Warner Bros. has revealed Jesse Eisenberg will play Lex Luthor in their upcoming – and still untitled – Batman vs. Superman movie. Eisenberg is certainly a surprise pick to play Superman’s nemesis, especially considering Bryan Cranston and Joaquin Phoenix had both been rumoured to be circling the part. Still, it should amount to an interesting departure for the iconic comic character. […]
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I will follow you into the dark – Beautiful Creatures review
February 19, 2013 
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By Jess Lomas February 19, 2013 Witchcraft and teenage romance meet in South Carolina as Beautiful Creatures attempts to dodge Twilight comparisons and believable southern accents. Lena Duchannes (Alice Englert) is a witch – or rather, a ‘caster’ – who returns to her home town of Gatlin, where her supernatural family has been handily segregated […]
Continue readingWriter’s block – The Words review
October 8, 2012 0 Comments
The Words – Starring Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, and Jeremy Irons. Directed by Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Literary soapie The Words is mutton dressed as bespectacled lamb. Just because it looks like smarthouse fare doesn’t mean it is, and the proof is entirely in the plodding pudding. It’s the […]
Continue readingPlay It Again – The French Lieutenant’s Woman
September 11, 2012 0 Comments
Play It Again – The French Lieutenant’s Woman. Starring Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, and Lynsey Baxter. Directed by Karel Reisz. Rated M. By Jess Lomas. Play It Again is a weekly feature in which our classic-film connoisseurs revisit a revered motion picture from the annals of movie history, to see if it holds up… or […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Words
May 18, 2012 0 Comments
Bradley Cooper rips off Jeremy Irons in the new trailer for The Words. Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal’s new film stars Cooper as a struggling author (again!), who steals a story from a mysterious older gentleman (Irons), and pays a great price for his unearned success. The trailer is fairly compelling, until the thrilling elements disappear and make […]
Continue readingCrunch time – Margin Call review
March 13, 2012 0 Comments
Margin Call – Starring Zachary Quinto, Kevin Spacey, and Jeremy Irons. Directed by J.C. Chandor. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. J.C. Chandor’s directorial debut Margin Call recounts, from the point of view of a fictitious investment bank, the events that led to the global financial crisis in 2008. Although the mathematical specifics are addressed in […]
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