Sentences with phrase «war movie in»

Is it the best war movie in recent years?

This is all the more appropriate since, as a whole, Civil War can be summed as part effective superhero action / thriller, but also equal parts, if not more so, engaging dramatic / psychological thriller that features Earth's Mightiest Heroes; though admittedly, while the title might suggest otherwise, Civil War is only really a superhero war movie in a figurative sense.

Working from a script by Anthony McCarten (The Theory of Everything), he films this politics - as - war movie in a slam - bang yet also rhythmic and expansive style that reflects Churchill's own temperament.

Yet it lacks for original images and unique perspectives on this done - to - death subject and may feel overly familiar to anyone who's caught a half decent war movie in their time.

Final Verdict: We haven't had a good war movie in a while and Fury, led by a terrific Brad Pitt, definitely gives us one.

I have a memory of a war movie in which a woman is giving birth in a tank or a submarine (for whatever reason) and even in THAT situation, the men know better than she does how to labor — she's forced to lie down and put her feet up in two bandoliers suspended from the ceiling as stirrups.

Before creating the first Stars Wars movie in the 1970's, George Lucas planned for at least six films and started at episode four, rather than episode one.

This is the best Star Wars movie in the series.

The Empire Strikes Back, the second Star Wars movie in chronological order, is almost as good as the original.

«Fury» is one of the bloodiest, saddest, and most authentic - looking war movies in recent years.

There's a new Star Wars movie in theaters this month, as Solo: A Star Wars Story arrives on May 25, powered by a starring performance from Alden Ehrenreich and the great and terrible power of the Disney marketing machine.

Kushner resorts to one of the oldest expository devices in movies — the «man with a pointer scene,» which refers to those old war movies in which an officer stands before a map, outlining the plan of attack — but the monologue in which Lincoln presents his dilemma to the cabinet is wonderfully lucid and compact.

Man, we're getting 3 Star Wars movies in less than 2 years time!

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This is the first year Lucasfilm will be releasing two Star Wars movie in the same year, and even though Rian Johnson is developing a new trilogy and the Game of Thrones creators are working on their own separate series of films, it still may be a few years before they make that pace their new normal.

«It's on the level of a Star Wars movie in terms of world creation,» Anderson added.

Each Stormtrooper helmet has been provided by Andrew Ainsworth of Shepperton Design Studios using the original moulds he used for the first Star Wars movie in 1976.

He'll be back for more Star Wars movies in the future.

Not exact matches

On a visit to the DreamWorks studio, which produced animated films such as Shrek, Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda, Mr Obama said Hollywood was a «bright spot» in the US economy and that movies such as Star Wars were a tool for American diplomacy around the world.

Of course, complaints about the proliferation of sequels tend to be much louder in the wake of a high - profile flop than they are after the release of financially and critically successful follow - ups (see: Disney's Marvel and Star Wars franchises, or the Despicable Me and Hunger Games movies, to name a few — though, some movies still make a ton of money despite toxic reviews).

Prince William and his brother Harry did more than just play with lightsabers when they dropped by the set of the next «Star Wars» movie in April 2016.

They were shocked to find that the new «Star Wars» movie was being filmed in their backyard.

After an excellent performance in sci - fi indie «Ex Machina,» he will also star in HBO miniseries «Show Me a Hero», and a little movie called «Star Wars».

But that doesn't mean that all of these MCU villains are bad: they're just forgettable, even in some of the best movies to date including «Iron Man 3,» «Ant - Man,» and «Captain America: Civil War.»

But others point to an overreliance on movie tie - ins and a lack of novelty: Star Wars toys didn't sell as well as expected, perhaps because kids see them as a tired formula.

The memory may have faded, but movie studios can still feel the sharp barb left behind by 2014's release of «The Interview,» the James Franco and Seth Rogen - starring slapstick comedy that saw the duo assassinate Kim Jong - un; hundreds of Sony's e-mails were leaked by hackers in the aftermath, causing their own controversies, while even the brief threat of all - out war seemed to hang strangely in the air.

There was no better way to release the upcoming Star Wars movie than in a 360 VR fly - through experience.

AT - ATs were featured in the classic «Star Wars» movie «The Empire Strikes Back» as well as the newer film «Rogue One.»

