William Shakespeare, one of the most famous writers ever to have lived and the bane to school children the world over. Born in 1564 and dying in 1616, Shakespeare produced 38 plays and 154 sonnets. From comedies, to tragedies, to histories, many of his plays are known the world over and with a new adaptation […]
The madness of Apocalypse Now and the poetic reflection of Terrence Malick’s The Thin Red Line come to mind when watching Beasts of No Nation. This harrowing descent into the tragedies of civil war is the third film by Cary Fukunaga (Sin Nombre, Jane Eyre and the first season of HBO’s True Detective). Based on a novel by Uzodinma Iweala, the film also […]
Matthew Vaughn, hot off his loving send up to spy movies, Kingsman: The Secret Service, has signed on with MGM to direct the film adaptation of screenwriter Terry Hayes’ (Mad Max 2 and 3, Payback, From Hell) debut novel I am Pilgrim for MGM. From Variety, Based on Terry Hayes’ international bestseller, the story follows “Pilgrim,” the codename for a man […]
Mount Everest. The tallest peak on the planet Earth. Despite the many risks and dangers involved in making a trip to the literal top of the world, many have tried to scale the mighty mountain, both successfully and not so successfully. Those daring to reach the icy summit dream big for certain, thinking too much […]
The Russian sci-fi movie Hard to be a God is the last movie to be made from Russian director Aleksei German, taking six years to film. German died during the five years of post-production, leaving his screenwriter wife and director son to complete the movie. Based on a novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Hard to […]
Eli Roth is, without a doubt, a talented filmmaker. He knows how to construct a scene, build tension and stage gory violence. Roth also clearly knows a lot about movies and genre cinema. The Green Inferno, his latest directorial effort, is therefore all the more disappointing. It was hardly a surprise given his previous track record […]
The obvious trouble with book-to-film adaptations is that there can be many aspects that get lost in translation, which is often the primary reason that adaptations can fail with audiences. Even for people who have not read the source material on which the film is based, things can seem off. Some part of the story […]
