Saturday, April 10, 2010
Friday, April 17, 2009
First Look: Neil Marshall's 'Centurion'
Photo from Empire Online
Centurion is the new movie,written and directed by Neil Marshall (Dog Soldiers,The Descent,Doomsday),starring Olga Kurylenko and Dominic West. The movie centers on the famed 9th Legion fighting for their lives behind enemy lines after a devastating guerrilla attack.
Neil Marshall spoke with Empire during a set-visit and he described Kurylenko's character Etain ( a savage-looking Pict warrior woman,according to the script): "Her family were butchered by the Romans, she had her tongue cut out by the Romans, she's had a hell of a time and she's out for Roman blood."According to Olga Kurylenko,“She’s quite furious.Because one sense is not there – she can’t speak – all the others are more developed. She sees very well and hears very well: she is an animal!.”
Centurion is currently filming on location in Scotland, and is expected to arrive in theaters later this year.
[via Empire and Cinematical]
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Monday, November 17, 2008
Quantum of Solace Review
Quantum of Solace is the first direct Bond sequel,the sequel to the amazing Casino Royale,which set the bar high for the future movies in the series.So,does it meet expectations?Does James Bond find his quantum of solace?
The filmakers said from the start,that they wanted to make a different movie from Casino Royale.And surely that's the case here.And while the spirit of the new series is here,the movie has more in common with previous Bond films than Casino Royale had.There are more action scenes,there is more spectacle.But the action scenes are more stylised and the selection of the locations where they take place is not random.There's a symbolism.There's a symbolism in other scenes of the movie.The artistic influences are evident.For example,the scene at the opera in Austria is memorable.
The influence of the director in the style of the movie is evident and so is the influence of the Bourne Trilogy (something that started in Casino Royale).The second unit director,Dan Bradley,also worked in the Bourne movies.All these elements are part of the reboot of the series.
James Bond claims that he does not care about the death of Vesper Lynd,that she betrayed him,that he does not want revenge.However,that's obviously not true.The impact of her death on him is severe.And the fact that Quantum's men almost killed M,gives him one more motive to search for answers.To some level,he experiences an existential crisis:everyone that has contact with him,dies?Eventually,he goes rogue.M while she's concerned about him,she still trusts him.In his journey to salvation,he's accompanied by Camille Rivera,whose past is haunting her and wants to take revenge.Their goals meet and while there's not the same connection that James Bond and Vesper Lynd had,there's an understanding,there are shared emotions.
Daniel Craig is once again very good as James Bond.Olga Kurylenko gives a solid perfomance,probably her best perfomance,judging from the movies i've seen (Max Payne,Hitman,Le Serpent).The villain or to be exact the perfomance of M.Amalric is relatively weak.
QOS takes some time to gear up and that happens mostly in the second half.Despite its flaws,it's a successful conclusion to the story arc set up in Casino Royale and so the next movie will probably be a stand-alone one.
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Saturday, November 15, 2008
Friday, November 14, 2008
Quantum of Solace Video Interviews:Daniel Craig,Olga Kurylenko and Marc Forster
Interviews from CNN's The Screening Room
Daniel Craig
Olga Kurylenko
Marc Forster
Source:CNN
http://cnn.com/screeningroom
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
Casino Royale,Quantum of Solace Theme Songs
"You Know My Name" - as sung by Chris Cornell and written by Chris Cornell and David Arnold (from the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale directed by Martin Campbell and starring Daniel Craig and Eva Green)
"Another Way to Die" - as sung by Alicia Keys and Jack White and written by Jack White (from the 2008 James Bond film Quantum of Solace directed by Marc Forster and starring Daniel Craig and Olga Kurylenko)
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Friday, August 22, 2008
Release date shift for Quantum of Solace
Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, announced yesterday that it will release Quantum of Solace on November 14th in North America.
The film will begin its worldwide roll out on October 31.
