Time to tell that poolside image of Daniel Craig as James Bond: sorry, you’ve been disavowed. Early this morning 007.com revealed what EON Productions is calling the real first image of Daniel Craig as James Bond in the new film Skyfall, which is being directed right now by Sam Mendes and photographed by Roger Deakins.
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Briefly: Sometimes I don’t know if EON Productions really gets the whole film promotion thing. Here’s the first official image from The Greg Louganis Story — oops, no, the first image from the 23rd James Bond film, Skyfall. It is much like one of the first images of Daniel Craig as Bond, released to promote Casino Royale several years ago. But now that we know Craig as Bond, couldn’t EON drop something more significant? I’m not sure this will even be satisfying to those who are mainly into the current Bond for the Daniel Craig beefcake factor, even though it is a good look at the actor’s impressive physique.
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It’s been a couple years since the last Bond film, Quantum of Solace, and quite a few since the last good one, Casino Royale. Between that and the fact that 2012 is the 50th anniversary of the Bond film series, expect to see quite a bit of hubbub about the new Bond movie, Skyfall, as this year goes on.
The first salvo comes from the newly re-launched 007.com, which opens its doors with a short video offering a behind the scenes look at Skyfall. Or, more properly, this looks like it offers a behind the scenes look at the creation of the credit sequence for Skyfall. Check that out below, and as a bonus get the tiny nugget of info that Ralph Fiennes offered about his new Bond character. Read More »
Posted on Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 by David Chen
In this episode, Dave Chen, Devindra Hardawar, Angie Han, and Adam Quigley discuss The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011). Do screenwriter Steven Zaillian and director David Fincher find something profound or interesting to add to the pulpy source material? Tune in to find out!
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Posted on Tuesday, December 20th, 2011 by David Chen
This week, Dave Chen, Devindra, and Adam discuss The Dark Knight Rises prologue, praise the rarely seen Enlightened, and reflect on shows that have come back from the dead, creatively. Special guest Tasha Robinson from AV Club joins us for this episode.
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(This review originally ran last week when Sony lifted the review embargo, but we’re running it again today to coincide with the film’s wide opening.)
Something at the center of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium novels has captured the attention of millions. Actually, make that ‘someone.’ The first novel, Män som hatar kvinnor (Men Who Hate Women, softened to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo in many countries) spins around an unlikely nucleus: counterculture heroine Lisbeth Salander, a determined outsider possessed of keen investigative skills, a vengeful spirit and a strong sense of fairness. In the 2009 Swedish film adaptation, Noomi Rapace played Salander as a character just different enough to be a forceful vision, and familiar enough to become nearly iconic. But the film in which she lives is a routine potboiler of a thriller.
The directly translated Swedish title is promising in a way, as ‘men who hate women’ hints at a thriller that will use the conventions of a serial killer story to explore the ways in which abuse and violence shape people and their relationships to one another. The first film didn’t skimp on the intersection of sex, power and violence, as a dethroned magazine publisher is hired to discover the truth about the murder of an industrial magnate’s niece, but it was never any good at getting under the skin of the story.
Enter David Fincher and screenwriter Steven Zaillian with their own take on The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Fincher also doesn’t skimp on sex and violence, and in the middle of his dark, frosty film is a strange but tightly controlled performance from Rooney Mara as Salander. This film trims minor players and subplots to focus, in a slightly more effective manner, on these characters who have been molded by violence. And yet it remains merely a routine thriller. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is a technically proficient piece of work, but it is almost as bloodless as an old murder victim. Read More »
How good is Daniel Craig in Skyfall? So good that producer Michael G. Wilson reportedly wants Craig to play James Bond for another five films, bringing him to a grand total of eight. (Even if the lackluster Quantum of Solace makes it seem as if he’s only done one so far, rather than two.) That would make Craig the longest-running Bond — if they can get him to sign. Read More »
Posted on Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 by Angie Han
Daniel Craig‘s Mikael Blomkvist may be the protagonist of David Fincher‘s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, but just as the title suggests, it’s Rooney Mara as mysterious, tough-as-nails Lisbeth Salander who’s the real draw of the story. A new extended TV spot for the thriller wisely puts the computer hacker front and center, establishing her fierce badassery before Craig’s character comes along to pull her into the actual plot. Watch the video after the jump.
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