On Movies & Media Casting Call: Two Satans, Two Adams, Two Eves... If everything goes according to plan for director Scott Derrickson, he'll direct a feature film based on John Milton's Paradise Lost, and we'll see the war in heaven and the fall in the garden depicted more vividly than any film that has come before.
Film Reviews The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005): a review and an interview A review and interview by Jeffrey Overstreet, originally published in Seattle Pacific University's Response. • Do You Believe in Demons? In "The Exorcism of Emily Rose," a Christian filmmaker challenges audiences to face the horror of the devil. Do you believe that people today can be possessed
On Movies & Media First Word on "The Day the Earth Stood Still" ComingSoon.net offers a review of Scott Derrickson's The Day the Earth Stood Still! The results are extremely relevant and timely, possibly even as much or more than it was 57 years ago. These days, humans aren't just destroying each other with violence and warfare, but
On Movies & Media Sympathy for the Devil: Derrickson on "Paradise Lost" When the sun sets on the new remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still, where will writer/director Scott Derrickson go next? Call him ambitious, but Derrickson plans to take on one of the most daunting works of big-screen adaptation imaginable: John Milton's epic poem about war
The Auralia Thread Reader Mail - 6/4: Pocorn is evil; Cyndere's cover art; Derrickson on gradual bedazzlement; Bob on the iTunes lecture from Julie: What do you eat at the movies? MY RESPONSE: I try not to eat while I'm watching. I don't like popcorn. It gets stuck in my teeth, and then I'm annoyed throughout the movie. Plus, it's noisy. I especially don&
On Movies & Media MTV Interviews Derrickson on "The Day the Earth Stood Still" As noted earlier, the trailer for The Day The Earth Stood Still has arrived And MTV is talking to director Scott Derrickson. Derrickson is sure to be criticized for remaking a classic. But hey, if the remake is good, so what? And based on his previous work, we should assume
Looking Elsewhere The Browser 2/14: Derrickson on U23D. Patrice Leconte. Hobbit. Pics. Scott Derrickson on U23DFilmmaker Scott Derrickson found some time in the middle of his hard work on The Day the Earth Stood Still to comment on my euphoric reaction to U23D. He writes: I had a very similar experience Jeffrey. The new Technology is astounding, and I now understand why
On Movies & Media The Day the Earth Took a Silly Walk Scott Derrickson's The Day the Earth Stood Still becomes more and more interesting all the time. IGN is reporting that a very silly person is in talks to join the cast! Cleese will play physicist Dr. Barnhardt, a Nobel Prize laureate who plays a key part in figuring
Looking Elsewhere Specials: Bourne, Batman, Potter, Wenders, Derrickson, Bjork, Sunshine, and more. A few quick notes and links from my flurry of catching up: I can't believe it. After all of the buzz, the hype, the excitement, I've seen The Bourne Ultimatum, and I'm really, really disappointed. It's the least of the three... basically
On Movies & Media Conversations with Critics About Favorite Films of 2006 It was the year of the endangered baby. Tsotsi, L'Enfant, The Nativity Story, Pan's Labyrinth,Children of Men... all of these films were focused on either infants or unborn children who are carried through terrible danger. But that was a subset of films characterized by a
On Movies & Media Ralph Winter: Producer of Blockbuster movies. "Gladiator" fan. Comic-book movie expert. Christian. "Hollywood." In the media... especially in the Christian media... the word "Hollywood" gets thrown around a lot. "Hollywood is anti-Christian. It is always producing projects that lampoon, criticize, and ridicule Christians." "We need to clean up Hollywood." "Christians should not have
On Movies & Media Scott Derrickson has another project, already! Coming Soon reports that Scott Derrickson, who's working on a little flick called Paradise Lost, is also co-writing and directing a film about the story that prompted a documentary titled... would you believe?... Paradise Lost. His dramatization will be titled Devil's Knot: The True Story of
On Movies & Media Derrickson likes Barlowe's vision for "Paradise Lost" This is the first time I've ever linked to Fangoria, but they've got Scott Derrickson talking about the designer he's tapping for his big screen version of Paradise Lost... Wayne Barlowe.
On Movies & Media Scott Derrickson to direct John Milton's "Paradise Lost" Yes, you read that right. Variety is reporting that the director of The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Scott Derrickson (who occasionally stops by here with some comments), is going to direct the big screen version of John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost. The questions are rushing to my
On Movies & Media My conversation with Wim Wenders about his career, "Don't Come Knocking," "Wings of Desire," and faith. (This is not an April Fool's joke. It's a greatly expanded version of the article published earlier this week at Christianity Today Movies.) Last week, I had the tremendous privilege of interviewing Wim Wenders, the director of my favorite film: Wings of Desire. We talked about
On Movies & Media Writer/Director Scott Derrickson's pick for "Most Disappointing Movie of 2005" Look who showed up in the comments on the Disappointing Movies thread! Jeffrey, I've been reading your blog pretty regularly -- it's great. Because of you I've been listening to "Ohio" by Over the Rhine for the last six weeks. Wim Wenders
On Movies & Media The Exorcism of Emily Rose - Reviews Well, here come the reviews! Watch for mine, featuring an in-depth interview with Scott Derrickson, here at SPU's Response. (It might not be up until late Friday.) Ebert turns in an intriguing response. He says: Somehow the movie really never takes off into the riveting fascination we expect
Looking Elsewhere Specials: Proposition review. Good Night review. And more on Emily Rose. Today's specials: GUY PEARCE GETS DUSTY A review of Nick Cave's The Proposition is up at Twitch. And it sounds like a must-see! GEORGE CLOONEY GETS ARTSY David Poland on Good Night, and Good Luck, the new film by George Clooney. He's impressed. GREYDANUS
Looking Elsewhere Specials: Dead Can Dance. B&C on Grimm Brothers and Donnie Darko. Dead Can Dance live.! Lanois touring. Rosenbaum on Grimm. Today's specials: * Peter T. Chattaway talks with writer/director Scott Derrickson about The Exorcism of Emily Rose. My own interview will be published at SPU's Response soon. * Favorite line from a film review this week: (From the PullQuote review of Broken Flowers.) "Suffice it to
On Movies & Media Scott Derrickson interview... coming up! I had an hour-long conversation with screenwriter and director Scott Derrickson yesterday, whose new film The Exorcism of Emily Rose looks like the most promising ... and troubling... horror film of the last few years. Derrickson has passionate opinions about the genre, and about filmmaking in general. I'll be
On Movies & Media "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" - Demon Movie of the Month? Just as it is very easy for rock musicians to communicate anger, and very difficult for them to inspire joy, so it's difficult for filmmakers to avoid exploiting the power of darkness. It's easy to jolt us, to scare us, to gross us out. It'
