X-Men Origins: Wolverine – Starring Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber and Danny Huston. Directed by Gavin Hood. Rated M for action violence. 100 mins. So much for a clean slate. After the immensely negative fan reaction towards the 3rd installment of the X-Men franchise, Fox Studios decided to go back to square one with the origin […]
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Archive | April, 2009
See Megan Fox go corset-crazy in Jonah Hex
April 28, 2009 
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source: moviegab.net The first images of Megan Fox dressed in western-garb for Jimmy Hex have landed online. And of course, she looks ridiculously attractive. You can see the rest here. Fox will play Leila, a gun-wielding beauty and love-interest of Josh Brolin‘s Jimmy Hex, a disfigured bounty hunter in the middle of the Wild West. […]
Continue readingNolan’s Inception scores cast of the year
April 28, 2009 0 Comments
source: hollywoodreporter.com The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan has put together a cast of Oscar-winners, cult heroes and breaking superstars for his next film Inception. Michael Caine, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Cillian Murphy will join the previously cast Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page and Marion Cotillard in the highly secretive sci-fi project. Michael Caine told In Contention […]
Continue readingRobert Rodriguez goes to work on Predators
April 28, 2009 1 Comment
source: erc.com 20th Century Fox has announced that Robert Rodriguez will produce a new installment in the Predator franchise. The film, titled”Predators”, the film will focus on a group of commandos who must face off against a whole bunch of the face-tentacled alien assassins. The Desperado director was rumoured to have written a script for […]
Continue readingSundance fave Paper Heart trailer debut
April 22, 2009 1 Comment
source: traileraddict.com The award winning Sundance feature Paper Heart has finally been given an official theatrical trailer, and it looks wonderfully quirky and lovely. We originally reported on the film back in November, when we didn’t have so much as a picture from the set. The film was developed as a low-key mockumentary starring Knocked […]
Continue readingTwilight fingersucking, Hancock’s sex scene and Alternate Arnie! Total Film’s best deleted scenes!
April 21, 2009 0 Comments
source: totalfilm.com Total Film have a great feature at the moment titled 27 Scenes That Shouldn’t Have Been Deleted that is definitely worth checking out. We’ve grabbed a couple of tasty samples that you need to see. And I mean, NEED to see. While the list mostly sticks to films that faced notorious cuts (Blade […]
Continue readingScott Pilgrim video blog better than most feature films
April 21, 2009 0 Comments
source: scottpilgrimthemovie.com We’re pretty excited for Edgar Wright‘s upcoming adaptation of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s comic series Scott Pilgrim vs The World, if you can’t already tell. For a film without a trailer or non-blurry/obscured set picture, Wright is doing a great job of building buzz around his Michael Cera-starring film. The film tells the story […]
Continue readingTwilight with teeth – Let The Right One In Review
April 21, 2009 5 Comments
Let The Right One In – Starring Kare Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson and Per Ragnar. Directed by Tomas Alfredson. Rated MA for nudity and horror violence. 115 mins. So how do you sell a slow-burn Swedish drama about a 12-year-old boy and his peculiar love interest to cinema goers? You tell them it’s a vampire movie […]
Continue readingHead to Head – American Gangster
April 21, 2009 3 Comments
Welcome to the fourth installment of Head to Head, a new feature in which our Quickflix critics enter into a relentlessly bloody battle to the death based on the merits of a particular film. This week, our critics enter into a Crowe/Denzel-esque battle of wits over Ridley Scott‘s American Gangster. DVDman will argue FOR the […]
Continue readingPeter Jackson debuts his heaven in The Lovely Bones
April 21, 2009 0 Comments
source: empireonline.com The first images from Peter Jackson‘s adaptation of Alice Sebold’s beloved novel The Lovely Bones have debuted online. Empire Online (currently being edited by Jackson’s pal Steven Spielberg) has the first look at Atonement star Saoirse Ronan as murdered 14-year-old Susie Salmon. Sebold’s novel is told from Susie’s perspective, after being raped and […]
Continue readingHead to Head – Shakespeare in Love
April 21, 2009 2 Comments
Welcome to the third installment of Head to Head, a new feature in which our Quickflix critics enter into a relentlessly bloody battle to the death based on the merits of a particular film. This week, our critics get their quills out over the beloved/reviled Oscar winner Shakespeare in Love. Simon Miraudo will argue FOR […]
Continue readingCheck out Russell Crowe as Robin Hood!
