One could argue that Moses is the most significant and influential character from the Old Testament. After all, he led the Hebrew out of slavery and delivered the Ten Commandments. His birth story proved influential, notably to Jerry Siegel a few thousand years later. As embodied by Charlton Heston, there was never a mightier figure which is why it has taken until 2014 before anyone attempted a modern day retelling of his story.
Ridley Scott brought all his filmmaker skills to Exodus: Gods and Kings and the movie is a visually sumptuous. The Middle East provides a nice visual backdrop to this story and the movie deserves to be seen on the large screen. Watching the Digital HD version on my computer screen, courtesy of 20th Century Home Entertainment, shows the limitations of epics on any home screen. There is so much detail and scope that deserve the silver screen so...
Ridley Scott brought all his filmmaker skills to Exodus: Gods and Kings and the movie is a visually sumptuous. The Middle East provides a nice visual backdrop to this story and the movie deserves to be seen on the large screen. Watching the Digital HD version on my computer screen, courtesy of 20th Century Home Entertainment, shows the limitations of epics on any home screen. There is so much detail and scope that deserve the silver screen so...
- 3/9/2015
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
Stars: Ed Stoppard, Sophia Myles, Russell Tovey, Isaac Andrews, Paul Kaye, Greg Wise, Joanna Vanderham, Kenneth Collard | Written by J.S. Hill | Directed by Adam Wimpenny
Having recovered from a shattering emotional breakdown, college professor Ben Marshall relocates to the countryside with his wife and young son, hoping for a fresh start. He has a teaching job lined up and a new home to move into; things finally look to be going Ben’s way. Until, that is, he starts to feel that something isn’t quite right in the house. Finding himself plagued by spectral visions, Ben becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind a local mystery that appears to be putting the lives of his family in danger.
Within the first few minutes of Blackwood, I had a general idea of what to expect from the film. It all became clear after Ben says the line: “Once I’m onto something,...
Having recovered from a shattering emotional breakdown, college professor Ben Marshall relocates to the countryside with his wife and young son, hoping for a fresh start. He has a teaching job lined up and a new home to move into; things finally look to be going Ben’s way. Until, that is, he starts to feel that something isn’t quite right in the house. Finding himself plagued by spectral visions, Ben becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind a local mystery that appears to be putting the lives of his family in danger.
Within the first few minutes of Blackwood, I had a general idea of what to expect from the film. It all became clear after Ben says the line: “Once I’m onto something,...
- 1/28/2015
- by Richard Axtell
- Nerdly
Director: Ridley Scott; Screenwriter: Adam Cooper, Bill Collage, Jeffrey Caine, Steven Zallian; Starring: Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Aaron Paul, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Mendelsohn, Ben Kingsley; Running time: 150 mins; Certificate: 12A
How do you tell a Bible story to an audience who don't go to church anymore? That's the almost insurmountable problem facing director Ridley Scott who, along with Christian Bale, endeavours to make Moses a credible prophet as opposed to the raving loon he'd be labelled as today. That said, in a world still being torn apart by religious conflict, the film does have a resonance beyond the grand visual sweep that Scott can always be relied upon to deliver.
Bale is a safe pair of hands, too, easily able to balance fiery obsession with cool focus, qualities that mark out a leader of men. But Moses is nagged by doubts, too – something that rarely bothered Charlton Heston on the...
How do you tell a Bible story to an audience who don't go to church anymore? That's the almost insurmountable problem facing director Ridley Scott who, along with Christian Bale, endeavours to make Moses a credible prophet as opposed to the raving loon he'd be labelled as today. That said, in a world still being torn apart by religious conflict, the film does have a resonance beyond the grand visual sweep that Scott can always be relied upon to deliver.
Bale is a safe pair of hands, too, easily able to balance fiery obsession with cool focus, qualities that mark out a leader of men. But Moses is nagged by doubts, too – something that rarely bothered Charlton Heston on the...
