Solomon Kane Directed by Michael J. Bassett Written by Michael J. Bassett France, the Czech Republic, and the UK, 2009 These days, it’s hard for a film to avoid being cynical, to be purely sincere in its aims. Earlier in 2012, the pulpy science-fiction adventure John Carter sought to be a massive piece of mainstream …
John Carter Written by Andrew Stanton, Mark Andrews and Michael Chabon, based on the novel A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs Directed by Andrew Stanton Listen to our Mousterpiece Cinema John Carter podcast or read Josh‘s extended thoughts about the film. ***** John Carter and the Princesses of Mars The one thing that John Carter …
John Carter Directed by Andrew Stanton Written by Andrew Stanton, Mark Andrews, and Michael Chabon Starring Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Willem Dafoe, Dominic West, Mark Strong Modern discourse has become so difficult because of how defensive each of us is about the side we’re advocating for. I love social media such as Twitter, but such …
Travel with Josh and Michael this week to the mysterious red planet that we call Mars, as they discuss the latest film from Walt Disney Pictures, John Carter. This science-fiction epic has been talked about for a lot of reasons–its bad marketing, its 3D post-conversion, its title change–but Josh and Michael are here to resolve …
Fictional representations of Mars have been popular for over a century and with good reason. Apart from the beauty of the planet’s dramatic red colour, early scientific speculations that its surface conditions might be capable of supporting life have often inspired writers to take on either the possibility that Mars could be colonized by humans …
John Carter Written by Andrew Stanton, Michael Chabon, and Mark Andrews Directed by Andrew Stanton USA, 2012 Stop if you’ve heard this one before. A man of humble origin is plucked from his surroundings and thrust into a central role in a massive, age-old conflict on another world, wherein it becomes clear that he is …
We’ve already seen a disappointing teaser, and later, a mildly satisfying trailer (that came with a feeling of deja vu), for Oscar-winning director Andrew Stanton‘s 3D mega-budget fantasy John Carter. Now a few new TV spots have come on line, showing us new footage of the epic scale battles and actions sequence from the film. …
Well we can all expect our favourite film blogs and websites to be flooded in the upcoming months with the marketing for Disney’s John Carter. Adapted from the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel A Princess of Mars and directed by Pixar’s Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo, Wall-E), the film promises to be one of the most anticipated …