Following the revelation that David Fincher is no longer interested in making Sony’s Steve Jobs biopic comes news that Danny Boyle is next in line to helm the flick. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Boyle is reportedly keen to direct Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role. Boyle and DiCaprio previously worked together on The Beach. Aaron […]
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‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ becomes highest grossing R-rated film in AU history
February 6, 2014 
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In news that should inspire a drug-fuelled, pansexual, anything-goes celebration at Wolf HQ, The Wolf of Wall Street has broken the record previously held by Pulp Fiction and Basic Instinct to become the highest grossing R18-rated film in Australian history. FilmInk note the picture’s $12.96 million tally (from just two weeks of release) also makes the movie Martin Scorsese’s most successful in Aus. Basic Instinct hit […]
Continue readingLeonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill reteam for Olympic bombing flick
February 6, 2014 0 Comments
Oscar-nominated Wolf of Wall Street stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill are set to reteam for a new Olympic-set drama, Deadline reports. Their BFF status is yet to be confirmed by the duo. Fox has closed a deal with Vanity Fair for the rights to their 1997 article ‘The Ballad of Richard Jewell’, which told the true […]
Continue readingExcess is the best revenge – The Wolf of Wall Street review
January 22, 2014 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo January 22, 2014 True story: my priest phoned midway through the screening of The Wolf of Wall Street, as if he had sensed – rightly – that I had been revelling too giddily in the debauched antics of disgraced stockbroker Jordan Belfort. Turns out he was just calling to confirm something about […]
Continue readingThe Wolf of Wall Street may not be delayed after all
October 23, 2013 0 Comments
After weeks of rumours suggesting Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street would be delayed until 2014, sources close to the production tell the L.A. Times it will indeed see release in 2013. Paramount will reportedly distribute the picture on Christmas Day. That is, in the U.S. No word as to when Australian and New […]
Continue readingThe Wolf of Wall Street might be delayed until 2014; will miss Oscar cut-off
September 26, 2013 0 Comments
Martin Scorsese’s upcoming feature The Wolf of Wall Street was meant to be one of the big players at the upcoming Oscar race. Well, not anymore. According to Showbiz411, sources close to the production have confirmed it will not meet its November 2013 release date. The picture will now likely hit cinemas in 2014, making […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Wolf of Wall Street
June 17, 2013 0 Comments
Leonardo DiCaprio gets his Gatsby on once again in the trailer for Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street. Just as Kanye West and Jay-Z’s ‘No Church in the Wild’ scored Baz Luhrmann’s first trailer for The Great Gatsby, ‘Black Skinheads’ from West’s latest album, Yeezus, opens up the latest DiCaprio joint. Based on Jordan […]
Continue readingRasputin flick being developed for Leonardo DiCaprio
June 10, 2013 0 Comments
Having recently appeared as the enigmatic charmer Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby, Leonardo DiCaprio is set to play an even more mysterious and hypnotically enticing figure. According to Deadline, Warner Bros has purchased Jason Hall’s pitch for Rasputin, which is being developed as a starring vehicle for DiCaprio. When the script is completed, we […]
Continue readingAll that glitters – The Great Gatsby review
May 30, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo May 30, 2013 That Baz Luhrmann is incorrigible. When struck by inspiration, he’ll stop at nothing to bring his preposterous film concepts to life. Be it a baroque pop tribute to France’s most famous bordello, a three-hour romantic epic set in Australia’s sun-scorched desert, or a 3-D, hip-hop infused adaptation of F. […]
Continue readingThe Great Gatsby to kick off Cannes
March 13, 2013 0 Comments
Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby will open the 66th Cannes Film Festival but will screen out of competition, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The much-anticipated Gatsby is Luhrmann’s second film, after Moulin Rouge!, to open the film festival, and the second time ever that a 3-D film will hold the honour, following 2009’s Up. Based on F. […]
Continue readingCalamity Django – Django Unchained review
