Screen Australia has set aside funding for Blue Dog, a prequel to 2011’s hugely successful hit Red Dog. Director Kriv Stenders and writer Daniel Taplitz will return for this prequel. Sadly, don’t expect Koko, the dog who played the title character last time around, to pop up on screen. He passed away in 2012. Producers […]
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Tina Fey & Jason Bateman endure an awkward family reunion in ‘This Is Where I Leave You’
May 30, 2014 
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The trailer for This Is Where I Leave You, an upcoming dramedy based on Jonathan Tropper’s book of the same name, has arrived online. In it, a newly-cuckolded Jason Bateman returns to his family home following the death of his father, where his mother (Jane Fonda) insists he and his siblings (Tina Fey, Adam Driver, Cory Stoll) […]
Continue readingRoland Emmerich returns to direct ‘Stargate’ reboot
May 30, 2014 0 Comments
Everything old is new again! According to Variety, Roland Emmerich will direct a reboot of his 1994 picture Stargate, intended as the first entry in a new trilogy. Emmerich’s frequent collaborator Dean Devlin is also back to produce. Stargate grossed more than $200 million worldwide, but the franchise is probably better known today for its TV spin-offs, Stargate SG-1 and Stargate: Atlantis. Independence Day 2 and […]
Continue reading‘True Detective’ S2 to feature three leads
May 28, 2014 0 Comments
True Detective show-runner and writer Nic Pizzolatto has shared a new nugget of info concerning the HBO show’s upcoming second season: this time around, expect three leads. The calibre of the stars recruited for S1 – Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson – has encouraged fevered debate over who could (and who should) appear in the […]
Continue readingMichael Haneke plots ‘Flashmob’ as his follow-up to ‘Amour’
May 28, 2014 0 Comments
Michael Haneke will follow up his Oscar-winning, Cannes-dominating Amour with Flashmob, FilmComment reports. The flick will start shooting in the coming weeks, and takes place in the US. Haneke describes the multi-character drama as concerning “the fragile relationship between media and reality.” It will follow the lives of those who meet on the internet, culminating […]
Continue reading‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2’ in the works
May 28, 2014 0 Comments
The news we’ve been waiting twelve years to hear has arrived: yes, there will be a sequel to My Big Fat Greek Wedding. The bombshell was dropped earlier today, with Deadline reporting the return of Nia Vardalos and John Corbett as the leads of My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2. Nations came to a standstill […]
Continue readingU got it bad – The Fault in Our Stars review
May 28, 2014 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo May 28, 2014 As far as crazes amongst teenagers go, the ‘slow-death fantasy’ is a weird (if not new) one. Its most modern incarnation, John Green’s bestselling novel The Fault in Our Stars, has struck quite a chord; certainly if my screening of Josh Boone‘s feature adaptation is any indication. The audience […]
Continue readingRange life – A Million Ways to Die in the West review
May 28, 2014 0 Comments
By Jess Lomas May 28, 2014 Seth MacFarlane’s A Million Ways to Die in the West may succeed more in its uneven sketches and pop culture nods than as a complete film, but for those who enjoy a splash of toilet humour and cheap gags, there’s much to like here. Set in the 1880s Old […]
Continue readingPlay It Again – The Bourne Identity
May 28, 2014 0 Comments
By Jess Lomas May 28, 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 – Dexter Fletcher, Sunshine on Leith, Inside Llewyn Davis
May 27, 2014 0 Comments
You’ll be on your way from misery to happiness after listening to our chat with actor-turned-director Dexter Fletcher. He talks all about his new Proclaimers musical (!) Sunshine on Leith. Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo also reviews another kind of musical: the Coens’ DVD release Inside Llewyn Davis. Show Notes: Thanks for tuning in! Subscribe to us on iTunes and feel free […]
Continue readingEdgar Wright exits ‘Ant-Man’
May 26, 2014 0 Comments
Edgar Wright will direct Ant-Man … NO MORE. After an eight-year flirtation, Marvel and Wright have gone their separate ways, citing “differences in their vision of the film.” According to Marvel’s statement, the July 2015 release date will not be impacted. Wright had been attached to the feature since 2006. Joss Whedon, one of the […]
Continue readingHere are your 2014 Cannes Film Festival winners
May 26, 2014 0 Comments
Winter Sleep, Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s epic follow-up to Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, has won the Palme d’Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Though the Turkish filmmaker is much loved on the Croissette – he has previously collected the Grand Jury Prize on two separate occasions, as well as the Best Director Award […]
Continue reading‘Frozen’ becomes the fifth highest grossing film of all time
May 26, 2014 0 Comments
Frozen has been available to watch at home for a few months now, but it’s still breaking box office records. Over the weekend, the Disney juggernaut surpassed Iron Man 3 to become the fifth highest grossing film of all time, with a worldwide tally of $1.219 billion. The highest grossing Disney picture, however, remains The […]
Continue reading‘Godzilla’ director Gareth Edwards hired for standalone ‘Star Wars’ flick due 2016
May 23, 2014 0 Comments
It’s a good month to be Gareth Edwards. The director has a massive hit on his hands with Godzilla, which has already grossed more than $200 million worldwide, and if that wasn’t enough, Disney and Lucasfilm have just announced him as the helmer of their first standalone Star Wars flick. According to THR, his spin-off will […]
Continue readingWoody Allen’s ‘Magic in the Moonlight’ trailer sees Emma Stone charm Colin Firth
May 22, 2014 0 Comments
The trailer for Woody Allen’s Magic in the Moonlight has arrived, and with it, an idea of what the damn thing is actually about. His plots are usually shrouded in secrecy until a trailer drops, though we have known for some time his latest would star Emma Stone, Colin Firth, Marcia Gay Harden and Jacki Weaver. Set in […]
