There is a peculiar shot before the sea battle in Timur Bekmambetov’s Ben-Hur. The eponymous character is shackled, badly bruised and covered in mud, the effects of poor living conditions on the Roman Vessel he has been imprisoned on for…
Ben Hur The Misguided Remake
Coming into Ben Hur, to say the stakes were high for this re-imagined Oscar classic would be an understatement. With the 1959 version having collected 11 Oscars back in the day replicating that same success was an impossibility. But with…
Reboots: Nostalgia 2.0?
For movie watchers of all ages, there comes a time when we as the audience begin to see the “circle of movie making.” This circle is known to some as the point when original ideas run out temporarily and it’s…
Catch Daniel Radcliffe in the New ‘Imperium’ Trailer
Haven’t you always wanted to see Harry Potter all grown up and in a white supremacist group? You can betcha I did! Daniel Radcliffe stars in Imperium, a new film from first time writer/director Daniel Ragussis. Also written with Michael German,…