Immortals is a big, sprawling movie about ancient wars – the war between the Greek gods and the Titans; the attempt by King Hyperion to conquer Greece, and a second war between gods and titans. It’s an orgy of awesome, bloody action perpetrated by awesome, bloody-minded men.
Tag: Relativity Media
Anonymous –Historical Flummery as Fun Political Thriller!
Roland Emmerich – he of Independence Day, 10,000 B.C. and 2012 [to name but a few] – takes one of the many theories on who really wrote the works of Shakespeare and turns it into a political thriller that blames all manner of events on… writers?
New Trailer for Tarsem Singh’s Immortals
Tarsem Singh’s Immortals has a spectacular new trailer. Check it out following the jump.
Cowboys & Aliens is Exactly What It Says on the Tin – Nothing More; Nothing Less!
Movies don’t get more high concept than Cowboys & Aliens. Like Snakes on a Plane, Jon Favreau’s new film delivers precisely what it promises. Therein lies the problem.
Bridesmaids – Two Crap Trailers; One Pretty Darned Funny Movie!
I think I laughed maybe twice over the course of the two trailers for Bridesmaids. Despite this, I decided that I would check out the film for a couple of reasons – the producing directing team of Judd Apatow and Paul Feig, and the combination of Kristen Wiig, Rose Byrne and Melissa McCarthy. It didn’t […]
Relativity Reboots The Crow!
Relativity Media, whose Limitless was their most recent success, has announced plans to reboot The Crow, based on the cult favorite comics series by James O’Barr. The feature is to be directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, the highly regarded directed of 28 Weeks Later and Intacto. The press release follows the jump.
Limitless Is Limited But Effective!
The central conceit of Limitless is this: what would happen if there was a drug that could literally allow a person to use 100% of their brain? According to current scientific belief, we only use 10-20%, maximum. Eddie Morra [Bradley Cooper] is a struggling writer. He hasn’t written a word of his novel, but he’s […]
Paul Is A Full-Out Nerdgasm!
Paul is an affectionate parody of all things geek – comics, skiffy [which is how you pronounce sci-fi if you’ve been reading it forever] and pop culture. Two British nerds/geeks have an alien encounter as they tour America’s UFO hot spots and weirdness – and hilarity – ensue.
Limitless: Is Sir Richard Branson On Drugs?
Relativity Media’s Limitless opens Friday. Check out the trailer following the jump.
Julia Goes Evil! Evil Queen/Stepmother, That Is!
Julia Roberts has closed a deal to play the evil queen in Relativity Media’s Snow White movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Jay A. Fernandez. Tarsem Singh [The Cell, The Fall] is directing from a script by Melissa Wallack and Jason Keller. The edgier take on Snow White finds Snow and her seven dwarvish […]
The Fighter – A Story We’ve Seen Before, Right? Not Quite!
The story of welterweight champion Irish Mickey Ward may end with The Big Fight, but it doesn’t quite take the expected path to get there.