By Simon Miraudo March 26, 2014 We’re three films deep into Marvel’s Phase Two, which is the collective name they’re using for the standalone superhero efforts bridging billion-dollar team-up feature The Avengers and its upcoming, probably-googol-grossing sequel. First two entries Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World were really just marking time until Captain […]
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That sinking feeling – All Is Lost review
February 3, 2014 
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By Simon Miraudo February 3, 2014 The most remarkable feat in J.C. Chandor’s stranded-in-the-sea survival story All Is Lost is star Robert Redford’s ability to shave on open water. Credited only as ‘Our Man,’ here is our first glimpse of how steely this guy’s resolve really is. Good thing, too. He’s going to need it. […]
Continue readingNew York Stories – Romeo and Juliet / All Is Lost / CBGB
October 23, 2013 0 Comments
By Glenn Dunks October 23, 2013 There’s a wide world of cinema out there, and Quickflix’s Glenn Dunks is on the ground in New York City bringing you the titles that will soon be seen in Australian cinemas, and eventually available on home entertainment. The Manhattan Report: Last weekend saw the release of J.C. Chandor’s All Is […]
Continue readingKeep your friends close – The Company You Keep review
April 16, 2013 0 Comments
By Jess Lomas April 16, 2013 Many films prompt you to suspend disbelief, ignore that plot hole, and not think too hard about how A equals B. Robert Redford’s The Company You Keep is such a film, in which Shia LaBeouf solves a 30-year mystery that had alluded the top minds at the FBI. Based […]
Continue readingRobert Redford in talks for Captain America: The Winter Soldier
March 25, 2013 0 Comments
Film legend Robert Redford is in talks to appear in Marvel’s Captain America sequel The Winter Soldier, Deadline reports. Redford would play a senior leader in S.H.I.E.L.D., though it’s unknown if his character outranks Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury. Chris Evans is set to reprise the role of the good Captain. Community alumni Joe and Anthony Russo direct a script from Christopher Markus […]
Continue readingPlay It Again – Out of Africa
September 4, 2012 0 Comments
Play It Again – Out of Africa. Starring Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, and Klaus Maria Brandauer. Directed by Sydney Pollack. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Play It Again is a weekly feature in which our classic-film connoisseurs revisit a revered motion picture from the annals of movie history, to see if it holds up… or […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Company You Keep
September 3, 2012 0 Comments
Ahead of the world premiere of Robert Redford‘s latest film, The Company You Keep, at the Venice International Film Festival, the first trailer has been released and it’s certainly… interesting. It concerns an intrepid young journalist (Shia LeBeouf) who is investigating the story of a former Weather Underground member (an early 70s activist militia) arrested […]
Continue readingBrit Marling joins the Company of Redford and LaBeouf
August 11, 2011 0 Comments
Up-and-coming ‘it’ girl Brit Marling is in talks to star opposite Shia LaBeouf and Robert Redford in the new political thriller The Company You Keep, Variety reports. Marling has been in high demand since her film Another Earth debuted at Sundance earlier in the year. Her performance in the film, which also screened at MIFF, impressed […]
Continue readingKilling a legend – The Conspirator review
July 27, 2011 0 Comments
The Conspirator – Starring James McAvoy, Robin Wright and Tom Wilkinson. Directed by Robert Redford. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. The Conspirator begins with two injured Yankee soldiers – having barely survived a nasty battle against the Confederate army during the American Civil War – clinging to life and sharing a joke. The first, Frederick […]
Continue readingRobert Redford and Shia LaBeouf go head to head in political thriller
July 21, 2011 0 Comments
Acting luminaries Robert Redford and Shia LaBeouf …. well, luminary Robert Redford and actor Shia LaBeouf will team up for the political thriller The Company You Keep. Deadline has the press release, which describes Redford’s character as “a former Weather Underground militant wanted by the FBI for 30 years”. LaBeouf will play a young journalist […]
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