Tag: Ron Howard

Opus Dei & the Octopus.

First up on Benedict XVI’s agenda: Smiting down the forthcoming Da Vinci Code film, which, along with Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, and Jean Reno, now also includes Alfred Molina and Sir Ian McKellen as “Bishop Arigarosa” and “Sir Teabing” respectively. I haven’t read the book, so I have no idea if this is good casting or not…but adding quality like Molina and McKellen can’t be a bad thing.

Fifteen Cent Baby.

In this corner, the full trailer for Ron Howard’s Cinderella Man, starring Russell Crowe, Renee Zellweger, and Paul Giamatti. As with the last trailer, Crowe & co. still seem to be beating the Seabiscuit angle into the ground. I give, already.

Trailer Park Xmas.

Hello all…I finished up the end-of-term grading yesterday evening, at which point Berkeley and I started settling in to the christmas spirit down here at Murphy Home Base in Norfolk. Here’s hoping everyone out there is having a safe and merry holiday season, and that you get something better from Santa than Dubya’s warmed-over right-wing judges.

Also, if you’re looking for some trailers to tide you over, here’s Leggy & Liam battling freedom-hating infidels in Ridley Scott’s crusader pic Kingdom of Heaven, Russell Crowe trying to out-Seabiscuit Seabiscuit in Ron Howard’s Cinderella Man, a slew of A-listers vamping and vicing in the Robert Rodriguez version of Frank Miller’s Sin City, MTV Films butchering another needless remake in The Longest Yard, and creepy undead kids claiming yet another victim in Boogeyman. Enjoy, and happy holidays, y’all.(Aragorn pic via Fark.)

Code to Perdition.

Forrest Gump battles Opus Dei as Tom Hanks takes the lead in The Da Vinci Code, coming soon to a theater near you from Ron Howard and Brian Glazer (Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind.) I haven’t read the book, so I can’t really vouch for the casting…but I presume this movie would make ridiculous bank with or without Hanks anyway.