The final instalment of Suzanne Collins’ trilogy of Hunger Games books, Mockingjay, has been cleft in twain as if struck by Katniss’ arrow. Mockingjay will now hit cinemas as two separate instalments, a’la Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn before it. Lionsgate announced the two separate dates (reported by […]
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The Avengers boasts biggest opening ever
May 7, 2012 
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Following on from its record-breaking run in Australian cinemas, Joss Whedon‘s The Avengers has claimed the title of biggest opening weekend in America. The Marvel team-up flick grossed $200.3 million, obliterating the record set last year by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2‘s now-minuscule seeming $169.2 million tally. According to Box Office Mojo, it is now the fastest […]
Continue readingZooey Deschanel teams with Richard Curtis for About Time
March 29, 2012 0 Comments
Perpetual ‘It’ girl Zooey Deschanel is in talks to star in the latest film from Love Actually writer-director Richard Curtis, About Time. According to Variety, Deschanel would play a young woman courted by a novice time-traveller. Domhnall Gleeson – Bill Weasley from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – is likely to appear as the man informed by his […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
April 28, 2011 2 Comments
A new trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 has debuted online. And it looks exhausting (in the best possible way, of course). The final instalment of the eight-part series is being sold as some sort of generational event akin to the moon landing. The fact that Warner Bros can produce a trailer […]
Continue readingThe 25 most exciting films of 2011!
January 6, 2011 5 Comments
The 25 most exciting films of 2011. By Simon Miraudo. 2010 is sooo 2010. Sure, we were treated to a glut of wonderful features over the past 12 months, but take one look at the release slate for 2011 and you’ll agree that 2010 seems practically repulsive by comparison. I’ve compiled a list of the […]
Continue reading>Australian Box Office: Is Tron. Is Good.
December 21, 2010 0 Comments
>Tron: Legacy has topped the Australian box office for the weekend December 16-19, beating out Megamind and helping push Harry Potter down to number five. 1. Tron: Legacy [434 screens / $7,737]WKND = $3,357,645 / TOTAL = $3,357,645 2. Megamind [418 screens / $4,860]WKND = $2,031,675 / TOTAL = $7,162,882 3. Love & Other Drugs […]
Continue reading>Australian Box Office – Potter plummets!
December 14, 2010 1 Comment
>The box office for December 9 – 12 is in and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One plummets … if “plummets” means drops to number two. DreamWorks animated film Megamind has schemed its way to the top of the charts, stealing the prime position from Harry, Hermione and Ron. 1. Megamind [425 screens […]
Continue reading>Filling the Harry Potter/Twilight hole in your heart.
December 8, 2010 1 Comment
> Filling the Harry Potter/Twilight hole in your heart. By Jess Lomas. Have you found yourself wondering lately; “Gee, what AM I going to watch once the Harry Potter and Twilight franchises end?” No? Well, just pretend you were. There’s been a boom in Young Adult fiction over the last 6 years, which in turn […]
Continue reading>Australian Box Office: Potty for Potter
December 7, 2010 0 Comments
>How about that? Who would have thought Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One would top the box office for the third week in a row? Oh, you did … well done. For the weekend December 2 – 5 your top 10 movies are *drum roll*… 1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part […]
Continue reading>Australian Box Office: Potter reigns!
November 30, 2010 2 Comments
>Everyone’s favourite boy wizard dominates the Australian box office again for the weekend November 25 – 28. There seems to be no stopping Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 which has now taken in a total of close to $26 million. 1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 [610 screens / […]
Continue reading>The boy who wouldn’t grow up finds direction
November 24, 2010 1 Comment
>It’s been a good four years since New Line acquired Ben Magid’s screenplay for a darker-in-tone version of J.M. Barrie’s legendary tale Peter Pan. Magid’s adaptation, titled Pan, was originally rumoured to have Guillermo del Toro lined up to direct. According to a new report in Variety, Ben Hibon is now attached to the project […]
Continue readingAustralian Box Office: Do you believe in magic?
November 23, 2010 0 Comments
Cue the puns about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One. For the period November 18-21 Potter and his friends created box office magic. Though we predicted it last week, it wouldn’t take a boy wizard to foresee this record breaking opening weekend. While taking in more than $330 million globally, Part One of […]
Continue readingNothing by half-measures – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One review
November 18, 2010 0 Comments
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One – Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint. Directed by David Yates. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One might be the most unsettling, bone-chilling, flat-out-terrifying children’s film ever made. As readers of the book already know, Part One is […]
Continue readingHarry Potter abandons 3-D. Has the 3-D bubble burst?
October 11, 2010 0 Comments
Back in February, we reported the news that Warner Bros was planning on converting a whole bunch of their 2-D features into 3-D . These pictures included Clash of the Titans, Cats and Dogs 2: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, Legend of the Guardians and, most notably, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One. […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One
September 23, 2010 0 Comments
The feature trailer for (the really depressing) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One has debuted online. Scroll past the multiple Harrys to check it out. Warner Bros are selling the final instalments of the HP saga as “the motion picture event of a generation”, and the trailers released so-far have been suitably epic […]
Continue readingBlood! Kissing! Sidecars! New pics from Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows
August 17, 2010 0 Comments
Warner Bros are intent on selling the final instalments of their decade-long Harry Potter saga as the defining cinematic event of a generation (see: epic trailer, depressing poster). It’s working. Here are a bunch of gorgeous new pictures from Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 1 (click to embiggen). It has long been known […]
Continue readingHarry Potter 7 poster debut. It’s depressing!
July 5, 2010 0 Comments
If you happened to sit through the interminable third instalment of the Twilight saga over the weekend, you would have been treated to the infinitely more entertaining trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It was epic, haunting and more powerful than anything Eclipse had to offer. In fact, I can say the same […]
Continue readingTrailer for Harry Potter finale is mighty epic
June 28, 2010 2 Comments
After seeing a short teaser earlier this month, we have finally been treated to the feature trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the long-awaited adaptation of the final book in J.K. Rowling’s wizard saga. As you will see, Deathly Hallows is the film we’ve all been waiting for. Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert […]
Continue readingThe Rundown: June 7-11
June 11, 2010 0 Comments
Hey Quickflixers! Welcome to the latest instalment of The Rundown. It’s a regular feature that will appear on the blog every Friday, highlighting our favourite news items from the past week, as well as notable box office and weekly rental figures. So, what did we learn this week? The Twilight Saga’s New Moon dominated the […]
Continue readingHarry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 1 trailer debut
June 8, 2010 2 Comments
Hold onto your broomsticks! The teaser trailer for Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows (Part 1) has premiered online after making its debut at the MTV Movie Awards over the weekend. Danny Radcliffe is back as Harry Potter, and this time … he’s conflicted! Well, even more conflicted than usual. He’s joined by Hermione (Emma […]
Continue readingTwilight dominates MTV Movie Awards, obviously
June 8, 2010 0 Comments
The Twilight Saga’s New Moon dominated the 2010 MTV Movie Awards, an awards show almost exclusively voted for by teenage girls and taken seriously by no one. The ceremony was hosted by genius comedian Aziz Ansari, and featured exclusive sneak peeks at Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows. The […]
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