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‘300’: NOT JUST A BATTLE FLICK
Though this is a battle epic few can match, there's a beauty and a noble nature to this film. It's the kind that comes from total commitment to a cause: here, the notion of a free and unyielding Sparta. That's delivered in this film through gleaming biceps, rippling...
‘300’ stuns with action and beauty
After seeing the adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel ''Sin City'' on the big screen in 2005, I was very excited about the announcement and arrival of ''300.'' I was not disappointed in the least. ''300'' is a film about the Spartan Battle of Thermopylae against...
The New Snake Plissken
[b Hollywood has a new action star, and his name is Gerard Butler.[/b After the huge success of “300,” Butler appears to have become a viable star — which we already knew, didn’t we? Wasting no time, Variety reports that CAA has attached Butler to a remake they’re...
‘300’ Star to ‘Escape from New York’
'300' star Gerard Butler may play Snake Plissken in a remake of 'Escape from New York.' Newly minted action hero Gerard Butler may step into Kurt Russell's boots; Eddie Murphy plays a gunslinger; Naomi Watts talks to the animals and more in ET Movie News! GERARD...
I Heard You Were Dead — and Scottish
Sheesh--yet another remake of a John Carpenter classic is on the way--this time, it's his 1981 s.f. actioner "Escape From New York" (which was actually shot in St. Louis and in Carpenter's garage at his home in L.A.), which is a great film I can pretty much watch...
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...
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 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...
“300” opens to mixed reviews: Epic lives up to hype
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...
“300” Tackles Epic Battle of Spartans, Persians
One of the Most Important Films in Years, Reviewer Says For those wondering, director Zack Snyder’s 300 isn’t a remake of the 1960 sword n’ sandals epic The 300 Spartans. The trendy word is “reimagining,” except that it’s also filtered through the eye of comic-book...
The Host and 300 (blog)
Check out the comment threads at the AV Club in regards to reviews for these two movies, The Host and 300, the last two movies I have seen in the theater. It is hilarious high-brow v. low-brow humor...and a lot of people taking things out of context and making the...
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...
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...
Movie Review: Beowulf & Grendel
Having recently seen 300, an infinitely superior film to this, it came to mind that this was probably used as Gerard Butler's audition. In Beowulf & Grendel he shows that he has a certain charisma in the hack-and-slash type of film, and can spout inspirational...
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...
Gerard Butler Set to Escape from New York
Gerard Butler has signed on to star in the remake of John Carpenter's 1981 action Escape From New York for producer Neal Moritz; no studio is attached. Ken Nolan is writing the screenplay; Butler would play Snake Plissken, the one-eyed convict who's charged with...
GERARD BUTLER YOU SNAKE (PLISSKEN)
This is how I find out they’re remaking Escape From New York, with an announcement that King Leonidas (or the Phantom of the Opera, depending on how non-charitable you’re being) is going to take on the ultimate badass role that Kurt Russell originated in the 1981...
Gerard Butler to star in Escape From New York remake?
THIS IS BUTLER! Unbelieveable news here, and this could be either a complete triumph or disaster, but Gerard Butler could be starring in a remake of the classic John Carpenter film Escape From New York and playing the superb character of Snake Plissken made famous by...
Gerard Butler: Call Him Snake
Uber-agency CAA has begun shopping a package around Hollywood’s studios. For those not familiar with the Variety lingo, a “package” is a movie project with famous names already attached, all of them clients of whatever agency is doing the shopping. This one happens to...
Gerard Butler to Escape From New York?
I am now certain that John Carpenter made a Pact With the Devil. With this evil bargain Carpenter gained an awesome career making classic after classic in the 70s and 80s. Satan, on the other hand, gained remake rights to all of these classics, which he is now selling...