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 […]
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Liam Neeson joins the cast of Scorsese’s ‘Silence’
February 3, 2014 
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Liam Neeson has joined the cast of Martin Scorsese’s Silence, Deadline reports. Neeson will star opposite Andrew Garfield and Ken Watanabe in the 17th century set tale, concerning the attempts by Jesuits to bring Christianity to Japan. The film will be Scorsese’s follow-up to the debauched – and deliriously unchristian – Oscar nominee The Wolf of Wall Street. It […]
Continue readingJonah Hill starred in ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ for $60,000
January 24, 2014 0 Comments
Jonah Hill has revealed his (relatively) minuscule payday for The Wolf of Wall Street: $60,000. He dropped the figure will chatting with Howard Stern. Though the number seems decent for seven months of work, it equates to the American Screen Actors Guild minimum wage. Don’t feel too bad for him, though: he scored an Oscar nod for his […]
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 readingPlay It Again – Bugsy
August 20, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo August 20, 2013 Play It Again is a weekly feature in which our classic-film connoisseurs revisit a revered motion picture from the annals of movie history, to see if it holds up… or if it has aged terribly. And yes, it takes its name from a famously misquoted Casablanca line (hey, […]
Continue readingPlay It Again – Casino
July 2, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo July 2, 2013 Play It Again is a weekly feature in which our classic-film connoisseurs revisit a revered motion picture from the annals of movie history, to see if it holds up… or if it has aged terribly. And yes, it takes its name from a famously misquoted Casablanca line (hey, whatever; […]
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 readingAndrew Garfield signs on for Scorsese’s Silence
May 9, 2013 0 Comments
It’s all system’s go on Martin Scorsese’s long gestating passion project Silence, as Variety reports Andrew Garfield has been signed for the leading role. Garfield will star as a young Portuguese Jesuit who is sent to Japan in 1638; a time when Christian missionaries were being persecuted in the region. Legendary Japanese actor Ken Watanabe […]
Continue readingMartin Scorsese set to shoot Silence in 2014
April 22, 2013 0 Comments
Martin Scorsese is finally set to take on Silence, a project that has been on his slate since 1991. According to Deadline, Scorsese is looking to shoot the adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s novel in July of 2014. That shoot date will depend on how quickly a cast comes together. Daniel Day-Lewis, Benicio Del Toro, and Gael Garcia […]
Continue readingPlay It Again – Mean Streets
April 16, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo April 16, 2013 Play It Again is a weekly feature in which our classic-film connoisseurs revisit a revered motion picture from the annals of movie history, to see if it holds up… or if it has aged terribly. And yes, it takes its name from a famously misquoted Casablanca line (hey, whatever; […]
Continue readingMartin Scorsese announces Gangs of New York TV series
April 2, 2013 0 Comments
Edgy cable TV shows seem to be the place to be at the moment, with big name filmmakers like David Fincher and Gus Van Sant all taking their turns on the small screen. Now it’s Martin Scorsese’s go. After dabbling with some early episodes of Boardwalk Empire, he is going all in, recently releasing a […]
Continue readingInterview: Ray Winstone (The Sweeney)
February 12, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo February 12, 2013 Ray Winstone is one of the most imposing hard men in cinema; the go-to geezer for esteemed directors like Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Robert Zemeckis. But no one starts at the top. He’s been toiling in the industry for nearly four decades, breaking out in confronting dramas Nil […]
Continue readingPlay It Again – Cape Fear
January 23, 2013 0 Comments
Play It Again – Cape Fear. Starring Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, and Polly Bergen. Directed by J. Lee Thompson. Rated M. By Jess Lomas. Play It Again is a weekly feature in which our classic-film connoisseurs revisit a revered motion picture from the annals of movie history, to see if it holds up… or if […]
Continue readingMore beautiful – Margaret: Extended Cut review
October 16, 2012 0 Comments
Margaret: Extended Cut – Starring Anna Paquin, J. Smith-Cameron, and Jeannie Berlin. Directed by Kenneth Lonergan. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. Before being granted a theatrical release in Australia, Kenneth Lonergan’s Margaret screened on international Qantas flights; a comically fitting yet wildly unfair outlet to complement the feature’s pitiful roll-out in a handful of American cinemas […]
Continue readingMartin Scorsese’s people respond to Silence lawsuit
