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300.(Movie review)
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Interview
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March 1, 2007| Author:
McNeill, Jarret
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Preview: 300 (Warner Bros.) Directed by Zack Snyder
According to the legend of the Battle of Thermopylae, 300 Spartans died while holding off a million marauding Persians. Their sacrifice would inspire the other Greek city-states to band together against the invasion, leading to the formation of the world's first democracy. But this movie is not really about that. Frank Miller's 1...
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Dawn of the Dead; Directed by Zack Snyder
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; ... The ensuing opening credits are flush with apocalyptic brio, chronicling the end of civilization in lightning flashes of TV news footage, all timed to the churning locomotive rush of Johnny Cash's Book of Revelation anthem "The Man Comes Around." This cold ...
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300 (15) ; NEW FILMS
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; Director Zack Snyder Starring Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West Not much is known about the battle of Thermopylae in 480BC, when perhaps as few as 300 Spartans briefly fought off a massively superior Persian army. This film is based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller, who had a childhood
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NUMBERS GAME '300' PLAYS UP IMPOSSIBLE ODDS - AND A CHEAPER WAY TO MAKE BATTLE EPICS.(U)
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; ... Shooting a guy against bluescreen, then putting a background behind him, is not a super-new concept, Snyder says. You see it on the news, really, in the weather report. But what 'Sin City' did do was make the idea of a Frank Miller aesthetic a commercial and viable ...
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Battle stars: Action scenes bring to screen not just comic, but the act of reading it
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; REVIEW 300 HHH 1/2 Rated R (graphic violence, nudity, sexuality) Directed by Zack Snyder Starring Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West Marquee Cinemas, Park Place Stadium Cinemas "300" is an adolescent male's dream come true - nearly two hours of surging testosterone, spraying blood and
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`300'.
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; Byline: Robert W. Butler 300 is an adolescent male's dream come true _ nearly two hours of surging testosterone, spraying blood and impossibly ripped abs. The temptation is to laugh it off the screen. But in the hands of director Zack Snyder (the Dawn of the Dead remake) and an army of unsung
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300 (15, Zack Snyder, 116mins) ; You write the reviews ++ NATIONWIDE
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; It works like this: you're a Spartan, you're a good guy. Clear Western complexion, six-pack, pecs, a hot, strong female with whom you enjoy a riot of married heterosexuality, and a grim understanding that when foreigners threaten your freedom, an orgy of digitally kissed violence could well be in
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The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash., Soren Andersen column: Gritty, gripping battle.(Movie review)(Column)
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; ... sexual situations Where: In wide release; showtimes, Page 26 Copyright (c) 2007, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News. For reprints, email tmsreprints@permissionsgroup.com, call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550 ...
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Non-stop pecs and violence.(Entertainment)
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; HHHH 300. Directed by Zack Snyder, with Gerard Butler, Lena Headley, Rodrigo Santoro and David Wenham. Not so much drenched in testosterone as marinated in it and then served raw, 300 is a spectacular, hyper-stylised retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae in 480BC, when, as legend has it, the
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