By Simon Miraudo February 21, 2014 The Sopranos aired its first episode on January 10, 1999, resulting in a seismic shift of the entertainment landscape. In the fifteen years since its premiere, the perception of Television as Cinema’s shorter, cheaper, trashier little brother has been completely upended, and much of that is thanks to David […]
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The Top 10 Male Performances of 2013
December 10, 2013 
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By Simon Miraudo December 10, 2013 Spoiler alert: James Franco will top this list. Question is, for what? The divisive overachiever appeared in – and I am not sh***ing you – at least 13 movies this past year, not including his stint on The Mindy Project, his Comedy Central Roast, and that Kanye West spoof […]
Continue readingWe need to talk about Julia – Enough Said review
November 11, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo November 11, 2013 It’s been about fifteen years since Julia Louis-Dreyfus last graced the big screen; an absence I hadn’t even realised. That’s on me. Having now witnessed her comeback effort, Enough Said, it’s an absence I pray we never have to endure again. She’s never been far from the public eye […]
Continue readingSopranos creator David Chase to direct Little Black Dress
November 1, 2013 0 Comments
Paramount Pictures has purchased a spec script by Sopranos creator David Chase titled Little Black Dress, Deadline reports. The flick will be Chase’s second directorial effort since wrapping that iconic HBO show, following 2012’s tepidly received Not Fade Away. Details are under wraps, but it will reportedly center on a “twentysomething female war veteran who comes back […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Enough Said
August 7, 2013 0 Comments
The trailer for Enough Said, featuring the late James Gandolfini’s penultimate performance, has arrived online. From director Nicole Holofcener, Enough Said tells of a divorced massage-therapist (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) who begins dating Gandolfini’s character; coincidentally, the ex-husband of one of her clients. It features supporting performances from Holofcener’s good-luck charm Catherine Keener, as well as Ben […]
Continue readingTelevision Revision: The Sopranos – Season 6 Part 2
June 26, 2013 0 Comments
By Andrew Williams June 26, 2013 Television Revision is a weekly feature in which our tuned in TV critic trawls through the best the box has to offer, giving you a primer on some of history’s finest shows (and warning you away from the specific episodes – or even seasons! – that might have ruined […]
Continue readingR.I.P. James Gandolfini
June 20, 2013 0 Comments
James Gandolfini, the three-time Emmy winning actor best known for portraying mob boss Tony Soprano with surprising heart and humour, has died while holidaying in Italy. He was 51 years old. Gandolfini’s representatives confirmed his passing on Wednesday evening, though they did not state a cause of death. HBO’s initial statement suggested he succumbed to […]
Continue readingTelevision Revision: The Sopranos – Season 6 Part 1
June 11, 2013 0 Comments
By Andrew Williams June 11, 2013 Television Revision is a weekly feature in which our tuned in TV critic trawls through the best the box has to offer, giving you a primer on some of history’s finest shows (and warning you away from the specific episodes – or even seasons! – that might have ruined […]
Continue readingTelevision Revision: The Sopranos – Season 5
May 29, 2013 0 Comments
By Andrew Williams May 29, 2013 Television Revision is a weekly feature in which our tuned in TV critic trawls through the best the box has to offer, giving you a primer on some of history’s finest shows (and warning you away from the specific episodes – or even seasons! – that might have ruined […]
Continue readingTelevision Revision: The Sopranos – Season 4
May 7, 2013 0 Comments
By Andrew Williams May 7, 2013 Television Revision is a weekly feature in which our tuned in TV critic trawls through the best the box has to offer, giving you a primer on some of history’s finest shows (and warning you away from the specific episodes – or even seasons! – that might have ruined […]
Continue readingTelevision Revision: The Sopranos – Season 3
April 23, 2013 0 Comments
By Andrew Williams April 23, 2013 Television Revision is a weekly feature in which our tuned in TV critic trawls through the best the box has to offer, giving you a primer on some of history’s finest shows (and warning you away from the specific episodes – or even seasons! – that might have ruined […]
