Javier Bardem has been offered the lead, villainous role in Warner Bros’ upcoming take on the Peter Pan tale. According to Deadline, WB want Bardem to anchor Pan as Blackbeard, which Joe Wright is in negotiations to direct. Based on JM Barrie’s classic story, it is something of an origin story for the boy who […]
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Breaking bland – The Counselor review
November 4, 2013 
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By Simon Miraudo November 4, 2013 The Counselor has two water-cooler moments. The first is Cameron Diaz giving Javier Bardem a graphic, gynaecological display on the windshield of his car, and the second involves a heavily foreshadowed bolito; a truly gruesome strangulation device that cuts the carotid arteries on the way to fulfilling total decapitation. […]
Continue readingTeaser Debut: The Counselor
June 27, 2013 0 Comments
The teaser trailer for Ridley Scott’s all-star thriller The Counselor has arrived online, and the verdict is in: guilty … of being entertaining. Despite starring Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, and Javier Bardem, the real star here is screenwriter Cormac McCarthy. This marks the first feature film script from the Pulitzer Prize […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: To The Wonder
December 20, 2012 0 Comments
Swooping, ethereal camera angles! Running through fields! Enigmatic narration! Yes, the trailer for Terrence Malick’s To The Wonder has arrived. The picture ostensibly tells the story of Marina (Olga Kurylenko) and Neil’s (Ben Affleck) doomed relationship. However, reviews following its debut at the Venice Film Festival suggested this was even more abstract than your typical Malick film, so […]
Continue readingInterview: Naomie Harris (Skyfall)
November 21, 2012 0 Comments
Interview: Naomie Harris (Skyfall). By Simon Miraudo. Skyfall, the twenty-third James Bond adventure, is the highest grossing in the super-spy’s 50-year cinematic history. Helmed by Oscar winner Sam Mendes and starring the blonde Bond-shell himself, Daniel Craig, it features 007 squaring off against a demented former MI6 agent (Javier Bardem) who is seeking vengeance against […]
Continue readingWith a bullet – Skyfall review
November 13, 2012 0 Comments
Skyfall – Starring Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, and Judi Dench. Directed by Sam Mendes. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. There are good Bond films. There are bad Bond films. They’re all ‘Bond’ films, however, and that is both their best attribute and a burden. The much-vaunted reboot Casino Royale jettisoned a lot of the series’ […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Skyfall
August 1, 2012 0 Comments
The feature trailer for Sam Mendes‘ new 007 movie, Skyfall, has arrived online, opening with M (Judi Dench) penning James Bond’s (Daniel Craig) obituary. Never fear; Bond is only presumed dead, living it up and enjoying a few drinks with M-16 no longer on his back. But, he returns to Her Majesty’s Secret Service soon […]
Continue readingTeaser Debut: Skyfall
May 22, 2012 0 Comments
Curious as to what a Sam Mendes-directed Bond movie looks like? Be curious no more! The teaser trailer for Skyfall has arrived. As far as teasers go, Skyfall doesn’t skimp on the money shots. We get to enjoy James Bond (Daniel Craig) undergoing a word association examination, overseen by M (Dame Judi Dench) and a new character played by […]
Continue readingPoster Debut: Skyfall
May 18, 2012 0 Comments
The teaser trailer for Sam Mendes‘ entry in the 007 saga, Skyfall, is mere days away from hitting the web. Until that fires through the barrel and into our brains, please enjoy the film’s first teaser poster courtesy of its official website. So, not much new there, but it’s always nice to see Daniel Craig‘s blond Bond holding a […]
Continue readingBrad Pitt and Javier Bardem in talks for Ridley Scott’s Counselor
April 13, 2012 0 Comments
A-list actors are clamouring to star in Ridley Scott‘s upcoming thriller The Counselor. Earlier this week it was reported Angelina Jolie might have a small role in the flick. Now comes news from Deadline that her partner Brad Pitt is in talks to play the picture’s antagonist, alongside Javier Bardem. Michael Fassbender is set to play […]
Continue readingFirst look at Daniel Craig as James Bond in Skyfall
February 2, 2012 0 Comments
The wait is over, 007-heads. The first picture of Daniel Craig as James Bond in the new Sam Mendes directed adventure Skyfall has been released on the film’s official website. And you need only cast your eyes downward slightly to see it! According to OO7.com, the picture is taken from Bond’s trip to Shanghai. Besides […]
Continue readingBond 23 officially titled Skyfall; cast assemble and plot revealed
November 4, 2011 1 Comment
Every rumour you’ve heard about Bond 23 is true (well, except this one)! The cast of Sam Mendes‘ upcoming 007 flick assembled in London today, joining producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, to reveal the film’s title and a brief synopsis. As was leaked back in October, the film is entitled Skyfall. Daniel Craig […]
Continue readingTerrence Malick set to become super-prolific; shooting two films in 2012
November 2, 2011 0 Comments
Though considered one of the all-time great filmmakers, Terrence Malick has long been joked about for the glacial speed with which he produces movies. As of the release of The Tree of Life back in June, he had directed only five films over the course of 38 years. Well, it looks as if Malick is about […]
Continue readingThe Dark Tower being rebuilt (with a smaller budget); TV show headed to HBO
October 26, 2011 0 Comments
UPDATE: This post from 25/10/11 has been updated with news of the TV show headed to HBO. Earlier this year, Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s ambitious vision for a film trilogy and two short-run TV series based on Stephen King’s epic Dark Tower books was nixed by Universal. Speaking to The Playlist, Grazer believes the […]
Continue readingHas Bond 23 been christened Skyfall?
