By Simon Miraudo January 15, 2014 My first viewing of Inside Llewyn Davis occurred just before I embarked on a four-week holiday, and I was glad to have the break between the screening and my inevitable writing of the review. Unravelling the intricacies of the Coen brothers‘ latest torturous morality tale is not anyone’s sensible […]
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Trailer Debut: Inside Llewyn Davis
July 3, 2013 
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The new trailer for Inside Llewyn Davis is moody, bleak, and hints at the dark humour we’ve come to expect from Joel and Ethan Coen’s films. Set in 1961 in Greenwich Village, New York City, Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac) is not having a good week. He’s a struggling folk singer who’s all about the music […]
Continue readingCarey Mulligan lead contender to play Hillary Clinton in Rodham
June 7, 2013 0 Comments
Carey Mulligan is the front-runner to play Hillary Rodham Clinton in an upcoming biopic of the former Secretary of State, THR reports. The British-born Mulligan has overtaken contenders such as Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Chastain, and Emma Stone for the title role in Rodham. Director James Ponsoldt is set to sit down with the actress to […]
Continue readingTelevision Revision: Doctor Who – Season 3
June 5, 2013 2 Comments
By Andrew Williams June 5, 2013 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 warning you away from the specific episodes – or even seasons! – that might have ruined […]
Continue readingAll that glitters – The Great Gatsby review
May 30, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo May 30, 2013 That Baz Luhrmann is incorrigible. When struck by inspiration, he’ll stop at nothing to bring his preposterous film concepts to life. Be it a baroque pop tribute to France’s most famous bordello, a three-hour romantic epic set in Australia’s sun-scorched desert, or a 3-D, hip-hop infused adaptation of F. […]
Continue readingThe Great Gatsby to kick off Cannes
March 13, 2013 0 Comments
Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby will open the 66th Cannes Film Festival but will screen out of competition, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The much-anticipated Gatsby is Luhrmann’s second film, after Moulin Rouge!, to open the film festival, and the second time ever that a 3-D film will hold the honour, following 2009’s Up. Based on F. […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Inside Llewyn Davis
January 29, 2013 0 Comments
Thank folk for that! The trailer for the Coen brothers’ latest picture, Inside Llewyn Davis, has finally arrived. Loosely based on the life of Dave Van Ronk, it stars Oscar Isaac as Llewyn Davis, a folk singer trying to make it in Greenwich Village during the 1960s. Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman, F. Murray Abraham, Garrett […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Great Gatsby
December 20, 2012 0 Comments
A brand new feature trailer for Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby has arrived. And good news: the modern music is intact! Though Jay-Z and Kanye West’s track No Church in the Wild was previously featured in the first teaser, this new clip has plenty of brand new footage to sate fans disappointed by […]
Continue readingPoster Debut: The Great Gatsby
December 18, 2012 0 Comments
Though its release was delayed a worrying six months – from Christmas 2012 to mid-2013 – a couple of posters for Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby have been unveiled, reigniting our anticipation. The posters prominently feature two of the picture’s Australian cast-members: Joel Edgerton as Tom Buchanan (the cruel husband of Carey Mulligan’s Daisy), and […]
Continue readingThe Great Gatsby delayed until mid-2013
August 8, 2012 0 Comments
Baz Luhrmann‘s adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby is a 2012 Oscar contender no more. The 3-D flick has been pushed back six months from its December release date. Gatsby will now open mid 2013, in the heat of the American summer. Warner Bros claim the move will allow them to capitalise on a bigger audience. […]
Continue readingFeel like making love – Shame review
June 4, 2012 0 Comments
Shame – Starring Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan and Nicole Beharie. Directed by Steve McQueen. Rated R. Originally published February 8, 2012. By Simon Miraudo. Shame arrives on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia June 6, 2012. Much has been made of Michael Fassbender‘s nude performance in Steve McQueen‘s Shame, as if he were the first gent to drop trou on screen. In reality, actors as diverse as Viggo Mortensen, Jason […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Great Gatsby
May 23, 2012 0 Comments
Been wondering what Baz Luhrmann‘s adaptation of F. Scott’s Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby would look like? The answer is here. Watch the first trailer and find out. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby, the slick, self-made socialite who harbours affection for his old flame Daisy (Carey Mulligan), despite her being married to the brutish Tom (Joel Edgerton). Tobey […]
Continue readingRooney Mara eyes Nick Hornby’s Brooklyn
April 27, 2012 0 Comments
Rooney Mara loves following in Carey Mulligan’s footsteps! The Oscar-nominated young actress is attached to star in a new movie scripted by author Nick Hornby. Hornby, who wrote the novels High Fidelity and About a Boy, made his film debut with an Academy Award nominated adaptation of Lynn Barber’s memoir An Education (which starred Mulligan). According […]
Continue readingRooney Mara replaces Carey Mulligan in Spike Jonze flick
April 26, 2012 0 Comments
From one ingénue to another. Rooney Mara has replaced Carey Mulligan in the new film from writer-director Spike Jonze, Variety reports. Though details are scarce, the picture concerns a man who falls in love … with a disembodied voice on a computer. Joaquin Phoenix will likely star as the central man, indicating that his self-imposed […]
Continue readingHollywood’s leading ladies line up to marry Depp’s Thin Man
March 30, 2012 2 Comments
It seems Hollywood’s finest actresses are in the running to star opposite Johnny Depp in Rob Marshall‘s The Thin Man, Deadline reports. Depp will star as former private eye and current drunk Nick Charles. Though no one has yet been offered the part of Nick’s wife Nora, here is the list of ladies meeting with Marshall next […]
