DVD Review: 'Beowulf' Unrated Director's Cut

Beowulf
Unrated Director's Cut
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Starring Ray Winstone, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins, Robin Wright Penn
Paramount Home Video
Available: Feb. 26, 2008

"Are you the one they call Beowulf?"

In the film, based on high-school required-reading epic poem, the Danish King Hrothgar is forced to shut down his mead hall Heorot after the monster Grendel attacks and kills the King's subjects during a celebration there. The town lives in fear of Grendel's return. Many warriors come to rid the King of his bane, but fail. That's when the Geat warrior Beowulf arrives with the promise to kill the monster. What happens next sets Beowulf's life on an unexpected path, leading to a confrontation with Grendel's mysterious mother and a battle with a dragon, all of which have dire consequences...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!

Read Neil Gaiman's 'American Gods' Online For Free All This Month!

Author Neil Gaiman's New York Times best-selling novel American Gods will be available for free online all this month at the HarperCollins official site.

Head over to HarperCollins and read it HERE! (Seriously, it's an awesome book, get on it!)...continue reading this article at Geeks of Doom!

More 'Coraline' Teaser Trailer + 'Prince of Stories' Cover

The teaser trailer for Coraline, the animated stop-motion film written and directed by Henry Selick based on Neil Gaiman’s 2002 children’s book, was leaked online this weekend (see 'Coraline' Teaser Trailer).

Now, Gaiman has posted higher quality versions of the teaser trailer in QuickTime and DivX, which came directly from the animation studio Laika...continue reading this article at Geeks of Doom!

'Coraline' Teaser Trailer

The teaser trailer for Coraline, the animated stop-motion film written and directed by Henry Selick based on Neil Gaiman’s 2002 children’s book, is now online. Watch the trailer here below.

The 3D version of this teaser trailer ran prior to 3D theatrical screenings of the Gaiman-scripted Beowulf late last year and in December, Gaiman posted a sneak preview clip (see 'Coraline' Sneak Preview)...continue reading this article at Geeks of Doom!

David Fincher to Direct 'Black Hole'

Zodiac director David Fincher will helm Black Hole for Paramount Pictures and MTV Films, according to Variety.

Alexandre Aja had originally been tapped to direct the film adaptation based Charles Burns’ 12-issue comic book series, which took the author over a decade to complete and was compiled into graphic novel form in 2005...continue reading this article at Geeks of Doom!

'Coraline' Sneak Preview

Author Neil Gaiman has posted in his blog a sneak preview of Coraline, the animated stop-motion film directed by Henry Selick based on Gaiman's 2002 children's book.

A 3D teaser trailer for Coraline ran prior to 3D screenings of the Gaiman-scripted Beowulf, but is now available online...continue reading this article at Geeks of Doom!

DVD Review: Stardust

Stardust
Directed by Matthew Vaughn
Starring Claire Danes, Charlie Cox, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro
PG-13
Paramount Home Entertainment
On sale: Dec. 18, 2007

Stardust was one of my most anticipated films of the year. Given its light-hearted adult-oriented fairy tale adventure premise, I knew it'd be something I'd enjoy. Add on the fact that it was adapted from one of my favorite novels written by my most favorite author Neil Gaiman, and you get a movie that's made just for me.

My biggest fear -- as always with adaptations -- was, would director and co-screenwriter Matthew Vaughn get it right? Previous to Stardust, Vaughn directed the action flick Layer Cake, which is far from a fantastical special effects masterpiece. Then I read that when setting out to make this movie, Vaughn was going for "Princess Bride meets Midnight Run" (a statement the director reiterates in the "Making Of" featurette on this DVD release) -- not a bad combination...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!

Movie Review: Beowulf

Beowulf
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Starring Ray Winstone, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins, Robin Wright Penn
Rated PG-13

Before the dissection begins, allow me to give you my overall generic gut-instinct first-impression sentiment: Beowulf is an amazing movie that's visually stunning and highly engrossing; I totally recommend it, especially in IMAX 3D. I preface my review with this simple statement because no matter what else I say about the movie in the next 800 or so words, I know damn well that when Beowulf comes out on DVD, I'm going to own it and when Beowulf airs on cable television, I'll watch it every time it's on just because it's on ... because it's entertaining.

But Beowulf is no ordinary film. It's controversial not for its violence and nudity or any artistic liberties taken in translating the sixth-century Old English poem onto the big screen. Nope, it's causing a stir because it's an animated movie that refuses to accept that its an animated movie, therefore, the audience can't accept it either...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!

GoD Geeks Gear Up For 'Beowulf'

For months now, a bunch of us here at Geeks of Doom have been chatting it up together about the highly anticipated Robert Zemeckis-directed feature film Beowulf, which hits IMAX 3D, digital, and conventional theaters everywhere tomorrow (with select showings tonight).

