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Place off – The Place Beyond the Pines review

By Simon Miraudo May 23, 2013 John Mayer one cautioned the fathers of the world to be good to their daughters. But what of their wayward sons? What of them, John?! Writer-director Derek Cianfrance steps in to answer that question with The Place Beyond the Pines, his follow up the world’s worst date flick, Blue […]

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Larry David movie gets official title and impressive cast

Larry David has had no difficulty securing impressive guest stars for his hit show Curb Your Enthusiasm, and so it goes for his upcoming HBO feature film Clear History. According to The Hollywood Reporter, David will star opposite Jon Hamm, Danny McBride, Bill Hader, Michael Keaton, Amy Ryan, Eva Mendes, Philip Baker Hall, Kate Hudson, and his Curb co-star […]

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I started a joke – Holy Motors review

Holy Motors – Starring Denis Lavant, Edith Scob, and Kylie Minogue. Directed by Leos Carax. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. In a similar fashion to Synecdoche, New York and Inception, Leos Carax’s Holy Motors seeks to highlight the incredible and ridiculous efforts taken by artists (and particularly filmmakers) to replicate reality, and how it’s ultimately an impossible feat. However, if they […]

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Transformer – Holy Motors review

Holy Motors – Starring Denis Lavant, Edith Scob, and Kylie Minogue. Directed by Leos Carax. Originally published June 15, 2012. By Richard Haridy. Holy Motors plays the Melbourne International Film Festival on August 11 and 14, 2012. It arrives in Australian cinemas August 23, 2012. This review was first run during the Sydney Film Festival. Holy Motors is a bewildering, indescribably wonderful film […]

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Transformer – Holy Motors review (Sydney Film Festival)

Holy Motors – Starring Denis Lavant, Edith Scob, and Kylie Minogue. Directed by Leos Carax. By Richard Haridy. Holy Motors played the Sydney Film Festival. It arrives in Australian cinemas August 23, 2012. Holy Motors is a bewildering, indescribably wonderful film that reminded me why I fell in love with cinema. Leos Carax’s fifth feature […]

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First look at Gosling and Cooper in The Place Beyond the Pines

The first official images of Bradley Cooper and a bleached blonde Ryan Gosling in Derek Cianfrance‘s crime thriller The Place Beyond the Pines have made their way online. Gosling – reuniting with his Blue Valentine director – plays a motorcyclist and criminal on the run from an inexperienced cop (Cooper). The images come courtesy of […]

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They don’t understand – Last Night review

Last Night – Starring Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington and Eva Mendes. Directed by Massy Tadjedin. Rated M. By Hilary Simmons. Last Night is a thoughtful little arthouse film from writer-director Massy Tadjedin, which asks interesting questions about infidelity, relationships and resilience. After attending a cocktail party, Joanna (Keira Knightley) confronts her husband Michael (Sam Worthington) about his […]

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Copper from another mother – The Other Guys review

The Other Guys – Starring Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg and Eva Mendes. Directed by Adam McKay. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo.   Stop the press! Multimillionaire actors unite to skewer deep-pocketed bureaucrats and billion-dollar blowouts! Does Adam McKay’s The Other Guys herald the end of Hollywood’s age of excess? Hmm, not quite. After all, this […]

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