By Simon Miraudo June 11, 2014 David Zellner‘s Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter is a real find; a curio about a collector and obsessive made for collectors and obsessives. It begins with the camera trained on a scratchy VHS tape of Fargo, and the remainder of the movie lives up to the promise of it being […]
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“A boy’s best friend is his mother.” The most memorable movie mums.
May 7, 2014 
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By Simon Miraudo May 7, 2014 Cinema history is littered with memorable movie mums, from the nurturing to the smothering to… well, whatever you call the son-swapping ladies in Adoration. Here are five of my favourite, all with their own unique personalities and peculiarities. With the exception of maybe one, they’re certain to make you […]
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April 2, 2014 0 Comments
By Glenn Dunks April 2, 2014 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 it has aged terribly. And yes, it takes its name from a famously misquoted Casablanca line. Hey, whatever. It […]
Continue readingThe top 10 money movies
October 12, 2012 0 Comments
The top 10 money movies. By Simon Miraudo. “In this country, you got to make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women.” Wise words from Tony Montana, taken to heart by the subjects of Andrew Dominik‘s commentary on […]
Continue readingCoen brothers working on Fargo TV show
September 27, 2012 0 Comments
Joel and Ethan Coen’s Fargo is headed to the small screen as FX signs a deal to develop a series based on the Academy Award winning crime drama, Deadline reports. Frances McDormand won a Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of pregnant Police Chief Marge Gunderson, who unravels a crime thanks to the inept handiwork […]
Continue readingFargo might be getting (another) TV adaptation
March 27, 2012 0 Comments
The Coen brothers‘ Oscar winning classic Fargo might find new life on television … once again. According to Variety, FX is interested in adapting the North Dakota-based crime drama for the small screen. The original picture starred Frances McDormand as the polite-but-shrewd-and-very-pregnant police officer Marge Gunderson, tasked with investigating a very strange kidnapping and a series of […]
Continue readingThe top 10 Oscar losers
February 24, 2012 7 Comments
The top 10 Oscar losers. By Simon Miraudo. We’re sure that winning an Academy Award is one of the highest honours an artist in the field of film could ever hope for. And it hardly needs to be said that a fair few great flicks have been recognised by the Academy over the years. However, […]
Continue readingEd Harris to reteam with Michael Bay for Pain and Gain?
February 3, 2012 0 Comments
The Rock star Ed Harris might reunite with director Michael Bay for Pain and Gain, Vulture reports. Ironically, Dwayne Johnson – aka The Rock – is already set to star in the pic, which has been nicknamed “Michael Bay’s Fargo”. Said to be a relatively smaller budget exercise for Bay, it is based on a true story in […]
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