The trailer for Ned Benson’s audacious tri-movie project The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby has arrived online. The picture(s) tell of the relationship between Connor (James McAvoy) and Eleanor (Jessica Chastain) in New York. At the Sydney Film Festival, individual versions of the story told from each character’s perspective played under the titles Him and Her. […]
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Christopher Nolan’s ‘Interstellar’ reveals all – or at least more – in feature trailer
May 19, 2014 
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The first feature trailer for Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar has arrived, expanding on the ambiguous teaser from 2013, though still not giving away much from the feature’s second half (we assume). The picture stars Matthew McConaughey as an engineer recruited for an intergalactic mission through a wormhole to find a new source of food for an […]
Continue readingJessica Chastain offered ‘Mission: Impossible 5’
May 14, 2014 0 Comments
Jessica Chastain has been offered a leading role in Mission: Impossible 5, Deadline reports. That’s pretty much the extent of Deadline’s scoop. It’s not even known if she’s likely to accept. Still, an exciting prospect. It was revealed earlier this week that director Christopher McQuarrie and star Tom Cruise had tapped Will Staples, the writer […]
Continue readingJessica Chastain to play Marilyn Monroe in ‘Blonde’
April 23, 2014 0 Comments
Jessica Chastain is set to play Marilyn Monroe in the long-gestating biopic Blonde, The Wrap reports. New Zealand director Andrew Dominik was close to setting up Blonde a few years ago with Naomi Watts in the lead, but the release of another biopic, My Week with Marilyn, led to Dominik’s plans being put on hold. Blonde […]
Continue readingJessica Chastain signs on for Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak
April 8, 2013 0 Comments
Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim is yet to hit cinemas, but actors are signing on to his follow-up in droves. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jessica Chastain is the latest to put her hand up for a part in his horror flick Crimson Peak. She joins Emma Stone, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Charlie Hunnam. The picture concerns a woman […]
Continue readingArgo wins Best Picture, Life of Pi takes Best Director at 85th Academy Awards
February 25, 2013 2 Comments
Ben Affleck’s Argo defied decades of Oscar history to win Best Picture at the 85th Academy Awards, despite its helmer not being nominated for Best Director. In a teary speech, Affleck made note of his miraculous Hollywood comeback after years left out in the cold. Tonight, he’s the toast of the town. Argo scored two other prizes at […]
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 readingBlame it on the alcohol – Lawless review
October 11, 2012 0 Comments
Lawless – Starring Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, and Guy Pearce. Directed by John Hillcoat. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. John Hillcoat‘s Lawless is so low-key it’s practically infrasonic. Utterly untroubled by any expectation to entertain – or even mildly engage – the audience, Hillcoat and screenwriter Nick Cave take a stroll through 1930s Virginia with […]
Continue readingFamily circus – Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted review
September 11, 2012 0 Comments
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted – Featuring the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, and David Schwimmer. Directed by Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, and Conrad Vernon. Rated PG. By Jess Lomas. There’s a new expectation when it comes to animated pictures, thanks largely to Pixar’s cross-generational humour, that both an adult and child can enjoy […]
Continue readingTeaser Debut: Zero Dark Thirty
August 8, 2012 0 Comments
The teaser trailer for Kathryn Bigelow‘s ‘Hunt for Bin Laden’ movie Zero Dark Thirty has arrived online. Though we don’t get to see much of the cast – which includes (deep breath) Kyle Chandler, Joel Edgerton, Jason Clarke, Chris Pratt, Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Mark Duplass, Jennifer Ehle, and Edgar Ramirez – the flick’s motives are made clear: we’re going to see the real story […]
Continue readingFrom man to dragon – Coriolanus review
July 10, 2012 0 Comments
Coriolanus – Starring Ralph Fiennes, Brian Cox, and Vanessa Redgrave. Directed by Ralph Fiennes. Rated MA. Originally published March 6, 2012. By Simon Miraudo. Coriolanus arrives on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia July 11, 2012. But what Ralph Fiennes really wants to do is direct. The Oscar nominated thesp makes his directorial debut with a modern retelling of William Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, featuring much of the […]
Continue readingDujardin, Spencer, Malick, and McConaughey now Oscar voters
July 2, 2012 0 Comments
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has extended invites to 176 individuals, granting them voting rights in future Oscar ceremonies. Deadline has the full list of new members, including 2012 winners Jean Dujardin and Octavia Spencer, as well as recent nominees Jonah Hill, Melissa McCarthy, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, and Bérénice Bejo. Industry stalwarts […]
Continue readingScarlett Johansson won’t appear in Iron Man 3
April 26, 2012 0 Comments
Sorry Avengers fans. There will be no sight of Scarlett Johansson‘s Black Widow in Iron Man 3. Johansson revealed the news to ScreenRant while promoting the epic Marvel team-up flick. Though the Widow won’t appear in Shane Black’s Iron Man sequel, Johansson hopes she’ll eventually get her own spin off (of course she would). Though […]
Continue readingJessica Chastain in talks for Iron Man 3
April 24, 2012 0 Comments
Jessica Chastain is in talks to join the cast of Iron Man 3, Deadline reports. The Oscar-nominated redhead would potentially threaten Tony Stark’s (Robert Downey Jr.) relationship with his own raven-haired flame, Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), by playing a “sexy scientist every bit as smart as Tony Stark.” As reported yesterday, Guy Pearce might join […]
