In the 90s, Chris O’Donnell was one of Hollywood’s most prominent young heartthrobs. Whether it was acting opposite Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman or playing a young D’Artagnan in the Disney version of The Three Musketeers, it can’t be denied that the movie that put his career into overdrive was Batman Forever. In it, O’Donnell reinvented the role of Batman’s ward and sidekick, Robin, for the nineties, with him an acrobatic badass that proved so popular that the next movie was Batman and Robin. And there is where things started to change, with Joel Schumacher’s sequel ridiculed.
Even still, O’Donnell made a few good movies after, including the underrated rom-com The Bachelor and the terrific Martin Campbell action movie Vertical Limit. However, his career never regained the momentum it had in the nineties. Yet, despite everything, he later went onto a long run on NCIS: Los Angeles,...
Even still, O’Donnell made a few good movies after, including the underrated rom-com The Bachelor and the terrific Martin Campbell action movie Vertical Limit. However, his career never regained the momentum it had in the nineties. Yet, despite everything, he later went onto a long run on NCIS: Los Angeles,...
- 9/8/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Stars: William Moseley, Kyle Rowe, Callum Woodhouse, Michael Guest, Mathis Landwehr, Oberon K.A. Adjepong, David Hayman, Kate Dickie, Callum McGowan, Melanie Zanetti | Written by Christopher Hatton, Chuck Reeves | Directed by Christopher Hatton
1830, just outside the town of Raven’s Hollow, five West Point cadets, Edgar Allan Poe, yes the writer, Lawrence Bishop (Kyle Rowe; The Brothers Grimsby), Will Taylor, Thomas Cricke (Michael Guest; Balance) and Lutz Becker come across a man disemboweled and hung up like a scarecrow.
In true cinematic fashion, he has just enough life left in him to utter a single word, “Raven”, before dying. Poe convinces the others it’s their duty to bring his body to town for proper burial. What they find is a town that is almost deserted, its inhabitants in the middle of a funeral for a girl we saw die a most unnatural death in the film’s prologue. It quickly...
1830, just outside the town of Raven’s Hollow, five West Point cadets, Edgar Allan Poe, yes the writer, Lawrence Bishop (Kyle Rowe; The Brothers Grimsby), Will Taylor, Thomas Cricke (Michael Guest; Balance) and Lutz Becker come across a man disemboweled and hung up like a scarecrow.
In true cinematic fashion, he has just enough life left in him to utter a single word, “Raven”, before dying. Poe convinces the others it’s their duty to bring his body to town for proper burial. What they find is a town that is almost deserted, its inhabitants in the middle of a funeral for a girl we saw die a most unnatural death in the film’s prologue. It quickly...
- 9/19/2022
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Though the confusingly named initiative “FX on Hulu” is on its way out, FX is still bringing premium television to Hulu in the meantime.
Hulu’s list of new releases for April 2022 is highlighted by FX limited series Under the Banner of Heaven. This adaptation of the non-fiction book by John Krakauer stars Andrew Garfield as a Mormon police detective whose faith is shaken when investigating a murder involving the church.
It’s not all just FX on the TV side of things for Hulu this month, however. The streamer is debuting second seasons of its series The Hardy Boys (April 6) and Woke (April 8). There isn’t much to report from Hulu’s original movies arm aside from true crime documentary Captive Audience on April 21. But that doc about one family’s 50-year journey for justice sounds like a must-watch.
April 1 sees the usual arrival of library film titles. Looper,...
Hulu’s list of new releases for April 2022 is highlighted by FX limited series Under the Banner of Heaven. This adaptation of the non-fiction book by John Krakauer stars Andrew Garfield as a Mormon police detective whose faith is shaken when investigating a murder involving the church.
It’s not all just FX on the TV side of things for Hulu this month, however. The streamer is debuting second seasons of its series The Hardy Boys (April 6) and Woke (April 8). There isn’t much to report from Hulu’s original movies arm aside from true crime documentary Captive Audience on April 21. But that doc about one family’s 50-year journey for justice sounds like a must-watch.
April 1 sees the usual arrival of library film titles. Looper,...
- 4/1/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
"We all have to die – what's important is what you do before you go." Uh sure, whatever you say Liam. Open Road Films has debuted the trailer for Memory, an action movie remake made by director Martin Campbell. The original Belgian film from 2003 was called De zaak Alzheimer (The Alzheimer's Case also known as The Memory of a Killer) but it has been dumbed down for American audiences with the title Memory. An assassin-for-hire finds that he's become a target after he refuses to complete a job for a dangerous criminal organization. "Alex is built for revenge but, with a memory that is beginning to falter, he is forced to question his every action, blurring the line between right and wrong." Liam Neeson stars as the aging hitman, with Guy Pearce, Monica Bellucci, Ray Stevenson, Stella Stocker, & Antonio Jaramillo. I'm starting to get worried Neeson ...
- 3/15/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
March 2022 is a great month for blonde women with cold, dead stares on Hulu.
With its list of new releases for March 2022, Hulu is highlighting two major original series ripped straight from the headlines. The first is The Dropout, which premieres on March 3. This show stars Amanda Seyfried (taking over from the previously cast Kate McKinnon) as Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes. This story about high-level corporate fraud is truly wild, enough so to accommodate several books, podcasts, and even an upcoming film starring Jennifer Lawrence. Hulu is certainly hoping its version is the definitive one.
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The Dropout‘s spiritual counterpart will be The Girl From Plainville, which premieres on March 29. This is another story you might be familiar with. If not, just...
With its list of new releases for March 2022, Hulu is highlighting two major original series ripped straight from the headlines. The first is The Dropout, which premieres on March 3. This show stars Amanda Seyfried (taking over from the previously cast Kate McKinnon) as Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes. This story about high-level corporate fraud is truly wild, enough so to accommodate several books, podcasts, and even an upcoming film starring Jennifer Lawrence. Hulu is certainly hoping its version is the definitive one.
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The Dropout‘s spiritual counterpart will be The Girl From Plainville, which premieres on March 29. This is another story you might be familiar with. If not, just...
- 3/1/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
For the 4,000-plus people who have climbed Mt. Everest, it’s likely that no film will ever come close to capturing the reality of that once-impossible experience. For the rest of us, “The Summit of the Gods” and its ilk will have to suffice. And while it may not ascend to the same heights as the likes of “Free Solo” or the under-appreciated “Vertical Limit,” director Patrick Imbert’s animated adaptation of Jirô Taniguchi and Baku Yumemakura’s manga of the same name makes for an impressive trek.
Looming just as large in the narrative is a camera that may or may not have been recovered from the remains of George Mallory, a mountaineer who disappeared along with his climbing partner Andrew Irvine on Everest in 1924. To this day, whether they became the first to successfully reach the summit before meeting their end remains a matter of speculation and debate.
Looming just as large in the narrative is a camera that may or may not have been recovered from the remains of George Mallory, a mountaineer who disappeared along with his climbing partner Andrew Irvine on Everest in 1924. To this day, whether they became the first to successfully reach the summit before meeting their end remains a matter of speculation and debate.
- 10/22/2021
- by Michael Nordine
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The debate has begun over a WGA referendum that would give screen credits to hundreds of feature film writers who currently aren’t eligible to receive them. The referendum would authorize the use of an “Additional Literary Material” credit for all “participating writers” who work – sometimes for many months – on motion pictures but don’t receive any screen credit at all.
The WGA, which determined credits for 213 films in 2020, says that “On 69 of these films – roughly 1 in 3 – at least one participating writer received no credit. In total, 185 participating writers wrote on features for which they ultimately received no credit. These are the writers who would be eligible for a new credit.” The guild noted that “this new credit would denote employment or sale of material, not authorship.”
