Sentences with phrase «threats against movie»

It will be known as the movie that got Sony hacked (regardless of whether this is actually true), the movie that led to terroristic threats against movie theater chains, twisting it into some sort of bizarrely misguided emblem of freedom of speech and national patriotism (one theater offered free popcorn to anyone who presented a copy of the Constitution, which is mystifying on a number of levels).

Not exact matches

More alarmingly, it has been lobbying against traditional theater - only cinematic runs for new movie releases — leading John Fithian, CEO of the National Association of Theatre Owners trade organization, to call out Netflix at a recent conference as a «grave threat to the movie business.»

The cyberhacking of Sony Pictures, the release of reams of private information, the terrorist threats against theaters, the back - and - forth on whether to show the movie to audiences at all — what a waste of time and energy.

The film's goofy narrative, wherein a PTSD - suffering bodyguard named Vincent (Matthias Schoenaerts) struggles to protect a wealthy Lebanese businessman's wife, Jessie (Diane Kruger), against perhaps - phantasmic threats, is wisely backgrounded in favour of moody, near - impressionistic glimpses of figures in crisis — that is, until it isn't, and the film takes a not - quite - fatal nosedive into movie - of - the - week cliché.

A kind of Rogue One for All the President's Men, the film is a timely, terrifying and ultimately rousing movie in an era of daily presidential threats against the free press.

The movie studio has been considering several actors for the title role in their big screen adaptation of the comic book, about a neurosurgeon who serves as the Sorcerer Supreme, protecting Earth against mystical threats.

Conversely, there have been death threats from fans against journalists for including spoilers in their commentary on the movie.