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Peter Mensah in Zack Snyder’s 300 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ four-evening seminar series "Evolution or Revolution? Production Design in the 21st Century" will explore the challenges in production design on four consecutive Mondays beginning April 25. The sessions will be moderated by two of the Academy’s Art Directors Branch governors, production designer Jim Bissell (300, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind) and [...]

Alice in Wonderland has shattered a number of box-office records after grossing an estimated $116.3 million this weekend, according to figures provided at Box Office Mojo. Tim Burton’s revamped version of Lewis Carroll’s fantasy tale far surpassed Disney’s pre-release expectations, while delivering the best opening weekend ever for a 3D film. For comparison’s sake, James Cameron’s sci-fi adventure Avatar grossed $77 million on its opening [...]

2008 Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards 2008 Cinema Audio Society nominations: January 9, 2008 2008 Cinema Audio Society winners: Crystal Ballroom of the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles on February 16, 2008 ("*" denotes the winner in each category)   Josh Brolin in No Country for Old Men (Richard Foreman / Miramax Films)   Motion Pictures The Bourne Ultimatum Production Mixer Kirk Francis, CAS [...]

300 (2007) Direction: Zack Snyder Screenplay: Zack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad, Michael B. Gordon Cast: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West, David Wenham, Rodrigo Santoro   300 may not be the most sophisticated war epic to hit the big screen, but with its series of mesmerizing tableaux and extreme graphic violence the film unquestionably succeeds in dazzling its audience. In other words: Watching 300 is like [...]