By Simon Miraudo November 29, 2013 The search for Sugar Man produced bountiful rewards (including an Oscar). Now, which forgotten musical artist can follow in the footsteps of folkster Rodriguez – or Canadian metal heads Anvil, before him – to receive a resurrection thanks to some enterprising documentarians? Directors Mark Christopher Covino and Jeff Howlett make a […]
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Quentin Tarantino reveals his ‘Django Unchained’ follow-up will be a western
November 28, 2013 
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Quentin Tarantino took to The Tonight Show to reveal the genre (and nothing else) about his upcoming movie. Speaking to Jay Leno, he said, “I haven’t told anyone about this publicly, but I will say the genre: It’s a western.” Immediately dispelling any rumours that it’d be a sequel to his biggest ever hit, Django […]
Continue readingScarlett Johansson’s voice-only role in ‘Her’ ineligible for a Golden Globe nomination
November 28, 2013 0 Comments
The Golden Globe nominees will be announced in just a few weeks, but we already know one name that won’t be on the ballot. According to Variety, Scarlett Johansson’s voice-only performance in Spike Jonze’s Her has been deemed ineligible for nomination. In the offbeat romance, her vocal chords bring life to the sentient operating system, Samantha, that Joaquin Phoenix’s […]
Continue readingJudd Apatow’s will direct Amy Schumer’s ‘Train Wreck’
November 28, 2013 0 Comments
Judd Apatow has selected his next directorial effort, and it ain’t semi-autobiographical (like his last three have been). According to Variety, he will helm Train Wreck for Universal, penned by and starring up-and-coming comedian Amy Schumer. It had been originally announced he would merely produce the flick. Details of the script are under wraps, but it reportedly […]
Continue readingPump up the volume – Radio Unnameable review
November 28, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo November 28, 2013 The history books are written by the winners. Failing that, those with the loudest voices. This is probably why the most famous DJs – or, at least, the ones to get movies made about them – are raucous types like Wolfman Jack and Howard Stern. Bob Fass does not fit that […]
Continue readingTelevision Revision: The Newsroom – Season 2
November 27, 2013 0 Comments
By Andrew Williams November 27, 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 – Top 10 Films of the Decade (2003-2013)
November 27, 2013 0 Comments
Happy birthday to us! Quickflix critics Simon Miraudo, Andrew Williams, Jess Lomas, and Richard Haridy celebrate the tenth anniversary of Quickflix – as well as the 50th episode of Talk Hard – by sharing their favourite films of the past decade. Show Notes: Thanks to everyone who has listened to the past 50 episodes. Sincerely, your company has been […]
Continue readingLiving in the past – Austenland review
November 27, 2013 0 Comments
By Jess Lomas November 27, 2013 It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen’s work remains an infinite well of inspiration for modern authors and filmmakers. The latest in this canon, Austenland, is sure to divide Janeites (Austen fans), but is ultimately a fun, if somewhat uneven, romp. Based on the novel by Shannon […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: ‘Nymphomaniac’ (NSFW)
November 26, 2013 0 Comments
Look, we’re all adults here. We knew that Lars von Trier would only be able to accurately advertise his epic sexual odyssey Nymphomaniac with a truly NSFW trailer. But still … get those fainting couches ready, because you’ll be feeling a little light-headed after watching this thing. Do not be pressing play if you are indeed at W, […]
Continue reading‘Road House’ remake now in the works
November 26, 2013 0 Comments
A remake of Patrick Swayze’s high-kicking cult favourite Road House is getting a remake. According to The Wrap, Rob Cohen (The Fast and the Furious) is attached to direct. The original 1989 flick – helmed by the aptly named Rowdy Herrington – told of a bouncer (Swayze) hired to watch over a bar in deep […]
Continue reading‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ burns bright at box office
November 26, 2013 0 Comments
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire made a lot of money this weekend, across all Districts, and even in The Capitol. According to Box Office Mojo, Catching Fire grossed $158 million in the U.S. alone, obliterating The Twilight Saga: New Moon‘s previous November record of $142 million. It collected a further $146 million globally, with $12.475 […]
Continue readingThe Top 10 Films of the Decade (2003-2013)
November 26, 2013 1 Comment
By Simon Miraudo November 26, 2013 Quickflix celebrates her tenth birthday this month, and I’m honouring it the only way I know how: by selecting my favourite films from its first ten years of existence. Born in late 2003, she’s seen a number of massive upheavals in the world of cinema. Some of the biggest […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – Paul Lovelace and Jessica Wolfson (Radio Unnameable)
November 25, 2013 0 Comments
Pump up the volume and hear our chat with the directors of Radio Unnameable: Paul Lovelace and Jessica Wolfson. A review of their doco – playing RTRFM’s Gimme Some Truth festival this month, and getting a wider release in 2014 – follows. Turn on, tune in, drop out. Show Notes: Thanks for tuning in! Please subscribe […]
Continue readingThe wives of others – Much Ado About Nothing review
November 25, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo November 25, 2013 What it must be like to live in Joss Whedon’s mind, his neurons and synapses constantly electrified into formulating spunky one-liners for his talented pals to zing one another with. To paraphrase William Shakespeare, “Uneasy lies the head that wears that Buffy–creating crown.” No wonder, then, that Whedon takes […]
Continue readingThey’re all gonna laugh at you – Carrie review
November 25, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo November 25, 2013 I never thought I’d say this about a high school massacre movie, but Kimberly Peirce‘s remake of Brian De Palma‘s Carrie has way too many survivors. (Warning: Incoming spoilers for arguably the most famous film climax ever; one that’s already been given away by decades of pop cultural spoofery, […]
Continue readingWhale riders – Blackfish review
