Rating: 3.0 stars BEOWULF & GRENDEL: Syrupy and annoying. Icelandic director Sturla Gunnarsson treats the Old English epic about a foreign warrior enlisted by a broken Dane king to rid the land of a scourge with both respect and irreverence. The result is at times...
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‘Beowulf’ puts spin on ancient epic
Beowulf & Grendel Movie Rating: (R) | Critic: B+ Holy Venerable Bede. It’s ‘‘Beowulf” time. Someone else finally has noticed that Seamus Heaney’s acclaimed 1999 translation of ‘‘Beowulf” was a bestseller. Recently, a Julie Taymor-directed opera titled ‘‘Grendel,”...
Vistas aside,’Beowulf’ isn’tquite poetry in motion
Because he lived somewhere around the end of the first millennium A.D., the anonymous writer of the Danish heroic epic we know as ``Beowulf" probably wasn't concerned with movie rights. Too bad; in retrospect he gave away the store. Following upon Seamus Heaney's...
WB pushing pix around
Tweaking its fall and winter release sked, Warner Bros. Pictures is pushing back the release of Curtis Hanson's poker pic "Lucky You," starring Eric Bana, Drew Barrymore and Robert Duvall, from Sept. 8 to Oct. 27. Moving out of the Oct. 27 frame is the McG-helmed...
‘Beowulf’ undertakes glorious deeds on stage and in films
Odds are, unless you're a college English major, you haven't read Beowulf in years — if you read it at all. Which makes the sudden flourishing of the 1,000-year-old epic in popular entertainment all the more peculiar. An opera and three movies, including a big-budget...
Warner Bros. Re-works Their Upcoming Schedule
Warner Bros. Pictures has rescheduled some of their upcoming fall and winter films. Variety released the new dates as: Lucky You: Curtis Hanson's poker pic, starring Eric Bana, Drew Barrymore and Robert Duvall, moves from September 8th to October 27th. We Are...
The Insider
Interviewer is Lara Spencer And Hunk Friday goes New York as Lara flirts her way through Manhattan with her new crush, Gerard Butler. Interviewer “Are you dating anybody? I’ll be jealous” GB “No then – I’m not.” The 35 year old Scotsman, who played The Phantom of the...
Classic lit translates into a classic failure
Sarah Polley has been one of the most fearless and astute young movie actresses of her generation. She takes chances and usually winds up being the best part of any movie she's in. Not so in "Beowulf & Grendel," Sturla Gunnarsson's cold and stark retelling of the...
Ancient epic poem `Beowulf’ seen through a modern prism
Two elements of "Beowulf & Grendel" make a mixed-up and unbalanced picture nearly worthwhile. One is Iceland. Shooting in various, epically craggy corners of a country that hasn't been location scouted to death, the film's makers resort to not a single...
“Beowulf & Grendel”
Who are you calling a troll? The Grendel in question in Beowulf & Grendel, a muscular, ardently naturalistic retelling of the ninth-century Anglo-Saxon saga, may be on a bloody tear, and Tomb Raider 2's Gerard Butler rattles a lot of heroic chain mail. But...
Sturla Gunnarsson Speaks of Beowulf and Grendel
Recently I had a great opportunity to sit down and have a heart to heart with the director of the 2005 feature "Beowulf and Grendel" which saw a 16 week run in Canada and is now making it's way into select American theaters. The experience was fantastic overall and I...
The Graphic Novel Comes of Age
Hollywood is becoming enamored of the graphic novel, and for all the right reasons. From a creative perspective, these works offer the freedom that comes from working independently. After all, it's a personal medium - often with just one creative talent doing both the...
Fatter Than Fat Comicon Report
Here's the first ever Comicon report by film ick's roving spy in San Diego. I'm going to go into itallics and then everything that follows will be the work of one Elisabeth Rappe. Give me a while and I might get to drop back in and proof her text a little too - don't...
Beowulf and Grendel roars onto DVD in September
Filmed in Iceland and staring Gerard Butler, Stellan Skarsgård, and Sarah Polley, Beowulf and Grendel (the latest adaptation of the classic tale) is set to hit DVD on September 26th for the suggested retail price of $29.98. The film is adapted from the Anglo-Saxon...
Zack Snyder Talks ‘300’ and ‘Watchmen’
After everything was said and done at the 2006 Comic-Con there was one panel that continues to stick in my mind more than all the rest and that is the Warner Bros. release 300. The film is being directed by Dawn of the Dead remake helmer Zack Snyder and stars Gerard...
BRIEFLY: GERARD BUTLER ON 300, COMICS, & COMIC-CON
It’s already become the stuff of legends. After the exclusive 300 trailer ran at the panel San Diego Comicon, the lights came up and it was Gerard Butler, King Leonidas himself, that said he wanted to see it again! I got a chance to talk with Butler soon after the...
Comic-Con Live: Warner Brothers presents 300
10:29AM - Just about waiting to start… close to start time. Panel features: creator Frank Miller, director Zack Snyder, and actors David Wenham and Gerard Butler. Read on for some exclusive details from Frank Miller! 10:32AM - Room is nearly full… a lot of people...
Exclusive Interview with “300” Writer/Director Zack Snyder
Visit the link above for the complete interview with 300 Director Zack Snyder from Rebecca Murray at About.Com.
‘Beowulf & Grendel’
*An ancient tale is given a multinational revision. Two elements of "Beowulf & Grendel" make a mixed-up and unbalanced picture nearly worthwhile. One is Iceland. Shooting in various, epically craggy corners of a country that hasn't been location-scouted to death,...
Comic Con: Boneman’s Report 3: 300 Panel
This was a day that was going to bring surprises, strange disappearances and heroic acts of brevity. It got off to a good start as Jerry's kids got what they came for when Zack Snyder came out and introduced the revered writer of the Graphic novel 300 the hottest...
WARNER BROTHERS PRESENTS A LOOK AT 300
I was familiar with 300 as a movie. I hadn't read Frank Miller's graphic novel, but following the success of Sin City, it was clear that Miller's properties would be finding their way to the big screen. 300 would be next out of the box. Helming the ambitious project...
Comic Con – day 3 Maura’s report – ‘Grind House’ and ‘Spiderman 3’
[b]Saturday had some pretty spectacular panels. To start off with there was Frank Miller’s graphic novel 300 brought astonishingly to life by director Zack Synder who was present along with Miller and stars Gerard Butler and David Wenham. There was much gentle ribbing...
Quint on the 300 panel!
Best footage of Comic Con (after that Spidey one, of course)!!! Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with some more coverage of the San Diego Comic Con, specifically Warner Bros. 300 panel, Zack Snyder's adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel of the same name. The story is...
New TMNT and 300 Photos!
Source: Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures has released two new photos from writer-director Kevin Munroe's TMNT and director Zack Snyder's 300. TMNT, opening March 30, will be the first all CG animated movie in the history of the franchise. The PG-rated movie...
300 AUTHOR FRANK MILLER REVEALS SIN CITY 2 AND SPIRIT PLANS
300 (due out March 16, 2007) is the latest movie adaptation of a Frank Miller graphic novel. The story focuses on the 480 B.C. battle where the King of Sparta led his army in a battle against the Persians, which resulted in democracy in Greece. While promoting 300 at...