I, Robot Review

I, Robot

Release Date: 22nd July 2004 - Australia

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Mediastream Vierte Film GmbH & Co. Vermarktungs KG (in association with)

Davis Entertainment

Laurence Mark Productions

Overbrook Entertainment

Canlaws Productions

Distribution

20th Century Fox Australia

Genre: Sci-Fi

Rating: M

Runtime: 115 minutes

Budget: $120,000,000

Box Office Gross: $353,133,898 (Worldwide)

Plot Summary

The year was 2035. The robots are programmed to help humanity and follow the three robotic laws to keep them safe. A technophobe detective named Del Spooner investigates a crime involving the apparent suicide of a leading robotics scientist, whom he believes was murdered by a robot. Spooner uncovers a conspiracy to enslave the human race with the help of a robot expert.

Cast

Will Smith - Del Spooner

Bridget Moynahan - Susan Calvin

Alan Tudyk - Sonny

Bruce Greenwood - Lawrence

Robertson

James Cromwell - Alfred

Lanning

Adrian Ricard - Granny

Chi McBride - Lt. John Bergin

Jerry Wasserman - Baldez

Fiona Hogan - V.I.K.I.

Peter Shinkoda - Chin

Terry Chen - Chin

Sharon Wilkins - Asthmatic Woman

Craig March - Detective

Kyanna Cox - Girl

Darren Moore - Homeless Man

Aaron Douglas - USR Attorney No. 1

Emily Tennant - Young Girl

Angela Moore - Wife

David Haysom - NS4/NS5 Robot

Scott Heindl - NS4/NS5 Robot

Shia LaBeouf - Farber

Crew

Director - Alex Proyas

Suggested by Book - Isaac Asimov

Screen Story/Screenplay - Jeff Vintar

Screenplay - Akiva Goldsman

Script Supervisor - Shelley Crawford

Associate/Visual Effects

Producer - John Kilkenny

Executive Producers - James

Lassiter, Anthony Romano,

Michel Shane and Will Smith

Producers - John Davis,

Topher Dow, Wyck Godfrey

and Laurence Mark

Co-Producer/Unit Production Manager -

Steven R. McGlothen

Casting Directors - Juel Bestrop,

Heike Brandstatter, Coreen Mayrs and

Jeanne McCarthy

Trainer: Will Smith - Darrell Foster (Uncredited)

Robot Movement Consultant - Paul Mercurio

Production Designer/Robot Designer:

Sonny (NS5) - Patrick Tatopoulos

Concept Artists - Ed Natividad,

Andy Chung and Stephan Martinere
Picture Vehicles Designers - Jeff Julian

and Paul Ozzimo

Art Directors - Chris August and Helen Jarvis

Picture Vehicle Art Directors - Simon Murton

and John Clair Watts

Set Decorator - Lin MacDonald

Property Master - Dan Sissons

Assistant Property Master - Antonio Germinario

Weapons Coordinator - Ron Blecker

Costume Designer - Liz Keogh

Prosthetics/Puppeteer - Bill Terezakis

Director of Photography - Simon Duggan

Director of Photography: Additional Action

Unit - Brian Pearson

"A" Camera/Steadicam Operator - David Crone

"A" Camera Assistant - George Marjoros

Unit Production Manager - Barbara Kelly

First Assistant Director - John R. Woodward

First Assistant Director: Second Unit -

Greg Zenon

Second Assistant Director - Paul Barry

Second Unit Director - Kimble Rendall

Additional Second Unit Director: Additional

Action Unit - Andy Armstrong

Stunt Coordinators - Glenn Boswell

and Scott J. Ateah

Special Effects Coordinator - Mike Vézina

Special Effects Workshop Supervisor -

Cameron Waldbauer

Mechanical Special Effects Designer - Paul Noël

Project Supervisor: Patrick Tatopoulos

Designs, Inc. - Guy Himber

Visual Effects Supervisor - John Nelson

Visual Effects Supervisors: Weta Digital -

Joe Letteri and Brian Van't Hul

Visual Effects Supervisor: Rainmaker - Dale Fay

Visual Effects Supervisor: Digital Domain -

Erik Nash

Visual Effects Supervisor: Pixel Magic -

Ray McIntyre Jr.

