Jamie Foxx is playing Electro. Paul Giamatti is set for Rhino. Now comes news from Deadline that Chris Cooper will take on the role of Norman Osborn – aka the Green Goblin – in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. That means Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) will be squaring off against not one, not two, but three villains in his […]
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The first picture from Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac is, predictably, a bummer
February 7, 2013 
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Well, if Lars von Trier considered Melancholia a “comedy,” you may as well start bracing yourself for the depressing assault of his upcoming Nymphomaniac. The first official image from the film features star Charlotte Gainsbourg battered and bruised in an alley, with snow flakes just starting to fall on her unconscious form. At least snow is kinda […]
Continue readingInterview: Abel Ferrara (Go Go Tales, Bad Lieutenant)
November 13, 2012 0 Comments
Interview: Abel Ferrara (Go Go Tales, Bad Lieutenant). By Simon Miraudo. The irascible writer-director Abel Ferrara has never been backwards about coming forwards. When Werner Herzog made a sequel/spin-off to his legendary Bad Lieutenant, the disapproving Ferrara suggested those involved “die in hell.” Herzog responded by claiming he had no idea who this Abel character was: […]
Continue readingAngela Lansbury joins Bill Murray for Wes Anderson’s Grand Budapest Hotel
September 27, 2012 0 Comments
According to reports in UK magazine The Gentle Woman (courtesy of The Film Stage), Angela Lansbury has landed a role in Wes Anderson‘s next symmetry-fest, The Grand Budapest Hotel. While Ms Murder She Wrote is quoted as saying it is a small role, she is joining what’s turning into a pretty epic cast that includes the recently […]
Continue readingBarsoom brawl – John Carter review
July 3, 2012 0 Comments
John Carter – Starring Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, and Willem Dafoe. Directed by Andrew Stanton. Rated M. Originally published March 2, 2012. By Simon Miraudo. John Carter arrives on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia July 4, 2012 It’s hard to imagine a time in which Star Wars wasn’t such a megalathon (a word I have invented to encapsulate the incomparable hugeness of its influence and cultural infiltration; […]
Continue readingBarsoom brawl – John Carter review
March 2, 2012 19 Comments
John Carter – Starring Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, and Willem Dafoe. Directed by Andrew Stanton. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. It’s hard to imagine a time in which Star Wars wasn’t such a megalathon (a word I have invented to encapsulate the incomparable hugeness of its influence and cultural infiltration; nothing in the English language […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: John Carter
December 2, 2011 0 Comments
A new trailer for Disney’s John Carter has been released and certainly gives us a taste of the grand scale of this epic fantasy. The Andrew Stanton directed adaptation of Edgar Rice Burrough’s novel stars Taylor Kitsch (Friday Night Lights) as John Carter, who finds himself transported to Mars and unwittingly caught in a battle […]
Continue readingNew image from John Carter shows off giant, toothy ape
November 25, 2011 0 Comments
Entertainment Weekly has debuted a brand new image from Pixar alum Andrew Stanton‘s new action adventure John Carter, in which the eponymous hero faces off against a ferocious White Ape (Caesar eat your heart out). The film stars Taylor Kitsch as Carter, a confederate captain who finds himself transported to Mars and caught in a battle between its […]
Continue readingInterview: Daniel Nettheim (director of The Hunter)
October 4, 2011 0 Comments
Interview: Daniel Nettheim (director of The Hunter). By Simon Miraudo. Daniel Nettheim directs the feature film adaptation of Julia Leigh’s novel The Hunter, starring Willem Dafoe as a mercenary tasked with hunting down the last Tasmanian tiger. The film – which also stars Sam Neill and Frances O’Connor – made a splash at the Toronto […]
Continue readingWillem power – The Hunter review
October 3, 2011 1 Comment
The Hunter – Starring Willem Dafoe, Frances O’Connor and Sam Neill. Directed by Daniel Nettheim. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. There are two tigers in Daniel Nettheim’s The Hunter. The first is the mythical Tasmanian tiger; long thought to be extinct, rumours of its reappearance have piqued the interest of certain mysterious parties. The second […]
Continue readingTeaser Debut: John Carter
July 15, 2011 4 Comments
The teaser trailer for Andrew Stanton‘s John Carter (formerly John Carter of Mars) has debuted online. It’s a good morning for trailers to movies that have had a title change! The Disney film marks Stanton’s first live-action feature, having previously helmed the Oscar winners WALL-E and Finding Nemo. Taylor Kitsch stars as the eponymous Carter, who […]
Continue readingBlood brothers – Daybreakers review
June 17, 2010 0 Comments
Daybreakers – Starring Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe and Claudia Karvan. Directed by Peter and Michael Spierig. Rated MA. Originally published February 4, 2010. By Simon Miraudo. Seriously, must every film be about vampires these days? I’m not trying to sound facetious; I’m deadly serious. At this point, I feel as if I have endured every […]
Continue readingBlood brothers – Daybreakers review
February 4, 2010 3 Comments
Daybreakers – Starring Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe and Claudia Karvan. Directed by Peter and Michael Spierig. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. Seriously, must every film be about vampires these days? I’m not trying to sound facetious; I’m being deadly serious. In the past 12 months, I feel as if I have endured every possible interpretation […]
Continue readingThings you are afraid of – Antichrist review
February 2, 2010 2 Comments
Antichrist – Starring Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg. Directed by Lars Von Trier. Rated R. By Simon Miraudo. Lars Von Trier must have one hell of a sense of humour. I’m not saying that the Danish director’s films are funny per se (actually, that’s not the case at all). However, I can’t help but suspect […]
Continue readingAntichrist – the most controversial film of the year!
September 21, 2009 4 Comments
source: youtube.comWe’ve been putting this off for far too long. If you are yet to see the trailer for Lars Von Trier‘s controversial (and we mean controversial) new film Antichrist, then you quite simply have not lived. Von Trier’s film debuted at the Cannes Film Festival to a chorus of cheers and jeers; critics decreed […]
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