By Jess Lomas July 9, 2013 While Joss Whedon is best known these days for his Hollywood smash hit The Avengers, the skilled director proves he is equally successful when it comes to creating an engaging, witty, and fresh adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing on a micro budget. A between-blockbusters project of […]
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Natalie Portman to play Lady Macbeth opposite Michael Fassbender
May 2, 2013 
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Natalie Portman has been cast as Lady Macbeth in a brand new telling of William Shakespeare’s classic tale, Screen Daily reports. Director Justin Kurzel (Snowtown) had already set Michael Fassbender for the title role. For those unfamiliar with the story – really? – it concerns a Scottish lord who is spurred on by his scheming […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing
March 11, 2013 0 Comments
Joss Whedon follows up The Avengers with, of all things, a black-and-white adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Whedon shot the picture over 12 days in Santa Monica while The Avengers was in post-production. Basically, in the time it took to render Hulk in just a couple of scenes, Whedon called up his friends and made this little […]
Continue readingFrom man to dragon – Coriolanus review
July 10, 2012 0 Comments
Coriolanus – Starring Ralph Fiennes, Brian Cox, and Vanessa Redgrave. Directed by Ralph Fiennes. Rated MA. Originally published March 6, 2012. By Simon Miraudo. Coriolanus arrives on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia July 11, 2012. But what Ralph Fiennes really wants to do is direct. The Oscar nominated thesp makes his directorial debut with a modern retelling of William Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, featuring much of the […]
Continue readingFrom man to dragon – Coriolanus review
March 6, 2012 1 Comment
Coriolanus – Starring Ralph Fiennes, Brian Cox, and Vanessa Redgrave. Directed by Ralph Fiennes. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. But what Ralph Fiennes really wants to do is direct. The Oscar nominated thesp makes his directorial debut with a modern retelling of William Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, featuring much of the Bard’s original prose intact. It must […]
Continue readingWhat’s in a name? – Anonymous review
November 1, 2011 0 Comments
Anonymous – Starring Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave and Rafe Spall. Directed by Roland Emmerich. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Roland Emmerich is the doyen of historically inaccurate disasterpieces, the pre-eminent cinematic misinterpreter of scientific theories, and the gullible go-to-guy when it comes to half-baked conspiracy thrillers. Therefore, his Anonymous is as close as he’s ever […]
Continue readingHailee Steinfeld in talks for Romeo and Juliet
April 8, 2011 0 Comments
Hailee Steinfeld, the feisty 14-year-old Oscar nominee of True Grit fame, is in talks to star in a brand new adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (or whoever really wrote it). According to The Wrap, Steinfeld is close to playing one half of the star-crossed lovers in Carlo Carlei’s upcoming film. And if it […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Anonymous
April 8, 2011 0 Comments
The trailer for Roland Emmerich‘s Elizabethan thriller Anonymous has debuted online. The film suggests (as has long been rumoured) that the works of William Shakespeare were in actuality penned by Banksy, I mean, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. Now, Emmerich is not the first director you think of as prime candidate to bring […]
Continue readingRomeo and Juliet retold by the woman scorned
November 15, 2010 0 Comments
It’s probably safe to assume that the majority of people with access to cinema will have seen at least one film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet in their time. It’s probably also fairly safe to assume that no one’s had the opportunity to see that story from fair Rosalind’s point of view … yet. According […]
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