Seven Psychopaths – Starring Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, and Christopher Walken. Directed by Martin McDonagh. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. The funniest joke in Martin McDonagh‘s Seven Psychopaths is how it tricks viewers into thinking it’s a crime caper/gangster comedy, when it is in actuality a satire of the screenwriting process. That’s not to say […]
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Interview: Cate Shortland (Lore)
September 19, 2012 
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Interview: Cate Shortland (Lore). By Simon Miraudo. Cate Shortland‘s feature debut, Somersault, entered Aussie film lore when it became the biggest ever winner at the AFI awards. With the shadow of its success looming large, she waited eight years to deliver her follow-up, the fittingly titled Lore. And it might similarly enter the record books […]
Continue readingYouth group – Lore review (Sydney Film Festival)
June 10, 2012 1 Comment
Lore – Starring Saskia Rosendahl, Kai-Peter Malina, and Nele Trebs. Directed by Cate Shortland. By Simon Miraudo. Lore plays the Sydney Film Festival on June 10, 2012. It does not yet have an Australian release date. The history books are written by the winners. Cate Shortland considers what happens to the rest in her devastating World […]
Continue readingMadonna bombs, Clooney rules and Fassbender and Mulligan go full frontal at Venice and Telluride
September 6, 2011 0 Comments
Madonna‘s first feature length film, W.E., made its world debut at the Venice Film Festival over the weekend, where it was met with some of the most scathing reviews of the year. The flick stars Andrea Riseborough as King Edward’s wife Wallis Simpson – for whom he abdicated the throne – as well as Abbie Cornish in […]
Continue readingToo weird to live and too rare to die – Sucker Punch review
April 7, 2011 4 Comments
Sucker Punch – Starring Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish and Oscar Isaac. Directed by Zack Snyder. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Sucker Punch is a Frankenstein’s monster of a movie; a cinematic abomination and a sin against nature. It is a one-legged, six-eyed, many-tentacled mutant that has seemingly slipped out of the crevasses of writer/director Zack […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Sucker Punch
November 4, 2010 0 Comments
The first theatrical trailer for Zack Snyder‘s Sucker Punch has debuted online. It offers us our first proper glimpse at the film’s plot (we had previously assumed it would merely be a montage of a teenage boy’s wildest fantasies). The film stars Australia’s own Emily Browning as Babydoll, a young girl who uses her imagination […]
Continue readingSucker Punch teaser trailer debut
July 27, 2010 0 Comments
The teaser trailer for Zack Snyder‘s nutty action flick Sucker Punch has debuted online. And yes, much of it is in slow motion. As we’ve discussed previously, the film stars Emily Browning as Babydoll, a young woman who uses her imagination to escape from the mental institution in which she is confined. Abbie Cornish, Jamie […]
Continue readingSucker Punch character posters debut!
July 23, 2010 0 Comments
Warner Bros have unveiled a bunch of character posters from Zack Snyder‘s Sucker Punch, an action epic that he describes as “‘Alice in Wonderland’ with machine guns“. The film stars Australia’s own Emily Browning as Babydoll, a young girl who uses her imagination to escape from the mental institution in which she is confined. Abbie […]
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