By Simon Miraudo June 10, 2014 Dragons don’t kill people. Bad people with dragons kill people. So goes the lesson of How to Train Your Dragon 2, the sequel to DreamWorks Animation’s only great movie. Kids can do with that metaphor what they will, except, hopefully, apply it to drugs or guns. Written and directed […]
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Holy Seth – This Is the End review
July 15, 2013 
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By Simon Miraudo July 15, 2013 This is… a very strange movie. An assortment of A-Listers – playing themselves – assemble for a pitch-black, gross-out apocalypse comedy, debating the value of their lives when confronted with the confirmation of God’s existence. Imagine if this vanity project had been conceived by Tom Cruise, Will Smith, and […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: This Is The End (Red Band)
April 2, 2013 0 Comments
The red-band trailer for Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s all-star directorial debut This Is The End has arrived online. The picture stars Rogen, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, and Jay Baruchel as themselves; the only survivors of a house-party gone catastrophically wrong. In this new clip, we see their famous friends – namely Rihanna, a coke-snorting […]
Continue readingKind hearts and hockey nets – Goon review
August 6, 2012 0 Comments
Goon – Starring Seann William Scott, Liev Schreiber, and Alison Pill. Directed by Michael Dowse. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. Goon arrives on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia August 8, 2012. Seann William Scott‘s long dormant sweet side is awoken in Michael Dowse‘s bloody ice hockey comedy Goon. In fact, the bloodier the film gets, […]
Continue readingSafe from penetration – Cosmopolis review
August 3, 2012 1 Comment
Cosmopolis – Starring Robert Pattinson, Paul Giamatti, and Sarah Gadon. Directed by David Cronenberg. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. A young genius discovers a series of patterns in the stock market, condenses it to an equation, and capitalises on it. A billionaire by twenty-something, his abilities to predict the world’s finances are undone by the […]
Continue readingWatson, Cera, Segel, and Rihanna joining Rogen’s Apocalypse party
May 2, 2012 0 Comments
Even more stars have joined Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s directorial debut/end-of-days party, The Apocalypse. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Harry Potter‘s Emma Watson is in negotiations to appear in the flick. Rogen previously revealed that Harry himself, Daniel Radcliffe, turned down an opportunity to star, stating, “it doesn’t look like he’s willing to push things […]
Continue readingAziz Ansari brings in The Apocalypse
April 10, 2012 0 Comments
Aziz Ansari will join his buddies for an unforgettable end-of-the-world party in Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s directorial debut, The Apocalypse. His casting was revealed in an interview with Grantland. Ansari – like fellow cast members James Franco, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, and Rogen – will play a version of himself. Rogen and Goldberg’s script […]
Continue readingFranco, McBride, Hill and Robinson joining Jay and Seth vs. The Apocalypse
September 23, 2011 0 Comments
Seth Rogen’s horror comedy Jay and Seth vs. The Apocalypse has added several Apatow alumni to its cast, Rogen confirmed in an interview with MTV. Taking time out from promoting his latest dramedy 50/50 (starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt), Rogen revealed Jonah Hill, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson and James Franco will join him and Jay Baruchel when […]
Continue readingSeth Rogen won’t appear in Knocked Up spin-off
September 8, 2011 0 Comments
Judd Apatow is busy at work on his Knocked Up spin-off (tentatively titled This is Forty), which focuses on Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann), the disgruntled married couple who supported Ben (Seth Rogen) and Alison (Katherine Heigl) during their pregnancy in the 2006 box office hit. Rogen has told Movies.com that he will […]
Continue readingSmoke and mirrors – The Sorcerer’s Apprentice review
January 4, 2011 1 Comment
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Starring Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel and Alfred Molina. Directed by Jon Turteltaub. Rated PG. Originally published September 6, 2010. By Simon Miraudo. Nicolas Cage may be yet to meet a script he didn’t love, but that’s quite alright by me. There’s not a single film in his oeuvre that isn’t worth […]
Continue readingHow I met your dragon – How To Train Your Dragon review
October 19, 2010 0 Comments
How To Train Your Dragon – Starring Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler and America Ferrera. Directed by Chris Sanders and Dean Deblois. Rated PG. Originally published March 23, 2010. By Simon Miraudo. How To Train Your Dragon is the best film to come from the DreamWorks Animation studio. That’s not exactly saying much about the stable […]
Continue readingInterview: Teresa Palmer; star of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.
September 7, 2010 0 Comments
Interview: Teresa Palmer; star of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. By Simon Miraudo. Teresa Palmer is one of the most sought-after young actresses in Hollywood, and with good reason. Since her auspicious debut as a disturbed teenager in Murali K. Thalluri’s 2:37, she has nabbed herself a number of plum roles in Hollywood blockbusters (Bedtime Stories) and […]
Continue readingSmoke and mirrors – The Sorcerer’s Apprentice review
September 6, 2010 0 Comments
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Starring Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel and Alfred Molina. Directed by Jon Turteltaub. Rated PG. By Simon Miraudo. Nicolas Cage may be yet to meet a script he didn’t love, but that’s quite alright by me. There’s not a single film in his oeuvre that isn’t worth watching at least once, if […]
Continue readingThe lady Eve – She’s Out Of My League review
August 31, 2010 0 Comments
She’s Out Of My League – Starring Jay Baruchel, Alice Eve and T.J. Miller. Directed by Jim Field Smith. Rated MA. Originally published March 30, 2010. By Simon Miraudo. She’s Out Of My League might be the most important romantic comedy of the past twenty five years. If only it was funny enough to warrant […]
Continue readingThe lady Eve – She’s Out Of My League review
March 30, 2010 0 Comments
She’s Out Of My League – Starring Jay Baruchel, Alice Eve and T.J. Miller. Directed by Jim Field Smith. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. She’s Out Of My League might be the most important romantic comedy of the past twenty five years. If only it was funny enough to warrant such an accolade. For once, […]
Continue readingHow I met your dragon – How To Train Your Dragon review
March 23, 2010 4 Comments
How To Train Your Dragon – Starring Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler and America Ferrera. Directed by Chris Sanders and Dean Deblois. Rated PG. By Simon Miraudo. How To Train Your Dragon is the best film to come from the DreamWorks Animation studio. That’s not exactly saying much about the stable that houses such mediocre properties […]
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