By Simon Miraudo November 19, 2013 The worst part of Adoration was when I returned to my car and had to pay for my parking, realising that the awfulness of the movie actually took a quantifiable toll on my life: 111 minutes, and $8.50. Anne Fontaine‘s adaptation of Doris Lessing’s short story The Grandmothers is […]
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Royal with cheese – Diana review
October 7, 2013 
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By Simon Miraudo October 7, 2013 How did they ever make a movie of Diana? That question was first posed for Lolita – the scandalous and very funny Vladimir Nabokov book, adapted somewhat sexlessly by Stanley Kubrick – but it’s worth pondering here too. In what way did director Oliver Hirschbiegel go about bringing the Princess […]
Continue readingTeaser Debut: Diana
June 14, 2013 1 Comment
The teaser trailer for Diana, starring Naomi Watts as Princess Di, has debuted online. Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, the film focuses on the last two years of Diana’s life, before it was cut short by a 1997 car accident in Paris. The wordless trailer reveals little, except that it will be fairly messianic portrait of the Princess of Wales, […]
Continue readingAmanda Seyfried joins Noah Baumbach’s While We’re Young
May 29, 2013 0 Comments
Amanda Seyfried has signed on for Noah Baumbach’s next directorial offering While We’re Young, The Wrap reports. While Baumbach’s latest Indie, Frances Ha, continues to do well on the festival circuit and in limited theatrical release overseas, he’s already focused on his next project, which has Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts and Adam Driver (Girls) attached. […]
Continue readingMichael Keaton makes comeback in Birdman opposite Stone, Galifianakis, and Watts
March 7, 2013 0 Comments
After a time in the wilderness, Michael Keaton is set to return to the world of feature film starring roles. The Hollywood Reporter recently announced Keaton as lead in the upcoming dark comedy Birdman. Birdman is a change of pace for hard-hitting drama director Alejandro González Iñárritu (21 Grams, Babel); it tells the blackly comic […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Two Mothers
February 18, 2013 0 Comments
The French trailer for the much-talked about Two Mothers has arrived online, giving us a first glimpse at the saucy, Australian-set drama. Based on Doris Lessing’s less-sexily titled novel The Grandmothers, it features Naomi Watts and Robin Wright as two friends who lust over one another’s sons (Xavier Samuel, James Frecheville). In what is perhaps more reminiscent of The Lonely Island‘s “Motherlovers” […]
Continue readingImpossible is nothing – The Impossible review
January 22, 2013 0 Comments
The Impossible – Starring Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, and Tom Holland. Directed by Juan Antonio Bayona. Rated M. By Jess Lomas. The memory of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami may have already faded for many, but Juan Antonio Bayona’s The Impossible is sure to revive some of the horror as it vividly reconstructs the destruction […]
Continue readingLincoln leads, Salmon scores, Aussies appear, and chaos reigns in 70th Golden Globe nominations
December 14, 2012 1 Comment
Ah, the Golden Globes. Where Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is considered one of the 10 best films of the year and shows like Mad Men and Louie are inferior to Smash! The nominations for the 70th Golden Globes Awards were announced last night, and the enigmatic Hollywood Foreign Press Association reminded us what hilarious scamps they are! Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln dominated the […]
Continue readingRobert Pattinson to play Lawrence of Arabia for Werner Herzog
August 15, 2012 0 Comments
Robert Pattinson will play T.E. Lawrence in Werner Herzog‘s upcoming indie flick Queen of the Desert. According to Variety, Pattinson joins Naomi Watts, who will play English writer Gertrude Bell. T.E. Lawrence was, of course, the subject of David Lean‘s iconic 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia, where he was portrayed by Peter O’Toole. Lawrence befriended Bell in the […]
Continue readingFirst look at Naomi Watts as Princess Diana
July 5, 2012 1 Comment
The first photos of Naomi Watts as Diana Princess of Wales in Caught in Flight have been released (courtesy of THR and Empire), proving Watts to be an uncanny lookalike. The film, directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, will focus on the last two years of Diana’s life, before it was tragically cut short by the Paris car […]
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 readingNaomi Watts cast as Princess Diana in controversial biopic
February 10, 2012 1 Comment
Naomi Watts will play Princess Diana in Oliver Hirschbiegel‘s upcoming biopic Caught in Flight. Ecosse Films’ press release announcing the casting decision is quick to state that the Australian actress is in fact “British-born”. Caught in Flight concerns the last two years of the Princess of Wales’ life, and how she found true personal happiness as […]
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 readingTrailer Debut: J. Edgar
September 20, 2011 1 Comment
Old age make-up. Tricky accent. Leonardo DiCaprio has his work cut out for him in Clint Eastwood‘s J. Edgar, a biopic on the life of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. Although shooting began a mere seven months ago, the notoriously fast-moving Eastwood already has a trailer for us to enjoy. As well he should – […]
Continue readingFight the power, kinda – Fair Game review
April 5, 2011 0 Comments
Fair Game – Starring Naomi Watts, Sean Penn and David Andrews. Directed by Doug Liman. Rated M. Originally published November 23, 2010. By Simon Miraudo. Fair Game is as thrilling and passionate as its title suggests; which is to say, not very. Doug Liman’s latest tells the true story of CIA agent Valerie Plame, whose […]
Continue reading>Naomi Watts wanted by Werner Herzog
February 7, 2011 0 Comments
>It seems no one can get enough of our home-grown Naomi Watts. Already working on back-to-back projects the latest news is that the infamous Werner Herzog wants her for his next film, Vulture reports. Werner Herzog, cinema’s mad scientist of sorts, at age sixty-eight, has just written a new drama called Queen of the Desert […]
Continue readingFight the power, kinda – Fair Game review
November 23, 2010 3 Comments
Fair Game – Starring Naomi Watts, Sean Penn and David Andrews. Directed by Doug Liman. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Fair Game is as thrilling and passionate as its title suggests; which is to say, not very. Doug Liman’s latest tells the true story of CIA agent Valerie Plame, whose secret identity was allegedly revealed […]
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 […]
Continue readingTitle of new Woody Allen film reassuringly aggressive
October 28, 2009 0 Comments
source: thr.com For the past few months we have heard about the impressive cast of Woody Allen‘s latest London-based film, including Antonio Banderas, Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Naomi Watts and Freida Pinto. Well, now we know the title, and it is… You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger. As I mentioned during my review of […]
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