By Glenn Dunks July 31, 2013 There’s a wide world of cinema out there, and Quickflix’s Glenn Dunks is on the ground in New York City bringing you the titles that will soon be seen in Australian cinemas, and eventually available on home entertainment. The Manhattan Report: Opening weekend for a Woody Allen movie in New York […]
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Television Revision: Doctor Who – Season 4
July 30, 2013 
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By Andrew Williams July 30, 2013 Television Revision is a weekly feature in which our tuned in TV critic trawls through the best the box has to offer, giving you a primer on some of history’s finest shows (and warning you away from the specific episodes – or even seasons! – that might have ruined […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – Ed Gass-Donnelly (The Last Exorcism Part 2)
July 30, 2013 0 Comments
We speak to Canadian director Ed Gass-Donnelly, helmer of The Last Exorcism Part 2 (yes, you read that title correctly). A review of that movie from Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo follows, so listen in. The power of this podcast compels you! Show Notes: Hey, thanks for listening! Please subscribe to us on iTunes and leave a review. […]
Continue readingLonely boys – Greetings from Tim Buckley review
July 30, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo July 30, 2013 I stuck with Gossip Girl for longer than medical practitioners would advise, only checking out around the time Chuck Bass donned a red, man-sized onesie, and Nate Archibald was suddenly deemed smart enough to become editor-in-chief of a news website, despite not being smart enough to read. Yet, even […]
Continue readingJohn Williams confirmed to score Star Wars: Episode VII
July 29, 2013 0 Comments
An essential component of the Star Wars franchise’s success will indeed return for J.J. Abrams’ upcoming instalment of the series. John Williams is officially confirmed to score Star Wars: Episode VII, ending speculation that Abrams would hire his regular collaborator and composer Michael Giacchino instead. The news was first broken by producer and Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy at Star Wars […]
Continue readingThe Butterfly Effect to be rebooted
July 29, 2013 0 Comments
We’re going back in time – all the way to 2004 – with news that a reboot of The Butterfly Effect is in the works. According to Variety, the original’s writer-director, Eric Bress, will script this new take on the tale. Many of the first flick’s producers are back on board too. Ashton Kutcher played […]
Continue readingBeverly Hills Cop heading back to cinemas after failed TV pilot
July 29, 2013 0 Comments
Paramount Pictures will bring Beverly Hills Cop back to the big screen, following the franchise’s failed transition to television. According to Deadline, Eddie Murphy has been enlisted to reprise the role of Axel Foley in a sequel set to be scripted by Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec. The duo previously penned Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol and […]
Continue readingRepossessed – The Last Exorcism Part 2 review
July 29, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo July 29, 2013 The first Last Exorcism – boy, that is weird to say – is a truly, unexpectedly amusing and scary movie, with real surprises and a very dark sense of humour. It’s a found-footage feature in which a retiring priest invites a documentary crew to record his final ever faked […]
Continue readingBlood brothers – 100 Bloody Acres review
July 29, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo July 29, 2013 It’s not been a banner year for Aussie films, a sentiment I convey with absolutely zero relish. My end-of-year Top 10 Australian Features list is dangerously close to being canned on account of poor attendance, lest I relent and declare Goddess to be “not that bad, all things considered.” […]
Continue readingMelbourne International Film Festival – Passion review
July 26, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo July 26, 2013 In the notorious ‘How Not To’ book The Devil’s Candy, journalist Julie Salamon documents Brian de Palma‘s efforts to bring author Tom Wolfe’s acclaimed anti-80s satire The Bonfire of the Vanities to cinemas. De Palma’s fastidiousness saw the project run over budget and over time, and the resulting concoction became […]
Continue readingRyan Gosling and Zac Efron rumoured for Star Wars Episode VII
July 25, 2013 0 Comments
Take this with a pinch of midichlorians. Latino Review – who are occasionally on the money when it comes to casting scoops – suggest Disney has met with both Zac Efron and Ryan Gosling for parts in Star Wars Episode VII. Though they have no info on which character Efron went in for, they insist […]
Continue readingRosemarie DeWitt to star in Poltergeist remake
July 25, 2013 0 Comments
Rosemarie DeWitt has signed on to star in the upcoming remake of Poltergeist, apparently because she has never Googled ‘the Poltergeist curse’ before. According to Deadline, she will take on the role originally played by JoBeth Williams in Tobe Hooper’s 1982 original; the mother of a family whose house comes under attack from the spirit […]
Continue readingFruitvale Station director and star set for Rocky spin-off Creed
July 25, 2013 0 Comments
Fruitvale Station director Ryan Coogler has the world at his fingertips, thanks to the rapturous acclaim his picture has received since bowing at Sundance. Deadline reveals his follow-up will be titled Creed, though it’s not about the much-despised Christian rock band of the same name. Coogler will reteam with his Oscar-bound Fruitvale star Michael B. […]
Continue readingPlay It Again – The Silence of the Lambs
July 24, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo July 24, 2013 Play It Again is a weekly feature in which our classic-film connoisseurs revisit a revered motion picture from the annals of movie history, to see if it holds up… or if it has aged terribly. And yes, it takes its name from a famously misquoted Casablanca line (hey, whatever; […]
Continue readingSpike Lee wants you to fund his “funny, sexy, bloody” film on Kickstarter
July 24, 2013 1 Comment
Spike Lee – taking a leaf out of Zach Braff’s book, of all people – has taken to Kickstarter as a means of funding his next feature film. The untitled project is described as being “funny, sexy, and bloody,” and is budgeted at $1.25 million. With three days down, he’s raised more than $100,000. Steven […]
Continue readingPaul Greengrass to direct Aaron Sorkin’s Chicago 7
July 24, 2013 0 Comments
Paul Greengrass is in “final talks” to direct Aaron Sorkin’s script The Trial of the Chicago 7; a project that was once set to be Steven Spielberg’s next big Oscar hope. According to Deadline, DreamWorks has decided to move on from Spielberg – who had been sitting on the screenplay since 2008 – and court […]
