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Exclusive Poster: Vin Diesel's Babylon A.D.
FirstShowing.net — ... Babylon A.D. is directed by French filmmaker ...

Babylon A.D. poster
Movie Marketing Madness — ... for the Vin Diesel sci-fi flick Babylon A.D. He likes it but I’m kind of indifferent. I think there’s too much of an overt effort to ape Blade Runner. It’s a teaser poster, I know, so there isn’t a ton of plot that they’ve divulged in this image, but I think the reaction to this will be that it is, in fact, a cheesy action movie. ...

First Look: Vin Diesel in Babylon A.D.
Film School Rejects — ... Do you remember back in the day? Back when Vin Diesel was making films like Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick? Back then he was on the verge of being cool with the fanboy population. Then he made films like xXx and The Pacifier and we all lost hope. Still, the thought alone of Diesel headlining a Babylon A.D. flick was enough to pique the interest of some. But then again, once you combine the fact that there were tons of ...

Are There Two Versions of Vin Diesel's 'Babylon A.D.' Hitting Theaters?
Cinematical — ... Babylon A.D. will be hitting theaters far apart from one another. It's not that I care so much about seeing a longer version of the film in theaters (which, apparently, is what will take place in the UK), it's just that Fox has once again decided to release a film in the UK first and then wait six months before putting it in theaters here in the states. You'll remember something similar happened with Danny Boyle's ...

First Pictures from New Vin Diesel Movie
Oh No They Didn't! — ... From IMDB: Veteran-turned-mercenary Thoorop (Diesel) takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman from Russia to China. Little does he know that she is host to an organism that a cult wants to harvest in order to produce a genetically modified Messiah. ...

Screen Rant's 2008 Movie Preview & Recommendations
Screen Rant — Here is the official Screen Rant 2008 movie preview! Below you'll find a list of 48 movies that you'll most likely consider seeing this year along with a description, month of release and recommendation for each one. I realize that "Top 10" lists are all the rage at the end of the year and you've ...

Ubiquity: The 2008 Edition (Pt 2)
Film Experience Blog — ... time he'll be part of the Jim Carrey comedy Yes Man . If I had to guess I would say that 2009 will be full of him, too. Mark Strong was the most evil of the plentiful evil princes in Stardust and he's working the dangerous man angle in the period comedy Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day too. It opens tomorrow. You'll also see him in five other films this year. Busy, busy, busy. The films: Good (that German nationalist drama with Viggo Mortensen), Babylon A.D. (Vin Diesel's summer action pic) RocknRolla (another Guy Ritchie crime ...

io9's Complete Guide to Science Fiction Season [Scifi Season Listings]
io9 — ... 31-August 3 Oslo Science Fiction Festival - Oslo, Norway August Books Ben Bova, Mars Life Ken MacLeod, The Night Sessions John Scalzi, Zoe's Tale Tobias Buckell, Sly Mongoose Judith Merril, Not Only a Woman (collection of four Merril novels, two co-authored with C.M. Kornbluth) Movies and Television Aug 15 Clone Wars TV series debut Aug 29 Babylon A.D. Conventions August 1-3 Diversicon 16 - Minneapolis, ...

Vin Diesel's Babylon A.D. Has Been Cut to Shreds!
FirstShowing.net — ... Babylon A.D. is reported to have a budget of around $60 million. The film is directed by French filmmaker Mathieu Kassovitz, who directed Gothika and a French film from 2000 titled The Crimson Rivers as well as a few other French flicks. The best we can do at the moment is hold out until its ...

New International Babylon A.D. Poster
FirstShowing.net — ... Check it out below. In the Mathieu Kassovitz-directed film, a veteran-turned-mercenary (Vin Diesel) agrees to escort a woman from Russia to Germany, not realizing that she's the host for an organism that a cult wants to harvest into a genetically-modified Messiah. Opening in North America on August 29, the movie co-stars Gérard Depardieu, Michelle Yeoh, Charlotte Rampling, Mark Strong, Radek Bruna, Melanie Thierry and Lambert Wilson. Babylon A.D. is directed by French filmmaker Mathieu Kassovitz, who also directed ...

First Short Babylon A.D. Teaser Trailer
FirstShowing.net — ... You can also watch the Babylon A.D. teaser trailer in High Definition on the Official Website Babylon A.D. is directed by French filmmaker Mathieu Kassovitz, who also directed 2003's Gothika and a French film from 2000 titled The Crimson Rivers as well as a few other French flicks. Babylon A.D. is currently set to arrive in theaters on August 29th from Fox. The latest poster is featured below. Discover More: ...

