'Ben-Hur' 2016 with Jack Huston: Chariot race to the death. 'Ben-Hur' 2016 trailer: 'Gladiator' meets 'Fast Seven' meets 'Star Wars' meets… Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer have released the trailer for their 2016 Ben-Hur remake (or reboot or readaptation) – a.k.a. Fast and Furious A.D., as one wag called it in an online comment. Instead of grandiose spectacle featuring at its core a “human” story with Christian overtones, this chariot-and-sandals epic is being sold as Gladiator meets Fast Seven meets Spartacus: Blood and Sand meets Star Wars – with Morgan Freeman's Sheik Ilderim as the Roman Empire's dreadlocked version of Alec Guinness' Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi. Say what you will, the trailer-makers sure know their target audience. And that's not the same crowd that would go check out what's usually referred to in the U.S. media as “faith” (i.e., Christian) movies. One assumes that particular audience segment will be getting...
- 3/18/2016
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
In this special episode of Off The Shelf, Ryan and Brian take a look at the new DVD and Blu-ray releases for Tuesday, January 19th 2016.
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- 1/20/2016
- by Ryan Gallagher
- CriterionCast
Ramon Novarro: 'Ben-Hur' 1925 star. 'Ben-Hur' on TCM: Ramon Novarro in most satisfying version of the semi-biblical epic Christmas 2015 is just around the corner. That's surely the reason Turner Classic Movies presented Fred Niblo's Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ last night, Dec. 20, '15, featuring Carl Davis' magnificent score. Starring Ramon Novarro, the 1925 version of Ben-Hur became not only the most expensive movie production,[1] but also the biggest worldwide box office hit up to that time.[2] Equally important, that was probably the first instance when the international market came to the rescue of a Hollywood mega-production,[3] saving not only Ben-Hur from a fate worse than getting trampled by a runaway chariot, but also the newly formed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which could have been financially strangled at birth had the epic based on Gen. Lew Wallace's bestseller been a commercial bomb. The convoluted making of 'Ben-Hur,' as described...
- 12/21/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Photos from Pacific Rim, Divergent, Blue Jasmine, Red 2, Diana, the older looking young human characters in How To Train You Dragon 2.
Posters for Don Jon, The Heat, Pacific Rim, Riddick, Prince Avalanche, Kick-Ass 2, The Turning, Red 2, The Wolverine, Austenland, The Lifeguard, Man of Tai Chi, Runner Runner, Frozen, The Colony, Adore, Lego: The Movie, Anchorman: The Legend Continues, Pain and Gain and Fruitvale Station.
"Lionsgate have confirmed that they will have a panel for both 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' and 'I, Frankenstein' at this year's San Diego Comic Con…" (full details)
"The likes of 'Paranormal Activity 4,' 'Sinister,' 'The Possession,' 'Insidious,' and 'The Conjuring' are all set to be spoofed in the upcoming 'A Haunted House 2'…" (full details)
"Disney has scheduled the Kenneth Branagh-directed live-action 'Cinderella' adaptation for a March 13th 2015 release…" (full details...
Posters for Don Jon, The Heat, Pacific Rim, Riddick, Prince Avalanche, Kick-Ass 2, The Turning, Red 2, The Wolverine, Austenland, The Lifeguard, Man of Tai Chi, Runner Runner, Frozen, The Colony, Adore, Lego: The Movie, Anchorman: The Legend Continues, Pain and Gain and Fruitvale Station.
"Lionsgate have confirmed that they will have a panel for both 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' and 'I, Frankenstein' at this year's San Diego Comic Con…" (full details)
"The likes of 'Paranormal Activity 4,' 'Sinister,' 'The Possession,' 'Insidious,' and 'The Conjuring' are all set to be spoofed in the upcoming 'A Haunted House 2'…" (full details)
"Disney has scheduled the Kenneth Branagh-directed live-action 'Cinderella' adaptation for a March 13th 2015 release…" (full details...
- 6/26/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
• Michael Fassbender (Shame) is attached to play the title role in a film update of Macbeth, William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy about a scheming nobleman intent on ruling Scotland. The play has been adapted for the big screen a number of times, including Orson Welles’ 1948 version in which he also played the character of Macbeth, and Roman Polanski’s 1971 version which starred Jon Finch. Justin Kurzel (The Snowtown Murders) will direct the Fassbender update which will reportedly use the original language. The part of Lady Macbeth has not been cast yet. [Screen Daily]
• Jamie Foxx is in talks to star in Will Gluck...
• Jamie Foxx is in talks to star in Will Gluck...
- 4/30/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
Orson Welles, Ruth Warrick, Citizen Kane Orson Welles on TCM: The Third Man, The Lady From Shanghai Schedule (Et) and synopses from the TCM website: 6:00 Am The Tartars (1961) A barbarian army attacks Viking settlements along the Russian steppes. Dir: Richard Thorpe. Cast: Victor Mature, Orson Welles, Folco Lulli. C-83 mins, Letterbox Format 7:30 Am Tomorrow Is Forever (1946) A scarred veteran presumed dead returns home to find his wife remarried. Dir: Irving Pichel. Cast: Claudette Colbert, Orson Welles, George Brent. Bw-104 mins. 9:30 Am Moby Dick (1956) Epic adaptation of Herman Melville's classic about a vengeful sea captain out to catch the whale that maimed him. Dir: John Huston. Cast: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn. C-115 mins, Letterbox Format 11:30 Am The V.I.P.S (1963) Wealthy passengers fogged in at London's Heathrow Airport fight to survive a variety of personal trials. Dir: Anthony Asquith. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Louis Jourdan.
- 8/8/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
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