By Simon Miraudo April 22, 2014 Transcendence makes a convincing case for the abandonment of technology, although it’s not nearly as convincing as the case it makes for the abandonment of films about technology. This one unironically deploys phrases like, “We have to get off the grid”, and one particular event in the script is […]
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London eye – Closed Circuit review
December 2, 2013 
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By Simon Miraudo December 2, 2013 How much do we value our privacy? Is it worth more than our safety? Should a government be allowed to operate outside the margins of a so-called free society, so that it may – perhaps paradoxically – remain free? These are the questions being pondered in TV shows like […]
Continue readingPoster Debut: Guy Pearce in Iron Man 3
February 20, 2013 0 Comments
A brand new poster for Marvel’s Iron Man 3 touts the blockbuster’s other villain: Guy Pearce’s geneticist Aldrich Killian. Though Ben Kingsley is playing the infamous Mandarin in the flick, Killian is believed to have a key role in his evildoing. If that sourpuss doesn’t give away his nefarious intentions, surely his bleached blonde hair, hinted-at-mullet, […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Lay the Favourite
May 30, 2012 0 Comments
The trailer for Stephen Frears‘ adaptation of Beth Raymer’s memoir Lay the Favourite has debuted online. Looking like a less flashy mutation of Ocean’s Eleven and The Cooler, the film tells of a professional sports better (Bruce Willis) who employs a good luck charm (Rebecca Hall) to ensure his gambles a sure thing. There’s a slight telemovie feel to the trailer, and […]
Continue readingWhere there’s a Will – Everything Must Go review
September 27, 2011 1 Comment
Everything Must Go – Starring Will Ferrell, Rebecca Hall and Christopher Jordan Wallace. Directed by Dan Rush. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. There comes a time in every comic actor’s life when they grow weary of begging for yuks, and try to prove that they’ve got dramatic chops too. It’s a rite of passage as […]
Continue readingThe Jess Lomas Book Club: Lay the Favourite
April 6, 2011 0 Comments
The Jess Lomas Book Club: Lay The Favourite *A weekly feature in which literary connoisseur Jess Lomas examines the upcoming book-to-film adaptations worth keeping an eye on!* “A true story of money, sex, glamour and gambling.” These are the words used to sum up Beth Raymer’s memoir Lay the Favourite, from her intentions to be […]
Continue readingGet thee to a nunnery! The Town poster debut!
August 13, 2010 0 Comments
A brand new poster for Ben Affleck’s latest directorial effort The Town has debuted online. Check it out below in all its gun-toting-nun glory. The poster comes courtesy of Latino Review, who also have an international poster that you can check out on their site. The Town, based on Chuck Hogan’s novel Prince of Thieves, […]
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