On-Set Supervisor: Weta Digital - Stephen Rosenbaum

Visual Effects Producers - Karin Joy and

John Kilkenny

Visual Effects Digital Producer: Weta Digital -

Cyndi Ochs

Visual Effects Executive Producer: Digital

Domain - Nancy Bernstein

Visual Effects Executive Producer: Weta

Digital - Eileen Moran

Digital Effects Supervisor - John Andrew Berton Jr.

Digital Effects Supervisor: Digital Domain -

Jonathan Egstad

Previz Supervisor: Pixel Liberation Front -

Colin Green

Animation Supervisor: Weta Digital - Atsushi Soto

Animation Supervisor: Digital Domain -

Andrew R. Jones

Senior Animation Technical Director: Weta

Digital - Shawn Dunn

Animation Lead: Sonny, Digital Domain -

Matthew Hackett

Character Set-Up Lead; Digital Domain -

Steve Preeg

Character Animation Sequence Leads: Digital

Domain - Bernd Angerer and Piotr Karwas

Lead CG Supervisor: Weta Digital - Eric Sainden

CG Supervisors: Weta Digital - Greg Butler,

Dan Lemmon and Guy Williams

Computer Graphics Supervisors: Digital Domain -

Serge Sretschinsky and Vernon R. Wilbert Jr.

CG Robot Lighting Lead: Digital Domain -

Paul George Palop

Digital Modelling Supervisor: Weta Digital -

Matt Aitken

Creature Supervisor: Weta Digital - Dana Peters

Massive Supervisor: Weta Digital - Jon Allitt

Miniature Effects Supervisor - Dave Aisling

Director of Photography: Miniature Unit -

Bill Neil

2D Sequence Supervisors: Weta Digital -

G.G. Heitmann Denners and Mark Tait Lewis

Digital Compositing Leads: Digital Domain -

Joe Farrell, Jessica Harris, Kevin Lingenfelsher,

Brandon McNaughton and Lou Pecora

Compositing Supervisor: Weta Digital -

Erik Winquist

Film Editors - William Hoy, Richard Learoyd
and Armen Minasian

Additional Editors - Jeffrey Ford

and Neil Travis

Associate Editor - Matt Villa

First Assistant Film Editor - Matthew Schmidt

Supervising Sound Editor - John A. Larsen

Sound Designer - Erik Aadahl

Sound Designer/Co-Supervising Sound Editor -

Craig Berkey

Sound Effects Editor - Jay Wilkinson

First Assistant Sound Editors - Skip Longfellow

and Galen Goodpaster

Sound Mixers - Doug Hemphill and

Paul Massey

Foley Artists - Alicia Stevenson

and Dawn Pintor

Music - Marco Beltrami

Score Recordist and Mixer - John Kurlander

Awards

2005 Academy Awards

Best Visual Effects - John Nelson, Erik Nash,

Andrew R. Jones and Joe Letteri (Nominated)

Review
For those who need to know about the late Isaac Asimov and his literary works in the modern science-fiction genre, he was responsible for the three laws in robotics he wrote out. These laws are vital to his stories and even to the future of technology. Alex Proyas has long since developed I, ROBOT based on a suggestion from Asimov's 1950 collection of nine short stories. Rather than being a literal interpretation, the plot of I, ROBOT feels like a different story that falls somewhere along the lines of Blade Runner. It integrated aspects of Asimov's work, including his three robotic laws on a script by Jeff Vintar and Akiva Goldsman.

Will Smith forgoes his usual gangsta routine to the subdued role of a detective, whose bigotry against robots leads him to investigate a murder that appeared to have been committed by a robot. Nevertheless, he has shown restraint in his performance, and before that, he acted in a few dramatic roles that helped him bring this maturity to Del Spooner. It was coincidental that Shia LaBeouf was in the movie in a small part. Three years later, he would have another robot encounter in Transformers.

If you're a fan of Smith's comedic antics, you find this film too subdued. It demonstrates his flexibility as an actor. If you're someone into these visual experiences, you're in a feast for I, ROBOT, as it showcases Asimov's dream of the future.

