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Writing, Reading and More, Oh My! 300
I remember when I first saw the trailer for 300 and said to myself, "I can't wait until this movie comes out." After a morning of judging short stories in a high school contest, I took a midday break and scooted out to the mall to return a pair of shoes that killed my...
Gerard Butler confirmed as Snake Plissken
Could it really be true about the rumour I wrote up here on Filmstalker the other day about Gerard Butler starring in a remake of John Carpenter's Escape From New York? Well a story today is suggesting just that. While everyone else still refers to it as a rumour,...
New Line cuffs ‘Escape’ redo
New Line Cinema has gotten the keys to the new "Escape From New York." The remake of the cult John Carpenter movie, being produced by Neal Moritz with Gerard Butler attached to star as Snake Plissken, hit the town this week and had several studios trying to capture...
Review: Frank Miller’s 300: “Prepare for glory!”
From its opening scene—a close-up of thousands upon thousands of what are later revealed to be the bones of countless infant males tossed from a precipice after being deemed unfit for the honor of a Spartan life—to its last, Zack Snyder’s (Dawn of the Dead [2004])...
“She Said” Movie Review: 300
4 stars/5 "300" provides a visual retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae, where Spartan King Leonidas (Gerard Butler, "The Phantom of the Opera") led a troop of 300 soldiers to encounter the hundreds of thousands strong Persian army. With the exception of Butler and...
Film Reviews:300 and Zodiac
The new release is a little film called "300." Maybe you've heard of it. When the Persian empire of 100 nations demands loyalty and submission from Greece- Sparta specifically, King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) petitions the council to send an army to stop the oncoming...
Exclusive Interview: 300’S Gerard Butler Jokes That He Only Does Full Frontal with a Fluffer
King Leonidas spills on work outs, nudity, and the cost of being absurdly buff 300, which utterly destroyed the competition at the box office last weekend, is continuing to have strong numbers and box office take this week. Actor Gerard Butler plays King Leonidas, the...
Exclusive Interview: 300’S Gerard Butler Jokes That He Only Does Full Frontal with a Fluffer
King Leonidas spills on work outs, nudity, and the cost of being absurdly buff 300, which utterly destroyed the competition at the box office last weekend, is continuing to have strong numbers and box office take this week. Actor Gerard Butler plays King Leonidas, the...
New Line plotting Butler ‘Escape’
New Line has won the bidding war for a remake of "Escape From New York," with "300" star Gerard Butler attached and Neal Moritz producing through his Original Films banner. Minimajor closed the deal Thursday, three days after CAA began shopping the package to studios...
Spartan ‘300’ Over The Top Brilliant!
Frank Miller's unique and violent "Sin City" pushed the envelope of possibility in film, making it hard to imagine anything coming close to its beauty and innovation. Fittingly, the adaptation of another of Miller's graphic novels, "300," finally surpasses its gritty...
‘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 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...
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...