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The top 10 sports movies

The top 10 sports movies. By Simon Miraudo. The general consensus is that movie critics aren’t the biggest sports fans in the world, what with them spending most of their time indoors, on the couch, and living vicariously through their screen idols. But then, that’s exactly what most sports fans do too! Though this writer […]

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Tom Hardy sets up biker movie

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 […]

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The Top 10 Films of 2011

The Top 10 Films of 2011. By Simon Miraudo. It’s the final week of 2011, so we’re sharing with you, once again, our end-of-year lists. This was originally published on December 22, 2011. That’s all she wrote. The end is nigh. And despite what Lenny Kravitz might sing, it is indeed over. 2011 is rapidly coming […]

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The Top 10 Films of 2011

The Top 10 Films of 2011. By Simon Miraudo. That’s all she wrote. The end is nigh. And despite what Lenny Kravitz might sing, it is indeed over. 2011 is rapidly coming to a close, and after having sat through almost 250 films, I have selected a top ten (plus 20 honourable mentions) to put […]

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The 10 best male performances of 2011

The 10 best male performances of 2011. By Simon Miraudo. Acting! It’s perhaps the most subjective craft in the entire moviemaking process. What better way to celebrate its unquantifiable nature than by ranking our favourite performances of the year? Look past the inherent ridiculousness of comparing dudes who play vicious murderers with those dressed in […]

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Joel Edgerton offered 300 spin-off and The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

Everything’s coming up Edgerton! Vulture reports Warner Bros has offered Aussie Joel Edgerton lead roles in two major properties. The first is a starring role in their upcoming 300 spin-off, Battle of Artemisia. Edgerton is in talks to play Themosticles, “the famed archon and general who led the greeks to victory against the invading Persians […]

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The fight stuff – Warrior review

Warrior – Starring Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton and Nick Nolte. Directed by Gavin O’Connor. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Mixed martial arts (MMA to those in the know) is not a sport I’m particularly familiar with, but after witnessing its unrestrained brutality in Gavin O’Connor’s Warrior, I can only assume 50-75% of all competitors die […]

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Trailer Debut: Warrior

Australia’s own Joel Edgerton and Inception scene-stealer Tom Hardy are two of our favourite up-and-coming actors, but in the new MMA flick Warrior, we will be forced to pick a side and hope one of them beats the living daylights out of the other. Conflict! The trailer for the Gavin O’Connor-directed flick has debuted online, and […]

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