Star rating: (7/10) Good Movie

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In Memory of Stan Lee (1922-2018)

Stan Lee (1922-2018)

Greetings, everyone. I regret to inform you that Stan Lee, the legendary comic book writer and editor of Marvel Comics, died at age 95 on November 12th, 2018. The man was a real-life superhero known for creating iconic characters such as Spider-Man, X-Men, Fantastic Four, Daredevil, Iron Man, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, Ant-Man, Silver Surfer, and Black Panther. Each of these transcended into household names of pop culture. Since then, the characters from his comics have made an impression on all readers. They have been adapted countless times to the big screen for moviegoers. Though loved by many comic-book fans, we will not forget his memorable creations, his life's work and his signature phrase, "Excelsior!"

In his early years, Lee had grown up watching Errol Flynn movies and dreamed of writing the "Great American Novel". He entered the comic book business in 1939 with the newly-formed Timely Comics, which later morphed into Atlas Comics in the 1950s and then branded into Marvel Comics in the early 1960s. Lee had started to work with Joe Simon and his future collaborator Jack Kirby to write up a story in their original comic Captain America, which he did. In later years, Lee would team up with Kirby again to shape the character's future. In 1941, with the departures of Simon and Kirby, Stan Lee, at 19 years of age, got promoted to interim editor of Timely Comics after having graduated to some writing work. During World War II, Lee enlisted in military service by joining the Signal Corps. During his war experiences, he wrote manuals and training films with a group that included Oscar-winning Director Frank Capra and future children's author Theodore Geisel (a.k.a. Dr. Seuss).

Lee returned to Timely Comics as an editor, which lasted for decades. In the early 1960s, in the wake of DC's success with Justice League, Lee and Kirby began writing their superhero team of Fantastic Four for the newly evolved Marvel Comics. Then, they created Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Silver Surfer, and other characters. He collaborated with comic book artist/writer Steve Ditko in creating the web-crawling Spider-Man and the mystical Doctor Strange and Bill Everett with their blind superhero, Daredevil. In 1972, Stan Lee was named the publisher and surrendered all his editorial reins to promote his company for the time being. He purchased an animation studio in 1980, which he renamed "Marvel Productions", and began to form relationships in Hollywood.

Besides writing, editing and publishing his comics, Stan Lee contributed to the motion picture business as an executive producer. He has had several cameo appearances in numerous films adapted from his comics. Stan also guest-starred in non-Marvel projects, including films like "Mallrats" and "Teen Titans Go! To the Movies". He even appeared in television shows such as "Muppet Babies", "The Simpsons", "Chuck", "The Big Bang Theory", and "Robot Chicken".

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Bohemian Rhapsody Review

Bohemian Rhapsody


Release Date: 1st November 2018 - Australia


Production Companies
20th Century Fox (present)
GK Films
New Regency Productions (present)

TSG Entertainment (made in association with)
Queen Films Ltd. (uncredited)
Tribeca Productions (uncredited)

Distribution
20th Century Fox Australia


Genre: Musical/Drama

Rating: M

Runtime: 134 minutes


Budget: $55,000,000

Box Office Gross: $910,809,311 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary

Celebrating one of the greatest rock bands in history, their lead singer Freddie Mercury has defied stereotypes and become one of the best-known entertainers in the world.

It all started in 1970s London when Freddie was a poor but talented Indian refugee who became the lead singer of a band that changed its name to Queen. Thus began an incredibly successful career for a band as their revolutionary music style and iconic songs helped shape the world of rock n' roll. However, beneath that colossal fame is the inner turmoils of Freddie as he faces poor decisions and an AIDS diagnosis before reuniting with Queen once more in a Live Aid concert at Wembley that would go down in history as one of the legendary rock performances.

