source: parkrecord.com The winners of this year’s Sundance Film Festival have been announced, with Australian film Animal Kingdom taking one of the top prizes. The David Michôd directed crime drama, which stars Guy Pearce, Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton and Jackie Weaver, won the World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic. You can read more about Animal Kingdom […]
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Archive | January, 2010
R.I.P. Miramax
January 29, 2010 
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source: variety.com The inevitable has come to pass. Miramax Films is no more. The specialty label’s New York and Los Angeles offices have closed their doors for good, leaving 80 staff members jobless and six films in distribution limbo. Walt Disney Studios, who acquired the company in 1993, claim that Miramax will now consolidate its […]
Read moreAvatar fun facts! Just how much beer CAN you buy with its box office gross?
January 29, 2010 2 Comments
The team at 20th Century Fox have put together a lovely little press release full of Avatar fun facts. It couldn’t have come sooner, because frankly, it’s about time that film got some attention. Despite the Avatar-over-saturation that I’m sure we’re all experiencing, there are some nifty little tidbits about the film’s Australian box office […]
Read moreAussie drama Animal Kingdom kills at Sundance
January 29, 2010 1 Comment
source: traileraddict.com Samson and Delilah was so 2009. It looks like the next big Australian export will be David Michôd’s crime drama Animal Kingdom, which is getting some rave reviews at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The film stars James Frecheville as a 17-year-old who must navigate survival amongst a criminal family. It co-stars Guy […]
Read moreWall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps trailer debut!
January 29, 2010 0 Comments
source: traileraddict.comThe trailer for Oliver Stone‘s highly anticipated sequel to Wall Street has debuted online. Michael Douglas reprises his Oscar winning role as Gordon Gecko in Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps. He’s joined by an impressive cast that includes Shia LaBeouf, Carey Mulligan, Josh Brolin, Frank Langella, Eli Wallach and Susan Sarandon. I’m ashamed […]
Read moreOscar wishlist! What would YOU like to see nominated?
January 28, 2010 4 Comments
The nominees for the 82nd Academy Awards will be announced in Los Angeles next Tuesday at 5:30AM (Tuesday night in Australia) by a very tired Anne Hathaway. No doubt there will be the requisite number of surprises and overwhelming disappointments that come with every Oscar nomination announcement. (Seriously, The Reader for Best Picture!) I considered […]
Read moreWhen good engineers go bad – Law Abiding Citizen review
January 28, 2010 0 Comments
Law Abiding Citizen – Starring Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx and Colm Meaney. Directed by F. Gary Gray. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. It’s hard not to like a film as ballsy as Law Abiding Citizen; so brazen that it actually revels in its ridiculousness. It’s exactly the kind of film the phrase “by-the-numbers” was invented […]
Read moreSaw director bags out own film
January 28, 2010 2 Comments
source: slashfilm.com Jigsaw‘s house is in disarray. Saw 6 director Kevin Greutert has taken to the interwebs to discuss his displeasure with the long-running horror franchise … right before he begins shooting the seventh installment. Before we get to Greutert’s blog entry, Slashfilm have the details that brought us to this point. Greutert was the […]
Read moreEase on down – The Road review
January 27, 2010 3 Comments
The Road – Starring Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Charlize Theron. Directed by John Hillcoat. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. Why do cannibals travel in groups? If the world as we know it does indeed come to an end, and people are driven to eating their fellow man to stay alive, what is the advantage […]
Read moreSam Worthington to play Dracula?
January 27, 2010 0 Comments
source: latinoreview.com Avatar star Sam Worthington is in negotiations to play The Great Fanged One in fellow Aussie Alex Proyas‘ upcoming flick Dracula: Year Zero. The film explores the origin of Dracula, combining traditional vampire mythology with the history of notorious Prince Vlad the Impaler (pictured above, kinda). Dracula will be the flawed hero of […]
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