Archive for the ‘adaptation’ Tag

• May 7, 2012 Film review: The Avengers (2012) posted in Film reviews tagged 2012, 3d, adaptation, Alan Silvestri, black widow, captain america, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, clark gregg, Cobie Smulders, comic, comic book, david ashley, film, Gwyneth Paltrow, iron man, Jack Kirby, Jeffrey Ford, jeremy renner, joss whedon, Kevin Feige, Lisa Lassek, loki, mark ruffalo, Marvel, Marvel Studios, movie, natalia romanov, natasha romanov, nick fury, Paul Bettany, review, robert downey jr., s.h.i.e.l.d., samuel l. jackson, scarlett johansson, seamus mcgarvey, shield, stan lee, stark, Stellan Skarsgård, superhero, the avengers, the hulk, thor, Tom Hiddleston, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Zak Penn
• January 27, 2012 Film review: Albert Nobbs posted in Film reviews tagged 1800s, 1890s, 2011, 2012, Aaron Johnson, acting, actress, actress in a leading role, adaptation, adapted, Alan Moloney, albert, albert nobbs, as, as a man, as man, ashley, award, awards, baby, based on, based on George Moore's novella, best actress, blog, Bonnie Curtis, Brendan Gleeson Maria Doyle Kennedy, Brian Byrne, butler, butlers, child, close, critic, david, david ashley, dress, dressed, dublin, dyke, faking, fooling, Gabriella Prekop, gay, gays, george moore, glenn, glenn close, hotel, ireland, irish, Istvan Szabo (story), Janet McTeer, John Banville, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Julie Lynn, leading role, lesbian, lesbians, love, lovers, lynn johnston, maid, makeup, martial corneville, matthew w. mungle, mia, Mia Wasikowska, Michael McDonough, Mockingbird Pictures, nobbs, nom, nominated, nomination, nominee, novella, oscar, oscars, Parallel Films Productions, pregnant, pretending, review, reviewed, reviewer, Roadside Attractions, rodrigo garcia, screened, screening, servant, servants, short story, Steven Weisberg, supporting, supporting actress, Trillium, valet, valets, woman dressed as man
• January 13, 2012 Film review: Carnage posted in Film reviews tagged adaptation, adapted, africa, Alexandre Desplat, argument, ashley, battle, blog, broadway, bully, carnage, child, children, Christoph Waltz, Constantin Film Produktion, couples, cowan, critic, david, david ashley, debate, disfigured, families, family, father, fight, film, france, french, gang, god of carnage, Hervé de Luze, husband, jodie foster, john c. reilly, Kate Winslet, longstreet, man, Martin Moszkowicz, massacre, mother, movie, nancy, Oliver Berben, parent, parents, Paweł Edelman, penelope, play, review, revieweds, roman polanski, rwanda, Saïd Ben Saïd, SBS Productions, school, screen, screened, screening, SPI Poland, stage, violence, violent, wife, woma, writer, written by, Yasmina Reza
• September 30, 2011 Film review: Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (MFF 2011) posted in Film reviews tagged (Vie héroïque), a heroic life, adaptation, affair, Anna Mouglalis, awards, bambou, best actor, best debut, best sound, brigitte bardot, César awards, Césars, cesar, david ashley, didier lupfer, doug jones, eric elmosnino, film, focus features, focus features international, france, france 2 cinema, french, gainsbourg, gainsbourg a heroic life, graphic novel, guilliaume schiffman, jamaica, jane birkin, joann sfar, juliette greco, laetitia casta, lilou films, lover, lucy gordon, marc du pontavice, maryline monthieux, mff, mff 2011, movie, music, music box films, musician, olivier daviaud, one world films, optimum releasing, reggae, review, reviewed, Sacramento French Film Festival, Sara Forestier, screened, screening, serge, serge gainsborug, sex, studio 37, universal pictures, xilam films
