Robert Zemeckis Videos

November 20 - 22, 2009. The Twilight Saga wreaks havoc on the box office! Host Grace Randolph gives you the latest box office report plus her own review of The Blind Side!

November 13 - 15, 2009. Was 2012 a box office disaster? Host Grace Randolph gives you the latest box office report plus her own review of 2012 and Pirate Radio, aka The Boat That Rocked!

Brett Erlich and Ellen Fox join forces with bloggers, comedians, students and citizen critics to review "A Christmas Carol."

Here's the thing about Bob Zemeckis and all his newfangled motion-capture outings. When put to more mythic use in Beowulf, I was more drawn in by the adventure and less distracted by the characters. However, between The Polar Express and A Christmas Carol, I couldn't help but be re-struck time and time again but that unfortunate uncanny valley, especially when the characters look so much like the real thing (see: Gary Oldman as Cratchit) that I'd just as soon watch them give live-action performances that would then go surrounded by countless effects (you know, the way they used to make movies). That disappointing truth, combined with last weekend's good-not-great opening for Carol, isn't getting Zemeckis down, though. According to Pajiba, he's pursuing The Nutcracker as his next holiday adaptation to be 'enhanced' by mo-cap technology. (I think it's fairly safe to assume after Carol and Express that this will likely end up in 3-D as well.) The site says that he'll be working from E.T.A. Hoffman's original novel over the Tchaikovsky ballet, "a period piece, set in 19th century Russia, which will explore how the cursed Nutcracker character came to be and the battle between the dolls and the mice." Well, that shows how much I remember of the original tale (a war between dolls and mice?). Personally, I just want this one to go on the busy man's back burner if it means getting that Roger Rabbit sequel done sooner. At least the bunny doesn't creep me out with his lifeless eyes...Filed under: Animation, Deals, RumorMonger, Family Films Permalink | Email this | Comments

A Christmas Carol / Armond White Interviewed

November 6 - 8, 2009. Christmas gets off to an early start thanks to Disney and Robert Zemeckis, but are audiences ready to celebrate? Host Grace Randolph gives you the latest box office report plus her own review of The Men Who Stare At Goats!

Host Grace Randolph takes "A Christmas Carol" director Robert Zemeckis on his own personal journey of redemption with a much-needed intervention! Plus audiences let us know if they ve been spirited away by this new take on the classic tale!