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Today’s Links 17.5.2010

Monday, May 17th, 2010

Today's LinksHere is a collection of links from across the net that may be film, TV and or entertainment related.

  • David Fincher and Timur Bekmambetov will direct competing 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea remakes.  That’s what we need, two boring movies instead of one. [FilmJunk]
  • Shia Labeof think Indiana Jones 4 sucked too!  Yet, he blames himself…I guess he want’s to work again but still, no one believes that. [geektyrant]
  • Fox is working on an animated Napoleon Dynamite show.  Gosh! [getthebigpicture]
  • Martin Scorsese is working on a George Harrison documentary.  Ugh, make the Sinatra film already. [exclaim]
  • Romero remaking Dario Argento’s Deep Red in 3D, Zombies will be in there somewhere I’m sure. [digital spy]
  • Trailer for a Matrix looking film with Matt Damon and Emily Blunt, The Adjustment Bureau. (more…)

Scene Stealers #7

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan

THE MOVIE:
Steven Spielberg‘s World War II epic Saving Private Ryan chronicles the journey of a GI squad on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines. Led by Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks), the unit is under orders to track down a soldier, Private Ryan (Matt Damon), so he might return home to his mother in America, where she is grieving the unimaginable loss of her three other sons to the war.

THE SCENE: (more…)

Review: Invictus (2009)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

invictusClint Eastwood plays it safe with this tale of Mandela and his idea to bring unity to South Africa through rugby. Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon provide the acting clout while Eastwood shapes the direction of the film. I loved Eastwood’s previous outings; Gran Torino, Changeling, Million Dollar Baby and Mystic River – perhaps for the darker side of filmmaking Directed with each.  INVICTUS is a modest, self-effacing movie about extraordinary events that chronicles one battle in Nelson Mandela’s war against the past and his journey to reconstruct a brighter future for his people.

The movie’s plot sounds clichéd, and while the film is a lot of the time, the good news is that it’s not overwhelmed by it.  I found it bland and slow; the movie will win audiences with the charm of Mandela, but descends into a film about rugby.

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