By Richard Haridy May 15, 2013 There are a multitude of sordidly fascinating directions a biopic on Alfred Hitchcock could take. So, when Sacha Gervasi‘s flat and frothy Hitchcock concludes, it’s inevitably frustrating to find this film takes such a conventional path. Hitchcock opens right when the great man was at the top of his game, having just released the gloriously […]
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Trailer Debut: RED 2
January 21, 2013 
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Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, and Mary-Louise Parker are back for RED 2. Your video evidence is below. The original – concerning retired assassins called back into action when they become targets of a hit, and based on the comic book of the same hit – grossed nearly $200 million worldwide. It’s no surprise, then, to see […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Hitchcock
October 12, 2012 0 Comments
“All of us harbour dark recesses of violence and horror. I’m just a man hiding in the corner with a camera, watching,” says Anthony Hopkins as famed director Alfred Hitchcock in the first trailer for the biopic Hitchcock. Directed by Sacha Gervasi (Anvil: The Story of Anvil), with a screenplay by John J. McLaughlin (Black […]
Continue readingRed 2 secures a director
February 21, 2012 0 Comments
The elderly avengers will ride again! Summit Entertainment has recruited Dean Parisot (Galaxy Quest) to helm the sequel to their 2010 hit Red, Variety reports. Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, and Helen Mirren are all expected to reprise their roles as the retired assassins called back to action. Original director Robert Schwentke is busy working on R.I.P.D. Red 2 has been written by […]
Continue readingThe glass is half full – Arthur review
April 21, 2011 1 Comment
Arthur – Starring Russell Brand, Greta Gerwig and Helen Mirren. Directed by Jason Winer. Rated PG. By Simon Miraudo. Jason Winer’s remake of Arthur is riddled with clichés, suffers from a trite – occasionally offensive – screenplay, and has flatter direction than any Russell Brand vehicle deserves. That being said, I could watch the hilarious […]
Continue readingA novel concept – Brighton Rock review
April 14, 2011 0 Comments
Brighton Rock – Starring Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough and Helen Mirren. Directed by Rowan Joffe. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Rowan Joffe’s adaptation of Graham Greene’s 1938 novel Brighton Rock is, in theory, precisely the kind of book-to-film translation we should have more of. Taking the original text as a jumping off point, Joffe brings […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Arthur
February 11, 2011 0 Comments
The trailer for Arthur, starring Russell Brand as a billionaire playboy, has debuted online. The film is a remake of the much-loved 1981 picture starring Dudley Moore in the title role. There are people who love Russell Brand, and enjoy everything he does. There are those who hate him, and can’t stand anything he does. […]
Continue reading>RED 2 in the works
January 19, 2011 0 Comments
>According to Collider, Summit Entertainment has commissioned screenwriters Jon and Erich Hoeber to write the sequel to last year’s hit action/comedy RED. Whilst critical reception of the first film remains mixed, the pic certainly did well at the box office grossing $164 million USD worldwide. And it doesn’t hurt that it was nominated for (though […]
Continue readingBreaking necks and cashing (pension) cheques – RED review
October 20, 2010 2 Comments
RED – Starring Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren and John Malkovich. Directed by Robert Schwentke. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. I hate to sound like a disrespectful whippersnapper, but I’d begun to doubt the potential of action films starring actors of a certain age. The last movie to feature a fleet of pension-collecting heroes – The […]
Continue readingFirst look at Russell Brand in Arthur
August 31, 2010 0 Comments
The New York Times have the first official images of Russell Brand in the remake of the classic 1981 comedy Arthur. Brand stars as a rich, hard-drinking playboy who stands to lose his inheritance after falling for a charming pickpocket (Greta Gerwig). The NY Times article offers an interesting insight into the writing process of […]
Continue readingTol story – The Last Station review
July 27, 2010 0 Comments
The Last Station – Starring James McAvoy, Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer. Directed by Michael Hoffman. Rated M. Originally published April 2, 2010. By Simon Miraudo. The Last Station is the kind of adult drama that I’m just thankful is still being made. Therefore, I was ecstatic to also find it to be rather good. […]
Continue readingWillis, Mirren, Morgan and Malkovich go Red
June 24, 2010 3 Comments
Although I may have never expressed a desire to see Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman and John Malkovich as fierce assassins, I now realise that it is exactly what I have always wanted. The trailer for Robert Schwentke‘s comic book adaptation Red has debuted on Yahoo, featuring a grizzly Bruce Willis as a retired black-ops CIA […]
Continue readingTol story – The Last Station review
April 2, 2010 1 Comment
The Last Station – Starring James McAvoy, Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer. Directed by Michael Hoffman. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. The Last Station is the kind of adult drama that I’m just thankful is still being made. Therefore, I was ecstatic to also find it to be rather good. It features richly drawn characters, […]
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