Tag Archives: john c.reilly

Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly to reunite on Devil’s Night

Comedy superstars Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly are teaming up again in new Sony comedy Devil’s Night, according to The Wrap. The pair has already worked together on Step Brothers and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, and fans are eager to see more from the duo, with Step Brothers grossing $120 million […]

Continue reading

John C. Reilly joins Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy

Well! Here’s an unconventional new Marvel hero. Adorable character actor John C. Reilly will play Rhomann Dey in upcoming team-up flick Guardians of the Galaxy, a representative for the actor confirmed to The Wrap. Dey also goes by the alias Nova Prime, leader of the Nova Corps. Reilly joins Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Benicio Del […]

Continue reading

Talk Hard – John C. Reilly and Sarah Silverman (Wreck-It Ralph)

John C. Reilly and Sarah Silverman, the stars of Disney’s blockbuster Wreck-It Ralph, chat with – and make fun of – Simon Miraudo in this epic episode. Simon wraps up the show with a review of the hit video game movie. If you would like to continue, simply press the start button (and by that […]

Continue reading

Interview: John C. Reilly and Sarah Silverman (Wreck-It Ralph)

Interview: John C. Reilly and Sarah Silverman (Wreck-It Ralph). By Simon Miraudo. If you’ve ever wondered if Disney was truly in the business of making dreams come true, you need only look to the voice cast of their latest animated adventure, Wreck-It Ralph, for confirmation. At the wonderful world of Disney, adorable character actor John C. Reilly, crude comic genius […]

Continue reading

The game is the game – Wreck-It Ralph review

Wreck-It Ralph – Featuring the voices of John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, and Jack McBrayer. Directed by Rich Moore. Rated PG. By Simon Miraudo. Star Wars purists panicked when Disney announced they had been handed the keys to their beloved space saga, and were planning a seventh instalment for release in 2015. Though cries of […]

Continue reading

Civil war – Carnage review

Carnage – Starring Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, John C. Reilly, and Christoph Waltz. Directed by Roman Polanski. Rated MA. Originally published February 22, 2012. By Simon Miraudo. Carnage is now available on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia. When one thinks of director Roman Polanski, farcical comedies don’t immediately come to mind. Then again, when one thinks of Polanski, very specific and fairly unsavoury things […]

Continue reading

Trailer Debut: Wreck-It Ralph

The first trailer for Disney’s next animated feature, Wreck-It Ralph, has debuted online. In the film, John C. Reilly voices the beefed-up villain of an 8-bit arcade game who decides he’s had enough of being the bad guy to Fix-It-Felix’s (Jack McBrayer) hero. He embarks on a journey across the arcade, game-hopping in the hope […]

Continue reading

A boy’s best friend is his mother – We Need to Talk About Kevin review

We Need to Talk About Kevin  – Starring Tilda Swinton, Ezra Miller and John C. Reilly. Directed by Lynne Ramsay. Originally published November 15, 2011. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo We Need to Talk About Kevin arrives on DVD and Blu-ray March 28, 2012. We Need to Talk About Kevin is a nightmare movie; disjointed, dizzying, […]

Continue reading

Civil war – Carnage review

Carnage – Starring Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, John C. Reilly, and Christoph Waltz. Directed by Roman Polanski. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. When one thinks of director Roman Polanski, farcical comedies don’t immediately come to mind. Then again, when one thinks of Polanski, very specific and fairly unsavoury things come to mind. Still, the man […]

Continue reading

Big city life – Cedar Rapids review

Cedar Rapids – Starring Ed Helms, John C. Reilly and Anne Heche. Directed by Miguel Arteta. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. Although not quite as raunchy as The Hangover (or The Hangover Part 2, same diff) it’s interesting to note the similarities between that blockbuster franchise and the little seen indie Cedar Rapids (deemed ‘little seen’ […]

Continue reading

A boy’s best friend is his mother – We Need to Talk About Kevin review

We Need to Talk About Kevin  – Starring Tilda Swinton, Ezra Miller and John C. Reilly. Directed by Lynne Ramsay. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo We Need to Talk About Kevin is a nightmare movie; disjointed, dizzying, and disturbing at a primal level. Tilda Swinton stars as Eva, a reluctant mother cursed with the positively […]

Continue reading

The 10 most evil children in movie history

The 10 most evil children in movie history. By Simon Miraudo. This week we were treated to the super-creepy new trailer for Lynne Ramsay’s We Need to Talk About Kevin, in which Tilda Swinton and John C. Reilly play parents who must come to terms with the fact that their son might be pure evil (dead giveaway: […]

Continue reading

Trailer Debut: Carnage

Last week we featured the great – albeit, nausea inducing – poster for Roman Polanski’s Carnage, based on the acclaimed French stage play God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, and starring Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly. Now, take a look at its intense, hilarious, and yes, nausea-inducing trailer. The film concerns two sets of parents who meet to […]

