“A boy’s best friend is his mother.” The most memorable movie mums.

By Simon Miraudo May 7, 2014 Cinema history is littered with memorable movie mums, from the nurturing to the smothering to… well, whatever you call the son-swapping ladies in Adoration. Here are five of my favourite, all with their own unique personalities and peculiarities. With the exception of maybe one, they’re certain to make you […]

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They’re all gonna laugh at you – Carrie review

By Simon Miraudo November 25, 2013 I never thought I’d say this about a high school massacre movie, but Kimberly Peirce‘s remake of Brian De Palma‘s Carrie has way too many survivors. (Warning: Incoming spoilers for arguably the most famous film climax ever; one that’s already been given away by decades of pop cultural spoofery, […]

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The 10 scariest films of all time

By Simon Miraudo October 28, 2013 Every October, in the days leading up to Halloween, I like to look back over my favourite horror films, and watch those that have eluded me. It’s hard to explain why we like scary movies so. They don’t make us laugh, like comedies. They don’t move us, like dramas. […]

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Play It Again – Carrie

Play It Again – Carrie. Starring Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, and Betty Buckley. Directed by Brian De Palma. Rated R. By Simon Miraudo. 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 […]

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Teaser Debut: Carrie

The first teaser for Kimberly Peirce’s Carrie remake offers only a glimpse of the prom night from hell, ending in a blood-soaked Chloe Grace Moretz. The film is among a growing list of remakes fans didn’t ask for, but the Boys Don’t Cry director is betting all her chips on the casting of young Moretz, […]

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Play It Again – Friday the 13th

Play It Again – Friday the 13th. Starring Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, and Robbi Morgan. Directed by Sean S. Cunningham. Rated R. By Simon Miraudo. 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 […]

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Poster Debut: Carrie

Chloe Moretz’s face is strewn with blood on the international teaser poster for the Carrie remake, which ominously insists “You Will Know Her Name.” Of course, you should already know her name. It’s Carrie. She comes from a pretty-famous Brian De Palma movie. Though we’d traditionally be hesitant to anticipate a remake of a horror classic, this new take is being […]

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The top 10 movie teachers

The top 10 movie teachers. By Simon Miraudo. Is there a more unfairly maligned profession in the world than teaching? When an oft-absued film critic asks that question, the order of the world is seriously askew. To quote The West Wing‘s Sam Seaborn (as everyone should try to do on a daily basis): “Education is the […]

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First look at Chloë Moretz and Julianne Moore in Carrie

We’ve got our first images from Kimberly Peirce‘s remake of Carrie, and they’re suitably blood-strewn. EW offer up a look at Chloë Grace Moretz as the eponymous teenager, moments after being shamed at the school prom (prepare for the telekinetic revenge, kids!). The image of Sissy Spacek similarly drenched in pig’s blood is the most iconic from […]

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Tom Cruise attached to Magnificent Seven remake

Tom Cruise is reported to be attached to the MGM remake of the legendary Western The Magnificent Seven, according to Variety. Director John Sturges’ The Magnificent Seven was a 1960 remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, transporting the story from Japan to America and establishing itself as a classic in its own right. MGM is […]

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Julianne Moore offered role of Carrie’s mother in remake

The Carrie remake no one asked for is suddenly more interesting than it deserves to be as Julianne Moore is offered the role of Carrie’s crazy mother. According to Deadline, Moore has finally been offered the role that Piper Laurie immortalised in Brian De Palma‘s 1976 horror classic. With Chloe Moretz already set for the […]

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Top 10 movies that should become musicals

Top 10 movies that should become musicals. By Simon Miraudo. Sylvester Stallone announced this week his plans to turn iconic boxing flick Rocky into a stage musical. At first we had trouble imagining what songs might be featured in such a production, but once we got into the right head space (aided by a few […]

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The 10 scariest movie scenes

The 10 scariest movie scenes. By Simon Miraudo. “Werewolf bar mitzvah; spooky scary. Boys becoming men; men becoming wolves!” Halloween is just around the corner, and it’s got us reminiscing about our favourite horror flicks, as well as the scariest movie scenes of all time. So, grab some edible fingers, pour yourself a glass of eyeball […]

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Hailee Steinfeld to star in Carrie remake?

Oscar nominee Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit) is reportedly being considered to star in the newly-announced remake of Carrie. According to Cinema Blend, the producers want Hailee to star as the eponymous telekinetic high schooler who takes revenge on her abusive classmates at prom. Sissy Spacek earned an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Brian DePalma‘s 1976 original. The […]

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Carrie remake in the works

MGM and Screen Gems are teaming up to bring Stephen King’s first published novel – Carrie – back to the big screen. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (the playwright hired to fix the super-maligned musical Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark) will adapt King’s book for the screen. Carrie was previously adapted in 1976 […]

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