Let the rumour mill finally grind to a halt: the cast of Star Wars Episode VII has officially been announced. Previously-suggested names like Adam Driver (Girls), John Boyega (Attack the Block) and Domhnall Gleeson (About Time) were all revealed to have joined the team, as did Driver’s Inside Llewyn Davis co-star Oscar Isaac, motion-capture legend Andy Serkis, regular legend […]
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Michael Fassbender to reteam with Justin Kurzel for ‘Assassin’s Creed’
April 30, 2014 
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Michael Fassbender must have gotten along famously with Aussie director Justin Kurzel on the set of their upcoming Macbeth remake, because he’s just tapped the Snowtown filmmaker to helm his upcoming Assassin’s Creed adaptation. According to Variety, Kurzel is in talks to helm the video game flick for Fox, which has long had Fassbender attached as star and producer. Daniel Espinosa […]
Continue readingAmy Poehler and Paul Rudd fall for one another in ‘They Came Together’ trailer
April 30, 2014 0 Comments
Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd – former political adversaries on Parks and Recreation – play soulmates in David Wain’s rom-com spoof They Came Together. Theirs is the truest kind of love; the kind forged by a shared love of “fiction books” and realised only after disastrous dates with awful alternatives, bad advice from bros, and temptations from totally manipulative exes. […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Frozen
April 30, 2014 0 Comments
Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo offers up a podcast to help drown out the endless refrain of ‘Let It Go’ that’s been echoing in your head for the past five months. Let these reviews of DVD/Blu-ray/streaming release Frozen and cinema release The Amazing Spider-Man 2 seep into your ears. Show Notes: Thanks for listening! Subscribe to […]
Continue readingTelevision Revision: Luther – Season 2
April 29, 2014 0 Comments
By Andrew Williams April 29, 2014 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 the rest). Now, this is a story all about how… after the carnage at the end […]
Continue readingTake the money – Fading Gigolo review
April 29, 2014 0 Comments
By Glenn Dunks April 29, 2014 It’s telling that John Turturro cast Woody Allen in his latest directorial effort given that the director/writer/star’s Fading Gigolo is desperate to be ‘a Woody Allen film’ for a new generation. Blithely crude in execution if not spirit, this odd-shaped romantic comedy aims for sweet, but only gets there […]
Continue readingPlay It Again – To Sir, with Love
April 29, 2014 0 Comments
By Jess Lomas April 29, 2014 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. It […]
Continue readingZack Snyder to direct ‘Justice League’ after ‘Batman vs. Superman’
April 28, 2014 0 Comments
Warner Bros. president of worldwide production Greg Silverman has officially confirmed the studio’s plans to make a Justice League movie. According to the Wall Street Journal, Zack Snyder will direct the flick after he completes his Man of Steel sequel Batman vs. Superman. Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, and Gal Gadot are all expected to portray Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman respectively […]
Continue readingTrailer: Richard Linklater’s 12-years-in-the-making ‘Boyhood’
April 28, 2014 0 Comments
The trailer for Richard Linklater’s outrageously-ambitious, seemingly-very-moving coming-of-age drama Boyhood has arrived. Shot over 12 years, the picture captured the growth of its two central characters, played by Ellar Coltrane and Linklater’s daughter, Lorelei. Ethan Hawke – Linklater’s Before trilogy collaborator – and Patricia Arquette play their parents. The flick arrives in US cinemas this July, with an Australian release to follow sometime […]
Continue readingSteven Spielberg to film Roald Dahl’s ‘BFG’
April 28, 2014 0 Comments
Steven Spielberg will adapt Roald Dahl’s beloved BFG for the big screen, but probably not before he completes his untitled Cold War thriller with Tom Hanks. According to THR, Spielberg will make BFG for DreamWorks in the early months of 2015, giving him time to squeeze in a “smaller movie” before then. That small movie is believed to be […]