WGA Holding Membership Referendum On New Feature Film Screen Credit
Michele Mulroney, the WGA West’s vice president and co-chair of the...
The WGA, which determined credits for 213 films in 2020, says that “On 69 of these films – roughly 1 in 3 – at least one participating writer received no credit. In total, 185 participating writers wrote on features for which they ultimately received no credit. These are the writers who would be eligible for a new credit.” The guild noted that “this new credit would denote employment or sale of material, not authorship.”
WGA Holding Membership Referendum On New Feature Film Screen Credit
Michele Mulroney, the WGA West’s vice president and co-chair of the...
- 10/9/2021
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Marcia Nasatir was never someone to be ignored, from her days as a young woman in New York publishing in the ’60s through her run as a top Hollywood production executive and her independent producing years. She set a path for many women to follow, and they did. She knew her worth and demanded equal treatment. She died Tuesday at age 95, after moving into the Motion Picture Home.
Even as a young woman, Nasatir was a forceful personality. Critic Joe Morgenstern first met her through their mutual friend Pauline Kael in the mid-1960s, he wrote in an email, “when Marcia was still a literary agent and before she became a studio executive at United Artists and rose to fill the position, with passion and distinction, that prompted her to use ‘firstmogulette’ as her email address. She knew books and loved them, but movies were her greater love, and as...
Even as a young woman, Nasatir was a forceful personality. Critic Joe Morgenstern first met her through their mutual friend Pauline Kael in the mid-1960s, he wrote in an email, “when Marcia was still a literary agent and before she became a studio executive at United Artists and rose to fill the position, with passion and distinction, that prompted her to use ‘firstmogulette’ as her email address. She knew books and loved them, but movies were her greater love, and as...
- 8/4/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Marcia Nasatir was never someone to be ignored, from her days as a young woman in New York publishing in the ’60s through her run as a top Hollywood production executive and her independent producing years. She set a path for many women to follow, and they did. She knew her worth and demanded equal treatment. She died Tuesday at age 95, after moving into the Motion Picture Home.
Even as a young woman, Nasatir was a forceful personality. Critic Joe Morgenstern first met her through their mutual friend Pauline Kael in the mid-1960s, he wrote in an email, “when Marcia was still a literary agent and before she became a studio executive at United Artists and rose to fill the position, with passion and distinction, that prompted her to use ‘firstmogulette’ as her email address. She knew books and loved them, but movies were her greater love, and as...
Even as a young woman, Nasatir was a forceful personality. Critic Joe Morgenstern first met her through their mutual friend Pauline Kael in the mid-1960s, he wrote in an email, “when Marcia was still a literary agent and before she became a studio executive at United Artists and rose to fill the position, with passion and distinction, that prompted her to use ‘firstmogulette’ as her email address. She knew books and loved them, but movies were her greater love, and as...
- 8/4/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Marcia Nasatir, a trailblazing female executive and producer who elbowed her way into a male-dominated Hollywood, shattering conventions and an important glass ceiling in the process, died on Tuesday morning. She was 95.
In a career of firsts, Nasatir worked for United Artists, Orion Pictures and Carson Productions, while producing the likes of “The Big Chill” and “Vertical Limit.” In 1974, she became the first female vice president of production at a major Hollywood studio when she was tapped for the job at U.A. It was a heady time to be at the studio, which had developed a reputation for backing edgy, filmmaker-friendly fare. In her post, Nasatir helped develop such movie classics as “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Carrie,” “Apocalypse Now” and “Rocky.”
“It was called ‘having a career’ back then, not ‘going to work,'” Nasatir said in a 2018 interview with the San Antonio Current. “I was fortunate.
In a career of firsts, Nasatir worked for United Artists, Orion Pictures and Carson Productions, while producing the likes of “The Big Chill” and “Vertical Limit.” In 1974, she became the first female vice president of production at a major Hollywood studio when she was tapped for the job at U.A. It was a heady time to be at the studio, which had developed a reputation for backing edgy, filmmaker-friendly fare. In her post, Nasatir helped develop such movie classics as “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Carrie,” “Apocalypse Now” and “Rocky.”
“It was called ‘having a career’ back then, not ‘going to work,'” Nasatir said in a 2018 interview with the San Antonio Current. “I was fortunate.
- 8/3/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Marcia Nasatir, the pathbreaking studio executive and producer, died on Tuesday at the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s Country House and Hospital, according to an individual with knowledge. Nasatir was 95.
Nasatir broke the glass ceiling and became the first female vice president of production at United Artists in the 1970s. She worked on box office hits like “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Rocky,” “Coming Home,” “Three Days of the Condor,” “Carrie” and “F.I.S.T.” She also worked at Orion Pictures and Johnny Carson’s production company before branching out as an independent producer.
In 1974, Nasatir was a literary agent with an impressive client roster that included top screenwriters like William Goldman, Robert Towne, Lorenzo Semple Jr. and director Sydney Pollack. Nasatir then got a call from Mike Medavoy, then the senior VP of production at United Artists, who offered Nasatir a story editor job. She agreed to take the job...
Nasatir broke the glass ceiling and became the first female vice president of production at United Artists in the 1970s. She worked on box office hits like “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Rocky,” “Coming Home,” “Three Days of the Condor,” “Carrie” and “F.I.S.T.” She also worked at Orion Pictures and Johnny Carson’s production company before branching out as an independent producer.
In 1974, Nasatir was a literary agent with an impressive client roster that included top screenwriters like William Goldman, Robert Towne, Lorenzo Semple Jr. and director Sydney Pollack. Nasatir then got a call from Mike Medavoy, then the senior VP of production at United Artists, who offered Nasatir a story editor job. She agreed to take the job...
- 8/3/2021
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
The Good Fight and Evil creators Robert and Michelle King are staying at their longtime studio home, CBS Studios. But this was not a straight-forward overall deal renewal. The big new five-year pact, said to be in the high eight figures with a potential to cross the nine-figure mark in success, came after months of negotiations.
It was touch and go for awhile with multiple suitors pursuing the prolific duo, including Universal Television, I hear. In the end, CBS Studios stepped up to keep two of their top creators in the fold, extending their tenure to 17 years.
Under the new agreement, CBS Studios will continue to have exclusive rights to produce content created by the Kings through their King Size Productions banner across all platforms. Liz Glotzer remains president of King Size Productions.
The Kings have successfully juggled multiple series for most of their 12 years to date at CBS Studios.
It was touch and go for awhile with multiple suitors pursuing the prolific duo, including Universal Television, I hear. In the end, CBS Studios stepped up to keep two of their top creators in the fold, extending their tenure to 17 years.
Under the new agreement, CBS Studios will continue to have exclusive rights to produce content created by the Kings through their King Size Productions banner across all platforms. Liz Glotzer remains president of King Size Productions.
The Kings have successfully juggled multiple series for most of their 12 years to date at CBS Studios.
- 7/8/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Hopefully March will bring respite from crippling snow storms and frigid temperatures for much of the globe. And if it doesn’t? Well, Hulu’s got some new streaming options at least!
Hulu’s list of new releases for March 2021 are relatively slight on Hulu originals. Thankfully, one beloved original of note is coming back this month. Solar Opposites will premiere all episodes of its second season on March 26. This sci-fi animated comedy from Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland is a breath of fresh alien air.
On the movie side of things, Hulu is premiering Boss Level on March 5. This actioner will star the delightful Frank Grillo and the decidedly less delightful Mel Gibson. Speaking of delightful though, the documentary Kid 90 will arrive on March 12. This comes from Punky Brewster star Soleil Moon Frye and features hours of footage she shot in the ’90s that will depict what...
