James Spader has scored the villainous part of Ultron in Joss Whedon’s upcoming sequel to The Avengers. Marvel broke the news on their website. Ultron is a mad, sentient robot who, in the comics, takes over Earth, leaving dead superheroes in its wake. It is unknown if Spader will don a suit to portray the bot, or […]
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Matt Damon joins Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar
August 30, 2013 
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Matt Damon is a late addition to the cast of Christopher Nolan’s currently-shooting sci-fi blockbuster Interstellar, Variety reports. As the film started production in early August, we assume Damon to be taking on a relatively small role. He joins an already epic cast containing Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Casey Affleck, Topher Grace, Wes […]
Continue readingLouis Leterrier returning to direct Now You See Me 2
August 30, 2013 0 Comments
Now You See Me, the unexpected hit of the season, has a sequel on the way, and director Louis Leterrier will return to helm it, Coming Soon reports. Smashing box offices around the world, Now You See Me has reminded studios that audiences don’t necessarily need giant robots or mass urban carnage to have a […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Dallas Buyers Club
August 29, 2013 0 Comments
We have our first footage of Matthew McConaughey as emaciated AIDS activist Ron Woodroof, here in the trailer for upcoming Academy Award contender Dallas Buyers Club. Woodroof was a would-be cowboy and gambler who, after contracting HIV, started smuggling not-yet approved medicine into the U.S. McConaughey lost 20 kilos to portray the ailing Woodroof; a […]
Continue readingLuther creator plots a big-screen prequel
August 29, 2013 0 Comments
Neil Cross, creator of the BBC series Luther, has revealed his plans to bring the show to the big screen. Speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival, Cross revealed the film would be a prequel, documenting the rise of Luther (Idris Elba) in the police force. “Idris is a brilliant leading man and we’ve hoped to […]
Continue readingAaron Paul in talks to join Ridley Scott’s all-star Exodus
August 29, 2013 0 Comments
Emmy winner Aaron Paul is in negotiations to join the rapidly growing cast of Ridley Scott’s Biblical epic, Exodus. According to Deadline, the Breaking Bad star would play Joshua, protégé of Moses. Ben Kingsley, John Turturro, and Sigourney Weaver are all in talks to appear in the flick too. Christian Bale is already set to play […]
Continue readingNew York Stories – The Grandmaster / Ain’t Them Bodies Saints / Short Term 12
August 28, 2013 0 Comments
By Glenn Dunks August 28, 2013 The Manhattan Report: By now we’re sadly all aware that mobile phones are part of the theatre-going experience. Chatting couples, rowdy teens, and questioning seniors are all frustrating, but if I had a dollar for every time a familiar ringtone jingle has buzzed during a quiet sequence or for […]
Continue readingMother and child disunion – What Maisie Knew review
August 28, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo August 28, 2013 What Maisie Knew runs its titular, newly-orphaned moppet through so many heartbreaking scenarios and encounters, I was stirred to start drawing up the adoption papers myself. A divorce drama seen exclusively through the eyes of its seven-year-old victim, it’s a contemporary retelling of Henry James’ 1897 book of the same […]
Continue readingTina Fey and Amy Poehler wanted for Golden Globes gig (again)
August 27, 2013 0 Comments
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s stint as hosts of the 2013 Golden Globes was met with warm, fuzzy adoration, so it’s no surprise NBC and the show’s producers are hoping they’ll return in 2014. According to Deadline, Fey and Poehler only had a deal to appear once (unlike previous MC, Ricky Gervais), but the team […]
Continue readingBryan Cranston might be Lex Luthor in that Batman/Superman film
August 27, 2013 0 Comments
This is far, far, far from official, but Bryan Cranston has reportedly signed on to play Lex Luthor in Zack Snyder’s upcoming Man of Steel sequel. According to Cosmic Book News, the Breaking Bad star has agreed to appear as the Superman villain in at least six films (a pretty typical, “no rough stuff” type deal.) The […]
Continue readingMatt Damon and Paul Greengrass not coming back to Bourne
August 27, 2013 0 Comments
Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass won’t return for the fifth instalment of the Bourne saga, Universal insists. The studio has shot down a report by Twitchfilm suggesting talks were progressing with both men to come back for the next Bourne flick (via Variety). Earlier this month it was revealed that Universal had set writer […]
Continue readingThe big kill – You’re Next review
August 27, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo August 27, 2013 The reunion of an estranged family begins with awkward, uncomfortable banter, and ends in bloodshed. For some of its members, this may come as sweet relief. Adam Wingard‘s impressive slasher flick You’re Next is almost too distressing; its success as a harrowing horror movie actually endangers our ability to […]
Continue readingPlay It Again – Xanadu (Flop Edition #1)
August 27, 2013 0 Comments
By Jess Lomas August 27, 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 readingTony Jaa joins Fast and Furious 7
August 26, 2013 0 Comments
Muay Thai warrior and Ong-Bak star Tony Jaa has joined the cast of Fast and Furious 7. The news comes from The Hollywood Reporter, who suggest UFC fighter Ronda Rousey might cameo in the flick too. It is unknown if Jaa will join the side of “good” guys Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, and Dwayne Johnson […]
Continue readingAmelie heading to Broadway
August 26, 2013 0 Comments
Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Amelie will be the next movie to get the Broadway treatment. Musician Dan Messé announced on his band Hem’s Facebook page that he is working with lyricist Nathan Tysen and Pulitzer-nominated playwright Craig Lucas on a stage adaptation of the quirky French rom-com. Yann Tiersen’s original film score will not be used. If […]
