The sensual new poster for Julia Leigh’s Cannes-bound Aussie drama Sleeping Beauty has debuted online. Transmission brought it to our attention via Twitter. (Haven’t you heard? Everyone’s doing it that way now.) Sleeping Beauty stars Emily Browning as a young prostitute who submits herself to the ‘Sleeping Beauty Chamber’, in which her clients can do to […]
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Archive | April, 2011
Trailer Debut: Transformers – Dark of the Moon
April 29, 2011 
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The feature trailer for the third Transformers movie – the Pink Floydian-titled Dark of the Moon – has debuted online. It hints at an incisive commentary on geopolitics and the American government’s relationship with its citizens, as well as a haunting final sequence that evokes Michael Haneke‘s … just kidding! It’s robots punching each other! […]
Read moreElizabeth Banks confirmed for The Hunger Games
April 29, 2011 1 Comment
Elizabeth Banks has officially signed on to play District 12 escort Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games. Banks tweeted “I can now confirm I’m EFFIE TRINKET in @TheHungerGames. So excited!” after she posted a quote from Suzanne Collins’ bestselling novel and asked her followers to guess its source. District 4’s tributes have also been cast […]
Read moreSchool of Bach – Mrs. Carey’s Concert review
April 29, 2011 1 Comment
Mrs. Carey’s Concert – Directed by Bob Connolly and Sophie Raymond. Rated PG. By Simon Miraudo. Mrs. Carey’s Concert depicts the nine-month lead up to a daunting performance at the Sydney Opera House by a talented girl’s school orchestra and occasionally reluctant choir. I knew how they felt. Sure, I never played in front of […]
Read moreRoyal rumble – William & Kate: A Modern-Day Fairytale review
April 29, 2011 0 Comments
William & Kate: A Modern-Day Fairytale – Starring Nico Evers-Swindell and Camilla Luddington. Directed by Mark Rosman. By Jess Lomas. I had decided last week that I would avoid the Royal wedding shenanigans that were to plague commercial television and print leading up to the nuptials. Yet somehow I found myself accepting an invitation to […]
Read moreTrailer Debut: Bridesmaids (Red Band)
April 28, 2011 0 Comments
Girls just want to have fun (and act like guys) according to the raunchy Red Band trailer for Bridesmaids. First of all, let’s just say we couldn’t be more excited for the upcoming Judd Apatow production, directed by Freaks and Geeks creator Paul Feig and written by SNL-fave Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo. Still, the […]
Read moreTrailer Debut: X-Men First Class
April 28, 2011 2 Comments
The feature trailer for X-Men First Class has debuted online, featuring new glimpses at the young mutants as well as some action sequences from the Matthew Vaughn directed reboot. So, a few noteworthy things here: 1) Nicholas Hoult (Beast) doesn’t have the best American accent in the world, but we already knew that. 2) Jennifer […]
Read moreArmie Hammer to star as The Lone Ranger opposite Johnny Depp?
April 28, 2011 0 Comments
Armie Hammer might jump into the saddle for Gore Verbinski’s The Lone Ranger. According to Deadline, The Social Network star is in early talks to play the eponymous serial hero. Last week it seemed that Ryan Gosling was a shoe-in to star as TLR, opposite Johnny Depp’s Tonto. His reps later revealed that Gosling’s schedule […]
Read moreTrailer Debut: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
April 28, 2011 2 Comments
A new trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 has debuted online. And it looks exhausting (in the best possible way, of course). The final instalment of the eight-part series is being sold as some sort of generational event akin to the moon landing. The fact that Warner Bros can produce a trailer […]
Read moreThe Avengers begins production! Whedon speaks! First pic unveiled!
April 27, 2011 1 Comment
After what seems like a lifetime of rumours, casting announcements and fanboy wish fulfilment, production has officially begun on Joss Whedon’s Marvel comic adaptation of The Avengers. The film will unite Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), Black […]
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