Michel Gondry’s latest effort, Mood Indigo, has certainly perplexed film festival audiences who were perhaps expecting a light-hearted romp. Though the picture does indeed begin in the manner of a quirky French rom-com, it slowly evolves into a strange, heartbreaking tale of a relationship’s disintegration in the face of terminal illness. So, not super cheerful […]
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Chop me up – American Mary review
February 19, 2013 
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By Richard Haridy February 19, 2013 A disturbing horror flick set in the seedy underground world of body modification is a great premise. For at least two-thirds of American Mary, writer-director team Jen and Sylvia Soska set up what looks to be a cult classic. This sensational opening makes the disappointing final act hurt all […]
Continue readingPlay It Again – A Clockwork Orange
June 12, 2012 0 Comments
Play It Again – A Clockwork Orange. Starring Malcolm McDowell, Patrick McGee, and Adrienne Corri. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Rated R. By Jess Lomas. 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 […]
Continue readingMartin, Dr. Heiter, and director Tom Six to star in Human Centipede 3
March 6, 2012 0 Comments
Fellow sickos – all our Christmases have come at once! Dieter Laser (Dr. Heiter from The Human Centipede), Laurence R. Harvey (Martin from The Human Centipede 2), and franchise director Tom Six will all star in the third instalment of the gross-out series, The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence). Producer Ilona Six broke the news to EW exclusively; there are no […]
Continue readingThe top 10 mad movie doctors
March 2, 2012 2 Comments
The top 10 mad movie doctors. By Simon Miraudo. “It’s alive!” “Great scot!” “Feed her!” These are the legendary catchcries of cinema’s best and craziest doctors. This week saw the long-awaited release of the formerly-banned horror flick The Human Centipede 2 on DVD and Blu-ray, and to celebrate we’re listing our all-time favourite mad movie […]
Continue readingLife’s a gas – The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence review
February 21, 2012 1 Comment
The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence – Starring Laurence R. Harvey and Ashlynn Yennie. Directed by Tom Six. Rated R. Originally published November 26, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. From Oedipus the King, to Dante’s Inferno, to Titus Andronicus, to The 120 Days of Sodom and its adaptation Salo; there is a long lineage of great texts regarding the poetry of human (and inhuman) suffering. Director Tom Six would like his Human Centipede films – […]
Continue readingLife’s a gas – The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence review
November 26, 2011 0 Comments
The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence – Starring Laurence R. Harvey and Ashlynn Yennie. Directed by Tom Six. Rated R. By Simon Miraudo. The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence has just completed a tour of exclusive late-night screenings across the country. It arrives on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia February 23, 2012 (pending a review […]
Continue readingWaking nightmare – Sleeping Beauty review
November 22, 2011 0 Comments
Sleeping Beauty – Starring Emily Browning, Rachael Blake and Peter Carroll. Directed by Julia Leigh. Rated MA. Originally published June 8, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. I remember seeing a production of Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days with my high school drama class. For those unfamiliar with the play, it features a woman trapped in a mound […]
Continue readingA Serbian Film banned in Australia; recalled from all vendors
September 20, 2011 78 Comments
The controversial horror movie A Serbian Film has been refused classification in Australia – one month after its official release – following a review requested by South Australian Attorney General John Rau and the campaign group Collective Shout. The film was banned in South Australia one day before its DVD and Blu-ray release, but has […]
Continue readingInterview: Daniel Henshall (Snowtown)
September 13, 2011 0 Comments
Interview – Daniel Henshall (Snowtown). By Simon Miraudo. Justin Kurzel’s Snowtown tells the story of Australia’s most notorious serial killer, John Bunting, who in the early 1990s infiltrated the lives of some disenfranchised suburbanites and perpetrated some of the most horrific murders in history. The controversial film divided audiences while in cinemas, with reports of […]
Continue readingAvengers star cast in Lars von Trier’s “porno” Nymphomaniac
September 7, 2011 0 Comments
Stellan Skarsgard – last seen as Dr. Eric Selvic in Marvel’s Thor and set to reprise his role in Joss Whedon’s upcoming team-up flick The Avengers – is a bold man. Skarsgard told E! News he has agreed to star in Lars von Trier’s new film Nymphomaniac, after receiving the following call from the controversial […]
Continue readingLady vengeance – The Woman review
August 19, 2011 2 Comments
The Woman – Starring Pollyanna McIntosh, Sean Bridgers and Angela Bettis. Directed by Lucky McKee. Rated R. Originally published August 6, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. This review was first run during the Melbourne International Film Festival. The Woman is now screening exclusively at the Cinema Nova in Melbourne. In David Mamet’s Spartan, Kristen Bell – starring as the […]
Continue readingHell on Earth – Snowtown review
May 18, 2011 4 Comments
Snowtown – Staring Daniel Henshall, Lucas Pittaway and Louise Harris. Directed by Justin Kurzel. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. Few films can rightfully claim to offer its audience the opportunity to spend a couple hours in the bowels of hell, but Justin Kurzel might as well print up t-shirts saying as much to promote his […]
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