January 15, 2013 0 Comments
Django Unchained – Starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, and Samuel L. Jackson. Directed by Quentin Tarantino. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. Quentin’s gonna do what Quentin’s gonna do, and we should all stop feigning surprise when he does. He will readily deploy that most controversial of racial epithets because he doesn’t feel he needs the […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Great Gatsby
December 20, 2012 0 Comments
A brand new feature trailer for Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby has arrived. And good news: the modern music is intact! Though Jay-Z and Kanye West’s track No Church in the Wild was previously featured in the first teaser, this new clip has plenty of brand new footage to sate fans disappointed by […]
Continue readingPoster Debut: The Great Gatsby
December 18, 2012 0 Comments
Though its release was delayed a worrying six months – from Christmas 2012 to mid-2013 – a couple of posters for Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby have been unveiled, reigniting our anticipation. The posters prominently feature two of the picture’s Australian cast-members: Joel Edgerton as Tom Buchanan (the cruel husband of Carey Mulligan’s Daisy), and […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Django Unchained (with our first look at Sam Jackson and Jonah Hill)
October 12, 2012 0 Comments
Another trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming Django Unchained is released, giving us the best look at this audacious film yet. This exciting trailer shows us a much wider picture of the world the film is set in, showcasing several scenes with a greying Samuel L Jackson doing his best wise old Morgan Freeman impression. We […]
Continue readingJames Cameron doesn’t believe Jack could have survived Titanic sinking
September 17, 2012 1 Comment
James Cameron still believes Jack had to sacrifice himself for Rose at the end of Titanic, despite certain memes suggesting the floating plank that saved her life could have easily fit them both. Speaking to IGN, Cameron revealed he is going to help the Mythbusters team prove his point. “It’s not a question of room, it’s a question of […]
Continue readingThe Great Gatsby delayed until mid-2013
August 8, 2012 0 Comments
Baz Luhrmann‘s adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby is a 2012 Oscar contender no more. The 3-D flick has been pushed back six months from its December release date. Gatsby will now open mid 2013, in the heat of the American summer. Warner Bros claim the move will allow them to capitalise on a bigger audience. […]
Continue readingAussie Margot Robbie might star in Scorsese’s Wolf of Wall Street
June 20, 2012 0 Comments
Australian actress Margot Robbie (Neighbours) is in talks for the female lead in Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of The Wolf of Wall Street, according to Deadline. The film, adapted from the bestselling memoir by Jordon Belfort, already has Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Jon Bernthal, and Jean Dujardin (The Artist) attached to star. Robbie would star opposite […]
Continue readingJonah Hill set for Django Unchained
June 18, 2012 0 Comments
Jonah Hill has scored a role in Quentin Tarantino‘s already-shooting Django Unchained, Deadline reports. Hill was originally set to star as the fellow who loses Django’s (Jamie Foxx) slave wife Broomhilda (Kerry Washington) to plantation owner Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio). When scheduling conflicts interfered, Hill was replaced by Sacha Baron Cohen, who himself exited the […]
Continue readingJean Dujardin in talks for Martin Scorsese’s Wolf of Wall Street
June 15, 2012 0 Comments
Oscar winning star of The Artist, Jean Dujardin, might star in Martin Scorsese‘s upcoming collaboration with Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street. DiCaprio will star as Jordan Belfort – author of the memoir on which the film is based – a drug/alcohol/sex-addicted stock-broker who went from multi-millionaire to convict within the span of a […]
Continue readingEdgar of darkness – J. Edgar review
June 14, 2012 0 Comments
J. Edgar – Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, and Naomi Watts. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Rated M. Originally published January 25, 2012. By Simon Miraudo. J. Edgar arrives on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia June 13, 2012. Although his standing as one of cinema’s great icons will never be challenged, Clint Eastwood has surely evolved into one of the drabbest, stagiest, and most emotionally disconnected […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Django Unchained
