>Saorise Ronan (Atonement, Hanna) has reportedly been cast in Peter Jackson’s long-delayed adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Although Ronan had long been rumoured to be involved in the project, it was confirmed by casting director Ros Hubbard in an interview with IFTN. Interestingly, Ronan denied being offered a role in The Hobbit only last […]
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R.I.P. Corey Haim
March 11, 2010 
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Former teen idol Corey Haim has died, allegedly the result of an accidental drug overdose. He was 38 years old. Haim was staying at his mother’s home in North Hollywood at the time. She is said to have called emergency services, who found him unresponsive at the scene. He was rushed to St. Joseph’s hospital […]
Continue readingHead to Head – Mulholland Drive
September 8, 2009 7 Comments
Welcome to the latest edition of our newly revamped Head to Head feature, in which our Quickflix critics take on our readers in a rip-snorting battle to the death! You pick the film, and we pick the fight! This week we received a baffling attack on the baffling David Lynch film Mulholland Drive from Patrick […]
Continue readingHarry Potter breaks box office record
July 16, 2009 0 Comments
source: thr.comHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has set a new record for midnight box office after claiming a barnstorming $22.2 million across the United States. The figure comes from 3003 midnight screenings on Wednesday night. Previous Potter flick Order of the Phoenix managed a relatively embarrassing $12 million from midnight screenings in 2007, on […]
Continue readingThe Dark Knight – Literally Best Movie Ever
July 21, 2008 0 Comments
source: imdb.com The Dark Knight has been out for 5 days, and already the world has improved immeasurably. We at Quickflix knew it was going to be amazing, and it seems the ENTIRE WORLD agrees. I made a couple of predictions before The Dark Knight was released: 1) that it would have the biggest opening […]
Continue readingIron Man and Captain America Save The Hulk!
June 9, 2008 0 Comments
source: slashfilm.com, youtube.com With only a couple of days to go before the new Hulk is unleashed around the world, a couple of exciting prospects are being dangled in front of audiences. The first is a cameo appearance by Robert Downey Jnr as weapons magnate Tony Stark, best known as Iron Man. It looks like […]
Continue readingWhen Will I, Will I Be Famous?
February 13, 2008 2 Comments
source: rottentomatoes.com The popular arcade game Tekken is on its way to the big screen, with actor/singer Luke Goss signed on to play the lead. The film, slated for a 2009 release, will arrive fifteen years after the first game was released in 1994. Tekken is considered the granddaddy of the 3D fighting genre. After […]
Continue readingTo: Hollywood. You’re Great! From: Hollywood.
February 11, 2008 0 Comments
source: rottentomatoes.com Over the last weekend, both the British Academy of Film and Television and the Writers Guild of America handed out their annual awards. Less than two weeks until the Academy Awards, they are the final major indicators of who will walk away with Oscar glory. The Orange British Academy Film awards were handed […]
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