There’s only one thing fans of The Trip want to know about its upcoming sequel The Trip to Italy: do Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon indulge in another Michael Caine impression-off? Guys… of course they do. The flick, directed once again by Michael Winterbottom, debuted in Sundance this past week, ahead of its worldwide release later in 2014. […]
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The Top 10 Films of 2012
December 19, 2012 
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The top 10 films of 2012. By Simon Miraudo. With 2012 coming to a close, it’s time to reflect on the year’s cinematic treats, and then crowbar each work of art into a numerical position on a comparative chart. Comedies versus dramas! Thrills versus chills! The great versus the very good! This is the business […]
Continue readingPoster Debut: Star Trek Into Darkness
December 4, 2012 0 Comments
The first teaser poster for J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek Into Darkness has been released online, and it eschews the space aesthetic in favour of a more grounded, apocalyptic vision. Anyone with even a passing familiarity with the one-sheets for Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises and Inception will be able to note the similarities here. You have to wonder if the Star […]
Continue readingThe top 10 Halloween costumes for 2012
October 26, 2012 0 Comments
The top 10 Halloween costumes for 2012. By Simon Miraudo. Picking the perfect Halloween costume is a tricky business. How do you capture the Zeitgeist, inspire genuine laughter (or chills), display ironic detachment, and still look good? Like we said: tricky. At Halloween parties across the country, you can expect plenty of PSYs and Honey Boo-Boos […]
Continue readingInterview: Ben Mendelsohn (Killing Them Softly)
October 9, 2012 0 Comments
Interview: Ben Mendelsohn (Killing Them Softly). By Simon Miraudo. Ben Mendelsohn has long been one of Australia’s favourite actors, alternately playing adorable romantic leads, comic imbeciles, and chilling villains. Though he can’t boast an Oscar nomination like his Animal Kingdom co-star Jacki Weaver, the success of that 2010 crime drama has seen his shares skyrocket, […]
Continue readingThe Dark Knight Rises crosses billion dollar milestone at box office
September 3, 2012 0 Comments
The final instalment of Christopher Nolan‘s Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises, has cracked the billion dollar mark at the worldwide box office. It is now the 12th highest grossing film of all time, and sits just above The Dark Knight on the all-time highest earners chart. The picture has so-far earned $431 million at the U.S. box office, […]
Continue readingBen Affleck may or may not be in talks to direct Justice League movie
August 10, 2012 0 Comments
Something very special happened on the internet this week. At almost the exact same moment, websites began to run conflicting stories on Ben Affleck and Warner Bros’ long-proposed Justice League movie. If you ask Variety, WB want their golden boy Affleck to helm the long-troubled DC team-up flick, which everyone is interested in again following the success […]
Continue readingWarner Bros cut theatre massacre scene from Gangster Squad
July 25, 2012 0 Comments
Following the horrific events in Aurora, Colorado last Friday, Warner Bros has decided to cut from their upcoming flick Gangster Squad a scene in which cinema patrons are attacked with gunfire. According to Variety, the studio behind The Dark Knight Rises has been forced to regroup following the shooting death of 12 people during a midnight screening of their […]
Continue readingTeaser Debut: Man of Steel
July 23, 2012 2 Comments
With one DC saga coming to an end, Warner Bros would like to point your attention towards their next big great hope: Zack Snyder‘s gritty Superman reboot Man of Steel. Christopher Nolan’s producer credit is given equal weight to Snyder’s status as director, but the visuals here seem to evoke Terrence Malick more than either of […]
Continue readingThe top 10 Batman movie moments
July 20, 2012 2 Comments
The top 10 Batman movie moments. By Simon Miraudo. Christopher Nolan‘s The Dark Knight Rises has arrived in cinemas; the final entry in his Batman series, and a gauntlet thrown in the direction of anyone who dares to reboot the caped crusader in its wake. It’s been a long, beautiful, thrilling, heart-breaking, Katie Holmes-forgetting ride, and we’ve had […]
Continue readingBruised and battered – The Dark Knight Rises review
July 18, 2012 1 Comment
The Dark Knight Rises – Starring Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, and Anne Hathaway. Directed by Christopher Nolan. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. It’s probably redundant to mention that the final instalment of Christopher Nolan‘s Batman trilogy is epic in scope and ambition, considering a Christ allegory is right there in the title. But The Dark […]
Continue readingPoster Debut: The Dark Knight Rises
May 24, 2012 0 Comments
Warner Bros recently revealed six new character posters for Christopher Nolan‘s The Dark Knight Rises as the long promotional road to the July release date rolls on. The posters come courtesy of Slashfilm. I must say that all the promotional material coming out for this film are doing their very best to mute my enthusiasm for […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Dark Knight Rises
May 1, 2012 1 Comment
The third and final feature trailer for Christopher Nolan‘s The Dark Knight Rises has arrived online. And if you thought the dissolving football field from the previous teaser would be the film’s biggest money shot, this clip offers up a few more contenders… Surely you don’t need any more information? Watch it already! Plenty of tasty […]
Continue readingTom Hardy sets up biker movie
March 12, 2012 1 Comment
Tom Hardy will star as an outlaw biker in a new film for Warner Bros, Variety reports. The ubiquitous Hardy (Warrior, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, This Means War, the upcoming The Dark Knight Rises) will also produce the picture as past of his first-look deal with WB. The story will concern a wounded Vietnam vet who returns to America […]
Continue readingJoseph Gordon-Levitt to direct Scarlett Johansson in new comedy
February 10, 2012 1 Comment
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (500 Days of Summer, Inception) will add director to his list of credentials as Deadline reveals details of his first venture behind the camera. JoGo’s feature directing debut will be an as-yet-untitled comedy he wrote and plans to star in alongside Scarlett Johansson. He’s tight-lipped about the finer plot details at the moment […]
Continue readingThe 10 most exciting films of 2012
January 4, 2012 12 Comments
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: The Dark Knight Rises
December 20, 2011 0 Comments
A brand new teaser trailer for The Dark Knight Rises has debuted online, giving us a proper glimpse of Tom Hardy as Bane, Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle/Catwoman, and what looks to be a football match set to rival any in film’s history. Look out behind you! A crying Alfred! A soon-to-be-deposed Commissioner Gordon! A super-sad (even more […]
Continue readingPoster Debut: The Dark Knight Rises
December 12, 2011 1 Comment
We’re beginning to think The Dark Knight Rises won’t have the happiest of endings. A new poster has debuted online for Christopher Nolan‘s highly anticipated series closer, and it shows the villainous Bane (Tom Hardy) walking away from a smashed Bat mask. Bane is famously known amongst comic fans as ‘The Man Who Broke The […]
Continue readingThe Dark Knight Rises takes place in the future!
