There are two Hercules movies coming out in 2014: one that stars Dwayne Johnson in the title role, and one that stars The Twilight Saga‘s Kellan Lutz. This is the trailer for the latter, The Legend of Hercules. It’s going to be hard for anyone to muster excitement for this particular re-telling of the Greek legend. […]
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I will follow you into the dark – Beautiful Creatures review
February 19, 2013 
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By Jess Lomas February 19, 2013 Witchcraft and teenage romance meet in South Carolina as Beautiful Creatures attempts to dodge Twilight comparisons and believable southern accents. Lena Duchannes (Alice Englert) is a witch – or rather, a ‘caster’ – who returns to her home town of Gatlin, where her supernatural family has been handily segregated […]
Continue readingSlow death – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 review
November 16, 2012 1 Comment
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 – Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner. Directed by Bill Condon. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. And stay dead! If any event necessitated a Return of the Jedi style Ewok orgy, it’s the staking of the abysmal Twilight Saga. Director Bill Condon wraps up the final […]
Continue readingRobert Pattinson to play Lawrence of Arabia for Werner Herzog
August 15, 2012 0 Comments
Robert Pattinson will play T.E. Lawrence in Werner Herzog‘s upcoming indie flick Queen of the Desert. According to Variety, Pattinson joins Naomi Watts, who will play English writer Gertrude Bell. T.E. Lawrence was, of course, the subject of David Lean‘s iconic 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia, where he was portrayed by Peter O’Toole. Lawrence befriended Bell in the […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn Part 2
June 25, 2012 0 Comments
The first theatrical trailer for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 has been released, whetting fans’ appetites for the film’s November 16 release. In the final instalment of Stephenie Meyer’s saga, directed by Bill Condon, Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson) are happily married and are “both the same temperature” now that Bella […]
Continue readingTwilight won’t be rebooted anytime soon
June 18, 2012 3 Comments
Summit Entertainment has told Deadline there are no plans to reboot the soon-to-conclude Twilight saga. Rumours have been swirling online – as rumours as wont to do – that Summit’s parent company Lionsgate plan to reboot the vampiric love story on the fifth anniversary of the original film’s release. Summit’s official comment is thus: ”We […]
Continue readingRobert Pattinson denies casting in Hunger Games sequel
May 28, 2012 0 Comments
Last week the internet, as well as the hearts of all women and most men, were aflutter with rumours that two beloved YA universes were colliding: Robert Pattinson had scored a role in The Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire. Not so, says Pattinson. The Twilight star told USA Today from Cannes – where his new film Cosmopolis debuted – that even he briefly […]
Continue readingTeaser Debut: The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 2
March 28, 2012 1 Comment
A second teaser trailer for Bill Condon‘s The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 has appeared online, giving fans a glimpse of vampire Bella. Following the 15-second teaser released last week comes this slightly longer 48 second clip that expands on how Bella and Edward are now the same temperature, and how surprised Jacob is […]
Continue readingThe Hunger Games catches fire at the box office
March 26, 2012 0 Comments
In news that should surprise nobody, The Hunger Games broke a whole bunch of records at the international box office over the weekend. The picture earned $214.25 million worldwide; $155 million of that came from the U.S. alone, were it enjoyed the third biggest opening of all time (behind the debut weekends of Harry Potter […]
Continue readingMy Katniss rules – The Hunger Games review
March 22, 2012 6 Comments
The Hunger Games – Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Liam Hemsworth. Directed by Gary Ross. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Well, I don’t think any of us could have predicted that the film coming to claim the ‘Insanely Popular Young Adult Franchise’ crown from The Twilight Saga would be this good. Admittedly the bar had […]
Continue readingControversial erotic e-book headed to the big screen
March 21, 2012 0 Comments
Some of the top Hollywood studios are hot under the collar for E.L. James’ erotic e-book 50 Shades of Grey, a self-published tale of bondage for the Twilight set. According to the L.A. Times, Paramount, Warner Bros, Sony Pictures, Fox 2000, and Universal have been busy making the case to James and her literary agent that they are the […]
Continue readingRoll with it – Skateland review
March 14, 2012 1 Comment
Skateland – Starring Shiloh Fernandez, Ashley Greene, and Haley Ramm. Directed by Anthony Burns. Rated M. By Hilary Simmons. Skateland is a Sundance-approved indie coming-of-age drama set in a small east Texas town in the 1980s. Ritchie (Shiloh Fernandez), the 19 year old assistant manager of the eponymous roller rink, can’t decide what to do […]
Continue readingThe 10 best movie vampires
January 27, 2012 16 Comments
The 10 best movie vampires. By Simon Miraudo. This week, blood-sucking gladiatrix Selene (Kate Beckinsale) returns to cinema screens in Underworld – Awakening, the vampire franchise that – fittingly – can’t be killed. Perhaps its popularity should be credited to the cultural obsession with all-things-undead that has existed since Bram Stoker first penned the legendary […]
Continue readingBourne to run – Abduction review
January 19, 2012 1 Comment
Abduction – Starring Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins and Alfred Molina. Directed by John Singleton. Rated M. Originally published September 22, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. Hollywood loves telling us who the big new movie stars are. Sam Worthington and Ryan Reynolds have both recently been given lead roles in tentpole blockbusters, and audiences have responded as enthusiastically as an infant getting their first vaccination. “Who is this […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn Part One
September 14, 2011 0 Comments
