Sentences with phrase «which made it to the big screen»

Fifty Shades, The Martian and Still Alice all have something in common, aside from being bestselling books which made it to the big screen: they were all initially self published.

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The common «creation story» emerging from the fields of astrophysics, biology, and scientific cosmology makes small any myth of creation from the various religious traditions: some ten billion or so years ago the universe began from a big bang exploding the «matter,» which was infinitesimally small and infinitely dense, outward to create the untold number of galaxies of which our tiny planet is but one blip on the screen.

You don't make a whole lot of money doing this unless someone randomly decides to add a big screen TV to their shopping cart after they've followed your link... which has been known to happen from time to time.

I appreciated it more on a big screen, which seemed to make the bullet - hell maneuvering more precise.

I appreciated it more on a big screen, which seemed to make the bullet - hell maneuvering more

Given the nature of its story, there's an obvious parallel to be made to the current United States administration and its strenuous relationship with the media, which is why Spielberg and his team felt it was so necessary to move swiftly and get it to the big screen while the material is still timely.

After more than two decades stranded in the depths of Development Hell, the much - anticipated Black Panther has finally made it to the big screen... which it graces with style.

He made his big screen debut in Spike Lee's Crooklyn (1994), and he subsequently appeared in Lee's Clockers (1995), Girl 6 (1996), and Get on the Bus (1996), the last of which cast him as a gay man on his way to the 1995 Million Man March in Washington, D.C.Some of Washington's other memorable credits during the»90s included the Hughes brothers» Dead Presidents (1995), the warmly received ensemble romantic comedy Love Jones (1997), Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight (1998), in which Washington gave a memorable turn as a scheming con's violent brother - in - law; Warren Beatty's Bulworth (1998), and Clint Eastwood's True Crime (1999), which cast Washington as a man awaiting execution on death row after being falsely accused of murder.

This week brings the latest Zack Snyder opus to the big screen, which led to the news that Snyder really wants to make Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead into a movie, which led all of us to talk about the last time Snyder put his id on rampant display: Sucker Punch.

The most important part of all of the pieces which must come together to successfully transform one of the most popular and beloved novels of all time to the big screen is the screenplay and the choices the writer makes.

This twist came out of nowhere, which isn't a bad thing in and of itself, except that so many more left - turns were to follow that it started to feel like Affleck was so overwhelmed by translating Lehane's novel for the big screen that he just decided to throw in all of «what happens» in the book without figuring out how to make us care about any of it.

Signatures is a short film scheme for the making of live - action, fiction films that act as a proving - ground for Irish creative talents which aims to encourage strong, original storytelling, visual flair, and production values appropriate to the big screen.

WTC VIEW was the first play from The New York International Fringe Festival to make the leap to the big screen in 2005, but playwright Brian Sloan resisted the temptation to fundamentally change the nature of his play by opening it up beyond the one apartment in which it takes place.

«It was an absolute dream, synergistic moment of casting,» says Allison Williams of being offered, as her first big - screen role, the part of Rose Armitage, the female lead in Jordan Peele «s feature directorial debut Get Out — which allowed her to make fun of and then completely subvert her preexisting screen persona — as we sit down at the offices of The Hollywood Reporter to record an episode of the Awards Chatter» podcast.

Though some viewers may find themselves playing spot - the - author with the patchy script (e.g., a fight scene gag involving The Cure's Disintegration, which smacks of Wright), it still makes for an enjoyable, intermittently inspired effects - driven comedy and a welcome antidote to the over-burdened world - saving that seems to define big - screen superhero stories.

Kumail Nanjiani is making the move from the small to big screen with «The Big Sick,» which he co-wrobig screen with «The Big Sick,» which he co-wroBig Sick,» which he co-wrote.

Although the «Deadpool» star has made plenty of jokes at the expense of Jackman and 2009's «X-Men Origins: Wolverine,» in which the Merc with a Mouth made his unceremonious big - screen debut, he despearately wants the characters to appear together again.

The boys aren't bad either, and, in addition to Phoenix, it's exhilarating to recognise, in various disguises, hairdos and toupees, actors that have shaped both American independent cinema, Hollywood and / or cable television (The Sopranos, The Wire, Boardwalk Empire) for the last twenty years: Owen Wilson offers an understated performance as a former saxophone player who has to fake his death; the always impeccable Martin Donovan is a lawyer for the Golden Fang (he's also, by the way, Japonica's father, which serves him right); Benicio del Toro shines as the man passing as «Doc's lawyer»; Josh Brolin drew a lot of kudos for his performance as Doc's nemesis, an LAPD detective nicknamed Bigfoot with the bad habit of kicking people's door and dreams of making it to the big screen; Martin Short; Eric Roberts, Michael Kenneth Williams etc...

