The poster and trailer for Steve McQueen’s inevitable Oscar contender 12 Years a Slave have arrived online. The picture tells the true, tragic tale of Solomon Northup, a free man kidnapped and sold into slavery for, well, 12 years. Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as Northup, while Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Giamatti, Paul Dano, […]
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Paul Dano set to star as Beach Boy Brian Wilson
January 21, 2013 
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Paul Dano has been cast as The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson in Bill Pohlad’s upcoming biopic Love and Mercy. According to a press release from distributor River Road Entertainment (published on Deadline), Dano will play young Wilson, while another actor will portray the musical legend as an elder. The casting of Dano made Wilson… smile (sorry). […]
Continue readingWrapped up in books – Ruby Sparks review
September 21, 2012 0 Comments
Ruby Sparks – Starring Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, and Chris Messina. Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Ruby Sparks is a profoundly sad tale of self-loathing masquerading as a cutesy romantic comedy. The purple-stockings and free spirit of the eponymous female lead and the intensely nervy, intensely unsociable demeanour […]
Continue readingPen pal – Ruby Sparks review
August 17, 2012 0 Comments
Ruby Sparks – Starring Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, and Antonio Banderas. Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. Rated M. By Richard Haridy. Ruby Sparks plays the Melbourne International Film Festival on August 18, 2012. It arrives in Australian cinemas September 20, 2012. Regularly embodied by Zooey Deschanel, the Manic Pixie Dream Girl (or MPDG) […]
Continue readingBeasts of the Southern Wild star joins Twelve Years a Slave
August 2, 2012 0 Comments
Beasts of the Southern Wild starlet (and inevitable Oscar nominee) Quvenzhané Wallis has joined the cast of Steve McQueen‘s already star-studded Twelve Years a Slave. The other lead actor from that acclaimed Sundance hit, Dwight Henry, similarly nabbed a role in the pic last month. Guess McQueen is a fan! The scoop comes from Indiewire, who […]
Continue readingMichael K. Williams joins Steve McQueen’s Twelve Years a Slave
June 27, 2012 1 Comment
The Wire and Boardwalk Empire‘s Michael K. Williams has joined the cast of Steve McQueen‘s new movie Twelve Years a Slave, Deadline reports. Williams will play a “mutinous slave” in the adaptation of Solomon Northup’s 1853 novel. The pic marks McQueen’s follow up to Shame, and will star Michael Fassbender, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brad Pitt, Garret Dillahunt, Paul Dano, and Taran Killam. Discuss: […]
Continue readingSaturday Night Live star joins Steve McQueen’s Twelve Years A Slave
May 28, 2012 0 Comments
Oscar nominee Kristen Wiig recently abandoned her posting at Saturday Night Live with a big career in film ahead of her. The question now is: who will be the next big breakout star of SNL? A case could be made for Taran Killam, who has just signed on to Steve McQueen‘s new film Twelve Years A Slave, Deadline reports. […]
Continue readingAussie cast as John McClane’s son in Die Hard 5
February 23, 2012 0 Comments
Australian Jai Courtney has been cast as John McClane’s son in the fifth instalment of the Die Hard saga – the puntastically titled A Good Day to Die Hard – Deadline report. WAAPA graduate Courtney, who had minor stints in All Saints and Packed to the Rafters, most recently starred in Spartacus: Blood and Sand alongside fellow Aussies Viva Bianca and the late Andy […]
Continue readingDie Hard 5 gets a pun-tastic new title
October 14, 2011 1 Comment
Following on from the fine tradition of Die Hard sequels past, Die Hard 5 has been christened with a simultaneously awesome and cheesy moniker. CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment Tom Rothman has revealed the name of John McClane’s next adventure will be A Good Day to Die Hard. Further details spilled by Rothman include the […]
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