November 22, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo November 22, 2013 Forget everything you thought you knew about SeaWorld. The speed with which you reply ‘done’ will depend, of course, on your interest in seeing marine-life up close and personal. For instance, I require little reprogramming, having always been indifferent, the result of a lifelong – and somewhat inexplicable – […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – Mark Covino and Jeff Howlett (A Band Called Death)
November 21, 2013 0 Comments
We see if there truly is life after Death by speaking to the directors of music doco A Band Called Death: Mark Covino and Jeff Howlett. It plays the RTRFM Gimme Some Truth festival before receiving a wider release in 2014. Hey ho, let’s go! Show Notes: Thanks again for listening! Please subscribe to us on iTunes and leave […]
Continue reading‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ is Fox’s second most expensive movie after ‘Avatar’
November 21, 2013 0 Comments
A report from – of all places – the Calgary Herald suggests the upcoming X-Men flick, Days of Future Past, is Fox’s second most expensive movie ever, after only Avatar. With Bryan Singer returning to Montreal for two weeks of reshoots, it seems the cost of his X-Men sequel has blown past that of its predecessors. Though not even THR […]
Continue readingBros before shows: ‘Entourage’ cast end pay dispute for movie
November 21, 2013 0 Comments
That Entourage movie starts shooting January 16, 2014, if you’re interested in that kind of thing. Creator Doug Ellin tweeted the news, as well as a picture of his reunited cast. And just as well. After months of ugly salary negotiations – with a number of members frustrated that Jeremy Piven was going to be paid more […]
Continue readingWatch the ‘Gravity’ spin-off short ‘Aningaaq’
November 21, 2013 0 Comments
Alfonso Cuarón, son and Gravity co-writer Jonás has directed a short companion piece to their epic sci-fi blockbuster. Titled Aningaaq, it concerns an Inuit man (Orto Ignatiussen) who [mild spoiler alert for Gravity] receives a distress call from an American astronaut. Warner Bros are submitting Aningaaq for Oscar consideration in the Live Action Short Film category: one of the few contests that inevitable Academy Award-scooper Gravity won’t […]
Continue readingBurning love – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire review
November 20, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo November 20, 2013 In the arena where budding franchises battle to the death, only The Hunger Games still stands, the young, mangled corpses of non-starters such as The Mortal Instruments and The Host slain at its feet. Catching Fire, the follow-up to the hugely successful and shockingly good first Hunger Games movie, […]
Continue readingPlay It Again – Love Actually
November 20, 2013 1 Comment
By Jess Lomas November 20, 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 readingSpoiler alert – John Dies at the End review
November 20, 2013 0 Comments
By Richard Haridy November 20, 2013 Adapted from a novel with the same wonderful title, John Dies At The End is a gloriously gonzo trip packed with enough odd narrative tangents to fill half a dozen features. While not always successful, this energetic genre mash-up so genuinely wants to entertain and surprise that it’s hard […]
Continue readingNew York Stories: How I Live Now / Charlie Countryman
November 20, 2013 0 Comments
By Glenn Dunks November 20, 2013 The Manhattan Report: The two films reviewed this week share little in common (certainly not quality) except that they both flopped at the US box office. In the case of Kevin Macdonald’s WWIII teen drama How I Live Now, it’s especially disappointing. With The Hunger Games ruling the roost […]
Continue reading‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ is getting a sequel, because why stop now?
November 19, 2013 0 Comments
Nearly seventy years after the release of Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, producers at Star Partners and Hummingbird Prods. are working together on a sequel, smartly subtitled, The Rest of the Story. (What’s the opposite of ‘fast-tracked’?) According to Variety, the producers hope to get the picture into cinemas for Christmas 2015. It will concern the grandson […]
Continue reading‘Insidious: Chapter 3’ arrives April 2015
November 19, 2013 0 Comments
Insidious: Chapter 2 has grossed $148 million off a five million budget, so a sequel was always an inevitability. Filmdistrict has however made it official by giving it a release date: April 3, 2015 (as Tweeted by Exhibitor Relations). Director James Wan will be too busy swimming in his Scrooge McDuck money pool (and helming the next Fast […]
Continue readingTerrence Howard blames Robert Downey Jr for his ‘Iron Man 2’ firing
November 19, 2013 0 Comments
Beef alert! Terrence Howard reveals why he was booted from Iron Man 2, throwing shade at Robert Downey Jr. in the process. Howard was asked on Watch What Happens Live why he didn’t reprise the role of Rhodey in Iron Man 2 after starring in the original. His answer was recorded for posterity by THR. “It turns out that the […]
Continue readingMotherlovers – Adoration review
November 19, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo November 19, 2013 The worst part of Adoration was when I returned to my car and had to pay for my parking, realising that the awfulness of the movie actually took a quantifiable toll on my life: 111 minutes, and $8.50. Anne Fontaine‘s adaptation of Doris Lessing’s short story The Grandmothers is […]
Continue readingScot cops – Filth review
November 19, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo November 19, 2013 Mothers, lock up your daughters, sons, livestock, and anything else that could possibly be pounced upon by James McAvoy. Not literally the actor, of course, but rather the character he plays in writer-director Jon S. Baird’s adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s Filth. This is the book, you may recall, that […]
Continue reading‘Saving Mr. Banks’ can’t show Walt Disney smoking
November 18, 2013 0 Comments
At a gala screening of Saving Mr. Banks over the weekend, the filmmakers explained why they were unable to showcase Walt Disney’s intense addiction to tobacco: it’s due to Disney studios’ somewhat ironic ‘no smoking’ rules. The flick concerns Walt’s (Tom Hanks) efforts to score the Mary Poppins rights from author P.L. Travers (Emma Thompson). Director John Lee Hancock […]
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