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The 10 Worst Films of 2012

The 10 Worst Films of 2012. By Simon Miraudo. With 2012 coming to a close, it’s time to reflect on the year’s cinematic treats, and then crowbar each work of art into a numerical position on a comparative chart. Comedies versus dramas! Thrills versus chills! The great versus the very good! This is the business […]

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Party down – Project X review

Project X – Starring Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, and Jonathan Daniel Brown. Directed by Nima Nourizadeh. Rated MA. Originally published March 1, 2012. By Simon Miraudo. Project X arrives on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia July 4, 2012. I had hoped Project X would have a happy ending, but then all the characters didn’t burn to […]

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Chronicle sequel in the works

Project X isn’t the only recent found-footage flick getting a sequel. Fox has recruited screenwriter Max Landis to write a follow-up to his low budget superhero flick Chronicle, Deadline reports. Although the premise of Chronicle certainly lends itself to the sequel treatment, the original film ends with a certain amount of finality (no spoilers, don’t worry). Of course, when the $12 million […]

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All class – 21 Jump Street review

21 Jump Street – Starring Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, and Brie Larson. Directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. In this cinematic reimagining of the 80s TV show 21 Jump Street, Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum star as incompetent and immature police officers banished to an experimental undercover department where they […]

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Warner Bros want a Project X sequel

That didn’t take long at all! According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros were so impressed by the opening weekend grosses of low-budget found-footage flick Project X they have recruited screenwriter Michael Bacall to begin work on a sequel. Project X concerns three dorky high school kids who throw the party of a lifetime. It ends with a […]

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Ouija movie revived by massive budget cut

Universal resurrects Ouija after major budget cuts from $100 million down to $5 million, Deadline reports. The film version of the popular Hasbro board game was one slated as a Pirates of the Caribbean scale production shepherded by Michael Bay, directed by McG, and written by Tron: Legacy scribes Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. Coming in at […]

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Party down – Project X review

Project X – Starring Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, and Jonathan Daniel Brown. Directed by Nima Nourizadeh. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. I had hoped Project X would have a happy ending, but then all the characters didn’t burn to death in a house fire. Welcome to a world inhabited by more hateful human beings than […]

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