Worth Watching - May 1: The Duplass Brothers' Baghead Trailer
FirstShowing.net — ... Baghead is both written and directed by brothers Jay and Mark Duplass of The Puffy Chair previously. The two are definitely huge up-and-coming filmmakers who are going to hit it big soon. The film first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this year and was sold to Sony Pictures Classics for less than $1 million. Baghead is currently set to hit theaters starting on July 25th this summer - be there! Discover More: Indies, Trailers, Worth ...

Diesel in Babylon A.D. Teaser Trailer
Row Three — ... about the upcoming sci-fi action film Babylon A.D. being cut in half was exaggerated but I’m still a bit concerned for the film starring Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Gérard Depardieu and Charlotte Rampling mostly because it seems to have been in production for ever and it is only now seeing the light of day. The film is scheduled to open in France on August 27th and in the US on August 29th but the French distributors aren’t holding back and they’ve released a great looking ...

Second Short Babylon A.D. Teaser Trailer - Much Better!
FirstShowing.net — ... Babylon A.D. is directed by French filmmaker Mathieu Kassovitz, who also directed 2003's Gothika and a French film from 2000 titled The Crimson Rivers as well as a few other French flicks. Babylon A.D. is currently set to arrive in theaters on August 29th from Fox. The latest poster is featured below. Discover More: Hype, Trailers, Worth Watching ...

Must Watch: Official Trailer for Vin Diesel's Babylon A.D.!
FirstShowing.net — ... You can also watch the Babylon A.D. trailer in High Definition on IGN Babylon A.D. is directed by French filmmaker Mathieu Kassovitz, who also directed 2003's Gothika and a French film from 2000 titled The Crimson Rivers as well as a few other French flicks. Babylon A.D. is currently set to arrive in theaters on August 29th from Fox. The latest poster is featured below. Discover More: Hype, Trailers, Worth ...

News: RZA, Hans Zimmer Team for Vin Diesel Movie Score
Pitchfork Media - Today — ... . From what I gather from the preview I saw before The Happening and a sentence on IMDB, it sounds a bit like Children of Men without all the stuff that should've won that one some Oscars. ...

New Vin Diesel Movie Trailer
Oh No They Didn't! — Trailer Addict recently posted the trailer for Vin Diesel's upcoming movie Babylon A.D. Synopsis from Trailer Addict "Based on the novel by Maurice G. Dantec, Babylon A.D. tells the story of a mercinary (Diesel) who must escort and protect a woman. Unknown to him is that this same woman is playing host to what a cult think could become the next Massiah (sic) . " According to IMDB it's due out 29 August 2008. It also stars Melanie Thierry as the woman he is escorting and Michelle Yeoh, who will also be in the ...

Awesome New Russian Poster for Babylon A.D.
FirstShowing.net — ... assessment on this? In the Mathieu Kassovitz-directed film, a veteran-turned-mercenary (Vin Diesel) agrees to escort a woman from Russia to Germany, not realizing that she's the host for an organism that a cult wants to harvest into a genetically-modified Messiah. Opening in North America on August 29, the movie co-stars Gérard Depardieu, Michelle Yeoh, Charlotte Rampling, Mark Strong, Radek Bruna, Melanie Thierry and Lambert Wilson. Babylon A.D. is directed by French filmmaker Mathieu Kassovitz, who also ...

AUGUST 2008 MOVIE PREVIEW
Antagony & Ecstasy — ... may have a better concept (Steve Coogan directs a high school production of his own sequel to Hamlet ) than a trailer, but at least it looks to be good for more than a few giggles. 29.8.2008 And thus does summer go out with a mewling fizzle, with four movies that all look like they're counterprogramming for something bigger: I guess the major release is Babylon A.D. , Vin Diesel's return to science fiction as directed by the actor-director Mathieu Kassovitz, whose last project behind the camera was the dismal ...

Vin Diesel's Sci-Fi Roots - Two Babylon A.D. TV Spots
FirstShowing.net — ... Babylon A.D. is directed by French filmmaker Mathieu Kassovitz, who also directed 2003's Gothika and a French film from 2000 titled The Crimson Rivers as well as a few other French flicks. Babylon A.D. is currently set to arrive in theaters on August 29th from Fox. See you in theaters! Discover More: Hype, Worth Watching ...

