By Jess Lomas November 6, 2013 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 if it has aged terribly. And yes, it takes its name from a famously misquoted Casablanca line (hey, whatever; […]
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Play It Again – Being There
November 13, 2012 
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Play It Again – Being There. Starring Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, and Melvyn Douglas. Directed by Hal Ashby. 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 if it […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Gambit
October 2, 2012 0 Comments
Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz team up in the remake of 1966 crime caper Gambit, as the first trailer for the Joel and Ethan Coen penned film arrives online. Michael Hoffman (The Last Station, One Fine Day) directs this modern retelling which looks to bring a splash of the Coens’ humour to an Oceans Eleven […]
Continue readingThe smiling assassin – Bernie review
August 14, 2012 0 Comments
Bernie – Starring Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, and Matthew McConaughey. Directed by Richard Linklater. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Bernie features a series of talking head interviews with the citizens of Carthage, Texas that are so funny, folksy, and fully-realised I was certain they were fictional. After all, reality is rarely a convincing representation of […]
Continue readingFirst look at Jack Black in Bernie
May 24, 2011 1 Comment
The first images from Jack Black and Richard Linklater’s latest collaboration Bernie (a deliberate reference to Weekend at Bernie’s … we think) have debuted online. They’re coming at you courtesy of Collider. Black stars as Bernie, a creepy undertaker who commits a terrible crime, yet remains popular in his small Texas town. Shirley MacLaine stars […]
Continue readingJack Black and Richard Linklater remaking Weekend at Bernie’s! Kinda!
August 9, 2010 0 Comments
OK, that headline is a little misleading. Jack Black and director Richard Linklater (School of Rock) are set to re-team for a black comedy entitled Bernie. According to THR, Black will play the titular mortician, who must convince his fellow townsfolk that the wealthy widow he accidentally killed is still alive. Yes, this sounds a […]
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