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We need to talk about Julia – Enough Said review

By Simon Miraudo November 11, 2013 It’s been about fifteen years since Julia Louis-Dreyfus last graced the big screen; an absence I hadn’t even realised. That’s on me. Having now witnessed her comeback effort, Enough Said, it’s an absence I pray we never have to endure again. She’s never been far from the public eye […]

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Everybody needs good neighbours – The Oranges review

By Richard Haridy February 12, 2013 The Oranges is a light, inoffensive, suburban dramedy about infidelity. Despite a strong cast, it’s an empty, pointless exercise in turning an interesting story into a vanilla confection. David (Hugh Laurie) and Terry (Oliver Platt) are best friends who live across the street from each other in a movie-styled […]

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Trailer Debut: A Late Quartet

The trailer for A Late Quartet sees Christopher Waken, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Catherine Keener flex their classical musical muscles. Marking director Yaron Zilberman’s second feature film, after 2004’s Watermarks, A Late Quartet follows the members of a world-renowned string quartet as their future playing together is threatened. When cellist Peter (Walken) is diagnosed with […]

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Charlie Kaufman’s Frank or Francis postponed

We were greatly looking forward to Oscar-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman‘s directorial follow-up to Synecdoche, New York; the insane-sounding musical Frank or Francis, starring Steve Carell as an arrogant filmmaker and Jack Black as the blogger that torments him. Co-star Elizabeth Banks dropped a bombshell this week when she told Movieline the project was no more, stating “it fell apart at […]

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Catherine Keener and Charlie Kaufman develop HBO show

Catherine Keener is set to star in a new HBO comedy series written and directed by Oscar winner Charlie Kaufman, Deadline reports. Keener previously starred in Kaufman’s directorial debut Synecdoche, New York, as well as movies he scripted, such as Being John Malkovich, and Adaptation (in which Keener had a cameo). This new series will mark their first […]

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Keener, Banks and Reubens join Kaufman’s Frank or Francis

Update: THR confirms Kate Winslet will not be involved in the film. Elizabeth Banks and Pee Wee Herman himself, Paul Reubens, will however. The original report is as follows. Charlie Kaufman’s Frank or Francis adds Kate Winslet and Catherine Keener to the cast list, according to Vulture. The film, which Kaufman wrote, will be his […]

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Cyrus international trailer debut

One of our most anticipated films of 2010 (no, not that one) is Jay and Mark Duplass‘ comedy Cyrus, starring John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill and Marisa Tomei. Reilly plays a divorcee who meets the woman of his dreams (Tomei), and discovers that her son (Hill) may have emerged straight from his nightmares. The pic […]

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Makes my heart sing – Where the Wild Things Are review

Where The Wild Things Are – Starring Max Records, James Gandolfini and Catherine Keener. Directed by Spike Jonze. Rated PG. By Simon Miraudo. It’s easy to imagine a young Spike Jonze, say just 10 years old, running around his house like an unchained wrecking ball while his mother breathlessly chases him close behind. In fact, […]

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