November 22, 2011 0 Comments
Kinda! Christopher Nolan has shed a little light on his upcoming Batman sequel in a lengthy interview with Empire, revealing that it takes place almost a decade after the events of The Dark Knight. Here’s the quote, captured by Slashfilm: “It’s really all about finishing Batman and Bruce Wayne’s story. We left him in a very […]
Continue readingChristian Bale considers Oldboy, A Star is Born after Dark Knight
August 26, 2011 0 Comments
Christian Bale’s biggest role of the last decade is about to come to an end. With filming nearing conclusion on The Dark Knight Rises, Batman will be looking for new employment. Bale will have plenty of roles to choose from according to Variety, who list the Spike Lee remake of Oldboy at the top of […]
Continue readingAnne Hathaway responds to Catwoman backlash
August 10, 2011 5 Comments
Last week, the first image of Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle/Catwoman from Christopher Nolan‘s The Dark Knight Rises was released online. In it, we see Hathaway straddling a Batpod in a no-frills leather outfit that certainly isn’t as skimpy as that worn by Catwomen past. The fanboys were none too pleased. Hathaway, who is getting quite […]
Continue readingTeaser Debut: The Dark Knight Rises
July 19, 2011 2 Comments
The teaser for Christopher Nolan‘s The Dark Knight Rises has arrived! Although a bootleg version of the trailer landed online last week (naughty bootleggers!), this official clip offers us a clear, non-cammed glimpse of all the Batman-y goodness. It begins with some choice footage from Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, with a voiceover courtesy of […]
Continue readingPoster Debut: The Dark Knight Rises
July 12, 2011 0 Comments
The sky is falling! Well, at least the top of Gotham’s buildings are, in the newly released teaser poster for Christopher Nolan‘s The Dark Knight Rises. It’s an understated, yet still suitably epic poster for what will surely be the biggest event release of 2012. Christian Bale returns as Bruce Wayne/Batman, and will star opposite Tom […]
Continue readingFirst look at Tom Hardy as Bane in The Dark Knight Rises
May 23, 2011 2 Comments
Warner Brothers has released the first image of Tom Hardy as Bane from Christopher Nolan’s upcoming The Dark Knight Rises. Slashfilm broke down the viral campaign, which began on the film’s official website and had many scratching their heads. What began as a blank site with an audio loop of chanting slowly revealed an image […]
Continue readingNew Justice League movie in the works; will feature rebooted Batman
March 30, 2011 0 Comments
New Warner Bros studio president Jeff Robinov has revealed his plans to finally bring DC’s Justice League to the big screen in 2013. This means we’ll see a new Batman in cinemas one year after Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises arrives. In a profile piece on the L.A. Times, Robinov revealed that Nolan’s third […]
Continue readingChristopher Nolan to follow Batman with Hughes biopic
February 14, 2011 1 Comment
Christopher Nolan has had a Howard Hughes biopic on the shelf for a while now and according to Vulture, it’s soon to see the light of day – after The Dark Knight Rises, of course. When Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator hit screens back in 2004, Nolan temporarily abandoned the idea (and probably rather wisely so). […]
Continue readingJoseph Gordon-Levitt to join The Dark Knight Rises?
February 2, 2011 3 Comments
Joseph Gordon-Levitt might reunite with his Inception director Christopher Nolan and join the cast of the upcoming Batman sequel The Dark Knight Rises. According to Deadline, Jo-Go is in talks to play an unspecified role. He would join already-announced stars Anne Hathaway (Catwoman) and Tom Hardy (Bane), as well as returning regulars Christian Bale (Batman) […]
Continue readingThe Dark Knight Rises: Anne Hathaway confirmed as Catwoman; Tom Hardy as Bane
January 19, 2011 1 Comment
Anne Hathaway has been cast as Selina Kyle/Catwoman in the third instalment of Christopher Nolan‘s Batman series, The Dark Knight Rises. The news of Hathaway scoring the hotly contested lead female role in TDKR was revealed via a Warner Bros. press release. The release also stated previously confirmed actor Tom Hardy would indeed be playing […]
Continue readingChristopher Nolan reveals name of new Batman film!
October 28, 2010 0 Comments
Christopher Nolan has officially christened the third and final instalment of his critically acclaimed Batman saga, ending months of speculation (no, it won’t be Batman 33 and 1/3). It has been named: The Dark Knight Rises. So, that title immediately brings two things to mind: this and this. Neither adequately evokes the necessary drama and […]
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