Fact Checking ‘Exodus: Gods and Kings’

Fact Checking ‘Exodus: Gods and Kings’
Ashley Fetters & Esther Zuckerman — Entertainment Weekly

When it comes to Bible stories, many onscreen projects take these sorts of liberties when adapting their source material. The epic that’s now in theaters, however, contains some especially fascinating deviations—including a few that suggest the Bible and the filmmaker hold vastly different views on the nature and power of God. Below are some of the more notable differences between the Scott production and Christian and Jewish Biblical texts. And for what it’s worth, some of these are just common sense.

Ashley and Esther imply a question as to the Bible’s historical accuracy at the…

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Sony Cancels ‘The Interview’ Because of Terror Threats

Sony Cancels ‘The Interview’ Because of Terror Threats
Russ Fischer — /Film

In light of the decision by the majority of our exhibitors not to show the film The Interview, we have decided not to move forward with the planned December 25 theatrical release. We respect and understand our partners’ decision and, of course, completely share their paramount interest in the safety of employees and theater-goers.

Sony Pictures has been the victim of an unprecedented criminal assault against our employees, our customers, and our business. Those who attacked us stole our intellectual property, private emails, and sensitive and proprietary material, and sought to destroy our…

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John Williams Scores ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ In This Vintage Documentary

John Williams Scores ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ In This Vintage Documentary

Whatever your feelings on John Williams are, I think almost all of us will admit that his work on Star Wars has been the best of his career, and is absolutely magical, as well as vital to the success of the franchise up to this point. Sometimes, I find it hard to spend the time watching these sorts of things, but between the subject being a film that I love, and the composer of that film, and the time period the documentary is set in, I watched from start to finish and could not stop. So I thought I would share it will you all too. It’s a wonderful little documentary and I highly recommend… Read The Rest

Rupert Wyatt Reportedly on Shortlist to Replace Roberto Orci in Directing Next ‘Star Trek’ Film

Rupert Wyatt Reportedly on Shortlist to Replace Roberto Orci in Directing Next ‘Star Trek’ Film
Mike Fleming Jr. — Deadline

 Studio is high on and has met with Rupert Wyatt, who helmed Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and the new remake The Gambler with Mark Wahlberg for Paramount. He seems to be atop this list, but he’s got company. Morten Tyldum, director of the Oscar bait film The Imitation Game, is on a list that also features Safe House helmer Daniel Espinosa, who has wrapped Child 44 with Tom Hardy; Justin Lin, the Fast & Furious helmer who became available when his Bourne Legacy sequel with Jeremy Renner got pushed back to make way for another Bourne Identity with Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass (Lin could…

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‘Spider-Man’ Still Has Possibility of Coming Back to Marvel

‘Spider-Man’ Still Has Possibility of Coming Back to Marvel
Kevin Jagernauth — The Playlist

Let’s face it: when it comes to the cinematic future of Spider-Man, nobody knows what’s going on. And that’s because even Sony isn’t sure what the next move could be following the fan loathed and underperforming “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.” Just this past week the Sony leaks revealed that the studio briefly discussed trying to work about a deal with Marvel to include the character in “Captain America: The Civil War.” It didn’t pan out, but it appears the talks between the two aren’t over.

Latino Review reports Sony’s parent company still wants to explore the option of working with Marvel.…

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The ‘Agents of ‘SHIELD’ Ace in the Hole — A Female Superhero

The ‘Agents of ‘SHIELD’ Ace in the Hole — A Female Superhero
Joanna Robinson — Vanity Fair

This is a recap of Season 2, Episode 10 of Agents of S.H.I.E.LD., titled “What They Become.” If you don’t want to be spoiled, stop reading now.

The phrase “game-changing” gets way overused in film and TV writing but, sorry folks, the game has changed. In last night’s mid-season finale of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Marvel revealed that the entire time we’ve been clamoring for a female superhero, there’s been one growing right under our noses.

As it turns out, Chloe Bennett’s Agent Skye, the ordinary hacker whose recruitment into S.H.I.E.L.D. kicked off the ABC series last year, was actually a…

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‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’, ‘All Good Things’ Stand-Alone Blu-ray

‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’, ‘All Good Things’ Stand-Alone Blu-ray
Matt Wright

Wow, “All Good Things…” is 20-years old. It’s still a shining example of what Trek in the mid-90’s could be. It’s quite telling that Brannon Braga and Ron D. Moore excitedly hammered out this loving wrap-up to Next Gen in a matter of days, while with Generations they spent much more time on it, fretting about the motion picture debut of the TNG crew, and it is hardly the unanimous success that “All Good Things…” is.

“All Good Things…” is great TNG-era Trek.

While I’m talking about Star Trek...

It’s hard for me to say that All Good Things is the absolute best episode of Star Trek, but…

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Roberto Orci No Longer Directing Next ‘Star Trek’ Film

Roberto Orci No Longer Directing Next ‘Star Trek’ Film
Justin Kroll — Variety.com

Roberto Orci is giving up the helm of the USS Enterprise, and will no longer direct the third installment of Paramount Pictures’ “Star Trek” franchise, sources confirmed to Variety.

Orci wrote the first two films in the series. The reason for his departure was unclear.

Orci got the helming job after J.J. Abrams had to exit the sequel due to his commitment to direct Disney’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”

Paramount and Skydance Prods will have to act quickly to secure another director, as “Star Trek 3″ is being eyed for a 2016 release.

(sigh, it’s not Star Trek 3, it’s Star Trek…

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Modernized ‘Empire Strikes Back’ Trailer

Modernized ‘Empire Strikes Back’ Trailer

I have quite the bag of mixed feelings when it comes to modern trailers. In same ways I think they tend to be formulaic in our modern time. But in other ways, I watch some of those older trailers and remember how awful they were. It was really quite terrible.

Then again I think of how much fewer spoilers older trailers tended to have and I wish a little for those days.

But for the most part, I think our trailer landscape is far better than it has ever been and I love a good movie trailer. I don’t find trailers tend to spoil my own enjoyment of a film and so I always look forward to and…

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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2’ Will Be Helmed by ‘Earth To Echo’ Director Dave Green

‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2’ Will Be Helmed by ‘Earth To Echo’ Director Dave Green
Angie Han — /Film

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles may have left critics cold, but that didn’t stop a lot of other people from shelling out for a ticket. Enough people did so, in fact, that Paramount dated a sequel before the first film’s opening weekend was done. And now it seems they’ve found the guy to steer that ship.

According to a new report, Earth to Echo helmer Dave Green is looking to helm Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2. Screenwriters Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec, who penned the last movie, will write and executive produce.

I mean, we knew a sequel was inevitable, right? I suppose I’ll see it. The…

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