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Blu-Ray Review: Wordy ‘Angels & Demons’ Fails to Illuminate
2 December 2009 5:45 PM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Give Ron Howard an intimate character study like “Frost/Nixon,” and he’ll knock it out of the park. Give him a sprawling plot-driven thriller like…well, let’s face it: anything written by Dan Brown, and he’ll be consumed by the enormity of his subject. Yet while Howard’s “The Da Vinci Code,” failed on a human level, it did succeed in highlighting the tantalizing questions raised by Brown’s text, particularly the implications of historical distortion throughout the centuries. When the characters were allowed to simply analyze the story’s inherent mysteries, the film took flight.
Blu-Ray Rating: 2.5/5.0
Unfortunately, “Angels & Demons” never has a chance to truly engage, which is partly due to the fact that the material itself is less philosophical, and more on the level of a conventional thriller. That isn’t to say that Brown’s story (which was originally the prequel to »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Angels & Demons Blu-ray Review
29 November 2009 6:13 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
One of the rules in the mystery thriller genre is that if you want to find your suspect for the killings, it’s probably not the obvious answer. One should be suspicious of the nice, the genteel, the physical unthreatening, and often the sexual repressed/fey types. If the idea is surprising your audience, the person in the first act cutting the brushes will probably not be the killer, unless he never shows up again, and the camera lingers (the Hunt for Red October rule). As mystery/thrillers go, Angels & Demons is perfectly competent, but never much more, and the person most likely to be the ringleader is evident if the rules above are paid attention to. My review of the Angels and Demons Blu-ray after the jump.
Tom Hanks returns as Robert Langdon, called to the Vatican to help after the illuminati have shown their hand and threaten to »
- Andre Dellamorte
The Sunday Movie Quiz – The Answers
29 November 2009 4:01 PM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
Here are the answers to yesterday’s weekly Sunday Movie Quiz. If you missed the quiz yesterday, go here and give it a try before you look at the answers. Hope you had fun, and will come back for another quiz next Sunday.
Movie Quotes – Name the films
1 I’ll have what she’s having. – When Harry Met Sally
2 Yes Miss Daisy, I be honking. – The Long Kiss Goodnight
3 So, um, we think we should discuss the bonus situation… – Alien
4 Alrighty then. – Ace Ventura – Pet Detective
5 Watch out for that first step, it’s a doozy. – Groundhog Day
6 It’s like looking in a mirror, only, not. – Face/Off
7 Hi, I killed the president of Paraguay with a fork, how have you been? – Grosse Point Blank
8 You might have seen a housefly, maybe even a superfly, but I bet you ain’t never seen a donkey fly. – Shrek
9 Tell me about it, »
- Barry Steele
Francis Lawrence to Adapt Graphic Novel In The Small?
26 November 2009 5:48 AM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
I Am Legend director Francis Lawrence has been attached to a ton of upcoming projects lately, including the Sgt. Rock movie [1], I Am Legend prequel [2], The World Without Us [3], The City That Sailed [4], and a futuristic Samson and Delilah movie [5] (among others). Somehow with all those movies in development, he's still currently lacking a project that's actually ready to shoot right now. With that in mind, he is apparently on the verge of signing on to direct a movie based on the Michael Hague graphic novel In The Small. According to Pajiba [6], the project would reteam Lawrence with Constantine and I Am Legend producer Akiva Goldsman, whose Weed Road Pictures picked up the rights a couple of years ago. The premise sounds kind of cool: a mysterious "blue flash" leaves all of the human race shrunk down to just six inches tall. A brother and sister lead two factions as they struggle to survive, »
- Sean
Francis Lawrence’s Next “Small” Project
25 November 2009 3:05 PM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Francis Lawrence, director of I Am Legend, must have a thing for “end of the world as we know it” movies. And his latest endeavor is no exception. According to Pajiba [1], Lawrence has elected to direct a movie adaptation based on a young adult graphic novel called In The Small by Michael Hague. The plot of In The Small goes something like this. An unexplained explosion has one very unusual consequence: it reduces all humans to a size of six inches, leaving everything else intact. The survivors are left with the task of rebuilding civilization and adapting to the fact that they no longer command the food chain. Akiva Goldsman, who worked with Lawrence on Legend, will produce this film with Sarah Schechter of Warner Brothers. And this will be a first time outing for the screenwriter, Laura Harrington, who has already finished the first draft of the script. Lawrence is attached to other projects, »
- Kenneth
Hugh Jackman Likes Real Steel
