Gangster Squad – Starring Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, and Sean Penn. Directed by Ruben Fleischer. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. Fledgling director Ruben Fleischer must have thought he was living in a dream on the first day of shooting Gangster Squad, like an Ohio girl with big eyes and bigger dreams stepping off the bus […]
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Road to nowhere – This Must Be The Place review
August 9, 2012 
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This Must Be The Place - Starring Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, and Kerry Condon. Directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Rated M. Originally published April 3, 2012. By Simon Miraudo. This Must Be The Place is now available on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia. Paolo Sorrentino‘s This Must Be The Place is a road movie, and the destination is disappointment. You may not have predicted its cross-country […]
Continue readingGreatest hits – Woody Allen: A Documentary review (Sydney Film Festival)
June 6, 2012 0 Comments
Woody Allen: A Documentary – Directed by Robert B. Weide. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Woody Allen: A Documentary plays the Sydney Film Festival on June 6 and 11. It is now playing at the ACMI in Melbourne. It arrives on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia June 27, 2012. The imaginatively titled Woody Allen: A […]
Continue readingRoad to nowhere – This Must Be The Place review
April 3, 2012 1 Comment
This Must Be The Place - Starring Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, and Kerry Condon. Directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Paolo Sorrentino‘s This Must Be The Place is a road movie, and the destination is disappointment. You may not have predicted its cross-country narrative based on the striking poster, which tellingly features […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Three Stooges
December 8, 2011 0 Comments
Did you ever wonder how Larry, Curly and Moe would fare in the modern world? Well, wonder no more! The new trailer for Bobby and Peter Farrelly‘s The Three Stooges has arrived. Though the humour of the Stooges hasn’t exactly been updated (“nyuck nyuck nyuck” indeed), the scenarios in which they find themselves have been. iPhone […]
Continue readingBranching out – The Tree of Life review
December 6, 2011 2 Comments
The Tree of Life – Starring Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain and Sean Penn. Directed by Terrence Malick. Rated M. Originally published June 22, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life is about the meaning of our existence, told from the perspective of God, as He recalls the entire history of the universe. […]
Continue readingKristen Wiig joins Robert De Niro in The Comedian
November 1, 2011 0 Comments
Kristen Wiig is set to star alongside Robert De Niro in Sean Penn‘s upcoming directorial effort The Comedian, according to international distributor Film Nation. Don’t be fooled into thinking this is a comedy though! Despite the title and Saturday Night Live star Wiig’s recent box office hit Bridesmaids, the film is reportedly a drama. Also, Sean Penn is behind the […]
Continue readingSean Penn didn’t get The Tree of Life either
August 22, 2011 1 Comment
The traditionally warm and complimentary Sean Penn has shockingly spoken out about Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life in an abrasive manner. Penn stars in the film as the adult Jack O’Brien, who is still recovering from a traumatic youth spent with his cruel father (Brad Pitt), as well as the untimely death of his […]
Continue readingBranching out – The Tree of Life review
June 22, 2011 4 Comments
The Tree of Life – Starring Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain and Sean Penn. Directed by Terrence Malick. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life is about the meaning of our existence, told from the perspective of God, as He recalls the entire history of the universe. Maybe. It’s definitely in that […]
Continue readingNolan and Fincher talk Malick’s The Tree of Life
June 17, 2011 0 Comments
Fox Searchlight has recruited Christopher Nolan and David Fincher to help promote Terrence Malick’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner The Tree of Life. The film (which opened in the U.S. a couple of weeks ago) is an ambitious project about … everything, apparently. It’s probably not been the easiest sell, despite the star-power of Brad Pitt […]
Continue readingThe Tree of Life met with boos and cheers at Cannes
