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In the world of action movies, there are few stars rising as fast as Sofia Boutella, so it wouldn't be a huge surprise to see her take on the part of Domino in Deadpool 2.
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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.
«Mad Max: Fury Road,» which delves into what the world could potentially become after a nuclear apocalypse, could go down in history as the best action movie of all time.
If you don't, this is still a movie that draws you into a richly imagined world, and hurls action and humor at you so fast you don't have time to stop and realize that maybe it doesn't all make complete sense without a Ph.D. understanding of comics.
The former pro wrestler who has become one of the world's biggest action - movie stars was asked about his political aspirations by GQ, specifically, if he'd ever run for president.
Former action movie star and now governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, urged «action, action, action» from world leaders in his address.
When I was growing up, my mom never cared for action flicks or end - of - the - world type movies.
I love reading, listening to music, like action comedy movies, love meeting people far or near, i love been with friend and going out for camping and most of all been close to the nature.I am a sensitive, intelligent, passionate affectionate, loyal, witty, inteligent, humorous, efficient, creative, sensitive, caring, generous, communicative, sensual, charming, reliable, cleverly neat woman looking for someone special to share my world with and potentially, to grow old with.
Sure, in the movie we're hanging on the fate of the world, placed in the hands of our impossibly handsome globe - trotting hero Gerry Lane (Pitt), a brainy action - trained investigator on a mission for the U.N. to discover the source of a deadly fast - moving «zombie» plague that is swiftly over-running the planet.
This movie does something few political thrillers do: it has all the world problems and stuff, but also lots of action and a star who's not a has - been (Harrison Ford, I'm looking your way).
The works of Max Brooks, who wrote 2003's satirical and subversively political, «The Zombie Survival Guide», and 2006's, «World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War», provided the kernels of inspiration for this mega-budgeted horror - action - thriller that mostly makes up its own narrative, independent of much of the book content (jettisoning the first - person account style and most of the events), to make it fit more with the ranks of current, eye - candy loaded popcorn movies than a thoughtful adaptation of the best - seller.
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Another forgettable prequel to The Avengers that doesn't seem to be something of its own, with a plot that is mostly dull, action scenes that are unimpressive for a superhero movie, and a poorly developed villain with uninspired plans of destroying the world.
His last movie, THE FAMILY, was shockingly inept and virtually unwatchable, a depressing turn for a guy who used to be considered one of the best action directors in the world.
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening December 10, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (PG for frightening images and action fantasy sequences) Third installment in the film franchise based on the C.S. Lewis series of fantasy novels finds Edmund (Skandar Keynes) and Lucy Pensie (Georgie Henley), along with their cousin Eustace (Will Poulter), returning to the magical land of Narnia to embark on a dangerous, seafaring mission taking them to the edge of the world.
«This idea really that turns me on is that there's a family that's a force to be reckoned with in the world of international art and antiquities... [a family] that deals with heads of state and heads of museums and metes out justice, -LSB-...] We'll have the family dynamic, which we've done in a couple of movies now... And then you take that and put it on the bigger, more muscular stage of an international action picture, but also put all the character stuff in it.
Revisionist fairy tales like Maleficent and Snow White and the Huntsman have done well at the box office, but this movie lacks the purpose of even those mediocre works as it attempts to plug aspects of Barrie's world into tired formulas like chases, journeys, and action - packed set pieces.
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I wish the movie weren't so visually junky - looking, and that the CGI action sequences (involving sand, and weapons, and the possible destruction of the world) weren't so vacant.
The World's End is such a good time purely as a film about men of forty reconnecting and reflecting on their youth that you don't want that movie to end and become simply a springboard for more graphic action.
