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- noun Plural form of
actioner .
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If Marmaduke and Garfield can so readily mingle among the live-actioners, then give the gremlins their graphic due.
5 Rules for making 'FAMILY CIRCUS' into the newly announced live-action film Michael Cavna 2010
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Eraser still holds up as a $100 million variation on his mid-80s actioners, but it is a vastly superior movie to Commando, Raw Deal, or Red Heat the last of which is a painful rip-off of Walter Hill's own 48 Hours.
Scott Mendelson: As Arnold Schwarzenegger Plans His Comeback, a Look Back at His Best Films Scott Mendelson 2011
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For the intents of this feature, horror-comedies (ala Shaun of the Dead) are not eligible, nor are actioners (ala Blade Trinity [sub-note: Blade II is so effing amazing]).
GKS Presents: TEN of TERROR! « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009
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A fine deviation from the usual "you've killed/kidnapped my family!" pitch that is in so many badly scripted actioners these days.
Spielberg Adapting Ghost in the Shell into Live-Action 3D! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Both Lost in Translation and Marseguro are actioners, with strong narratives and strong characterizations, but you still manage to pack in a lot of literary value: complex ethical issues, the evils of intolerance and prejudice and the importance of karma, that you mentioned earlier in this interview.
It's not as exciting as a new novel... ewillett 2008
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The mindlessness of the action is balanced against a scathing, cynical depiction of what the world has become, and that angle provides the film with just enough to help separate it from the hordes of other futuristic sci-fi actioners that it so clearly evokes.
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Kudos, from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, recognize projects in those genres as well as actioners and thrillers.
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Leterrier has also proven more than capable with big-budget actioners, so you know Strays will pack one hell of a punch.
Hulk Director Louis Leterrier to Helm Strays « FirstShowing.net 2008
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So although I can learn some techniques from spy thrillers or giant actioners, studying that kind of book for what I want to do is probably not going to get me where I want to go.
May 2008 2008
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So although I can learn some techniques from spy thrillers or giant actioners, studying that kind of book for what I want to do is probably not going to get me where I want to go.
Creating suspense 2008
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