Hulu’s list of new releases for March 2021 are relatively slight on Hulu originals. Thankfully, one beloved original of note is coming back this month. Solar Opposites will premiere all episodes of its second season on March 26. This sci-fi animated comedy from Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland is a breath of fresh alien air.
On the movie side of things, Hulu is premiering Boss Level on March 5. This actioner will star the delightful Frank Grillo and the decidedly less delightful Mel Gibson. Speaking of delightful though, the documentary Kid 90 will arrive on March 12. This comes from Punky Brewster star Soleil Moon Frye and features hours of footage she shot in the ’90s that will depict what...
- 2/27/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Producer Mike Medavoy’s Phoenix Pictures has picked up the rights to the international best-selling book series F*ck Feelings for television. The irreverent, comedic, and at times profane self-help book, written by father-daughter writing duo Michael and Sarah Bennett, is followed up by the spiritual sequel F*ck Love.
Billed as “One Shrink’s Advice for Managing All Life’s Impossible Problems”, core philosophy of F*ck Feelings espouses less dream-actualization and more realistic goals and feasible results. The elder Bennett is a Harvard-educated psychiatrist and an American Psychiatric Association distinguished fellow. His daughter Sarah wrote sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade in New York.
The TV series will follow a family of mental health professionals acclimating to the ravages of public institutions after a cushy career in private practice.
Producing along with Medavoy is Phoenix Pictures’ Michael Lee Peterson, and Berta Treitl of Renaissance Literary and Talent.
Billed as “One Shrink’s Advice for Managing All Life’s Impossible Problems”, core philosophy of F*ck Feelings espouses less dream-actualization and more realistic goals and feasible results. The elder Bennett is a Harvard-educated psychiatrist and an American Psychiatric Association distinguished fellow. His daughter Sarah wrote sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade in New York.
The TV series will follow a family of mental health professionals acclimating to the ravages of public institutions after a cushy career in private practice.
Producing along with Medavoy is Phoenix Pictures’ Michael Lee Peterson, and Berta Treitl of Renaissance Literary and Talent.
- 12/9/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Prolific TV creators/showrunners Michelle and Robert King have signed with UTA. The duo and their production banner, King Size Productions, helmed by Liz Glotzer, will be represented by the agency in all areas.
The Kings are changing agencies after many years at Paradigm. The duo came into play when their longtime lead agent, Andy Patman, last month left Paradigm to co-head the lit department of A3 Agency, where he was joined by three other former Paradigm lit agents. UTA is currently the only Big 4 agency to represent writers after recently signing an agreement with the WGA.
Michelle and Robert King have been creative collaborators for over 20 years and married for over 30 years. Currently under an overall deal at their longtime studio home CBS TV Studios, they are the creators, executive producers and showrunners of The Good Fight, which launched CBS All Access’ original scripted slate and is one of...
The Kings are changing agencies after many years at Paradigm. The duo came into play when their longtime lead agent, Andy Patman, last month left Paradigm to co-head the lit department of A3 Agency, where he was joined by three other former Paradigm lit agents. UTA is currently the only Big 4 agency to represent writers after recently signing an agreement with the WGA.
Michelle and Robert King have been creative collaborators for over 20 years and married for over 30 years. Currently under an overall deal at their longtime studio home CBS TV Studios, they are the creators, executive producers and showrunners of The Good Fight, which launched CBS All Access’ original scripted slate and is one of...
- 8/3/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Today would have marked the 65th birthday for the late, great, Bill Paxton. The actor sadly passed away in 2017 following complications from open heart surgery, but despite leaving us far too soon, his career spanned nearly 40 years with performances in some of the biggest movies in history. He also has the rare distinction of being the only person to be killed by a Terminator, Xenomorph and Predator.
His role as “Punk Leader” in The Terminator was a turning point in his career. Yes, he dies within the first 10 minutes of the movie at the hands of a very naked Arnold Schwarzenegger, but that part proved to be a seminal moment for him because it was the first of many times working with director James Cameron.
Cameron definitely saw something in Paxton because the director cast him as Private William Hudson in Aliens two years later. It’s perhaps his most...
His role as “Punk Leader” in The Terminator was a turning point in his career. Yes, he dies within the first 10 minutes of the movie at the hands of a very naked Arnold Schwarzenegger, but that part proved to be a seminal moment for him because it was the first of many times working with director James Cameron.
Cameron definitely saw something in Paxton because the director cast him as Private William Hudson in Aliens two years later. It’s perhaps his most...
- 5/17/2020
- by Ryan Beltram
- We Got This Covered
If a mountain-climbing adventure like Everest or Vertical Limit removed its bombastic thrill-seeking setpieces and was instead directed with the patient, reverent eye of Apichatpong Weerasethakul one may conjure up something like The Mountains Are a Dream That Call to Me. Cedric Cheung-Lau, who established his career on the lighting teams of A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, The Mend, Little Men, and more notable indies, makes his feature directorial debut with this peaceful, meditative journey through the Annapurna Mountain range in Nepal. Compact in narrative scale, but as epic as one can imagine in terms of capturing the awe of the gorgeous environment our small set of characters traverse, the film is a meditative testament to appreciating one’s surroundings in all their glory.
Hannah (Alice Cummins) is a visitor from Australia in her twilight years on a journey of self-discovery. She encounters Tukten (Sanjaya Lama), a young...
Hannah (Alice Cummins) is a visitor from Australia in her twilight years on a journey of self-discovery. She encounters Tukten (Sanjaya Lama), a young...
- 1/25/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Joseph Baxter Nov 5, 2019
Director Martin Campbell will tackle an actioner, titled The Asset, which will star Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson and Maggie Q.
The Asset, a developing assassin-focused action-thriller, is shaping up auspiciously at Millennium Media, having locked down director Martin Campbell – known from esteemed James Bond offerings Casino Royale and GoldenEye – as well as an intriguing main cast trio.
Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson and Maggie Q are set to star in The Asset, reports Deadline. The actioner will see director Campbell working off a script by Richard Wenk, who brings a scribe CV from action offerings such as The Equalizer movies, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, the 2016 remake of The Magnificent Seven, The Expendables 2, The Mechanic and 16 Blocks. Wenk is also attached to Sony’s mooted Kraven the Hunter Spider-Man spinoff film.
The described plot of The Asset will focus on the characters of Rembrandt...
Director Martin Campbell will tackle an actioner, titled The Asset, which will star Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson and Maggie Q.
The Asset, a developing assassin-focused action-thriller, is shaping up auspiciously at Millennium Media, having locked down director Martin Campbell – known from esteemed James Bond offerings Casino Royale and GoldenEye – as well as an intriguing main cast trio.
Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson and Maggie Q are set to star in The Asset, reports Deadline. The actioner will see director Campbell working off a script by Richard Wenk, who brings a scribe CV from action offerings such as The Equalizer movies, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, the 2016 remake of The Magnificent Seven, The Expendables 2, The Mechanic and 16 Blocks. Wenk is also attached to Sony’s mooted Kraven the Hunter Spider-Man spinoff film.
The described plot of The Asset will focus on the characters of Rembrandt...
- 11/5/2019
- Den of Geek
The Chinese mountain-climbing adventure “The Climbers” works best when it’s an old-fashioned macho melodrama about the hardships faced by the first mountaineering team to document their summit of Mount Everest’s treacherous North-side in 1975.
