The Australian cut of Sacha Baron Cohen’s raunchy comedy Bruno has been toned down to receive an MA15+ classification after originally being rated R18+. Last night I was lucky enough to attend the premiere of Baron Cohen’s follow-up to Borat, and was not at all disappointed. It was as hilarious and filthy as you can […]
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Archive | June, 2009
Would you like to see Megan Fox’s body?
June 30, 2009 
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source: filmschoolrejects.comOf course you would. What kind of question is that anyway? Film School Rejects has some scans from the upcoming Empire Magazine article on the Diablo Cody-penned flick Jennifer’s Body, starring the lovely Ms. Fox in all her bloody glory. The film stars Amanda Seyfried as Needy, a plain-Jane high schooler who is best […]
Read moreHead to Head – Step Brothers
June 30, 2009 3 Comments
Welcome to the latest installment of Head to Head, in which our Quickflix critics enter into a relentlessly bloody battle to the death based on the merits of a particular film. This week, our critics get into an epic noogie over Adam McKay’s manchild saga Step Brothers. Simon Miraudo will argue FOR the film DVDman […]
Read moreNo bull! The Invention of Lying trailer debuts!
June 29, 2009 0 Comments
source: youtube.com The long-awaited trailer for Ricky Gervais‘ cinematic directorial debut The Invention of Lying has landed online, featuring a smorgasbord of great comic actors. The film is a comic-fantasy (boy, Gervais loves those doesn’t he) about a parallel universe in which everyone always tells the truth. When a loser (Gervais) discovers the ability to […]
Read moreThe Boat That Rocked gets shorter cut for US release
June 29, 2009 0 Comments
source: slashfilm.comThe Boat That Rocked could lose up to 20 minutes from its running time when it finally hits American cinemas in November. The Richard Curtis-directed flick was released in the UK and Australia earlier this year to middling reviews and unimpressive box office returns. Of its $50 million budget (quite large for a comedy), […]
Read moreA film with heart and souls – Ghost Town DVD review
June 29, 2009 0 Comments
Ghost Town – Starring Ricky Gervais, Tea Leoni and Greg Kinnear. Directed by David Koepp. Rated M for infrequent coarse language. 102 mins. Available on DVD July 2, 2009. Ghost Town is the kind of supernatural comedy that we haven’t seen since the early 90’s; back when cinemagoers weren’t jaded, highly skeptical individuals. Times have […]
Read moreWhat is the most complained about film of the year?
June 26, 2009 0 Comments
source: news.com.au The Australian Classification Board has revealed the most complained about film of 2009 so far is … Will Ferrell‘s Land of the Lost! Congrats Will! It has received 19 complaints since it was released two weeks ago, with audience members objecting to the coarse language and sexual references featured in the PG rated […]
Read moreBurton’s Alice in Wonderland will literally scare your children to death
June 25, 2009 7 Comments
source: slashfilm.com Earlier this week, the first (terrifying) photos from Tim Burton‘s Alice in Wonderland debuted online. Now Slashfilm have the high resolution versions to savor, and email to your worst/most sensitive enemies. The images are, in a word, spectacular. In my opinion, Burton has been spinning his wheels for the greater part of this […]
Read moreWhat’s in The Box?!!?!?
June 25, 2009 3 Comments
source: firstshowing.net The trailer for Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly‘s latest thriller The Box has debuted online, and it’s about as confounding as you can imagine. The follow-up to Kelly’s much maligned (and frankly incomprehensible) Southland Tales stars Cameron Diaz and James Marsden as a nice southern couple with money problems. When a mysterious man […]
Read moreOscars to feature 10 Best Picture nominees
June 25, 2009 0 Comments
source: oscars.org The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science have announced that the 2010 Oscar Ceremony will feature ten Best Picture nominees as opposed to the traditional five. Academy President Sid Ganis said the move is intended to be a tribute to the ceremony’s earlier roots. The last ceremony to feature 10 nominees in […]
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