 Stuart Beattle’s upcoming horror/thriller I, Frankenstein was announced as being pushed back to 2014 this past April. The film, that stars Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, and Mirando Otto, has just released the poster for your viewing pleasure. From the producers of Underworld, the film is based on the comics by Kevin Grevioux, which he co-adapts with Stuart Beattle.
Check out the full poster down below. The film opens January 14, 2014. Read more on First Official Lenticular Debut for ‘I, Frankenstein’…
 As a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association and the International Press Academy, both of which host the Critic Choice Awards and Satellite Awards respectively, screeners and gift bundles come by the dozens beginning in October. I know before I ventured off on this journey in film criticism, I always wanted to see what people in the industry were receiving as they became available. This year, I attempt to do just that. The Awards Circuit’s FYC Tracker (For Your Consideration) has just gone live. Read more on Awards Season FYC Tracker and Gallery Launched!…
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One of the latest fairy tales to receive a film adaptation, Bryan Singer’s version of Jack and the Beanstalk, has a newly confirmed title and release date. Previously titled Jack the Giant Killer, the film will now be called Jack the Giant Slayer, in an attempt at sounding a bit less harsh for the intended PG-13 audience.
Read more on Bryan Singer’s Jack and the Beanstalk Adaptation Gets New Title, Release Date…
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 October Baby (*½)
What makes October Baby so disappointing is not just the “cheese” that’s spread all over the film like a tray of orderves at a church cocktail party or the uninspired and forceful humor we’re suppose to laugh at; it’s the poor attempt at taking a seemingly interesting premise, a girl who finds out she’s adopted and was a failed abortion, and executing it like third grade love story that “Curious George” could have told better. Read more on The Blu Circuit – Bad “Baby” and “Exotic” Bliss…
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 I’m hardly someone who puts the original ‘Total Recall’ from 1990 up on a pedestal or considers it to be a classic (a cult classic maybe), though compared to the new remake that’s hitting theaters this Friday, it comes close. 2012′s edition of ‘Total Recall’ is completely uninspired and manages to commit a cardinal sin when it comes to remaking movies…it manages to make all the changes to the original changes for the worse. Worse still, the remake then decides to follow the same yet now watered down plot. Paul Verhoeven’s original had its tongue firmly planted in cheek and dove into excess at every turn, but Len Wiseman’s new take just goes through the motions. There’s no humor, no sense of fun, and no Mars. Wiseman actually doesn’t do anything especially terrible behind the camera, but the script by Mark Bomback and Kurt Wimmer is pretty sub par, so the trend of Wiseman working with less than ideal screenplays continue. Colin Farrell is adequate in the lead role, but he’s about as far from Arnold Schwarzenegger as it gets. Every which way that you turn, there’s something mediocre or even disappointing to feast your eyes on. Perhaps the only thing the flick succeeds at is showing off some strong visuals, but that’s a hollow victory for the film. Consider this Early Review a warning…
Read more on Total Recall (**)…
And so, in what seemed like an impossible dream to just about every comic book geek in the world, the first-ever major superhero crossover film finally opens in America today. There’s really no point in pretending that this won’t absolutely kill at the box office this weekend, it’s just a matter of how high it can soar at this point:
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 With the slate all to itself, “Arthur Christmas” has the benefit and the burden of being the only new Christmas-themed movie for families in 2011 (no offense there…Harold and Kumar). Thankfully, with the fantastic team of Aardman Studios (Wallace and Gromit films, Chicken Run, Flushed Away)steering the ship, “Arthur Christmas” is a blast – an energetic, endearing, and irreverent holiday comedy that will stand up to annual viewings and engage the grown-ups, teenagers, and youngest of viewers all and the same.
Read more on Arthur Christmas (***½)…
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