By Jess Lomas June 25, 2014 The trend of taking a successful film and sabotaging it by churning out uninspiring sequels is perhaps best illustrated in the world of animation. Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks – they all love to repeat their winning formulas. By the sixth instalment of a franchise, expectations are understandably low, and yet […]
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Warner Bros. consider dropping Ryan Gosling’s Cannes punch-line ‘Lost River’
May 22, 2014 
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Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut Lost River opened to boos (and even some jeers) at the Cannes Film Festival, and now distributor Warner Bros is reportedly looking for an indie studio to dump the flick on. According to Deadline, WB has reached out to some speciality distributors about having them acquire and release the David Lynch-inspired […]
Continue readingCarrie on – I Don’t Know How She Does It review
March 5, 2012 2 Comments
I Don’t Know How She Does It – Starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Pierce Brosnan, and Greg Kinnear. Directed by Douglas McGrath. Rated PG. By Hilary Simmons. I know, I know, I know. I’m giving a movie starring Sarah Jessica Parker of Sex and the City fame half a star more than Oscar winner and moody […]
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 readingNicolas Winding Refn wants Christina Hendricks for Wonder Woman
June 21, 2011 0 Comments
Nicolas Winding Refn – the acclaimed director of the Pusher trilogy, Bronson and Cannes hit Drive – has, weirdly, long wanted to make a Wonder Woman movie. And as he told Vulture at the U.S. premiere of Drive, he wants Mad Men’s Christina Hendricks to star in it. Last year he told Movieline, “Wonder Woman, […]
Continue readingChristina Hendricks joins Drive
September 10, 2010 0 Comments
Nicolas Winding Refn‘s Drive is gearing up for production, and his increasingly impressive cast is beginning to rival Inception‘s “dream team” of actors. Mad Men‘s Christina Hendricks is the newest addition to the action thriller. She joins Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks and Oscar Isaac. The news of Hendricks’ involvement comes from […]
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