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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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Crank Co-Creator on Hex

ShockTillYouDrop.com recently rubbed elbows and tipped a few back with Brian Taylor, one half of the crazed creative team of Crank, at this year's Comic-Con. Dispensing with the immense man-love we have for last year's Jason Statham actioner co-written and directed by...

SDCC 07: Jonah Hex Scoop!

IGN spoke exclusively with filmmakers Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor today at Comic-Con, where the duo confirmed that they will indeed direct the big-screen version of DC Comics' Jonah Hex in addition to scripting it. Neveldine confirmed that they have completed a...

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...

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...

‘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...

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...

Why 300 Was So Awesome

As any hot-blooded, red-meat-eating, lesbian-loving man will gladly tell you, Frank Miller’s 300 is the pinnacle of human artistic achievement. But, what exactly made this movie so awesome? Was it the blood? Was it the unwavering spirit of the Spartans? Was it the...

The ‘300’ 2 Disc DVD Coming July 31st (Blog)

Our new hero is Zack Snyder. Not only is the lucky dude the lotto winner who gets to direct the upcoming graphic novel adaptation of Alan Moore's The Watchmen, but he's also the man behind the pop culture smash hit and one of our favorite films, Frank Miller's '300.'...

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