But on February 28, for one week, about 1,000 movie theaters around the country will
screen a version of the movie that is both the same — same plot, same characters, derived from the same filming sessions — and completely different, featuring exactly 763 new jokes.
Seriously, there is no reason why the full
screen version of the movie (both in theatrical and unrated form) and half the extras should be on one side of the disc, while the wisescreen version and the rest of the extras should be on the other.
Not exact matches
After showing footage
of «Alita: Battle Angel» at CinemaCon on Thursday, Rodriguez and producer Jon Landau («Avatar»
movies) sat down with Business Insider to talk about the evolution
of the project and why this manga won't end up like the big -
screen version of «Ghost in the Shell.»
Giggling employees pass through a mock security entrance manned by «flight attendants» into a cavernous space filled with music, beer, food and
versions of the airport's
screens, with all their
movies running at full tilt.
There are so many hopes and expectations pinned on the new film
version of «A Wrinkle in Time,» I feel like it should be projected on giant bulletin boards instead
of movie screens.
Four years ago, after more than a decade
of drawing the popular online comic Piled Higher and Deeper (PHD for short), former engineer Jorge Cham jumped to the big
screen, enlisting an ensemble
of California Institute
of Technology in Pasadena researchers to produce and star in a
movie version of his cartoon depicting the trials and tribulation
of being a graduate student in the sciences.
Sad to say, the rumored intensity
of the play» «night Mother» is not on display in this filmed
version that does not translate particularly well to the
screen as it feels like just another made for television
movie of the period.
The
screen version is still a play, but it's aturning point in the
movie career
of Humphrey Bogart, who had played the gangster's role on stage and then in a TV
version with his wife (in Bette davis role)
Seen on a 72 cm CRT
screen at home, though, it's like having the negative held up to your eyes - a lot
of care and attention has gone into this transfer, and the fact that it looks so cinematic and so natural (despite Fincher's characteristically unnatural visual style) is reason enough to come back to this
movie in its newly - mastered
version.
They'll be showing six different Ghibli
movies (the best
of the best) in total, in both subtitled and dubbed
versions, on
screens all across the country (so you don't have to drive 6 hours away just to see them - or maybe you will anyway).
Johnson himself isn't any stranger to the arena
of online game diversifications, having starred within the notorious 2005 big
screen version of Doom; a
movie that even The Rock has admitted fell sufferer to the notorious online game film «curse».
While the original script
of the
movie called for Robin Hood to be the villain and the Sheriff to be the hero, which could have been truly excellent, at least this new
version gives a better look at what should have hit the big
screen a few months ago.
Baywatch
movie: Horrible Bosses director Seth Gordon is to direct the big
screen version of Baywatch.
«Entourage» - June 5 Vince (Adrian Grenier) drives Ari (Jeremy Piven) up the wall when he decides to direct and star in his own
movie in the big
screen version of the HBO show.
Ant - Man is okay, nothing more than a safe and sanitized big -
screen version of a comic book, and nothing less than a slick and tidy packaging
of action -
movie stereotypes.
DVD Review by Kam Williams Raunchy Adaptation
of Classic TV Series Arrives on Home Video Whenever a classic television series is made into a
movie, the buzz always seems to be about whether the
screen version will be a creative variation on the theme or merely a campy, cornball, take - the - money - and - run ripoff trading in familiar formulas and shopworn cliches.
An unfinished
version of the
movie was
screened in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, where it received awards for Best Screenplay and Best Actor.
Though the film's basis as a big -
screen version of Peter M. Lenkov's 2001 comic
of the same name doesn't disprove its borrowings from either source
of similar material, such associations might actually work in the feature's favour; indeed, the resemblance to both ranks among the
movie's few highlights.
Playing the younger
version of Michael B. Jordan's nuanced villain for only a few minutes, the young lad was only on
screen briefly at the start
of the
movie, in a flashback scene and for a longer - speaking part in a poignant dialogue in the ancestral plain (trust us, it makes sense in the
movie).
The Thor
movie comes out next month and to celebrate the first real big
screen version of the Odinson outside...
The new Blu - ray
version of the
movie comes in full
screen (1:33:1), with «7.1 Digital Theater System Hi - Def Surround Sound.»
In a new interview with
Screen Daily, director George Miller and producer Doug Mitchell confirm that there may be a black and white
version of the
movie hitting theaters next year.
«GET SMART» (2008) One
of my favorite
movies of that year, this big
screen version of the classic 60s TV series is, as the title suggests, smart.
I haven't read the novels (I've paged through some
of «Dragon Tattoo» in English), but even fans I've talked to don't make any claims for Larsson as a great writer (albeit in translation), and the Swedish
movie version struck me as little more than a straightforward work
of adaptation: «OK, we're going to take this story and put it on the
screen.»
Many writers obsess over how faithful certain
movies are to their source novels, and whether or not the fans will appreciate the big
screen version of their beloved book.
LIAM NEESON is in talks with
movie bosses to star in the upcoming big
screen version of THE A TEAM.The Schindler's List actor has reportedly been...
The film nonetheless has a distinctly «budget look» when the green
screen backdrops and CGI scenery tends to stick out; despite solid practical production design work by Eve Stewart (Les Miserables), the overall effect is that Victor Frankenstein resembles a cheaper
version of Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes
movies (and their
version of Victorian England), visually speaking.
Releasing on regular
screens and in IMAX (where audiences are treated to a several - story high
version of the caped crusader), the
movie takes a long hard look at justice.
Tying in with the film's release in the US, a number
of the primary members
of Thor: Ragnarok «s cast took part in the Late Late Show skit, which saw Corden hijacking a preview
screening of the film to bring his «live» 4D
version to one lucky
movie audience.
His Girl Friday (Criterion, Blu - ray, DVD) should really be listed as a double feature, for the «bonus»
movie — a new edition
of the original
screen version of The Front Page, adapted from the snappy, cynical, double - barrel Broadway hit by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur — is not just a home video debut but a major discovery.
But while this is an efficiently made freak - out, Peirce packs the
screen with nods to the earlier
movie, which remains the iconic
version of this story.
The great director Sidney Lumet brought a beautifully acted
version of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull to the
screen in 1968, but apparently it has taken another half - century to get a another
version that gives Chekhov's 1895 play a new spin in
movies.
A
version of this archives appears in print on July 25, 1968, on Page 26
of the New York edition with the headline:
Screen: «Inspector Clouseau» Arrives; Alan Arkin Is Starred as Bumbling Official
Movie at the Trans - Lux East and West Houses.
Her
version of Valkyrie is strong and badass, yes, but she's also complicated, enigmatic, quick - witted and a bit tipsy, things women on
screen in these
movies typically don't get to be.
That said, early buzz for Bong's
version of this
movie has been fantastic, and if Bong's comments about the test
screenings are true, it seems the Weinstein cut isn't quite as impressive.
A
movie musical based on a stage musical built on pre-existing music certainly has some
of its work done for it right from the point
of cinematic conception, but even with such a head start, Clint Eastwood still applies enough tender, heartfelt identity to his adaptation, Jersey Boys, to make the
screen version a touching endeavor.
Imposingly tall, with wild thinning hair, thrift - store fashion sense, and a Brooklyn accent, Coopersmith is a consistently delightful
screen presence; considering that he appears to be playing a fictionalized
version of himself, his quirks only lend credibility to the
movie's buried central thesis about finding pleasure in the real thing.
The full 187 minutes
of screen time has been pieced together from various shorter release
versions; 10 minutes
of opening, intermission and closing music is supplied; the color has been renewed by going back to the original materials and restoring them; the sound track is in six - track Dolby (although many theaters are equipped with only four tracks), and the 70 mm wide
screen picture reminds us
of when
movies filled our entire field
of vision.
That design distinguishes it from the
movie and makes it more akin to theatre, though the presentation borrows from both stage and
screen versions of the musical.
No matter how good or well - liked a video game series is, the
movie versions continue to struggle on the big
screen, most recently demonstrated by the lack
of success achieved by Assassin's Creed which performed badly despite a loyal video game following and big name stars.
Disney's
version of The Jungle Book comes to the big
screen as a live - action
movie.
The
movie is available for purchase in one
of three
versions: Widescreen, Full
Screen, or a 2 Disc Special Edition.
As the musical
version of Les Miserables hits the big
screen, Eric has a review
of the 1998 non-musical
movie of Les Miserables starring Liam Neeson, and the latest Resident Evil
movie, both new on DVD and Blu - ray now.
If not, you surely will by the time the
movie introduces additional characters played by Daniel Brühl, Alfre Woodard, Martin Freeman, Hope Davis, and Marisa Tomei (who may be the least spinster - y
version of Peter Parker's Aunt May ever committed to
screen).
We meet Emily (Zoe Kazan plays Gordon's on -
screen surrogate) and Kumail (Nanjiani playing a
version of himself) doing all the standard stuff: dating, having sex, watching Vincent Prices
movies.
James Mangold finally brought the
version of Wolverine that many fans had been waiting for to the big
screen thanks to his ability to shoot an R - rated
movie.
This
screen accurate
version of the Neomorph, the horrific new creature introduced in the
movie, stands approximately 9» tall.
The tablet runs on a
version of Google Android customized by Amazon, so much that it looks nothing like it — a shelf motif is used throughout the interface to display the content at the bottom
of the
screen, while in the middle, you can browse through music,
movies, apps, and magazines in a carousel.
What I didn't know — until last night, when a trailer
screened at the Belcourt
movie theater in Nashville — is that the Swedish
version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is coming to the United States.
Until Dec. 31, the 16 GB tablet retails for $ 449, while the 32 GB
version sells for $ 549, with a free Sony Entertainment Starter pack, which includes a cradle, LCD
screen protector, AC adapter, 180 days
of Music Unlimited service, a store credit and five
movies on Video Unlimited, a free eBook download from the Reader Store and five free game downloads from the PlayStation Store.