In these scenes, writer-director Daniel Lee (“Black Mask”) and his colleagues deliver a less flamboyant but equally nationalistic mountain-climbing answer to “Top Gun,” one that’s mostly focused on the camaraderie and heartbreak that the (predominantly male) National Mountaineering Team faces whenever their stubborn but resourceful leaders Wuzhou Fang and Qu Songlin (Zhang Yi) press on in the face of avalanches, snow drifts, and other killer weather conditions.
Most action set pieces — which are the movie’s biggest selling point, given its IMAX presentation here in America — are marred by cheap-looking computer graphics and image-compositing, especially whenever the mountaineering team is super-imposed on the side of Everest during helicopter or crane shots. But impressive sound design,...
In these scenes, writer-director Daniel Lee (“Black Mask”) and his colleagues deliver a less flamboyant but equally nationalistic mountain-climbing answer to “Top Gun,” one that’s mostly focused on the camaraderie and heartbreak that the (predominantly male) National Mountaineering Team faces whenever their stubborn but resourceful leaders Wuzhou Fang and Qu Songlin (Zhang Yi) press on in the face of avalanches, snow drifts, and other killer weather conditions.
Most action set pieces — which are the movie’s biggest selling point, given its IMAX presentation here in America — are marred by cheap-looking computer graphics and image-compositing, especially whenever the mountaineering team is super-imposed on the side of Everest during helicopter or crane shots. But impressive sound design,...
- 10/1/2019
- by Simon Abrams
- The Wrap
If you’re a fan of the rock climbing documentary Free Solo and its star Alex Honnold, who climbed Yosemite’s famous El Capitan, a 3,200-foot vertical rock face… without any ropes or gear, you’ll definitely enjoy this video.
In it, Honnold breaks down some of the rock climbing scenes from films such as Mission: Impossible 2, Point Break, Star Trek V, Vertical Limit, and Cliffhanger. It’s actually very informative and entertaining to watch.
The funny thing is, out of all the films that he offers rock climbing commentary for, the scenes in Star Trek V are the most realistic! The most unrealistic are obviously the scenes in Cliffhanger.
Watch the video and let us know what some of your favorite rock climbing scenes in the movies are. Enjoy!
In it, Honnold breaks down some of the rock climbing scenes from films such as Mission: Impossible 2, Point Break, Star Trek V, Vertical Limit, and Cliffhanger. It’s actually very informative and entertaining to watch.
The funny thing is, out of all the films that he offers rock climbing commentary for, the scenes in Star Trek V are the most realistic! The most unrealistic are obviously the scenes in Cliffhanger.
Watch the video and let us know what some of your favorite rock climbing scenes in the movies are. Enjoy!
- 2/21/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
"It seems like a bit of a stretch..." Well, now. This is a rare example of an Oscar campaign actually resulting in something remarkably interesting that will last beyond just the awards season. GQ profiled rock climber Alex Honnold, the subject of the Oscar-nominated (and incredibly tense) documentary Free Solo (watch the trailer). As part of their coverage, they asked Honnold to analyze and break down various iconic rock climbing scenes from Hollywood movies. You know where this is going - it's all so fake and exaggerated. Of course! But nothing everything. Honnold critiques scenes in movies like Point Break, Star Trek V, Failure to Launch, The Dark Knight Rises, Vertical Limit, and Cliffhanger. That last one is known as the epitome of Hollywood fakeness ever since it debuted in 1993, but it's still a fun movie. All these movies are fun anyway. Via GQ's YouTube. Short description: "Professional rock...
- 2/20/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Cliff Martinez is as consistent as he is prolific. The composer has scored everything from “The Neon Demon” and “The Knick” to “War Dogs” and “Rough Night” in the last few years; he most recently handled the music for the Jackie Chan thriller “The Foreigner.” IndieWire can exclusively premiere the new track “I Wouldn’t Count On It.” Listen below.
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Anyone familiar with Martinez’s electronic soundscapes will instantly recognize his distinct vibe, which vacillates between hypnotic and unsettling. “The Foreigner” is is based on Stephen Leather’s novel “The Chinaman” and stars Chan as a restaurateur who sets out on a quest for vengeance after his daughter is killed in an Ira attack.
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Martin Campbell (“Casino Royale,...
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Anyone familiar with Martinez’s electronic soundscapes will instantly recognize his distinct vibe, which vacillates between hypnotic and unsettling. “The Foreigner” is is based on Stephen Leather’s novel “The Chinaman” and stars Chan as a restaurateur who sets out on a quest for vengeance after his daughter is killed in an Ira attack.
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Martin Campbell (“Casino Royale,...
- 10/7/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Kate Winslet and Idris Elba are two formidable actors that exude immaculate on-screen presence. So having both co-star in a film that basically pits them alone for most of the runtime can lead one to assume we’d be in for something special. The Mountain Between Us, adapted from the book by Charles Martin, is not that special movie. The Hollywood debut of Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad, who made Paradise Now and Omar, turns out to be surprisingly pedantic. Whereas the two aforementioned movies dealt with hefty, substance-driven subject matters, The Mountain Between Us is nothing more than a survival love story set in the far-reaching rocky mountains.
Winslet plays photojournalist Alex and Elba is neurologist Ben. They meet at Salt Lake City airport after their flight is cancelled. Much to their fortune — or lack thereof, it turns out — they meet a pilot (Beau Bridges) that flies them in his private chartered plane.
Winslet plays photojournalist Alex and Elba is neurologist Ben. They meet at Salt Lake City airport after their flight is cancelled. Much to their fortune — or lack thereof, it turns out — they meet a pilot (Beau Bridges) that flies them in his private chartered plane.
- 9/16/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Uncanny star Lucy Griffiths was kind enough to answer some questions for us, and the Q&A we conducted with her kicks off the round-up. Also: domestic acquisition news for Emelie, details for One Eyed Girl on Blu-ray / DVD, and Vault of the Macabre II video.
Uncanny: "Rlj Entertainment will be releasing Uncanny on November 3rd, 2015.
Mark Webber (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), David Clayton Rogers (Bloody Sunday), Lucy Griffiths (TV’s “True Blood”) and director Matthew Leutwyler are available for interviews on behalf of the film’s release.
For ten years, inventor David Kressen has lived in seclusion with his inventions, including Adam, a robot with incredible lifelike human qualities. When reporter Joy Andrews is given access to their unconventional facility, she is alternately repelled and attracted to the scientist and his creation. But as Adam exhibits an emergent behavior of anger and jealousy towards her, she finds...
Uncanny: "Rlj Entertainment will be releasing Uncanny on November 3rd, 2015.
Mark Webber (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), David Clayton Rogers (Bloody Sunday), Lucy Griffiths (TV’s “True Blood”) and director Matthew Leutwyler are available for interviews on behalf of the film’s release.
For ten years, inventor David Kressen has lived in seclusion with his inventions, including Adam, a robot with incredible lifelike human qualities. When reporter Joy Andrews is given access to their unconventional facility, she is alternately repelled and attracted to the scientist and his creation. But as Adam exhibits an emergent behavior of anger and jealousy towards her, she finds...
- 11/3/2015
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Dodgier than the Krays: Two-star film review hidden on Tom Hardy's Legend poster is a bit of a cheat
A two-star review from The Guardian (that's just one star per twin) is hiding in this new poster for Tom Hardy's Kray twins biopic Legend, and you've got two seconds to spot it.
The incident was first brought to light by the alarmed Guardian reviewer himself, Benjamin Lee, who tweeted this:
Incredible way of making my two star review seem like I didn't hate the film pic.twitter.com/zvOyIxHQ3h
— Benjamin Lee (@benfraserlee) September 8, 2015
A tip of the cap to Legend's marketing team, then, for turning an unfortunate critical assessment into a social media phenomenon.