Vin Diesel’s New Movie Sucks (The Director Says So)
1416 and Counting — ... And then came the whispers about Babylon A.D., a movie that’s very him and very not him all at the same time, and it was exciting!   And fun!   And you could feel the bad-assery just jumping off the very rumors at you!   But then, it got confirmed!   And casting rumors started floating around, and Vincent Cassel was being bandied about and oh, I was all over that.   You know it. ...

Quote of the Day
my new plaid pants — ... for Vin Diesel's Babylon AD a couple of times, but only the last time I was subjected to it did I notice the director is ...

'Babylon A.D.' Director Joins Critics of 'Babylon A.D.'
Cinematical — ... begs to differ on his own film, the Vin Diesel vehicle Babylon A.D., which opens this Friday in an all-too-familiar August dump situation (joining it on the marquee: alleged comedies ...

Yet another movie not screened for critics?
FilmChat — ... for the futuristic action movie Babylon A.D. before it opens in North America three days from now. However, the film, which is based on a French novel and directed by a Frenchman, opened in France six days ago, so a few reviews have popped up already, in ...

The Latest in Theaters: Summer's Last Gasp
Movie Dearest — ... Babylon A.D.: Vin Diesel stars in this low-rent Children of Men sci-fi thriller that has its own director (Mathieu Kassovitz) ...

Film Fan Fridays for Friday August 29, 2008!
Movie Moxie — ... locations in Toronto, Ontario, Canada Be sure to check out daily coverage of the Toronto International Film Festival at Movie Moxie with polls, reviews and vlogs. Friday August 29, 2008 Releases Babylon A.D. Dir: Mathieu Kassovitz (Gothika, Les Rivières pourpres / The Crimson Rivers) Cast: Vin Diesel, Mélanie Thierry, Michelle Yeoh, Gérard Depardieu USA/France Official Film Site (autoplays trailer), IMDb Page, Trailer Trailer spoiler free for first third, major spoilers in last third ...

Babylon A.D. (review)
FlickFilosopher.com — ... motivations (it’s probably not wise to engage the person you need intact, in a bodily sense, in a high-speed vehicular chase/gun battle). Emotional endings are deployed without the necessary buildup to make them, you know, emotional. It’s really too bad, because seeing potential squandered is always worse than seeing no potential at all. viewed at a public multiplex screening rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, language and some sexuality official site | IMDB

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Antagony & Ecstasy — ... Perhaps I'll be reamed for saying it, but I am absolutely flabbergasted by the vitriolic hatred that's met Mathieu Kassovitz's Babylon A.D. (as of right now, 4% on ...

tMF TOP PICKS: New on DVD - 'Pineapple Express', 'Righteous Kill', 'Bangkok Dangerous', and more
Home — ... ] - - - [image] Babylon A.D. Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh Rated: PG-13 You know you re in trouble when the director of a film is unhappy enough to bash the studio for forcing him to make a boring PG-13 action movie. But let's be honest, when your lead actor is Vin Diesel , did he ever really have a chance? Available on : ( DVD ), Two-Disc Special Edition ( DVD ), [ Blu-ray ] [ ...

This Week on Australian Screens
Stale Popcorn — ... Babylon AD - Hilariously being released as a "Harder Cut" on DVD, whatever that is, despite being listed as three minutes SHORTER. This now infamous movie stars Vin Diesel and Michelle Yeoh (for some reason). Poor Mathieu Kassovitz. Maybe this'll make him go back to France and make another La Haine instead of crap like this or Gothika. Just maybe... Although if they ever release the 160 MINUTE VERSION I could perhaps feign interest. ...

Cinecast Episode 114 - The “Major League” Solution
Row Three — ... Watchmen : Kurt’s review Opening Credits Finite Focus Dr. Manhattan Too Sexy Andrew’s Zero Interest article Top 5 “Hangin’ Out Movies”: Matt: 5) Stalag 17 4) Roger Dodger 3) Sideways 2) Enemy Mine 1) Dawn of the Dead (1978) Kurt: 5) Naked 4) Scarecrow 3) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 2) Coffee & Cigarettes 1) The Big Lebowski “On the Road” with Andrew’s iPod segment: Babylon A.D. Andrew’s smile per mile quotient: .6 Blow Andrew’s smile per mile ...