By Simon Miraudo May 13, 2013 We’ve crossed the Rubicon, people. I thought the wickedly funny satire The Cabin in the Woods had closed the book on this tired horror genre by tearing its tropes limb from limb. But, instead of letting it rest in peace, director Fede Alvarez had to pry it open and […]
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Talk Hard – Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master)
March 26, 2013 
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Talk Hard with Simon Miraudo is the official podcast of Quickflix.com.au Can we offer you a free personality test? Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo speaks with Paul Thomas Anderson, the writer and director of Boogie Nights, There Will Be Blood, and most recently, The Master. Simon also delivers his verdict on the Scientology-inspired picture (though you […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – Julia Loktev (The Loneliest Planet)
March 26, 2013 0 Comments
Talk Hard with Simon Miraudo is the official podcast of Quickflix.com.au In this episode, we are catching that Midnight Train to Georgia. Well, the one near Russia, anyway. Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo speaks with Julia Loktev, director of The Loneliest Planet. He also delivers his verdict on what she calls a dangerous date movie. Show […]
Continue readingTalk Hard – Adrianne Palicki and Jon M. Chu (G.I. Joe: Retaliation)
March 26, 2013 0 Comments
Talk Hard with Simon Miraudo is the official podcast of Quickflix.com.au How is your kung-fu grip? In this episode, Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo speaks with Adrianne Palicki and Jon M. Chu, the star and director, respectively, of G.I. Joe: Retaliation. He also delivers his verdict on the sequel to Rise of the Cobra. Show Notes: […]
Continue readingIt’s a sick, sick, sick, sick world – Contagion review
February 29, 2012 0 Comments
Contagion – Starring Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne and Jennifer Ehle. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Rated M. Originally published October 19, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. Contagion is the last movie you want to see with a sore throat. Or maybe it’s the first movie you want to see with a sore throat. What could possibly top the sensory, 4-D, cinema-going experience of feeling your tonsils swell […]
Continue readingPerth International Arts Festival – Le Havre review
January 16, 2012 0 Comments
Le Havre – Starring André Wilms, Blondin Miguel and Jean-Pierre Darroussin. Directed by Aki Kaurismäki. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Le Havre plays the Perth International Arts Festival from January 16 to January 22. Click here for more details. Besides having one of the best names in cinema history, Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki, (ah-kee kaur-oohs-mak-ee; […]
Continue readingIt’s arrested development – Young Adult review
January 16, 2012 0 Comments
Young Adult – Starring Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt and Patrick Wilson. Directed by Jason Reitman. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Director Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody last collaborated on Juno, a film about a teenage girl who thought she was always the smartest person in the room, and who had to come to terms […]
Continue readingSuperfan – The Muppets review
January 4, 2012 0 Comments
The Muppets – Starring Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Chris Cooper. Directed by James Bobin. Rated G. Originally published November 19, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. The Muppets is the first theatrical adventure featuring Jim Henson’s legendary cast of critters in twelve years. Their last big screen effort was Muppets From Space, and as of its […]
Continue readingShe wears a mask – The Skin I Live In review
December 23, 2011 2 Comments
The Skin I Live In – Stars Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya and Marisa Paredes. Directed by Pedro Almodovar. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. The Skin I Live In certainly puts the ! in ALMODOVAR! The Spanish auteur’s latest film is particularly melodramatic, bizarre, and visually sumptuous, even by his already heightened standards. It establishes one […]
Continue readingCarry that weight – Melancholia review
December 14, 2011 0 Comments
Melancholia – Starring Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Kiefer Sutherland. Directed by Lars von Trier. Originally published August 6, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. People don’t realise that Lars von Trier has quite a sense of humour, which is why he gets into so much trouble at press conferences when he tries to crack wise. Like any comic, sometimes his jokes fall flat (unsurprisingly, saying “I’m […]
Continue readingKeanu’s misdemeanour – Henry’s Crime review
December 13, 2011 3 Comments
Henry’s Crime – Starring Keanu Reeves, James Caan and Vera Farmiga. Directed by Malcolm Venville. Rated M. By Hilary Simmons. I watched Henry’s Crime twice because the first time I felt sure I was missing something. The second time I knew that the story was as devoid of feeling and nuance as Keanu Reeves’ face. […]
Continue readingShould old acquaintance be forgot? – New Year’s Eve review
December 7, 2011 0 Comments
New Year’s Eve – Starring Hilary Swank, Ashton Kutcher and Sarah Jessica Parker. Directed by Garry Marshall. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. These movies must be really easy to write. You know the kind. They’ve got a countless number of tangentially-related stock characters portrayed by typecast actors (saves time normally spent on characterisation!) who make […]
Continue readingTwisted sister – Jack and Jill review
December 1, 2011 1 Comment
Jack and Jill – Starring Adam Sandler, Al Pacino and Katie Holmes. Directed by Dennis Dugan. Rated PG. By Simon Miraudo. There is so much bizarre imagery in Jack and Jill, Adam Sandler playing his own twin sister being the least of it. Picture a young boy running shirtless with a variety of live animals […]
Continue readingLeave it to the prose – Beautiful Lies review
November 29, 2011 0 Comments
Beautiful Lies – Starring Audrey Tautou, Nathalie Baye and Sami Bouajila. Directed by Pierre Salvadori. Rated M. By Hilary Simmons. There’s always something to like about French films. That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it. Perhaps it’s the picturesque settings; the way the camera lingers lovingly on cobbled squares and narrow paved streets, the […]
Continue readingLost boys – The Inbetweeners Movie review
November 24, 2011 0 Comments
