Lose your head – Frank review (Sydney Film Festival)

By Simon Miraudo June 5, 2014 Michael Fassbender covers up in Frank, though you could say that of any film he’s done in the years since Shame. The pants stay on, and now, a papier-mâché head has been added to the mix, obscuring the Irish actor’s handsome visage for the majority of the movie. Though […]

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The top 10 Batman movie moments

The top 10 Batman movie moments. By Simon Miraudo. Christopher Nolan‘s The Dark Knight Rises has arrived in cinemas; the final entry in his Batman series, and a gauntlet thrown in the direction of anyone who dares to reboot the caped crusader in its wake. It’s been a long, beautiful, thrilling, heart-breaking, Katie Holmes-forgetting ride, and we’ve had […]

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Women on the verge – Hysteria review

Hysteria – Starring Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Rupert Everett. Directed by Tanya Wexler. Rated M. By Jess Lomas. The invention of the vibrator ought to produce a cheeky and memorable film, yet Tanya Wexler’s direction of Hysteria – with an unexciting screenplay by Stephen Dyer and Jonah Lisa Dyer – fails to hit the mark consistently. […]

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The same old song – Crazy Heart review

Crazy Heart – Starring Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Colin Farrell. Directed by Scott Cooper. Rated M. Originally published February 18, 2010. By Simon Miraudo. There are few films as modest as Scott Cooper’s Crazy Heart. It’s so afraid of seeming over the top and inauthentic that it completely retreats from anything resembling conflict. Instead […]

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The same old song – Crazy Heart review

Crazy Heart – Starring Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Colin Farrell. Directed by Scott Cooper. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. There are few films as modest as Scott Cooper’s Crazy Heart. It’s so afraid of seeming over the top and inauthentic that it completely retreats from anything resembling a conflict. Instead of being a fist […]

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