23 November 2009 10:43 PM, PST | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Exciting greenlight news overnight - particularly if you're Empire's Helen O'Hara - as phoenix-from-the-flames studio Dreamworks has announced that it'll be Australian all-singing/dancing/acting/snikting sensation Hugh Jackman who'll star in Real SteelThis is one of those projects which Steven Spielberg, wearing his producer's hat (virtually indistinguishable to the untrained eye from his director's hat), has been quietly developing for some time. Variety informs us that the plot follows a boxer who has little option but to turn promoter after the sport shifts to putting robots rather than humans in the ring. At around the same time as Jackson's character discovers he has an eleven year old son, he stumbles upon a run-down robot which proves remarkably adept at his favourite sport.Quite a lot of the production cogs for Real Steel seem to be firmly in place. The screenplay, adapted from a Richard Matheson short story (he who gave us the brilliant original, »
This Week In DVD: November 24th
23 November 2009 10:34 PM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Rob Hunter loves movies. He also loves standing in line at the unemployment office. These two joys come together in the form of cash money payments that he receives every week and immediately uses to buy more DVDs. So join us each week as he takes a look at new DVD releases and gives his highly unqualified opinion as to which titles are worth BUYing, which are better off as RENTals, and which should be AVOIDed at all costs. Click on any of the titles below to magically head over to Amazon.com and pick up the DVD. And don't forget to check out Neil Miller's hilariously titled This Week In Blu-ray column for reviews on the latest high definition Blu-ray releases! Nothing new worth buying this week! Instead, I’ll be renting a bunch and saving my $$ for next week when I pick up Paper Heart and Criterion's A Christmas Tale. Angels »
- Rob Hunter
Francis Lawrence May Direct 'In the Small' Before 'Sgt. Rock'
23 November 2009 2:22 PM, PST | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
From one comic book to another. Pajiba is reporting that I Am Legend and Constantine director Francis Lawrence may end up directing an adaptation of a graphic novel called In the Small before he ends up directing the Sgt. Rock adaptation we wrote about a few weeks ago. They explain that Lawrence is attached to a lot of projects, but he doesn't have a "go project" yet, but if everything works out, he could be on In the Small, which is being produced by Akiva Goldsman. Apparently first-time writer Laura Harrington wrote a draft based on Michael Hague's graphic novel for Warner Bros. Sgt. Rock is in for rewrites, but this is ready. In the Small is about a strange explosion that leaves all humans six inches tall, yet nothing else is affected. Those who survive the transition are forced to create a new social order and adjust in »
- Alex Billington
Sgt. Rock Adaptation Set on Fast Forward
11 November 2009 1:30 AM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
Producer Akiva Goldsman is already involved in the production of four comic book movie adaptations, including Jonah Hex, The Losers, Lobo, and Swamp Thing, and now he's attached to a fifth. Goldsman is joining Joel Silver in his decades-long quest to bring DC Comics' WWII hero, Sgt. Rock, to the big screen.
Only, Rock and his "Easy Company" are not going to be slogging through the trenches fighting Nazis in war-torn Europe. According to THR, the Sgt. Rock movie will be set in the future. Previously envisioned as a Dirty Dozen-esque "authentic" war film, the change of time period and locale is said to be reflective of the lack of interest by moviegoers in period war films.
Silver had previously enlisted Guy Ritchie to script and direct Sgt. Rock, but Ritchie has moved on to direct Lobo with Silver so Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend) has been brought in to front the film. »
- BrentJS Sprecher
Sgt. Rock Coming To The Big Screen
10 November 2009 11:15 PM, PST | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »
According to a report by Heat Vision, Joel Silver and Akiva Goldsman are producing a big-screen adaptation of “Sgt. Rock”, the WW2 comic book from DC Comics. Francis Lawrence (”I Am Legend”, “Constantine”) is directing the project, based on a script by Chad St. John (”The Days Before”). Andrew Rona of Silver Pictures is also onboard as a producer, and Kerry Foster is the project’s executive producer. Joel Silver has been trying to get the project off the ground for the past 20 years. Debuting in 1959, DC’s Sgt. Frank Rock was the leader of his WW2 infantry unit called Easy Company. He first appeared in “Our Army at War,” [...] »
- Costa Koutsoutis
Sgt Rock marches into the future and on to the screen
10 November 2009 4:47 PM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »
Since Warner Bros set up a DC Entertainment unit to oversee adaptations of characters from DC Comics, fans have been eagerly waiting for news of which crimefighting crusader will next be heading to the big screen.
