Melissa McCarthy is taking her career into her own hands, and, in the trailer for Tammy, she’s taking the money from a fast food restaurant too. Written by McCarthy and her husband Ben Falcone (who is making his directorial debut here), Tammy tells of an unhinged woman who goes on a road trip with her grandmother. McCarthy – one of the […]
Continue readingMo money mo problems – Arbitrage review
Arbitrage – Starring Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, and Tim Roth. Directed by Nicholas Jarecki. Rated MA. By Richard Haridy. For some time it has felt like Richard Gere has been working on auto-pilot; not making a huge amount of De Niro-style duds, but never stepping up to the challenging roles we know he can do. […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Company You Keep
Ahead of the world premiere of Robert Redford‘s latest film, The Company You Keep, at the Venice International Film Festival, the first trailer has been released and it’s certainly… interesting. It concerns an intrepid young journalist (Shia LeBeouf) who is investigating the story of a former Weather Underground member (an early 70s activist militia) arrested […]
Continue readingSee Hugo Weaving as a woman and a Korean man in Cloud Atlas
Warner Bros has released images of Hugo Weaving in Lana and Andy Wachowski‘s collaboration with Tom Tykwer, Cloud Atlas, giving us a clear indication of the race and gender swapping being undertaken by the entire cast. These pictures shows Weaving as a female nurse, a Korean man, a decrepit old creep, and a red-head. OK, that last one isn’t […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Cloud Atlas
Nearly six-minutes of Lana and Andy Wachowski‘s epic collaboration with Tom Tykwer, Cloud Atlas, has been revealed online, inspiring awe and confusion amongst all who have not read David Mitchell’s sprawling novel of the same name. The picture stars Tom Hanks,Susan Sarandon, Halle Berry, Jim Sturgess, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, and many others; each playing multiple characters across several […]
Continue readingLooking for a sign – Jeff, Who Lives at Home review (Sydney Film Festival)
Jeff, Who Lives at Home – Starring Jason Segel, Ed Helms, and Susan Sarandon. Directed by Jay and Mark Duplass. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Jeff, Who Lives at Home plays the Sydney Film Festival on June 16, 2012. It does not yet have an Australian release. Jason Segel stars in Jeff, Who Lives at […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Jeff Who Lives at Home
We’ve been looking forward to the Duplass brothers‘ latest feature Jeff Who Lives at Home for quite some time. In fact, one whole year ago we optimistically listed it as the 13th most exciting film of 2011. Whoops! Well, the wait is almost over. The trailer for the flick – starring Jason Segel, Ed Helm, Susan Sarandon and […]
Continue reading“Everybody’s swapping race and gender” in the Wachowskis’ Cloud Atlas
Ben Whishaw discusses his role in the upcoming Cloud Atlas in an interview with Vulture, and reveals there will be some gender bending amongst the star-studded cast. Vulture prompted the young British star to discuss his varied roles in the film after mentioning his co-star, Aussie Hugo Weaving, was to play six roles. Whishaw reveals, […]
Continue readingCyrus directors take on Pitchfork
There are no doubt plenty of alterna-rockers and new-rave hipsters that would love to take revenge on those music mavens at Pitchfork, who dole out brutal album reviews on a 10-point decimal scale (particularly Jet, who weren’t even afforded the dignity of a score in this wordless critique). That indie institution is being taken down […]
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