August 27, 2012 0 Comments
Last week, Cecchi Gori Pictures filed a lawsuit against Martin Scorsese for failing to make for them the long-gestating Silence within a reasonable time-frame. Scorsese’s people have hit back at the suit, responding with the legal equivalent of “You talkin’ to me?” (Documented by Deadline…) “It is shocking to us that the lawyers for Cecchi Gori Pictures would file […]
Continue readingPlay It Again – The Red Shoes
August 21, 2012 1 Comment
Play It Again – The Red Shoes. Starring Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook, and Marius Goring. Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Rated G. By Simon Miraudo. Play It Again is a weekly feature in which our classic-film connoisseurs revisit a revered motion picture from the annals of movie history, to see if it holds […]
Continue readingThe top 10 director burns
August 17, 2012 0 Comments
The top 10 director burns. By Simon Miraudo. There’s nothing like a good old fashioned filmmaker feud! The ever-opinionated David Cronenberg, hot on the Cosmopolis publicity trail, recently told NextMovie he had no interest in ever making a superhero movie. Then he began criticising Christopher Nolan‘s Batman flicks (“they’re mostly boring), and anyone who branded them […]
Continue readingMGM sue to shut down Raging Bull 2
July 6, 2012 0 Comments
According to Deadline, MGM has filed a lawsuit attempting to halt the production of Raging Bull 2, a sequel currently filming based on parts of Jake LaMotta’s memoir that were left out of Martin Scorsese‘s classic 1980 film. MGM aren’t messing around with this legal action, not only wanting this sequel to never see the […]
Continue readingGreatest hits – Woody Allen: A Documentary review
June 26, 2012 1 Comment
Woody Allen: A Documentary – Directed by Robert B. Weide. Rated M. Originally published June 6, 2012. By Simon Miraudo. Woody Allen: A Documentary arrives on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia June 27, 2012. The imaginatively titled Woody Allen: A Documentary is a three hour examination of the legendary writer-director produced by PBS for their American Masters program, although the version […]
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 readingMourning glory – Margaret review
June 11, 2012 0 Comments
Margaret – Starring Anna Paquin, Jeannie Berlin, and J. Smith Cameron. Directed by Kenneth Lonergan. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. There might not be a sadder cinematic story than that of Margaret. I’m not specifically referring to the film’s contents, though it is indeed sad, and haunting, and beautiful, and brilliant (we’ll get to that […]
Continue readingPlay It Again – Taxi Driver
May 29, 2012 1 Comment
Play It Again – Taxi Driver. Starring Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, and Cybill Shepherd. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Rated R. By Jess Lomas. Play It Again is a weekly feature in which our classic-film connoisseurs revisit a revered motion picture from the annals of movie history, to see if it holds up… or if […]
Continue readingThe top 10 movies about movies
May 25, 2012 5 Comments
The top 10 movies about movies. By Simon Miraudo. At this year’s Oscars, the Academy decided to reward two pictures that were paeans to cinema itself: Michel Hazanavicius‘ silent saga of The Artist, and Martin Scorsese‘s tribute to Georges Méliès, Hugo (out now on DVD and Blu-ray). Such was the voters’ willingness to bestow them awards galore, you […]
Continue readingPlay It Again – Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
May 22, 2012 0 Comments
Play It Again – Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. Starring Ellen Burstyn, Kris Kristofferson, and Alfred Lutter. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Play It Again is a weekly feature in which our classic-film connoisseurs revisit a revered motion picture from the annals of movie history, to see if it holds up… […]
Continue readingThe magic man – Hugo review
May 21, 2012 1 Comment
Hugo – Starring Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz and Ben Kingsley. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Rated PG. Originally published January 11, 2012. By Simon Miraudo. Hugo arrives on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia May 23, 2012. Martin Scorsese is arguably cinema’s biggest fanboy. The cliché is that he’s only concerned with telling tales of gangsters getting by in his native New York. However, he’s […]
Continue readingPlay It Again – The Age of Innocence
May 15, 2012 2 Comments
Play It Again – The Age of Innocence. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Winona Ryder. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Rated G. By Jess Lomas. Play It Again is a weekly feature in which our film connoisseurs revisit a revered motion picture from the annals of movie history, to see if it holds up… or […]
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. […]
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