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Animated feature «The Croods» «Despicable Me 2» WINNER: «Frozen» «Monsters University» «The Wind Rises» Action movie «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» «Iron Man 3» WINNER: «Lone Survivor» «Rush» «Star Trek Into Darkness» Actor in an action movie Henry Cavill — «Man of Steel» Robert Downey Jr. — «Iron Man 3» Brad Pitt — «World War Z» WINNER: Mark Wahlberg — «Lone Survivor» Actress in an action movie WINNER: Sandra Bullock — «Gravity» Jennifer Lawrence — «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» Evangeline Lilly — «The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug» Gwyneth Paltrow — «Iron Man 3» Comedy WINNER: «American Hustle» «Enough Said» «The Heat» «This Is the End» «The Way Way Back» «The World's End» Actor in a comedy Christian Bale — «American Hustle» WINNER: Leonardo DiCaprio — «The Wolf of Wall Street» James Gandolfini — «Enough Said» Simon Pegg — «The World's End» Sam Rockwell — «The Way Way Back» Actress in a comedy WINNER: Amy Adams — «American Hustle» Sandra Bullock — «The Heat» Greta Gerwig — «Frances Ha» Julia Louis - 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Dreyfus — «Enough Said» Melissa McCarthy — «The Heat» Sci - fi / horror movie «The Conjuring» WINNER: «Gravity» «Star Trek Into Darkness» «World War Z» Foreign language film WINNER: «Blue Is the Warmest Color» «The Great Beauty» «The Hunt» «The Past» «Wadjda» Documentary feature «The Act of Killing» «Blackfish» «Stories We Tell» «Tim's Vermeer» WINNER: «20 Feet from Stardom» Song «Atlas» — Coldplay — «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» «Happy» — Pharrell Williams — «Despicable Me 2» WINNER: «Let It Go» — Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson - Lopez — «Frozen» «Ordinary Love» — U2 — «Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom» «Please Mr. Kennedy» — Justin Timberlake, Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver — «Inside Llewyn Davis» «Young and Beautiful» — Lana Del Rey — «The Great Gatsby» Score WINNER: Steven Price — «Gravity» Arcade Fire — «Her» Thomas Newman — «Saving Mr. Banks» Hans Zimmer — «12 Years a Slave&action movie Henry Cavill — «Man of Steel» Robert Downey Jr. — «Iron Man 3» Brad Pitt — «World War Z» WINNER: Mark Wahlberg — «Lone Survivor» Actress in an action movie WINNER: Sandra Bullock — «Gravity» Jennifer Lawrence — «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» Evangeline Lilly — «The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug» Gwyneth Paltrow — «Iron Man 3» Comedy WINNER: «American Hustle» «Enough Said» «The Heat» «This Is the End» «The Way Way Back» «The World's End» Actor in a comedy Christian Bale — «American Hustle» WINNER: Leonardo DiCaprio — «The Wolf of Wall Street» James Gandolfini — «Enough Said» Simon Pegg — «The World's End» Sam Rockwell — «The Way Way Back» Actress in a comedy WINNER: Amy Adams — «American Hustle» Sandra Bullock — «The Heat» Greta Gerwig — «Frances Ha» Julia Louis - Dreyfus — «Enough Said» Melissa McCarthy — «The Heat» Sci - fi / horror movie «The Conjuring» WINNER: «Gravity» «Star Trek Into Darkness» «World War Z» Foreign language film WINNER: «Blue Is the Warmest Color» «The Great Beauty» «The Hunt» «The Past» «Wadjda» Documentary feature «The Act of Killing» «Blackfish» «Stories We Tell» «Tim's Vermeer» WINNER: «20 Feet from Stardom» Song «Atlas» — Coldplay — «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» «Happy» — Pharrell Williams — «Despicable Me 2» WINNER: «Let It Go» — Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson - Lopez — «Frozen» «Ordinary Love» — U2 — «Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom» «Please Mr. Kennedy» — Justin Timberlake, Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver — «Inside Llewyn Davis» «Young and Beautiful» — Lana Del Rey — «The Great Gatsby» Score WINNER: Steven Price — «Gravity» Arcade Fire — «Her» Thomas Newman — «Saving Mr. Banks» Hans Zimmer — «12 Years a Slave&action movie WINNER: Sandra Bullock — «Gravity» Jennifer Lawrence — «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» Evangeline Lilly — «The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug» Gwyneth Paltrow — «Iron Man 3» Comedy WINNER: «American Hustle» «Enough Said» «The