1001 Ridiculous (but Possible) Upcoming Video Game Movies

Paul Young — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:46:13 +0000

“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”. – Albert Einstein

Mr. Einstein could have very well been talking about Hollywood and all of the video game movies turds it has squeezed out in the past 27 years. Some people incorrectly think the wretched Super Mario Brothers kicked off the video game movie trend in 1993 but actually it started way back in 1984 with the thriller Cloak & Dagger, based off the Atari game, starring a young Henry Thomas (E.T.) and Dabney Coleman.

Regardless of which year we start from, there have been dozens of movies made from video games and, although some have come close (Mortal Kombat, Tomb Raider), NONE have actually been good. There have been some financially successful video game films but a large box office draw ...

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Mid-Week Movie News Wrap Up – March 19, 2009

Niall Browne — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:38:47 +0000

This week:
Brad Pitt and Natalie Portman look at Books, Street Fashion and Jewelry; Justin Long is Going the Distance; Joel Silver knows an Unknown White Male; Lionsgate, Rhys Meyers and Travolta love Paris and Harris hangs in Dante’s Inferno.

1. Brad Pitt and Natalie Portman will star in and produce Important Artifacts and Personal Property From the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion and Jewelry.

According to Variety:

“The book takes the form of a Sotheby’s-like estate auction catalog, with 325 entries and photographs depicting items that reveal the private moments and the rise and fall of a four-year relationship between the fictitious couple Hal Morris (a 40ish photographer) and Lenore Doolan (a New York Times food columnist in her late 20s).”

The film, which will be a romantic comedy is based on a novel by Leanne Shapton.

I’m going to go out on a limb here and ...

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1001 Ridiculous (but Possible) Upcoming Video Game Movies

Mid-Week Movie News Wrap Up – March 19, 2009