Every year, dozens and dozens of movies are made based on literary works, be it a fiction, non-fiction, short story, children's book, what have you. Even Wikipedia has to break it down to multiple subcategories to list them all. I guess the mindset in Hollywood is that if the book is successful, it could mean …
Continue reading The Flix List: Ten books we wish to see adapted to the big screen
Welcome to a new edition of From Vision to Film, courtesy of my pal Ted S., the movie connoisseur and walking movie encyclopedia 😀 We always try to be timely with this post series, so we're posting it today to coincide with Russell Crowe's new movie The Next Three Days (read my full review) and …
Continue reading Guest Post – From Vision to Film: American Gangster
As promised in my Friday post, I finally saw the cult-favorite Blade Runner last Friday. I see what all the fuss is about now, and to those who vouched for its important place amongst the best sci-fi movies ever made, glad to say it didn't disappoint. It's impressive given this was made 20 years ago …
Continue reading Musings on Blade Runner: What does it mean to be human?
I got tagged by film connoisseur Peter Eramo Jr. over at Magic Lantern Film to list 15 directors that have shaped the way I look at motion pictures. These are auteurs whose work I admire, even if I don't necessarily go and see every single one of their films. Some of their work have defined …
Well, I finally finished the movie pitch I did as part of a Hollywood Fantasy Draft blog-a-thon project spearheaded by a blogger who sadly is no longer around. It has been quite er, laborious effort but definitely fun and worth every second! I realize it's a long one, but I would appreciate you taking the …
Happy Wednesday all! In lieu of my scheduled posts that I have yet to finish, let me just take the time to share the mega blog-a-thon project I'm currently participating in. It's a fantastic game from the genius mind of my buddy Castor Troy of Anomalous Material (a fantastic blog btw if you don't already …
In my weekend roundup post, I've alluded to the fact that this version of Robin Hood is a bit Gladiator-ized, and it’s as though Scott aimed the theme to be ‘The Outlaw that defied a Kingdom.’ It's been rumored that this movie allowed Russell and Ridley to work on a pseudo sequel to the award …
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