassic World.

That movie gets a little of a bad rap, but this go - around, their efforts do feel fresh and original in an R - rated comedy genre that too can feel more staid than the superhero one.

T'Challa's first feature dominated more than the superhero genre, however, as the film outperformed even Star Wars: The Last Jedi domestically in its debut.

At such moments, Lamar is something grander than a superhero: heroically human.

Once Whedon gets the cast in the same room and gives them the chance to interact as people rather than superheroes, the movie blossoms in a strangely wonderful way, one where it's easy to wish that they would keep talking, rather than ramping up for the butt - kicking that is just around the corner.

Let's reiterate that Creed is a character study, much like the original Rocky (1976), rather than a superhero movie or a comic book movie like some of the middle Rocky sequels became.

More of a «coming of age» story than a superhero origin story per se, Black Panther is the most freestanding Marvel film since Iron Man.

«They had to be more than superheroes,» he says.

Friday, 12:15 — 1PM Location: 1A14 IMAGE COMICS: I IS FOR INFINITE Comics are much bigger than superheroes.

The UK comic 2000AD has been around since 1977, and it wasn't easy to find in the U.S. until just a few years ago, but it presents a bit less of a challenge than superheroes.

A site that focuses on indy comics rather than superheroes would probably do better, as the Diamond storefront carries comics from BOOM!

The crouch - and - cover template adds a realistic military feel to Rogue Trooper's otherwise fanciful wartime allegory, and as you pick your way carefully across large open battlefields or through tangled ruins, you really feel like a trooper rather than a superhero.

We can expect further details on what other additions will be included as the release date draws nearer but for now it's just nice to know there will be more to look forward to this summer than superhero popcorn flicks and swimming pools.

Then look no further than superheroes - for - hire, The Captain and Star!

There's greater threat at hand than the superhero...

Not exact matches

Of course, it was more than looks that helped her get the part of the former superhero turned private - eye.

The model for other studios to follow here would seem to be to, first, test your potential audience with more than just a vague idea and then deliver a product that is both true to its source material while also offering something beyond what viewers have already come to expect from typical superheroes (in this case, that would be the comedy, sex, and violence).

While the top 20 most downloaded films included some prestigious movies like 12 Years a Slave (at number 10) and Gravity (at number four), the majority of the most pirated flicks were largely big blockbuster franchises, adapted from books — Divergent, Hunger Games: Catching Fire and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug — superhero sequels and reboots like Godzilla and Robocop, although Excipio was unclear as to how many of the more than 29 million illegal downloads were for the»87 original.

While some might associate Marvel with just a few prominent superheroes like Iron Man, the comic universe it represents is much larger than that.

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«Black Panther» is more than just a global blockbuster superhero movie — it has become a cultural force.

Incrediboy - Don't you know that you sound just like this: «My imaginary superhero is better than your imaginary superhero»!

Last week, Ryan Reynolds» hard - edged superhero movie Deadpool had the biggest opening weekend for an R - Rated movie in American box office history, and brought in more than $ 260 million globally.

One would tell the other that their superhero was 10 times stronger than the other's.