By Andrew Williams August 20, 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… Deeply troubled criminal profiler Will Graham […]
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Play It Again – The Silence of the Lambs
July 24, 2013 
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By Simon Miraudo July 24, 2013 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; […]
Continue readingDeath by a thousand cuts – Hitchcock review
May 15, 2013 0 Comments
By Richard Haridy May 15, 2013 There are a multitude of sordidly fascinating directions a biopic on Alfred Hitchcock could take. So, when Sacha Gervasi‘s flat and frothy Hitchcock concludes, it’s inevitably frustrating to find this film takes such a conventional path. Hitchcock opens right when the great man was at the top of his game, having just released the gloriously […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Thor – The Dark World
April 26, 2013 0 Comments
Hot on the heels of Iron Man 3’s release, Marvel has released the teaser trailer for Thor – The Dark World. In it, we get to see Thor (Chris Hemsworth) bringing his girlfriend Jane (Natalie Portman) to Asgard, either to meet his parents (Anthony Hopkins, Rene Russo), or to save her from yet another intergalactic terror […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: RED 2
January 21, 2013 0 Comments
Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, and Mary-Louise Parker are back for RED 2. Your video evidence is below. The original – concerning retired assassins called back into action when they become targets of a hit, and based on the comic book of the same hit – grossed nearly $200 million worldwide. It’s no surprise, then, to see […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Hitchcock
October 12, 2012 0 Comments
“All of us harbour dark recesses of violence and horror. I’m just a man hiding in the corner with a camera, watching,” says Anthony Hopkins as famed director Alfred Hitchcock in the first trailer for the biopic Hitchcock. Directed by Sacha Gervasi (Anvil: The Story of Anvil), with a screenplay by John J. McLaughlin (Black […]
Continue readingSee Russell Crowe as Darren Aronofsky’s Noah
August 13, 2012 1 Comment
The first image of Russell Crowe as iconic Biblical character Noah has been released by USA Today. Director Darren Aronofsky has been Tweeting numerous production photos from the set of his gargantuan epic (we particularly like this one of a puffin!), but this is the first picture of Crowe as the eponymous ark-builder. And he sure looks grizzled! […]
Continue readingAnthony Hopkins joins Darren Aronofsky’s Noah
July 11, 2012 1 Comment
Writer and director Darren Aronofsky has taken to Twitter to announce the addition of Anthony Hopkins to his star studded Noah cast. Currently filming in Iceland, the Black Swan director is bringing the epic biblical story of Noah’s Ark to the big screen with Russell Crowe, Emma Watson, Jennifer Connelly, Logan Lerman, Ray Winstone, and […]
Continue readingNoah Baumbach bringing Franzen’s The Corrections to TV
September 6, 2011 0 Comments
Oscar nominee Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale) is rumoured to be adapting Jonathan Franzen’s acclaimed tome The Corrections for HBO. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Baumbach is developing the 568-page novel for executive producer Scott Rudin. The book tells the story of the repressed Lambert family; parents Alfred and Enid, and their ruined children […]
Continue readingGod squad – The Rite review
July 12, 2011 1 Comment
The Rite – Starring Anthony Hopkins, Colin O’Donoghue and Alice Braga. Directed byMikael Håfström. Rated M. Originally published March 9, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. Mikael Håfström’s demonic-possession flick The Rite has an interesting credit; perhaps the first of its kind: “Suggested by the book The Rite – The Making of a Modern Exorcist by Matt Baglio”. Suggested by. What does that mean? We all know […]
Continue readingInterview: Tom Hiddleston; star of Thor.
April 19, 2011 0 Comments
Interview: Tom Hiddleston; star of Thor. By Simon Miraudo. The cast of big budget blockbusters aren’t traditionally hired based on their theatrical experience or their work in period TV dramas, but Thor is not your traditional big budget blockbuster. Directed by thespian Kenneth Branagh, the latest Marvel comic book adaptation has more in common with […]
Continue readingThunder road – Thor review
April 18, 2011 4 Comments
Thor – Starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman and Tom Hiddleston. Directed by Kenneth Branagh. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. It’s nice to kick off the ‘Blockbuster Season’ – a period I’ve grown to fear almost as much as the ultra-earnest ‘Oscar-Bait’ months – with a popcorn flick that genuinely strives for greatness, especially considering the […]
Continue readingGod squad – The Rite review
March 9, 2011 0 Comments
The Rite – Starring Anthony Hopkins, Colin O’Donoghue and Alice Braga. Directed by Mikael Håfström. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Mikael Håfström’s demonic-possession flick The Rite has an interesting credit; perhaps the first of its kind: “Suggested by the book The Rite – The Making of a Modern Exorcist by Matt Baglio”. Suggested by. What […]
Continue readingThe bookish type – The City of Your Final Destination review
March 1, 2011 0 Comments
The City of Your Final Destination – Starring Omar Metwally, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Anthony Hopkins. Directed by James Ivory. Rated PG. By Simon Miraudo. The City of Your Final Destination plays the Perth International Arts Festival from February 28 to March 6. Click here for more details. Over the course of five decades, producer Ismail […]
Continue reading>Trailer Debut: Thor
December 13, 2010 1 Comment
>The trailer for Kenneth Branagh‘s film adaptation of the Marvel comic Thor (he of the big hammer) has debuted online. For those unawares, Thor tells the story of, well, Thor (Aussie Chris Hemsworth), who is booted out of his home amongst the God and forced to live with human beings. Gross! The film exists in […]
Continue readingIt’s hideous! – The Wolfman review
June 8, 2010 2 Comments
The Wolfman – Starring Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins and Emily Blunt. Directed by Joe Johnston. Rated MA. Originally published February 11, 2010. By Simon Miraudo. In the past year, we’ve been treated to two major films about werewolves: The Twilight Saga’s New Moon and this, The Wolfman. Never in my wildest dreams did I […]
Continue readingSee Chris Hemsworth as Thor
May 3, 2010 0 Comments
Yahoo have the first official image of Aussie Chris Hemsworth as Thor in Kenneth Branagh‘s upcoming film adaptation of the Marvel comic series of the same name. That’s it. And now here it is, bigger: I really dig the look of Hemsworth as Thor. I was concerned that the fallen warrior might be portrayed a […]
Continue readingIt’s hideous! – The Wolfman review
February 11, 2010 3 Comments
The Wolfman – Starring Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins and Emily Blunt. Directed by Joe Johnston. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. In the past six months, we’ve been treated to two major films about werewolves: The Twilight Saga’s New Moon and this, The Wolfman. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that New Moon […]
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