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Cannes Review: Ridley Scott's Robin Hood - It's No Gladiator

I know it's not exactly ideal to instantly compare Ridley Scott's Robin Hood to Gladiator, but I can't really help it, especially because Gladiator is one of my all-time favorites (and a nearly flawless film), and because Russell Crowe is a little too similar to Maximus Decimus Meridius while playing Robin Longstride in Robin Hood. I finally saw the movie earlier today in Cannes and it's not terrible or a failure, like some people have been saying, but it's not great either. It's definitely no Gladiator, and although Ridley's production values are speculator as always, the story felt a little muddled and it lacked the true epicness of Gladiator overall.

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⥤ Posted May 12 in Cannes Film Festival 10, Reviews | 34 Comments

Happy Madison Picks Up Patrick Jean's Popular 'Pixels' Short

By Alex Billington

I never featured it at the time, but better late than never! Filmmaker Patrick Jean and production house OneMoreProduction created a short film called Pixels that went insanely viral last month when it took off on Twitter and other websites, like SlashFilm. Following in the footsteps of filmmaker Federico Alvarez and his viral short film Panic Attack, Nikki Finke's Deadline is reporting that Happy Madison, Adam Sandler's production company, and Columbia Pictures are "in early talks" to develop a full-length Ghostbusters-like movie based on Jean's sci-fi invasion video. If you haven't seen it yet, you can check it out embedded below.

⥤ Posted May 12 in Hype, Movie News, Opinions | 2 Comments

Casey Affleck is Serious About That Joaquin Phoenix Rap Doc

By Ethan Anderton

There's been a lot of chatter concerning Joaquin Phoenix's departure from acting mostly stemming from his strange behavior following his retirement of sorts which saw him turning to music as a self-proclaimed "homeless rapper." Though we've heard his behavior was supposed to be the subject of a recently screened documentary currently titled I'm Still Here: The Lost Year of Joaquin Phoenix for Casey Affleck as his directorial debut. Though Phoenix's public antics scream mockumentary, Affleck spoke with ABC News seriously about the film which he says is a real doc chronicling an "interesting period in [Phoenix's] life."

⥤ Posted May 12 in Hype, Movie News, Opinions | 20 Comments

Cannes Croisette Promo Banners for Gulliver's Travels & More

By Alex Billington

In addition to all of the films playing in the Cannes Film Festival every year, Hollywood makes a show at the festival as well with big snazzy promotional banners displayed on hotel fronts up and down the Croisette (the main street in the town). Like last year, I took a quick trip up the street to snap some photos of any new, exciting banners I could find, but ultimately there weren't too many great banners. In addition to the Kane & Lynch display we featured earlier, I found some banners for Jack Black's new Gulliver's Travels comedy as well as The Last Airbender, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and a few more.

⥤ Posted May 12 in Cannes Film Festival 10, Hype, Photos | 12 Comments

Must Watch: First Official Trailer for The Adjustment Bureau

By Alex Billington

After a lengthy delay, Universal has finally released a trailer for George Nolfi's The Adjustment Bureau starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt over on Yahoo. This supernatural-ish romantic drama is based on another Philip K. Dick short story and you'll see how his ideas play into the plot in a big way. Although I was unsure if this would be any good, I think this looks fantastic, maybe just because I'm a sucker for these sci-fi PKD stories, especially when it looks typically modern with a twist (like this). This does look a bit like Alex Proyas' Dark City, at least inspired by it, but I still think it could be awesome. Check out the trailer below!

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⥤ Posted May 12 in Opinions, To Watch, Trailers | 60 Comments

Timothy Olyphant is Replacing Sharlto Copley in 'Number Four'

By Alex Billington

Oh no, I was actually really looking forward to seeing Wikus Van De Merwe in this! Variety is reporting that actor Sharlto Copley has recently dropped out of D.J. Caruso's I Am Number Four due to "scheduling conflicts with his upcoming press obligations for Fox's The A-Team." Well that sucks (note: read ahead for the apparent real reason why he left). To replace him, Caruso has cast Timothy Olyphant instead to play the role of Henri, a guardian and mentor to the story's title character (played by Alex Pettyfer), an alien from another planet who escaped before it was destroyed by another rival species and has come to Earth to hide.