Continue readingWarner Bros. consider dropping Ryan Gosling’s Cannes punch-line ‘Lost River’
May 22, 2014 0 Comments
Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut Lost River opened to boos (and even some jeers) at the Cannes Film Festival, and now distributor Warner Bros is reportedly looking for an indie studio to dump the flick on. According to Deadline, WB has reached out to some speciality distributors about having them acquire and release the David Lynch-inspired […]
Continue readingMan of Steel sequel officially titled ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’
May 22, 2014 0 Comments
For the longest time, that Man of Steel sequel has been devoid of a title, and we’ve just gone around calling it Batman vs. Superman. Well, it seems the makers have listened, revealing the official title as Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. The Dawn of Justice part is new – and terrible – but at […]
Continue readingThumbs up for the trailer to Roger Ebert doco ‘Life Itself’
May 22, 2014 0 Comments
Here come the waterworks. Newly arrived online is the trailer for Roger Ebert documentary Life Itself. Directed by Chicago legend Steve James (Hoop Dreams), it documents Ebert’s time as Pulitzer Prize-winning critic for the Chicago Sun Times and eventual TV star thanks to his pioneering review show At the Movies. Ebert passed away in 2013, during […]
Continue readingJoel & Ethan Coen rewriting Steven Spielberg’s Cold War thriller
May 22, 2014 0 Comments
Well, here are two great flavours that hopefully go great together. Joel and Ethan Coen, busy at work prepping their next film Hail Caesar, are taking the time to rework the script to Steven Spielberg’s upcoming Cold War thriller, THR reports. Still untitled, the pic tells of attorney James Donovan’s real-life efforts to negotiate the […]
Continue readingOkay, maybe Hugh Jackman wants to keep playing Wolverine
May 22, 2014 0 Comments
Hugh Jackman is not as keen to hang up the adamantium claws as he was just a few months ago, backtracking on his claims that he’d soon retire as Wolverine. Speaking with IGN, on the X-Men: Days of Future Past press junket, Jackman revealed he’s “less sure” about handing over the reins to his defining […]
Continue readingTelevision Revision: The West Wing – Season 2
May 22, 2014 0 Comments
By Andrew Williams May 22, 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… An assassination attempt on a member […]
Continue readingHomeland – Utopia review
May 22, 2014 0 Comments
By Glenn Dunks May 22, 2014 Is there a more ironic film title this year than John Pilger’s Utopia? Rather than the idyllic paradise the word suggests, the notoriously prickly British journalist has taken the central Australian indigenous township of Utopia (a real place that has no roads or electricity to support its poverty-stricken inhabitants) […]
Continue readingThe top 10 episodes of The West Wing
May 21, 2014 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo May 21, 2014 Fifteen years ago, The West Wing debuted to an unsuspecting audience, and, along with fellow Class-of-99’er The Sopranos, totally upended the televisual landscape, kicking off the argument that TV might actually be better than the movies. A smart, stirring and super-funny series concerning fictional President Jed Bartlet (Martin Sheen) […]
Continue readingPlay It Again – Batman Begins
May 21, 2014 0 Comments
By Jess Lomas May 21, 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 readingAbout time – X-Men: Days of Future Past review
May 20, 2014 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo May 20, 2014 X-Men movies: always promising, never fulfilling. Days of Future Past – the seventh, for those marking time by this franchise’s release schedule – reunites the cast of Bryan Singer‘s original instalment with the ‘X-Men Babies’ introduced in First Class. It’s probably an exciting prospect for those who were equally […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – Essie Davis, The Babadook, Her
May 20, 2014 0 Comments
Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo caught up with Miss Fisher herself, Essie Davis, to talk about her new Aussie fright fest The Babadook. Plus, we get tangled up in tech-romance Her, now on DVD and streaming via Quickflix. Show Notes: Thanks for listening! Subscribe to us on iTunes and feel free to leave a review. Or, follow our RSS […]
Continue reading‘Godzilla 2’ in the works, obviously
May 19, 2014 0 Comments
Following Godzilla‘s massive weekend at the box office, Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. have revealed they’re hard at work developing a sequel. Deadline has the Exclusive. Though this is hardly a surprise for a big budget blockbuster – especially one based on a long-running franchise like this – but had Gareth Edwards’ monster movie underperformed, […]
Continue readingChristopher Nolan’s ‘Interstellar’ reveals all – or at least more – in feature trailer
May 19, 2014 0 Comments
The first feature trailer for Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar has arrived, expanding on the ambiguous teaser from 2013, though still not giving away much from the feature’s second half (we assume). The picture stars Matthew McConaughey as an engineer recruited for an intergalactic mission through a wormhole to find a new source of food for an […]
Continue readingJames Franco disses ‘Spring Breakers 2’; Pussy Riot rumoured as stars
May 19, 2014 0 Comments
James Franco, a champion of almost every artistic endeavour, has cried foul over the proposed sequel to his 2013 instant-cult-favourite Spring Breakers. Last week, responding to news of Spring Breakers: The Second Coming, Franco posted a video to Instagram where he called the project “lame as a mutha.” It should be noted he was dressed […]
Continue readingTerry Gilliam attempting doomed ‘Don Quixote’ … for the third time
May 19, 2014 0 Comments
Terry Gilliam, a glutton for punishment, is trying once again to mount a production of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. According to Variety, Gilliam and producer Adrian Guerra will meet with actors later this week, aiming to start production in early 2015. The shoot will reportedly take place in Spain’s Canary Islands, provided it […]
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