Lighting up Twitter like it's the second coming of Keyboard Cat, the internet has been snorting into its collective flat whites this morning over this cinematic subterfuge, but it's not the first time it's happened.
Here, for Chris Morris's Four Lions, any instance of the word "funny" was used, which really emphasised something: the film's funny.
The incident was first brought to light by the alarmed Guardian reviewer himself, Benjamin Lee, who tweeted this:
Incredible way of making my two star review seem like I didn't hate the film pic.twitter.com/zvOyIxHQ3h
— Benjamin Lee (@benfraserlee) September 8, 2015
A tip of the cap to Legend's marketing team, then, for turning an unfortunate critical assessment into a social media phenomenon.
Lighting up Twitter like it's the second coming of Keyboard Cat, the internet has been snorting into its collective flat whites this morning over this cinematic subterfuge, but it's not the first time it's happened.
Here, for Chris Morris's Four Lions, any instance of the word "funny" was used, which really emphasised something: the film's funny.
- 9/9/2015
- Digital Spy
The next project for Jackie Chan is now in the works, with a new director officially attached. Deadline is reporting that Stx Entertainment is finalizing a deal with director Martin Campbell, who will be at the helm of an adaptation starring Jackie Chan. The film will be titled The Foreigner, adapted from Stephen Leather's novel The Chinaman, first published in 2008. Campbell last made Green Lantern but has been stuck in "movie prison" ever since, and is also responsible for Casino Royale, Edge of Darkness and Vertical Limit. Word is that they're aiming to start production this fall, with deals being finalized with everyone now. Here's the plot description from the book's listing on Amazon: The Chinaman understood death. Jungle-skilled, silent and lethal, he had killed for the Viet Cong and then for the Americans. He had watched helpless when his two eldest daughters had been raped and killed by Thai pirates.
- 7/15/2015
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Donning the cape and tights to play a big screen superhero was often seen as career suicide for actors. This idea is mined to brilliant effect in Alejandro González Iñárritu's Birdman, with a former comic book star looking to relaunch his career with an ambitious Broadway play.
Adding extra spice to Birdman is the casting of Michael Keaton, himself a former Batman whose post-tights career has been somewhat hit and miss. This film, however, is a stunning reminder of just how good an actor Keaton is and proof that careers don't end when on-screen superpowers fade away.
Digital Spy takes a look at 20 ex-superhero stars to see how they fared after leaving an iconic comic book role behind.
20. Billy Zane
The suave American actor looked set for big things in the '90s thanks to impressive roles in Dead Calm and Tombstone, but his time in the purple Phantom...
Adding extra spice to Birdman is the casting of Michael Keaton, himself a former Batman whose post-tights career has been somewhat hit and miss. This film, however, is a stunning reminder of just how good an actor Keaton is and proof that careers don't end when on-screen superpowers fade away.
Digital Spy takes a look at 20 ex-superhero stars to see how they fared after leaving an iconic comic book role behind.
20. Billy Zane
The suave American actor looked set for big things in the '90s thanks to impressive roles in Dead Calm and Tombstone, but his time in the purple Phantom...
- 1/10/2015
- Digital Spy
Nick Matthews. psychological thriller One Eyed Girl has won the jury prize in the .Dark Matters. category at the Austin Film Festival in Texas.
Produce by David Ngo and written by Matthews and Craig Behenna, the South Australian-shot film tells of a psychiatrist, haunted by the death of a former patient, who stumbles upon a Doomsday cult and battles to save a teenage girl from its clutches
Starring Tilda Cobham-Hervey (The Kettering Incident, 52 Tuesdays), Mark Leonard Winter (Healing, Van Diemen.s Land) and Steve Le Marquand (Rake, Vertical Limit), One Eyed Girl will be released in Australian cinemas on April 2, distributed by The Backlot Studios.
The Dark Matters award was introduced last year and was won by Madellaine Paxson.s Blood Punch.
Austin Film Festival screenplay and teleplay competition director, Matt Dy said, "Screenwriters Craig Behenna and Nick Matthews have written a script that, on the page, would very likely...
Produce by David Ngo and written by Matthews and Craig Behenna, the South Australian-shot film tells of a psychiatrist, haunted by the death of a former patient, who stumbles upon a Doomsday cult and battles to save a teenage girl from its clutches
Starring Tilda Cobham-Hervey (The Kettering Incident, 52 Tuesdays), Mark Leonard Winter (Healing, Van Diemen.s Land) and Steve Le Marquand (Rake, Vertical Limit), One Eyed Girl will be released in Australian cinemas on April 2, distributed by The Backlot Studios.
The Dark Matters award was introduced last year and was won by Madellaine Paxson.s Blood Punch.
Austin Film Festival screenplay and teleplay competition director, Matt Dy said, "Screenwriters Craig Behenna and Nick Matthews have written a script that, on the page, would very likely...
- 10/26/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
There's a brand new end-of-the-world scenario coming to Reelz, and this time around the apocalypse could be coming courtesy of an Exploding Sun. In the movie, the first ever commercial space shuttle is struck by a solar storm, and as a result the ship is catapulted on a direct course for the sun. Things get dicey for everyone on planet Earth when it's discovered the event will trigger an infinitely larger solar storm that could send us all back into the Stone Age. Will the world survive? Find out when Exploding Sun premieres on Reelz Monday, September 9th at 8p Et/ 5p Pt.
In the meantime, we figured the best way to prepare for the explosion is to study the one line of dialogue that absolutely must be uttered during a big on-screen explosion. Take a moment to watch this "It's Gonna Blow!" supercut to get ready for the big event.
In the meantime, we figured the best way to prepare for the explosion is to study the one line of dialogue that absolutely must be uttered during a big on-screen explosion. Take a moment to watch this "It's Gonna Blow!" supercut to get ready for the big event.
- 8/30/2013
- by Mandy McAdoo
- Reelzchannel.com
Following are some supplemental sections featuring notable director & actor teams that did not meet the criteria for the main body of the article. Some will argue that a number of these should have been included in the primary section but keep in mind that film writing on any level, from the casual to the academic, is a game of knowledge and perception filtered through personal taste.
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Other Notable Director & Actor Teams
This section is devoted to pairings where the duo worked together at least 3 times with the actor in a major role in each feature film, resulting in 1 must-see film.
Terence Young & Sean Connery
Must-See Collaboration: From Russia with Love (1962).
Other Collaborations: Action of the Tiger (1957), Dr. No (1962), Thunderball (1965).
Director Young and actor Connery teamed up to create one of the very best Connery-era James Bond films with From Russia with Love which features a great villainous performance by Robert Shaw...
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Other Notable Director & Actor Teams
This section is devoted to pairings where the duo worked together at least 3 times with the actor in a major role in each feature film, resulting in 1 must-see film.
Terence Young & Sean Connery
Must-See Collaboration: From Russia with Love (1962).
Other Collaborations: Action of the Tiger (1957), Dr. No (1962), Thunderball (1965).
Director Young and actor Connery teamed up to create one of the very best Connery-era James Bond films with From Russia with Love which features a great villainous performance by Robert Shaw...
- 7/14/2013
- by Terek Puckett
- SoundOnSight
Zap2it: With as many actors as reportedly went after the title role of "Longmire," were you surprised to get it?
Robert Taylor: I read it and just instantly connected with it. I put down a little test on tape back in Australia, sent it off and then forgot about it. About a month later, it popped into my head that I'd never heard anything back ... and about 30 seconds later, the phone rang. And it was that call from L.A.