⥤ Posted May 12 in Casting, Movie News, Opinions | 8 Comments

Traveling to the Cannes Film Festival: Far Away, But Worth It

By Alex Billington

As I write this, I'm currently sitting on a train riding through the French countryside on my way down from Paris to Cannes. It's the last leg of my multiple day journey to the Cannes Film Festival. A bit earlier, an interesting thought crossed my mind. Almost all of the premium film festivals that I attend on a yearly basis - Sundance, Telluride, Cannes - are all in remote locations. What I mean is that you can't actual fly directly into any of these cities, you must fly into a neighboring city and travel in by car, train, or bus. Of course, not all of the major festivals are like this (e.g. Toronto, Venice, Berlin) but to me it seems like the idea of hosting

⥤ Posted May 12 in Cannes Film Festival 10, Editorials | 6 Comments

Darren Aronofsky and Brad Pitt Have Their Eyes on 'The Tiger'

By Ethan Anderton

Darren Aronofsky and Brad Pitt - The Tiger

In what will truly be a test of the old saying, "The third time's a charm," it looks like Darren Aronofsky and Brad Pitt are making a third attempt at a collaboration together. Previously Pitt had left The Fountain before production began, and then both he and Aronofsky ended up leaving The Fighter for Christian Bale and David O. Russell to take over. Now Deadline and THR report an adaptation of The Tiger, aa upcoming non-fiction book by John Vaillant, might be the project that finally brings them together as the two have been developing this project on the down-low for almost a year as a new potential starring vehicle for Pitt.

⥤ Posted May 12 in Movie News, Opinions | 7 Comments

TGB Episode 10: Legend of Ridley Scott (Guest: John Cooper)

By Tim Buel

On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, Tim & Jeremy are joined by John Cooper from ReelLoop.com to discuss their latest Picks of the Week, the newest in DVD/Blu-Ray releases, chat about the new trailers for Robert Rodriguez's Machete, Michael Winterbottom's The Killer Inside Me and J.J. Abrams' sci-fi Super 8, complain about Babel and much more. The main topic of the night was a look back at the lustrous career of Ridley Scott (in honor of Robin Hood's premiere this Friday). The guys go over the high and low point's of Scott's career and talk a bit about their thoughts on Robin Hood and where Scott is heading next. Listen in!

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⥤ Posted May 12 in Golden Briefcase, Podcasts | 4 Comments

First Posters & Promo Banners for Lionsgate's Kane & Lynch

By Alex Billington

After waiting for more than three years since it was first announced back in 2007 that Lionsgate would be adapting the video game Kane & Lynch, production is finally starting to gear up. Lionsgate (or Nu Image / Millennium Films) has debuted some early promotional banners and posters for Kane & Lynch on display in Cannes. Empire got a shot of the new banners in front of a hotel (below) and MTV also debuted the first full poster (cropped above - see the full-size here). Bruce Willis stars as Kane and Jamie Foxx stars as Lynch and will be the directing debut of stunt coordinator & second unit director Simon Crane. Check it out below!

⥤ Posted May 12 in Hype, Movie News, Posters | 37 Comments

'I'm Just a Bill' Animated Video from Alex Gibney's Casino Jack

By Alex Billington

"I wonder who that sad little scrap of paper is?" If you grew up in the US, you're probably familiar with the Schoolhouse Rock series of educational music videos, including the one featuring a little singing "scrap of paper" explaining how bills get passed in Washington. Magnolia has whipped up their own mock version of that video as promotion for Alex Gibney's documentary Casino Jack and the United States of Money (you can see the actual trailer here). The doc focuses on super lobbyist Jack Abramoff and this video shows how screwed up our government is because money is more powerful than democracy itself. Check this out!

⥤ Posted May 12 in Featurettes, Indies, To Watch | 3 Comments

Pixar's Summer 2011 Newt Movie Has Been Officially Canceled

By Ethan Anderton

I'm hoping this isn't an early sign of a looming fall from the highest pedestal for Pixar, but when a talented group of filmmakers pumps out hit after hit pleasing both critics and audiences alike, a failure is bound to come sooner or later (hopefully not). For now it sounds like Pixar is avoiding that failure, at least in theory, as The Pixar Blog reports that Newt, a 3D film that was originally scheduled for release in summer of 2011, has been canceled. The news was discovered when the film was deleted from the latest supplement to Disney archivist Dave Smith's encyclopedia Disney A to Z. Sad news for anybody who was looking forward to this.

⥤ Posted May 12 in Movie News, Opinions | 66 Comments

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