- 12/23/2014
- Digital Spy
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The burden of history weighs heavily on Christian Bale’s Moses in Exodus: Gods and Kings. Its director, Ridley Scott, can no doubt sympathize. He’s adapting a story that’s literally scripture, but cinematic gospel is stacked against him as well. With DeMille having told what is, to many, the definitive Bible story in The Ten Commandments, and Scott himself having largely perfected the 21st century sword and sandal epic with Gladiator, what novelty can Gods and Kings really bring to the table? The answer is typically modern of Scott and other blockbuster filmmakers: more and more spectacle, less and less clarity of vision.
“Israelite means “one who fights with God,”” Moses is told early on by Ben Mendelsohn’s snivelling viceroy, the sort of character Peter Ustinov would have devoured back during a time when...
Exodus: Gods And Kings Review 1 of 5
Open Gallery
Transformers
Lorem ipsum 1 of 5
The burden of history weighs heavily on Christian Bale’s Moses in Exodus: Gods and Kings. Its director, Ridley Scott, can no doubt sympathize. He’s adapting a story that’s literally scripture, but cinematic gospel is stacked against him as well. With DeMille having told what is, to many, the definitive Bible story in The Ten Commandments, and Scott himself having largely perfected the 21st century sword and sandal epic with Gladiator, what novelty can Gods and Kings really bring to the table? The answer is typically modern of Scott and other blockbuster filmmakers: more and more spectacle, less and less clarity of vision.
“Israelite means “one who fights with God,”” Moses is told early on by Ben Mendelsohn’s snivelling viceroy, the sort of character Peter Ustinov would have devoured back during a time when...
- 12/12/2014
- by Sam Woolf
- We Got This Covered
Death on the Nile: Scott’s Biblical Epic Unworthy of the Gods
Arriving just in time for ritual slaughter is Ridley Scott’s update on the Moses fable with Exodus: Gods and Kings, an epic reveling in its white-washed glamour casting, a detail which ends as a faux pas eclipsed by the rather banal treatment on hand. Those unfamiliar with this particular bit of mythology may be a bit confused with Scott’s attempt at subtle rendering, eschewing grandiose melodrama for an angle that (at least tries) to favor a bit of soul searching for Moses, the key to his success hinging upon the identity crisis brought about by being raised as an elitist royal before he’s promptly banished when the taint of Hebrew heritage is revealed. Too solemn in its mighty grandeur, Scott’s treatment seems already mummified, an update that has even less cinematic magic than...
Arriving just in time for ritual slaughter is Ridley Scott’s update on the Moses fable with Exodus: Gods and Kings, an epic reveling in its white-washed glamour casting, a detail which ends as a faux pas eclipsed by the rather banal treatment on hand. Those unfamiliar with this particular bit of mythology may be a bit confused with Scott’s attempt at subtle rendering, eschewing grandiose melodrama for an angle that (at least tries) to favor a bit of soul searching for Moses, the key to his success hinging upon the identity crisis brought about by being raised as an elitist royal before he’s promptly banished when the taint of Hebrew heritage is revealed. Too solemn in its mighty grandeur, Scott’s treatment seems already mummified, an update that has even less cinematic magic than...
- 12/10/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Ridley Scott has never been one to limit himself to dreaming small, and considering how powerful his best work has been, I wouldn't want him to suddenly change the way he does things. That ambition has led to some truly great movies, and I'm sure he's got at least one more great movie in the tank. He does not seem to be showing any signs of flagging energy, and considering he didn't really establish himself as a commercial filmmaker until he was 40, there's always something about him that feels like he's making up for lost time, like he's hungry, even now, even at this point in his considerable career. One of the things that I find most fascinating about Scott, though, is that when he makes a bad film, he doesn't do it by half-measures. He has made some truly terrible movies. Most recently, his "Robin Hood" was just a mess,...
- 12/1/2014
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
Et delved into the making of Ridley Scott's upcoming biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings, going behind the scenes with the film's star Christian Bale.
Opening Dec. 12, Exodus tells the story of Moses (Bale) leading 600,000 Israelite slaves out of Egypt.