One Alabama - based drive - in theater has already cancelled plans to show the film and there's a decent chance it will never make it to the big screen in Russia, which has a law on the books prohibiting any form of media that the government considers «gay propaganda.»

The Thick of It actor to make big - screen directorial debut with Nasty Women, which stars Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson as con artists

In addition to the beauty of the visual effects, James McAvoy has called Dark Phoenix, «the most emotional X-Men we've done and the most pathos - driven,» which makes for an interesting balance and may ease the minds of fans who worry about tackling the Dark Phoenix on the big screen.

There's zero need for the scene to devolve that much, and is just one of a dozen violations which the creative team make in trying to bring this to the big screen.

The Danvers version of the character will make her big - screen debut in Joe and Anthony Russo's Avengers: Infinity War — Part I, which is scheduled to hit the big screen May 4, 2018 before Captain Marvel debuts on March 8, 2019.

If you cast your mind back to November, you may recall a report which suggested that Nintendo was looking to bring its iconic Super Mario Bros. property back to the big screen by teaming up with Illumination Entertainment for an animated feature, and now the video game giant has made it official: Nintendo and Illumination -LSB-...]

Annihilation is astronomically better than the two aforementioned films, which makes it an even greater shame that it can not be experienced on the big screen, as it was clearly designed to be.

Derrickson's assertion was prompted during a Twitter Q&A session in which a user asked what other villains he would like to see make their big screen debut.

The big screen also doubles up as a rear parking camera display, which makes it a breeze to park this big sedan.

While the LCD navigation screen is slightly bigger and brighter than that in the»06 XKR, we still have a few issues with its visibility; it is sunk a few inches into the dash, which makes it unnecessarily difficult to see from an angle.

The keyboard and Origami case make the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 a somewhat more attractive productivity device, but it pales in comparison to, for example, Microsoft's considerably more expensive Surface Pro 3, which offers a larger and better keyboard, bigger screen and a fully adjustable kickstand that makes it useable on the desk and on your lap.

Towards the end of the Times review Mr. Sepinwall notes that, «As «the middle - class movie» — which couldn't «be made on the cheap or guarantee an opening weekend of $ 50 million or more» — became increasingly difficult to get made, artists who might once have gravitated to the big screen moved to the little one».

While I do prefer the IR screen of the Old H2O and find it slightly whiter and crisper, I prefer having the comfort light which makes a BIG difference when reading at night, at least to me.

IR: I loved your quote at the end of the review... «As «the middle - class movie» — which couldn't «be made on the cheap or guarantee an opening weekend of $ 50 million or more» — became increasingly difficult to get made, artists who might once have gravitated to the big screen moved to the little one».

One of the big hyping factors is the portability factor, which instantly makes it easier to carry around than its larger screened brethren.

You can with Panic Flight which has made its way to BlackBerry 10 and it shows us how great gaming can now be on the big screen of the Z10.

In order to justify its price point (which as we mentioned is a big benefit to consumers looking to find a powerful yet affordable mini tablet device), Amazon made the decision to load the lock screen with advertisements from their various partners.

Viewers will have the chance to see Canada's Castle in the Rockies — the Fairmont Banff Springs — share the screen as Jillian makes the big decision of which man to eliminate in the all - important rose ceremony held in the hotel's majestic Cascade Ballroom.

