Emile Hirsch will play John Belushi in an upcoming biopic based on the hard-living comedian’s life. According to The Wrap, Hirsch “will have to gain weight to play” the role. Steve Conrad will write and direct the flick. Belushi was one of the original castmembers of Saturday Night Live. His burgeoning film career was cut […]
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Sydney Film Festival – Prince Avalanche review
June 14, 2013 
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By Simon Miraudo June 14, 2013 What a lovely, lyrical wonder David Gordon Green‘s Prince Avalanche is. A remake of the Icelandic comedy Either Way, it transplants the tale of two poorly-paired road workers to East Texas, circa 1988, shortly after wildfires have ravaged the terrain. Their task is to paint those yellow lines on […]
Continue readingTheir first crime was being stupid – Killer Joe review
November 12, 2012 0 Comments
Killer Joe – Starring Matthew McConaughey, Juno Temple, and Emile Hirsch. Directed by William Friedkin. Rated R. By Simon Miraudo. Their first crime was being stupid. The subjects of Tracy Letts’ play Killer Joe give trailer trash a bad name. They are trailer effluvia; fortunate enough to have taken human form, but lacking all the […]
Continue readingTastes like chicken – Killer Joe review
August 3, 2012 0 Comments
Killer Joe – Starring Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, and Juno Temple. Directed by William Friedkin. Originally published June 18, 2012. By Richard Haridy. Killer Joe plays the Melbourne International Film Festival on August 3 and 8, 2012. It does not yet have an Australian release date. This review was first run during the Sydney Film Festival. Killer Joe is a grubby blast of […]
Continue readingTastes like chicken – Killer Joe review (Sydney Film Festival)
June 18, 2012 0 Comments
Killer Joe – Starring Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, and Juno Temple. Directed by William Friedkin. By Richard Haridy. Killer Joe played the Sydney Film Festival. It does not yet have an Australian release date. Killer Joe is a grubby blast of amoral fun featuring a revelatory turn by Matthew McConaughey as the titular Joe; a […]
Continue readingDavid Gordon Green made a film with Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch
June 8, 2012 0 Comments
David Gordon Green has just wrapped a secret indie film he wrote and directed starring Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch, Variety reports. The low-budget road comedy is called Prince Avalanche; it was filmed in Austin and is a remake of an Icelandic comedy called Either Way, directed by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurosson. In the original, two […]
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