Continue readingSacha Baron Cohen drops out of Freddie Mercury biopic
July 24, 2013 0 Comments
Sacha Baron Cohen has abandoned the long-gestating Freddie Mercury biopic due to creative differences with the surviving members of Queen, Deadline reports. According to the article, Cohen had hoped to make a gritty, R-rated feature that examined Mercury’s life in accurate detail. Meanwhile, Mercury’s former bandmates wanted a PG, family-friendly pic with few blemishes. Yeah, […]
Continue readingInterview: Edgar Wright (The World’s End)
July 24, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo July 24, 2013 Director Edgar Wright reunites with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost for The World’s End, the final instalment of their ‘Three Flavours Cornetto’ trilogy. Following on from previous instalments Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, it concerns a quintet of developmentally arrested forty-somethings eager to attempt the Golden Mile: […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – Edgar Wright (The World’s End)
July 23, 2013 0 Comments
You’ve got red on you. Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo speaks to director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim) about the final instalment of his Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, The World’s End. Plus, talk of his Marvel movie Ant-Man! A review follows. Show Notes: Thanks for listening! If you enjoy this episode, […]
Continue readingSuicide is painless – The Wolverine review
July 22, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo July 22, 2013 When director James Mangold Tweeted the ten films that inspired The Wolverine, he dropped titles that would undeniably send shivers of excitement down the spines of his cineaste followers. They included Wong Kar Wai‘s Chungking Express, Roman Polanski‘s Chinatown, as well as westerns The Outlaw Josey Wales and Shane, […]
Continue readingSuperman will face off against Batman in Man of Steel sequel
July 22, 2013 0 Comments
The biggest news from Comic-Con came courtesy of Zack Snyder, who took the stage at the end of Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures’ joint panel to announce that Superman and Batman would soon share the big screen. Snyder first confirmed he would be helming a sequel to Man of Steel. “I’ve pored through the DC […]
Continue readingTeaser Debut: Veronica Mars
July 22, 2013 0 Comments
A teaser trailer for the Veronica Mars movie was screened at Comic-Con over the weekend, delighting attendees (who likely paid for the flick themselves on Kickstarter). After a few minutes of behind-the-scenes footage featuring creator/writer/director Rob Thomas and stars Kristen Bell, Enrico Colantoni, Jason Dohring, Tina Majorino, and Ryan Hansen, we get our first look […]
Continue readingJoss Whedon announces Avengers sequel title and villain at Comic-Con
July 22, 2013 0 Comments
Joss Whedon returned to Comic-Con over the weekend to give Marvel’s upcoming Avengers sequel a fancy new subtitle. Christened The Avengers: Age of Ultron, the picture takes its name from a 2013 10-issue limited series comic by Brian Michael Bendis. In it, a mad, sentient robot named Ultron takes over Earth, leaving dead superheroes in […]
Continue readingCheers – The World’s End review
July 22, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo July 22, 2013 Edgar Wright is one of the lucky few: a born filmmaker. Despite a minor set-back with the box office failure of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (though certainly not creative failure), he returns to the comforting embrace of co-conspirators Simon Pegg and Nick Frost for the final instalment of […]
Continue readingGame of Thrones, American Horror Story: Asylum dominate 2013 Emmy nominations
July 19, 2013 0 Comments
The nominees for the 65th Primetime Emmy awards were announced by Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul and ceremony host Neil Patrick Harris yesterday. American Horror Story: Asylum and Game of Thrones dominated the field, earning 17 and 16 nominations respectively. Game of Thrones will compete in the Outstanding Drama Series category against last year’s winner Homeland, former reigning champ […]
Continue readingDavid Fincher’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is “dead”
July 19, 2013 0 Comments
Despite the Australian government’s efforts to entice Disney to our shores with a healthy tax rebate, David Fincher’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is dead in the water, Indiewire reports. The pricey adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic book was reportedly killed on account of the Mouse House’s recent run of big-budget box office failures (John […]
Continue readingParanormal Activity 5 not coming this year; Latino spin-off dated January 2014
July 19, 2013 0 Comments
Last week it was reported that the fifth instalment of the Paranormal Activity franchise would not meet its annual Halloween deadline, instead hitting cinemas in January of 2014. Individuals close to the production tell The Wrap that Paranormal Activity 5 is actually much further away from completion: it doesn’t even have a script. Instead, it’s […]
Continue readingFirst look at Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman in The Railway Man
July 18, 2013 0 Comments
Transmission has dated Jonathan Teplitzky’s upcoming UK-Australian co-production, The Railway Man, for a December 26, 2013 release. The local distributor must have high hopes for the feature, which stars Colin Firth as real-life POW Eric Lomax and Nicole Kidman as his wife Patti, given its placement in the busy Christmas period. It also features Jeremy […]
Continue readingGirl With The Dragon Tattoo sequel to be scripted by Se7en writer
July 18, 2013 0 Comments
Talks of a sequel to David Fincher’s English-language remake of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo have been muted of late, the result of its not-spectacular box office performance in 2011. The Wrap now reports there is some life in the project yet, with Fincher’s Se7en screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker having been tasked by Sony […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Fifth Estate
July 18, 2013 0 Comments
Benedict Cumberbatch debuts his Aussie accent in the trailer for The Fifth Estate, in which he plays controversial WikiLeaks founder and bad haircut-haver Julian Assange. Directed by Bill Condon and scripted by Josh Singer, the picture details Assange’s rise to infamy through the eyes of his colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Brühl). It marks the third film about […]
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