But that’s little more than a fondly remembered children’s story for orphaned farmhand Jack (Nicholas Hoult), who wanders into town to sell a horse and comes away with a bag of mysterious beans.

But that’s little more than a fondly remembered children’s story for orphaned farmhand Jack (Nicholas Hoult), who wanders into town to sell a horse and comes away with a bag of mysterious beans.

But for long stretches, “Jack the Giant Slayer” is an awful lot of fee ... The beanstalk carries the farmhouse, Izzy and all, into the sky to Gantua, the land of the giants.

If you've seen the posters for "Jack the Giant Slayer," starring Nicholas Hoult ... there's an army of them grumbling up in sky-high Gantua, peering down hungrily at ye olde kingdom of Cloister.

In some of the new poster images from “Jack the Giant Slayer,” one sees tiny hairs ... primitive landscape of the Giants” world Gantua; but its perilous-looking enough that it could also ...

Soon, the beans take root with a giant stalk carrying away the princess and Jack's house. He soon sets off on an adventure with the king's guards to rescue the princess, only to find that a ...

Instead, Jack the Giant Slayer, while well-crafted, feels entirely generic. The script, by Darren Lemke, Dan Studney and Singer's regular collaborator, Christopher McQuarrie, begins with a long ...

At the other end, waiting in an otherworld called Gantua, is a race of male giants, a cannibalistic brotherhood led by General Fallon (Bill Nighy). For its first 90 minutes, Jack the Giant Slayer ...

As soon as the closing credits for Jack the Giant Slayer began to roll, I knew I was in dangerous ... ll all be worth the wait once we actually get to the giants’ land of Gantua, which resembles ...

Now there's "Jack the Giant Slayer." Kenneth Turan has this review. KENNETH TURAN: Pity poor Jack. There he was minding his own business in some dusty fairytale book when he was dragooned into ...

After an initial delay (from last summer), Bryan Singer’s fairy tale action-adventure Jack the Giant Slayer has finally arrived in theatres. The Usual Suspects and X-Men director seems an odd ...