The Pink Panther 2 – Starring Steve Martin, Jean Reno and Emily Mortimer. Directed by Harald Zwart. Rated PG for mild sexual references and comedic violence. 94 mins. It’s not a crime to be silly, although the cast of The Pink Panther 2 dance perilously close to committing at the very least a misdemeanor. Steve […]
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Archive | March, 2009
Head to Head – Crash
March 31, 2009 
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Welcome to the first installment of Head to Head, a brand new feature in which our Quickflix critics enter into a relentlessly bloody battle to the death based on the merits of a particular film. Our first selection is Paul Haggis‘ Best Picture winning feature Crash. DVDman will argue FOR the film and Simon Miraudo […]
Read moreBruno slapped with controversial rating
March 31, 2009 0 Comments
source: thewrap.com The Motion Picture Association of America has slapped Sacha Baron Cohen‘s upcoming docu-comedy Bruno with an NC-17 rating. Similar to an Australian R rating, an NC-17 restricts anyone under the age of 17 into the cinema. Sharon Waxman over at The Wrap has revealed that the rating was applied on the film’s first […]
Read moreAussie grabs lead in Zack Synder’s Sucker Punch
March 31, 2009 0 Comments
source: hollywoodinsider.ew.com Melbourne’s own Emily Browning has scored the lead role in Zack Snyder‘s upcoming action fantasy Sucker Punch. She will join an all-girl cast that is likely to include Vanessa Hudgens, Emma Stone, Evan Rachel Wood and Abbie Cornish. Browning, who is best well known for her performances in Lemony Snicket and The Uninvited, […]
Read moreKnowing IS better – Knowing review
March 30, 2009 4 Comments
Knowing – Starring Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne and Chandler Canterbury. Directed by Alex Proyas. Rated M for disaster sequences, disturbing images and brief coarse language. 121 mins. Alex Proyas’ Knowing is a far braver and more intelligent film than many will give it credit for. It deals with that eternal, unanswerable question – do we […]
Read moreSherlock Holmes poster debuts!
March 30, 2009 0 Comments
source: latinoreview.com A teaser poster for Guy Ritchie‘s Sherlock Holmes reboot starring Robert Downey Jr. debuted at ShoWest over the weekend. The poster has not been confirmed by Warner Bros as the official one-sheet, and may just be a preliminary teaser that won’t be used in upcoming promotional materials. Nonetheless, interesting no? What do you […]
Read moreWould you like to go to the world premiere of Star Trek?
March 27, 2009 1 Comment
Paramount Pictures have announced that J.J. Abrams‘ reboot of Star Trek will have its world premiere at the Sydney Opera House on April 7th. If that’s not pimp enough for you, a strictly limited allocation of special tickets will be available to the general public. Yes, that means you, Joe Public, can go see Star […]
Read moreThe new Harry Potter posters are kinda sexy
March 27, 2009 2 Comments
source: msn.com Now I don’t want to get everyone’s hopes up for what is essentially a family film, but is anyone feeling the semi-arousing vibes coming from the Harry Potter 6 marketing. A batch of new posters advertising Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince feature the (perfectly legal) cast in all their sexy glory. […]
Read moreAng Lee and Demetri Martin team up for Taking Woodstock
March 27, 2009 0 Comments
source: youtube.com The trailer for Ang Lee‘s upcoming feature Taking Woodstock debuted on Comedy Central’s Important Things with Demetri Martin last night. The film is based on the real life story of Elliot Tiber, a closeted gay man who supplied his parents’ music festival permit to the organisers of Woodstock. Martin will star as Tiber […]
Read moreIt takes deux – Duplicity review
March 26, 2009 0 Comments
Duplicity – Starring Clive Owen, Julia Roberts, Paul Giamatti and Tom Wilkinson. Directed by Tony Gilroy. Rated PG for mild sexual references and coarse language. 125 mins. First things first – where is George Clooney? Duplicity is exactly the kind of battle-of-the-sexes/verbal-sparring-match that he eats for breakfast. Sure, Clive Owen is charming. But he ain’t […]
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