Heat» «This Is the End» «The Way Way Back» «The World's End» Actor in a comedy Christian Bale — «American Hustle» WINNER: Leonardo DiCaprio — «The Wolf of Wall Street» James Gandolfini — «Enough Said» Simon Pegg — «The World's End» Sam Rockwell — «The Way Way Back» Actress in a comedy WINNER: Amy Adams — «American Hustle» Sandra Bullock — «The Heat» Greta Gerwig — «Frances Ha» Julia Louis - Dreyfus — «Enough Said» Melissa McCarthy — «The Heat» Sci - fi / horror movie «The Conjuring» WINNER: «Gravity» «Star Trek Into Darkness» «World War Z» Foreign language film WINNER: «Blue Is the Warmest Color» «The Great Beauty» «The Hunt» «The Past» «Wadjda» Documentary feature «The Act of Killing» «Blackfish» «Stories We Tell» «Tim's Vermeer» WINNER: «20 Feet from Stardom» Song «Atlas» — Coldplay — «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» «Happy» — Pharrell Williams — «Despicable Me 2» WINNER: «Let It Go» — Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson - Lopez — «Frozen» «Ordinary Love» — U2 — «Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom» «Please Mr. Kennedy» — Justin Timberlake, Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver — «Inside Llewyn Davis» «Young and Beautiful» — Lana Del Rey — «The Great Gatsby» Score WINNER: Steven Price — «Gravity» Arcade Fire — «Her» Thomas Newman — «Saving Mr. Banks» Hans Zimmer — «12 Years a Slave»
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening April 10, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Dragonball Evolution (PG for intense action and brief adult language) Sci - fi martial arts adventure, based on the Akira Toriyama novel about a young warrior (Justin Chatwin) who, with a handful of friends, sets out on a quest to save the planet from an evil king (James Marsters) bent on world domination.
Action - Attack of the Movies 3D transports players to six fantastic movie - themed worlds where they will battle large alien...
Sounds like the live - action movie adaptation of the Dylan Dog comic book, called Dead Of Night, will have a supernatural world that's as realistic as possible - including providing the zombie citizens with their own flesh Gaof the Dylan Dog comic book, called Dead Of Night, will have a supernatural world that's as realistic as possible - including providing the zombie citizens with their own flesh GaOf Night, will have a supernatural world that's as realistic as possible - including providing the zombie citizens with their own flesh Gap.
Of course all the comedy in the world doesn't make a MARVEL movie a MARVEL movie; it's the action sequences and finally seeing our favorite heroes kicking ass and taking names.
While Tom Cruise's reputation as an action actor in Jack Reacher, the Mission: Impossible movies, Minority Report and War of the Worlds holds up in this story, the film's content, much like the content in his other movies, pushes Oblivion outside the realm of general family viewing.
It seems as if nothing with George Miller's «Mad Max: Fury Road» is as it should be: It's a relentless action movie that played at one of the world's most prestigious film festivals.
Michael Peña's portrayal of Luis in Marvel's «Ant - Man» adaptation brought a sense of real world levity to the otherwise wacky superhero action movie about a man who can punch harder when he becomes very small.
The stars turned out this week for the world premiere of 2 Guns, the new action movie that teams up Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg.
Danny gives it a whirl, only to find that he is transported into the Jack Slater movie itself, living in the fictional world of action heroes and movie clichés.
At this point, the question shouldn't be whether the world needs a live action Metroid movie but which genre should it be; thriller, horror, a mix of the two or something else entirely?
But he is Brad Pitt, luckily, so he can still play the lead in action movies like World War Z. Pitt is one of Hollywood's most reliable and beloved stars, someone with tremendous acting chops who also plays the whole fame game masterfully, and does his fair bit of philanthropy on the side.
I thought of two films while watching At World's End, and the first is Miami Vice, a beautiful, expositionless tone poem of a film in an action movie's clothing.
