The Twilight Saga: Eclipse – Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. Directed by David Slade. Rated M. Originally published July 5, 2010. By Simon Miraudo. To quote Detective Roger Murtaugh from Lethal Weapon, “I’m getting too old for this ****.” In just eighteen months, the Twilight saga has subjected us to one atrocious […]
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Australian Box Office: Do you believe in magic?
November 23, 2010 
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Cue the puns about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One. For the period November 18-21 Potter and his friends created box office magic. Though we predicted it last week, it wouldn’t take a boy wizard to foresee this record breaking opening weekend. While taking in more than $330 million globally, Part One of […]
Continue readingTwilight dominates MTV Movie Awards, obviously
June 8, 2010 0 Comments
The Twilight Saga’s New Moon dominated the 2010 MTV Movie Awards, an awards show almost exclusively voted for by teenage girls and taken seriously by no one. The ceremony was hosted by genius comedian Aziz Ansari, and featured exclusive sneak peeks at Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows. The […]
Continue readingQuickflix Charts – The top rentals for May
May 31, 2010 0 Comments
Alright gang; here are the top 25 DVD rentals for the month of May, as Queued up by you. 1. Avatar 2. 20123. The Twilight Saga’s New Moon4. Julie and Julia5. The Ugly Truth6. Did You Hear About The Morgans?7. The Time Traveler’s Wife8. Where The Wild Things Are9. It’s Complicated10. Couples Retreat11. Cloudy With […]
Continue readingQuickflix Charts – The top rentals for April
May 3, 2010 0 Comments
Alright gang; here are the top 25 DVD rentals for the month of April, as Queued up by you. 1. 2012 2. The Twilight Saga’s New Moon3. The Ugly Truth4. Julie and Julia5. Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs6. District 97. Paranormal Activity8. Couples Retreat9. Surrogates10. Mao’s Last Dancer11. Up12. The Time Traveler’s Wife13. This […]
Continue readingThe Twilight Saga’s Eclipse – new trailer, now with conflict!
April 27, 2010 3 Comments
A brand new trailer for The Twilight Saga’s Eclipse has debuted online, giving us a greater glimpse of the film’s plot. It marks a milestone in the series, as it seems to be the first film of the saga to actually feature “a plot”. As far as I can piece it together, Bella (Kristen Stewart) […]
Continue readingThe Rundown: April 8-14
April 14, 2010 0 Comments
Hey Quickflixers! Welcome to the latest installment of The Rundown, a new feature that will appear on the blog every Wednesday, highlighting our favourite news items from the past 7 days, as well as notable box office and weekly rental figures. So, what did we learn this week? Harrison Ford was cast in Cowboys and […]
Continue readingHas punch, lacks bite – The Twilight Saga’s New Moon review
April 13, 2010 7 Comments
The Twilight Saga’s New Moon – Starring Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattinson. Directed by Chris Weitz. Rated M. Originally published November 23, 2009. By Simon Miraudo. The Twilight Saga’s New Moon is not terrible, despite featuring some excruciatingly lazy storytelling, atrocious performances, listless direction and a core storyline that is both uninteresting and […]
Continue readingOscar nominated directors tapped for Breaking Dawn
March 17, 2010 1 Comment
So, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner presented at this year’s Oscars. But could they potentially be Academy Award contenders in 2011 for their work in the Twilight Saga? No, of course not. Nonetheless, Summit Entertainment are reportedly courting three Oscar-nominated directors to helm the fourth (and potentially fifth) installment of the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn. […]
Continue readingThe Twilight Saga: Eclipse trailer debut
March 12, 2010 2 Comments
I feel a great disturbance. It’s as if millions of tweenage girls cried out in joy and were suddenly silenced … for about 90 seconds. The very first trailer for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse has landed online; less than six months after the previous film, New Moon, hit cinemas. Check out the trailer below and […]
Continue readingBreaking Dawn will be filmed this year – in 2 parts
February 12, 2010 1 Comment
source: deadline.com Deadline is reporting that Breaking Dawn, the fourth book of Stephanie Meyer’s ultra-successful Twilight saga, will be adapted into TWO feature films. They will supposedly be filmed back-to-back, with production starting this October. We have previously discussed the inherit difficulty in adapting Breaking Dawn, particularly due to the bizarre elements featured in Meyer’s […]
Continue readingFirst look at The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
December 23, 2009 2 Comments
source: ropeofsilicon.com New Moon was so last month. Summit Entertainment have released the first official still from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Brad Brevet at Rope of Silicon poses a good question: how can Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) sit in the sunlight with Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and not go all sparkly? This is really weird. […]
Continue readingAvatar destroys Aussie box office
December 21, 2009 1 Comment
UPDATE (22/12/09): The final weekend tally has been revised. Avatar actually grossed $242 million worldwide. Avatar grossed a massive $12.895 million at the Australian box office over the weekend. All that Aussie coin contributed to its hefty worldwide tally of $232.2 million. Avatar now holds the record for the largest non-franchise non-sequel opening at the […]
Continue readingParanormal Activity tops Australian box office
December 8, 2009 1 Comment
source: urbancinefile.com.au The ultra low-budget spookfest Paranormal Activity has debuted at the top of the Australian box office, beating heavy competition from Where the Wild Things Are and reigning champ The Twilight Saga’s New Moon. Paranormal Activity grossed a solid $2.8 million in its first weekend, complementing its impressive $107 million worldwide grosses. The Twilight […]
Continue readingThe 10 worst films of 2009!
