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Tag Archives: adaptation
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The subversive nature of Harry Potter Guest Review by Mike Flores It’s hard to believe that the most controversial films being made today are the Harry Potter films. Christians call them recruitment stories for Satanists, intellectuals call them mindless fantasies, … Continue reading
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Tagged action, adaptation, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, fantasy, Gary Oldman, ghosts, giant monster, Harry Potter, horror, magic, monster, Movie, mythical creatures, psychic phenomena, Review, sequel, sorcery, witchcraft, wizard
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Hulk
Smash! The track record of 21st century film adaptations of Marvel Comics characters continues here with what may be the best of the lot so far. I’ve had mixed feelings toward how the character’s origin has been monkeyed with – … Continue reading
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Tagged action, adaptation, Ang Lee, atomic bomb, Eric Bana, explosions, gun fu, helicopter, Hulk, Jennifer Connelly, Lou Ferrigno, mad laboratory, mad scientist, Marvel, monster, Movie, mutants, Nick Nolte, Review, Sam Elliott, Stan Lee, superhero, supervillain, tanks
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Holes
Dig this! Finally, a prison movie for kids! Director Andrew Davis (The Fugitive) and writer Louis Sachar (adapting his own novel) let us know right off the bat that this won’t be the usual Disney pre-teen fare with a pre-credit … Continue reading
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Tagged action, adaptation, Andrew Davis, Eartha Kitt, gun fu, mad scientist, Movie, murder, Patricia Arquette, Review, Shia LaBeouf, Sigourney Weaver, snake, Texas
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Dracula / The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde DVD
Curtis TV horror on disc After the runaway success of his gothic TV soap opera Dark Shadows, producer Dan Curtis sought to expand into made-for-TV movies. To further mine the vein of horror, he decided to produce films based on … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, Dan Curtis, Dracula, DVD, horror, Jack Palance, Jekyll & Hyde, mad laboratory, mad scientist, monster, Movie, murder, psycho killer, Review, Richard Matheson, supervillain, torture, TV, vampire
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Minority Report
The Report Report Guest Review by Mike Flores Mention the name Philip K. Dick and expectations grow. Add Steven Spielberg and if anything, the expectations may get too big. So I wasn’t prepared to be blown away by a fellow … Continue reading
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Tagged action, adaptation, blood, Colin Farrell, explosions, Frank Grillo, gadgetry, gun fu, injury to eye, Janusz Kaminski, mad laboratory, Max von Sydow, Movie, murder, Peter Stormare, Philip K. Dick, psychic phenomena, Review, sci-fi, Steven Spielberg, Tom Cruise
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Monkeybone DVD
Planet of the inner ape Stu Miley (Brendan Fraser) is a successful cartoonist who just sold his strip “Monkeybone” to the Comedy Channel as an animated series. He’s fielding proposals for all kinds of merchandising, and is about to propose … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, animation, Bob Odenkirk, Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, Chris Kattan, comedy, commentrak, Dave Foley, Doug Jones, DVD, fantasy, Henry Selick, John Turturro, Lisa Zane, magic, Megan Mullally, Movie, possession, psychic phenomena, Review, Rose McGowan, Sam Hamm, talking animal, Thomas Haden Church, Whoopi Goldberg, zombie
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Metropolis
Anime vitae Osamu Tezuka was so taken with Fritz Lang’s Metropolis that he had to create his own version. In 1949, Tezuka was one of Japan’s favorite young cartoonists. His New Treasure Island series had been a big hit, and … Continue reading
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Tagged action, adaptation, animation, anime, explosions, future, gadgetry, Japan, Katsuhiro Otomo, mad laboratory, mad scientist, metropolis, Movie, mutants, Osamu Tezuka, Review, Rintaro, robot, sci-fi, zap guns
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Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Greatest Show on Middle Earth It’s been 30 years since I read J.R.R. Tolkien’s massive follow-up to The Hobbit, but Peter Jackson’s colossal screen adaptation of the first third of the novel makes it feel like only yesterday. Some details … Continue reading
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Tagged action, adaptation, blood, Brad Dourif, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, demons, dwarf, Elijah Wood, elves, explosions, fantasy, giant monster, gore, heads roll, horror, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, magic, monster, Movie, mutants, mythical creatures, New Zealand, Orlando Bloom, Peter Jackson, psychic phenomena, Review, Sean Astin, sequel, superhero, supervillain, swordplay, Viggo Mortenson, wizard
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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
The sequel to Next to Last Fantasy This isn’t the first all-CGI animated film. No, those are old digital hat and common as pixels in a bitmap these days. Plus, a lot of “live-action” films now contain a great deal … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, Alec Baldwin, animation, anime, Donald Sutherland, dystopia, future, gadgetry, invasion, invisible, James Woods, Japan, kung fu, mad laboratory, meteor, Ming-Na Wen, monster, Movie, post-apoc world, Review, sci-fi, space alien, Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames, zap guns
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer DVD
Sony Wonder distributed this classic Christmas TV special on DVD in 1999, but since then they’ve released new versions with updated graphics, animated menus, and a few extra features. One of these is a filmed introduction by co-producer Arthur Rankin, … Continue reading →