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Children Of Men

[2006, Movie]

Children Of Men: Review

Alfonso Cuaron's bleak dystopian fable, based on a novel by P.D. James, unfolds in a world halfway to hell and picks up speed as it goes. London, 2027. England is an oasis in a world laid to waste by starvation, civil war, disease and nuclear attacks. Worst of all, 18 years earlier every woman on Earth became inexplicably infertile, and a world without children is a world with hope for the future. Under such circumstances, "oasis" is a relative term: England is still funct... read more

Children Of Men: TV Guide News

Did Children of Men rip off American Cyborg? And more | Ask FlickChick | 4/25/2007
Send your movie questions to FlickChick.Question: Someone told me that Children of Men was a total rip-off of a movie called American Cyborg. I find this hard to believe, but my local Blockbuster doesn't even have American Cyborg, so I can't check it out for myself. Have you heard about this? – Jake FFlickChick: I had heard this rumor, but until your email I never got around to investigating. You piqued my curiosity, especially since Children of Men (2006) is based on a 1992 book by acclaimed novelist P.D. James and American Cyborg: Steel Warrior was released in 1994.Here are the similarities: Both take place in a post-nuclear future in which society has largely broken down and women have become infertile. In Children, it's been 18 years since the last child was born, in Cyborg, it's been 17.In Children, a young, African-born woman named Kee (as in the key to the future) has become inexplicably pregnant and must be escorted to the coast of England, where representatives of a... read more
Short Cuts: YouTube Awards, Highlander and More | Today's News: Our Take | 3/27/2007
OK Go's "Here It Goes Again" was named most creative video at the inaugural YouTube Video Awards. "As a Ninja" topped "Ask a Gay Man," "Chad Vader" and Lonelygirl15 in the best series contest.... Time Inc. has folded the Sunday supplement Life Magazine — perhaps because it doesn't boast a completely genuine "Personality Parade"-type column?.... Out on DVD today: Children of Men.... William Panzer, a producer on the Highlander franchise and more than 20 other films, died of an aneurysm on March 18. He was 64. read more
Ask Ausiello | 3/21/2007
Please tell us when we can see Rescue Me again. It has been forever! read more
Short Cuts: Bill Clinton Pimps TV Land, Dora and More! | Today's News: Our Take | 3/2/2007
TV Land has elected former president Bill Clinton to serve as a keynote speaker at the cabler's March 23 upfront. Oh, what Monica used to do up front.... Nick Jr. premieres a new episde of Dora the Explorer, "Star Mountain," on March 12.... Flushed Away unseated The Departed as the top DVD seller last week, while Babel was the No. 1 rental/OTC sleep aid.... DVD release dates have been set for Children of Men (March 27) and The Good Shepherd (April 3). read more
Box Office: Museum No. 1, Happyness 2, Yada Yada.... | Today's News: Our Take | 1/8/2007
While Night at the Museum ($24 million, for a to-date tally of $124.2 mil) and The Pursuit of Happyness ($13 mil) claimed the top two slots for a third (yawn) straight week, the rest of the weekend box office's top five were as follows:3. Children of Men ($10.3 million)4. Hilary Swank's Freedom Writers (debuting with $9.7 mil)5. Dreamgirls ($8.8 mil)Among other new offerings, Happily N'Ever After ($6.8 million) opened at No. 6, while Code Name: The Cleaner ($4.6 mil) came in at No. 11. read more