To paraphrase Sir William Wallace, every movie dies. But not every movie lives. It costs a lot just to release a film, let alone promote it. Those efforts are sometimes shirked for a chance to make a quicker, cheaper buck. In today.s age of rampant straight-to-dvd markets, that dollar has grown smaller, but only because so many more people are chasing it. But before the days where details of a movie would be everywhere during filming, movies were being filmed and held from release all the time. One such occasion for this was 1994.s The Fantastic Four. Marvel foolishly sold the film rights to their characters in the seventies and eighties, and their licenses were abused for several cheap attempts at bringing the characters to the big screen. What resulted was efforts like Albert Pyun.s micro-budget Captain America and Mark Goldblatt.s (actually pretty cool) direct-to-video The Punisher...
- 1/13/2014
- cinemablend.com
'Historians from England will say I am a liar,' says Mel Gibson in the voiceover. Yup, says Alex von Tunzelmann
Director: Mel Gibson
Entertainment grade: C–
History grade: Fail
Sir William Wallace (c 1274-1305) was a Scottish patriot who rebelled against the King of England, Edward I. Despite much criticism from historians, Mel Gibson's performance as Wallace and his direction were enormously lauded. Braveheart won five Oscars, including Best Picture.
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Director: Mel Gibson
Entertainment grade: C–
History grade: Fail
Sir William Wallace (c 1274-1305) was a Scottish patriot who rebelled against the King of England, Edward I. Despite much criticism from historians, Mel Gibson's performance as Wallace and his direction were enormously lauded. Braveheart won five Oscars, including Best Picture.
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- 7/30/2008
- by Alex von Tunzelmann
- The Guardian - Film News
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