I came to Hollywood and did another screen test, and I felt very comfortable in the role. That's happened before, though, and you don't get the job for whatever reason. A lot of things come into play, but I think I put up a pretty good case here.
Q: Since you've been acting for a long time, in such well-known movies as "The Matrix" and "Vertical Limit" but especially in your native Australia,...
Robert Taylor: I read it and just instantly connected with it. I put down a little test on tape back in Australia, sent it off and then forgot about it. About a month later, it popped into my head that I'd never heard anything back ... and about 30 seconds later, the phone rang. And it was that call from L.A.
I came to Hollywood and did another screen test, and I felt very comfortable in the role. That's happened before, though, and you don't get the job for whatever reason. A lot of things come into play, but I think I put up a pretty good case here.
Q: Since you've been acting for a long time, in such well-known movies as "The Matrix" and "Vertical Limit" but especially in your native Australia,...
- 6/17/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
New York — You may not recognize Robert Taylor as anyone other than the title character he plays on the crime drama "Longmire." But he's no newcomer.
"I've been working pretty solidly for a long time," says Taylor, with a wry throwaway: "Not that anyone would notice, you know what I mean?"
But not that he appears to be complaining.
"It's been my goal to work as much as possible, and be as unknown as possible," he insists.
Unknown-ness for the 50-year-old actor may be threatened as "Longmire" begins its second season Monday at 10 p.m. Edt on A&E, where he stars alongside Katee Sackhoff ("Battlestar Galactica") and Lou Diamond Phillips.
Taylor impressed viewers last summer as Sheriff Walt Longmire, who polices the Big Sky sprawl of Absaroka County, Wyo., with a devotion that's steadfast, laconic and sadder-but-wiser (he mourns the recent death of his wife). He is rangy and...
"I've been working pretty solidly for a long time," says Taylor, with a wry throwaway: "Not that anyone would notice, you know what I mean?"
But not that he appears to be complaining.
"It's been my goal to work as much as possible, and be as unknown as possible," he insists.
Unknown-ness for the 50-year-old actor may be threatened as "Longmire" begins its second season Monday at 10 p.m. Edt on A&E, where he stars alongside Katee Sackhoff ("Battlestar Galactica") and Lou Diamond Phillips.
Taylor impressed viewers last summer as Sheriff Walt Longmire, who polices the Big Sky sprawl of Absaroka County, Wyo., with a devotion that's steadfast, laconic and sadder-but-wiser (he mourns the recent death of his wife). He is rangy and...
- 5/23/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Lloyd Phillips, an Academy Award winner who produced such films as Inglourious Basterds and the upcoming Man of Steel, died Friday in Los Angeles after suffering a heart attack, ICM Partners reported. He was 63. Photos: Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2013 Born in South Africa and raised in New Zealand, Phillips also produced or executive produced such films as Twelve Monkeys (1995), The Edge (1997), Vertical Limit (2000), Beyond Borders (2003), The Legend of Zorro (2005), The International (2009) and The Tourist (2010). He shot in 16 countries during his career. In 1981, Phillips became New Zealand’s first Oscar winner
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- 1/28/2013
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
From Vertical Limit to Touching the Void and a few inbetween, the history of mountain climbing films won’t lead to an extensive discussion, but at this year’s Sundance it looks like formidable entry has entered the arena. Announced in the line-up yesterday, we’ve already got the first trailer for Nick Ryan‘s intense-looking documentary The Summit. Telling the [...]...
- 11/29/2012
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
'tis the season for trailers for the summer movie season. Paramount wants you to start getting interested in seeing G.I. Joe: Retaliation next summer, and they're doing their best to do just that with the first trailer. Wanna watch it?
For a big, dumb action movie that trailer delivers on several points:
1. The odds are now way up against the Joe team up. Cobra's in the White House?
2. Snake Eyes is fighting bad ninjas on a mountainside? Yeah, I'm down with that.
3. Bruce Willis surprise appearance as the original G.I. Joe!
But I've seen a lot of trailers that looked amazing and it doesn't mean that the final product will live up to that (Vertical Limit, I'm talking about you.)
Fingers crossed that this new G.I. Joe movie makes the first look weak. They need to go above and beyond to make the G.I. Joe movie...
For a big, dumb action movie that trailer delivers on several points:
1. The odds are now way up against the Joe team up. Cobra's in the White House?
2. Snake Eyes is fighting bad ninjas on a mountainside? Yeah, I'm down with that.
3. Bruce Willis surprise appearance as the original G.I. Joe!
But I've seen a lot of trailers that looked amazing and it doesn't mean that the final product will live up to that (Vertical Limit, I'm talking about you.)
Fingers crossed that this new G.I. Joe movie makes the first look weak. They need to go above and beyond to make the G.I. Joe movie...
- 12/13/2011
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
Where has the mountain climbing thriller gone? Was it ever here? Sure there was the epic string of them in the 1930s in Germany and a 2008 adventure movie called The North Face, a couple great documentaries (Everest, Touching the Void) and an occasional action film (Cliffhanger, Vertical Limit, K2). I am even tempted to lump in Danny Boyle's 127 Hours which has the spirit of the genre, without actually having mountains. It is the nature of the beast that any filmmaking team doing this sort of movie (particularly in modern times unless you are Guy Maddin) has to be fully committed to such a thing to make it work, green screens and CGI would likely undermine things, but when done right, few genres have such built in...
- 10/24/2011
- Screen Anarchy
We’ve got Cliffhanger, Vertical Limit and Touching the Void, but there hasn’t been a great mountain climbing movie in awhile. We recently showed off the trailer for the indie A Lonely Place to Die, which mixes the genre with horror, but now Sony Pictures is eying a big-budget adventure surrounding a real-life story on the highest mountain the world.
Deadline reports that Sony Pictures have set The Bourne Identity and Go director Doug Liman to direct Everest, a film the follows the story of George Mallory and his repeat attempts to tackle Mount Everest. Set in the early 1920′s, he would become the first man to do so. Up in the Air‘s Sheldon Turner has written a script based on Jeffrey Archer’s novel, which you can read a synopsis below.
A real-life mountaineering mystery serves as the springboard for bestseller Archer’s abysmal latest. The plot...
Deadline reports that Sony Pictures have set The Bourne Identity and Go director Doug Liman to direct Everest, a film the follows the story of George Mallory and his repeat attempts to tackle Mount Everest. Set in the early 1920′s, he would become the first man to do so. Up in the Air‘s Sheldon Turner has written a script based on Jeffrey Archer’s novel, which you can read a synopsis below.
A real-life mountaineering mystery serves as the springboard for bestseller Archer’s abysmal latest. The plot...
- 9/30/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Mere marketing tool, or thumping good read? Here, David praises the greatness of movie novelisations…
They’re the novels film buffs love to read, and collect omnivorously. The books take up at least a single shelf, and their collectors smile, impressed, at the way a multi-million dollar scene sparkling with special effects can be effectively emulated in prose. Or maybe that’s just me.
But seriously: haven’t you ever watched Lethal Weapon and thought, “This should have been a book!” If you ever have, then track down and pick up Joel Norst’s paperback version and see how he can make maverick cop Martin Riggs jumping off a building while clinging to a hysterical civilian just as breathtaking as when Mel Gibson does it onscreen.
Or how about when James Bond free-falls over a cliff in Goldeneye? Check out veteran Bond novelist John Gardner’s take on it. These scenes,...
They’re the novels film buffs love to read, and collect omnivorously. The books take up at least a single shelf, and their collectors smile, impressed, at the way a multi-million dollar scene sparkling with special effects can be effectively emulated in prose. Or maybe that’s just me.
