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LOCKOUT Review

Guy Pearce giving a great performance isn’t surprising, but his work in Lockout is one of the best of his career. He brings Snow right up to the line of being an unbearable dick, and then he spits over the line. Pearce crafts just the right mixture of nonchalance, bravado, weariness, and honor. Some may argue that Snow’s treatment of Emily borders on the misogynistic, but the film clearly lays out that Snow is dismissive towards anyone he doesn’t like or trust. Grace does a good job of making Emily more than the damsel in distress, but this is Pearce’s show and no one can steal a scene away from him.

With Pearce as their lead, Mather and St. Leger have crated a delightful combination of an unapologetic B-movie and a grade-A performance. Pearce doesn’t “save” the movie, because the directors know exactly what kind of story they have, and it’s a story where you don’t make excuse for why there’s gravity in the space prison (because the implied answer for those questionable details is always, “Because it’s the future.”). It would be easy to say that Lockout is more fun that it deserves to be, but Guy Pearce’s performance takes the guilt away from a guilty pleasure.

Rating: B+
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Sorry, but this just looks fun.
 
8 Great Sci-Fi Novels That Haven't Been Made Into Terrible Movies (Yet) - Topless Robot

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The operative word here is yet. ;)
 
I swear to god if they make Snow Crash into a movie and it sucks, I'm going to end it all for whoever made it. And the author of that article is right...it'd be a you one to adapt.

That's a neat little list, though. I've read a couple of those books, but the rest piques my sci fi loving interests.
 
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Rare HR Giger Documentary Alien Makers 3 Is Online… For Now At Least | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors

he Alien Makers series of online documentaries by Dennis Lowe are must-watch videos for fans of the Alien series of movies, of which I’m addressing many, I’m sure.

Lowe worked on FX on the original film, as well as Legend, Labyrinth and The Empire Strikes Back, and interviewed many of his collaborators on Alien for his documentaries.

Most of the films can be streamed, or downloaded, from Lowe’s own website. Notably absent is Alien Makers 3, focusing on HR Giger and his incredible biomechanics designs.

Apparently, Giger was unhappy with the end result and requested Lowe remove it, which he did. I can’t really see what Giger would object to… but then I don’t see things quite the same way as Giger anyway. Less sticky goop and sexy pipes.

Today somebody has uploaded the 43-minute film to YouTube. I don’t know how long it will last, so you might want to get clicking now.
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All 5 parts there at the link.
 
Henry Selick to Direct Adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s THE GRAVEYARD BOOK for Disney

Disney has proffered a deal that will reunite author Neil Gaiman and director Henry Selick (Coraline) to bring The Graveyard Book to life. The best-selling children’s title drew attention from every major studio but Disney ultimately won out on the adaptation rights with a high six-figure bid. The Newbury Award-winning The Graveyard Book is a one-off take on Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book which replaces the boy raised by wolves with a young orphan raised by ghosts in a graveyard. Those familiar with Gaiman’s other works (The Sandman comics, Stardust, American Gods) and, equally, those who were fans of Coraline will be happy to hear that The Graveyard Book is a high priority for Disney. Hit the jump for more.

Deadline reported on Disney’s acquisition of The Graveyard Book as well as Selick’s attachment to direct. Selick, whose works also include The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach, is currently manning a project for Pixar, but will pick The Graveyard Book up next. Check out a synopsis of Gaiman’s novel below:





It takes a graveyard to raise a child.

Nobody Owens, known as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn’t live in a graveyard, being raised by ghosts, with a guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor the dead. There are adventures in the graveyard for a boy—an ancient Indigo Man, a gateway to the abandoned city of ghouls, the strange and terrible Sleer. But if Bod leaves the graveyard, he will be in danger from the man Jack—who has already killed Bod’s family.
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I wanted to put this in ANIMATED...but even though Selick is attached there is no confirmation that it will be animated, yet.
 
Eddie Izzard Talks TREASURE ISLAND and MUNSTERS Reboot MOCKINGBIRD LANE

In a special, one-night-only movie event, taking place on May 5th, Syfy is airing the four-hour re-imagining of the classic tale, Treasure Island, featuring an all-star cast led by Eddie Izzard (as Long John Silver), Elijah Wood (as Ben Gunn) and Donald Sutherland (as Flint). In this version, directed by Steve Barron and written by Stewart Harcourt, Robert Louis Stevenson’s swashbuckling adventure story about fantastical treasure, youthful courage and murderous greed has a fresh, new feel. The film also stars Toby Regbo, Rupert Penry-Jones, Shirley Henderson and Nina Sosanya.
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Doesn't look terrible, and Izzard is always worth watching.
 
John Carter Detailed

4-Disc Combo Pack

Blu-ray Bonus Features

Disney Second Screen – Explore John Carter's journal with this innovative in-world experience and uncover a trove of fascinating details that extend the mythology of the movie.
360 Degrees of John Carter – Experience every aspect of the filmmaking process on one of the movie's biggest production days.
Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary by Director, Andrew Stanton
Barsoom Bloopers
Plus all DVD features

DVD Bonus Features:

100 Years In The Making – Follow the journey of Edgar Rice Burroughs' story, from its origins as a pulp novel to its arrival onscreen.
Audio Commentary with Filmmakers

*The 3D Blu-ray Disc & The Digital Copy Disc do not include bonus features

2-Disc Combo Pack

All Blu-ray Bonus Features
All DVD Bonus Features
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Brad Bird And Damon Lindelof On The Team For 1952 | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors

Damon Lindelof has co-written and will produce 1952, a Disney project that the studio has recruited Brad Bird to direct.

It’s not yet publicly known what the film will be about, but 1952 was a number of some significance in Lindelof’s Lost, apparently, so it might be a meaningless placeholder.

Meanwhile, Bird has also been developing a film called 1906 about the San Francisco earthquake of guess-when. Perhaps 1952 is the same, just 46 louder.

Whatever that means.

Deadline say that the film, co-written by Jeff Jensen, will be a “big-scale tentpole film” and require quite a lot of prep time. Previous reports have pegged it as sci-fi with a PG-13 friendly concept.
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