Ripped from the pages of Frank Miller's graphic novel, the much-anticipated Spartan epic "300" charges into theatres with spear in hand, ready to meet hoards of epic-starved movie-goers. Released on March 9 in theatres and IMAX nationwide, this latest Frank Miller...
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More Glory Planned for ‘300’ DVD
More Glory Planned For '300' DVD Author: FRED TOPEL homemediamagazine@questex.com Posted: March 13, 2007 Email this Story to Friend A $70 million opening weekend for Warner Bros.’s 300 showed that fans aren’t waiting for the DVD to see the visual spectacle, but...
Director Zach Snyder Does 30 on ‘300’
From MTV.com, 30 facts about 300 from director Zack Snyder to answer the questions everybody has about the blockbuster. Forget the complaints that 300 is historically inaccurate: Snyder says "it's an opera, not a documentary". He considers talk about its political...
Battle for bucks
Sequel possible as 300 producers look to cash in on surprise success HOLLYWOOD -- Prior to this past weekend the number 300 didn't hold a lot of significance for most folks here. Of course, all that has changed since a film with that very title chronicling the ancient...
300 Delights with Cast, Fails with Script
Zach Snyder's 300, long awaited by Classics nerds (like myself), teenage boys, and gay porn stars alike, finally made its debut this weekend and it lived up to its pre-release hype, smashing the competition in true Spartan form. Adapted from Frank Miller's 1998...
Beautiful death
"300" should be the Marines' new recruitment video. The few, the proud, the Chippendales with swords. The story may be true -- 300 Spartan Davids did fight hundreds of thousands of Persian Goliaths at the battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C. -- but the film is decidedly...
‘300’ Reasons Butler’s Star Is Still Rising
In show biz -- just like life in general -- timing is everything. So it's not surprising suddenly hot actor Gerard Butler is really in demand! Offers are pouring in for the Scottish hunk whose ''300'' snared a whopping $70 million for its opening weekend. Best known...
The Good, The Bad, The Abs of 300 (blog)
Good: - Hot damn, that was a beautifully art-directed movie! The crispness, detail, hyper-realism and cartoonish blood. - The expansion of the Queen's role. Great to contrast the battles, but also just to balance out the action as well. - The music. I thought it was a...
Molon Labe
300 is a fantastic movie. Spoilers abound I had my doubts, to be honest. Reviews were apparently mixed, but the ones I actually read gave it not good, but excellent reviews. (On that note: FIRST magazine’s review of Pan’s Labyrinth gave it five out of five and deemed...
Big Surprise: The Tarts Love 300
What a lot of people don't know is that there is a huge, female fanbase that was more excited about the release of 300 than even the geekiest of fanboys. Why is this so? Two words - Gerard Butler. One of the "Tartans" wrote in with a review that that most likely sums...
Violent 300 rockets up Hollywood’s radar
Prior to this past weekend, the number 300 didn't hold much significance for most folks here. All that changed since a film with that very title chronicling the ancient Greek Battle of Thermopylae (rhymes with monopoly) stormed the North American box office with a...
Fighting fit Gerard on top form in Toronto
Action-man Gerard Butler is certainly not one to shy away from challenging, high energy roles. Having starred as a daredevil marine alongside Angelina Jolie in the action-packed flick Tomb Raider, the Glasgow-born star is now set to take on the might of the Persian...
300 Redefines epic as only 300 buff, sweaty Spartans
[i]Thanks to The Butlers Wife for this review![/i] 4 of 5 stars “Our arrows will blot out the sun.” “Then we shall fight in the shade.” Would you have the balls to say this facing “the 1,000 nations of the Persian Empire”? In 300, Spartan warrior Stelios (Michael...
300 (2007) Movie Review (Blog)
My Advice: Matinee. King Leonidas (Butler) is the ruler of Sparta. Sparta, and the rest of Greece, happens to be in the path of Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) and his massive Persian army. Xerxes sends a messenger with a simple request: submit or we'll kick your ass. Seems...
Graphic novel adaptation ‘300’ a raging success
Although movies based on comic books are becoming more popular, they still aren't considered very mainstream and generally haven't been very successful. Some superhero films have certainly pulled ahead of the pack ("X-Men" and "Spider-Man" come to mind) and brought in...
What made ‘300’ a hit?
[i]A perfect storm of factors -- some man-made, some beyond studio control -- made the action film a box office smash.[/i] The box office gurus expected "300" to do well over the weekend, but not $70 million well -- a record for a movie opening in March. "This was way...
`300′ a Multi-Pronged Box-Office Triumph
LOS ANGELES -- An ancient battle. A little-known director. An R rating. No major movie stars. These are the unlikely ingredients of the weekend's top-grossing film, "300." It earned almost $300 News million, making it the best March movie opening in history. In this...
Gerard Butler as Snake Plissken?!
Just like pink is the new black, Butler is the new Russell. Butler is attached to star as Snake Plissken himself in a remake of the 1981 classic, Escape from New York. Variety had this, Hot off the socko bow of "300" this past weekend, star Gerard Butler is at the...
‘300’ takeoff augurs hot ’07 int’l b.o.
As the MPAA officially trumpeted the rebound of the international boxoffice in 2006, the first three months of this year continue to show signs that 2007 may well keep up the trend and turn out to be one of the best in industry history. Warner Bros.' "300," the Zach...
Gerard Butler, Zack Snyder talk ‘300’
The Lantern: Did you think people would draw parallels to current world events and to the subject matter of the smaller army against the much larger one? Zach Snyder: I have to say I didn't really think about it in the writing or shooting. But it has been brought up...
Surprise! Spartans Assault Box Office
LOS ANGELES, March 11 — Even a film business that expects big numbers is likely to be double-checking the box-office receipts for Warner Brothers' "300" on Monday and asking, "What just happened?" The sword-and-sandals epic posted an estimated $70 million in ticket...
300 IS HOT
It seemed like summer at the box office over the weekend. Not only did some areas of the West experience a heat wave and temperatures in the East surge to their warmest levels of the year, but kids packed movie theaters as if mid-year recess were in full swing. The...
300 Review (Blog)
Of the movies being released this year, 300 may well have been the one I was most looking forward. In my youth one of my favourite films was 300 Spartans. And years ago I read the graphic novel 300 by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley. Loving both the 1962 movie and the...
300: A Film for the Bravehearts (Blog)
‘300′- the 117 minute Action drama starring Gerard Butler, has all the blood and violence needed to keep the adrenaline flowing in your veins. The film, directed by Zack Snyder, is a journey back into the era when the toughest decision were taken in the most barbaric...
‘300’ Is Something to See
[i]Thank you to Ann for sending in this review![/i] When Rudolph Maté's epic about the Battle of Thermopylae, "The 300 Spartans," was released in 1962, it arrived at the tail end of Hollywood's longest sword-and-sandals cycle. Critics and audiences promptly ignored...