Disney is plotting a sequel to Sam Raimi’s Wizard of Oz prequel Oz the Great and Powerful; a plan that will surely be turned into a reality following the picture’s massive debut at the U.S. box office over the weekend. According to Variety, Disney has signed Mitchell Kapner – who co-wrote the first flick with David Lindsay-Abaire – to […]
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Black magic women – Oz the Great and Powerful review
March 6, 2013 
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By Simon Miraudo March 6, 2013 Immediately upon arrival in the magical land of Oz, James Franco‘s would-be wizard beds the naive witch Theodora (Mila Kunis). We don’t get to see them copulate, but trained cinemagoers know what it means when the camera slowly pans skyward during a smooch. The next morning, she’s talking about marriage […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Oz, the Great and Powerful
July 16, 2012 0 Comments
Wondering how Sam Raimi has reinvented the The Wizard of Oz? Wonder no longer! The trailer for Oz, the Great and Powerful has arrived online, evoking producer Joe Roth’s previous epics Alice in Wonderland and Snow White and the Huntsman. Here’s hoping Raimi brings some of his signature style and oddball flair to differentiate from those other unremarkable movies. That being […]
Continue readingPoster Debut: Oz, The Great and Powerful
July 6, 2012 1 Comment
Disney just released the first teaser poster for their upcoming Oz, The Great and Powerful, starring James Franco. It’s a lovely image to be sure but it doesn’t really tell us much about the film. The ‘visionary’ director referred to on the poster is Sam Raimi and his involvement is the only thing that keeps me […]
Continue readingBlue again – Take This Waltz review
June 13, 2012 0 Comments
Take This Waltz – Starring Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, and Luke Kirby. Directed by Sarah Polley. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. Michelle Williams should surely be crowned the Queen of Cursed Cinematic Courtships, having endured break-up after devastating break-up in her finest features; Blue Valentine, Synecdoche, New York, and Brokeback Mountain. If that weren’t enough, […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Take This Waltz
February 7, 2012 0 Comments
About time! The trailer for Sarah Polley‘s Take This Waltz has arrived online, ahead of its (fingers crossed) 2012 Australian release. So much for us listing it as our 17th most anticipated film of 2011! The film features Michelle Williams and Seth Rogen as a couple whose marriage is on the rocks. Luke Kirby plays the […]
Continue readingCheck out the Oscar Class of 2012
February 7, 2012 0 Comments
Hollywood’s finest assembled in Los Angeles this morning for the annual Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon. Of the 188 nominees, 150 showed up and participated in the group photo. Cheese! Click on the image to embiggen. Some stray observations: – Who was the genius that made tiny Michelle Williams stand all the way in the back? […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: My Week With Marilyn
October 10, 2011 3 Comments
See the first moving images of Michelle Williams as screen starlet Marilyn Monroe in the newly released trailer for My Week With Marilyn. The Simon Curtis film is based on Colin Clark’s memoirs The Prince, the Showgirl, and Me: Six Months on Set with Marilyn and Olivier. Clark was employed by Sir Laurence Olivier on the British set […]
Continue readingOver the hills and far away – Meek’s Cutoff review
October 4, 2011 0 Comments
Meek’s Cutoff – Starring Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood and Will Patton. Directed by Kelly Reichardt. Originally published July 15, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. Some are saying that ‘nothing happens’ in Kelly Reichardt’s Meek’s Cutoff, a slow burn drama about a group of wannabe-settlers wandering the desert in the hopes of finding the promise land. I say, ‘everything happens’. Sure, it’s an exaggeration, but so is […]
Continue readingRevelation Perth International Film Festival – Meek’s Cutoff review
July 15, 2011 0 Comments
Meek’s Cutoff – Starring Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood and Will Patton. Directed by Kelly Reichardt. By Simon Miraudo. Meek’s Cutoff plays the Revelation Perth International Film Festival on Saturday 16 July and Friday 22 July. Some are saying that ‘nothing happens’ in Kelly Reichardt’s Meek’s Cutoff, a slow burn drama about a group of wannabe-settlers […]
Continue readingBe mine – Blue Valentine review
June 21, 2011 2 Comments
Blue Valentine – Starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams. Directed by Derek Cianfrance. Rated MA. Originally published December 22, 2010. By Simon Miraudo. The mark of a truly great romantic drama is one which inspires its viewers to re-evaluate their life. Yep, it’s a somewhat unreasonably high bar for films to reach, but it’s what […]
Continue readingSydney Film Festival – Day Four
June 11, 2011 1 Comment
Sydney Film Festival – Day Four. By Simon Miraudo. It took a mere 80 hours in Sydney – 80! – to go from a reasonably healthy young man to a sickly, seemingly rickets-ridden mess. What’s to blame? Well, all this rain and cold doesn’t help (in Western Australia, we’ve grown accustomed to unseasonable warmth all year round, […]
Continue readingMichelle Williams to play the Good Witch in Wizard of Oz prequel
May 18, 2011 1 Comment
Michelle Williams has scored the role of Glinda, the Good Witch, in Sam Raimi‘s Wizard of Oz prequel Oz, The Great and Powerful. According to Variety, Glinda’s was the last major role to be filled, and production on the film can finally move forward. The picture starts shooting in the wonderful land of Michigan in […]
Continue readingBlue Valentine director and star reunite for "epic movie"
February 7, 2011 0 Comments
After last year’s incredible, heart-wrenching Blue Valentine (fully endorsed by Jess, Simon and myself), writer/director Derek Cianfrance is wisely re-teaming with the wonderfully talented Ryan Gosling for his next feature film, Indiewire report. What Cianfrance describes as “kind of an epic movie … I’ve had people tell me they feel like its ‘The Deer Hunter’ […]
Continue readingBe mine – Blue Valentine review
December 22, 2010 0 Comments
Blue Valentine – Starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams. Directed by Derek Cianfrance. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. The mark of a truly great romantic drama is one which inspires its viewers to re-evaluate their life. Yep, it’s a somewhat unreasonably high bar for films to reach, but it’s what separates the masterpieces (Eternal Sunshine […]
Continue readingNew look at Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe
November 29, 2010 1 Comment
If there was any doubt that Michelle Williams is the perfect Marilyn Monroe then Collider’s newly released picture of the starlet in Simon Curtis’ My Week with Marilyn should put naysayers to rest. The film is based on The Prince, the Showgirl, and Me: Six Months on Set with Marilyn and Olivier, the memoirs of […]
Continue readingPoster Debut: Blue Valentine
November 11, 2010 0 Comments
A few weeks ago we featured the excellent trailer for Derek Cianfrance’s Blue Valentine, a big Oscar contender unfortunately embroiled in a ratings controversy over in the U.S. Today we get our first glimpse at its gorgeous new poster (courtesy of Yahoo). Blue Valentine stars Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams as a young couple struggling […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Blue Valentine
October 11, 2010 0 Comments
Derek Cianfrance’s Blue Valentine – starring the wildly talented Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams as a young couple struggling to keep their marriage alive – was one of the big hits of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, and received some very nice notices after screening at Cannes a few months back. The trailer for the […]
Continue readingSee Naomi Watts as Marilyn Monroe
May 19, 2010 0 Comments
Thanks to happy-snappers over at the Cannes film festival, we have our first glimpse of Naomi Watts as Norma Jean/Marilyn Monroe in the upcoming biopic Blonde. No, that’s not it. Sadly, the image of Watts as Monroe is a little less hi-res (Thanks to AlloCine for the snap regardless). Check her out below. Blonde is […]
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