By Richard Haridy March 18, 2014 Magic Magic is a bold, subversive and conclusively sadistic piece of work that implants a knot into its audience’s stomach before kicking them out to the curb with a brutal ending that withholds any sense of conventional catharsis. Juno Temple stars as Alicia, a meek young girl who, travelling […]
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The Top 10 Male Performances of 2013
December 10, 2013 
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By Simon Miraudo December 10, 2013 Spoiler alert: James Franco will top this list. Question is, for what? The divisive overachiever appeared in – and I am not sh***ing you – at least 13 movies this past year, not including his stint on The Mindy Project, his Comedy Central Roast, and that Kanye West spoof […]
Continue readingNew York Stories – Fruitvale Station / Crystal Fairy
July 17, 2013 0 Comments
By Glenn Dunks July 17, 2013 There’s a wide world of cinema out there, and Quickflix’s Glenn Dunks is on the ground in New York City bringing you the titles that will soon be seen in Australian cinemas, and eventually available on home entertainment. The Manhattan Report: New York not only offers a seemingly endless variety of […]
Continue readingHoly Seth – This Is the End review
July 15, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo July 15, 2013 This is… a very strange movie. An assortment of A-Listers – playing themselves – assemble for a pitch-black, gross-out apocalypse comedy, debating the value of their lives when confronted with the confirmation of God’s existence. Imagine if this vanity project had been conceived by Tom Cruise, Will Smith, and […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: This Is The End (Red Band)
April 2, 2013 0 Comments
The red-band trailer for Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s all-star directorial debut This Is The End has arrived online. The picture stars Rogen, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, and Jay Baruchel as themselves; the only survivors of a house-party gone catastrophically wrong. In this new clip, we see their famous friends – namely Rihanna, a coke-snorting […]
Continue readingWatson, Cera, Segel, and Rihanna joining Rogen’s Apocalypse party
May 2, 2012 0 Comments
Even more stars have joined Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s directorial debut/end-of-days party, The Apocalypse. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Harry Potter‘s Emma Watson is in negotiations to appear in the flick. Rogen previously revealed that Harry himself, Daniel Radcliffe, turned down an opportunity to star, stating, “it doesn’t look like he’s willing to push things […]
Continue readingNew Muppet Walter was inspired by Michael Cera
November 22, 2011 0 Comments
The new Muppet movie introduces us to a brand new creation from Jim Henson’s workshop: Walter, the felt-based brother of Jason Segel‘s character Gary. Walter’s puppeteer Peter Linz has revealed to the New York Times that he was asked in his audition to base his performance on everyone’s favourite nervy Bluth: Michael Cera! “They told […]
Continue readingNew season of Arrested Development officially in the works
November 21, 2011 0 Comments
Netflix have made a huge… well, whatever the opposite of a mistake is! The online US movie rental company will air a new season of the beloved TV show Arrested Development. Despite being axed in 2006, AD’s cult following has been clamouring for a new movie or more episodes (either way, they’re not picky). After […]
Continue readingEmily Browning joins Michael Cera in Magic, Magic
October 28, 2011 0 Comments
Australia’s own Emily Browning (Sucker Punch, Sleeping Beauty) is set to join Michael Cera in Sebastián Silva’s upcoming indie thriller Magic, Magic. According to FilmInk, Browning has scored the lead role of a young woman who goes on vacation with friends to a remote Chilean village and slowly begins to lose her mental faculties. It was […]
Continue readingArrested Development movie to be preceded by new TV season?
October 3, 2011 0 Comments
We first discussed the possibility of an Arrested Development movie back in February of 2008. You would think that after almost four years, our anticipation and expectations of it ever eventuating would have subsided. Not so! The cast of the beloved TV show and creator Mitch Hurwitz reunited over the weekend at the New Yorker […]
Continue readingMichael Cera to follow Scott Pilgrim with Magic, Magic
May 10, 2011 0 Comments
Michael Cera‘s kept a low profile over the past two years; perhaps he’s been allowing the public to miss his for-a-while-there-overexposed shtick, or maybe he joined the millions of comic fans around the world in their mass grieving over the box office failure of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Or, more likely, he was just […]
Continue readingFlawless victory – Scott Pilgrim vs. The World review
December 14, 2010 0 Comments
Scott Pilgrim vs The World – Starring Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Jason Schwartzman. Directed by Edgar Wright. Rated M. Originally published August 11, 2010. By Simon Miraudo. This is not a love story. This is a story about love. And video games. And comic books. And demon hipster chicks. And learning to not […]
Continue readingCheck out the animated Scott Pilgrim short
August 16, 2010 0 Comments
As promised, the animated Scott Pilgrim short produced by Adult Swim has debuted online in its entirety. The four-minute clip is a flashback/fantasy sequence of Scott’s that has been excised from Edgar Wright‘s film. It takes place at the beginning of the second volume of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s six-part comic series. Michael Cera and Alison […]
Continue readingFlawless victory – Scott Pilgrim vs The World review
August 11, 2010 0 Comments
Scott Pilgrim vs The World – Starring Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Jason Schwartzman. Directed by Edgar Wright. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. This is not a love story. This is a story about love. And video games. And comic books. And demon hipster chicks. And learning to not be a jerk all the […]
Continue readingScott Pilgrm vs The Animation!
August 4, 2010 0 Comments
If you’ve been following this blog at all over the past couple of years, you may have noticed our tendency to report on even the most mundane developments from the set of Scott Pilgrim vs The World (and that includes any vaguely interesting marketing materials too). The film may be less than one week away […]
Continue readingArrested Development creator working on film script (he’s half done!)
