If you’ve seen Clueless, and know that it is an adaptation of Austen’s Emma, then you’ll know what the filmmakers had in mind when Elizabeth and Darcy (that’s Will Darcy) are transplanted to a Utah college town. Mom and Dad Bennet are gone, and Elizabeth’s four sisters are now her roommates. Darcy is a partner
I wonder if I would have reacted differently to the 2005 Pride and Prejudice if I hadn’t seen the miniseries first. I’m used to books being chopped up and compressed when they are turned into movies, and it doesn’t bother me (they are different media, so the stories need to be told differently). I am
During the great depression, beer baroness (and double amputee) Lady Helen Port-Huntley (Isabella Rossellini) stages a competition for the saddest music in the world. The competition draws musicians from all over the world, including an ex-lover of Lady Helen who cut off her legs, the son of the ex-lover, who is also an ex-lover, and
The board members of White Star, led by Bruce Ismay (E.F. Fürbinger), use the fragile financial condition of the company brought about by the expense of building The Titanic, as an opportunity to buy up stock. If the ship’s maiden voyage can break speed records, the stock price will rise and they’ll make a fortune.
An entertainment spy sneaks into Michael Crichton’s room and steals his script for Twister. His bosses make a few cosmetic changes, paste a new name on it, and rush it into production so it can beat Twister‘s release date. Wait, that’s not the plot of Tornado!. That’s a reasonable supposition on how it was made.
Agent Augustus Gibbons (Samuel L. Jackson) and half of his old military unit have been targeted by unknown assailants. To discover who is responsible, Gibbon’s breaks Darius Stone (Ice Cube) out of prison, making him the new xXx. Working outside of the system, xXx must uncover a secret plot that is somehow connected to their
Based on ex-cartoonist Robert Graysmith’s book detailing his experiences in tracking the Zodiac killer, the film follows police inspectors David Toschi (Mark Ruffalo) and William Armstrong (Anthony Edwards), reporter Paul Avery (Robert Downey Jr.), and Graysmith himself (Jake Gyllenhaal) as they all try to find the murderer. As the Zodiac taunts them with letters and