- the team has been adding weapons one by one because they want the same amount of attention for each weapon - the team learned that when they added two new weapons at once, one would end up getting overshadowed by the other - there were more new stages than returning stages because bringing back old stages would have little surprise - since they want to satisfy both new and returning players, they changed the order of stage additions - there weren't any major direction changes in balancing from Splatoon 1 - there have been more pattern combinations between weapons and stages, so there was more involved to balance them all - matchmaking is handled by getting 8 players with similar rank points, and then they're split by weapons - the rank point gap between S + players is bigger than ordinary players - only about one in 1,000 active players are in the S +40 to S +50 region in Ranked Battles - there's even less than one in 10 players that reach S +, while 80 % of the overall player base are in A or less - about 90 % of S + ranked players are within a + / -150 hidden ranked power range - rock was the popular genre in Splatoon, so they tried changing it for the sequel - they prioritized making good background music first before forming the band to play that music - the design team would make the CD jacket - like artwork afterwards - due to this, the band members would often change; some getting added while some others removed - Off the Hook is an exception, as they first decided they would be a DJ and rapper along with their visuals first - Off the Hook's song came afterwards - In Splatoon street fashion was the trend, but in Splatoon 2 they tried adding more uniqueness - the aim was to add Flow with ethnic clothing and Jelfonzo with high fashion - all Jellyfish in this world are born by splitting, which means Jelfonzo was born by splitting from Jelonzo - Jellyfish are like a hive mind - when they hold a wedding ceremony, they're just simply holding the ceremony - Jelonzo and Jelfonzo start gaining their own consciences so they can speak - Flow used her working holiday to go on a trip before reaching Inkopolis Square - during the trip, she met the owner of Headspace - the owner liked her, so she got hired to work there - Bisk has a unique way of speaking: anastrophe - the team tried to express him as an adult man - they made him into a giant spider crab because they wanted someone with high posture - he came from a cold country and broke up with his girlfriend to join a band - just like Flow, he became attracted to squids - Crusty Sean finally has his own shop, but he opened it because he's someone who follows the current trends - one of the trends happens to be people opening their own shops - drink tickets aren't stacked, but the probability is higher than a single brand - the music in Inkopolis Square changes depending on the player's location - sounds contribute to creating atmosphere in the location - the song at front of Grizzco Industries had an atmosphere that feels like some smell can radiate from the game screen - as for Salmon Run, they imagined it as a Japanese restaurant outside Japan that is not run by a Japanese person - each time the player moves between the shops, the game uses an arrange shift that shows the personality of each inhabitant - the arrangement in Shella Fresh is related to Bisk's guitar and mystery files that describe his past - with the Squid Sisters moved to Hero Mode, Off the Hook was put in charge in guiding battles and festivals - Bomb Rush Blush has an orchestra «because it would sound like the final boss» - the team wanted to express the feel of the story's real culprit with this music - the probability of each event occurring in Salmon Run is different - there are no specific requirements, meaning they're picked randomly - this means it's possible for fog to appear three times in a row - the Salmon have different appearances based on the environment they're raised in - if the environment is harsher, they would become large salmon - Steelheads and Maws have big bodies, while Scrappers and Steel Eels have high intelligence - Salmons basically wield kitchenware, but everybody else has a virtue in fighting to actually cook the Salmons - Grill is the ultimate form of this - when Salmons are fighting to the death, they can feel the same sense of unity - they would be one with the world if they were eaten by other creatures, and they also fight for the pride of their race - MakoMart is based on a large supermarket in America - the update also took place on Black Friday in America, which was why Squids are buying a lot of things in the trailer - Arowana Mall looks like it has more passages because there are changes in tenants and also renovation work - Walleye Warehouse has no changes at all, because the team wanted to have at least one map that stayed intact - the only thing different in this map is the graffiti, which is based on the winner of Famitsu's Squid Fashion Contest - all members in the band Ink Theory graduated from music university - they are well - educated girls who also do aggressive things - the band members wearing neckties are respecting the Hightide Era from the prequel - the team will continue adding weapons and stages for a year, and Splatfests for two years - the team will also continue to make more updates including balancing

Which makes it particularly awful that Nintendo won't let us play Wii or Virtual Console games on the GamePad — instead, you'll load them up on your screen using what Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils - Aime calls «a Wii within your Wii U.» This is a serious missed opportunity, and I hope they realize that one of the biggest draws of this system is getting to play games on the GamePad screen and only on the GamePad screen.

I also tried out Super Bomberman R in Battle Mode (which is not being made by Hudson like previous titles) and was good, although the demo was only on tablet mode as opposed to the big screen for some reason, and was told that the full game would allow up to 8 players and would have online in addition to local multi-player.

Uncharted is not the only video game series which is making its way to the big screen, as Gears Of War movie is also in pre-production.

And once again, the question is: which Wonder Woman will make it to the big screen?

The screen goes edge to edge on the sides, which makes it feel a bit thinner than you'd expect, and I can ignore the big top and bezels at this price point.

In addition, the iPhone X has the biggest screen - to - body ratio on the market, which makes it one of the most appealing handsets out there.

Samsung unveiled a massive 146 - inch screen early on during CES that's a modular TV, which means it can connect to other units to make an even bigger display.

The ZenFone 2 Laser has a fully laminated 5.5 - inch screen and a 72 percent screen - to - body ratio, which basically makes the screen look bigger than it is by virtue of the fact there's less physical real estate surrounding it.

The biggest spec compromise that Huawei makes to hit its lower price point is in the resolution of the P9's screen, which is a 5.2 - inch 1080p IPS LCD.

As for how these two phones feel in hand, the Z Force is obviously thicker, but that's a small sacrifice to make for the bigger battery and the shatterproof display, which will protect the screen against drops and other accidents.

And perhaps the single biggest way to visually overhaul your phone or tablet's UI is to apply an icon pack, which can liven up your home screen with bright colors or make things look a bit more classy with a sleek, minimalist style, for instance.

There are smaller icons for the rest — WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS etc which could have been made bigger to use up the screen real estate.