Continue reading

Poster Debut: Carnage

Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly show off all the colours of the emotional rainbow on the new poster for Roman Polanski‘s Carnage. An adaptation of the French stage play God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, the film concerns two sets of parents who meet to discuss an altercation between their […]

Continue reading

Melbourne International Film Festival – Day Ten

Melbourne International Film Festival – Day 10. By Simon Miraudo. Only yesterday I was lamenting the fact that I had hit the proverbial wall in my attempt to watch 60 films during the 17 days of the 2011 Melbourne International Film Festival. Well, like a bolt from the blue, my singular brand of melancholia was […]

Continue reading

Megan Fox, John C. Reilly join Sacha Baron Cohen’s The Dictator

Megan Fox and John C. Reilly have joined the cast of Sacha Baron Cohen‘s upcoming comedy The Dictator. According to The Hollywood Reporter, their involvement will amount to little more than a ‘cameo’; their specific roles are being kept under wraps. Cohen stars as a “heroic … dictator, who risked his life to ensure that democracy […]

Continue reading

First look at We Need To Talk About Kevin

Three clips from the highly anticipated film We Need to Talk About Kevin have been released ahead of its Cannes premiere. In the Lynne Ramsay directed adaptation of Lionel Shriver’s bestselling novel, Tilda Swinton plays Eva, mother of Kevin (Ezra Miller), who goes on a high-school killing spree. After the shooting she begins writing to […]

Continue reading

The Hunger Games casting continues!

Lionsgate has revealed two more fresh-faced actors set to join the cast of The Hunger Games. Ian Nelson and Kalia Prescott will appear as Tribute Boy and Tribute Girl from District 3. Though unnamed, the pair come from the electronics district and their skills come in handy during the Games. Last week also saw the […]

Continue reading

Trailer Debut: Fight For Your Right Revisited

If you’re a fan of the Beastie Boys, any of the major comic stars of the past five years, or awesomeness, then you are advised to check out the trailer for Fight For Your Right Revisited. The short – directed by Beastie Boy Adam Yauch – debuted at Sundance earlier this year, and stars Seth […]

Continue reading

Ferrell, Galifianakis join Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie

Comedy duo Tim and Eric have added a star-studded line up of comedy favourites to their upcoming film, Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie, The Wrap reports. Adult Swim and Funny or Die stars Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim have begun shooting on their first feature film and they’ve got some funny men along for […]

Continue reading

Trailer Debut: Cedar Rapids

The trailer for Fox Searchlight’s new comedy Cedar Rapids has debuted online. It stars Ed Helms (The Hangover, The Office) as a small-town insurance agent from Wisconsin who heads to the big city (ahem, Cedar Rapids, Iowa) for a conference and enjoys a weekend of a lifetime. Cedar Rapids first landed on our radar last […]

Continue reading

Cyrus international trailer debut

One of our most anticipated films of 2010 (no, not that one) is Jay and Mark Duplass‘ comedy Cyrus, starring John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill and Marisa Tomei. Reilly plays a divorcee who meets the woman of his dreams (Tomei), and discovers that her son (Hill) may have emerged straight from his nightmares. The pic […]

Continue reading

John C. Reilly vs. Jonah Hill in Cyrus!

source: foxsearchlight.com Earlier today we looked at some of the more exciting films to debut at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. One of those films was the new comedy from mumblecore pioneers The Duplass Brothers, Cyrus, starring John C. Reilly, Marisa Tomei and Jonah Hill. Well, much like a basket of kittens from the heavens, […]

Continue reading

More vampires please – Cirque Du Freak trailer debut!

source: traileraddict.com The trailer for Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant has debuted online. The $80 million production is directed by Paul Weitz, and stars John C. Reilly, Salma Hayek, Willem Dafoe and newcomer Chris Massoglia. Based on the book series The Saga of Darren Shan by author, ahem, Darren Shan, the film will focus […]

Continue reading

Head to Head – Step Brothers

Welcome to the latest installment of Head to Head, in which our Quickflix critics enter into a relentlessly bloody battle to the death based on the merits of a particular film. This week, our critics get into an epic noogie over Adam McKay’s manchild saga Step Brothers. Simon Miraudo will argue FOR the film DVDman […]

Continue reading

He Ain’t Heavy (Well, He’s Kind of Heavy) – Step Brothers Review

Step Brothers – Starring Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Mary Steenburgen, Richard Jenkins and Adam Scott. Directed by Adam McKay. Rated MA for coarse language, nudity and sexual references. 98 mins. You only needed one look at the poster for Step Brothers to know exactly what this film would be like. Will Ferrell and John […]

Continue reading

Anchorman 2 – Electric Boogaloo?

source: slashfilm.comComedy megastar Will Ferrell and director Adam McKay have revealed their plans for a sequel to Anchorman, with one version possibly set in the 80s. The first Anchorman starred Ferrell as anchorman extraordinaire Ron Burgundy, an arrogant yet lovable buffoon (see: 90% of all Ferrell films). Set in the 1970’s, it featured an all […]

Continue reading