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"I laughed when [Ridley] first told me about it," Bale said. "I said, 'Moses? Like, with the hair and the sandals and the sand? Like Moses Moses?' And he said, 'Yep.' 'Okay, alright.' That seemed like a ridiculous challenge, and I love ridiculous challenges."
For an actor, there's no bigger challenge than portraying a biblical character, especially when you didn't grow up in Sunday School.
"I learned about Moses from Charlton Heston," Bale said, referencing The Ten Commandments. "That was my notion of Moses, and I was stunned when I started looking into the Torah and reading it."
While Exodus...
Opening Dec. 12, Exodus tells the story of Moses (Bale) leading 600,000 Israelite slaves out of Egypt.
Pics: Go on Set with the Year's Most Anticipated Films
"I laughed when [Ridley] first told me about it," Bale said. "I said, 'Moses? Like, with the hair and the sandals and the sand? Like Moses Moses?' And he said, 'Yep.' 'Okay, alright.' That seemed like a ridiculous challenge, and I love ridiculous challenges."
For an actor, there's no bigger challenge than portraying a biblical character, especially when you didn't grow up in Sunday School.
"I learned about Moses from Charlton Heston," Bale said, referencing The Ten Commandments. "That was my notion of Moses, and I was stunned when I started looking into the Torah and reading it."
While Exodus...
- 11/21/2014
- Entertainment Tonight
God has been played by various actors over the years, but Ridley Scott's upcoming "Exodus: Gods and Kings" is taking an interesting new direction with its portrayal of the Judeo-Christian deity. In this case, he will be played by eleven-year-old British actor Isaac Andrews.
In the movie, when God speaks directly to Moses, it is through a young boy named Malak (Andrews) according to THR. The boy first meets Moses in front of a burning bush and reappears thereafter to guide and debate Moses, the latter soon realizing the child is speaking as God.
Scott tells the trade: "Sacred texts give no specific depiction of God, so for centuries artists and filmmakers have had to choose their own visual depiction. Malak exudes innocence and purity, and those two qualities are extremely powerful."
Rabbi David Baron, who consulted on the film, says the film does stray from the Biblical text...
In the movie, when God speaks directly to Moses, it is through a young boy named Malak (Andrews) according to THR. The boy first meets Moses in front of a burning bush and reappears thereafter to guide and debate Moses, the latter soon realizing the child is speaking as God.
Scott tells the trade: "Sacred texts give no specific depiction of God, so for centuries artists and filmmakers have had to choose their own visual depiction. Malak exudes innocence and purity, and those two qualities are extremely powerful."
Rabbi David Baron, who consulted on the film, says the film does stray from the Biblical text...
- 11/12/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Thankfully, Hercules is not an origin film. Though it is about the titular hero from Greek myth, The Legend of Hercules (2014) from earlier this year already took that approach so it is just as well. Here, the fabled strong-man (Dwayne Johnson) has already performed all but one of his legendary labors when the story opens.
The newHercules was directed by Bret Ratner of Rush Hour (1998) fame and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) infamy. The screenplay was written by Ryan Condal and Evan Spillotopoulus. This is the former’s first feature film. The latter has primarily worked on Disney animated films like Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2007). The storyline the screenplay is based on is a comic by Steve Moore. You might be thinking that this combination of folks behind the camera is a bit like the “potpourri” category on Jeopardy, and you would not be wrong – sounds weird, could be awful.
The newHercules was directed by Bret Ratner of Rush Hour (1998) fame and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) infamy. The screenplay was written by Ryan Condal and Evan Spillotopoulus. This is the former’s first feature film. The latter has primarily worked on Disney animated films like Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2007). The storyline the screenplay is based on is a comic by Steve Moore. You might be thinking that this combination of folks behind the camera is a bit like the “potpourri” category on Jeopardy, and you would not be wrong – sounds weird, could be awful.
