By Simon Miraudo June 12, 2014 The Two Faces of January, based on Patricia Highsmith’s 1964 novel and set in 1962, comes from an era in which espionage thrillers needed only an enigmatic man in a linen suit to arouse suspicion. That might still be a recipe for dramatic tension in 2014. Just not this […]
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Star Wars Episode VII official cast announced
April 30, 2014 
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Let the rumour mill finally grind to a halt: the cast of Star Wars Episode VII has officially been announced. Previously-suggested names like Adam Driver (Girls), John Boyega (Attack the Block) and Domhnall Gleeson (About Time) were all revealed to have joined the team, as did Driver’s Inside Llewyn Davis co-star Oscar Isaac, motion-capture legend Andy Serkis, regular legend […]
Continue readingRocky road – Inside Llewyn Davis review
January 15, 2014 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo January 15, 2014 My first viewing of Inside Llewyn Davis occurred just before I embarked on a four-week holiday, and I was glad to have the break between the screening and my inevitable writing of the review. Unravelling the intricacies of the Coen brothers‘ latest torturous morality tale is not anyone’s sensible […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Inside Llewyn Davis
July 3, 2013 0 Comments
The new trailer for Inside Llewyn Davis is moody, bleak, and hints at the dark humour we’ve come to expect from Joel and Ethan Coen’s films. Set in 1961 in Greenwich Village, New York City, Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac) is not having a good week. He’s a struggling folk singer who’s all about the music […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Inside Llewyn Davis
January 29, 2013 0 Comments
Thank folk for that! The trailer for the Coen brothers’ latest picture, Inside Llewyn Davis, has finally arrived. Loosely based on the life of Dave Van Ronk, it stars Oscar Isaac as Llewyn Davis, a folk singer trying to make it in Greenwich Village during the 1960s. Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman, F. Murray Abraham, Garrett […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: 10 Years
August 17, 2012 0 Comments
Channing Tatum: loves high school! After posing as a teen in 21 Jump Street, he’s now appearing in Jamie Linden’s reunion flick 10 Years. The trailer shows Tatum catching up with his buddies (Oscar Isaac, Chris Pratt, Anthony Mackie, Justin Long, Max Minghella, Brian Geraghty) and reconnecting with his old flame (Rosario Dawson). Bad news for his wife […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Bourne Legacy
June 1, 2012 0 Comments
The feature trailer for the Bourne movie without Bourne – The Bourne Legacy – has arrived online. Reminding us that “there was never just one,” the teaser offers us a better, unobstructed glimpse of genetically-modified assassin Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner), who must go on the run when the shady Treadstone agency decides to cleanse their ranks. Though original franchise […]
Continue readingJohn Goodman reteaming with Coen brothers for Inside Llewyn Davis
November 1, 2011 0 Comments
Frequent Coen brothers’ collaborator John Goodman is set to join their upcoming folk music flick Inside Llewyn Davis. Although Goodman has offered up memorable performances in plenty of the Coens previous films (Raising Arizona, Barton Fink, The Big Lebowski), he hasn’t worked with the duo since 2000’s O Brother, Where Art Thou? Showbiz 411 reports […]
Continue readingJustin Timberlake collaborating with Coen bros?
October 31, 2011 0 Comments
Justin Timberlake has been offered a role in Joel and Ethan Coen’s upcoming folk music flick Inside Llewyn Davis, Variety reports. Although little is known about the role, he is said to be the husband of Carey Mulligan’s character Jean. Set in the folk music scene in 1960s’ Greenwich Village, the film will be loosely based […]
Continue readingRuns like a dream – Drive review
October 25, 2011 0 Comments
Drive – Starring Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan and Albert Brooks. Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. Rated MA. Originally published August 7, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. This review was first run during the Melbourne International Film Festival. Drive opens in Australian cinemas October 27, 2011. The best word to describe Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive – based on James Sallis’ […]
Continue readingCarey Mulligan joins Coen brothers’ and Spike Jonze’s new films
October 21, 2011 0 Comments
Everyone’s favourite ingénue Carey Mulligan has just scored two major roles. She is set to star alongside Oscar Isaac in the Coen brothers’ newie Inside Llewyn Davis, and will also appear in Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman’s upcoming – and untitled – collaboration, Variety reports. The new Joel and Ethan Coen film centres on the folk music […]
Continue readingOscar Isaac cast in Coen brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis
October 17, 2011 0 Comments
Up-and-coming actor Oscar Isaac has landed the lead role in the upcoming Coen brothers’ film, Inside Llewyn Davis, Deadline reports. Currently without US domestic distribution, the new Joel and Ethan Coen film centres on the folk music scene in 1960s’ Greenwich Village. Written by the brothers, and co-produced by Scott Rudin (No Country For Old […]
Continue readingToo weird to live and too rare to die – Sucker Punch review
April 7, 2011 4 Comments
Sucker Punch – Starring Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish and Oscar Isaac. Directed by Zack Snyder. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Sucker Punch is a Frankenstein’s monster of a movie; a cinematic abomination and a sin against nature. It is a one-legged, six-eyed, many-tentacled mutant that has seemingly slipped out of the crevasses of writer/director Zack […]
Continue readingChristina Hendricks joins Drive
September 10, 2010 0 Comments
Nicolas Winding Refn‘s Drive is gearing up for production, and his increasingly impressive cast is beginning to rival Inception‘s “dream team” of actors. Mad Men‘s Christina Hendricks is the newest addition to the action thriller. She joins Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks and Oscar Isaac. The news of Hendricks’ involvement comes from […]
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