From the moment an Uncharted movie was announced over 10 years ago, I was half in the bag. I really enjoyed Mark Wahlberg in The Fighter (still his best performance) and the credibility of what a director like David O. Russell could bring to the table was exciting (see also Silver Linings Playbook) despite Wahlberg…
Category: Adaptations
Robbie to play Barbie. Gosling to play Ken. From the Writer of Marriage Story and the Director of Little Women.
Warner Bros. and Mattel production will shoot sometime in early 2020. This is a dream come true! Anyone will get onboard with a fun movie or a good story, especially when they adapt a well known property. But Warner Bros. went the extra mile taking someone from the indie scene with a reputation as an…
Why ‘Pokemon: Detective Pikachu’ Will Be A Success
UPDATE: Pokemon Detective Pikachu opened to $170M worldwide on a $150M budget. Anytime you cover your budget opening weekend it is an unqualified success. Pokémon + Ryan Reynolds + Guardians of the Galaxy writer + Competent Director + Several 1’s and 0’s = A Whole Lotta Money The idea of heart-throb Ryan Reynolds being cast…
Aaron Sorkin Turns ‘Molly’s Game’ into the Cinemax Version of His Work
On paper, a match between Molly Bloom and Aaron Sorkin and is perfect. They’re both slick operators who hail from the bottom of over achieving families, they are both seeming meticulous and simultaneously prone to getting suddenly sloppy, and they both seemingly suffer soundly from inferiority complexes. Of course it’s nothing new to report that Molly’s Game…
This Is Star Wars!
George Lucas once said that at its heart Star Wars is not a Space Opera, but a Family Soap Opera! Well it turns out another ambitious family soap opera has had the guts to compare itself to Star Wars and it sticks! Beth Pearson fights most of the battles behind the scenes that the rest…
REVIEW: ‘It’ nails the aesthetic and thematic material, but scares come short
When I got home after watching this film I caught the 1990 miniseries on tv (a mediocre watch without kid goggles on). I was stunned by how closely the new film matches its aesthetic. Though it was shot on digital, cinematographer Chung Hoon chung uses lenses that capture the messy and dirty quality of that the first adaptation’s…
Killer Queen ‘Atomic Blonde’ Review
Director: David Leitch (Co-Director of John Wick/ Upcoming Deadpool 2) I often forget how much less film-versed other guys who watch movies and comment on the internet are than me. The top YouTube/ Facebook comments on this film tend to be guys complaining about one of three things. The first is how the movie is a failed…
Film Adaptation: “Uncharted” Series
“I’m… adaptable.” – Nathan Drake, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (2011), Naughty Dog, Sony UPDATE: Added additional content. Emily Rose kindly asked for me to make her my #1 pick. An awesome feat I wasn’t expecting despite directly tweeting her. Since being a go-getter is a good thing in this industry, also considering Scarlett Johansson was cast…
“Putting Controversy to Bed” – Fifty Shades of Grey: Book Review
Insights: The day I went to Chapters to buy this book I used a gift card. I got from attending a catholic school conference. So it was free anyway. I asked one of the employees if there was a chance someone like me could enjoy this book at all. The lady told me “Oh yes,…
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