atomicpopcorn.net - 3/20/2009
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Short of it: Something Proyas has done has struck a chord and changed the action genre for the better. There are ups and downs, along with some extraordinary questions asked throughout, equaling a very solid film.
I must admit going into this movie I was hoping for something different from Alex ...
Movie Review: “Knowing” —
The Screening Log
Seen on: March 22, 2009
The players: Director: Alex Proyas, Writers: Ryne Douglas Pearson, Stiles White, Juliet Snowden, Cast: Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Chandler Canterbury, Ben Mendelsohn
Facts of interest: Proyas also helmed "I, Robot" and "Dark City."
The plot: Cage stars as a ...
Philip’s Knowing Movie Review —
Atomicpopcorn
Oh, Mr. Alex Proyas you’re making it tough to defend you as a good director. The Crow was a great little flick, Dark City (especially the director’s cut) is a pure masterpiece, and I, Robot at the end of the day was fun. Now comes Knowing, a film that tricks you and no, I don’t [...]
Review: ‘Knowing’ —
We Are Movie Geeks
Travis:
First things first, I predict there will be a lot of people who don’t like this movie. Already, a number of public screening attendees have approached me and asked what I thought of ‘Knowing’ and, when I told them, have given me this wonderful look of surprise. It ...
Movie Review - 'Knowing' —
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Knowing
Starring Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, and Chandler Canterbury
Directed by Alex Proyas
Rated PG-13
During a lecture, MIT astrophysics professor John Koestler ( Nicolas Cage ) asks his students to define and
differentiate randomness and determinism. ...
FSR’s Weekly Report Card for 03.20.09 —
Film School Rejects
KNOWING
Studio: Summit Entertainment
Rated: PG-13 for disaster sequences, disturbing images and brief strong language.
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Chandler Canterbury, Rose Byrne, D.G. Maloney, Lara Robinson and Nadia Townsend
Directed by: Alex Proyas
What it’s about: John ...
Review: ‘Knowing’ is Worth Seeing, Bad Title and All —
Film School Rejects
Nicolas Cage hasn’t been doing his best work lately, and I, Robot , Alex Proyas’s last film, suffered from meddling by the suits at 20th Century Fox. Throw in the unfortunately bland title of Knowing , and one could be forgiven for expecting perilously little out of the first collaboration ...
Movie Review: Knowing (2009) —
Film Intuition: Review Database
View the Trailer Bookmark this on Delicious Print Page “The great thing about Knowing is that… it has this bedrock of emotions and human interaction. Reality is what this story is all about… We don't ask you to suspend disbelief. Everything that we've addressed in this ...
Knowing —
jonk heap
Nicolas Cage plays a widowed single dad and M.I.T. professor of astrophysics–yes, let that sink in–whose young son comes upon a 50-year-old time capsule containing coded, provably accurate predictions of catastrophe. Even more upsetting than the truly harrowing mass-transit ...
Knowing Review —
Film Junk
Knowing
Directed by: Alex Proyas
Written by: Ryne Pearson, Juliet Snowden, Stiles White, Stuart Hazeldine, Alex Proyas
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Chandler Canterbury, Rose Byrne, Lara Robinson, Nadia Townsend
Back in the late ’90s, Alex Proyas was a director that had earned himself a ...
Review: Knowing —
Cinematical
Let's assume for the moment that there's such a thing as a hard line between "small, smart movies" and "big, dumb movies." Of course, we all know this isn't true -- just take a look at The Matrix (1999) for one example -- but this distinction will help me explain just how Alex Proyas's new ...
Knowing Movie Review —
smartcine.com News Blog
“What do you believe?” Does everything happen for a reason? Is there a purpose or is it completely accidental or coincidental? MIT Professor John Koestler (Nicolas Cage) seemed to believe that everything is just coincidence and that there is no higher, driving purpose. That is until he ran into ...