Continue readingTelevision Revision: The Sopranos – Season 2
April 3, 2013 0 Comments
By Andrew Williams April 3, 2013 Television Revision is a weekly feature in which our tuned in TV critic trawls through the best the box has to offer, giving you a primer on some of history’s finest shows (and warning you away from the specific episodes – or even seasons! – that might have ruined […]
Continue readingMagic dance – The Incredible Burt Wonderstone review
March 13, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo March 13, 2013 The Incredible Burt Wonderstone gets a lot of mileage out of its stars’ increasingly ridiculous hairdos. I’m not proud to say that they kept me giggling throughout, but they did, and I have to live with that. If a lot of effort was put into hair and makeup, not […]
Continue readingThreat level midnight – Zero Dark Thirty review
January 21, 2013 0 Comments
Zero Dark Thirty – Starring Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, and Jennifer Ehle. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. This thing is an embarrassment of riches; the jewel in director Kathryn Bigelow‘s crown. The most accomplished procedural since David Fincher‘s superb Zodiac, gifted with an esteemed, oddball ensemble cast anchored by a career-best […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Not Fade Away
October 10, 2012 0 Comments
The trailer for The Sopranos’ creator David Chase’s feature film debut, Not Fade Away, hit the internet recently and surprised everyone with its conventionality. Still set in New Jersey but with no gangsters, Not Fade Away stars James Gandolfini, Brad Garrett, and new faces Bella Heathcote and Jack Huston. The movie seems to be like […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Killing Them Softly
August 6, 2012 0 Comments
The first trailer for Andrew Dominik‘s Killing Them Softly – formerly Cogan’s Trade – has arrived online, offering equal measures of humour and horrific violence. The picture stars Brad Pitt as Jacki Cogan, a professional enforcer investigating the theft of a high-stakes poker games by a couple of low level thugs (Ben Mendelsohn, Scoot McNairy). The cast also includes James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, Richard […]
Continue readingFirst look at Brad Pitt in Cogan’s Trade
February 17, 2012 0 Comments
The first official images from Andrew Dominik‘s upcoming thriller Cogan’s Trade have popped up – of all places – on Russian website Kinopoisk. The film stars Brad Pitt as Jackie Cogan, a professional enforcer investigating the theft of a high-stakes poker game. He previously collaborated with Dominik on The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert […]
Continue readingMakes my heart sing – Where The Wild Things Are review
March 30, 2010 1 Comment
Where The Wild Things Are – Starring Max Records, James Gandolfini and Catherine Keener. Directed by Spike Jonze. Rated PG. Originally published December 8, 2009. By Simon Miraudo. It’s easy to imagine a young Spike Jonze, say just 10 years old, running around his house like an unchained wrecking ball while his mother breathlessly chases […]
Continue readingThis is the way the world ends – In The Loop review
January 21, 2010 0 Comments
In The Loop – Starring Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander and Chris Addison. Directed by Armando Iannucci. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. Armando Iannucci’s In the Loop has been praised as one of the funniest films of the past few years, but surely it deserves to be recognised for also being one of the scariest. With […]
Continue readingMakes my heart sing – Where the Wild Things Are review
December 8, 2009 2 Comments
Where The Wild Things Are – Starring Max Records, James Gandolfini and Catherine Keener. Directed by Spike Jonze. Rated PG. By Simon Miraudo. It’s easy to imagine a young Spike Jonze, say just 10 years old, running around his house like an unchained wrecking ball while his mother breathlessly chases him close behind. In fact, […]
Continue readingLet the wild rumpus start! Where The Wild Things Are feature trailer debut!
August 10, 2009 0 Comments
source: traileraddict.com Wowza. The full length trailer for Spike Jonze‘s upcoming adaptation of the classic picture book Where The Wild Things Are has debuted online. When the teaser trailer was released earlier this year, we were all pretty much blown away. Now this new trailer is set to do the exact same. This time around […]
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