If you were hoping for an announcement on Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Arrow or any of the other big names, think again.
Today came the news that a long-planned film based on DC's Second World War hero Sgt Rock is moving forward. And it will instead be set in the future.
According to Heat Vision, I Am Legend director Francis Lawrence is to helm the movie while Chad St John is penning the screenplay.
Producer Joel Silver, who has for nearly 20 years been trying to get Rock on to the screen, is teaming with Akiva Goldsman, who has just come on board as a co-producer, to finally get the film made for Warner Bros. »
- David Bentley
Francis Lawrence Goes to War with ‘Sgt. Rock’
10 November 2009 3:30 PM, PST | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »
Director Francis Lawrence, who’s previous credits include I Am Legend, Constantine and TV’s Kings has picked up another directing gig. He will take on the big screen adaptation of DC’s comic character Sgt. Rock for producers Joel Silver and Akiva Goldsman. The film, who’s previous director Guy Ritchie left to take on DC’s Lobo adaptation, will be scripted by relative newcomer Chad St. John.
Another change announced for this project is the shift from a WWII setting, where in the comics Sgt. Rock leads his “Easy Company” team of soldiers against the Nazis, to the future where, reportedly, the producers feel the film will be more universally accepted due to the comic’s current “pro-America” stance. Plus, the producers are worried about the relative box office success of a big budget WWII action film, Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds notwithstanding.
I guess both of those things make sense. »
- Joe Gillis
Francis Lawrence Taking DC Comics' Sgt. Rock Into the Future
10 November 2009 12:29 PM, PST | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
A movie based on DC Comics' WWII hero Sgt. Rock has been stuck in development hell for quite some time and last we heard was Guy Ritchie might be at the helm until he became attached to Lobo. But that was over a year and a half ago, and THR's Heat Vision now says that Francis Lawrence (who last directed I Am Legend) is attached to direct a script from newcomer Chad St. John with super-producers Joel Silver and Akiva Goldsman guiding the project for Warner Bros. However, Sgt. Rock will be lifted from the period fight in World War II into the future to avoid feeling dated and out of tune with contemporary issues. While hardcore fans of the comics might be aghast at this shift into the future, this is probably best for the film to reach a bigger audience. Heat Vision points out, "Inglourious Basterds notwithstanding, »
- Ethan Anderton
Sgt. Rock Movie Gets a New Director… and a New Time Period
10 November 2009 9:08 AM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
Producer Joel Silver has been struggling to bring WWII comic book hero Sgt. Rock to the big screen for almost 20 years now, with the script undergoing a ton of rewrites and people like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis once under consideration to star. This week it looks like he has finally managed to convince Warner Brothers to back the movie, although he may be forced to make some compromises in order to get it off the ground. Heat Vision [1] reports that I Am Legend director Francis Lawrence has signed on to helm the film, taking over for Guy Ritchie who was previously attached [2] (he has since moved on to direct Lobo). The latest draft of the script was written by Chad St. John, who also penned the upcoming remake of Outland. Akiva Goldsman will co-produce with Silver. Now, here's the thing that's going to worry Sgt. Rock fans: apparently they »
- Sean
Joel Silver Finally Revives Sgt. Rock By Bringing Him To The Future
10 November 2009 8:27 AM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
No matter what Lieutenant Aldo Raine and Quentin Tarantino may have done for the war movie, World War II is still not hip with American moviegoers apparently. Joel Silver has spent 20 years trying to make a movie based on the DC Comics Sgt. Rock character, and only now, by setting the movie in the future, has he actually pulled it off. According to THR, I Am Legend director Francis Lawrence will take over on Sgt. Rock, with Akiva Goldsman writing the script and producing as well. Sgt. Rock had always been a World War II character in the comics, even though he debuted in 1958, near the beginning of the Vietnam War. THR notes that Sgt. Rock had been a symbol of American jingoism, and that even G.I. Joe was getting out of that racket, having dropped the "Real American Hero" tag in the latest movie. There's no telling if »
'Sgt. Rock' Movie To Be Set In The Future, New Writer & Director Attached
10 November 2009 7:44 AM, PST | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »
Guy Ritchie's attachment to "Sgt. Rock" was immediately put in question once the filmmaker was announced for "Lobo," but now the question has been answered—Ritchie is out and a new team is in for the DC war hero's big-screen debut.
