The trailer for Ned Benson’s audacious tri-movie project The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby has arrived online. The picture(s) tell of the relationship between Connor (James McAvoy) and Eleanor (Jessica Chastain) in New York. At the Sydney Film Festival, individual versions of the story told from each character’s perspective played under the titles Him and Her. […]
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Jason Bateman to direct and star in ‘Untitled FBI Wedding Comedy’
June 30, 2014 
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But what Jason Bateman really wants to do is direct. The comedy star debuted his first directorial effort, Bad Words, at Sundance earlier this year, and has already lined up two further projects at which he’ll sit at the helm. We previously discussed The Family Fang, which will begin production next month with Nicole Kidman […]
Continue reading‘Audition’ remake in the works
June 30, 2014 0 Comments
Australian director Richard Gray (Blinder, Summer Coda) is set to shoot an English-language adaptation of Ryu Murakami’s novel Audition. The news was first broken via Gray’s Twitter account, with details added by Deadline. Audition is perhaps most famous for Takashi Miike’s 1999 cinematic retelling, considered still one of the most notorious Japanese horror movies ever […]
Continue reading‘Pacific Rim 2’ officially set for 2017
June 27, 2014 0 Comments
It’s official: Legendary Pictures will make a sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim. Universal Pictures will release the flick in 2017. Details were dropped by del Toro in a short video clip, who also added that an animated series would precede the sequel. Original screenwriter Travis Beachem will continue with franchise development, but actual […]
Continue readingFrank Darabont might direct ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ sequel; Kristen Stewart not expected to return
June 27, 2014 0 Comments
As was rumoured shortly after the release of Snow White and the Huntsman, The Wrap reports Kristen Stewart will not return for the film’s sequel. The follow-up will instead center entirely on Chris Hemsworth’s Huntsman character. The first movie was embroiled in controversy when Stewart and director Rupert Sanders revealed they had been having an affair behind […]
Continue readingFox still wants Bryan Singer to direct ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’
June 27, 2014 0 Comments
Fox is still planning on bringing back Brian Singer to direct X-Men: Apocalypse, despite all of the … unpleasantness. In an interview with THR, the studio’s president of production, Emma Watts, attributed much of X-Men: Days of Future Past‘s box office success to Singer’s return to the franchise. When asked if they’ll keep Singer on […]
Continue readingLegendary character actor Eli Wallach dies at 98
June 25, 2014 0 Comments
Eli Wallach, one of the most enduring character actors in cinema history, has died. He was 98 years old. Wallach’s death was confirmed by his daughter Katherine, though no other details were made available. His career began on the stage, where he won a Tony Award for Tennessee Williams’ The Rose Tattoo in 1951. Wallach’s […]
Continue readingChanning Tatum, Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes join the Coens’ ‘Hail Caesar’
June 25, 2014 0 Comments
The Coens’ increasingly incredible-sounding Hail Caesar now has Channing Tatum, Tilda Swinton and Ralph Fiennes linked to star alongside the previously announced George Clooney and Josh Brolin. We’re not worthy! Variety first revealed the news of Tatum’s involvement – though it’s still being negotiated – while THR jumped on the bandwagon with news of Swinton and Fiennes. It was […]
Continue readingShane Black to direct ‘Predator’ reboot
June 25, 2014 0 Comments
Shane Black has just been hired to direct a modern reboot of Predator, meaning that Fox, the studio that once gifted him with a role in the 1987 original in the hopes of getting him to rewrite the script (which he did not do), has finally tied down the infamous filmmaker. Way to play a long game, Fox! […]
