An assortment of news about films, film makers, actors, projects, etc.
I wrote this top ten list of most anticipated movies back in October, and lots of stuff have changed since then. Either I no longer anticipate a given flick, or simply the release date has been pushed back to next year, etc. So here are updates on the first five on my list. 1. Clash …
Continue reading Updates on FC’s Top Ten Most Anticipated 2010 Flix: Part 1
Back in November of last year, I talked about this miniseries project based on Ken Follett's best-seller book Pillars of the Earth. The show's produced by Tandem Communications, Muse Entertainment and Ridley & Tony Scott's Scott Free Films, and has been acquired by cable network Starz. The Pillars of the Earth is a sweeping epic …
Continue reading Conspicuous Trailer of the Week: Pillars of the Earth miniseries
So now that we've got the story of Perseus, we'll see how the other Greek mythology tale is going to pan out. As I've outlined in the Battle of the Greek Mythologies and an updated news item on this project, this one centers on Theseus. He's a demigod (half-god, half-man), the son of mortal parents …
Continue reading Upcoming Flix Spotlight: Tarsem’s ‘War of Gods’ is now renamed ‘Immortals’
Happy Good Friday! Last night as I was watching some clips of the classic masterpiece Ben Hur, I wondered whatever happened the the Ben Hur TV remake that was supposed to air this Sunday. As I searched on Google, apparently this blog is also wondering the exact same thing. As I said in my post …
Today my office has a department-wide outing to go curling. The St. Paul Curling Club – founded in 1888 – is the largest curling club in the country with over 1,200 members. I'm not actually going to participate, but it's really quite fun to watch people play from behind the glass window. Just like golf, …
Continue reading Random Flix Spotlight: Men with Brooms – apparently there is a movie about curling!
It's too early to start my Top Ten Anticipated 2011 Flicks, but this one will surely be on that list. I'm certainly psyched more for the supporting cast than the leads. When I first heard about it as far back as last November, it was still a 'revolving-door' sort of project with directors and cast …
The Expendables Normally this isn't my go-to genre, but hey I did grow up with 80s and 90s action flicks starring most of actors that make up the cast. I first heard about it earlier this year that I just had to blog about it, and now a new poster's been released that is as …
Continue reading Anticipated Flix Updates: The Expendables’ new poster & Coriolanus’ Concept Art
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