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The actor Angelina Jolie slapped in the face because of Clint Eastwood: “Do it and see what happens”
18 Jan 2025 19:39 GMT
… ’s Mother in Robert Zemeckis’ Beowulf, and played Maria Callas … John Malkovich, Colm Feore, and Jason Butler Harner—Jolie’s … Eastwood’s unorthodox approach, Jolie has admitted that she thoroughly … ‘Best Original Score’. For Jolie, her portrayal of Christine …
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The unlikely role that convinced Steven Spielberg he needed to work with Ray Winstone
14 Dec 2024 20:41 GMT
… movie didn’t involve Winstone doing anything most people … Robert Zemeckis’ animated version of Beowulf, which saw Winstone don … brilliant actors around.”
Winstone has always loved Sexy … something with that.”
Ultimately, Winstone’s suntanned, tortured gangster …
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In ‘Here,’ Robert Zemeckis Is Back On His Computer-Generated Bullshit
15 Nov 2024 19:17 GMT
… impression was 2007’s Beowulf, an unwieldy but compelling … and screened in 3D like Beowulf, marked the begrudging end … complexity or existential depth.
Zemeckis’s new film, Here, …
Glazing over everything is Zemeckis’s misplaced fascination with digital …
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Hollywood Has Decided it’s Time to Try Adapting 'Beowulf' Again
07 Nov 2024 22:37 GMT
… , or even superheroes without Beowulf. Traces of the epic … quality remains memorable. But Zemeckis and his screenwriters got a … copycat. Roger Ebert famously called Beowulf a “satire” of the … to play opposite Bridges as Beowulf, while Bryan Cranston, Sam …
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Robert Zemeckis is still lost in the uncanny valley. Can he be saved?
07 Nov 2024 15:25 GMT
… Back to the Future, Zemeckis has kept his feet … with cartoon characters. Here, Zemeckis achieved a handy metaphor … Jim Carrey, and Anthony Hopkins. Beowulf and A Christmas Carol have … is neither soulless nor impersonal. Zemeckis uses his central gimmick — …
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Jeff Bridges is playing Beowulf villain Grendel in a live-action movie with creature work from The Jim Henson Company, and it all sounds sick
07 Nov 2024 13:32 GMT
… of the Old English epic Beowulf, adapted from John Gardner… , Dave Bautista as the warrior Beowulf, and T Bone Burnett as … back in 2007, when Robert Zemeckis tackled Beowulf. That divisive movie has …
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Looking for a Good Movie Like 300? Check Out Beowulf & Grendel
03 Nov 2024 06:30 GMT
… Icelandic-Canadian director Sturla Gunnarsson, Beowulf & Grendel borrows its plot … 2007 version starring Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie, and John Malkovich, is the most … pure, primeval cinema, board Beowulf and Grendel.
Beowulf and Grendel
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Robert Zemeckis’ ‘Here’: A Bold Cinematic Journey Through Time and Change in One New England Home
04 Nov 2024 17:49 GMT
… filmmaker like Robert Zemeckis, especially the Zemeckis of the 1980s … films The Polar Express, Beowulf, and A Christmas Carol used … reminiscent of the best Zemeckis films. This sense of … from Here (Credit: Sony)
Zemeckis’s return to ambitious storytelling …
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Robert Zemeckis Just Wants to Move You
01 Nov 2024 16:36 GMT
… movie we ever made,” Zemeckis says, “a gigantic puzzle … Zemeckis—who, with films like The Polar Express (2004) and Beowulf … that very perfection unsettling, Zemeckis concedes that the effect … adapting McGuire’s book, Zemeckis worked with his frequent …
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Here Review: Robert Zemeckis' Latest Sees The Excitement Of Its Ambitiousness Wear Out Too Soon
01 Nov 2024 15:49 GMT
… capture (The Polar Express, Beowulf, A Christmas Carol), his … experience.
Written by Robert Zemeckis and Eric Roth, who … aesthetic a confusing mess, Zemeckis has earned his reputation as … distraction (not unlike Robert Zemeckis’ battle with the uncanny …