October 6, 2011 1 Comment
There’s been much speculation over the official title of the next James Bond film (tentatively, and boringly, called Bond 23). Back in August, rumours surfaced that the flick had been christened Carte Blanche and would be based on the upcoming Jeffrey Deaver novel of the same name. Although that was quickly debunked, a new title has […]
Continue readingIs THIS the name of the new James Bond flick? (Update: No)
August 31, 2011 1 Comment
Update: Never mind! EON Productions has denied Bond 23 will be called Carte Blanche, nor will it have anything to do with Jeffery Deaver’s novel. Original report below… Did a Serbian cellist reveal the title, and, inadvertently, the plot of the new James Bond flick? Weirdly … maybe! Details regarding Sam Mendes‘ long-gestating Bond 23 have been […]
Continue readingThe Dark Tower crumbles underneath Ron Howard’s feet
July 19, 2011 1 Comment
The writing has been on the wall for some time, but Universal Pictures has officially bailed on Ron Howard‘s ambitious project The Dark Tower. According to Deadline, Universal balked at Howard’s plan to turn Stephen King’s epic seven-book series The Dark Tower into a trilogy of films and two limited run TV series. The script for […]
Continue readingJames Bond finds his new Moneypenny
July 12, 2011 0 Comments
Naomie Harris (Pirates of the Caribbean) has been cast as Miss Moneypenny, the most iconic and long-lasting of all the Bond girls, in Sam Mendes‘ upcoming James Bond film. According to The Daily Mail, Harris is in final negotiations to star in Bond 23 as assistant to M (Judi Dench). This will be Moneypenny’s first […]
Continue readingEmotion sickness – Biutiful review
March 15, 2011 2 Comments
Biutiful – Starring Javier Bardem, Maricel Álvarez and Eduard Fernández. Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. Every so often a movie comes along to remind me how arbitrary it is to assign a star rating to a film, as if anything could rightfully be called “a three out of five” or […]
Continue reading>Javier Bardem to play Bond villain?
February 1, 2011 3 Comments
>Javier Bardem has been approached to star in the next James Bond film according to Deadline. While details haven’t been released, it would be fair to assume Bardem will be playing opposite Bond as the villain of the film (something Bardem experienced in 2007’s No Country for Old Men). (UPDATE: Bardem told the L.A. Times […]
Continue readingFirst world problems – Eat Pray Love review
October 6, 2010 1 Comment
Eat Pray Love – Starring Julia Roberts, Javier Bardem and Richard Jenkins. Directed by Ryan Murphy. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Eat Pray Love is both the title of Ryan Murphy’s latest film, and a succinct synopsis of its entire contents. That trio of verbs represent the depth of our lead character (she will indeed […]
Continue readingCannes Palme d’Or awarded to Uncle Boonmee
May 24, 2010 0 Comments
The Cannes Film Festival is over for another year, with the top prize going to the dreamlike Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives from director Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Jury president Tim Burton awarded Uncle Boonmee the Palme d’Or, describing it as a “dream” of a film. The picture follows a dying man’s last days […]
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