December 2, 2009 55 Comments
The Worst Films of 2009. By Simon Miraudo. We all love movies. You wouldn’t be reading this blog and I wouldn’t be writing these articles if that wasn’t the case. This is why it’s as important to acknowledge the worst films of the year as it is to acknowledge the best. After all, would the […]
Continue readingBreaking Dawn: The Movie?
December 1, 2009 18 Comments
So, have you heard about these Twilight movies yet? They’re kind of a big deal. The first film of the series earned a hefty $384 million worldwide during its run, while the sequel New Moon has already picked up $473 million worldwide … in just two weeks. The films are based on Stephanie Meyer’s novels […]
Continue readingQuickflix Charts – The top rentals for November
November 30, 2009 0 Comments
Alright gang; here are the top 10 DVD rentals for the month of November, as Queued up by you. 1. Angels and Demons 2. Twilight 3. He’s Just Not That Into You4. X-Men Origins: Wolverine5. Ghosts of Girlfriend’s Past6. The International7. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button8. Watchmen9. Star Trek10. Monsters vs. Aliens It’s an […]
Continue readingHas punch, lacks bite – New Moon review
November 23, 2009 2 Comments
The Twilight Saga’s New Moon – Starring Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattinson. Directed by Chris Weitz. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. The Twilight Saga’s New Moon is not terrible, despite featuring some excruciatingly lazy storytelling, atrocious performances, listless direction and a core storyline that is both uninteresting and somewhat disturbing. But, as I […]
Continue readingNew Moon scores biggest opening in Australian history
November 23, 2009 0 Comments
Yep, another article about the Earth-shattering box office grosses of The Twilight Saga’s New Moon. The Chris Weitz-directed vampire/werewolf/love story has claimed the biggest ever opening weekend in Australia. The sequel to 2008’s hit film Twilight took in a massive $16.01 million on 530 screens, beating the record previously held by Harry Potter and the […]
Continue readingNew Moon devours box office
November 23, 2009 0 Comments
source: boxofficemojo.com The Twilight Saga’s New Moon opened to a spectacular $US140.7m over the weekend, claiming the third biggest opening weekend in U.S. history. Although it did not top the three-day opening weekend grosses of 2008’s The Dark Knight and 2007’s Spiderman 3, New Moon holds the biggest opening weekend of 2009. New Moon destroyed […]
Continue readingNew Moon – The wait is over!
November 18, 2009 13 Comments
It’s here. It’s finally here. Less than twelve months since Twilight first arrived in a flurry of mad anticipation, its sequel New Moon is ready to be spooled in cinemas around the world. The love triangle between Bella (Kristen Stewart), Edward (Robert Pattinson) and Jacob (Taylor Lautner) will finally be projected onto screens this evening […]
Continue readingThe New Moon trailer is actually … good?!?
September 17, 2009 3 Comments
source: traileraddict.com Another (yes, another) trailer for The Twilight Saga’s New Moon has debuted online following its premiere at that awards show where Kanye West proved he is the most hilarious man in show business. God, I love me some Kanye West. Ah dear. Funny dude. What were we talking about? I’m just teasing of […]
Continue readingFirst pics of Michael Sheen and Dakota Fanning in New Moon … look ridiculous
September 3, 2009 13 Comments
source: yahoo.com Because we know you want it, here are the first images of The Volturi vampire brood from The Twilight Saga’s New Moon. And yes, that is Dakota Fanning and Michael Sheen in those pictures. So, I’m sure most of you know more about these Volturi than I do. In fact, I think I […]
Continue readingGo Team Jacob! New trailer for The Twilight Saga’s New Moon!
August 18, 2009 7 Comments
source: traileraddict.com A brand new trailer for The Twilight Saga’s New Moon has debuted online. Pouting Bella? Check. Shirtless were-men? Check. Terrible special effects, mind numbing dialogue and an over-inflated sense of self-worth? Check check check. I know that I’m harsh on Twilight. Maybe a little unfairly so. Every time I hear someone rave about […]
Continue readingTwilight fans out-geek the geeks at Comic Con
July 27, 2009 0 Comments
source: aintitcool.com COMIC CON! It’s a Comic Con update blitz today as we report on the biggest stories to come out of San Diego’s legendary geek-gasmic festival. Twilight mania struck Comic Con over the weekend, as devoted fans waited in line a full 24 HOURS for the New Moon panel. 24 HOURS! Do you know […]
Continue readingThe New Moon trailer is pretty terrible
June 2, 2009 21 Comments
source: traileraddict.com Yep, it’s going to be another anti–Twilight article. I know, I clearly have some unresolved issues that are manifesting themselves in my hatred of this completely inconsequential film series. I just can’t help myself though. Especially when the trailer for The Twilight Saga’s New Moon looks so stupid. OK, so the fans already […]
Continue readingNew Moon’s new poster as boring as expected
May 20, 2009 8 Comments
source: traileraddict.com The latest poster for The Twilight Saga’s New Moon has debuted online, continuing the series’ current trend of photoshopping actors to the point that they stop looking human. OK, Robert Pattinson has never seemed human, so it’s not so strange to see him look like a shiny, pouty alien. But Kristen Stewart is […]
Continue readingThe Twilight Saga’s New Moon has worst poster ever
May 12, 2009 60 Comments
source: imdb.com Some people say I’m too harsh on Twilight . I called it the worst film of 2008, I named Bella and Edward the creepiest movie couple of all time and I called the Cullen’s the most unbearable movie family in history. Sometimes I wonder if I am being too harsh. But then I […]
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