- 7/26/2014
- by Steven Gahm
- CinemaNerdz
Originality in any form is not something you're going to find in Brett Ratner's Hercules. Take any PG-13 sword and sandal film you've seen lately -- glossy and gritty, drenched in black blood -- and add touches of Gladiator and Braveheart and you have this supposed "new" tale of the son of Zeus, or, as the film tells us... like... the real Zeus. You know, the Greek God and stuffc You know the one... rightc Yeah, we get it! The easiest comparison is to say Ratner has "updated" Hercules in the same way Marcus Nispel updated Conan, though this film does seem better than that one if only because it's shorter. The Nispel comparison seems apt, though, if you consider the visual palette Ratner is working with and the overall blunt force numbness of the plot. Adapted from Radical Studios' graphic novel "Hercules: The Thracian Wars", Hercules finds our...
- 7/25/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Here's the french poster and new trailer for Brett Ratner's "Hercule". Dwayne Johnson, Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell, Joseph Fiennes, Peter Mullan, John Hurt, Aksel Hennie, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Reece Ritchie, Tobias Santelmann, Rebecca Ferguson, Isaac Andrews Irina Shayk are starring. The MGM and Paramount action adventure is scheduled to hit theaters on July 25, 2014.Having endured his legendary twelve labors, Hercules, the Greek demigod, has his life as a sword-for-hire tested when the King of Thrace and his daughter seek his aid in defeating a tyrannical warlord....
- 6/16/2014
- www.ohmygore.com/
For those of you excited about Brett Ratner’s upcoming Hercules film starring Dwayne Johnson, you’re in luck. While it certainly doesn’t look like it will be landing on any of our top 10 lists at the end of the year, it just may prove to be an enjoyable moviegoing experience. And now, it will be an even bigger one thanks to the wonders of IMAX 3D.
That’s right – Paramount and MGM have struck a deal with IMAX to release the film on jumbo screens, meaning The Rock’s gigantic biceps will now finally get a frame size that can contain and withstand them, and his roar will be heard through the glory of 12,000 watts of sound.
My biggest concern about this news is the fact that the film arrives in theaters on July 25th, which is only a little over a month away. It wasn’t shot...
That’s right – Paramount and MGM have struck a deal with IMAX to release the film on jumbo screens, meaning The Rock’s gigantic biceps will now finally get a frame size that can contain and withstand them, and his roar will be heard through the glory of 12,000 watts of sound.
My biggest concern about this news is the fact that the film arrives in theaters on July 25th, which is only a little over a month away. It wasn’t shot...
- 6/13/2014
- by James Garcia
- We Got This Covered
A bunch of upcoming films have released new posters, and here are a few of the ones we haven't yet posted:
Also, along with a few new international posters for Hercules, comes word that the Dwayne Johnson epic will also be getting an IMAX release:
IMAX Corporation, Paramount Pictures, a division of Viacom, Inc., and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures today announced that Brett Ratner's action epic, Hercules, will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX® 3D format and released by Paramount Pictures and MGM in IMAX® theatres worldwide starting July 25.
"Hercules deserves a platform like the IMAX 3D format," said Greg Foster, Senior Executive Vice President, IMAX Corp. and CEO of IMAX Entertainment. "We are excited to team up with our partners Paramount and MGM to bring this epic tale to life as never before for IMAX fans around the world."
"There is no better format on earth than IMAX 3D...
Also, along with a few new international posters for Hercules, comes word that the Dwayne Johnson epic will also be getting an IMAX release:
IMAX Corporation, Paramount Pictures, a division of Viacom, Inc., and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures today announced that Brett Ratner's action epic, Hercules, will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX® 3D format and released by Paramount Pictures and MGM in IMAX® theatres worldwide starting July 25.
"Hercules deserves a platform like the IMAX 3D format," said Greg Foster, Senior Executive Vice President, IMAX Corp. and CEO of IMAX Entertainment. "We are excited to team up with our partners Paramount and MGM to bring this epic tale to life as never before for IMAX fans around the world."
"There is no better format on earth than IMAX 3D...
