By Jess Lomas April 1, 2014 In Sally Potter’s Ginger and Rosa, two best friends learn forever may not be as long as they’d always thought it would be. Set in London while the Cuban Missile Crisis is in full swing, best friends Ginger (Elle Fanning) and Rosa (Alice Englert) yearn to escape their repressive […]
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First look at Angelina Jolie in Maleficent
June 20, 2012 
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The first image of Angelina Jolie as the evil queen in Disney’s revisionist take on the Sleeping Beauty legend, Maleficent, has arrived online (courtesy of Slashfilm). Those horns look mighty threatening. Almost as sharp as her cheekbones! Elle Fanning stars as the slumbering Princess Aurora, tormented by Jolie’s title character. Brenton Thwaites, Juno Temple, Imelda Staunton, Lesley Manville, […]
Continue readingAussie to play Prince in Disney’s Maleficent
May 31, 2012 0 Comments
Australian actor Brenton Thwaites has been cast opposite Angelina Jolie in Disney’s upcoming take on the Sleeping Beauty saga, Maleficent. According to Deadline, the former Home and Away star will play the young prince to Elle Fanning‘s Princess Aurora and Jolie’s evil queen. Robert Stromberg will direct. Discuss: Glad to see another Aussie actor break-out?
Continue readingElle Fanning in talks to play Sleeping Beauty
March 9, 2012 1 Comment
Hollywood has fairy tale fever at the moment, and Elle Fanning looks to be the latest young starlet to jump on the bandwagon. Twitch reports that Fanning is in talks to star as Princess Aurora (aka Sleeping Beauty) in Disney’s upcoming Maleficent. Though Sleeping Beauty is the big name, the film itself is titled after the […]
Continue readingThe 10 best female performances of 2011
December 27, 2011 0 Comments
The 10 best female performances of 2011. By Simon Miraudo. It’s the final week of 2011, so we’re sharing with you, once again, our end-of-year lists. This was originally published on December 8, 2011. Acting! It’s perhaps the most subjective craft in the entire moviemaking process. What better way to celebrate its unquantifiable nature than by […]
Continue readingTalk to the animals – We Bought a Zoo review
December 20, 2011 1 Comment
We Bought a Zoo – Starring Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson and Thomas Haden Church. Directed by Cameron Crowe. Rated PG. By Simon Miraudo. If you had hoped writer-director Cameron Crowe would return from his six-year hiatus having shed the demons of Elizabethtown, well, I’ve got some bad news for you: We Bought a Zoo is […]
Continue readingThe 10 best female performances of 2011
December 8, 2011 2 Comments
The 10 best female performances of 2011. By Simon Miraudo. Acting! It’s perhaps the most subjective craft in the entire moviemaking process. What better way to celebrate its unquantifiable nature than by ranking our favourite performances of the year? Look past the inherent ridiculousness of comparing a batch of boisterous bridesmaids with sisters awaiting the end […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: We Bought A Zoo
September 15, 2011 3 Comments
The trailer for Cameron Crowe’s new movie We Bought A Zoo has debuted online, and it is perhaps the Cameron Crowe-iest trailer ever made. A man quitting his job in spectacular fashion? Check. A best friend offering sage advice to the main character, and imploring him to embrace the joy and wonder of life? Check. […]
Continue readingAction! – Super 8 review
June 7, 2011 0 Comments
Super 8 – Starring Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning and Kyle Chandler. Directed by J.J. Abrams. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Super 8 is complete. That sounds more like a minimum requirement for a movie rather than grounds for a rave, but it’s astounding just how fulfilling J.J. Abrams’ latest film is. I left feeling content; […]
Continue readingI’ll get along with you – Somewhere review
May 3, 2011 1 Comment
Somewhere – Starring Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning. Directed by Sofia Coppola. Rated M. Originally published December 7, 2010. By Simon Miraudo. It’s both easy and fun to dismiss films about sad rich people, but if we made it a rule, we’d be lumping classics like Citizen Kane and Ikiru with clunkers such as Eat […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Super 8
March 14, 2011 2 Comments
The trailer for J.J. Abrams‘ mysterious, Steven Spielberg-produced blockbuster-to-be Super 8 has debuted online, and it is sure to send shivers of anticipation down your spine (and pangs of nostalgia into whichever part of the body where the nostalgia gland lives). Although we got our first real look at the film during the Superbowl, this […]
Continue reading>Superbowl Trailer Debut: Super 8
February 8, 2011 0 Comments
>On Sunday evening in the United States, families gathered around their televisions to learn which products they should consume and which movies they should buy tickets to in the coming weeks and months. It was intermittently interrupted by a football game and a performance by the Black Eyed Peas. They call it the Superbowl. The […]
Continue readingI’ll get along with you – Somewhere review
December 7, 2010 0 Comments
Somewhere – Starring Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning. Directed by Sofia Coppola. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. It’s both easy and fun to dismiss films about sad rich people, but if we made it a rule, we’d be lumping classics like Citizen Kane and Ikiru with clunkers such as Eat Pray Love. With that caveat […]
Continue readingSofia Coppola’s Somewhere trailer debut
June 15, 2010 0 Comments
The trailer for Sofia Coppola‘s latest film Somewhere has debuted online, and it’s as gorgeous to behold as the talented director’s previous films. Somewhere stars Stephen Dorff as a bad-boy A-list actor living a life of excess at the Chateau Marmont Hotel. When he is joined by his 11-year-old daughter Cleo (Elle Fanning) he finds […]
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