Anna Kendrick and Sam Rockwell are set to star as fated-lovers – if not age-appropriate ones – in black comedy Mr. Right, Deadline reports. Kendrick will play a woman who finally finds, well, ‘Mr. Right’ (Rockwell), only to discover he’s a reformed hit man. Scripted by Chronicle‘s Max Landis, Paco Cabezas is attached to direct. Cabezas’ last effort was […]
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Buddy love – Drinking Buddies review
February 11, 2014 
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By Simon Miraudo February 11, 2014 Well! Here’s a movie to not watch with your on-again, off-again partner. Obscenely prolific filmmaker Joe Swanberg, one toe still dangling in the mumblecore waters from which he emerged and the rest of him entrenched with Hollywood’s finest, presents us with a tricky relationship conundrum in Drinking Buddies: is […]
Continue readingElizabeth Banks will aca-direct Pitch Perfect 2
January 28, 2014 0 Comments
Elizabeth Banks has been lined up to direct Pitch Perfect 2 for Universal, Deadline reports. After producing the first flick, she will make the second picture her feature directorial debut. Banks previously helmed a short for the much-reviled compendium Movie 43 (though, in fairness, hers wasn’t the worst). The 2012 original, based on the book by Mickey Rapkin all […]
Continue readingAnna Kendrick in talks to head Into the Woods as Cinderella
June 24, 2013 0 Comments
Anna Kendrick, everyone’s favourite cup-playing Oscar nominee, is being considered for the role of Cinderella in Rob Marshall’s adaptation of Into the Woods. According to Variety, Kendrick is in talks to star as the fairy-tale beauty, opposite the already-cast Johnny Depp, Meryl Streep, Chris Pine, James Corden, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Emily Blunt. Based on Stephen […]
Continue readingPitch Perfect sequel to hit cinemas in 2015
April 17, 2013 0 Comments
Following a reunion of its stars at the 2013 MTV Movie Awards, Universal has set a release date for the Pitch Perfect sequel. It’s sometime in 2015! SlashFilm reported Universal’s announcement at CinemaCon. It had previously been revealed that the studio were meeting with some of the original’s stars for a potential follow up, including Rebel Wilson […]
Continue readingKeep your friends close – The Company You Keep review
April 16, 2013 0 Comments
By Jess Lomas April 16, 2013 Many films prompt you to suspend disbelief, ignore that plot hole, and not think too hard about how A equals B. Robert Redford’s The Company You Keep is such a film, in which Shia LaBeouf solves a 30-year mystery that had alluded the top minds at the FBI. Based […]
Continue readingUniversal meeting with stars for Pitch Perfect sequel
December 20, 2012 2 Comments
Pitch Perfect has been one of the surprise hits of the year, so it’s no surprise to learn Universal is taking meetings with the stars regarding a potential sequel. Male lead Skyler Astin told Movieweb that he has “a meeting with a Universal representative next week” to discuss the follow-up. He also suggested the pic’s breakout performer Rebel […]
Continue readingSing when you’re winning – Pitch Perfect review
December 3, 2012 0 Comments
Pitch Perfect – Starring Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, and Skylar Astin. Directed by Jason Moore. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Screenwriter Kay Cannon must have learnt a lot from Tina Fey while working on 30 Rock, because her feature debut Pitch Perfect is clearly a descendant of Mean Girls. Along with 2009’s Easy A, this […]
Continue readingGame boys – End of Watch review
October 31, 2012 0 Comments
End of Watch – Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Pena, and Anna Kendrick. Directed by David Ayer. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. In an attempt to separate End of Watch from the rest of the ‘conventional cop movie’ pack, writer-director David Ayer has somewhat lazily framed it as a ‘found footage’ film. Police officer Brian Taylor […]
Continue readingAnna Kendrick sings for The Last Five Years
October 25, 2012 0 Comments
Anna Kendrick has signed up to star in a film adapted from the modern-day off-Broadway musical The Last Five Years, Deadline reports. The movie will follow the rise and fall of a relationship over five years. The audacious conceit of the stage version was the way narrative told one member of the couple’s story chronologically […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Company You Keep
September 3, 2012 0 Comments
Ahead of the world premiere of Robert Redford‘s latest film, The Company You Keep, at the Venice International Film Festival, the first trailer has been released and it’s certainly… interesting. It concerns an intrepid young journalist (Shia LeBeouf) who is investigating the story of a former Weather Underground member (an early 70s activist militia) arrested […]
Continue readingGhost world – ParaNorman review
August 21, 2012 0 Comments
ParaNorman – Featuring the voices of Kodi Smit-McPhee, Anna Kendrick, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse. Directed by Chris Butler and Sam Fell. By Jess Lomas. ParaNorman played the Melbourne International Film Festival. It arrives in Australian cinemas January 10, 2013. The latest kid to see dead people isn’t Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense, but Norman […]
Continue readingThe laughing cure – 50/50 review
July 10, 2012 0 Comments
50/50 – Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen and Anna Kendrick. Directed by Jonathan Levine. Rated MA. Originally published February 29, 2012. By Simon Miraudo. 50/50 arrives on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia July 12, 2012. Whoever was responsible for christening this funny movie about a serious disease did not have an enviable task. Jonathan Levine‘s 50/50 went through a number of name changes before landing on […]
Continue readingIll-conceived – What to Expect When You’re Expecting review
May 29, 2012 1 Comment
What to Expect When You’re Expecting – Starring Elizabeth Banks, Cameron Diaz, and Jennifer Lopez. Directed by Kirk Jones. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. When historians of the future – or, more likely, our inevitable alien rulers – examine the early days of the 21st century, they will note a surge of interest in celebrity […]
