Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code, Warcraft) returns to sci-fi with Mute – the story of a mute bartender named Leo, whose girlfriend goes missing in a Berlin that exists on ‘a world of strange currencies in which echoes of love and humanity are still worth listening to.’ Mute premieres on Netflix on February 23rd.
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Slow Burn Trailer: Warcraft!
Warcraft has fans either drooling with enthusiasm, or weeping at how it looks so wrong. As someone who has never played the game, I find my curiosity piqued. Humans and orcs – hated enemies for centuries – having to join forces to face a bigger threat? Neither side willing to completely trust the other? C’mon, […]
Battling TV Spot: Warcraft!
Following an impressive and intriguing first trailer, Warcraft now has its first TV spot and it’s also impressive. Directed by Duncan Jones – who has made movies with low and medium budgets (Moon, Source Code) – Warcraft has the feel of being faithful to its source material with enemies joining forces against a mutual foe. […]
Cats and Dogs Living Together Trailer: Warcraft!
Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code) has a feel for genre so I’m hoping that Warcraft (based on a video game I’ve never played) is a great movie. I love the idea of humans and orcs banding together to face a greater foe – it reminds me of a Bill Murray bit about the end […]
Two Worlds, One Home: Warcraft Poster Unleashed!
The official poster for Universal’s video game adaptation World of Warcraft has arrived. I’m not entirely sure what I think of it. Check it out following the jump. Warcraft stars Travis Fimmel (Vikings) and Ben Foster (3:10 To Yuma, Lone Survivor) and is directed by Duncan Jones (Source Code, Moon). It opens on June 10, […]
Source Code Melds Sizzling Action with High Intelligence and Romance!
Suppose you could stop a nuclear attack on a major American city – but only by reliving the last eight minutes of someone else’s life and with no idea of where you were when you were not in that other, soon-to-end life. That’s the situation in which Jake Gyllenhaal’s Captain Colter Stevens finds himself in, […]
MOVIE REVIEW: A Fantastic Voyage to the MOON
It is the near future. Astronaut Sam Bell is living on the far side of the moon, completing a three-year contract with Lunar Industries to mine Earth’s primary source of energy, Helium-3. It is a lonely job, made harder by a broken satellite that allows no live communications home. Thankfully, his time on the moon […]
INTERVIEW: Duncan Jones takes us to the MOON & back
Duncan Jones makes his feature film debut as director in the new Sony Pictures Classic MOON, which opens in limited release on June 12th. MOON is a science fiction adventure with a human interest element that moviegoers will enjoy. I had the pleasure of chatting with Duncan to discuss his newfound journey. Eclipse Magazine: Duncan, how […]