Continue readingBarbie to get her own live-action movie
April 24, 2014 0 Comments
Barbie is ready for her close up. Mattel has set up a live-action Barbie movie at Sony Pictures, Variety reports. The picture, written by Jenny Bicks, is expected to begin shooting by the end of the year, and will be a comedy. (Hopefully a self-aware one.) It’s not the first time a Barbie movie has […]
Continue readingLupita Nyong’o & Scarlett Johansson in talks for ‘The Jungle Book’
April 24, 2014 0 Comments
Lupita Nyong’o is close to booking her first post-Oscar role (that is, unless she’s secretly shooting Star Wars Episode VII as we speak). According to THR, the 12 Years a Slave starlet will voice Rakcha, the mother wolf who adopts Mowgli in the live-action/CG hybrid adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book. Scarlett Johansson is […]
Continue readingWilliam Hurt exits ‘Midnight Rider’ following camera assistant’s death
April 24, 2014 0 Comments
William Hurt has exited the troubled Gregg Allman biopic Midnight Rider, in the wake of camera assistant Sarah Jones’ death. According to Deadline, the filmmakers are looking to recast many of the film’s roles, likely because the attached actors no longer want to be affiliated with the under-investigation project. Production was halted in February after […]
Continue readingJessica Chastain to play Marilyn Monroe in ‘Blonde’
April 23, 2014 0 Comments
Jessica Chastain is set to play Marilyn Monroe in the long-gestating biopic Blonde, The Wrap reports. New Zealand director Andrew Dominik was close to setting up Blonde a few years ago with Naomi Watts in the lead, but the release of another biopic, My Week with Marilyn, led to Dominik’s plans being put on hold. Blonde […]
Continue reading‘Gone Girl’ author discusses the movie’s altered ending
April 23, 2014 0 Comments
Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn caused a stir when she suggested a total reworking of her book’s third act in David Fincher’s upcoming film adaptation. She’s since backtracked slightly in a recent Reddit AMA, saying, “those reports have been greatly exaggerated.” Flynn continues: “The script has to be different from the book in some ways […]
Continue readingTina Fey & Amy Poehler’s ‘The Nest’ to open opposite ‘Star Wars’ December 2015
April 23, 2014 0 Comments
To those who are absolutely sickened with excitement by the prospect of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler reuniting for a new film – aka, every human – here’s some slightly disappointing news: their picture The Nest won’t hit cinemas until December 2015. The Nest will in fact open opposite J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: Episode VII, which is either […]
Continue readingTangled up in blue – The Amazing Spider-Man 2 review
April 23, 2014 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo April 23, 2014 You’ve come a long way, Spidey. Just in the wrong direction. Sam Raimi‘s 2004 effort Spider-Man 2 is an all-timer; an exhilarating comic-book movie that skilfully balances goofball comedy with profoundly affecting tragedy, allowing a complicated romance to simmer beneath the surface. It’s among the best superhero films ever […]
Continue readingGolden girl – Philomena review
April 23, 2014 0 Comments
By Glenn Dunks December 5, 2013 (Republished April 23, 2014) Stephen Frears directs movies that are hard to actively dislike. While his more recent titles like The Queen and Mrs. Henderson Presents have tended away from the youthful dynamism of his earlier work, he nonetheless tells compelling stories with a lack of directorial fluff. Such […]
Continue readingMeth wish – Homefront review
April 23, 2014 0 Comments
By Richard Haridy April 23, 2014 From Commando to Taken, if cinema has taught us anything, it’s to not mess with heroes’ daughters. It really does make them angry. Homefront is the type of film that gleefully indulges in that well worn cliché with an entertaining sincerity. After a raid on a meth lab climaxes […]
Continue readingTelevision Revision: Luther – Season 1
April 23, 2014 1 Comment
By Andrew Williams April 23, 2014 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 the rest). Now, this is a story all about how… DCI John Luther (Idris Elba) is […]
Continue readingGirl trouble – The Invisible Woman review
