A bride (Amanda Seyfried) attempts to learn the identity of her father on her wedding day in this film adaptation of the Broadway musical. Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgard, Julie Waters, and Colin Firth also star. Check out the official site. The film opens everywhere on Friday.
No digital cartoon here folks. Despite the fact that many cartoons had gone to digital at the time it came out Batman the Animated Series is old school, in more ways than one. Hand drawn on cells with painted backgrounds with a limited color palate and a breath-taking style that merges old school images into a new and exciting storytelling. Producers Eric Radomski and Bruce Timm deserve all the praise I can muster for this wonderful creation that got better and better year after year.
As you watch the main titles you notice they never say Batman (that’s pretty ballsy for a “kid’s show”). From these early images you can see the importance of the visual look to the series, which is very important on a show where the main character doesn’t talk much. Building on core concepts of who and what Batman is while adding a new dark art deco style and flair to the look of Gotham the creators make almost all the right choices including retuning the Joker‘s balls and allowing him to be a wickedly scary demented killer.
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As part of all things Batty we take a look at Batman: Dead End. This low budget fan film makes some important points – 1) Batman doesn’t need to be cased in rubberized armor to be cool; this costume (made for far less) simply makes those multi-million dollar rubber suits look silly. 2) Fanboys, no matter how much they love the character, can just as easily screw something like this up (as you’ll notice with the introduction of both a Predator and an Alien).
Psychic Detecive Shawn Spencer (James Roday) and his best pal Gus (Dulé Hill) return for a second season of wacky antics, 80’s references, and crime solving. The Season Two investigations include attempted murder of a reality-TV celebrity judge (Tim Curry), an FBI counterfeiting investigation, a former bully (Ben Giroux) in need of help, Gus taking a turn as the psychic, Henry (Corbin Bernsen) going undercover at a retirement community, murder at a secret society, a trip back to school, and evil nannies.
Also this season the pair (only somewhat successfully) try their hands at bounty hunting and male modeling, get a visit from Gus’ wife (Kerry Washington), spend time on the set of Spanish soap opera, and try to keep both of Gus’ parents (Ernie Hudson, Phylicia Rashad) out jail for murder.
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“Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the center of the Earth.”
Years ago Trevor Anderson (Brendan Fraser) lost his brother. Now years later clues written in an old copy of Jules Verne’s novel lead Trevor and his nephew Sean (Josh Hutcherson) to Iceland. There, with the help of a local guide (Anita Briem), the explorers learn the fate of the missing scientist and discover a hidden world deep under the Earth’s surface which is eerily similar to that which Jules Verne described more than 140 years ago complete with a subterranean ocean, giant mushrooms, extinct species, and even dinosaurs.
There’s much to enjoy here, especially for those who get a chance to see the film in 3-D. The entire project was shot in Real D Cinema and provides some great 3-D moments (though, like other such films it also includes stretches without much to mention 3-D effects wise).
In terms of the non-3-D effects the film holds up pretty well capturing the unique look and style of the world at the center of the Earth by largely copying original illustrations from the novel. It captures both the wonder and danger of the tale quite well.
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