Top 3 Books You'd like to See Turned into a Movie

I cringe every time filmmakers decide to take my favorite books and turn them into Hollywood blockbusters, as I know that in some way the movie will never be as good as the book. Filmmakers made several attempts in the last 20 years to bring some of my favorite book to the big screen with marginal success. Nevertheless, I look at my bookshelf and see three books that would make for some good movie material and with any luck considered as major cinematic...

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2012 is the time to Take Shelter

Are the end of days near, and it is time to "Take Shelter?"  This is a little known movie that came out in 2011 and didn't really gain much notice.  Only in 91 theaters in 144 days the film only brought in just over 3 million dollars worldwide. The film cost about 5 million to make so technically this film lost money.  In spite of these figures "Take Shelter" is actually worth the two hours of your time.  That being said, I have...

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Anonymous

The term "Anonymous" is typically related to the hackers that go up against the corporations and the government.  However, Roland Emmerich. uses the term as the title of his film about who really wrote the plays we attribute to William Shakespeare.  This film challenges the conventional history that the Bard of Avon was no more than an actor who played a part in this grand conspiracy.  If you saw the trailers in theaters, but...

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Iron Sky

Not since the Norwegian film  "Død Snø" have we seen the return of classic Nazi's in modern day settings. I use the term "classic" meaning that I am not referring to neo nazis nor white supremacy.  No, in fact "Iron Sky" is about how in 1945 during their defeat, escaped to the moon and have been waiting for the last 75 years been plotting their revenge.  Ludicrous, huh?Taking conspiracy theories, Science-Fiction...

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Safe House

So far, after only one week in theaters, "Safe House" has made over $49,201,240 in domestic ticket sales and another estimated  $10,200,000 in foreign sales. With an estimated $85 million production budget, Universal Studios is just over the half way point of breaking even with this film.  However this is a long way from other films of this type, which include films like any of the Jason Bourne films which holds three...

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Beyond the Black Rainbow

I came upon this trailer for "Beyond the Black Rainbow."  This is a Canadian film set in the retro past of 1983.  The trailer is more like a hallucination of a bad dream or a bad trip.  This is Panos Cosmatos first film and he both wrote and directed this reature.  In the last ten years I have come to respect Canadian filmmakers and actors and find them highly underrated.  Here is the synopsis...

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New Bourne Legacy Trailer

As it has gone on since I was a kid i am sure it will go on for the Bourne films.  With  Jeremy Renner as a new operative replacing both Matt Damon and the Jason Bourne character. Without Paul Greengrass as the director and Matt Damon as Jason Bourne/David Webb, I guess this is a spin-off of the series.  Although there is a book by Robert Ludlam (Jason Bourne's creator) there is seems to be no connection with the book other than the title.  However, we may actually be in good hands as Tony Gilroy will take on not only the...

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The Amazing Spiderman trailer

"The Amazing Spiderman" trailer is out now.  The films stars Andrew Garfield from "The Social Network," and Emma Stone from "The Help," Zombieland," and "Easy A." After making three successful "Spider-Man" films, director Sam Raimi decided not to do the fourth, leaving Sony to come up with an alternative solution. Director Marc Webb ("(500) Days of Summer") will reboot the Spider-Man series, essentially starting over, as Christopher Nolan did in Batman Begins in 2005. Restarting an established franchise is a tricky feat to accomplish,...

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Apocalypse in a Bottle

The little boy, about six years old, digging through the attic full of his grandfather's trunks, books, and memories, found a dusty old brown bottle. Looking at the label, the boy tried to discern what the faded letters meant, but the word on the label was too big for his young years. He did recognize the pirate symbol under the word, as a faded skull, and crossbones. The word, printed in capital letters, started with an A, he was sure of that, the...

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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World.

Its the end the world as we know it... At least that is how the R.E.M. song goes. Anyway 2012 seems like the year for disaster films, including this one, "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World." The plot for this film as the studios are saying is: "As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor...

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Riddick Is Back!

With a new photo comes an announcement about what the new chapter of the Riddick chronicles will contain.  From Universal Pictures comes this announcement about the plot."...The infamous Riddick has been left for dead on a sun-scorched planet that appears to be lifeless. Soon, however, he finds himself fighting for survival against alien predators more lethal than any human he's encountered. The only way off is for Riddick to activate an emergency...

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Wrath of the Titans

In 2010 "The Clash of the Titans made $163,214,888 domestically and $493,214,993  worldwide. The film got pretty much low reviews by critics.  Those that liked it were wowed by the special effects and plenty of action.  Those who weren't to thrilled with the retelling of the myth of Perseus, had a tendency to be fans of the Ray Harryhausen's 1981 version.  Returning in this sequel is Liam Neeson ("The Grey")...

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The Hunger Games trailer

Not since Y2K have we see a year that we have looked forward to with dread and foreboding.  Yet 2012 may actually bring us some good motion pictures. In the film adaptation of Suzanne Collins' "The Hunger Games" we see a post apocalyptic future  world as told to us by Katniss Everdeen.  She is a citizen of Disctrict 12 in the country of Panem, and has volunteered to take her sister's place in the annual tribute to the Capitol in the "Hunger Games" during the "Reaping Day."  The Hunger Games as it turns out...

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