R-rated action films, which mean under-17s require an accompanying parent or adult guardian, have not fared so well in 2013.
The rawness that many Europeans and Americans encounter mostly in action films are in Africa the props of everyday life.
That franchise had great success taking risks on directors not known for making action films like Alfonso Cuaron and Mike Newell.
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These both derive from the talents of Hung, who has been a star of comedy-action films in Hong Kong since the 1970s.
And the action was fast and intense without the choppy editing style that renders a lot of modern action films hard to watch.
People like to watch spectacular action films, comedies and horror films in groups and will abandon their televisions and mobile phones to do so.
Steve Martin provides a few tart moments as a producer of violent action films, but Kasdan punishes the character by shooting him in the thigh.
John Cassavetes, who made much of his money performing in action films, put that experience to work as the director of this hard, brooding crime drama from 1976.
These films will be released and distributed as part of our target slate of 8-10 live-action films per year, and will augment Disney's already strong creative pipeline for many years to come.
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This weekend two genre films hit theaters: The Rite, a horror film starring Anthony Hopkins as an exorcism priest, and The Mechanic, the latest in a long line of action films starring Jason Statham.
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Cautious brand managers are sometimes reluctant to have a live-action TV show on the air when producing live-action films such as Warner Bros. putting the kibosh on any Batman TV projects while making Christopher Nolan's trilogy.
But Spielberg has indicated boredom with action films in some recent interviews, and though no explanation was offered for the delay, aside from a statement from Spielberg's rep that it wasn't ready and was too expensive to move forward without a polished script, the "Lincoln" filmmaker may simply not be as enamored with the brutal extinction story as he once was.
God forbid we acknowledge that women often see loud, violent action adventure films and intense, gruesome horror films for the same reason that guys stereo-typically see them.
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Live-action short films, usually 15-27 minutes long are the equivalent of short stories in fiction: pungent, touching comedies or tragedies with surprising or epiphanic endings that, when done well, leave you as satisfied as a feature in a third of the time spent.
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At least two live-action Snow White films are currently in development.
Part of the reason is that those movies have become fewer and farther between, as studios focus on action and comedy films that feature lesser-known (and cheaper) actors.
She tells us that Bigelow's biggest breakthrough was to win the award for directing a film traditionally considered a male domain -- in Hollywood 80 percent of films are action movies and virtually none of them are given to women directors.
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Action movies always outsell foreign art films in which people just sit around and talk.
But in 1997 for the first time both action heroes scored direct hits with films of international caliber.
When Hollywood makes action adventures, provocative comedies and fantasy films, it almost always targets teenage boys as the primary audience.
The UK's controversial Digital Economy Act makes provisions for tough action against those who downloading pirated music and films - initially sanctioning a letter-writing campaign asking them to desist.
The picks buck conventional wisdom that Hollywood these days prefers action spectacles and series, leaving more-serious films to independent producers, from whom they may occasionally buy distribution rights.
As a whole, the movie resembles sixties biker movies as well as seventies blaxploitation films: the camera keeps riding the action, and the cast is loose and entertaining.
That means moviegoers can expect to see films with broad international appeal (more action and visual comedy, fewer movies about baseball and football), franchises like Twilight, and more 3-D movies, which command a higher ticket price.
As for 2D cinema, filmmakers are likely to avoid HFR like the plague for narrative-style films which don't feature scenic vistas, action or special effects.
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The big screen at city hall will show live rugby and GAA action over the St Patrick's Day weekend, as well as films including The Quiet Man and Into the West.
Aside from the Resident Evil CGI films from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Hollywood has focused on live action adaptations of video games over the years.
As studios have focused increasingly on special effects-laden films built around pre-sold characters from comic books and the like, action stars' place in the firmament is vastly diminished.
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