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Holy Seth – This Is the End review

By Simon Miraudo July 15, 2013 This is… a very strange movie. An assortment of A-Listers – playing themselves – assemble for a pitch-black, gross-out apocalypse comedy, debating the value of their lives when confronted with the confirmation of God’s existence. Imagine if this vanity project had been conceived by Tom Cruise, Will Smith, and […]

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Board to death – Battleship review

Battleship – Starring Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård, and Rihanna. Directed by Peter Berg. Rated M. Originally published April 11, 2012. By Simon Miraudo. Battleship is now available on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia. Blockbusters, ho! With the American summer sailing ever closer, audiences are bracing themselves for the inevitable onslaught of big-budget features that have made the period so highly anticipated (and feared). Though […]

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Watson, Cera, Segel, and Rihanna joining Rogen’s Apocalypse party

Even more stars have joined Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s directorial debut/end-of-days party, The Apocalypse. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Harry Potter‘s Emma Watson is in negotiations to appear in the flick. Rogen previously revealed that Harry himself, Daniel Radcliffe, turned down an opportunity to star, stating, “it doesn’t look like he’s willing to push things […]

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Board to death – Battleship review

Battleship – Starring Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård, and Rihanna. Directed by Peter Berg. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Blockbusters, ho! With the American summer sailing ever closer, audiences are bracing themselves for the inevitable onslaught of big-budget features that have made the period so highly anticipated (and feared). Though March releases John Carter and The Hunger Games threatened to kick off proceedings early, they failed; John Carter by not […]

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Interview: Peter Berg (Battleship)

Interview: Peter Berg (Battleship). By Simon Miraudo. You might recognise Peter Berg from his 106-episode stint on the hit drama Chicago Hope. These days, however, he’s more likely to appear on TV as himself; popping up on shows like Entourage and Californication as ‘Peter Berg: big-time director’. The success of his last film, Hancock (which […]

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Teaser Debut: Battleship

The first teaser trailer for Peter Berg‘s $200 million film adaptation of the board game Battleship has docked online. As befits a movie based on a board game, the premise is exceptionally simple: a naval fleet discovers aliens lying in wait beneath the water. They fight. You can watch it in HD over at Yahoo. […]

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Warner Bros to remake The Bodyguard

The remake-frenzy at Warner Bros can’t stop; won’t stop. According to Deadline, the studio is gearing up to remake the 1992 blockbuster hit The Bodyguard. Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer – whose screenplay Family Getaway landed on the 2010 Black List; a roll of the best unproduced scripts in Hollywood – will pen the remake. […]

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