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Iceland’s most expensive movie premiered
Beowulf, directed by Sturla Gunnarsson, was premiered last night. The movie, which cost around one billion Icelandic kronas was mostly filmed in Iceland using Icelandic actors. Producers are Friðrik Þór Friðriksson and Anna María Karlsdóttir, and actor Ingvar E....
A FILM fan who fell in love with Inverclyde’s scenery
A FILM fan who fell in love with Inverclyde's scenery because of a movie has paid a visit to the area. Catherine Groger, from near Seattle in America, came to Greenock and Gourock to visit the setting for the film Dear Frankie. The movie, written by Greenock...
REVIEW: “300” THE MOVIE
Last week I had the chance to see the upcoming movie "300" based on the Frank Miller graphic novel at the first advanced screening Warner Bros. held in Los Angeles. Advanced screenings are an important part of the film development process, as they allow the studio to...
FRANK MILLER’S 300 screened tonight! And…
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. There was a test screening this night of Zack Snyder's film version of Frank Miller's graphic novel 300. I told ya' the Comic-Con footage was out of this world awesome and now you'll have two guys... one a big Frank Miller fan and the other...
The Fevered Pleasuring Of 300 Continues!!
Two More Reviews From Last Night's Screening... Merrick again... ...with two more messages from last night's screening of FRANK MILLER'S 300. I've had a really good vibe about this film since some of the earliest video diaries were revealed, and I'm desperately...
My 300 Screening Report
Last night I had the unbelievable good fortune to be in the very first test audience for the movie 300. I'm just going to gush now.... This movie is f-ing AMAZING! It's far superior in look, story, and performances to Sin City. I was enraptured from the moment the...
‘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,”...
Beguiles, thanks largely to the sparse Icelandic landscape
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...
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...
‘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...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
‘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,...
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...
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...
Beautifully epic
Most may not be familiar with the epic poem that Beowulf & Grendel is based upon, but it's really not necessary when it comes to this elegantly crafted piece of cinematography. While the film does get off to a slow start, it serves a purpose. Character...
Duo rebounds, Americans meet Beowulf & Grendel
The Quebec-made romantic comedy Duo was a box-office disappointment in its opening June 16 weekend but rebounded somewhat in the week of June 23, taking a per-screen average of $1,486, up from $1,121, and claiming the number-one spot among domestic films. "The summer...