April 21, 2009 1 Comment
source: usatoday.com Universal has released the first picture of Russell Crowe as Robin Hood in Ridley Scott‘s long-delayed medieval epic. Crowe has chopped off his flowing locks and dropped some weight for the role, returning to his former physique after piling on the pounds for his past two films, Body of Lies and State of […]
Continue readingThe 10 greatest war movies ever!
April 20, 2009 36 Comments
ANZAC Day is coming up, and we at Quickflix have decided to celebrate by selecting the 10 greatest war movies ever! It might be a controversial list, but hey, what war isn’t? 10. Apocalypse Now “We must kill them. We must incinerate them. Pig after pig. Cow after cow. Village after village. Army after army.” […]
Continue readingNew Harry Potter trailer is terrifying … um, for children, I mean
April 20, 2009 1 Comment
source: traileraddict.com The final trailer for Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince has landed online in a flurry of terrifying screams, Argento-esque colour palettes and some haunting Lynchian imagery. Oh, and Draco Malfoy still looks like a member of Franz Ferdinand.It feels like we’ve been waiting for this film for, like forever! I honestly […]
Continue readingBrand new Transformers 2 footage!
April 20, 2009 0 Comments
source: traileraddict.comA brand new scene from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has debuted online, complete with a trailer-iffic little montage tied to its tail. Director Michael Bay debuted the footage at ShoWest last month, and has now shot it online for us all to enjoy. What do you say? Thankyou Mr. Bay. The clip includes […]
Continue readingWolverine’s got a milk moustache
April 16, 2009 2 Comments
source: bodybymilk.com Hugh Jackman appears in the latest Got Milk campaign as Wolverine, promoting the regenerative, bone strengthening power of milk. Just one problem – Wolverine’s entire skeleton is fused to hardened adamantium! Why the hell would he need to drink milk? Apart from the deliciousness of course. Also, milk moustaches on facial hair are […]
Continue readingTrailer debut: Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker
April 16, 2009 0 Comments
source: traileraddict.com The buzz surrounding Point Break director Kathryn Bigelow‘s upcoming film The Hurt Locker has been deafening. So, we are very pleased to bring you the brand new trailer for her Iraq bomb squad flick. The film stars Jeremy Renner and Anthony Mackie as part of an elite army bomb squad that risks their […]
Continue readingCheck out Mike Myers in Inglourious Basterds
April 16, 2009 0 Comments
source: traileraddict.com Quentin Tarantino guest-mentored on American Idol this week, for reasons we will never fully understand. There is an upside though – the manic director gave audiences a short preview of his upcoming flick Inglourious Basterds.The footage isn’t particularly revealing, although it does give us our first look at Mike Myers as an English […]
Continue readingMan on Wire walks again!