The performance-capture film has a script by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary based on the Old English poem and stars Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich, Robin Wright Penn, Brendan Gleeson, Crispin Glover, Alison Lohman, and Angelina Jolie.

While that cast and crew is quite impressive, it seems like most of us have some apprehension about the use of performance-capture technology to create the entire film. Here's some of our thoughts:...continue reading this article at Geeks of Doom!

'Beowulf' in IMAX 3D Opens Friday

Beowulf, starring Angelina Jolie, Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, and Robin Wright Penn, opens in IMAX 3D, digital, and conventional theaters everywhere this Friday, November 16, 2007.

For IMAX theaters showing the film, see the listing here after the jump of theaters by country and state...continue reading this article at Geeks of Doom!

Spike TV Scream 2007 Winners!!!

PRESS RELEASE

HARRISON FORD CROWNED WITH FIRST EVER HERO AWARD

NEIL GAIMAN, "STAR TREK: THE WRATH OF KHAN"
AND ALICE COOPER HONORED

"TRANSFORMER" STARS SHIA LABEOUF AND
MEGAN FOX SCORE MAJOR AWARDS

JESSICA BIEL NAMED FANTASY FOX; "HEROES" ACTRESS HAYDEN PANETTIERE WINS BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE

SHOW PREMIERES TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23 AT 10PM, ET/PT

Spike TV put on an out of the world performance bringing together the world's of horror, sci-fi, fantasy and comic book industries this evening to honor the genres' outstanding accomplishments over the past year. Featuring appearances by Harrison Ford, Alice Cooper, Hayden Panettiere and many others, SCREAM 2007 did not fail to disappoint the audience with its wide array of talent and ground breaking performances.

A full list of winners as well as a video of Neil Gaiman accepting his award is...here after the jump at Geeks of Doom!

Theater Review: The Wolves In The Walls

The Wolves In The Walls
Based on the illustrated storybook by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean
Directed by Vicky Featherstone
Starring Helen Mallon, George Drennan, Anita Vettesse, and Neil McNulty
The New Victory Theater -- New York, NY

If the wolves come out of the walls, then it's all over. -- Lucy's family in The Wolves In The Walls storybook

The musical for The Wolves in the Walls is based on a great children's storybook written by my favorite author Neil Gaiman.

The story is about a young girl named Lucy who hears noises coming from the walls in her house and discovers that there are wolves living inside of them. As most stories like this go, when Lucy tries to tell her family, they don't believe her. After a while, her family begins hearing the noises in the walls too. They tell her that it must be bats, rats, and mice, because if it IS wolves in the walls, and they come out, then "it's all over." Well, it wouldn't be much of a story if the wolves didn't eventually come out of the walls, now would it?...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!

Second R-Rated 'Beowulf' Trailer

The Beowulf official site has posted a second R-rated movie trailer in the Restricted Access section.

To gain access to the new section, there's an age verification prompt which only works for U.S. users (so they say...wink, wink...90210...nudge, nudge).

In the main all-access portion of the site, a third official podcast has been posted which contains an interview with one of the film's stars, Robin Wright Penn, who plays Queen Wealhtheow...continue reading this article at Geeks of Doom!

David Slade to Direct Neil Gaiman's 'Neverwhere'

MTV reports that David Slade will direct the big-screen adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere.

Slade, who directed Hard Candy and 30 Days of Night, will work from a script written by Gaiman in 2000 which the author will revise...continue reading this article at Geeks of Doom!

Neil Gaiman 'Coraline' Limited Edition

Subterranean Press will release this Fall a Limited Edition of the Neil Gaiman book Coraline, with a new cover and two new interior illustrations by Dave McKean. (See new cover image here at right.)

The special edition of Gaiman's modern day children's classic -- available in limited and lettered versions -- will include the text and illustrations from the original edition, as well as...continue reading this article at Geeks of Doom!

Neil Gaiman Intros 'Stardust' Clips

Yahoo! Movies has posted two new exclusive clips from Stardust, the upcoming fantasy film based on the novel by Neil Gaiman...continue reading this article at Geeks of Doom

'Beowulf' to Debut in IMAX 3D, Too

The IMAX 3D version of Robert Zemeckis's Beowulf will be released on November 16, 2007, the same day the standard version of the film hits conventional theaters. The movie will be released internationally within three weeks of the domestic launch.

Beowulf, with a script by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary, will be digitally converted into IMAX 3D and re-mastered through IMAX DMR (Digital Re-mastering) technology. Previous reports stated that the IMAX version could appear on nearly 1,200 3D digital-cinema screens when it debuts.

The performance-capture film is based on the Old English poem and stars Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich, Robin Wright Penn, Brendan Gleeson, Crispin Glover, Alison Lohman, and Angelina Jolie.

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