May 17, 2011 0 Comments
There are plenty of exciting films making their debut at the Cannes Film Festival, but none have set tongues wagging or been shrouded in more mystery than Terrence Malick’s long-delayed film-about-everything The Tree of Life. The Brad Pitt/Sean Penn feature screened yesterday, and it almost kicked off a riot, with some cinephiles literally punching one […]
Continue readingSee Sean Penn as goth rocker in This Must Be The Place
April 18, 2011 0 Comments
I am in love … with this picture of Sean Penn. A new image and clip from Penn’s forthcoming film This Must Be the Place has appeared over at The Playlist, and has more than a few people scratching their heads. In the Paolo Sorrentino directed film, Penn plays Cheyenne, a retired rock star who […]
Continue readingFight the power, kinda – Fair Game review
April 5, 2011 0 Comments
Fair Game – Starring Naomi Watts, Sean Penn and David Andrews. Directed by Doug Liman. Rated M. Originally published November 23, 2010. By Simon Miraudo. Fair Game is as thrilling and passionate as its title suggests; which is to say, not very. Doug Liman’s latest tells the true story of CIA agent Valerie Plame, whose […]
Continue readingPoster Debut: The Tree of Life
March 29, 2011 0 Comments
Geez, make up your mind Terrence Malick. First you don’t want us to know anything about The Tree of Life, and then you release a poster featuring seventy images from the film. Next thing we know, you’ll actually get around to releasing the movie. You’ve changed, man. Fox Searchlight unveiled the first poster for Malick’s […]
Continue reading>Trailer Debut: The Tree of Life
December 16, 2010 1 Comment
>The teaser trailer for Terrence Malick‘s long-gestating, highly-mysterious film-about-everything The Tree of Life has debuted online. You would think our anticipation would be too immense for it to be even somewhat satisfying. But it is! The film stars Brad Pitt as the imposing father of a young boy in the 1960s (who grows up to […]
Continue readingFight the power, kinda – Fair Game review
November 23, 2010 3 Comments
Fair Game – Starring Naomi Watts, Sean Penn and David Andrews. Directed by Doug Liman. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Fair Game is as thrilling and passionate as its title suggests; which is to say, not very. Doug Liman’s latest tells the true story of CIA agent Valerie Plame, whose secret identity was allegedly revealed […]
Continue readingPaul Giamatti in Three Stooges flick; Jim Carrey out!
August 10, 2009 0 Comments
source: boston.com There are some crazy musical chairs going on behind the scenes of The Farrelly Brothers‘ Three Stooges film. The original cast of Sean Penn, Jim Carrey and Benicio Del Toro has been significantly altered, with Paul Giamatti replacing Penn and Carrey potentially dropping out. Peter Farrelly told The Names Blog that Paul Giamatti […]
Continue readingSean Penn drops out of Three Stooges
June 18, 2009 0 Comments
source: news.bbc.co.uk Sean Penn has dropped out of The Farrelly Brothers‘ upcoming Three Stooges flick for personal reasons. The two-time Academy Award winner has decided to take a year off from his film career to focus on family matters. Penn was set to play Larry Howard alongside Benicio Del Toro and Jim Carrey, who have […]
Continue readingHere to recruit you – Milk DVD review
June 18, 2009 0 Comments
Milk – Starring Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, James Franco and Emile Hirsch. Directed by Gus Van Sant. Rated M for mature themes, coarse language, sexual references. 128 mins. Originally published January 28th. Now available on DVD. Harvey Milk was the first openly gay man elected to public office in California. In 1970, at the age […]
Continue readingPenn, Carrey and Del Toro to star as Three Stooges
March 26, 2009 0 Comments
source: variety.com MGM have revealed that the cast for The Farrelly Brother’s upcoming film The Three Stooges film will include Sean Penn, Jim Carrey and Benicio Del Toro. Sean Penn has officially signed on to play Larry, while negotiations are still underway to lock in Carrey as Curly and Del Toro as Moe. Carrey is […]
Continue readingHere to recruit you – Milk review
January 28, 2009 1 Comment
Milk – Starring Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, James Franco and Emile Hirsch. Directed by Gus Van Sant. Rated M for mature themes, coarse language, sexual references. 128 mins. Harvey Milk was the first openly gay man elected to public office in California. In 1970, at the age of 40, he had nothing at all to […]
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