Originally, Ridley Scott‘s Robin Hood was to be called Nottingham, and it was to star Russell Crowe as both the Sheriff and the Merry Man in Chief. That film might have been a moderately fresh take on a character that has been portrayed in film and television dozens if not hundreds of times. Instead, undoubtably [...]
Read More action, adventure, blu-ray, Cate Blanchett, Danny Huston, drama, DVD, Mark Strong, Matthew Macfadyen, Max Von Sydow, PG-13, Ridley Scott, Robin Hood, Russell Crowe, willAnybody reading this who knows the name Hayao Miyazaki probably won’t need any convincing from me to check out his latest film Ponyo. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the Japanese master animator, he is widely and ever-increasingly recognized as one of the greatest filmmakers working today, and you owe it to yourself [...]
Read More adventure, animation, blu-ray, Cate Blanchett, DVD, family, Fantasy, G, Hayao Miyazaki, Joe Hisaishi, Liam Neeson, Matt Damon, Ponyo, Tina Fey, willDirected by David Fincher (Se7en, Zodiac, Fight Club), this three hour epic deservedly won Oscars this year for Art Direction, Makeup, and Visual Effects. Spanning nearly nine decades – from the end of World War I to the onset of Hurricane Katrina – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is reminiscent of films like Forrest [...]
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