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Play It Again – Lost in Translation

By Jess Lomas December 10, 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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Sydney Film Festival – The Bling Ring review

By Simon Miraudo June 14, 2013 If it was Sofia Coppola‘s intention to portray Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, and Audrina Patridge as the unfortunate, sympathetic victims of teens run rampant in The Bling Ring, then, great work? Based on the real-life crime spree that saw Hollywood’s best – if not brightest – fall victim to […]

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Trailer Debut: The Bling Ring

Sofia Coppola’s upcoming true crime tale The Bling Ring has a brand new trailer. Along with additional footage, this one comes with extra Azealia Banks on the soundtrack, which, of course, instantly makes everything better The pic stars Emma Watson as the ringleader of a band of teen thieves – known as the Hollywood Hills Burglar […]

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Teaser Debut: The Bling Ring

The first teaser trailer for Sophia Coppola’s The Bling Ring continues the dialogue-light, soundtrack-heavy, dream-like tradition she’s come to be known for. The film is based on the real life events, as the trailer reminds you by splashing it across the screen, of The Bling Ring. Also called the Hollywood Hills Burglar Bunch, they were […]

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First look at Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring

The first pics from Sofia Coppola‘s upcoming film The Bling Ring have debuted online, featuring Emma Watson looking vastly different from her days as Hermione Granger. Watson stars as the leader of a young gang of teens who burglarized the rich and famous in Los Angeles between 2008 and 2009. Some of their victims included Paris Hilton […]

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Gus Van Sant talks about his failed Breaking Dawn audition

Remember last year when it was reported that Summit Entertainment were looking at hiring some esteemed, Oscar nominated directors to helm the fourth and fifth instalments of their Twilight series? Yeah, it was a weird time. Even though Dreamgirls director Bill Condon was placed in charge of Breaking Dawn Part 1 and 2, it was claimed […]

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I’ll get along with you – Somewhere review

Somewhere – Starring Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning. Directed by Sofia Coppola. Rated M. Originally published December 7, 2010. By Simon Miraudo. It’s both easy and fun to dismiss films about sad rich people, but if we made it a rule, we’d be lumping classics like Citizen Kane and Ikiru with clunkers such as Eat […]

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I’ll get along with you – Somewhere review

Somewhere – Starring Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning. Directed by Sofia Coppola. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. It’s both easy and fun to dismiss films about sad rich people, but if we made it a rule, we’d be lumping classics like Citizen Kane and Ikiru with clunkers such as Eat Pray Love. With that caveat […]

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>Stephen Dorff’s career turned up! Somewhere…

>With a pleasant slice of irony Stephen Dorff’s return from obscurity to eminent fame owes a big thank you to Sofia Coppola, who cast him in her latest picture Somewhere (which is all about the emptiness that often surrounds those of eminent fame). In a recent interview with The Independent Dorff talked openly about his […]

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Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere takes top prize at Venice Film Festival

Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere picked up the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival despite tepid reviews and stiff competition from other features. The film stars Stephen Dorff as a hard-living actor who is reunited with his 11-year-old daughter (Elle Fanning). This year’s jury president, Quentin Tarantino, had this to say about the winner: “This was […]

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Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere trailer debut

The trailer for Sofia Coppola‘s latest film Somewhere has debuted online, and it’s as gorgeous to behold as the talented director’s previous films. Somewhere stars Stephen Dorff as a bad-boy A-list actor living a life of excess at the Chateau Marmont Hotel. When he is joined by his 11-year-old daughter Cleo (Elle Fanning) he finds […]

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