Interview: Jonathan Levine (Warm Bodies)

By Simon Miraudo April 10, 2013 Jonathan Levine‘s Warm Bodies is a romantic comedy set in a world in which humanity has been lost and monsters roam the streets. So too, you might say, is Valentine’s Day, New Year’s Eve, He’s Just Not That Into You, and anything starring Kate Hudson. And you’d be right. But […]

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The loving dead – Warm Bodies review

By Jess Lomas April 10, 2013 Most characters in romantic comedies are looking for love. In Jonathan Levine’s Warm Bodies, our protagonist is looking for brains … to eat. Adapted from the novel of the same name by Isaac Marion, this futuristic Romeo and Juliet love story is set in a post-apocalyptic world where zombies […]

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Talk Hard – Jonathan Levine (Warm Bodies)

“And they called it, zombie love…” Warm Bodies director Jonathan Levine is this week’s guest, sharing his survival plans for the inevitable apocalypse. Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo wraps up the episode with his review of Levine’s zom-rom-com. Show Notes: All titles mentioned in the show can be found at Quickflix.com.au. Remember to send all thoughts, comments, […]

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Interview: Felicity Price (Wish You Were Here)

Interview: Felicity Price (Wish You Were Here). By Simon Miraudo. There’s no better way to ensure you get a juicy role in a movie than by writing it yourself. Felicity Price has done just that with Wish You Were Here, which tells of a dream holiday gone nightmarishly wrong. Co-written and directed by her husband Kieran Darcy-Smith, Price stars alongside Joel Edgerton, Teresa Palmer, and Antony […]

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Picture imperfect – Wish You Were Here review

Wish You Were Here – Starring Joel Edgerton, Felicity Price, and Teresa Palmer. Directed by Kieran Darcy-Smith. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Wish You Were Here is a slick, solid, and unsettling drama that plays right into Australians’ joint love and fear of travelling abroad. The opening moments of Aussie holidaymakers at a Cambodian rave […]

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Exclusive Clip – Wish You Were Here

Check out an exclusive clip from Hopscotch Films’ upcoming Aussie drama Wish You Were Here, featuring stars Joel Edgerton and Teresa Palmer. Kieran Darcy-Smith‘s thriller is one of our most anticipated films of 2012 (our fourth most anticipated, in fact). It debuted at Sundance earlier in the year, where it got some very nice notices. The flick also stars Felicity Price and Antony Starr. The quartet play […]

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Wish You Were Here gets Australian release date

Kieran Darcy-Smith‘s thriller Wish You Were Here is one of our most anticipated films of 2012 (our fourth most anticipated, in fact), and our excitement has only escalated since it opened the Sundance Film Festival late last week. The Aussie production stars Joel Edgerton, Teresa Palmer, Felicity Price and Anthony Starr as four holidaymakers in Cambodia, only three of whom return […]

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Australia’s Wish You Were Here headed to Sundance

Following in the tradition of Animal Kingdom and Mad Bastards before it, Aussie film Wish You Were Here has been selected to screen at 2012’s Sundance Film Festival. The picture – starring Joel Edgerton, Teresa Palmer, Felicity Price and Anthony Starr – will open the World Cinema Dramatic Competition. Here’s the picture’s official synopsis: “Four […]

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The Jess Lomas Book Club: I Am Number Four

The Jess Lomas Book Club: I Am Number Four *Welcome to a brand new feature in which literary connoisseur Jess Lomas examines the upcoming book-to-film adaptations worth keeping an eye on!* Welcome back film and book lovers. This week we continue with another science-fiction film, but trust me, it’s not going to be a recurring […]

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Smoke and mirrors – The Sorcerer’s Apprentice review

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Starring Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel and Alfred Molina. Directed by Jon Turteltaub. Rated PG. Originally published September 6, 2010. By Simon Miraudo. Nicolas Cage may be yet to meet a script he didn’t love, but that’s quite alright by me. There’s not a single film in his oeuvre that isn’t worth […]

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Trailer Debut: I Am Number Four

The trailer for D.J. Caruso‘s upcoming sci-fi thriller I Am Number Four has debuted online. The film seems to take its visual cues from Catherine Hardwicke‘s Twilight, which will be great news for its target audience, and horrifying news for the rest of the cinema-going public. I Am Number Four is based on James Frey […]

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Interview: Teresa Palmer; star of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.

Interview: Teresa Palmer; star of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. By Simon Miraudo. Teresa Palmer is one of the most sought-after young actresses in Hollywood, and with good reason. Since her auspicious debut as a disturbed teenager in Murali K. Thalluri’s 2:37, she has nabbed herself a number of plum roles in Hollywood blockbusters (Bedtime Stories) and […]

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Smoke and mirrors – The Sorcerer’s Apprentice review

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Starring Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel and Alfred Molina. Directed by Jon Turteltaub. Rated PG. By Simon Miraudo. Nicolas Cage may be yet to meet a script he didn’t love, but that’s quite alright by me. There’s not a single film in his oeuvre that isn’t worth watching at least once, if […]

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Which lucky lady will fall into Spider-Man’s web?

Sony have selected their new Spider-Man (it’s Andrew Garfield if you didn’t already know) which means that the hunt for Spidey’s love interest has begun. According to THR’s HeatVision blog, there are at least six young actresses vying for Peter Parker’s affections. They include: Lily Collins (The Blind Side)Ophelia Lovibond (Nowhere Boy)Teresa Palmer (2:37)Imogen Poots […]

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