Continue readingInterview: Albert Brooks (Drive)
March 12, 2012 0 Comments
Interview: Albert Brooks (Drive). By Simon Miraudo. Albert Brooks’ chilling performance in Drive was one of the breakout turns of last year; not bad for an Oscar-nominated actor-writer-director with a career that spans four decades. Although we know him best from his witty supporting performances in Broadcast News, Taxi Driver and Out of Sight, his directorial efforts Defending […]
Continue readingFeel like making love – Shame review
February 8, 2012 0 Comments
Shame – Starring Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan and Nicole Beharie. Directed by Steve McQueen. Rated R. By Simon Miraudo. Much has been made of Michael Fassbender‘s nude performance in Steve McQueen‘s Shame, as if he were the first gent to drop trou on screen. In reality, actors as diverse as Viggo Mortensen, Jason Segel, Peter […]
Continue readingFirst look at The Great Gatsby
December 14, 2011 0 Comments
The first official images from Baz Luhrmann‘s adaptation of The Great Gatsby have made their way online, showing off Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan and Joel Edgerton as Jay, Nick, Daisy and Tom respectively. Luhrmann’s approach to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel has generated its fair share of ire during production, notably for being […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Shame (Red Band)
November 30, 2011 0 Comments
Did someone order a saucy serving of Fassbender? The super-sexy Red Band trailer for Steve McQueen‘s controversial new flick Shame has debuted online. Starring Michael Fassbender as a sex-addict and Carey Mulligan as his troubled sister, the picture has garnered much acclaim on the festival circuit, and set tongues wagging with its explicit sex sequences […]
Continue readingJohn Goodman reteaming with Coen brothers for Inside Llewyn Davis
November 1, 2011 0 Comments
Frequent Coen brothers’ collaborator John Goodman is set to join their upcoming folk music flick Inside Llewyn Davis. Although Goodman has offered up memorable performances in plenty of the Coens previous films (Raising Arizona, Barton Fink, The Big Lebowski), he hasn’t worked with the duo since 2000’s O Brother, Where Art Thou? Showbiz 411 reports […]
Continue readingJustin Timberlake collaborating with Coen bros?
October 31, 2011 0 Comments
Justin Timberlake has been offered a role in Joel and Ethan Coen’s upcoming folk music flick Inside Llewyn Davis, Variety reports. Although little is known about the role, he is said to be the husband of Carey Mulligan’s character Jean. Set in the folk music scene in 1960s’ Greenwich Village, the film will be loosely based […]
Continue readingRuns like a dream – Drive review
October 25, 2011 0 Comments
Drive – Starring Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan and Albert Brooks. Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. Rated MA. Originally published August 7, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. This review was first run during the Melbourne International Film Festival. Drive opens in Australian cinemas October 27, 2011. The best word to describe Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive – based on James Sallis’ […]
Continue readingCarey Mulligan joins Coen brothers’ and Spike Jonze’s new films
October 21, 2011 0 Comments
Everyone’s favourite ingénue Carey Mulligan has just scored two major roles. She is set to star alongside Oscar Isaac in the Coen brothers’ newie Inside Llewyn Davis, and will also appear in Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman’s upcoming – and untitled – collaboration, Variety reports. The new Joel and Ethan Coen film centres on the folk music […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Shame
October 17, 2011 0 Comments
Steve McQueen‘s controversial Shame has been one of the most talked about films of the festival circuit, and will likely remain a conversation starter until it belatedly arrives in Australian cinemas next February. Starring Michael Fassbender as a sex-addict and Carey Mulligan as his troubled sister, the picture has generated chatter thanks to its explicit […]
Continue readingDrive inspires man to throw hot-dog at Tiger Woods
October 14, 2011 0 Comments
Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive has been responsible for some very weird news stories this week. The man who throw a hot-dog at Tiger Woods at a South Bay golf course on Tuesday has revealed he was motivated by Ryan Gosling‘s character in the film. Sausage-launcher Brandon Kelly revealed his bizarre motivations to The Press Democrat: […]
Continue readingShame scores Australian release date, new poster
October 10, 2011 0 Comments
Mark your calendars and make your beds! Director Steve McQueen and Michael Fassbender‘s controversial new flick Shame will arrive in Australian cinemas February 9, 2012. To celebrate, check out its simple but evocative new poster below (ignore the U.S. release date stamped at the bottom). McQueen and Fassbender’s follow-up to Hunger stirred up a storm […]
Continue readingWoman sues over misleading Drive trailer
October 10, 2011 7 Comments
Have you ever watched a movie and thought, ‘this is nothing like the trailer promised!’? Then did you quickly get over it and carry on living your life? Not Michigan woman Sarah Deming! According to The Hollywood Reporter, Deming has filed a lawsuit against distributor Film District over their “misleading” trailer for Nicolas Winding Refn’s […]
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 readingGemma Ward joins The Great Gatsby
August 31, 2011 0 Comments
Model-turned-actress Gemma Ward has been cast in Baz Luhrmann’s 3-d adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby. The news comes from Entertainment Weekly, although the specific role Ward will take on is not yet known. Despite the tale being set in New York, the film is currently being shot in Sydney. The […]
Continue readingPoster and Trailer Debut: Drive
August 15, 2011 0 Comments
Start your engines Gosling fans. A new poster and trailer for Nicolas Winding Refn’s high octane drama Drive have been released. Slashfilm wisely points out the possibility of overhyping this punchy film – which we caught at the Melbourne International Film Festival – but it deserves all of the praise being heaped on it. Drive […]
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