"I Am Legend" helmer Francis Lawrence is the latest director attached to the long-developing "Sgt. Rock" film, based on a new screenplay from Chad St. John. Joel Silver and Akiva Goldsman, two names with plenty of comic book connections, are producing the picture. Despite the departure of Ritchie, the addition of a new director-writer team means that fans of the classic World War II hero can hope to see Rock on the big screen before too long.
Except that Sgt. Rock won't be a World War II hero in this version—instead, he's heading into the future.
The Hollywood Reporter notes that the surprising decision to jettison the »
- Josh Wigler
'Sgt. Rock' Looks to the Future with Francis Lawrence
10 November 2009 6:45 AM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Once upon a time, Sgt. Rock was in the hands of Guy Ritchie, and many an Easy Company fan was upset. But you'll undoubtedly wish that Ritchie and Joel Silver had made it to the finish line, because Sgt. Rock will not make it to the big screen in a form you'll recognize. According to The Hollywood Reporter, he has a new director in Francis Lawrence and a whole new space-time continuum. Joel Silver is still on board as producer, and he's bringing Akiva Goldsman on board to help. They've hired newcomer Chad St. John to pen the script.
As you may or may not know, Sgt. Rock is a WWII soldier. He's always fought in WWII. The poor guy has never even gotten to leave the European theater. (It was rumored in Swamp Thing that he was transferred to the Pacific, but never confirmed.) Any attempt at a movie »
- Elisabeth Rappe
'Sgt. Rock' Won't Be Set in World War II
10 November 2009 6:26 AM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »
No, this isn't what we need: Sgt. Rock is heading to the future. The Hollywood Reporter says the DC Comics series, in various stages of non-development for quite a while, is getting a fresh start with I Am Legend director Francis Lawrence.
At one point, Guy Ritchie was in talks for this one, but producers Joel Silver and Akiva Goldsman have settled on Lawrence, who will be working from a script by newcomer Chad St. John. It's not immediately clear if a move to the future means just bringing Sarge out of World War II and into a contemporary environment or if this will actually be futuristic in some way. Regardless, it's the wrong approach. »
- Colin Boyd
Francis Lawrence And Chad St. John Report For Duty With Sgt. Rock
10 November 2009 6:00 AM, PST | Screenrush | See recent Screenrush news »
It seems that the WWII comic-book hero Sgt. Rock is no longer in a hard place, with the long-simmering film looking closer to a greenlight with I Am Legend's Francis Lawrence attached to direct and Chad St. Johnfuriously scribbling a script.
Joel Silver , who has been championing the project for nigh on two decades has joined forces with fellow super-producer Akiva Goldsman to get this mo-fo made for Warner Bros.
And although the comic was firmly rooted in the conflicts of World War II, the film will be transported to the future in a bid to make it a more attractive prospect for audiences who have lost interest in the less dramatic takes on the historical war genre - as pointed out by the tepid response to this year's Inglourious Basterds.
Guy Ritchie was originally attached to direct the project but has since moved on to DC Comics' Lobo. »
Francis Lawrence to Direct Sgt. Rock
10 November 2009 5:03 AM, PST | FusedFilm | See recent FusedFilm news »
Heat Vision Blog is reporting that Francis Lawrence will direct Sgt. Rock, based on the WWII hero from DC Comics, based on a script by Chad St. John. Joel Silver, who has been steering the project for nearly 20 years, is teaming with Akiva Goldsman, who recently boarded as producer, to bring the project to the big screen via Warner Bros.
Sgt. Frank Rock was the leader of his infantry unit, Easy Company. He first appeared in a 1959 issue of “Our Army at War.” In 1977, the comic was renamed Sgt. Rock and ran until 1988. Until now, Sgt. Rock has retained its World War II setting with Silver and the studio trying to make a big-budget action adventure movie that was in the vein of The Dirty Dozen, which feature acts of American derring-do.The studio hopes moving the time period to the future solves the dilemma.
I do not see why »
- Kevin Coll
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