By Glenn Dunks February 18, 2014 Getting the jump on the Before franchise’s ‘senior citizen’ edition is Le Week-End, director Roger Michell’s mature side-step from previous works like Notting Hill. As if to further accentuate the similarities to Richard Linklater’s trilogy, Le Week-End even casts beautiful Julie Delpy-lookalike Lindsay Duncan, who stars with Jim Broadbent […]
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Soula coaster – Cloud Atlas review
February 27, 2013 
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By Simon Miraudo February 27, 2013 Cloud Atlas could have been a freak show. It features a cavalcade of stars – each playing multiple characters – masquerading as members of the opposite sex across six seemingly disconnected storylines that span hundreds of years. Souls recur across lifetimes. Not everyone stays the same race. Tom Hanks appears […]
Continue readingSee Hugo Weaving as a woman and a Korean man in Cloud Atlas
August 6, 2012 0 Comments
Warner Bros has released images of Hugo Weaving in Lana and Andy Wachowski‘s collaboration with Tom Tykwer, Cloud Atlas, giving us a clear indication of the race and gender swapping being undertaken by the entire cast. These pictures shows Weaving as a female nurse, a Korean man, a decrepit old creep, and a red-head. OK, that last one isn’t […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Cloud Atlas
July 27, 2012 1 Comment
Nearly six-minutes of Lana and Andy Wachowski‘s epic collaboration with Tom Tykwer, Cloud Atlas, has been revealed online, inspiring awe and confusion amongst all who have not read David Mitchell’s sprawling novel of the same name. The picture stars Tom Hanks,Susan Sarandon, Halle Berry, Jim Sturgess, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, and many others; each playing multiple characters across several […]
Continue readingMaggie, actually – The Iron Lady review
December 14, 2011 10 Comments
The Iron Lady – Starring Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent and Olivia Colman. Directed by Phyllida Lloyd. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. You can always trust a good old fashioned biopic to sand down the edges of history’s most complex and interesting characters. Phyllida Lloyd‘s The Iron Lady simplifies, distorts, and grossly misrepresents the tenure of […]
Continue readingPoster Debut: The Iron Lady
September 23, 2011 0 Comments
The poster for Phyllida Lloyd‘s The Iron Lady has debuted online. The film stars Meryl Streep as former British PM Margaret Thatcher, who, as you see in the poster, dealt with a debilitating head-flesh eating disease. OK, there probably won’t be anything about the flesh-eating disease in the flick, but we figure the woman’s life is […]
Continue reading“Everybody’s swapping race and gender” in the Wachowskis’ Cloud Atlas
September 2, 2011 1 Comment
Ben Whishaw discusses his role in the upcoming Cloud Atlas in an interview with Vulture, and reveals there will be some gender bending amongst the star-studded cast. Vulture prompted the young British star to discuss his varied roles in the film after mentioning his co-star, Aussie Hugo Weaving, was to play six roles. Whishaw reveals, […]
Continue readingOld souls – Another Year review
May 17, 2011 0 Comments
Another Year – Starring Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen and Lesley Manville. Directed by Mike Leigh. Rated M. Originally published January 27, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. Everybody dies. Not everybody gets old, but most do. Mike Leigh’s Another Year considers both of these tragedies with the humour, heart and pathos fitting for humanity’s two great burdens. […]
Continue readingOld souls – Another Year review
January 27, 2011 0 Comments
Another Year – Starring Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen and Lesley Manville. Directed by Mike Leigh. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Everybody dies. Not everybody gets old, but most do. Mike Leigh’s Another Year considers both of these tragedies with the humour, heart and pathos fitting for humanity’s two great burdens. It tells the story of […]
Continue readingMeryl Streep to play Iron Mag(gie Thatcher)
July 1, 2010 2 Comments
Meryl Streep is in negotiations to play former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in an upcoming biopic. According to THR, Streep is gearing up to re-team with her Mamma Mia director Phyllida Lloyd for ‘Thatcher’. Jim Broadbent is also in talks to play Thatcher’s husband David Denis. Brian Fillis’ screenplay supposedly takes place in 1982. […]
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