Continue readingThe Best Films of 2014 (So Far)
June 25, 2014 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo June 25, 2014 The inexorable march of time continues ever forward, a crushing reminder our too brief, finite existence. Or, to be less of a ‘von Trier’ about it: Can you believe it’s almost July? The first six months of 2014 are behind us, and what do we have to show for […]
Continue readingAnd a bottle of (non-alcoholic) rum – Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy review
June 25, 2014 0 Comments
By Jess Lomas June 25, 2014 The trend of taking a successful film and sabotaging it by churning out uninspiring sequels is perhaps best illustrated in the world of animation. Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks – they all love to repeat their winning formulas. By the sixth instalment of a franchise, expectations are understandably low, and yet […]
Continue readingThe Costner of living – 3 Days to Kill review
June 24, 2014 0 Comments
By Richard Haridy June 24, 2014 3 Days to Kill is an extraordinarily compelling film; unfortunately, in all the wrong ways. Several times over its strung-out two hours I stared at the screen, mouth agape, wondering what the hell I was watching. Directed by McG and co-written by Luc Besson, this is alternately a bombastic […]
Continue reading50 first deaths – Edge of Tomorrow review
June 24, 2014 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo June 24, 2014 Edge of Tomorrow is an ingenious action-comedy about how frequently movie heroes would actually die if they attempted that much crazy s***, and no movie hero is more notorious for doing crazy s*** than Tom Cruise. Though Cruise long ago lost his reputation as a reliable truth teller – […]
Continue readingTelevision Revision: The West Wing – Season 4
June 24, 2014 0 Comments
By Andrew Williams June 24, 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… Faced with growing international unrest, President Bartlet […]
Continue readingThe man show – Out of the Furnace review
June 24, 2014 0 Comments
By Glenn Dunks June 24, 2014 Somewhere hidden beneath the frequently indecipherable growls that make up Scott Cooper’s Out of the Furnace may just be an interesting movie. However, laboured as it is with sledgehammer-subtle metaphors and a cast of overtly gruff male actors doing insufferably one-note performances, Cooper’s second feature after the Oscar-winning Crazy […]
Continue readingNorth Korea denounces Seth Rogen and James Franco’s ‘The Interview’
June 23, 2014 1 Comment
North Korea is none too happy with Seth Rogen and James Franco’s upcoming movie, and not because the famed movie-loving Kim family thought This is the End had a messy third act. The Interview, directed by Rogen and Evan Goldberg, stars Franco as a television host who scores an interview opportunity with Kim Jong-un, and […]
Continue readingJerry Bruckheimer believes fifth ‘Pirates’ will shoot in 2015
June 23, 2014 0 Comments
That elusive, inevitable fifth Pirates of the Caribbean movie will likely shoot in early 2015. That is, if Jerry Bruckheimer has any say. The beleaguered blockbuster producer may no longer have a deal with Disney, but all parties still seem pretty keen to make the next instalment in the Pirates saga. Bruckheimer dropped the date […]
Continue readingAaron Sorkin adapting Michael Lewis’ Wall Street take-down ‘Flash Boys’
June 23, 2014 0 Comments
Oscar-winning Social Network screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, unsatisfied by his mere Oscar nomination for Moneyball, is adapting another Michael Lewis book for the big screen. According to THR, Sorkin is in negotiations to adapt Lewis’ Wall Street take-down Flash Boys for Sony. Lewis’ book specifically focuses on the tricks employed on Wall Street to rig the […]
Continue readingMatthew McConaughey too big for ‘Magic Mike XXL’?
