By Simon Miraudo January 20, 2014 Tobias Lindholm‘s Danish drama A Hijacking follows in the footsteps of Best Picture nominee Captain Phillips…. kinda. Well, not technically. Though it’s arriving on our shores in 2014, it was actually released in its native country back in 2012. Still, it’s novel to see the release of two movies […]
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The Top 10 Films of 2013
December 18, 2013 
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By Simon Miraudo December 18, 2013 December: for avid list-makers, it’s the cinematic equivalent of Thunderdome. (Hundreds of movies go in. Only one comes out.) We’ve spent the past eleven months reviewing 2013′s releases as fairly and thoughtfully as possible, but that veneer of considerate criticism will be dropped in favour of sweet, sweet chart-making. […]
Continue reading’12 Years A Slave’ and ‘American Hustle’ lead the Golden Globe nominees
December 13, 2013 0 Comments
12 Years A Slave and American Hustle will go into the 71st Golden Globe Awards as the hot favourites to beat in their respective categories of Drama and Comedy. Olivia Wilde, Aziz Ansari, and Zoe Saldana announced the nominees in Los Angeles ahead of the upcoming 2014 broadcast, set to be hosted by Tina Fey […]
Continue readingThe shipping dudes – Captain Phillips review
October 22, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo October 22, 2013 Chaos reigns in many of Paul Greengrass‘ films, from the harrowing September 11 thriller United 93 to his written-on-the-fly Bourne sequels. Captain Phillips carries over the handheld camera-work and forever-increasing tension of those features, but chaos is not quite the right word to describe its contents. Based on the […]
Continue readingThe 10 most exciting spring films
September 11, 2013 2 Comments
By Simon Miraudo September 11, 2013 Winter’s gone, and with it the blockbuster season. We bid a fond adieu to the barrage of comic book adaptations, sequels, and debates about the destruction in Man of Steel and say bonjour to some more interesting fare. Yes, spring has sprung, and beside the blooming flowers come thoughtful […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Captain Phillips
May 10, 2013 0 Comments
The trailer for Paul Greengrass’ Captain Phillips, Tom Hanks’ best Oscar hope in years, has arrived online. Hanks stars as Richard Phillips, whose cargo ship – the Maersk Alabama – was hijacked by Somali pirates in 2009. Though the teaser boasts Greengrass’ credentials as director of The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, the better […]
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