The Quickflix editorial elves are taking a short break over Christmas and into the New Year, but there are plenty of great reviews, interviews, and Top 10 lists to keep you entertained in our absence! We’re sure you’ll spend much of Boxing Day in the cool comfort of the cinema. Find out which films to […]
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Archive | December, 2012
You’re kidding me – Parental Guidance review
December 21, 2012 
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Parental Guidance – Starring Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, and Marisa Tomei. Directed by Andy Fickman. Rated PG. By Simon Miraudo. It is with deep regret that the last film I review for 2012 be Andy Fickman’s Parental Guidance, wherein Billy Crystal is struck in the testicles with a baseball bat, and then proceeds to vomit […]
Read moreInterview: James Marsh (Shadow Dancer)
December 21, 2012 0 Comments
Interview: James Marsh (Shadow Dancer). By Simon Miraudo. James Marsh won the Best Documentary Oscar in 2008 for his literally-buoyant Man on Wire, and followed it up with the doco Project Nim, a startling tale of animal cruelty towards an adorable chimp that may in fact justify any future Rise of the Planet of the […]
Read moreTelevision Revision: The Wire – Season 1
December 20, 2012 0 Comments
Television Revision: The Wire – Season 1. Starring Dominic West, Idris Elba, and Wood Harris. Rated MA. By Andrew Williams. Television Revision is a weekly feature in which our tuned in TV critic trawls through the best the box has to offer, giving you a primer on some of history’s finest shows (and warning you […]
Read morePlay It Again – The Man With Two Brains
December 20, 2012 0 Comments
Play It Again – The Man With Two Brains. Starring Steve Martin, Kathleen Turner, and David Warner. Directed by Carl Reiner. Rated M. By Jess Lomas. Play It Again is a weekly feature in which our classic-film connoisseurs revisit a revered motion picture from the annals of movie history, to see if it holds up… […]
Read moreTrailer Debut: Pain & Gain
December 20, 2012 0 Comments
See Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson in all their brawny glory in the trailer for Michael Bay’s black comedy Pain & Gain. Wahlberg and Johnson star in the flick as ‘roided-up gym junkies who get tangled up in a blackmail scheme. You may not believe it after watching the trailer, but it’s based on a true […]
Read moreTrailer Debut: To The Wonder
December 20, 2012 0 Comments
Swooping, ethereal camera angles! Running through fields! Enigmatic narration! Yes, the trailer for Terrence Malick’s To The Wonder has arrived. The picture ostensibly tells the story of Marina (Olga Kurylenko) and Neil’s (Ben Affleck) doomed relationship. However, reviews following its debut at the Venice Film Festival suggested this was even more abstract than your typical Malick film, so […]
Read moreTrailer Debut: The Great Gatsby
December 20, 2012 0 Comments
A brand new feature trailer for Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby has arrived. And good news: the modern music is intact! Though Jay-Z and Kanye West’s track No Church in the Wild was previously featured in the first teaser, this new clip has plenty of brand new footage to sate fans disappointed by […]
Read moreUniversal meeting with stars for Pitch Perfect sequel
December 20, 2012 0 Comments
Pitch Perfect has been one of the surprise hits of the year, so it’s no surprise to learn Universal is taking meetings with the stars regarding a potential sequel. Male lead Skyler Astin told Movieweb that he has “a meeting with a Universal representative next week” to discuss the follow-up. He also suggested the pic’s breakout performer Rebel […]
Read moreFour voices are better than one – Quartet review
December 20, 2012 1 Comment
Quartet – Starring Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, and Billy Connolly. Directed by Dustin Hoffman. Rated M. By Jess Lomas. Hot on the heels of the success of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel comes Quartet, another Maggie Smith-led movie about the twilight years. Sure to draw in a more mature crowd, there’s plenty to enjoy for […]
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