June 7, 2012 0 Comments
The trailer for Quentin Tarantino‘s new spaghetti western Django Unchained has arrived online. … what? You want more of a preamble? It’s Quentin’s newie! Go watch it already! In case you haven’t fully grasped the premise from the trailer, or have skimmed past it in the countless casting announcements from the past 12 months, here it is […]
Continue readingQuentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained fires off new shots
May 30, 2012 0 Comments
New images from Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained have been released, showing Christoph Waltz, Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio getting their Spaghetti Western on. Foxx stars as Django, a slave who is freed by a German bounty hunter played by Waltz. The pair team up to rescue Django’s wife Broomhilda (Kerry Washington) from plantation owner Calvin Candie […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Great Gatsby
May 23, 2012 0 Comments
Been wondering what Baz Luhrmann‘s adaptation of F. Scott’s Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby would look like? The answer is here. Watch the first trailer and find out. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby, the slick, self-made socialite who harbours affection for his old flame Daisy (Carey Mulligan), despite her being married to the brutish Tom (Joel Edgerton). Tobey […]
Continue readingKurt Russell and Sacha Baron Cohen pull out of Django Unchained
May 11, 2012 1 Comment
Production has already begun on Quentin Tarantino‘s spaghetti western Django Unchained, but two notable actors have pulled out of key roles. According to Variety’s Jeff Snider, Kurt Russell has abandoned the part of slave trainer Ace Woody. He follows in the footsteps of Kevin Costner, who first turned down the role. The reasons for his exit have not […]
Continue readingJonah Hill joins Scorsese and DiCaprio for Wolf of Wall Street
May 7, 2012 0 Comments
Jonah Hill is taking his career seriously. Following his Oscar nominated turn in Moneyball, he has signed on to star alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese‘s upcoming adaptation of Jordan Belfort’s memoir The Wolf of Wall Street. DiCaprio is attached to play Belfort, a drug/alcohol/sex-addicted broker who went from multi-millionaire to convict within the span of a decade. […]
Continue readingFirst look at Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained
April 27, 2012 0 Comments
Well, this is exciting! The first official images from Quentin Tarantino‘s spaghetti western Django Unchained have arrived online. And, in news that should shock no one, they’re great! The images come courtesy of EW. In the first pic, we get a glimpse of the eponymous freed slave Django (Jamie Foxx) and his mentor, the bounty hunter Schultz […]
Continue readingPoster Debut: Django Unchained
April 12, 2012 0 Comments
The international poster for Quentin Tarantino‘s newie Django Unchained has debuted online, courtesy of Sony Pictures’ Spanish Twitter account. It’s a minimalist tone-setter, evoking the legendary Saul Bass and, courtesy of the Spanish text, Sergio Leone‘s spaghetti westerns. We’re going to assume those two figures are freed slave Django (Jamie Foxx), and his mentor, Dr. […]
Continue readingScorsese and DiCaprio commit to Wolf of Wall Street
March 16, 2012 0 Comments
After years of rumour, Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio have committed to their fifth collaboration: an adaptation of the Jordan Belfort memoir The Wolf of Wall Street. According to Deadline, the project has secured financing from Red Granite Pictures. DiCaprio will star as Belfort, a drug/alcohol/sex-addicted broker who went from multi-millionaire to convict within the span of a […]
Continue readingEdgar of darkness – J. Edgar review
January 25, 2012 0 Comments
J. Edgar – Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer and Naomi Watts. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Although his standing as one of cinema’s great icons will never be challenged, Clint Eastwood has surely evolved into one of the drabbest, stagiest, and most emotionally disconnected directors in Hollywood. Like Hereafter before it, […]
Continue readingFirst look at The Great Gatsby
December 14, 2011 0 Comments
The first official images from Baz Luhrmann‘s adaptation of The Great Gatsby have made their way online, showing off Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan and Joel Edgerton as Jay, Nick, Daisy and Tom respectively. Luhrmann’s approach to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel has generated its fair share of ire during production, notably for being […]
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