By Simon Miraudo February 6, 2013 Lincoln is directed by Steven Spielberg and stars Daniel Day-Lewis as the 16th President of the United States. It feels sacrilegious to even type that combination of words, as if putting all that prestige in the one sentence will have the same skin-melting effect of staring into the ark […]
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Eternal flame – Hope Springs review
December 18, 2012 
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Hope Springs – Starring Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, and Steve Carell. Directed by David Frankel. Rated M. By Richard Haridy. Don’t be fooled by the promotional material; Hope Springs is not a comedy. It’s actually something much more interesting: an adult drama dealing with adult issues in a minimalist way. Unlike the cloying contrivances […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Lincoln
September 17, 2012 0 Comments
Steven Spielberg‘s plan to emancipate all the Oscars from the Academy’s hands seems to be coming together quite nicely, with the trailer for his Lincoln looking like the awards-fodder we always expected it to be. That said, it’s hard not to anticipate an Abraham Lincoln biopic with Daniel Day-Lewis in the leading role, no matter how “worthy” […]
Continue readingPoster Debut: Lincoln
August 23, 2012 0 Comments
In case you were concerned Steven Spielberg‘s Abraham Lincoln biopic starring Daniel Day-Lewis wouldn’t be a serious affair, here is a stoic poster to allay your fears. The first poster for Lincoln carries on the ‘haggard president’ look from the film’s only officially released image. Considering what the man had to go through over the course of […]
Continue readingFirst look at Daniel Day-Lewis as Spielberg’s Lincoln
August 10, 2012 0 Comments
The first image of Daniel Day-Lewis as legendary American president Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg‘s upcoming biopic has been released by Entertainment Weekly. Gee, we hope that’s not a theatre he’s sitting at… He seems to be rather exhausted here, perhaps from a recent battle with the undead, or, more likely, due to the weight […]
Continue readingOut of time – Men in Black 3 review
May 21, 2012 1 Comment
Men in Black 3 – Starring Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, and Josh Brolin. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Men in Black 3 comes ten years after Men in Black 2, and fifteen years after the first instalment. In it, Agent J (Will Smith) travels back in time to 1969, where […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Hope Springs
April 26, 2012 0 Comments
The trailer for marital dramedy Hope Springs has arrived online, featuring Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones as an older couple looking to spice up their relationship. And who better to sprinkle some spice than a marriage counsellor played by Steve Carell? Director Dave Frankel is responsible for the films Marley and Me and The […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Men in Black 3
March 6, 2012 2 Comments
The feature trailer for Men in Black 3 has arrived online, giving us a greater glimpse of Agent J’s (Will Smith) trip back in time to the 1960s, and Josh Brolin in action as a young Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones). Though the production of the film has been plagued from the get go – Smith […]
Continue readingJoseph Gordon-Levitt and Tommy Lee Jones join Spielberg’s Lincoln
May 6, 2011 2 Comments
Movies often come in pairs. Armageddon/Deep Impact. Antz/A Bug’s Life. This year we’ll get the No Strings Attached clone Friends With Benefits, and soon we’ll have Snow White and The Huntsman and The Brothers Grimm: Snow White competing for our attention. 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln can now join these esteemed ranks as […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Captain America – The First Avenger
March 24, 2011 2 Comments
Holy shrunken Chris Evans! The feature trailer for Marvel’s Captain America – The First Avenger has debuted online. We previously saw Evans as the diminutive wannabe-solider Steve Rogers in the 30-second Superbowl spot, but here we get an idea of how much of the movie he will spend in this smaller frame. Quite a bit, […]
Continue readingCorporation games – The Company Men review
March 9, 2011 0 Comments
The Company Men – Starring Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones and Chris Cooper. Directed by John Wells. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. John Wells‘ The Company Men is not ferocious enough. This is a film that attempts to depict the widespread layoffs of 2008/09 – the ones that crippled families and businesses across America, and […]
Continue readingConchords’ Clement cast as baddie in MIB 3
May 19, 2010 0 Comments
Jemaine Clement, one half of the folk-comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, has been cast as the villain in Men In Black 3. According to Deadline, Clement will play the film’s primary antagonist, an alien named Yaz. Sacha Baron Cohen was also being considered for the role. (The Hollywood Reporter are calling the villain Boris […]
Continue readingSmith and Jones to return for Men in Black 3
April 21, 2010 1 Comment
After months of speculation, director Barry Sonnenfeld has confirmed that Men in Black 3 will indeed go into production … wait for it, in 3D! What a unique and interesting novelty! Sonnenfeld broke the (barely surprising) news to Showbiz 411. Will Smith has signed on to reprise his role as Agent J in Men in […]
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