But seriously: haven’t you ever watched Lethal Weapon and thought, “This should have been a book!” If you ever have, then track down and pick up Joel Norst’s paperback version and see how he can make maverick cop Martin Riggs jumping off a building while clinging to a hysterical civilian just as breathtaking as when Mel Gibson does it onscreen.
Or how about when James Bond free-falls over a cliff in Goldeneye? Check out veteran Bond novelist John Gardner’s take on it. These scenes,...
- 9/28/2011
- Den of Geek
Where has the mountain climbing thriller gone? Was it ever here? Sure there was the epic string of them in the 1930s in Germany and a 2008 adventure movie called The North Face, a couple great documentaries (Everest, Touching the Void) and an occasional action film (Cliffhanger, Vertical Limit, K2). I am even tempted to lump in Danny Boyle's 127 Hours which has the spirit of the genre, without actually having mountains. It is the nature of the beast that any filmmaking team doing this sort of movie (particularly in modern times unless you are Guy Maddin) has to be fully committed to such a thing to make it work, green screens and CGI would likely undermine things, but when done right, few genres have such built in potential for white...
- 7/17/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Green Lantern director Martin Campbell is not a newcomer to Hollywood, but working with computer graphics (CGI) was a first for the action movie director.
Shooting live action stunts and visual effects is second nature to Campbell, but for Green Lantern, the New Zealander had to learn CGI technology and shoot the majority of the film on a blue screen. Martin Campbell is best known for action films including reviving the James Bond franchise with Casino Royale starring Daniel Craig. He also helmed many action-adventure films such as The Mask of Zorro (1998) with Antonio Banderas and it's 2005 sequel Legend of Zorro, Vertical Limit (Chris O'Donnell), and the Pierce Brosnan Bond film Goldeneye (1995).
Fan Movie Reviews: Green Lantern
To film the universe of the Green Lantern Corps and Green Lantern's
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Shooting live action stunts and visual effects is second nature to Campbell, but for Green Lantern, the New Zealander had to learn CGI technology and shoot the majority of the film on a blue screen. Martin Campbell is best known for action films including reviving the James Bond franchise with Casino Royale starring Daniel Craig. He also helmed many action-adventure films such as The Mask of Zorro (1998) with Antonio Banderas and it's 2005 sequel Legend of Zorro, Vertical Limit (Chris O'Donnell), and the Pierce Brosnan Bond film Goldeneye (1995).
Fan Movie Reviews: Green Lantern
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- 6/21/2011
- CineMovie
Green Lantern director Martin Campbell is not a newcomer to Hollywood, but working with computer graphics (CGI) was a first for the action movie director.
Shooting live action stunts and visual effects is second nature to Campbell, but for Green Lantern, the New Zealander had to learn CGI technology and shoot the majority of the film on a blue screen. Martin Campbell is best known for action films including reviving the James Bond franchise with Casino Royale starring Daniel Craig. He also helmed many action-adventure films such as The Mask of Zorro (1998) with Antonio Banderas and it's 2005 sequel Legend of Zorro, Vertical Limit (Chris O'Donnell), and the Pierce Brosnan Bond film Goldeneye (1995).
Fan Movie Reviews: Green Lantern
To film the universe of the Green Lantern Corps and Green Lantern's
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Shooting live action stunts and visual effects is second nature to Campbell, but for Green Lantern, the New Zealander had to learn CGI technology and shoot the majority of the film on a blue screen. Martin Campbell is best known for action films including reviving the James Bond franchise with Casino Royale starring Daniel Craig. He also helmed many action-adventure films such as The Mask of Zorro (1998) with Antonio Banderas and it's 2005 sequel Legend of Zorro, Vertical Limit (Chris O'Donnell), and the Pierce Brosnan Bond film Goldeneye (1995).
Fan Movie Reviews: Green Lantern
To film the universe of the Green Lantern Corps and Green Lantern's
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- 6/21/2011
- CineMovie
Green Lantern director Martin Campbell is not a newcomer to Hollywood, but working with computer graphics (CGI) was a first for the action movie director.
Shooting live action stunts and visual effects is second nature to Campbell, but for Green Lantern, the New Zealander had to learn CGI technology and shoot the majority of the film on a blue screen. Martin Campbell is best known for action films including reviving the James Bond franchise with Casino Royale starring Daniel Craig. He also helmed many action-adventure films such as The Mask of Zorro (1998) with Antonio Banderas and it's 2005 sequel Legend of Zorro, Vertical Limit (Chris O'Donnell), and the Pierce Brosnan Bond film Goldeneye (1995).
Fan Movie Reviews: Green Lantern
To film the universe of the Green Lantern Corps and Green Lantern's
Read more...
Shooting live action stunts and visual effects is second nature to Campbell, but for Green Lantern, the New Zealander had to learn CGI technology and shoot the majority of the film on a blue screen. Martin Campbell is best known for action films including reviving the James Bond franchise with Casino Royale starring Daniel Craig. He also helmed many action-adventure films such as The Mask of Zorro (1998) with Antonio Banderas and it's 2005 sequel Legend of Zorro, Vertical Limit (Chris O'Donnell), and the Pierce Brosnan Bond film Goldeneye (1995).
Fan Movie Reviews: Green Lantern
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- 6/21/2011
- CineMovie
Green Lantern
Directed by Martin Campbell
Written by Greg Berlanti, Michael Green, Marc Guggenheim and Michael Goldberg
USA, 2011
Fatigue. That’s the general emotion that any relatively sane fanboy will be feeling come the end of the summer in regards to comic book adaptations – so imagine the mindset of the general public. Regardless, and somewhat miraculously, Hollywood keeps churning them out because, almost without fail, they make money and, more importantly, hold the promise of sequels.
With X-Men: First Class, Thor, and Priest behind us and Captain America: The First Avenger and Cowboys and Aliens still looming, DC Comics plays its main card in a Marvel-heavy year with one of its most treasured yet odd staple characters. The story is simple – an old intergalactic threat (called Parallax) is accidentally set free (or breaks free, it’s hard to tell) and is on the loose once more with a hidden history...
Directed by Martin Campbell
Written by Greg Berlanti, Michael Green, Marc Guggenheim and Michael Goldberg
USA, 2011
Fatigue. That’s the general emotion that any relatively sane fanboy will be feeling come the end of the summer in regards to comic book adaptations – so imagine the mindset of the general public. Regardless, and somewhat miraculously, Hollywood keeps churning them out because, almost without fail, they make money and, more importantly, hold the promise of sequels.
With X-Men: First Class, Thor, and Priest behind us and Captain America: The First Avenger and Cowboys and Aliens still looming, DC Comics plays its main card in a Marvel-heavy year with one of its most treasured yet odd staple characters. The story is simple – an old intergalactic threat (called Parallax) is accidentally set free (or breaks free, it’s hard to tell) and is on the loose once more with a hidden history...
- 6/17/2011
- by Al White
- SoundOnSight
Ryan Reynolds in Green Lantern
Photo: Warner Bros. Green Lantern brings with it the universal breadth of Thor, a cloud-like villain similar to the one found in Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer and a strange connection to Top Gun complete with dreams of living up to daddy, a blonde love interest, a destroyed fighter plane and the list goes on and on. Had Maverick not gone on to become the Navy's top flying ace and instead became an intergalactic superhero this might be exactly what would have happened, and yes, he would even still get the girl.
I've never read the "Green Lantern" comic, but I have to assume the theme of will power vs. fear ran through it just as it does in this filmed adaptation. Ryan Reynolds stars as Hal Jordan, an Air Force test pilot that has been chosen to replace Abin Sur (Temuera Morrison...