The Inbetweeners Movie – Starring Simon Bird, Joe Thomas and James Buckley. Directed by Ben Palmer. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. As far as film adaptations of British television shows go, The Inbetweeners Movie is among the very best, which is probably faint praise considering the competition includes Kevin and Perry Go Large, Holiday on […]
Continue readingVoter beware – The Ides of March review
November 23, 2011 0 Comments
The Ides of March – Starring Ryan Gosling, George Clooney and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Directed by George Clooney. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Sometimes, it’s just nice to see a classic tale told well. George Clooney steps behind the camera once again for The Ides of March, an impressive political fable about ‘the line’ and the extent to […]
Continue readingSuperfan – The Muppets review
November 19, 2011 1 Comment
The Muppets – Starring Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Chris Cooper. Directed by James Bobin. Rated G. By Simon Miraudo. The Muppets arrives in Australian cinemas January 12, 2012. In the meantime, enjoy this early review. The Muppets is the first theatrical adventure featuring Jim Henson’s legendary cast of critters in twelve years. Their last big […]
Continue readingLosin’ it – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 review
November 16, 2011 7 Comments
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 – Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. Directed by Bill Condon. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Let the carnal delights begin! The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 is supposedly the reward for all of our suffering. Twihards have endured three movies worth of smouldering glances, […]
Continue readingA boy’s best friend is his mother – We Need to Talk About Kevin review
November 15, 2011 2 Comments
We Need to Talk About Kevin – Starring Tilda Swinton, Ezra Miller and John C. Reilly. Directed by Lynne Ramsay. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo We Need to Talk About Kevin is a nightmare movie; disjointed, dizzying, and disturbing at a primal level. Tilda Swinton stars as Eva, a reluctant mother cursed with the positively […]
Continue readingThe great game – Moneyball review
November 10, 2011 2 Comments
Moneyball – Starring Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Directed by Bennett Miller. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Bennet Miller‘s Moneyball is an underdog tale, both on the screen and behind the scenes (but more on that later). It documents the struggle of the Oakland Athletics and their forward-thinking GM Billy Beane (Brad […]
Continue readingBack to basics – The House of the Devil review
November 9, 2011 1 Comment
The House of the Devil – Starring Jocelin Donahue, Greta Gerwig and Tom Noonan. Directed by Ti West. Rated MA. Originally published July 7, 2010. By Simon Miraudo. Now this is how you make a scary movie. The House of the Devil is a delicious throwback to the golden era of Hollywood horror – one […]
Continue readingClock your body – In Time review
October 27, 2011 1 Comment
In Time – Starring Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried and Cillian Murphy. Directed by Andrew Niccol. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Andrew Niccol’s In Time has the air of a half-baked student production about it, and not just because some of the super young and sexy cast are forced to play eighty-year-olds. It’s set in the […]
Continue readingThe fight stuff – Warrior review
October 25, 2011 1 Comment
Warrior – Starring Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton and Nick Nolte. Directed by Gavin O’Connor. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Mixed martial arts (MMA to those in the know) is not a sport I’m particularly familiar with, but after witnessing its unrestrained brutality in Gavin O’Connor’s Warrior, I can only assume 50-75% of all competitors die […]
Continue readingIt’s a sick, sick, sick, sick world – Contagion review
October 19, 2011 0 Comments
Contagion – Starring Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne and Jennifer Ehle. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Contagion is the last movie you want to see with a sore throat. Or maybe it’s the first movie you want to see with a sore throat. What could possibly top the sensory, 4-D, cinema-going experience […]
Continue readingThe magic spell you cast – Midnight in Paris review
October 18, 2011 3 Comments
Midnight in Paris – Starring Owen Wilson, Marion Cotillard and Rachel McAdams. Directed by Woody Allen. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Cynical world that this is, we often think an artist’s best work is behind them. Woody Allen is not exempt; his golden age is almost universally agreed to be the 1970s, when he balanced riotous […]
Continue readingThey don’t understand – Last Night review
October 18, 2011 0 Comments
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 […]
Continue readingRace for the prize – The Cup review
October 12, 2011 5 Comments
The Cup – Starring Stephen Curry, Brendan Gleeson and Daniel MacPherson. Directed by Simon Wincer. Rated PG. By Simon Miraudo. Has there ever been a story as ripe for a big screen realisation as Damien Oliver’s triumphant run at the 2002 Melbourne Cup atop tempestuous Irish steed Media Puzzle, mere days after the death of […]
Continue readingSomething wicked this way comes – The Thing review
October 11, 2011 1 Comment
The Thing – Starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton and Ulrich Thomsen. Directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. The Thing does not immediately jump to mind as a flick that should be atop producers’ lists of properties ripe for the retooling. John Carpenter’s 1982 film of the same name flopped […]
Continue readingThunderstruck – Take Shelter review
October 11, 2011 0 Comments
Take Shelter – Starring Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain and Tova Stewart. Directed by Jeff Nichols. Rated M. Originally published July 24, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. This review was first run during the Melbourne International Film Festival. It opens in NSW, VIC and WA on October 13, 2011. I should have known better than to pigeonhole Michael […]
Continue readingI’ll follow you until you love me – Tabloid review
October 4, 2011 0 Comments
Tabloid – Directed by Errol Morris. Rated M. Originally published June 12, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. This review was first run – in slightly shorter form – during the Sydney Film Festival. Tabloid opens in select cinemas across Australia on October 6, 2011. The hilarious documentary Tabloid, from director Errol Morris, tells the stranger-than-fiction tale of former beauty […]
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