• September 26, 2011 Lynne Ramsay’s We Need to Talk About Kevin (MFF 2011) posted in Film reviews tagged 2009, 2010, 2011, adaptation, adapted, archery, artificial eye, artina films, ashley gerasimovich, atlantic swiss productions, award, best, bob salerno, book, british, cannes, cannes 2011, cannes film festival, damien, david ashley, demon seed, disturbed, disturbing, evil, ezra miller, film, hellspawn, jasper newell, jennifer fox, joe bini, john c. reilly, jonny greenwood, lionel shriver, luc roeg, lynne ramsay, massacre, mff, mff 2011, Milwaukee film festival, morvern callar, mother, motherhood, movie, murder, Oscilloscope, psychopath, review, reviewed, rocky duer, rory stewart kinnear, school, school shooting, screened, screening, seamus mcgarvey, shooting, sociopath, son, steven soderbergh, students, terror, tilda swinton, unbalanced, united kingdom, written by, year
• September 16, 2011 Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive posted in Film reviews tagged 2010, 2011, action, adam siegel, adaptation, adapted, albert brooks, alejandro jodorowsky, based on, best director, bold films, book, breaking bad, bronson, bryan cranston, bullitt, cannes, cannes 2011, cannes film festival, car, carey mulligan, cars, chicago, christina hendricks, cliff martinez, contract, crime, criminal, drive, driver, driving, eastwood, festival, film, filmdistrict, getaway, gigi pritzker, gone wrong, gosling, heist, hollywood, hossein amini, james sallis, jewish gangster, john palermo, la, leone, los angeles, mad men, marc platt, marc platt productions, matthew newman, michael litvak, mobster, movie, newton thomas sigel, nicolas winding refn, noir, novel, odd lot entertainment, oscar isaac, performer, pizza place, Prix de la mise en scène, refn, review, reviewed, ron perlman, runs, ryan, ryan gosling, screened, seed productions, speeding, stunt, stunt driver, tarantino, the stunt man, violence, wheelman, winner
• July 22, 2011 Film review: Life, Above All posted in Film reviews tagged 2004, 2010, 83rd academy awards, above all, adaptation, african, aids, ali n. askin, allan stratton, analysis, bernhard jasper, best foreign language film, blog, chandra's secrets, critic, Daniela Ramin, david ashley, death, dennis foon, dick grau, disease, drama, film, Greig Buckle, Harriet Lenabe, Helge Sasse, ian osrin, Keaobaka Makanyane, Khomotso Manyaka, Lerato Mvelase, life, Martin Hämer, movie, novel, oliver schmitz, Oliver Stoltz, review, reviewed, screened, Sony Pictures Classics, south africa, Thomas Reisser, un certain regard
• June 5, 2011 Terence Davies’ The House of Mirth posted in Criticism tagged 1905, adaptation, bertha dorset, david ashley, edith wharton, eric stoltz, film, gillian anderson, laura linney, literary, movie, new york, period, period piece, social, society, terence davies, the house of mirth
• May 28, 2011 Daily notes 2011-05/06 posted in Daily notes tagged 1988, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2002, adaptation, adolescence mokushiroku, charlie kaufman, christopher menaul, david ashley, david fincher, death and the maiden, distant voices, e.m. forster, eric stoltz, film, helen mirren, howard's end, ikuhara, ismael merchant, james ivory, johnny depp, leonard bast, michael douglas, movie, nicolas cage, Pete Postlethwaite, polanski, revolutionary girl utena, roman, shoujo kakumei utena, sigourney weaver, spike jonze, still lives, terence davies, the game, the ninth gate, the passion of ayn rand, tv, utena
• March 18, 2011 Film review: The Lincoln Lawyer posted in Film reviews tagged 2011, adaptation, adapted, ashley, based off, based on, best seller, bestseller, blog, bob gunton, book, brad furman, bryan cranston, cliff martinez, court, courtroom, critic, david, david ashley, drama, film, frances fisher, gary lucchesi, haller, harry bosch, hooker, Jeff McEvoy, john frizzell, john leguizamo, john romano, josh lucas, justice, lakeshore entertainment, law, lawyer, lincoln, lincoln lawyer, lionsgate, lukas ettlin, marisa tomei, matthew mcconaughey, michael connelly, michael haller, michael pena, mickey haller, movie, murder, murdered, murderer, mystery, novel, Peña, PRODUCED BY, prostitute, reviewed, richard wright, ryan philippe, scott steindorff, screened, sidney kimmel, ske entertainment, street, suspense, the lincoln lawyer, thriller, tom rosenberg, william h. macy