Photo: Warner Bros. Green Lantern brings with it the universal breadth of Thor, a cloud-like villain similar to the one found in Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer and a strange connection to Top Gun complete with dreams of living up to daddy, a blonde love interest, a destroyed fighter plane and the list goes on and on. Had Maverick not gone on to become the Navy's top flying ace and instead became an intergalactic superhero this might be exactly what would have happened, and yes, he would even still get the girl.
I've never read the "Green Lantern" comic, but I have to assume the theme of will power vs. fear ran through it just as it does in this filmed adaptation. Ryan Reynolds stars as Hal Jordan, an Air Force test pilot that has been chosen to replace Abin Sur (Temuera Morrison...
- 6/17/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Ryan Reynolds is Green Lantern. But is the film the suspected bomb of the summer, or is there a good reason to see it? Here's our review...
When Warner Bros. first announced its plans to make Green Lantern its next big comic book franchise, few people would have put Martin Campbell at the top of a 'let's get him to direct it' list. Well, me, for one. Leaf through Campbell's back catalogue and the very thing that Green Lantern would seem to demand - CGI flourishes, flights of fancy, big colours and stuff - are suspiciously light on the ground. When Campbell does action, he does action for real. And when he relies on CGI, we get Vertical Limit.
So, how would he deal with purple aliens, mad scientists and yellow fear swallowing baddies? Uh, pretty well, as it turns out. Campbell's successful re-booting of the James Bond franchise in...
When Warner Bros. first announced its plans to make Green Lantern its next big comic book franchise, few people would have put Martin Campbell at the top of a 'let's get him to direct it' list. Well, me, for one. Leaf through Campbell's back catalogue and the very thing that Green Lantern would seem to demand - CGI flourishes, flights of fancy, big colours and stuff - are suspiciously light on the ground. When Campbell does action, he does action for real. And when he relies on CGI, we get Vertical Limit.
So, how would he deal with purple aliens, mad scientists and yellow fear swallowing baddies? Uh, pretty well, as it turns out. Campbell's successful re-booting of the James Bond franchise in...
- 6/16/2011
- Den of Geek
Hitting movie theaters this weekend:
The Green Lantern – Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard
Mr. Popper’s Penguins – Jim Carrey, Carla Gugino, Angela Lansbury
Movie of the Week
The Green Lantern
The Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard
The Plot: A test pilot (Reynolds) is granted a mystical green ring that bestows him with otherworldly powers, as well as membership into an intergalactic squadron tasked with keeping peace within the universe.
The Buzz: Just slightly to the right of the “kill me now” column (see Mr. Popper’s Penguins) lies DC’s feeble attempt to answer Marvel’s mighty Thor. I am stupefied at how nerdy Reynolds looks throughout all of The Green Lantern’s marketing efforts. I can’t get over it really, and I’ve never really enjoyed Reynolds at all. Blake Lively is lovely and Peter Sarsgaard is a solid heavyweight, but I just don’t...
The Green Lantern – Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard
Mr. Popper’s Penguins – Jim Carrey, Carla Gugino, Angela Lansbury
Movie of the Week
The Green Lantern
The Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard
The Plot: A test pilot (Reynolds) is granted a mystical green ring that bestows him with otherworldly powers, as well as membership into an intergalactic squadron tasked with keeping peace within the universe.
The Buzz: Just slightly to the right of the “kill me now” column (see Mr. Popper’s Penguins) lies DC’s feeble attempt to answer Marvel’s mighty Thor. I am stupefied at how nerdy Reynolds looks throughout all of The Green Lantern’s marketing efforts. I can’t get over it really, and I’ve never really enjoyed Reynolds at all. Blake Lively is lovely and Peter Sarsgaard is a solid heavyweight, but I just don’t...
- 6/15/2011
- by Aaron Ruffcorn
- The Scorecard Review
Green Lantern’s out this Friday, and to mark the occasion, Glen takes another look at the work of its composer, James Newton Howard…
Having looked at James Newton Howard’s collaborations with M Night Shyamalan, and a couple of his other notable efforts last year, it was always my intention to dig in to the rest of his back catalogue at some point.
So, with his score set to accompany DC’s blockbuster adaptation of the Green Lantern, I thought that now would be the ideal opportunity.
The Fugitive
The Fugitive is a film I really need to revisit, if only to see if it’s still as enjoyable as I remember. If anything, at least I know that Howard’s percussion heavy score certainly holds up well nearly 20 years down the line. The score adds to the levels of tension, as it alternates between time signatures, with orchestral passages underpinning the score,...
Having looked at James Newton Howard’s collaborations with M Night Shyamalan, and a couple of his other notable efforts last year, it was always my intention to dig in to the rest of his back catalogue at some point.
So, with his score set to accompany DC’s blockbuster adaptation of the Green Lantern, I thought that now would be the ideal opportunity.
The Fugitive
The Fugitive is a film I really need to revisit, if only to see if it’s still as enjoyable as I remember. If anything, at least I know that Howard’s percussion heavy score certainly holds up well nearly 20 years down the line. The score adds to the levels of tension, as it alternates between time signatures, with orchestral passages underpinning the score,...
- 6/13/2011
- Den of Geek
The last character poster for the anticipated forthcoming release highlighted the mischievous villain Dr. Hector Hammond, and now we have yet another poster for one of our heroes from the Green Lantern Corps. The official Facebook page for Green Lantern (via ComingSoon) has just released another character poster with Abin Sur wielding the power of his ring. Once the Green Lantern of Sector 2814 (which contains the planet Earth), Abin Sur passes his ring along to Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds) upon his death, enabling the pilot to take up the emerald mantle. Unless Blake Lively gets her own poster, this'll be the last. Here's Abin Sur on a new Green Lantern poster: Green Lantern is directed by veteran New Zealand filmmaker Martin Campbell, of Defenseless, GoldenEye, The Mask of Zorro, Vertical Limit, Casino Royale and Edge of Darkness previously. The script was written by Greg Berlanti ("Everwood", "Eli ...
- 5/17/2011
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
We've highlighted our hero and several of his alien Green Lantern Corps. counterparts with their own posters and even an epic banner, but now the villain of Green Lantern gets his own poster too. Dr. Hector Hammond (Peter Sarsgaard) the pathologist son of a senator ends up being seen as a disappointment in his father's eyes, but has a newfound confidence and plan to achieve greatness after he becomes infused with psychic powers after coming into contact with something from another world. The poster doesn't show Hammond with the vein-riddled, giant head we've seen in trailers, but it certainly is clear he's the villain. Here's the new poster courtesy of Facebook (via ComingSoon): Green Lantern is directed by veteran New Zealand filmmaker Martin Campbell, of Defenseless, GoldenEye, The Mask of Zorro, Vertical Limit, Casino Royale and Edge of Darkness previously. The script was written by Greg Berlanti ("Everwood", "Eli Stone...
- 5/11/2011
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Color me surprised by the fact that this looks so dang cool! I have never been a huge Green Lantern fan, finding the comics a little too (I know I know) unbelievable, with all the giant fists and lions and kitchen sinks blasting their way out of Hal Jordan's little ring.But as with Branagh and his Thor, it seems director Martin Campbell has pulled a proverbial rabbit out of the hat, because this trailer looks absolutely kick-ass.I loved Campbell's take on Bond with Casino Royale, and have an admitted soft spot for his Vertical Limit, and Ryan Reynolds is spot on as far as casting (if that bound-to-be-terrible proposed Evil dead remake ever happens there is only one man for that role...Reynolds).So as I...
- 5/5/2011
- Screen Anarchy
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