Cast
Rami Malek - Freddie Mercury
Lucy Boynton - Mary Austin
Joseph Mazzello - John Deacon
Mike Myers - Ray Foster
Ben Hardy - Roger Taylor
Aiden Gillen - John Reid
Gwilym Lee - Brian May
Tom Hollander - Jim Beach
Allen Leech - Paul Prenter
Jess Radomska - Cheryl
Aaron McCusker - Jim Hutton
Michelle Duncan - Shelley Stern

Meneka Das - Jer Bulsara

Ace Bhatti - Bomi Bulsara

Priya Blackburn - Kashmira Bulsara

Dermot Murphy - Bob Geldof

Max Bennett - David
Dickie Beau - Kenny Everett

Tim Plester - RT Baker

Jack Roth - Tim Staffell
Max Bennett - David
Neil Fox-Roberts - Mary's

Father
Matt Greenwood - Young Man at Clinic
Rosy Benjamin - Dominique
Leila Crerar - Chrissie
Katherine Newman - Veronica
Adam Rauf - Young Farrokh
Phillip Andrew - Reinhold Mack

John Ottman - Live TV Director (Cameo)
Adam Lambert - Truck Driver (Cameo) (Uncredited)

Crew
Executive Producer (Uncredited)/Director -
Bryan Singer
Story/Screenplay - Anthony McCarten
Story - Peter Morgan

Executive Producer/Director: Completion of

Photography and Editing (Uncredited) -

Dexter Fletcher
Executive Producers - Justin Haythe,

Arnon Michlan, Denis O'Sullivan and

Jane Rosenthal
Producers - Jim Beach and Graham King
Co-Producer - Richard Hewitt

Archive Consultant: Queen - Greg Brooks

Movement Coach - Polly Bennett
Production Designer - Aaron Haye
Supervising Art Director - David Hindle
Supervising Art Director: Additional

Photography - Stuart Kearns
Art Director - Alice Sutton

Art Director: Additional Photography -

Marco Anton Restivo

Standby Art Directors - Rachel Aulton

and Claire Shakespeare

Set Decorator - Anna Lynch-Robinson

Set Decorator: Additional Photography -

Sarah Whittle
Costume Designer - Julian Day

Makeup & Hair Designer - Jan Sewell

Prosthetic Makeup Designer - Mark Coulier
Director of Photography - Newton Thomas Sigel

Directors of Photography: Second Unit -

Nanu Segul and Rina Yang

"A" Camera/Steadicam Operator - Peter Robertson

Stunt Coordinator - James O'Donnell

Aviation Coordinator - Mike Woodley (Uncredited)

Special Effects Supervisor - Mark Holt
Special Effects Coordinator - Lucy Myers
Visual Effects Supervisor - Paul Norris

Visual Effects Producer - Tim Field

Visual Effects Production Managers - Ana Grgic

and Louise Simpson
Editor - John Ottman

Supervising Sound and Music Editor - John Warhurst

Supervising Dialogue/ADR Editor - Nina Hartstone

Production Sound Mixer - John Casali

Sound Effects Editors - Alistair Hawkins,

Andy Kennedy and Alastair Sirkett

Re-Recording Mixer - Tim Cavagin

Re-Recording/Music Mixer - Paul Massey

Foley Mixers - Glen Gathard and

Jemma Riley-Tolch

Foley Artists - Peter Burgis

and Zoe Freed

Executive Music Producers - Brian May

and Roger Taylor

Music Supervisor - Becky Bentham

Conductor/Orchestrator/Score Producer -

James Shearman


Review
I've been listening to the band Queen ever since I can remember, with such favourites as "Bohemian Rhapsody", "We Will Rock You", "We Are the Champions", and "Don't Stop Me Now". Named after the famous song that spawned the iconic music video and, in the early 80s, led to the launch of MTV. I wasn't sure about BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY after its release due to a range of issues noticed by other critics. These include inconsistent direction, gaps in the plot and several historical inaccuracies. It is not the biopic I was hoping for, but there are a few redeeming moments, such as the recreation of the Live Aid concert performance.

Rami Malek was incredible in the lead role of Freddie Mercury and did a great job of channelling the singer's flamboyance and body language. On a fascinating note, Mike Myers plays a record executive, reminding viewers of his character from Wayne's World. Here, there's no headbanging.

If you're a stickler for history, BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY may not be your cup of tea. If you're passionate about Freddie Mercury, Queen, and their music, Bryan Singer's latest production is a fitting tribute to glam rock. The show must go on for BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY. And in this case, there would be no doubt of that.

Star rating: (7/10) Good Movie

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