The songbirds were singing in Sydney last night, where local hit The Sapphires concluded its victory lap with an impressive haul of 11 awards at the 2nd annual AACTAs. The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts deemed The Sapphires the Best Film of the Year, and also bestowed upon Wayne Blair the prize for Best Direction. Stars Deborah […]
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Archive | January, 2013
Warner Bros gives Entourage movie the green light
January 31, 2013 
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Your prayers have been answered, no one! Deadline has revealed Vinnie Chase and the gang will ride again in a feature film based on the hit HBO show Entourage. Though series creator Doug Ellin and executive producer Mark Wahlberg have long teased the big screen adaptation, Warner Bros. has only just given their movie the green light. All […]
Read morePaul Giamatti in talks for Amazing Spider-Man 2
January 31, 2013 0 Comments
In an attempt to bring some kind of excitement to the upcoming Amazing Spider-Man sequel, Deadline reports that Paul Giamatti is in talks to take on a villainous role. Giamatti, who makes anything he appears in substantially better, is discussing the role of Rhino, a super villain amusingly described as one of the ‘dimmest’ bad […]
Read moreBird, Lindelof, and Clooney’s mysterious 1952 retitled Tomorrowland
January 30, 2013 0 Comments
We don’t have any real information on this enigmatic Brad Bird/Damon Lindelof/George Clooney collaboration, but we’ll take what we can get! According to EW, the project formerly known as 1952 has been rechristened Tomorrowland. Seeing as this is a Disney production, it’s fair to assume that this movie is somehow related to the futuristic Disneyland attraction of the same name. […]
Read moreMo money mo problems – Arbitrage review
January 30, 2013 0 Comments
Arbitrage – Starring Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, and Tim Roth. Directed by Nicholas Jarecki. Rated MA. By Richard Haridy. For some time it has felt like Richard Gere has been working on auto-pilot; not making a huge amount of De Niro-style duds, but never stepping up to the challenging roles we know he can do. […]
Read moreTrailer Debut: Inside Llewyn Davis
January 29, 2013 0 Comments
Thank folk for that! The trailer for the Coen brothers’ latest picture, Inside Llewyn Davis, has finally arrived. Loosely based on the life of Dave Van Ronk, it stars Oscar Isaac as Llewyn Davis, a folk singer trying to make it in Greenwich Village during the 1960s. Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman, F. Murray Abraham, Garrett […]
Read moreArgo wins top SAG and PGA prizes on the way to Oscar glory
January 29, 2013 0 Comments
Ben Affleck’s Argo proves to be the big Oscar favourite after taking home the award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, Deadline reports. The film’s SAG awards success comes hot on the heels of winning the Producers Guild of America award the previous day, as […]
Read moreAnna Paquin and Ellen Page back for X-Men: Days of Future Past
January 29, 2013 0 Comments
Director Bryan Singer announced via Twitter that Anna Paquin, Ellen Page and Shawn Ashmore have joined the cast of X-Men: Days of Future Past. The trio last appeared in X-Men: The Last Stand, directed by Brett Ratner, playing mutant students Rogue (Paquin), Kitty Pryde (Page), and Iceman (Ashmore). They join James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer […]
Read moreJ.J. Abrams will direct Star Wars Episode 7
January 29, 2013 0 Comments
We go away for the long weekend, and a massive movie development breaks. Damn this endless cycle of Star Wars news! Disney has confirmed J.J. Abrams will direct their upcoming Star Wars sequel. In a joint statement, Disney, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, George Lucas, and Abrams announced how excited they were to work on this film, because, you know, Star […]
Read moreManic depressive dream girl – Silver Linings Playbook review
January 29, 2013 0 Comments
Silver Linings Playbook – Starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, and Robert De Niro. Directed by David O. Russell. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. The most pleasant surprise in David O. Russell‘s Silver Linings Playbook is that Bradley Cooper is the best thing in it, despite it also featuring such venerable actors as Robert De Niro, […]
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