Weekly Poll Results: Best Vin Diesel Movie

In honour of the soon-to-be $70 million-grossing Fast and Furious, last week we asked you to pick your favourite movie from the relatively painful filmography of Mr. Vin Diesel. The results from said poll placed Pitch Black at the top by a fairly large margin, followed by The Fast and the Furious and The Chronicles of Riddick. It's interesting that his older films generally seem to rank higher than the new ones (Babylon A.D. being dead last). What do you think, did Vin Diesel squander his early opportunities, and now that Fast and Furious has revitalized his career, do you see him doing the same thing all over again? 1. Pitch Black -- 41.1% 2. The Fast and the Furious -- 13.9% 3. The Chronicles of Riddick -- 13% 4. Boiler Room -- 8.7% 5. xXx -- 6.1% 6. Find Me Guilty -- 5.6% 7. A Man Apart -- 4.3% 7. The Pacifier -- 4.3% 9. Knockaround Guys -- 2.2% 10. Babylon A.D. -- 0.9%

X-Men Origins: Wolverine 90% what Gavin Hood wanted

20th Century Fox are known for pushing their weight around in regards to creative decisions on films. We’ve heard situations where they haven’t been too kind to directors, such as with Alex Proyas during I, Robot, who has said he will never work with them again, and more recently with Mathieu Kassovitz on Babylon A.D. [...]

Babylon A.D. Blu-ray Review

Vin Diesel returned to the big screen in 2008 in Babylon A.D. - a Sci-Fi post-apocalyptic flick in which he is tasked with delivering a young woman named Aurora (Mélanie Thierry) from Russia to America. His name is Toorop, and he's a veteran mercenary who seems to be tired of war and looks to this [...]

DVD: Babylon A.D (SE)

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Babylon 5 (B5) was a television series with well defined characters that developed and grew in a very concise fashion, giving them a depth you don't get in many series. It happened because J. Michael Straczynski (JMS) had a vision for his work.  A five year plan where he had mapped out a definite [...]

Cut to Ribbons of Nonsense -- Dellamorte reviews BABYLON A.D. on Blu-ray

There is a cut of Babylon AD that is around three hours. That is not what appears on this disc. Instead, you have a 101 minute version, which is longer than the theatrical cut (90 min.) but nowhere near complete. Vin Diesel stars as Toorop. Seriously, thats the characters name. Hes got to deliver a hot young girl (Mélanie Thierry) to New York, and possibly as a terrorist agent. Toorops accompanied by Michelle Yeoh, whos also an ass kicking nun helping him. People are chasing them, and theres an evil plot that revoles around the special girl and her role in the universe. Bad guys are played by Gerard Depardieu, and Charlotte Rampling. Part The Fifth Element, part boring, I feel bad reviewing Mathieu Kassovitzs film because he got foxed on this title. Whatever they thought they could have or save got edited into a million pieces, ...

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The Day Earth Shows Its Crappy Films to Space. Trade Roughage 12/12/08

THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL is beamed to Alpha Centauri; A CHRISTMAS STORY is turned into a musical; Terry Gilliam may shoot THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE in Dubai; Paul Giamatti heads to Jamaica for BABYLON; THE BROTHERS BLOOM pushed back til May.

Giamatti Takes a Trip to Babylon

Giamatti You know when you're a big, amazing actor and you're somehow still underrated? Well, that's how I've always felt about Paul Giamatti. My life would be complete if both he and Richard Jenkins could land a supporting role in every film ever made. While I'll never be that fortunate, Paul Giamatti does pop up in enough gigs to medicate my appetite.

For his latest, Paul Giamatti will team with Anthony Mackie to star in the indie thriller Babylon.

Paul Giamatti for Babylon
Directed by Andres Baiz off a script by Ian Stone, Babylon will have Mackie play a Rasta from the isolated hills of Jamaica while Giamatti plays a British minister, both of whom accompany a 12-year-old Jamaican boy from the Kingston ghetto as they try to outrun gangsters.

Paul Giamatti Set For Babylon

Paul Giamatti and Anthony Mackie have signed on to star in Babylon, an indie film from Stick N Stone productions. Ian Stone wrote the script, and Andres Baiz (Satanas) is attached to direct. Mackie will play a Rasta from the isolated hills of Jamaica and Giamatti will play a British minister, both of whom accompany a 12-year-old Jamaican boy from the Kingston ghetto as they try to outrun gangsters. Mackie has had roles in Million Dollar Baby, Freedomland, We Are Marshall and most recently Eagle Eye. He plays Tupac Shakur in Fox Searchlights upcoming Christopher Wallace biopic, Notorious. Babylon marks Stones first screenplay. Hes worked as an assistant director on such films as Kingdom of Heaven, Munich, Lions for Lambs and There Will be Blood. Babylon is scheduled to begin production in February in Jamaica.