The official trailer for The Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn Part One has debuted online, featuring all the hot human/vampire action you’ve been waiting for! Like the teaser before it, this new trailer gives us a good glimpse of Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward’s (Robert Pattinson) nuptials – and, of course, the honeymoon- before hinting […]
Continue readingTeaser Debut: The Hunger Games
August 30, 2011 0 Comments
Fans of The Hunger Games rejoice! After being subjected to an outrageously prolonged series of casting announcements, a dodgy animated poster and promotional photos that did little to inspire excitement, the first teaser trailer for the anticipated Gary Ross directed adaptation has arrived. Much like its older cousin, Twilight, The Hunger Games’ teaser premiered during […]
Continue readingThe Hunger Games sequel scores a release date
August 10, 2011 0 Comments
The first Hunger Games movie is yet to hit our screens, but a date has been set for its sequel. According to The Wrap, Catching Fire, the second film based on Suzanne Collins’ bestselling series, will be released on November 22nd 2013. There will be one year and eight months between the first instalment – due […]
Continue readingThis is Grimm – Red Riding Hood review
August 8, 2011 1 Comment
Red Riding Hood – Starring Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman and Shiloh Fernandez. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke. Rated M. Originally published March 23, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. When Red Riding Hood stopped being bad in all the conventional ways, it found a bunch of new, innovative ways to be bad. Okay, that’s not entirely true. Red […]
Continue readingDragon Tattoo star to play 60s pop singer
June 30, 2011 0 Comments
The thought of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo star Noomi Rapace smiling is unusual enough, let alone the idea of her playing a 1960s pop star. So, we better get used to it before the Anita Lindblom biopic hits cinema screens. According to Movieline, Rapace is set to star as Lindblom in a film […]
Continue readingSee Edward and Bella’s honeymoon snaps from Breaking Dawn
May 3, 2011 1 Comment
If you consider that headline a spoiler, well, you clearly don’t care enough about The Twilight Saga to even read this article. May I instead direct your attention to this piece on The Avengers ? For the rest of you, Summit have released a whole bunch of pictures from Breaking Dawn – Part One, the first […]
Continue readingThe Hunger Games finds its male leads
April 5, 2011 0 Comments
It’s official. Lionsgate has made the announcement that Josh Hutcherson will play Peeta Mellark in The Hunger Games and will be joined by Liam Hemsworth as Gale Hawthorne. We reported yesterday that these two strapping young lads were rumoured to be the frontrunners, and they now officially join Jennifer Lawrence in one of the most […]
Continue readingThis is Grimm – Red Riding Hood review
March 23, 2011 2 Comments
Red Riding Hood – Starring Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman and Shiloh Fernandez. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. When Red Riding Hood stopped being bad in all the conventional ways, it found a bunch of new, innovative ways to be bad. Okay, that’s not entirely true. Red Riding Hood never stops being […]
Continue reading>Trailer Debut: Water for Elephants
December 17, 2010 1 Comment
>The Circus is coming! The Circus is coming! No, wait … that’s the British. The trailer for Francis Lawrence’s film adaptation of Sara Gruen’s bestselling novel Water for Elephants has been released and it looks, well, uninspiring. I’ve already heard it described as “Moulin Rouge meets The Notebook” with a splash of Big Fish but […]
Continue readingAnti climax – The Twilight Saga: Eclipse review
November 29, 2010 0 Comments
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse – Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. Directed by David Slade. Rated M. Originally published July 5, 2010. By Simon Miraudo. To quote Detective Roger Murtaugh from Lethal Weapon, “I’m getting too old for this ****.” In just eighteen months, the Twilight saga has subjected us to one atrocious […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Red Riding Hood
November 18, 2010 0 Comments
Warner Brothers has released the first trailer for Catherine Hardwicke’s Red Riding Hood, set to hit our screens in 2011. Proving werewolves and paranormal stories existed before Twilight invaded our lives, Hardwicke directs this adaptation of the classic fairytale. Set in a medieval village plagued by a werewolf, Amanda Seyfried plays Valerie, who falls for […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: I Am Number Four
September 30, 2010 0 Comments
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 […]
Continue readingThe Twilight Saga’s Breaking Dawn has a release date
May 5, 2010 0 Comments
The Twilight Saga’s Breaking Dawn, to be directed by Oscar winner Bill Condon, will hit cinemas November 18, 2011. Kristen Stewart, Mr. Sparkle, and the shirtless one will all return for the final film of the saga. Summit Entertainment are yet to announce whether or not the adaptation of the final book in Stephanie Meyer’s […]
Continue readingHas punch, lacks bite – The Twilight Saga’s New Moon review
April 13, 2010 7 Comments
The Twilight Saga’s New Moon – Starring Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattinson. Directed by Chris Weitz. Rated M. Originally published November 23, 2009. By Simon Miraudo. The Twilight Saga’s New Moon is not terrible, despite featuring some excruciatingly lazy storytelling, atrocious performances, listless direction and a core storyline that is both uninteresting and […]
Continue readingSupanova Pop Culture Expo returns!
April 8, 2010 0 Comments
Supanova, the number 1 Australian pop-culture expo, is returning for another year. It touches down in Brisbane this weekend, will hit Melbourne next weekend and will arrive in Sydney and Perth in June. For those unfamiliar with Supanova, it’s an annual haven for all things geektastic – from your favourite TV shows and movies, to […]
Continue readingOscar nominated directors tapped for Breaking Dawn
March 17, 2010 1 Comment
So, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner presented at this year’s Oscars. But could they potentially be Academy Award contenders in 2011 for their work in the Twilight Saga? No, of course not. Nonetheless, Summit Entertainment are reportedly courting three Oscar-nominated directors to helm the fourth (and potentially fifth) installment of the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn. […]
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