Argo – Starring Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, and John Goodman. Directed by Ben Affleck. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Here’s a story so strange and unlikely I can scarcely believe it’s true. No, I’m not referring to the tale of Argo, in which the CIA attempted to sneak six American hostages out of Iran by […]
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Interview: Ben Mendelsohn (Killing Them Softly)
October 9, 2012 
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Interview: Ben Mendelsohn (Killing Them Softly). By Simon Miraudo. Ben Mendelsohn has long been one of Australia’s favourite actors, alternately playing adorable romantic leads, comic imbeciles, and chilling villains. Though he can’t boast an Oscar nomination like his Animal Kingdom co-star Jacki Weaver, the success of that 2010 crime drama has seen his shares skyrocket, […]
Continue readingBlood money – Killing Them Softly review
October 9, 2012 0 Comments
Killing Them Softly – Starring Brad Pitt, Scoot McNairy, and Ben Mendelsohn. Directed by Andrew Dominik. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. Killing Them Softly is a caustic commentary on America’s chilly economic climate, and writer-director Andrew Dominik is unafraid of underlining that point repeatedly throughout his movie’s taut 97-minute runtime. The point is made, and […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Killing Them Softly
August 6, 2012 0 Comments
The first trailer for Andrew Dominik‘s Killing Them Softly – formerly Cogan’s Trade – has arrived online, offering equal measures of humour and horrific violence. The picture stars Brad Pitt as Jacki Cogan, a professional enforcer investigating the theft of a high-stakes poker games by a couple of low level thugs (Ben Mendelsohn, Scoot McNairy). The cast also includes James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, Richard […]
Continue readingFirst look at Brad Pitt in Cogan’s Trade
February 17, 2012 0 Comments
The first official images from Andrew Dominik‘s upcoming thriller Cogan’s Trade have popped up – of all places – on Russian website Kinopoisk. The film stars Brad Pitt as Jackie Cogan, a professional enforcer investigating the theft of a high-stakes poker game. He previously collaborated with Dominik on The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert […]
Continue readingMonsters 2 in the works
May 18, 2011 1 Comment
Screen Daily reports Vertigo Films is prepping a sequel to the hit low budget sci-fi Monsters. The sequel, appropriately titled Monsters 2, will be helmed by two emerging talents, Brent Bonacorso and Jesse Atlas. The director of the first film, Gareth Edwards, will serve as Executive Producer with Monsters actor Scoot McNairy and Vertigo’s Rupert […]
Continue readingBen Mendelsohn joins Brad Pitt in Cogan’s Trade
February 22, 2011 1 Comment
Jacki Weaver isn’t the only Animal Kingdom star making waves in America. According to Variety, Ben Mendelsohn has joined the cast of Andrew Dominik‘s upcoming crime flick Cogan’s Trade. Mendelsohn and newly-announced Scoot McNairy (replacing Casey Affleck) will play “two young junkies who perpetrate a heist that takes place during a high-stakes poker game held […]
Continue readingMonsters star joins Brad Pitt in Cogan’s Trade
February 18, 2011 1 Comment
Scoot McNairy will star alongside Brad Pitt in Cogan’s Trade, Deadline New York reports. We reported in January that Pitt would headline the cast of Andrew Dominik’s adaptation of the George V. Higgins novel of the same name. Now McNairy will take his first major role since 2010’s hit low-budget film Monsters. Monsters has proven […]
Continue readingBudget beasties – Monsters review
November 16, 2010 0 Comments
Monsters – Starring Scoot McNairy and Whitney Able. Directed by Gareth Edwards. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. I’d sooner believe director Gareth Edwards had hired actual extra-terrestrials to make an appearance in his film Monsters, than accept the fact that he was able to construct them with his SFX-savvy and a measly budget of $500,000. […]
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