April 15, 2009 0 Comments
source: ninemsn.com Legendary French tightrope-walker Philippe Petit (subject of Oscar-winning documentary Man on Wire) is planning a series of high-wire walks in the U.S. The 59-year-old is set to walk amongst the clouds in midtown Manhattan as well as several other undisclosed locations to promote literacy. Umm, OK. We’re big fans of Man on Wire […]
Continue readingRose Byrne joins Russell Brand in Forgetting Sarah Marshall spinoff
April 15, 2009 1 Comment
source: thr.com Aussie starlet Rose Byrne has joined the cast of Nicholas Stoller‘s Get Him To The Greek, in which Russell Brand will reprise his role as rocker Aldous Snow from Forgetting Sarah Marshall. The Judd Apatow produced flick also stars Jonah Hill as a record company intern charged with getting drug-addled rocker Snow from […]
Continue readingPen friends forever – Mary and Max review
April 14, 2009 1 Comment
Mary and Max – Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Toni Collette and Barry Humphries. Directed by Adam Elliot. Rated PG. 90 mins. The universe that is inhabited by Mary and Max is breathtaking, and must have required years of painstaking attention to detail to forge. The story however, is magical, and animating talent aside, could only […]
Continue readingTrailer debut: Mike Judge’s Extract
April 14, 2009 0 Comments
source: traileraddict.com Mike Judge, the patron saint of unsatisfied workers around the globe, is set to release his latest comedy, Extract. The film stars Jason Bateman as the owner of a flower-extract plant who can’t escape the dissatisfaction in his life. The cast includes the impossibly hilarious Kristen Wiig as his wife, J.K. Simmons as […]
Continue readingSam Rockwell freaks out on the Moon
April 14, 2009 1 Comment
source: traileraddict.com The trailer for Sam Rockwell‘s upcoming sci-fi thriller Moon has debuted on-line, and it looks like we may have a contender for movie of the year on our hands. Directed by Duncan Jones (son of David Bowie), Moon tells the story of astronaut Sam Bell (Rockwell), who supposedly has a mental breakdown as […]
Continue readingGet an eyeful of the new Terminator: Salvation poster!
April 14, 2009 0 Comments
The latest one-sheet for Terminator: Salvation features a whole bunch of eyes, primarily provided by stars Christian Bale and Sam Worthington. Not really too much to say that hasn’t already been said about the upcoming Terminator flick, although it is quite interesting to see Worthington share top billing with Bale. Good work Sam! Here is […]
Continue readingShip the light fantastic – The Boat That Rocked review
April 10, 2009 5 Comments
The Boat That Rocked – Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost and Rhys Ifans. Directed by Richard Curtis. 129 mins. I remember the exact moment I fell in love with rock and roll. Following my grandfather’s passing, I was sent into his attic to clear out any boxes that might lay there. I […]
Continue readingAre you happy movie pirates! You broke Hugh Jackman’s heart!
April 8, 2009 4 Comments
source: ninemsn.com Hugh Jackman has expressed his disappointment about the leak of his upcoming film X-Men Origins: Wolverine a full month before its worldwide release. Jackman appeared at Sydney Harbour’s Cockatoo Island to screen 20 (completed) minutes of the film to fans and media. He, astoundingly, used a flying fox to evacuate a helicopter and […]
Continue readingVerbinski pulls out of Pirates 4 to direct Bioshock
April 8, 2009 0 Comments
source: variety.com Pirates of the Caribbean helmer Gore Verbinski has informed Disney and uber-producer Jerry Bruckheimer that he will not direct a fourth installment in the billion dollar franchise. He will instead focus on an adaptation of the critically acclaimed videogame BioShock. It was announced in September last year that Johnny Depp would reprise his […]
Continue readingStar Trek debuts in Sydney to rave reviews
April 8, 2009 0 Comments
source: slashfilm.com J.J. Abrams insanely anticipated Star Trek reboot debuted at the Sydney Opera House last night to a rapturous audience and rave reviews. Abrams joined stars Chris Pine, Eric Bana, Zachary Quinto, John Cho and Karl Urban on the red carpet at the film’s world premiere. Paramount Pictures are staggering the unveiling of the […]
Continue readingMore blurry Scott Pilgrim pics!
April 7, 2009 0 Comments
source: edgarwrighthere.com A new batch of photos from the set of Edgar Wright‘s adaptation of the beloved graphic novel Scott Pilgrim vs. the World have debuted online. The film stars indie hunk-lite Michael Cera as Pilgrim, a Canadian slacker who must battle the evil ex-boyfriends of his beloved Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead). Wright has […]
Continue readingDevolution – Dragonball: Evolution review
April 7, 2009 0 Comments
Dragonball: Evolution – Starring Justin Chatwin, Emmy Rossum and Chow Yun-Fat. Directed by James Wong. Rated PG for mild action violence. 82 mins. There are fewer depressing sights than Chow Yun-Fat performing stilted wire-fu in a Hawaiian shirt. Now, consider that this is one of the highlights of Dragonball: Evolution and the true nature of […]
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