April 23, 2014 0 Comments
By Glenn Dunks April 23, 2014 Was it a cruel joke by director Ralph Fiennes to cast Felicity Jones in the title role of his Charles Dickens’ biopic (or sorts), The Invisible Woman. As if deliberately choosing to cast the most milquetoast actor he could find to be ‘invisible’, Jones is completely unable to register […]
Continue readingDanny Boyle in talks to take over ‘Steve Jobs’ from David Fincher; wants Leonardo DiCaprio to star
April 22, 2014 1 Comment
Following the revelation that David Fincher is no longer interested in making Sony’s Steve Jobs biopic comes news that Danny Boyle is next in line to helm the flick. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Boyle is reportedly keen to direct Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role. Boyle and DiCaprio previously worked together on The Beach. Aaron […]
Continue readingSteven Spielberg and Tom Hanks might reteam for Cold War thriller
April 22, 2014 1 Comment
Recent Oscar snubbees Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks might soon reteam for a Cold War thriller, Variety reports. Spielberg is circling a few potential projects to serve as his next directorial effort, and though the long-delayed Robopocalypse is the closest to getting a budget approved, this Cold War flick might just cut in line. Hanks would […]
Continue readingCan’t take your eyes off Clint Eastwood’s ‘Jersey Boys’ trailer
April 22, 2014 0 Comments
Clint Eastwood, presumably warming up for that Star Is Born remake with Beyonce, has made a movie musical out of the Broadway sensation Jersey Boys. Fans of the Frankie Valli story were growing nervous that Eastwood wouldn’t complete the picture in time for its mid-2014 release. (After all, prior to the launch of this trailer over the weekend, there hadn’t […]
Continue readingWillenium – Transcendence review
April 22, 2014 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo April 22, 2014 Transcendence makes a convincing case for the abandonment of technology, although it’s not nearly as convincing as the case it makes for the abandonment of films about technology. This one unironically deploys phrases like, “We have to get off the grid”, and one particular event in the script is […]
Continue readingPlay It Again – In Cold Blood
April 22, 2014 0 Comments
By Glenn Dunks April 22, 2014 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. It […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – The Grand Budapest Hotel, Drinking Buddies
April 15, 2014 0 Comments
Simon may be away on holiday, but you can still catch up with his reviews of Wes Anderson’s cinema release The Grand Budapest Hotel (the best film of 2014 so far?) and new DVD/streaming title Drinking Buddies. Listen up! Show Notes: Rest assured Talk Hard will be back in a fortnight. Scroll through the archives to make those […]
Continue reading‘X-Men’ producers mull over solo ‘Mystique’ movie
April 11, 2014 0 Comments
Because they ingeniously signed up Jennifer Lawrence for a multi-picture deal before she became an Oscar-winning, Tumblr-dominating, GIF-inspiring mega star, the producers of the X-Men series are considering a spin-off movie featuring her villainous, oft-nude Mystique. Lauren Shuler Donner – producer of every X-Men film – tells EW the current regime at 20th Century Fox is much more amenable to […]
Continue readingFake TV show ‘The Truman Show’ to become real TV show
April 11, 2014 0 Comments
Paramount, getting super meta, will turn The Truman Show into an actual TV show. For those fearing the dystopian nightmare of a movie studio purchasing a baby and then filming it in secret for the entirety of its life – as predicted in Peter Weir’s weirdly prescient social satire – don’t panic: the TV show would, of course, […]
Continue readingTina Fey and Amy Poehler to play sisters in ‘The Nest’
April 11, 2014 0 Comments
World’s funniest women Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will play hard-partying sisters in upcoming comedy The Nest, Variety reports. Tina Fey had been attached to the Universal flick for some time, but her fellow SNL Weekend Update anchor and Golden Globes co-host Amy Poehler is now in final negotiations to join her. The script comes from former SNL […]
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