Shooting has commenced on Jeremy Sims’ Last Cab to Darwin, starring Michael Caton and Jacki Weaver, FilmInk reports. The film stars Caton as a cabbie who decides to drive across Australia after receiving a fatal medical diagnosis. Weaver – in her first major Australian role since scoring two Oscar nominations for Animal Kingdom and Silver Linings Playbook – will play his doctor, while Ningali […]
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The Great Gatsby sweeps the 3rd AACTAs with record haul
January 31, 2014 
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Not even the controversy surrounding its questionable ‘Australian-ness’ could keep The Great Gatsby from sweeping the Academy of Australian Cinema and Television Arts awards, taking home Best Film and twelve other accolades. It nabbed six of those last evening, at a ceremony hosted by Shane Bourne. Its seven technical prizes were picked up at a luncheon held […]
Continue readingFirst look at Emma Stone and Colin Firth in Woody Allen’s Magic in the Moonlight
October 16, 2013 0 Comments
Blue Jasmine is barely out of cinemas, but workhorse Woody Allen is close to wrapping his follow-up feature. The first images from his 2014 release, Magic in the Moonlight, show stars Emma Stone, Marcia Gay Harden, and Colin Firth all looking rather smart in their 1920s attire. Little is known about the plot, besides the […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Parkland
August 23, 2013 0 Comments
One of the more interesting indie releases of late 2013 will most certainly be Parkland, which details the assassination of President Kennedy from the perspective of the event’s lesser known players. Paul Giamatti plays Abraham Zapruder, the gent who unwittingly recorded one of the most significant moments in modern history; Billy Bob Thornton stars as […]
Continue readingJacki Weaver joins Woody Allen’s new project
July 4, 2013 0 Comments
Jacki Weaver has joined the cast of Woody Allen’s new feature, The Hollywood Reporter, erm, reports. The two-time Oscar nominated (it’s still a little odd to write that) Australian actress will appear opposite the previously announced Emma Stone and Colin Firth. Marcia Gay Harden, Eileen Atkins, Hamish Linklater, and Simon McBurney are other new additions to […]
Continue readingSydney Film Festival – Stoker review
June 10, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo June 10, 2013 Stoker. Finally, a family name that can be worn as proudly as Bates, Lecter, Torrance, and Lohan. An odd bunch, they are. Even the non-murderers. Park Chan-wook‘s English-language debut introduces us to this curious clan, and hopefully it will, in turn, introduce the acclaimed Korean director to those who […]
Continue readingManic depressive dream girl – Silver Linings Playbook review
January 29, 2013 0 Comments
Silver Linings Playbook – Starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, and Robert De Niro. Directed by David O. Russell. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. The most pleasant surprise in David O. Russell‘s Silver Linings Playbook is that Bradley Cooper is the best thing in it, despite it also featuring such venerable actors as Robert De Niro, […]
Continue readingInterview: Ben Mendelsohn (Killing Them Softly)
October 9, 2012 0 Comments
Interview: Ben Mendelsohn (Killing Them Softly). By Simon Miraudo. Ben Mendelsohn has long been one of Australia’s favourite actors, alternately playing adorable romantic leads, comic imbeciles, and chilling villains. Though he can’t boast an Oscar nomination like his Animal Kingdom co-star Jacki Weaver, the success of that 2010 crime drama has seen his shares skyrocket, […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Stoker
September 28, 2012 0 Comments
Oldboy director Park Chan-wook makes his English-language debut with Stoker, a creepy tale of a demented family starring Aussies Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska, and Jacki Weaver. Here’s the official plot synopsis: “After India’s (Wasikowska’s) father dies in an auto accident, her Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode), who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Silver Linings Playbook
June 29, 2012 0 Comments
The trailer for Silver Linings Playbook, director David O. Russell‘s follow-up to Oscar winner The Fighter, has arrived online. Bradley Cooper stars as a former teacher released (prematurely?) from a mental institution and into the care of his parents (Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver). He sparks up a relationship with a similarly troubled neighbour (Jennifer Lawrence). Russell adapted […]
Continue readingGet them to the church – The Five-Year Engagement review
May 3, 2012 0 Comments
The Five-Year Engagement – Starring Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, and Alison Brie. Directed by Nicholas Stoller. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. The Five-Year Engagement is perfect for anyone who liked Blue Valentine, but felt it was a little light on the yuks. Director Nicholas Stoller reunites with his Forgetting Sarah Marshall star and screenwriter Jason […]
Continue readingAnimal Kingdom to be developed into American TV series
December 19, 2011 2 Comments
The hit Australian crime drama Animal Kingdom is to be turned into a TV show by producer John Wells (The West Wing, E.R.), Deadline reports. David Michôd‘s 2010 film concerned an Australian family of bank-robbers in Melbourne, presided over by one creepy matriarch (Jacki Weaver, in an Oscar-nominated performance). Though it isn’t stated explicitly in Deadline’s report, […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Five-Year Engagement
December 8, 2011 1 Comment
The creative team behind Forgetting Sarah Marshall have reunited for the new romantic comedy The Five-Year Engagement. Check out the first trailer after the jump. The film follows the – you guessed it – five-year engagement of Tom (Jason Segel) and Victoria (Emily Blunt), as the duo navigates the highs and lows of their relationship, […]
Continue readingSee Jacki Weaver as Bradley Cooper’s mum in The Silver Linings Playbook
November 9, 2011 0 Comments
The first images from David O. Russell‘s follow-up to The Fighter, The Silver Linings Playbook, have arrived online. The snaps – collected by Collider at the AFM – give us our first glimpse of Oscar nominated Aussie Jacki Weaver as Bradley Cooper‘s mother. Cooper’s character – Pat Peoples – is a former high school teacher […]
Continue readingJacki Weaver joining Bradley Cooper in Silver Linings Playbook?