Continue readingThe laughing cure – 50/50 review
February 29, 2012 2 Comments
50/50 – Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen and Anna Kendrick. Directed by Jonathan Levine. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. Whoever was responsible for christening this funny movie about a serious disease did not have an enviable task. Jonathan Levine‘s 50/50 went through a number of name changes before landing on that vague final figure (the […]
Continue readingPoster Debut: What to Expect When You’re Expecting
January 30, 2012 0 Comments
If you weren’t scared off by the trailer for the Kirk Jones directed What to Expect When You’re Expecting, then the six newly released character posters might just do the trick. The film is an adaptation of the bestselling book by Heidi Murkoff and stars Elizabeth Banks, Anna Kendrick, Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez and Brooklyn […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: What to Expect When You’re Expecting
December 12, 2011 0 Comments
In reply to the question, ‘Just how many celebrities can we fit into one movie?’, the trailer for the Kirk Jones directed What to Expect When You’re Expecting answers, ‘As many as your flimsy plot wants’. On the heels of Garry Marshall’s New Year’s Eve celebrity-ganza, WTEWYE is an adaptation of the bestselling pregnancy book […]
Continue readingAnna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson set for a cappella comedy
September 2, 2011 1 Comment
Oscar nominee Anna Kendrick is in negotiations to join Aussie comedienne Rebel Wilson in the new romantic comedy Pitch Perfect. Based on Mickey Rapkin’s non-fiction novel of the same name, it focuses on “the world of collegiate a cappella groups”. 30 Rock’s Kay Cannon has adapted the book for the screen. According to The Hollywood […]
Continue readingNew trailer for cancer comedy 50/50 plays up the yuks
August 12, 2011 0 Comments
A brand new trailer for Jonathan Levine‘s ‘cancer comedy’ 50/50 has debuted online. Although a full minute shorter than the trailer released back in May, it gives us a better idea of the film’s sense of humour (something that needs to be stressed to any potential viewers who are hesitant about seeing a comedy about […]
Continue readingWhat To Expect When You’re Expecting cast grows like pregnant belly
July 1, 2011 1 Comment
A number of actors have joined the cast of the feature film adaptation of Heidi Murkoff’s best-selling pregnancy book What To Expect When You’re Expecting. According to Deadline, Chris Rock, Anna Kendrick and Brooklyn Decker will join the already announced Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Lopez in the pic, which will focus on bunch of couples preparing to welcome […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: 50/50
May 30, 2011 1 Comment
Joseph Gordon-Levitt has cancer … in the new trailer for the comedy 50/50 co-starring Seth Rogen. In the Jonathan Levine (The Wackness) directed film – originally titled I’m With Cancer and then Live With It – JoGo plays Adam, a 27-year-old radio writer who is diagnosed with a rare form of spinal cancer. Rogen plays […]
Continue readingGordon-Levitt/Rogen comedy gets title change
February 21, 2011 2 Comments
Pulling in a decent box office return is no easy task and, these days, with so very many movies consistently appearing on the slate, it’s only getting harder. Which is precisely why getting the title of a film just right is so damn important. It comes as little surprise then, as The Wrap report, that […]
Continue readingTwilight dominates MTV Movie Awards, obviously
June 8, 2010 0 Comments
The Twilight Saga’s New Moon dominated the 2010 MTV Movie Awards, an awards show almost exclusively voted for by teenage girls and taken seriously by no one. The ceremony was hosted by genius comedian Aziz Ansari, and featured exclusive sneak peeks at Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows. The […]
Continue readingMoving is living – Up in the Air review
May 11, 2010 0 Comments
Up in the Air – Starring George Clooney, Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick. Directed by Jason Reitman. Rated M. Originally published January 6, 2010. By Simon Miraudo. George Clooney’s smile is pretty much the only thing a film needs to be an enjoyable experience. An entire trilogy of near-plotless heist movies were built entirely on […]
Continue readingMoving is living – Up in the Air review
January 15, 2010 1 Comment
Up in the Air – Starring George Clooney, Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick. Directed by Jason Reitman. Rated M. Originally published January 6, 2010. By Simon Miraudo. George Clooney’s smile is pretty much the only thing a film needs to be an enjoyable experience. An entire trilogy of near-plotless heist movies were built entirely on […]
Continue readingMoving is living – Up in the Air review
January 5, 2010 0 Comments
Up in the Air – Starring George Clooney, Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick. Directed by Jason Reitman. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. George Clooney’s smile is pretty much the only thing a film needs to be an enjoyable experience. An entire trilogy of near-plotless heist movies were built entirely on the foundation of his cheeky […]
Continue readingCome fly with Clooney – Up In The Air feature trailer debut!
October 6, 2009 1 Comment
source: traileraddict.com The feature length trailer for Jason Reitman‘s new film Up in the Air has debuted online. Last month we fell in love with the unique teaser trailer, but this new clip gives us a better idea of the film’s storyline. Up in the Air is based on the novel by Walter Kirn and […]
Continue readingUp in the Air trailer debut – Juno director flys with Clooney
September 14, 2009 1 Comment
source: traileraddict.com The spectacular new trailer for director Jason Reitman‘s latest film Up in the Air has arrived. Although we seem to be raving about a bunch of trailers at the moment, this is truly one of the most unique and special we’ve seen of late. The film stars George Clooney as Ryan Bingham, a […]
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