The Words – Starring Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, and Jeremy Irons. Directed by Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Literary soapie The Words is mutton dressed as bespectacled lamb. Just because it looks like smarthouse fare doesn’t mean it is, and the proof is entirely in the plodding pudding. It’s the […]
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Trailer Debut: The Words
May 18, 2012 
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Bradley Cooper rips off Jeremy Irons in the new trailer for The Words. Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal’s new film stars Cooper as a struggling author (again!), who steals a story from a mysterious older gentleman (Irons), and pays a great price for his unearned success. The trailer is fairly compelling, until the thrilling elements disappear and make […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: What to Expect When You’re Expecting
December 12, 2011 0 Comments
In reply to the question, ‘Just how many celebrities can we fit into one movie?’, the trailer for the Kirk Jones directed What to Expect When You’re Expecting answers, ‘As many as your flimsy plot wants’. On the heels of Garry Marshall’s New Year’s Eve celebrity-ganza, WTEWYE is an adaptation of the bestselling pregnancy book […]
Continue readingAll the right moves – Footloose review
September 27, 2011 2 Comments
Footloose – Starring Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough and Dennis Quaid. Directed by Craig Brewer. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Craig Brewer directs films like a man with electricity emanating from his fingertips. It feels like his pictures might, at any point, ignite into a fiery ball of sex (and his last feature, Black Snake Moan, […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Footloose
June 23, 2011 0 Comments
Warning sexy teenagers! Dancing kills! So says the trailer for Craig Brewer’s Footloose. A remake of the 1984 film of the same name, it stars Kenny Wormald and Julianne Hough as kids that love to dance … even if it could cost them … their lives. Or something. You know what this is. Hey, it […]
Continue readingI love you, man – The Special Relationship review
December 20, 2010 0 Comments
The Special Relationship – Starring Michael Sheen, Dennis Quaid and Hope Davis. Directed by Richard Loncraine. Rated M. Originally published August 4, 2010. By Simon Miraudo. Before we begin this review of Richard Loncraine’s The Special Relationship– a fictionalised chronicle of Tony Blair and Bill Clinton’s friendship – let’s get that dreaded phrase “bromance” out […]
Continue readingI love you, man – The Special Relationship review
August 4, 2010 0 Comments
The Special Relationship – Starring Michael Sheen, Dennis Quaid and Hope Davis. Directed by Richard Loncraine. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Before we begin this review of Richard Loncraine’s The Special Relationship– a fictionalised chronicle of Tony Blair and Bill Clinton’s friendship – let’s get that dreaded phrase “bromance” out of the way. Sure, we […]
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