Gerard Butler's Fantasy Movie 'Gods of Egypt' Just Broke Even The box office can be a cruel wake-up call for many filmmakers and studios, whether it's by misreading what the audience wants, like a remake of The Crow, or facing the harsh reality that the movie is objectively horrible,...
far below the hopes of its studio, Lionsgate, for the $140 million film, which stars Gerard Butler, Geoffrey Rush, andGame of Thronesactor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. Unless things turn around in a big way forGods of Egypt, it’s likely to become the year’s first major flop at...
The music is supposedly composed by Hans Zimmer, but it does not grip the viewer in anything resembling the excitement of “Interstellar” or, say, “The Prince of Egypt.” In fact, the soundtrack features a country & Western cover of MC Hammer’s “You Can’t Touch This,” set to a...
The story of Moses rising up against the Pharaoh Ramses and leading hundreds of thousands of Hebrew slaves out of Egypt to freedom is one with which we’re all extremely familiar. It’s the entire point of Passover. Scott is not reinventing the wheel here. Rather, he’s invented the bigg...
I imagine if Joseph asked God what single accomplishment He is most proud, God’s response probably wasn’t “Yeah, that time you saved all of Egypt from famine!” No. He would say “You always trusted me. You knew I had it all under control. Your faith, dear Joseph…your faith in...