Jamie Foxx is playing Electro. Paul Giamatti is set for Rhino. Now comes news from Deadline that Chris Cooper will take on the role of Norman Osborn – aka the Green Goblin – in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. That means Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) will be squaring off against not one, not two, but three villains in his […]
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Archive | February, 2013
Senate investigation into Zero Dark Thirty dropped in wake of Academy Awards loss
February 28, 2013 
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Within 24 hours of Zero Dark Thirty losing Best Picture to Argo, the Senate Intelligence Committee closed its inquiry into the film, Reuters reports. As if the Oscar snub wasn’t enough… Initially questioning whether members of the CIA had inappropriately given the filmmakers information about the Osama Bin Laden case, the committee put together to […]
Read moreSeth MacFarlane and Tina Fey both say “no way” to hosting the next Oscars
February 28, 2013 0 Comments
After a notably divisive turn at hosting the Oscars, Seth Macfarlane jumped on Twitter to announce he won’t be taking the job a second time. When asked by a fan, MacFarlane replied with an emphatic, “No way. Lotta fun to have done it, though.” And for those holding out hope that Tina Fey could step […]
Read moreSoula coaster – Cloud Atlas review
February 27, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo February 27, 2013 Cloud Atlas could have been a freak show. It features a cavalcade of stars – each playing multiple characters – masquerading as members of the opposite sex across six seemingly disconnected storylines that span hundreds of years. Souls recur across lifetimes. Not everyone stays the same race. Tom Hanks appears […]
Read morePlay It Again – The Magnificent Seven
February 27, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo February 27, 2013 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… or if it has aged terribly. And yes, it takes its name from a famously misquoted Casablanca line (hey, whatever; […]
Read moreTrash talk – The Paperboy review
February 26, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo February 26, 2013 Lee Daniels’ Precious was showered with acclaim, yet his follow-up, The Paperboy, has become something of a punch line amongst critics and moviegoers. Sometimes I don’t understand this industry. No one was even peed on in Precious! Despite Gabourey Sidibe’s fine performance in that supposed slice of realist drama, Daniels’ directorial flourishes manipulated the audience – […]
Read moreInterview: Damon Gameau (Save Your Legs)
February 26, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo February 26, 2013 Boyd Hicklin‘s cricket comedy Save Your Legs sees a bunch of Aussie underdogs embark on their first international tour in India. In it, Damon Gameau (Balibo, Howzat) shares the screen with Stephen Curry and screenwriter Brendan Cowell; all three playing developmentally arrested man-children who wouldn’t feel out of place […]
Read morePoster Debut: The Hunger Games – Catching Fire
February 26, 2013 0 Comments
Besides winning an Oscar and being the most GIFable person on the planet, Jennifer Lawrence also has that hit Hunger Games franchise under her belt. Is there anything she can’t do? How about ‘be adorably starstruck by Jack Nicholson’? Yep, she’s got that covered too. The poster for its second instalment, Catching Fire, has arrived, promoting Katniss Everdeen (Lawrence) […]
Read moreFirst look at The Amazing Spider-Man 2
February 26, 2013 0 Comments
Sony Pictures has released the first image of Spidey’s new threads from The Amazing Spider-Man 2. It’s… pretty much what you’d expect. Coming Soon note the new outfit’s bigger eyes and subtle colour and texture alterations. Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone will reprise the roles of Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy in the sequel. They will be joined […]
Read moreThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II honoured as Worst Picture at Razzies
February 26, 2013 0 Comments
The Razzies didn’t let The Twilight Saga slink off without due recognition in their annual pre-Oscars shaming and celebrating of the year’s worst films and performances. The final instalment in the series, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II, took home an impressive seven awards, not able to emulate the success of the previous year’s […]
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