June 20, 2014 0 Comments
Magic Mike was instrumental in salvaging the wreckage of Matthew McConaughey’s career, but now that he’s got his Oscar (and soon, probably an Emmy, thanks to True Detective), will he take his victory lap and reprise the role of singing stripper Dallas in the sequel? The comedian who played DJ Tobias in the first Steven Soderbergh flick, […]
Continue readingRobert Downey Jr. plays just a metaphorically-superpowered lawyer in ‘The Judge’ trailer
June 20, 2014 0 Comments
The trailer for the Robert Downey Jr. produced drama The Judge has landed online, heralded by RDJ in a Tweet as “the kind of movie I grew up wanting to make.” He stars as a ruthless defence attorney who must save his estranged father, an idealistic judge, from a murder charge. Twist! David Dobkin, of Wedding Crashers and… Fred Claus fame, […]
Continue reading‘Batman v Superman’: Jesse Eisenberg’s Lex Luthor isn’t bald; standalone Batman movie rumoured for 2019
June 20, 2014 0 Comments
Because the internet abhors a Batman vacuum, here are a couple of rumours circling Warner Bros’ upcoming superhero flick Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. First up, Jesse Eisenberg’s Lex Luthor will apparently not be bald in the film, a source tells Batman News (precisely where one should turn for that kind of information). The […]
Continue readingTelevision Revision: Game of Thrones – Season 4
June 18, 2014 0 Comments
By Andrew Williams June 18, 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… The temporary end of the War […]
Continue readingHere’s why the not-at-all choosy Steven Seagal won’t do an ‘Expendables’ film
June 18, 2014 0 Comments
Steven Seagal, incredibly selective thespian and bastion of integrity, has revealed why he’s never starred in one of those Expendables movies: he doesn’t like the people that make them! Speaking to The Big Issue, Seagal revealed, he “just didn’t like some of the people involved,” adding further salt in Sylvester Stallone’s wound by saying, “life is too short to […]
Continue readingKathryn Bigelow and Todd Field race to make the same movie
June 18, 2014 0 Comments
In one of the most painful ‘Would You Rather’ scenarios of recent memory, directors Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty) and Todd Field (In the Bedroom) are racing to get competing movies to the screen, with only one likely to cross the finish line. According to Deadline, Bigelow and her frequent collaborator Mark Boal are planning a […]
Continue readingColin Firth won’t voice Paddington Bear anymore, but not because he’s too creepy
June 18, 2014 0 Comments
Colin Firth will no longer voice Paddington Bear in the upcoming movie based on the beloved children’s character and recent terrifying meme. Firth evoked another chilling figure, Gwyneth Paltrow, in his statement to EW, referring to his exit as a “conscious uncoupling.” “It’s been bittersweet to see this delightful creature take shape and come to the sad realisation […]
Continue readingSpring fakers – 22 Jump Street review
June 18, 2014 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo June 18, 2014 I’d like to report a murder. The buddy-cop comedy is dead, drowned in a sea of d*** jokes by directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller. Hey, at least it died doing what it loved. In 22 Jump Street, Lord and Miller, along with screenwriters/accomplices Michael Bacall, Oren Uziel and […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – Hossein Amini, The Two Faces of January
June 17, 2014 0 Comments
Drive screenwriter Hossein Amini talks to Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo all about his directorial debut, The Two Faces of January, in cinemas June 19. A review follows! Show Notes: Thanks for tuning in! Please tell your friends to subscribe to us on iTunes and feel free to leave a review. Or, follow our RSS feed. You can […]
Continue readingMaya Rudolph teams up with Fey & Poehler in ‘The Nest’
June 16, 2014 1 Comment
As if we needed any more reasons to breathlessly anticipate upcoming Tina Fey/Amy Poehler reunion The Nest, The Hollywood Reporter now tells us Maya Rudolph will join them for some ribald comedy action. Rudolph will play a childhood friend of Fey and Poehler’s sisters, who return to their childhood home to throw one final party before […]
Continue readingJason Momoa to play Aquaman in ‘Batman v Superman’
June 16, 2014 0 Comments
Game of Thrones star Jason Momoa will reportedly join the increasingly-supersized Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. According to HitFix, Momoa, also of Conan the Barbarian remake non-fame, will take on the role popularised by Vinnie Chase in Entourage: that of Aquaman. Zack Snyder will return to direct this sequel to Man of Steel, though it seems more and more like Superman will […]
Continue reading‘Two Days, One Night’ takes top prize at Sydney Film Festival
June 16, 2014 0 Comments
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s Two Days, One Night has taken the top prize at the Sydney Film Festival, trumping favourites such as Boyhood and Locke, as well as Australian features The Rover and Ruin. Marion Cotillard stars in the picture as a woman who has a weekend to convince her colleagues to turn down a bonus and save her from being made redundant. The […]
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