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Joaquin Phoenix to star in Jonze/Kaufman collaboration

Joaquin Phoenix is attached to star in the upcoming collaboration between director Spike Jonze and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, who previously delivered the masterpieces (we said it!) Being John Malkovich and Adaptation. The news comes from Twitch, who also reveal that Warner Bros will distribute the flick. In March it was announced that billionairess Megan Ellison […]

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Joaquin Phoenix in talks for P.T. Anderson’s religious drama

Joaquin Phoenix almost  torpedoed his career with a faux-flameout in the celebrity mockumentary I’m Still Here (totally worth it, in my opinion). According to Variety, he’s getting back on track in the most exciting of ways. Phoenix is in talks to star in Paul Thomas Anderson‘s Untitled Religious Drama (formerly known as The Master) as […]

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Dream Bieber – Justin Bieber: Never Say Never review

Justin Bieber: Never Say Never – Starring Justin Bieber. Directed by Jon Chu. Rated G. By Simon Miraudo. I had hoped the Justin Bieber documentary Never Say Never would be a brutal, no-holds-barred insight into the depraved life of a teen pop sensation, in which his darkest secrets were unearthed, and his most perverted fetishes […]

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Trailer Debut: Justin Bieber – Never Say Never

I recently called The Social Network “the first film of the new decade”. Justin Bieber – Never Say Never 3-D is the second. The trailer for the expletive-laden, drug-soaked, I’m Still Here-esque satire about the nature of celebrity family oriented concert film has debuted online, no doubt sending tweenage girls across the universe into a […]

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Letterman was in on the I’m Still Here joke too

A writer at Late Show with David Letterman has confirmed that Joaquin Phoenix‘s prickly interview with the talk show veteran was a fakery. The sequence is the centerpiece of the debunked-documentary I’m Still Here, which purported to document the lost year of actor-turned-rapper Joaquin Phoenix. Director Casey Affleck confirmed last week that Phoenix’s retirement from […]

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Affleck confirms I’m Still Here to be Not So Real

Casey Affleck, director of the Joaquin Phoenix “documentary” I’m Still Here, has told the New York Times that the film is indeed a fakery. WHAT?! Just kidding. It had long been rumoured that Phoenix’s decision to quit acting for rapping (and subsequent mental breakdown) was a hoax. The rumours are even discussed in the film. […]

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The long con – I’m Still Here review

I’m Still Here – Starring Joaquin Phoenix. Directed by Casey Affleck. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo.   Joaquin Phoenix seems to have a love/hate relationship with fame – and that’s putting it mildly. An actor since the age of eight, he was further thrust into the limelight (in the most unfortunate of ways) after a […]

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I’m Still Here trailer debut

The trailer for the “Joaquin Phoenix has a giant public meltdown documentary (mockumentary?) I’m Still Here has debuted online. Frankly, the tone of it is a little more melancholy than we had anticipated. I guess this isn’t going to be the Borat-esque knee-slapper we had hoped. The Casey Affleck-directed doco follows Phoenix’s attempts to retire […]

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Joaquin Phoenix "documentary" poster debut

The poster for I’m Still Here – the insane-sounding “documentary” highlighting Joaquin Phoenix‘s attempt to transition from acting to rapping – has debuted online. And it’s good! Perhaps even Bye! Good! Click to embiggen. You can learn more about the Casey Affleck-directed project here. I’m Still Here: The Lost Year of Joaquin Phoenix opens September […]

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