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!

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!

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!

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!