The nominations were recently announced for the U.K.’s first ever National Movie Awards. A number of action films and stars were nominated for the awards which take place on September 28th, 2007 at Royal Festival Hall in London. Films released September 2006 and...
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TOP 10 STYLISH SCOTS
The winner of The Herald Fashion Icon Award at the 2007 Scottish Fashion Awards will be decided by you' We have drawn up a list of Scotland's 10 most stylish people, but which becomes The Herald's Fashion Icon depends on your votes' KIRSTY HUME As a model, Hume is...
DVD Review: 300
irst off, this is a super violent movie, although the comic book "look", in sepia tones with splashes of blood red, make it not quite as real and shocking. Straight from the pages of history, here's the drill. Based on the acclaimed graphic novel by Sin City's Frank...
Thor Rocks a Big Block (blog)
Friday night, several of us from work gathered at Brandon’s place to watch 300 on Blu-ray and then proceed with yet more carnage obliterating one another inside the madness that is Gears of War. I don’t know how one can not enjoy 300. Yes, it’s full of odd quirks and...
Movie Review – 300 (blog)
In Ancient Greece, where males were trained to fight from the age of seven and bravery was considered more important than goodness, warriors were the most admired among men. Scarred and maimed from a lifetime of fighting, they looked forward to a "beautiful death in...
Warner Home Video Breaks Another High Definition Record with “300,” the Fastest Selling Title with More Than 250K Copies Sold in Its First Full Week
BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today Warner Home Video (WHV) announced that it has the fastest and highest-selling high definition title in the market with the epic action-adventure, “300.” Since July 31, 2007, “300” has sold more than 250,000 copies to consumers...
Prepare for Glory (blog)
I finally had the opportunity to see 300 over the weekend. If you are not familiar with the movie, 300 is based on Frank Miller's graphic novel about the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C. It basically illustrates the story of King Leonidas and his courageous Spartan...
By the numbers: DVD release of ‘300’ demonstrates technical artistry of the film
Even if you didn’t manage to see “300” in theaters, you’re sure to have heard about it. This graphic-novel-based film drew attention from every corner of the country when it hit the big screen, and the release of the DVD has been just as highly anticipated....
SPOT THE MOVIE STAR IN PAISLEY
STARS of a big bucks movie were spotted strolling through Paisley yesterday as they wrapped up filming in the town’s oldest bar. Up and coming English lead actor Charlie Cox casually chatted with fellow screen-stars outside The Bull Inn – which has been transformed...
Spartans never say die in `300′
There's plenty of testosterone in "300": Men with chiseled pecs strut around in G-strings and the occasional over-the-shoulder throw, ready to mate or do battle, or mate and do battle. Just out on DVD, the historical drama focuses on Sparta, a warrior culture...
Frank Miller’s 300 HD DVD Review
300, the movie, is the CGI action film event of 2006 and is now on HD DVD, DVD and Blu-ray. Shot 100% digitally, this film begs to be viewed on one of the high definition disc formats. But it’s the HD DVD users that get treated to groundbreaking disc technology: Make...
Visually exciting ‘300’ not for the squeamish
There's enough testosterone in "300" to power every Starbucks west of the Mississippi. Men with carved pecs strut around in G-strings and the occasional over-the-shoulder throw, ready to mate or do battle. In "300," out on DVD today, hordes of invading Persians...
Frank Miller’s ‘300’ embodies the art of war
"There's no way to tell the story of '300' without it being amazingly brutal," Frank Miller says. And there's no way to watch "300" on DVD without being completely blown away by the audio-visual spectacle of this captivating, highly stylized film. Based on Miller's...
Movie Review: Frank Miller’s “300” (blog)
I love movies. I adore movies.. To that end, I think I'll starting posting movie reviews here from time to time. I'll start with this one. It's a bit older, but it's one I've already got lying around. Before I say anything else, this is NOT a historic account of the...
Death & Glory (blog)
I've just finished watching 300 on DVD and was blown away once again by Zack Snyder's ability to capture the stylistic approach Frank Miller used when doing the 3oo graphic novel. The saturation of colour throughout the movie manages to almost transform the film into...
New to DVD – 300
Audacious, bold and possibly something completely original, 300 might be the first film in decades that display no specific external influence from its own medium. Almost a copy and paste job of the baroque aesthetics and nihilism that separate graphic novels from...
Real Men Don’t Wear Pants (DVD Review)
DVD guru Norman Wilner weighs in on the release of 300 There are few things as satisfying, in the action movie, as the moment when the hero realizes it is time to abandon the pretenses of pleasant society, pick up his broadsword and do some serious killing. This...
Brutal, but beautifully so
[i]'300' offers a thrilling history lesson, comic-book style[/i] The copy on the packaging for "300," released in a double-disc wide-screen edition (****, Warner, $34.98), claims that this retelling of the battle of Thermopylae "assaults the screen," and for once the...
Frank Miller’s 300
After Sin City, the entire process of ‘adapting’ a comic book for the big screen turned a major corner. No longer are filmmakers forced to cast Kim Basinger, Nicole Kidman or Claudia Schiffer as a last minute love interest, or shoe-horn in some absurd soundtrack....
The “Citizen Kane” of cinematic graphic novels
New on video '300' 4 stars (2007, Warner Bros.; 117 minutes) Listen up, men! And women! But not kids! If you thought "Gladiator" was a bit too stingy with the bloodshed, if you felt "Sin City" could have been more stylized, if you HATE it when the masses refer to...
CCI: “300” AND “BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT” — A DVD EXTRAVAGANZA!
[img]http://www.gerardbutler.net/news/Uploads/IMG_4599_edited.jpg[/img] For the Friday afternoon panel at Comic-Con International in San Diego, Warner Bros. presented two films that are receiving very special DVD treatments. They kicked things off with a DVD comic...
‘300,’ ’10 MPH’ out on DVD
"300" When you've seen visual spectacles like "300" at a theater, you always worry about how they'll play in the smaller confines of your den. At least in this case, there's no letdown. This adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel about Sparta's King Leonidas...
300 Special Edition Soundtrack on July 31
[img]http://www.gerardbutler.net/news/Uploads/300soundtracknew.jpg[/img] In celebration of the success of the motion picture 300, Warner Bros. Records will release "300: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - The Collector's Edition" to coincide with the DVD on July 31....
Going Into Battle With ‘300’
The men bare their chests while the blood spurts in slow-motion excess in "300," the film version of Frank Miller's graphic novel that turned into a box office sensation last spring. Fans of this CGI-dominated take on the battle of Thermopylae -- which raked in $455...
‘300’ Star Gerard Butler to Settle Down?
Gerard Butler is riding the wave of fame and fortune he’s found since starring in the blockbuster hit “300.” But there’s one thing missing in this bachelor’s life – the right woman. Is this Scottish stud ready to settle down? Click the link above to view the...