Oscar season has officially begun. No, it wasn’t heralded with a parade or sacrificial burning of last year’s victor (though Ben Affleck has been flamed plenty recently for his Batman casting). Rather, it was kicked off in subdued fashion by Roadside Attractions, who became the first distributor to send Academy voters screeners of a movie. […]
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Hopeless romantic – Mud review
June 10, 2013 
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By Simon Miraudo June 10, 2013 In Jeff Nichols, America has a champion of the religious and working class. With the schism between the right and left in the U.S. growing ever larger (and dismissive assumptions being made about residents of the red states even here in Australia), his ascent couldn’t have come at a […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Mud
January 18, 2013 0 Comments
Matthew McConaughey’s winning streak looks set to continue into 2013. We’ve even dropped the derogatory nickname McConaugheyhey. He’s earned it! In the trailer for Jeff Nichols’ Mud (which, admittedly, debuted at Cannes last year), he plays a mysterious drifter on the run from the law. Mud also stars Michael Shannon – from Nichols’ previous flicks, Take […]
Continue readingMatt Reeves escaping Twilight Zone for Apes sequel?
September 27, 2012 0 Comments
Director Matt Reeves is off the long-delayed Twilight Zone feature and maybe onto the next Planet Of The Apes instalment, according to Variety. After over a year of various writers failing to bring in a suitable screenplay for a Twilight Zone film, Reeves has decided to move onto another project. The director of Cloverfield and […]
Continue readingThunderstruck – Take Shelter review
March 16, 2012 0 Comments
Take Shelter – Starring Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain and Tova Stewart. Directed by Jeff Nichols. Rated M. Originally published July 24, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. I should have known better than to pigeonhole Michael Shannon. I’ve seen him in a number of films at this point (including his work on TV’s Boardwalk Empire), and I thought I had him pegged. When I heard he played […]
Continue readingThunderstruck – Take Shelter review
October 11, 2011 0 Comments
Take Shelter – Starring Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain and Tova Stewart. Directed by Jeff Nichols. Rated M. Originally published July 24, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. This review was first run during the Melbourne International Film Festival. It opens in NSW, VIC and WA on October 13, 2011. I should have known better than to pigeonhole Michael […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Take Shelter
May 25, 2011 1 Comment
The official trailer for Jeff Nichols’ Sundance hit Take Shelter has arrived online. The film stars Michael Shannon as Curtis LaForche, a man who envisions an apocalyptic storm approaching. With a deaf daughter and a loving wife, money is tight, and as the story unfolds Curtis is forced to question whether it is his family […]
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