September 27, 2011 0 Comments
Oscar nominated Animal Kingdom star Jacki Weaver is in negotiations to join David O. Russell‘s follow-up to The Fighter, The Silver Linings Playbook. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Weaver would play the mother of star Bradley Cooper in the offbeat romantic comedy. Cooper’s character is a former high school teacher who has recently been released […]
Continue readingJacki Weaver joins Judd Apatow comedy
April 21, 2011 0 Comments
Well, this is exciting! Aussie thesp, Animal Kingdom star and recent Oscar nominee Jacki Weaver has signed on to the upcoming Judd Apatow-produced comedy Five Year Engagement. According to Deadline (who broke the good news), the film tracks – you guessed it – the five year engagement between characters played by Jason Segel and Emily […]
Continue reading>Animal Kingdom sweeps 2010 AFI awards
December 11, 2010 0 Comments
>The winners of the 2010 Samsung Mobile AFI Awards were announced at two ceremonies over the weekend. Animal Kingdom swept the field, taking home 10 AFIs from its record-breaking 18 nominations. The winners are as follows… Best Feature Film Winner: Animal KingdomBeneath Hill 60Bran Nue DaeBright StarThe TreeTomorrow When The War Began Best Director Winner: […]
Continue reading>The Social Network, Jacki Weaver recognised by National Board of Review
December 3, 2010 2 Comments
>The National Board of Review is first off the blocks to dole out their annual awards. Made up of 110 film professionals, academics and students, the NBR revealed their picks for the best of 2010. The Social Network picked up Best Film, Director (David Fincher) Actor (Jesse Eisenberg) and Adapted Screenplay (Aaron Sorkin). Historically, the […]
Continue readingTomorrow When The War Began victorious at IF Awards
November 15, 2010 0 Comments
Tomorrow When The War Began has proven to be the most popular Australian movie of the year after taking home four major prizes at the 2010 Kodak Inside Film Awards. Stuart Beattie‘s adaptation of John Marsden’s young adult novel picked up Best Film, Best Actress, Best Script and Best Music. Animal Kingdom-helmer David Michôd was […]
Continue readingInterview: David Michôd; writer/director of Animal Kingdom.
October 12, 2010 0 Comments
Interview: David Michôd; writer/director of Animal Kingdom. By Simon Miraudo. David Michôd’s Animal Kingdom is a rare kind of Australian film – one that rode a wave of buzz from American critics to become a local success. The picture debuted at the Sundance Film Festival back in January, where it picked up the prestigious […]
Continue readingA crowning achievement – Animal Kingdom review
October 11, 2010 0 Comments
Animal Kingdom – Starring James Frecheville, Ben Mendelsohn and Jackie Weaver. Directed by David Michôd. Rated MA. Originally published May 25, 2010. By Simon Miraudo. For anyone who still thinks Australia only produces boring films about the outback, Animal Kingdom should come as a welcome gunshot to the head. Here is a crime drama that […]
Continue readingAussie drama Animal Kingdom kills at Sundance
January 29, 2010 1 Comment
source: traileraddict.com Samson and Delilah was so 2009. It looks like the next big Australian export will be David Michôd’s crime drama Animal Kingdom, which is getting some rave reviews at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The film stars James Frecheville as a 17-year-old who must navigate survival amongst a criminal family. It co-stars Guy […]
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