Colin Farrell and Taylor Kitsch are close to signing on for the second season of HBO’s pop-culture swallowing True Detective, but what of the other two purported lead roles? Freak out not. Fresh from The Wrap comes news of Elisabeth Moss and Vince Vaughn being in talks to fill those gaps. According to a breakdown snagged by The Wrap, […]
Continue readingChanning Tatum to play Gambit in ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’
Unexpected! Channing Tatum is set to take on the role of Gambit in X-Men: Apocalypse before getting his own standalone feature. The news was first broken by producer Lauren Shuler Donner while spruiking the impending X-Men: Days of Future Past. THR confirmed his casting. Though the latest X-Men feature will see old and new cast […]
Continue readingBoard to death – Battleship review
Battleship – Starring Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård, and Rihanna. Directed by Peter Berg. Rated M. Originally published April 11, 2012. By Simon Miraudo. Battleship is now available on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia. Blockbusters, ho! With the American summer sailing ever closer, audiences are bracing themselves for the inevitable onslaught of big-budget features that have made the period so highly anticipated (and feared). Though […]
Continue readingBarsoom brawl – John Carter review
John Carter – Starring Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, and Willem Dafoe. Directed by Andrew Stanton. Rated M. Originally published March 2, 2012. By Simon Miraudo. John Carter arrives on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia July 4, 2012 It’s hard to imagine a time in which Star Wars wasn’t such a megalathon (a word I have invented to encapsulate the incomparable hugeness of its influence and cultural infiltration; […]
Continue readingBoard to death – Battleship review
Battleship – Starring Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård, and Rihanna. Directed by Peter Berg. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Blockbusters, ho! With the American summer sailing ever closer, audiences are bracing themselves for the inevitable onslaught of big-budget features that have made the period so highly anticipated (and feared). Though March releases John Carter and The Hunger Games threatened to kick off proceedings early, they failed; John Carter by not […]
Continue readingInterview: Peter Berg (Battleship)
Interview: Peter Berg (Battleship). By Simon Miraudo. You might recognise Peter Berg from his 106-episode stint on the hit drama Chicago Hope. These days, however, he’s more likely to appear on TV as himself; popping up on shows like Entourage and Californication as ‘Peter Berg: big-time director’. The success of his last film, Hancock (which […]
Continue readingBarsoom brawl – John Carter review
John Carter – Starring Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, and Willem Dafoe. Directed by Andrew Stanton. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. It’s hard to imagine a time in which Star Wars wasn’t such a megalathon (a word I have invented to encapsulate the incomparable hugeness of its influence and cultural infiltration; nothing in the English language […]
Continue readingThe 10 most exciting films of 2012
The 10 most exciting films of 2012. By Simon Miraudo. Apocalyptic Mayan prophecies be damned; we’re mighty excited for 2012. Not only will we get to see if Roland Emmerich’s vision of complete tectonic-destruction comes true (might be fun?), but we’ll also be treated to a batch of awesome-sounding feature films in the lead-up. Here […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: John Carter
A new trailer for Disney’s John Carter has been released and certainly gives us a taste of the grand scale of this epic fantasy. The Andrew Stanton directed adaptation of Edgar Rice Burrough’s novel stars Taylor Kitsch (Friday Night Lights) as John Carter, who finds himself transported to Mars and unwittingly caught in a battle […]
Continue readingNew image from John Carter shows off giant, toothy ape
Entertainment Weekly has debuted a brand new image from Pixar alum Andrew Stanton‘s new action adventure John Carter, in which the eponymous hero faces off against a ferocious White Ape (Caesar eat your heart out). The film stars Taylor Kitsch as Carter, a confederate captain who finds himself transported to Mars and caught in a battle between its […]
Continue readingTeaser Debut: John Carter
The teaser trailer for Andrew Stanton‘s John Carter (formerly John Carter of Mars) has debuted online. It’s a good morning for trailers to movies that have had a title change! The Disney film marks Stanton’s first live-action feature, having previously helmed the Oscar winners WALL-E and Finding Nemo. Taylor Kitsch stars as the eponymous Carter, who […]
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