By Simon Miraudo February 6, 2013 Lincoln is directed by Steven Spielberg and stars Daniel Day-Lewis as the 16th President of the United States. It feels sacrilegious to even type that combination of words, as if putting all that prestige in the one sentence will have the same skin-melting effect of staring into the ark […]
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Poster Debut: Lincoln
August 23, 2012 
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In case you were concerned Steven Spielberg‘s Abraham Lincoln biopic starring Daniel Day-Lewis wouldn’t be a serious affair, here is a stoic poster to allay your fears. The first poster for Lincoln carries on the ‘haggard president’ look from the film’s only officially released image. Considering what the man had to go through over the course of […]
Continue readingFirst look at Daniel Day-Lewis as Spielberg’s Lincoln
August 10, 2012 0 Comments
The first image of Daniel Day-Lewis as legendary American president Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg‘s upcoming biopic has been released by Entertainment Weekly. Gee, we hope that’s not a theatre he’s sitting at… He seems to be rather exhausted here, perhaps from a recent battle with the undead, or, more likely, due to the weight […]
Continue readingHatchet job – Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter review
July 31, 2012 3 Comments
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter – Starring Benjamin Walker, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and Dominic Cooper. Directed by Timur Bekmambetov. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. Though it sounds like it was pitched at the tail-end of a particularly cynical, three-day, coke-fuelled marketing strategy session in between Transformers with Boobs and The Voice: The Movie, feature film Abraham […]
Continue readingInterview: Benjamin Walker and Seth Grahame-Smith (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter)
July 31, 2012 1 Comment
Interview: Benjamin Walker and Seth Grahame-Smith (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter). By Simon Miraudo. Benjamin Walker, star of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and stage musical Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, claims the rare honour of having portrayed two American presidents, though, sadly, his proposed “James Monroe, Gigolo” will likely never come to fruition. In Timur Bekmambetov‘s adaptation […]
Continue readingKilling a legend – The Conspirator review
July 27, 2011 0 Comments
The Conspirator – Starring James McAvoy, Robin Wright and Tom Wilkinson. Directed by Robert Redford. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. The Conspirator begins with two injured Yankee soldiers – having barely survived a nasty battle against the Confederate army during the American Civil War – clinging to life and sharing a joke. The first, Frederick […]
Continue readingDaniel Day-Lewis to play Abraham Lincoln for Spielberg
November 22, 2010 0 Comments
Steven Spielberg has been one very busy man with Tin Tin: The Secret Of The Unicorn and War Horse set for release at the end of 2011. Showing no signs of slowing down, Spielberg has further committed to Robopocalypse. But before that gets under way he’s taking on America’s favourite dead president, Abraham Lincoln. Spielberg […]
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