- 6/12/2014
- by Mario-Francisco Robles
- LRMonline.com
The Woods #1
Writer: James Tynion IV
Artist: Michael Dialynas
Colorist: Josan Gonzalez
Letterer: Ed Dukeshire
Editor: Eric Harburn
Publisher: Boom! Studios
“Um…Mr. Beaumont, something very strange is happening…”
Set in Bay Point Preparatory High School in suburban Milwaukee, Woods pays homage to several genre faves, notably Sheltered, and Revival. Fans of James Tynion IV (Batman Eternal, Red Hood and The Outlaws) will be eager to read his first original comic series, but they might also be somewhat letdown. The best way to describe the first issue is to imagine a blend of Stephen King’s The Mist and The Faculty (written by Kevin Williamson and directed by Robert Rodriguez), only minus the dark comedy and social commentary.
Set mostly in and around one location in a small-town, 437 students, 52 teachers, and 24 additional staff vanish without a trace. Not much is revealed here, but Woods does offer swarms of mutant-like bats ripping apart the student body.
Writer: James Tynion IV
Artist: Michael Dialynas
Colorist: Josan Gonzalez
Letterer: Ed Dukeshire
Editor: Eric Harburn
Publisher: Boom! Studios
“Um…Mr. Beaumont, something very strange is happening…”
Set in Bay Point Preparatory High School in suburban Milwaukee, Woods pays homage to several genre faves, notably Sheltered, and Revival. Fans of James Tynion IV (Batman Eternal, Red Hood and The Outlaws) will be eager to read his first original comic series, but they might also be somewhat letdown. The best way to describe the first issue is to imagine a blend of Stephen King’s The Mist and The Faculty (written by Kevin Williamson and directed by Robert Rodriguez), only minus the dark comedy and social commentary.
Set mostly in and around one location in a small-town, 437 students, 52 teachers, and 24 additional staff vanish without a trace. Not much is revealed here, but Woods does offer swarms of mutant-like bats ripping apart the student body.
- 5/8/2014
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
This is the Pure Movies review of Blackwood, directed by Adam Wimpenny and starring Ed Stoppard, Sophia Myles, Isaac Andrews and Russell Tovey. Written by Dan Higgins for Pure Movies. When you move into a large empty manor in the middle of the countryside, with a signpost saying Blackwood, you should know that there’s probably going to be some unsettling moments. Unless they bought the house blind, they apparently hadn’t noticed before the four locks on one bedroom door, an eerie figure lurking in a window in a painting of the house on the wall, the clocks not working but still chiming loudly at random and a constant low mist. Then there’s the dishevelled groundskeeper in the woods cooking a rabbit under a full moon. It’s the classic set-up of a horror film. They should’ve seen the signs really. Or at least the signpost.
- 11/6/2013
- by Dan Higgins
- Pure Movies
Families moving into creepy haunted houses then things going bump in the night are the backbone of horror. It’s finding that slight tweak to the usual tropes that keeps things fresh. Debut filmmakers, director Adam Wimpenny and writer J.S. Hill have attempted that with British horror Blackwood, combining a traditional haunting with a psychological crime drama, and it’s executed very well.
College professor Ben Marshall (Ed Stoppard) wants a fresh start for his family, wife Rachel (Sophia Myles) and young son (Isaac Andrews), and moves them to a country house recently vacated by an old lady. As the Marshalls begin settling in, Ben begins witnessing presences, first thinking it’s his son playing around. When he then starts seeing ghosts, he goes looking for answers, investigating in particular, the history of former grounds man and ex-forces man Jack (Russell Tovey) while suspecting local vicar Father Patrick (Paul Kaye) of a cover up.
College professor Ben Marshall (Ed Stoppard) wants a fresh start for his family, wife Rachel (Sophia Myles) and young son (Isaac Andrews), and moves them to a country house recently vacated by an old lady. As the Marshalls begin settling in, Ben begins witnessing presences, first thinking it’s his son playing around. When he then starts seeing ghosts, he goes looking for answers, investigating in particular, the history of former grounds man and ex-forces man Jack (Russell Tovey) while suspecting local vicar Father Patrick (Paul Kaye) of a cover up.
- 10/20/2013
- by Lisa Giles-Keddie
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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