One way of dealing with it would be to have the characters entering the real world, although Chris McKay — animation co-director of The LEGO Movie and director of The LEGO Batman Movie — has previously said it's going to be «this big musical and space action movie», so at this point it's anyone's guess as to what the plot might enMovie and director of The LEGO Batman Movie — has previously said it's going to be «this big musical and space action movie», so at this point it's anyone's guess as to what the plot might enMovie — has previously said it's going to be «this big musical and space action movie», so at this point it's anyone's guess as to what the plot might enmovie», so at this point it's anyone's guess as to what the plot might entail.
after seeing everything that was new and having really no other option i went to see this movie and wow what a pleasant surprise good action and full of humor i must say that I have to recommend the movie to any one who is a fan of the usual summer action flicks i really enjoyed it and will see it again for sure atleast once good to get away from the world for awhile and have fun i say see it
A high - octane chase movie at its core, Mad Max: Fury Road drops you right into the middle of the action and expects you to keep up with this strange new world.
Even then in May, amongst the line - up of melodramas and arthouses from auteurs all around the world, it stood out as an entertaining and commercial thriller, though this is just the first take on live - action from the 39 - year - old South Korean director who packed on his back only several animated movies, most notably The King of Pigs and The Fake.
«Last Action Hero» (1993) Price: $ 1 million (estimated) Synopsis: A movie - loving kid is magically transported into his favorite action movie; later, that same kid brings his beloved action star out of the movie and into the real Action Hero» (1993) Price: $ 1 million (estimated) Synopsis: A movie - loving kid is magically transported into his favorite action movie; later, that same kid brings his beloved action star out of the movie and into the real action movie; later, that same kid brings his beloved action star out of the movie and into the real action star out of the movie and into the real world.
In all, the movie worked reasonably well through its 133 - minute runtime with a likable group of misfits, carefully executed action sequences, and just enough humor to stray not too far from the dirty, harsh world of 19th century America, giving the post-Civil War a whole new perspective regarding the racial diversity and its impact.
Part of the reason was simply because Tolkien did not have very many battles in the first part of his book, which thankfully forced Jackson to focus on creating a believable world rather than a believable hack - n - slash action movie.
But in retrospect re-inventing the Batman franchise as a tough - as - nails action movie set in as much of the real world as possible was the best decision they could have made.
Paramount Pictures has released brand new character banners for upcoming animated / live - action hybrid The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, which sees SpongeBob and pals coming ashore to our world for their most super-heroic adventure yet.
BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE Henry Cavill — Man of Steel Robert Downey Jr. — Iron Man 3 Brad Pitt — World War Z Mark Wahlberg — Lone Survivor
Beyond the buzzed about Centerpiece screenings (which includes The Good Lie, St. Vincent, Laggies, and the Toronto International Film Festival Audience Award winner The Imitation Game), Philly's screenings includes programs like «Greater Filmadelphia» (with work from Philadelphia's home grown talent), «Masters of Cinema» (movies from world - renowned filmmakers), and «The Graveyard Shift» (horror, action, and anything weird), providing a variety of options for audiences of all tastes.
A good action movie offers a rare type of escape; a movie can act as a place for a viewer to tune out the world while also being busy enough to drown its more obvious flaws in relentless waves of adrenaline.
When roused from his funk and stirred into a final frenzy of action, he deploys those shining claws with such berserker - fueled ferocity (many are the heads and torsos graphically impaled) that this is the first «X-Men» movie to go out into the world with an R rating.
So I'm making these movies, my third family movie in a row, which is often considered career suicide for someone who started in the world of action.
Director David Gordon Green leaves the indie world for this studio film and excels in making a very vulgar comedy full of stylish montages and exciting chases — while Rogen and co-writer Evan Goldberg (also co-writer of This Is the End) construct a movie with a stupidly simple enough premise to knock off a slew of action cliche parodies, but also allow for a lot of improvisation along the way.
At the film's recent press day in Los Angeles, Waugh and stunt coordinator Lance Gilbert talked about their longtime friendship and professional relationship, what it was like growing up together on the sets of «Smokey and the Bandit,» «Vanishing Point,» «The Blues Brothers» and «Bullitt,» why Waugh considers Gilbert one of the best stunt coordinators in the world, the challenges they faced pulling off practical stunts and capturing amazing action sequences realistically in - camera without CGI enhancement, and the entertaining Easter eggs they included as a homage to the classic car - culture movies of another era.