Swords fly as Beowulf battles the evil Grendel in this exciting animated adaptation of the epic poem. Incorporating fascinating sketch art and featuring the voice of Joseph Fiennes as Beowulf. found.

Robert Zemeckis's treatment of Beowulf will be unrecognisable to most ... Zemeckis's last experiment with "performance capture" animation. Somewhat unwisely, I chose to sit at the front of the ...

The director of “Roger Rabbit” has created a film that challenges whatever your answer may be. Robert Zemeckis’ “Beowulf” marries filmed actor performances, animation and special effects ...

It has been 17 years since the legendary Hollywood director Robert Zemeckis leaped the integration of animation and motion capture in cinema through his film Beowulf. The adult animated fantasy ...

I can’t say the movie inspires any interest in re-exploring the ancient tale. HARROWING:Rampage scenes of “Beowulf” are only sufferable because this entire flick is computer-animated.

The other heroes are Zemeckis’ “performance capture” and 3-D animation teams ... Night Live skit. Beowulf will roll out in the largest 3-D release of any film to date, including Imax ...

This leads to a call for a “hero” to come and kill Grendel and Beowulf answers the call. To tell more would take away from the film and while it is a bit predictable and there aren’t any major twists, ...

Those movements are then put into a computer and animated giving the film its unique look. In 2004, the technology was criticized for being lifeless. "Beowulf" corrects that and then some.

Dusty Old English poem Beowulf, long required reading in schools, went Hollywood on Friday in a bit of high-tech animated movie trickery that its makers are loath to call "animation." The story ...

Thankfully, we have the movies to serve as World Literature for Dummies. Academy Award-winning director Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump) turns Beowulf(PG-13) into a sword-swinging animated epic that ...

The animated family film "Bee Movie," written by Jerry Seinfeld ... Final figures will be released Monday. 1. "Beowulf," $28.1 million. 2. "Bee Movie," $14.3 million. 3. "American Gangster ...