The first image of Angelina Jolie as the evil queen in Disney’s revisionist take on the Sleeping Beauty legend, Maleficent, has arrived online (courtesy of Slashfilm). Those horns look mighty threatening. Almost as sharp as her cheekbones! Elle Fanning stars as the slumbering Princess Aurora, tormented by Jolie’s title character. Brenton Thwaites, Juno Temple, Imelda Staunton, Lesley Manville, […]
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Rambling – On the Road review (Sydney Film Festival)
June 13, 2012 
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On the Road – Starring Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund, and Kristen Stewart. Directed by Walter Salles. By Simon Miraudo. On the Road played the Sydney Film Festival. It does not yet have an Australian release date. I had endeavoured to finally read Jack Kerouac’s legendary, Beat Generation-defining novel On the Road before watching the long-awaited film […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: On The Road
March 12, 2012 1 Comment
The trailer for Walter Salles‘ adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s legendary beat generation novel On The Road has arrived online. Though it’s taken more than 50 years for a film version of Kerouac’s rambling road-movie to hit cinema screens, Salles’ take looks promising (and the fact he helmed The Motorcycle Diaries helps too). Garrett Hedlund and Sam Riley star […]
Continue readingA novel concept – Brighton Rock review
April 14, 2011 0 Comments
Brighton Rock – Starring Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough and Helen Mirren. Directed by Rowan Joffe. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Rowan Joffe’s adaptation of Graham Greene’s 1938 novel Brighton Rock is, in theory, precisely the kind of book-to-film translation we should have more of. Taking the original text as a jumping off point, Joffe brings […]
Continue readingWho Should Play Robin Hood in Ridley Scott’s "Nottingham"?
July 21, 2008 9 Comments
Over the last couple of months there has been a lot of speculation over who is going to play Robin Hood in Ridley Scott‘s film Nottingham. Russell Crowe is signed on to play the Sherriff of Nottingham, who this time will be the hero, while Robin Hood will be the villain. Since Scott can’t decide, […]
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