Continue readingNew Batman, Ben Affleck, drops the directing; Scott Cooper takes The Stand
August 26, 2013 0 Comments
With Ben Affleck now busy bulking up to play Batman, a new director is required to helm his long-gestating adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand. Deadline reports Warner Bros has set Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart) to direct the epic post-apocalyptic tale. This would have been a difficult decision for WB; removing the Oscar-winning director of […]
Continue readingFirst bite of the Apple – jOBS review
August 26, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo August 26, 2013 To think that the casting of Ashton Kutcher as futurist Steve Jobs is one of the best choices made by director Joshua Michael Stern in jOBS. On the other end of the spectrum: the typeface of that title. Sure, Kutcher leans on a couple of the Apple co-founder’s physical […]
Continue readingBen Affleck is the new Batman
August 23, 2013 0 Comments
Warner Bros has shocked the film community by casting Ben Affleck as the new Batman. He will face off against Henry Cavill in the studio’s July 2015 release (still untitled, but likely to be called Batman vs. Superman). Zack Snyder will direct from a script by David S. Goyer. Affleck’s career seemed all but over in […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Parkland
August 23, 2013 0 Comments
One of the more interesting indie releases of late 2013 will most certainly be Parkland, which details the assassination of President Kennedy from the perspective of the event’s lesser known players. Paul Giamatti plays Abraham Zapruder, the gent who unwittingly recorded one of the most significant moments in modern history; Billy Bob Thornton stars as […]
Continue readingRicky Gervais considering a David Brent movie
August 23, 2013 0 Comments
Hidden in The Hollywood Reporter‘s recent profile of Ricky Gervais is news that the co-creator of The Office is considering a movie based on its notorious lead character, David Brent. Brent, the “chilled out entertainer” and former Office manager, was recently resurrected by Gervais for a YouTube series, Learn Guitar With David Brent. THR claims Gervais […]
Continue readingElizabeth Olsen wanted for Avengers sequel
August 23, 2013 0 Comments
Elizabeth Olsen is being considered for the part of The Scarlet Witch in Joss Whedon’s Avengers sequel, The Avengers: Age of Ultron. This is according to Bleeding Cool, whose sources suggest Marvel has been courting the Martha Marcy May Marlene star ever since Saoirse Ronan passed on the role. Scarlet Witch is one of two new heroes who’ll […]
Continue readingMichael K. Williams joins Spike Lee’s Kickstarted Da Blood of Jesus
August 23, 2013 0 Comments
Omar is in Da Blood Of Jesus! Spike Lee has excitedly announced Michael K Williams (The Wire, Boardwalk Empire) will join the cast of his recent Kickstarter funded mystery project. Lee managed to generate $1.4 million (more than his target of $1.25 million) through crowdfunding, with nothing more than an obscure concept. All we know […]
Continue readingTeaser Debut: Pompeii
August 23, 2013 0 Comments
A love story set against the back-drop of a well-known historical disaster? Sound familiar? No I’m not talking about Titanic, but rather Pompeii. The teaser for this upcoming epic from director Paul W.S Anderson (aka: the not-so-good director named Paul Anderson) offers up exactly what you expect: Game Of Thrones star Kit Harrington looking wistfully […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – Warwick Ross (Red Obsession)
August 22, 2013 0 Comments
Bottle of white? Bottle of red? Perhaps a bottle of rose instead? We go with the middle option and speak to Warwick Ross, director of the new wine doco Red Obsession. A review from Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo follows. Show Notes: Red Obsession is now showing in all states except Western Australia. It opens in […]
Continue readingR.I.P. Elmore Leonard
August 21, 2013 0 Comments
Esteemed crime novelist Elmore Leonard has passed away at the age of 87, following complications from a stroke suffered last month. He leaves behind a massive cultural footprint, having penned such defining works as Three-Ten to Yuma, Get Shorty, Out of Sight, and Rum Punch, among others. A number of his books and short stories […]
Continue readingPoster Debut: Dom Hemingway, featuring Jude Law and a monkey
August 21, 2013 0 Comments
Jude Law would like to remind you that he’s Dom Hemingway, and you’re not, in the poster for his upcoming feature (courtesy of Vulture). The tagline seems to be inspired by Chevy Chase’s famous Saturday Night Live Weekend Update sign off. Law’s striking pose, however, is all him, baby. Dom Hemingway tells the story of […]
Continue readingThe Mindy project – Kick-Ass 2 review
August 20, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo August 20, 2013 With its second instalment, the Kick-Ass saga has officially been stripped of its satirical bite. No biggie. So long as Chloë Grace Moretz‘s murderous Mindy Macready – aka Hit Girl – remains in the limelight, I’ll take little umbrage with the bastardisation of the comics upon which these movies […]
Continue readingAmerican idiot – Olympus Has Fallen review
August 20, 2013 1 Comment
By Richard Haridy August 20, 2013 Let’s be upfront. Olympus Has Fallen is dumb, violent, overlong, jingoistic, racist, predictable, derivative, and whatever other adjectives those with no sense of B-grade fun wish to throw at it. Sure, it is all those things, but it’s also an exceedingly competent action movie that knows exactly what it’s […]
Continue readingShane Carruth on Upstream Color: “I don’t even know what it is.”
August 20, 2013 0 Comments
Shane Carruth is the man responsible for the brain-busting time travel flick Primer. He returns to screens this week with the similarly mind-bending Upstream Color. It tells the story of Kris (Amy Seimetz) and Jeff (Carruth); two strangers who are inexplicably abducted and released back into the world with elements of their identities removed … […]
Continue readingTelevision Revision: Game of Thrones – Season 3
August 20, 2013 0 Comments
By Andrew Williams August 20, 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 […]
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