August 3, 2010 0 Comments
Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz has revealed that he is indeed working on the script for a film adaptation of his beloved television show. Hurwitz told The Live Feed that the script is half done, which means that it already has 50% more script than that other TV-to-film adaptation, Sex and the City 2. “The […]
Continue readingScott Pilgrim has a fancy new poster
July 7, 2010 0 Comments
You know what we haven’t seen a lot of? Marketing material for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Let’s rectify that right now with the shiny UK poster. Edgar Wright‘s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, starring Michael Cera and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, arrives in Australian cinemas August 12th. Discuss: Nice poster, right?
Continue readingScott Pilgrim-ise yourself!
June 23, 2010 0 Comments
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is truly the film that keeps on giving. A website has been created where you (yes, YOU!) can create your very own Scott Pilgrim avatar! Here’s mine: Uncanny! Click on the below image to Pilgrim-ise yourself: http://www.scottpilgrimthemovie.com/avatarCreator/ As has been recounted endlessly on this blog, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World […]
Continue readingSend in the cleaning lady! New Scott Pilgrim trailer to pulverise you into dust!
June 17, 2010 1 Comment
We’ve been going completely insane over Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, from the mysterious production shots to the ridiculously wonderful trailers. And no, we won’t stop writing about the film until it hits Australian cinemas August 12th (and we’ll probably keep writing about it well after that date too). Check out the new international trailer […]
Continue readingScott Pilgrim posters – meet the exes!
June 14, 2010 0 Comments
In case you haven’t already noticed, we’re kind of excited about Edgar Wright‘s upcoming adaptation of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s comic series Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. It stars Michael Cera as Pilgrim, a Canadian slacker who falls in love with the enchanting American delivery girl Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead). There is just one catch […]
Continue readingScott Pilgrim vs. Captain America in new clip
June 8, 2010 0 Comments
Edgar Wright premiered the first clip from his upcoming film Scott Pilgrim vs. The World at this weekend’s MTV Movie Awards. In this clip, our Canadian slacker hero Scott (Michael Cera) does battle with one of Ramona Flowers’ seven evil-ex’s – Hollywood action star Lucas Lee (future Captain America Chris Evans). The short excerpt also […]
Continue readingThe new Scott Pilgrim trailer … is perfect
May 31, 2010 1 Comment
The feature trailer for Edgar Wright‘s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World has debuted online. It was unleashed upon us eager beavers following a Facebook campaign seeking 100,000 fans. Needless to say, with the new Scott Pilgrim trailer teased as a reward, the target was reached fairly quickly. We’re big fans of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s comic […]
Continue readingScott Pilgrim vs. The World trailer debut!
March 26, 2010 4 Comments
The trailer for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, our most anticipated film of 2010, has landed online. Really, at this point, what is there left to say. I’m spent. Except, this trailer is the very culmination of our existence. Hyperbolic? Necessary. Watch. Now. (Thanks Trailer Addict!) http://www.traileraddict.com/emd/20106 OK. So, if you didn’t quite catch that, […]
Continue readingScott Pilgrim poster debut!
March 18, 2010 0 Comments
The official poster for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World has debuted on the film’s official website. Yes, we’re excited. Check it out (as well as a convenient wallpaper version) below. Slashfilm have also provided a comparable image from Bryan Lee O’Malley’s comic book from which the film is based on. Do we really need to […]
Continue readingBy the flaming sword of Michael Cera! First official images from Scott Pilgrim!
January 7, 2010 2 Comments
source: slashfilm.com Universal pictures have released the first images from Edgar Wright‘s Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. We recently called this the most exciting upcoming release of 2010. These images only confirm our claim. Allow me to simply reprint my hyperbolic rave from that aforementioned article: “Much like last year’s number 1 film, my most […]
Continue readingHead to Head – Year One
January 5, 2010 2 Comments
Welcome to the latest edition of Head to Head, in which our Quickflix critic takes on our readers in a rip-snorting battle to the death! You pick the film, and we pick the fight! This week, Chris Richardson unleashed his unholy wrath upon Harold Ramis‘ Year One. For his troubles, he picked up a double […]
Continue readingMichael Cera and Moustache star in Youth In Revolt
November 26, 2009 0 Comments
source: traileraddict.com Michael Cera‘s moustached odyssey Youth in Revolt has a brand new trailer for you all to enjoy. Won’t you? Cera stars as nervy 16-year-old Nick Twisp and his suave, adventurous alter-ego Francois Dillinger in this adaptation of C.D. Payne’s 1993 novel. We previously posted the first trailer back in August. There isn’t much […]
Continue readingArrested Development movie OFFICIALLY in the works – Maebe.
October 8, 2009 2 Comments
source: thr.comDon’t lie to us Hollywood Reporter! We’ve been hurt too many times before. Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz and co-executive producer James Vallely are officially working on the screenplay for the long-gestating feature film of the classic cult television show. Hurwitz previously announced that he would not start working on a script until the […]
Continue readingLove to love Yi, baby – Paper Heart review
September 28, 2009 0 Comments
Paper Heart – Starring Charlyne Yi, Michael Cera and Jake M. Johnson. Directed by Nicholas Jasenovic. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. What is it with all these quirky kids making such truthful and mature movies about love? We only recently saw the pitch-perfect (500) Days of Summer, written and directed by a bunch of supremely […]
Continue readingScott Pilgrim wraps! Release date looms! Lives to improve!
September 2, 2009 3 Comments
source: edgarwrighthere.com Edgar Wright‘s adaptation of the Bryan Lee O’Malley comic book series Scott Pilgrim vs. The World has finally wrapped. The final production picture has been posted to Wright’s blog, which you can see below. It has been a while since we looked at some of the pictures Wright has uploaded from the set, […]
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