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 […]
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Coen brothers working on Fargo TV show
September 27, 2012 
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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 readingTrailer Debut: Promised Land
September 24, 2012 0 Comments
The trailer for Gus Van Sant‘s new drama – and definite Oscar contender – Promised Land has arrived, starring Matt Damon and John Krasinski. Damon and Krasinski collaborated on the screenplay for this fracking feature, the most high-profile depiction of the controversial subject since Josh Fox‘s Oscar-nominated documentary Gasland. A corporate salesman (Damon) works at convincing a struggling […]
Continue readingFamily circus – Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted review
September 11, 2012 0 Comments
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted – Featuring the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, and David Schwimmer. Directed by Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, and Conrad Vernon. Rated PG. By Jess Lomas. There’s a new expectation when it comes to animated pictures, thanks largely to Pixar’s cross-generational humour, that both an adult and child can enjoy […]
Continue readingKids on the run – Moonrise Kingdom review
August 28, 2012 0 Comments
Moonrise Kingdom – Starring Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, and Bruce Willis. Directed by Wes Anderson. Rated PG. By Simon Miraudo. Moonrise Kingdom is Wes Anderson‘s most mannered and intricately manicured film to date; an impressive feat in the shadow of 2009’s painstakingly animated stop-motion feature Fantastic Mr. Fox. It’s easy to fixate on the delicate art […]
Continue readingRoad to nowhere – This Must Be The Place review
August 9, 2012 0 Comments
This Must Be The Place - Starring Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, and Kerry Condon. Directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Rated M. Originally published April 3, 2012. By Simon Miraudo. This Must Be The Place is now available on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia. Paolo Sorrentino‘s This Must Be The Place is a road movie, and the destination is disappointment. You may not have predicted its cross-country […]
Continue readingRoad to nowhere – This Must Be The Place review
April 3, 2012 1 Comment
This Must Be The Place - Starring Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, and Kerry Condon. Directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Paolo Sorrentino‘s This Must Be The Place is a road movie, and the destination is disappointment. You may not have predicted its cross-country narrative based on the striking poster, which tellingly features […]
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 readingPoster Debut: Moonrise Kingdom
March 9, 2012 1 Comment
A picturesque new poster for Wes Anderson‘s upcoming film Moonrise Kingdom has debuted online, indicating that he’s not planning on abandoning his signature visual style anytime soon. The film concerns a couple of young love-birds who flee from society, leaving the lives of their parents and various townsfolk in disarray. Check out the trailer below. Moonrise Kingdom stars […]
Continue readingRobot rock – Transformers: Dark of the Moon review
June 28, 2011 34 Comments
Transformers: Dark of the Moon – Starring Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Frances McDormand. Directed by Michael Bay. By Simon Miraudo. In 2007, I left a screening of Michael Bay’s Transformers feeling like an exhilarated schoolboy who had just happened upon his father’s nudie mag collection (or, to translate for today’s teenagers, had just discovered […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Transformers – Dark of the Moon
April 29, 2011 2 Comments
The feature trailer for the third Transformers movie – the Pink Floydian-titled Dark of the Moon – has debuted online. It hints at an incisive commentary on geopolitics and the American government’s relationship with its citizens, as well as a haunting final sequence that evokes Michael Haneke‘s … just kidding! It’s robots punching each other! […]
Continue readingJason Schwartzman cast in Wes Anderson’s new flick
March 25, 2011 0 Comments
Jason Schwartzman has joined the already stellar cast of Wes Anderson’s upcoming film Moonrise Kingdom (his first live-action project in five years). We first learned about Wes Anderson’s upcoming flick Moonrise Kingdom back in October of 2010, but all we knew is that it would focus on a boy and girl (both aged 12). The […]
Continue readingJoel and Ethan Coen to dabble in horror?
February 10, 2011 0 Comments
Ah, those cheeky Coen brothers. If they’re not dooming their characters to lives of existential tragedy or holding a magnifying glass over them as if they were soon-to-be-ignited ants, they’re cracking wise with film journalists. In an interview with Empire, Ethan Coen discussed potential future projects. Although he dismissed the long-touted Barton Fink sequel Old […]
Continue readingImpressive cast circles Wes Anderson’s Moon Rise Kingdom
November 11, 2010 0 Comments
A bunch of impressive actors are in talks to join Wes Anderson‘s upcoming project Moon Rise Kingdom. According to Deadline, Bruce Willis, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Edward Norton and Anderson-regular Bill Murray are all considering major roles in the director’s 1960’s-set project. The film will reportedly tell the story of “two young adults [who] fall […]
Continue readingRespected actors join Transformers 3
March 23, 2010 0 Comments
Frances McDormand, John Malkovich and Ken Jeong have signed on to star alongside fellow thesps Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox in Transformers 3. According to Deadline, McDormand will have a large role as National Intelligence Director, while Malkovich will play the boss of Shia LaBeouf’s character, Sam Witwicky. It is unknown what character Jeong will […]
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