Jack and the Beanstalk is one of the few English folktales Americans know by heart. A peasant boy sells his abusive guardian's livestock for some beans, the beans get wet, a beanstalk grows, and off ...

Bryan Singer's film left THR's Todd McCarthy searching for an "original or singular element to this handsome reupholstering of the English folk tale." By THR Staff Jack The Giant Slayer Bill Nighy- H ...

Fairy tale adaptation Jack the Giant Slayer — the first big-budget event movie of 2013 — is facing soft prerelease tracking as it prepares for its March 1 debut in the shadow of fellow ...

When director Bryan Singer made the transition from indie thrillers (“The Usual Suspects”) to studio blockbusters (“X-Men,” “Superman Returns”), he successfully managed to hold onto his gee-whiz ...

I thought this might be a good idea to start posting! Websites like Gofobo and SetMovieClub feature free advance screenings of movies all of the time and every website's screening is collected on one ...

has more beanstalk per square inch of screen than any other film ever made. Said foliage looms large in this fantasy, a reinterpretation of the “Jack and the Beanstalk” fairytale. It has impressive ...

Twisting a familiar bedtime story like a beanstalk, Jack the Giant Slayer possesses the same sedating qualities. That might be a compliment if Bryan Singer's version were a picture book but it's a ...

Jack the Giant Slayer is the newest in the line of gritty reboots to children’s stories. Much like the recent Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, it gives us a dark thrill ride loosely based on the ...

The story of Jack and his beanstalk has been filmed innumerable times by people as diverse as Gene Kelly, Chuck Jones and the Three Stooges. While he's been through the Hollywood shuffle before, there ...

JACK AND THE BEAN COUNTERS Singer’s $300 million bomb may well be among the biggest in movie history. Once upon a time, when Hollywood couldn’t come up with good ideas for movies, it resorted to ...

I’ve become so inured to Hollywood’s formula about movies releasing — “good” blockbusters reserved for summer and post-Thanksgiving; crap scheduled for Labor Day weekend and early January; expensive ...

It’s clear from the unconvincing trailers that New Line’s marketing wing is as stymied about who Jack the Giant Slayer was made for as I am. Too simple-minded and bloodless for older, action-hungry ...