Tuesday, July 8
The suprisingly decent killer-vine horror flick The Ruins leads off this week's DVD Tuesday. Also debuting are Kimberly Peirce's (Boys Don't Cry) Iraq War drama Stop-Loss; the comic-book movie parody Superhero Movie; Charlize Theron's indie drama Sleepwalking; and the YouTube-bred 300 parody 305.
Our DVD pick for the week is Batman: Gotham Knight, a collection of six animated short films featuring the Caped Crusader in action. It's the perfect way to get psyched up for the July 18th release of The Dark Knight.
Posted 7/8/2008 by reelz
Related: Stop Loss | Superhero Movie | Sleepwalking | Batman: Gotham Knight | The Ruins
Monday, March 24
After playing a PTSD-addled veteran in Kimberly Peirce's (Boys Don't Cry) somber Iraq War-themed flick Stop-Loss, rising star Channing Tatum (Step Up) shifted to a war movie with a considerably different tone: the big-budget 2009 tentpole flick G.I. Joe, in which he plays the battle-hardened second-in-command Duke. At a recent press event to promote Stop-Loss, Tatum commented on the strange transition:
"This (Stop-Loss) being a war film, I was really opposed to doing another," Tatum said. "I was like, I'm not gonna do a fictitious war movie in a time of war. But then I read the script and talked to everyone involved and it really has nothing to do with politics or war at all. It's a total comic book. It's X-Men and Mission: Impossible. That's really the only way I could capture the movie."
A fan of the original '80s animated series, Tatum admitted to being a bit starstruck when paired alongisde Ray Park, who plays Joe team ninja Snake Eyes. "Snake Eyes looks pretty cool in person, I gotta say," he recounted. "He was always my favorite character. To see him standing next to you is just like, 'Whoa!'"
You can check out the first two official images of Snake Eyes over at IESB.net.
Next Showing: Stop-Loss opens this Friday, March 28th.
Posted 3/24/2008 by reelz
Related: Channing Tatum | Stop Loss | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra