That Alice in Wonderland sequel is still happening, in case you’d forgotten. Disney have sent out a reminder by announcing the official title: Through the Looking Glass. Through the Looking Glass, of course, is the follow up to Lewis Carroll’s original novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Weirdly, both were used as source material for Tim Burton’s hit 2010 film. James Bobin is taking […]
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Sacha Baron Cohen drops out of Freddie Mercury biopic
July 24, 2013 
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Sacha Baron Cohen has abandoned the long-gestating Freddie Mercury biopic due to creative differences with the surviving members of Queen, Deadline reports. According to the article, Cohen had hoped to make a gritty, R-rated feature that examined Mercury’s life in accurate detail. Meanwhile, Mercury’s former bandmates wanted a PG, family-friendly pic with few blemishes. Yeah, […]
Continue readingSacha Baron Cohen develops The Lesbian
October 5, 2012 0 Comments
Sacha Baron Cohen is working with Paramount once again after the mild box office success of their last collaboration, The Dictator. According to The Hollywood Reporter, they are developing The Lesbian, based on the true tale of Hong Kong billionaire Cecil Chao. Chao made news last week when he proposed a pay-day of $65 million to any man […]
Continue readingFamily circus – Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted review
September 11, 2012 0 Comments
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted – Featuring the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, and David Schwimmer. Directed by Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, and Conrad Vernon. Rated PG. By Jess Lomas. There’s a new expectation when it comes to animated pictures, thanks largely to Pixar’s cross-generational humour, that both an adult and child can enjoy […]
Continue readingJonah Hill set for Django Unchained
June 18, 2012 0 Comments
Jonah Hill has scored a role in Quentin Tarantino‘s already-shooting Django Unchained, Deadline reports. Hill was originally set to star as the fellow who loses Django’s (Jamie Foxx) slave wife Broomhilda (Kerry Washington) to plantation owner Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio). When scheduling conflicts interfered, Hill was replaced by Sacha Baron Cohen, who himself exited the […]
Continue readingThe magic man – Hugo review
May 21, 2012 1 Comment
Hugo – Starring Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz and Ben Kingsley. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Rated PG. Originally published January 11, 2012. By Simon Miraudo. Hugo arrives on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia May 23, 2012. Martin Scorsese is arguably cinema’s biggest fanboy. The cliché is that he’s only concerned with telling tales of gangsters getting by in his native New York. However, he’s […]
Continue readingThe democracy of laughter – The Dictator review
May 15, 2012 1 Comment
The Dictator – Starring Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, and Jason Mantzoukas. Directed by Larry Charles. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. The democratic process is alive and well in every cinema screening The Dictator, and in every home where it will play from now until the end of time (or, until all entertainment is replaced […]
Continue readingKurt Russell and Sacha Baron Cohen pull out of Django Unchained
May 11, 2012 1 Comment
Production has already begun on Quentin Tarantino‘s spaghetti western Django Unchained, but two notable actors have pulled out of key roles. According to Variety’s Jeff Snider, Kurt Russell has abandoned the part of slave trainer Ace Woody. He follows in the footsteps of Kevin Costner, who first turned down the role. The reasons for his exit have not […]
Continue readingPoster Debut: Django Unchained
April 12, 2012 0 Comments
The international poster for Quentin Tarantino‘s newie Django Unchained has debuted online, courtesy of Sony Pictures’ Spanish Twitter account. It’s a minimalist tone-setter, evoking the legendary Saul Bass and, courtesy of the Spanish text, Sergio Leone‘s spaghetti westerns. We’re going to assume those two figures are freed slave Django (Jamie Foxx), and his mentor, Dr. […]
Continue readingSee Hugh Jackman as Valjean in Les Misérables
March 28, 2012 0 Comments
Hugh Jackman has revealed, via his Twitter account, the first official image of Jean Valjean in Tom Hooper‘s upcoming Les Misérables adaptation. Beardy! Jackman stars as ex-prisoner Valjean, opposite Russell Crowe‘s policemen Javert, Anne Hathaway‘s factory worker Fantine, and Amanda Seyfried as her daughter Cosette. Samantha Banks, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Helena Bonham Carter also […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Dictator
March 28, 2012 0 Comments
A brand new trailer for the upcoming Sacha Baron Cohen comedy The Dictator has arrived, offering us a greater glimpse of the plot, as well as a shorn Anna Faris. Baron Cohen stars in the film as the cruel autocrat General Alladeen of Wadiya, who travels to New York to address the U.N., visit the […]
Continue readingSacha Baron Cohen’s Oscar controversy
February 23, 2012 1 Comment
Sacha Baron Cohen is in trouble, again. This time, he’s raised the ire of the Academy. The comedian was planning on attending the Oscars – he is invited as a cast-member of Hugo – dressed as his latest comic creation, The Dictator. When news of his plan leaked, Deadline reported that Cohen’s tickets to the ceremony had been […]
Continue readingThe magic man – Hugo review
January 11, 2012 2 Comments
Hugo – Starring Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz and Ben Kingsley. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Rated PG. By Simon Miraudo. Martin Scorsese is arguably cinema’s biggest fanboy. The cliché is that he’s only concerned with telling tales of gangsters getting by in his native New York. However, he’s spent more of his time saving legendary […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Dictator
December 16, 2011 2 Comments
The trailer for The Dictator has debuted online, offering us our first look at Sacha Baron Cohen‘s latest comedy creation. The man behind Borat and Bruno stars as a, well, dictator of a Middle Eastern country who visits The Land of the Free, America. There he gets to meet – and bed – local dignitaries […]
Continue readingSacha Baron Cohen still set for Freddie Mercury biopic
November 23, 2011 0 Comments
The much anticipated Freddie Mercury biopic is still on the schedule for Sacha Baron Cohen and will begin production in 2012, confirms Cinema Blend. Producer Graham King established the project’s status in a recent interview for his latest film with long-time collaborator Martin Scorsese, Hugo (in which Baron Cohen has a supporting role). King said of […]
Continue readingSacha Baron Cohen in talks for Tarantino’s Django Unchained
November 14, 2011 1 Comment
Sacha Baron Cohen is the latest high-profile actor to be named in Quentin Tarantino’s epic Django Unchained line-up. According to Variety, the funny man best known for his mockumentary Borat is in final negotiations to join the already star-packed cast of Tarantino’s “Southern-fried spaghetti Western”. He’s set to play the role of Scotty the gambler, […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Hugo
July 15, 2011 1 Comment
The trailer for Martin Scorsese‘s 3-D family adventure Hugo has debuted online. Formerly titled Hugo Cabret (and The Invention of Hugo Cabret before that), it is based on the much-loved book by Brian Selznick. Asa Butterfield stars as the eponymous orphan who befriends a young girl (Chloe Moretz) and discovers the invention of an old eccentric (Ben Kingsley). […]
Continue readingMegan Fox, John C. Reilly join Sacha Baron Cohen’s The Dictator
June 22, 2011 0 Comments
Megan Fox and John C. Reilly have joined the cast of Sacha Baron Cohen‘s upcoming comedy The Dictator. According to The Hollywood Reporter, their involvement will amount to little more than a ‘cameo’; their specific roles are being kept under wraps. Cohen stars as a “heroic … dictator, who risked his life to ensure that democracy […]
Continue readingThe most complained about films of 2010
January 25, 2011 11 Comments
Something we take a sort-of bizarre pleasure in here at the Quickflix Blog is discovering which films Australian consumers are so disturbed by they feel compelled to register complaints with the Australian Classification Board. We asked the Board which films received the most vitriol in the past twelve months. The results are as follows… 1. […]
Continue reading>Baron Cohen to play racist, corrupt cop
December 17, 2010 2 Comments
>We recently learnt that Sacha Baron Cohen will star in The Dictator, to be directed by Larry Charles with filming set to start in 2011. But what else has the comedy actor who loves to straddle the fine line of offence got in store for the future? Well, according to the LA Times, he will […]
Continue readingThe brains behind Borat and Bruno back for more
November 17, 2010 0 Comments
It seems the chameleonic Sacha Baron Cohen and director Larry Charles are set to team up yet again, according to a report in the LA Times. That’s right, the dynamic duo you might know from such previously offensive and, depending on your stance, amusing films as Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious […]
Continue readingSacha Baron Cohen to play Freddie Mercury
September 17, 2010 0 Comments
Sacha Baron Cohen has signed a deal to star as Freddie Mercury in an upcoming biopic of the Queen front man. According to Deadline, screenwriter Peter Morgan (The Queen – how fitting!) will pen the film, which will likely focus on the band’s formation, leading to their Live Aid appearance in 1985. Production is expected […]
Continue readingSmith and Jones to return for Men in Black 3
April 21, 2010 1 Comment
After months of speculation, director Barry Sonnenfeld has confirmed that Men in Black 3 will indeed go into production … wait for it, in 3D! What a unique and interesting novelty! Sonnenfeld broke the (barely surprising) news to Showbiz 411. Will Smith has signed on to reprise his role as Agent J in Men in […]
Continue readingFunkyzeit – Bruno DVD review
November 11, 2009 0 Comments
Bruno – Starring Sacha Baron Cohen and Gustaf Hammersten. Directed by Larry Charles. Rated MA. Originally published July 5th, 2009. By Simon Miraudo There are more laughs to be had in Bruno’s brisk 80 minutes than in the combined entirety of pretty much every other comedy this year. Seeing this film in a packed cinema […]
Continue readingUncensored version of Bruno heading to DVD
October 11, 2009 1 Comment
Back in June we reported that a censored version of the Sacha Baron Cohen mockumentary Bruno was being screened in Australian cinemas. Well, you’ll be happy to know that the full uncut version will be released on Blu-ray in November. We do not yet know if the uncut version will be made available on DVD. […]
Continue readingFunkyzeit – Bruno review
July 5, 2009 2 Comments
Bruno – Starring Sacha Baron Cohen and Gustaf Hammersten. Directed by Larry Charles. Rated MA for strong sex scenes and nudity, crude humour and coarse language. 80 mins. There are more laughs to be had in Bruno’s brisk 80 minutes than in the combined entirety of pretty much every other comedy this year. Seeing this […]
Continue readingMichael Jackson joke cut from Bruno
July 1, 2009 1 Comment
source: ap.com The Bruno cuts continue, although this one is pretty understandable. An interview between Sacha Baron Cohen‘s flamboyant alter ego and Michael Jackson‘s sister Latoya Jackson has been excised from the theatrical cut of Bruno. The sequence was originally cut from the film’s Los Angeles premiere last Thursday night, which took place just hours […]
Continue readingBruno TV spots are funnier than most full-length comedies
June 10, 2009 1 Comment
source: traileraddict.com A few TV spots for Bruno have debuted online, and surely you’ve already stopped reading what I have written and started to watch them. The 30-second trailers are hilarious (like you needed to be told that), but I look forward to getting into the cinema and seeing the really blue material that cannot […]
Continue readingBruno trailer debuts, rendering all previous comedies obsolete
April 3, 2009 2 Comments
source: traileraddict.com The trailer for Sacha Baron Cohen‘s latest feature Bruno has landed online! And if you only see one trailer about a gay Austrian fashion designer this year, make it this one. I honestly cannot remember the last trailer that made me laugh out loud so hard, and so often. I’m not even going […]
Continue readingBruno slapped with controversial rating
March 31, 2009 0 Comments
source: thewrap.com The Motion Picture Association of America has slapped Sacha Baron Cohen‘s upcoming docu-comedy Bruno with an NC-17 rating. Similar to an Australian R rating, an NC-17 restricts anyone under the age of 17 into the cinema. Sharon Waxman over at The Wrap has revealed that the rating was applied on the film’s first […]
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