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John Carter News March 9, 2012
Tweet Theatrical Releases for March 9th: ‘Friends With Kids’ And ‘John Carter’ Hit … – fanbolt.com 03/09/2012 FanBolt.ComTheatrical Releases for March 9th: ‘Friends With Kids’ And ‘John Carter’ Hit …FanBolt.ComFriends […]
Den of Geek: Does John Carter Break the Edgar Rice Burroughs Movie Curse?
Tweetby Terence Bowman for Den of Geek: Adaptations of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ novels haven’t fared well in the past, so can Andrew Stanton’s John Carter break the cycle? Terence finds […]
John Carter Box Office Predictions Range from 57m to 22.5m….
TweetWell, it’s Thursday night and tomorrow is opening day for John Carter (starting at midnight tonight, actually). We’re monitoring predictions from around the web and are putting them here. Predictions […]
Spinoff Online Review: John Carter “An absolutely satisfying cinematic experience.”
Tweetby Josie Campbell. Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar director Andrew Stanton take audiences to Mars with John Carter, a live-action epic based on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ pulp classic A Princess of Mars. […]
Salt Lake Tribune John Carter Review: “A Rousing Sci-fi Epic.”
Tweetby Sean P. Means|Salt Lake Tribune: “John Carter,” a rousing science-fiction adventure adapted from Edgar Rice Burroughs’ early 20th-century pulp novels, is a rare bird that’s at the same time […]
Filmcritic.com Review: John Carter
TweetJohn Carter is a good old fashioned action/adventure romp. It takes its time developing, provides plenty of material for a myriad of sequels, and stands up to the scrutiny of […]
Global Financial News Service projects $57M Opening for John Carter
TweetA theme that is emerging with John Carter is that the film is polarizing both on the creative level, and among business analysts trying to predict how it will fare […]
Video: John Carter Fan Reactions after Imax Screening
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Manila Bulletin John Carter Review: “Finding a cause to love in John Carter”
Tweetby Rowena Joy A. Sanchez. MANILA, Philippines — It might seem that the science-fiction film “John Carter” is derivative of classics such as “Star Wars” and “Avatar,” but a trip […]
MTV: Three Non-Geeky Reasons to See John Carter
TweetFrom MTV Sci-fi fanboys and action junkies will no doubt flock to theaters Friday for the long-awaited release of Disney’s big-budget space romp “John Carter.” But what’s in it for […]
Miami Herald Review: John Carter “Ridiculously Fun!”
TweetAt almost no time during John Carter will you understand what in the name of Edgar Rice Burroughs is going on. There is talk of a “predator city” and a “ninth ray” […]
John Carter News March 8, 2012
Tweet 5 Things to Do This Weekend (March 9-11) – Fairport-E.Rochester Post – fairport-erpost.com 03/08/2012 5 Things to Do This Weekend (March 9-11)Fairport-E.Rochester PostBy Staff reports – The big new […]
Realm of Ryan: “It’s up to us [fans] to make John Carter [of Mars] a success.”
TweetFriends, Heliumites, Martians. . . . I am here before you now with possibly distressing news. This Friday, John Carter [of Mars] premieres in theaters nationwide. (Read about the novel!) This is […]
View London John Carter Review: “Intelligent script, strong characters…superb performances”
TweetBeautifully designed and impressively directed, this is a thoroughly enjoyable, emotionally engaging space opera with an intelligent script, strong characters, terrific special effects and superb performances from Taylor Kitsch and […]
Village Voice John Carter Review: “A lively, visually crafty pleasure.”
TweetFrom the Village Voice: With expectations to match its obscenely huge budget (an estimated quarter of a billion dollars), this long-delayed adaptation of pulp meisterEdgar Rice Burroughs‘s 1917 sci-fi swashbucklerA […]
John Carter Review: “One crazy, mixed-up, fun sci-fi romp.”
TweetFrom the Visalia Times Delta: John Carter” is one wacky movie. It features an unwieldy plot that throws in elements of “Flash Gordon,” “Star Wars,” “Indiana Jones,” “Avatar” and “Conan […]
John Carter: Will Director Andrew Stanton get his planned trilogy
TweetA $250 million budget. An untested star. And a director making his first live-action feature film. There won’t be a bigger big screen gamble than Disney’s sci-fi adventure John Carter, which opens […]
Houston Chronicle Review: “Thrilling John Carter well worth the wait.”
TweetAfter 100 hundred years, John Carter finally has his own major movie. The science-fiction fantasy adventure “John Carter” opens Friday, a century – plus one month – after Carter’s first swashbuckling Mars adventure, […]
Why the Box Office Tracking numbers have been wrong so often this year, and why John Carter is really tracking at 40m, not 25m
TweetFor weeks now, Boxoffice.com has had John Carter opening at $25m, and yesterday the Los Angeles Times reported that a major tracking service had downgraded the projected opening from $30m […]
John Carter News March 7, 2012
Tweet Pixar animator gets real on Mars – Philadelphia Inquirer (blog) – philly.com 03/07/2012 Philadelphia Inquirer (blog)Pixar animator gets real on MarsPhiladelphia Inquirer (blog)For John Carter, the huge and fantastical […]
John Carter? Edgar Rice Burroughs Done Right
Tweet[This is a REALLY good article. Read it all.} Being a hard-core Edgar Rice Burroughs fan has always had a little element of torture to it. Which Burroughs would have […]
MSN John Carter Review: “the first movie of its kind in a very long time that I’d willingly sit through a second or even third time.”
TweetIf you are among the millions of filmgoers who was bitterly disappointed by “The Phantom Menace,” you owe it to yourself, to your wounded psyche, and to your pleasure centers […]
Fox News: Review of John Carter
Tweet If Cecil B. DeMille were alive today and given the chance to direct a special effects-laden fantasy adventure on Mars, he might have made something similar to Andrew Stanton’s […]
Networked Blogs: Review
Tweet PLOT: A Civil-War vet, John Carter (Taylor Kitsch) is magically plucked from our world, and transported to Barsoom- aka Mars, which is being ravaged by an evil warlord named […]
Video: Andrew Stanton on TED
TweetNote: Includes very funny use of an R-Rated Word.
John Carter: Mars Appeal
Tweet From The Hindu: What is John Carter all about? Mini Anthikad Chhibber gets into Edgar Rice Burroughs works Say Edgar Rice Burroughs and the first thing that comes to […]
Hollywood Reporter: John Carter Review – “Will likely delight sci-fi geeks….generate solid box office worldwide”
TweetDirector Andrew Stanton’s Disney extravaganza is a rather charming pastiche, if perhaps not one with sufficient excitement and razzle-dazzle to justify the reported $250 million production budget. Given that it’s […]
John Carter News March 6, 2012
Tweet ‘John Carter’ star Taylor Kitsch on possible mega-stardom: ‘If I want to be in … – Entertainment Weekly – insidemovies.ew.com 03/06/2012 Los Angeles Times’John Carter’ star Taylor Kitsch on […]
JoBlo.com John Carter Review: “A lavish, beautifully made fantasy adventure”
TweetPLOT: A Civil-War vet, John Carter (Taylor Kitsch) is magically plucked from our world, and transported to Barsoom- aka Mars, which is being ravaged by an evil warlord named Sab Than […]
John Carter Review: Khanada Taylor
TweetDisney lifted the embargo on us! HOORAY! So, here is my review… Film fans have easily become jaded by more and more and more of the same old, same old […]