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 readingFrom man to dragon – Coriolanus review
March 6, 2012 1 Comment
Coriolanus – Starring Ralph Fiennes, Brian Cox, and Vanessa Redgrave. Directed by Ralph Fiennes. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. But what Ralph Fiennes really wants to do is direct. The Oscar nominated thesp makes his directorial debut with a modern retelling of William Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, featuring much of the Bard’s original prose intact. It must […]
Continue readingKyle Chandler to hunt Bin Laden
February 20, 2012 0 Comments
Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights) is the latest actor to join Kathryn Bigelow‘s dramatisation of the hunt for Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. According to Deadline, Chandler will play a CIA agent in the untitled picture. The project was originally called Kill Bin Laden, but that was before Navy SEAL Team 6 actually killed Bin Laden. Mark Boal’s […]
Continue readingNaomi Watts cast as Princess Diana in controversial biopic
February 10, 2012 1 Comment
Naomi Watts will play Princess Diana in Oliver Hirschbiegel‘s upcoming biopic Caught in Flight. Ecosse Films’ press release announcing the casting decision is quick to state that the Australian actress is in fact “British-born”. Caught in Flight concerns the last two years of the Princess of Wales’ life, and how she found true personal happiness as […]
Continue readingChastain and Edgerton set for double feature
February 3, 2012 0 Comments
Jessica Chastain is so prolific, even her individual movies are duplicating. The Oscar-nominated star of The Help (and Take Shelter, and The Tree of Life) has signed on to star opposite Australia’s own Joel Edgerton in a double feature film project, Deadline reports. Entitled The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: His and The Disappearance of Eleanor […]
Continue readingMurder capital – Texas Killing Fields review
January 31, 2012 5 Comments
Texas Killing Fields – Starring Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain and Chloë Grace Moretz. Directed by Ami Canaan Mann. Rated MA. By Hilary Simmons. Based on a real-life string of murders that spanned 28 years and were all perpetrated along Interstate 45 – or I.45 as it’s known – Ami Canaan Mann’s Texas Killing Fields is a […]
Continue readingThe 10 best female performances of 2011
December 27, 2011 0 Comments
The 10 best female performances of 2011. By Simon Miraudo. It’s the final week of 2011, so we’re sharing with you, once again, our end-of-year lists. This was originally published on December 8, 2011. Acting! It’s perhaps the most subjective craft in the entire moviemaking process. What better way to celebrate its unquantifiable nature than by […]
Continue readingThe 10 best female performances of 2011
December 8, 2011 2 Comments
The 10 best female performances of 2011. By Simon Miraudo. Acting! It’s perhaps the most subjective craft in the entire moviemaking process. What better way to celebrate its unquantifiable nature than by ranking our favourite performances of the year? Look past the inherent ridiculousness of comparing a batch of boisterous bridesmaids with sisters awaiting the end […]
Continue readingBranching out – The Tree of Life review
December 6, 2011 2 Comments
The Tree of Life – Starring Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain and Sean Penn. Directed by Terrence Malick. Rated M. Originally published June 22, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life is about the meaning of our existence, told from the perspective of God, as He recalls the entire history of the universe. […]
Continue readingThe Artist named Best Picture by NYFCC
November 30, 2011 2 Comments
The New York Film Critics Circle has officially kicked off the awards’ season by being the first major guild to bequeath honours to the films of 2011. Silent black-and-white flick – and Cannes favourite – The Artist was named Best Picture, with helmer Michel Hazanavicuius picking up Best Director. The Weinstein Company’s crowd-pleaser is now […]
Continue readingJessica Chastain to play Princess Diana in controversial biopic
November 8, 2011 0 Comments
Jessica Chastain (star of almost every film released in 2011) has been cast as Princess Diana in the upcoming biopic Caught in Flight. Indiewire reports from the American Film Market, where it was revealed the film will focus on a ‘secret’ affair between Di and heart surgeon Dr. Hasnat Kahn. Those who have read the […]
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 readingMelbourne International Film Festival – Take Shelter review
July 29, 2011 0 Comments
Take Shelter – Starring Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain and Shea Whigham. Directed by Jeff Nichols. Rated M. By Jess Lomas. Take Shelter plays the Melbourne International Film Festival on Saturday 6 August. Writer/director Jeff Nichols’ sophomore film, Take Shelter, is a slow-burn mix of family drama and thriller driven by the mental breakdown of its […]
Continue readingBranching out – The Tree of Life review
June 22, 2011 4 Comments
The Tree of Life – Starring Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain and Sean Penn. Directed by Terrence Malick. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life is about the meaning of our existence, told from the perspective of God, as He recalls the entire history of the universe. Maybe. It’s definitely in that […]
Continue readingThe Tree of Life met with boos and cheers at Cannes
May 17, 2011 0 Comments
There are plenty of exciting films making their debut at the Cannes Film Festival, but none have set tongues wagging or been shrouded in more mystery than Terrence Malick’s long-delayed film-about-everything The Tree of Life. The Brad Pitt/Sean Penn feature screened yesterday, and it almost kicked off a riot, with some cinephiles literally punching one […]
Continue reading>Trailer Debut: The Tree of Life
December 16, 2010 1 Comment
>The teaser trailer for Terrence Malick‘s long-gestating, highly-mysterious film-about-everything The Tree of Life has debuted online. You would think our anticipation would be too immense for it to be even somewhat satisfying. But it is! The film stars Brad Pitt as the imposing father of a young boy in the 1960s (who grows up to […]
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