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Flickchart Preview: ‘Man of Steel’
13, Jun 2013
by Nigel Druitt
Sometimes, in the current cinematic landscape, it’s easy to forget the granddaddy of all movie superheroes. After all, back in 1978, Superman was ahead of the curve.
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- Tags: Amy Adams, Brandon Routh, Bryan Singer, Christopher Nolan, Christopher Reeve, David S. Goyer, Diane Lane, Henry Cavill, kevin costner, Laurence Fishburne, Man of Steel, Marlon Brando, Michael Shannon, Russell Crowe, Superman, Superman II, Superman Returns, The Dark Knight, X-Men, Zack Snyder
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Your Flickchart Matchup of the Day
Heaven’s Burning vs. The Girl on a Motorcycle
For Valentine’s Day, we have two movies about women who ditch their ho-hum hubbies and hit the road for romance. Heaven’s Burning stars Russell Crowe and Youki Kudoh as lovers on the run after a bank robbery gone bad. The Girl on a Motorcycle features a leather-clad Marianne Faithfull mounting a mean machine on an adventure to rendezvous with her paramour. In both cases, the heroines entertain an idealized notion of their romantic situation that doesn’t turn out so well in reality. Perhaps these can be viewed as Valentine’s Day cautionary tales, unless of course tragic love is more in line with your concept of romance. Read the rest of this entry »
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- Tags: All Quiet on the Western Front, Elite Squad: The Enemy Within, Flickchart Daily, Heaven's Burning, Marianne Faithfull, Russell Crowe, Take Shelter, The Dead, The Girl on a Motorcycle, The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence), The Lorax, The Rum Diary, Three Outlaw Samurai, Tiny Furniture, Youki Kudoh
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Russell Crowe to Play Jor-El in ‘Superman’ Reboot
15, Jun 2011by Nigel Druitt
Academy Award winner Russell Crowe has been tapped to play Jor-El, the father of Superman, in director Zack Snyder‘s upcoming reboot Man of Steel. The casting of such a prominent actor in the role certainly brings back memories of Marlon Brando in Richard Donner‘s Superman.
Crowe joins a cast that already includes Henry Cavill as Kal-El/Superman, Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Kevin Costner and Diane Lane as Kal-El’s adoptive parents, the Kents, and Michael Shannon as the villain, Zod. The role of Jor-El’s wife, Lara, has yet to be announced, but Crowe’s Gladiator co-star, Connie Nielsen, is rumored to be up for the part.
Russell Crowe is certainly an A-list actor, but he nonetheless has some big shoes to fill. How will he compare to Brando?
Man of Steel is currently slated to begin production next month in Vancouver, aiming for a holiday 2012 release.
(via Variety)
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- Tags: Man of Steel, Marlon Brando, Russell Crowe, Zack Snyder
In Search of Best Picture
17, Feb 2011by Nigel Druitt
As the Oscar telecast creeps up on us again, it begs the question: How many times has the Academy really gotten this “Best Picture” thing right, anyway?
Think about it. How many controversial decisions are there in the Academy’s history? How many times is a movie other than Best Picture long remembered as the best of the year?
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Rank the week of January 25th’s Blu-ray and DVD new releases against the best films ever made:
Red (DVD and Blu-ray | PG-13 | 2010)
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Rank it amongst the best action comedy movies of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #1678
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Huge cast in this action movie: Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Karl Urban, Helen Mirren, Mary-Louise Parker, Ernest Borgnine and John Malkovich.
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