Stanley Kubrick's look at the madness of war is still a powerful work, mainly because of the first half of the movie in which the Marines go through training.

«I mean, I thought they might make more Star Wars movies — not that I thought it all that much — but I doubted that I would find myself in them.

Brie Larson's Captain Marvel could make a brief appearance or cameo in «Infinity War» to get us even more excited about 2019's «Captain Marvel,» the first female - led movie in the MCU.

For that to happen, Star Wars will have to break through in a usually crowded December period for movies, a month where no film has broken past $ 100 million in its opening weekend.

All this before Disney releases what is likely to be the biggest movie of the year in «Star Wars: The Force Awakens.»

Since the «Star Wars» prequels, in which George Lucas was heavily criticized for using too much CGI to create the worlds and characters, many big - budget movies have tried to find that happy medium of practical and visual effects to give the action on screen a more grounded feel.

That movie plans to pit Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) against fellow Avenger Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) in a sequel that will continue to build toward the first «Infinity War» story.

Recently, «Star Wars: The Force Awakens» star John Boyega told British Vogue that his character Finn will be «much more physical» in the next «Star Wars» movie, «Episode VIII.»

A landmark faux - documentary about the Algerian War in the late 1950s and early 1960s against the French government in North Africa, the movie was banned in France for six years due to its pro-Algerian message.

Disney is expected to report increased first - quarter revenue and profit thanks, in part, to Star Wars bolstering its movie studio and merchandising units.

Directed by Ryan Coogler (Creed) and starring Chadwick Boseman (Get On Up) as the Black Panther, the movie is the first standalone film for the classic Marvel Comics character after Boseman previously appeared as the Black Panther in 2016's Marvel film, Captain America: Civil War.

The company has done well with several of its movie franchises, such as Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar and Shrek, but it doesn't have anything that really compares to the Star Wars library or the Marvel franchise (although Shrek has pulled in about $ 3.5 billion since the original movie in 2001).

The Force remains strong with the new Star Wars movie, which is on track to top $ 1 billion in global ticket sales this weekend, making it the fastest - ever film to reach that level.

Disney said Star Wars has rung up $ 440.4 million in U.S. and Canada ticket sales and $ 449.9 million internationally, and it is set to open in China, the world's No. 2 movie market, on Jan. 9.

Dozens and dozens of war movies had been made before it, but this movie transcended all of them in terms of how it portrayed combat.

In addition to Bright, Netflix recently bought a war - movie satire by Brad Pitt and a drama about a Cambodian human - rights activist, directed by Pitt's wife, Angelina Jolie Pitt.

While «Infinity War» is the longest, 2008's «The Incredible Hulk» and 2013's «Thor: The Dark World» — the second and eighth movies in the MCU, respectively — are the shortest.

Movie Budgets «Courage under Fire»: $ 46m «Saving Private Ryan»: $ 70m «Titan AE»: $ 75m «Syriana»: $ 50m «Green Zone»: $ 100m «Elysium»: $ 115m «Interstellar»: $ 165m «The Martian»: $ 108m TOTAL: $ 729m Fictional Costs of Saving Matt Damon (costs are in 2015 currency) «Courage Under Fire» (Gulf War 1 helicopter rescue): $ 300k «Saving Private Ryan» (WW2 Europe search party): $ 100k «Titan AE» (Earth evacuation spaceship): $ 200B «Syriana» (Middle East private security return flight): $ 50k «Green Zone» (US Army transport from Middle East): $ 50k «Elysium» (Space station security deployment and damages): $ 100m «Interstellar» (Interstellar spaceship): $ 500B «The Martian» (Mars mission): $ 200B TOTAL: $ 900B plus change

What critics said: «In a summer movie landscape with Spider - Man, a simian army waging further battle for the planet and Charlize Theron as a sexy Cold War - era superspy, it says something that one of the most compelling characters is Al Gore.»

That runtime makes it the longest movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, of which «Infinity War» is the 19th film in the franchise.

The realm, which Doctor Strange briefly visited in his 2016 movie, may come into play in next year's «Infinity War» sequel.

Having captivated boys with its «Star Wars» figures, the toy company is turning to Disney Princesses and the launch of its first animated movie to arrest a five - quarter slump in sales of its toys for...