The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is moving ahead at… well, an amazing pace really, and Variety recently revealed that the Mary Jane character is set to appear and also speculated on possible villains. Shailene Woodley is apparently the top choice to play the role of Peter Parker’s infamous crush after Kirsten Dunst defined the character in […]
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Alexander Payne eyes Bruce Dern and Will Forte for Nebraska
May 16, 2012 
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Fresh from his Oscar-winning hit The Descendants, Alexander Payne is putting together the cast for his follow up, Nebraska. According to Deadline, Payne wants Bruce Dern and Will Forte (Saturday Night Live) to star as father and son in the black and white road movie. Budgeted at a measly $13 million, the script comes from Bob Nelson. It […]
Continue readingThe top 10 George Clooney performances
May 11, 2012 2 Comments
The top 10 George Clooney performances. By Simon Miraudo. George Clooney scored a Best Actor Oscar nomination this year for his sterling work in Alexander Payne‘s The Descendants, in which he played a grieving husband who discovers his comatose wife was conducting an affair behind his back. The Academy Award went elsewhere – and to […]
Continue readingNo man is an island – The Descendants review
May 8, 2012 0 Comments
The Descendants – Starring George Clooney, Shailene Woodley and Judy Greer. Directed by Alexander Payne. Rated M. Originally published January 10, 2012. By Simon Miraudo. The Descendants arrives on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia May 9, 2012. There might not be two filmmakers more diametrically opposed – but still operating in the same thematic wheelhouse – than Cameron Crowe and Alexander Payne. The former is warm and […]
Continue readingTalk to the animals – We Bought a Zoo review
April 30, 2012 0 Comments
We Bought a Zoo – Starring Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson and Thomas Haden Church. Directed by Cameron Crowe. Rated PG. Originally published December 20, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. We Bought a Zoo arrives on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia May 2, 2012. If you had hoped writer-director Cameron Crowe would return from his six-year hiatus having shed the demons of Elizabethtown, well, I’ve got some bad news […]
Continue readingSteve Carell and Toni Collette set to reteam
April 19, 2012 0 Comments
Steve Carell and Toni Collette will reteam for the first time since Little Miss Sunshine, Variety reports. The ex-star of The Office and the woman of multiple personalities from United States of Tara are said to be joining forces in Jim Rash and Nat Faxon’s The Way, Way Back. Rash and Faxon last collaborated as […]
Continue readingKristen Wiig to star in action comedy from Descendants scribes
March 1, 2012 0 Comments
Kristen Wiig is set to star in a new action comedy from the Oscar winning screenwriters of The Descendants, Variety reports. Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (Dean Pelton from Community!) have sold an original pitch to Indian Paintbrush with Wiig attached as the lead. There are no further details at this point, but the players involved have us […]
Continue readingAnd the Oscar winners are…
February 27, 2012 1 Comment
The winners of the 84th Academy Awards were announced in Los Angeles today, at a ceremony hosted by nine-timer Billy Crystal. Surprises were few and far between; in fact, the only shocker was that the show wrapped up after a relatively brisk three hours. Michel Hazanavicius’ award-gobbling juggernaut The Artist was named the Best Picture of the […]
Continue readingThe 84th Academy Award nominees!
January 24, 2012 2 Comments
The nominations for the 84th Academy Awards were revealed by 2011 nominee Jennifer Lawrence and Academy President Tom Sherak in Los Angeles early this morning. Martin Scorsese’s Hugo leads the pack with 11 nominations, followed closely by French silent film The Artist (10). Steven Spielberg’s War Horse (6), sports flick Moneyball (6), and the George […]
Continue readingThe Artist takes top prize at PGA awards
January 23, 2012 0 Comments
Can nothing stop black-and-white silent film The Artist from taking home the Best Picture Oscar? Although it has seemed like a lock for some time now, it’s recent victory at the Producers Guild of America (PGA) awards further cements its status as an Academy Award scooping certainty. The Michel Hazanavicius directed picture bested Bridesmaids, The Descendants, […]
Continue readingNo man is an island – The Descendants review
January 10, 2012 4 Comments
The Descendants – Starring George Clooney, Shailene Woodley and Judy Greer. Directed by Alexander Payne. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. There might not be two filmmakers more diametrically opposed – but still operating in the same thematic wheelhouse – than Cameron Crowe and Alexander Payne. The former is warm and fuzzy; the latter is cold and […]
Continue readingThe Academy would like to remind you that Abduction and Big Mommas are eligible for Oscars
December 20, 2011 1 Comment
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have reminded its members of all 265 feature films eligible for recognition at the 84th Academy Awards ceremony in 2012, via a handy list on their official website. The usual suspects are all there: The Artist, The Tree of Life, The Descendants, Hugo and so on. But, […]
Continue readingThe Artist leads 69th Golden Globe Award nominees
December 16, 2011 1 Comment
The nominations for the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced in Los Angeles yesterday, with silent film The Artist leading the pack with six nominations. There were few surprises among the contenders. Oscar favourites The Descendants and The Help were close behind The Artist with five noms a piece. Notably absent: Stephen Daldry’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, which was only just […]
Continue readingMadonna bombs, Clooney rules and Fassbender and Mulligan go full frontal at Venice and Telluride
September 6, 2011 0 Comments
Madonna‘s first feature length film, W.E., made its world debut at the Venice Film Festival over the weekend, where it was met with some of the most scathing reviews of the year. The flick stars Andrea Riseborough as King Edward’s wife Wallis Simpson – for whom he abdicated the throne – as well as Abbie Cornish in […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Descendants
May 26, 2011 0 Comments
The trailer for The Descendants has debuted online. It is the first film in seven years from Oscar-winning writer/director Alexander Payne (unless you count his work as co-writer of I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, which we don’t) and stars George Clooney as a man who must re-evaluate his life after his wife suffers […]
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