francis lawrence
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The New Hunger Games Worked for Me Until It Didn’t
When the Olivia Rodrigo song began and the credits started rolling, I couldn’t help but scratch my head. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is now in theaters and as a fan of the original films, months and months of trailers had me suitably excited to check it out. But after almost…
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MORNING SPOILERS: Guillermo Del Toro Offers an Update On His Frankenstein Cast
Robert Rodriguez still wants to do Alita Battle Angel 2. Take at look at Ed Skrein’s Rebel Moon villain. David Gordon Green still wants to bring the Garbage Pail Kids to TV. Plus, more casting details for Daredevil: Born Again and Spider-Man: Freshman Year. Spoilers, away! Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein During a recent IMAX screening…
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Vulcan’s Hammer, Philip K. Dick’s 1960 Tale of AI Gone Wild, Is Heading to the Big Screen
Published shortly before Philip K. Dick’s breakout novel The Man in the High Castle, Vulcan’s Hammer might not be one of the celebrated author’s best-known titles. But its pulpy story is — like so many of Dick’s works — eerily prescient, and director Francis Lawrence, who’s roamed some dystopian landscapes in the past thanks to…
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Constantine Was Rated R In The U.S. Mostly Because It Was Moody
Constantine, the 2005 Keanu Reeves–starring adaptation of the Vertigo Comic, had a rough go of it at first. Though it’s a cult favourite now, it didn’t do especially well at release, partially due to the fact that it transgressed a boundary that most comic book films still refuse to cross: it was rated R in…