By Simon Miraudo March 28, 2013 Of the three handsome, indistinguishable bachelors in The Host, two viciously strike our heroine, while the other settles on strangulation. That she is merely an alien inhabiting a human body doesn’t make the acts – or their frequency – any less jarring to a reasonable viewer. Several “make-out” sequences […]
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Archive | March, 2013
Trailer Debut: The Wolverine
March 28, 2013 
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The first teaser trailer for James Mangold’s The Wolverine has been released online, featuring Hugh Jackman’s much-loved X-Man battling a bunch of ninjas in Japan. Mangold and screenwriters Christopher McQuarrie and Mark Bomback have smartly separated Jackman’s Logan from the rest of his mutant buddies and placed him in Japan, paying tribute to the comic character’s most […]
Read morePoster and Trailer Debut: White House Down
March 28, 2013 0 Comments
Our first look at White House Down (aka: Die Hard in the White House), gives us the requisite amount of explosive images of America’s presidential palace burning. King of disaster films Roland Emmerich is the director behind this blockbuster and from 2012 to Independence Day it seems he definitely has a knack for destroying the […]
Read moreA Royal Affair director to remake Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca
March 28, 2013 0 Comments
It’s a brave director who takes on a remake of a Hitchcock film and Deadline recently revealed Danish director Nikolaj Arcel to be very brave indeed. Arcel, coming off international success with his Oscar nominated drama A Royal Affair, is taking on Alfred Hitchcock’s sole Best Picture winner Rebecca, which is based on the Daphne […]
Read moreAdam Sandler and Drew Barrymore to reunite once again
March 27, 2013 1 Comment
Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore are looking to recapture that Wedding Singer - and to a lesser extent, 50 First Dates - magic with a third feature film collaboration. According to Variety, they’ll play a couple of blind-daters who wind up at a family resort with their children from previous marriages. Frank Coraci, director of their previous pairings, will […]
Read moreTrailer Debut: Pain & Gain (Red Band)
March 27, 2013 0 Comments
A new trailer for Michael Bay’s (relatively) low budget black comedy Pain & Gain has arrived online. This one shows off its gorier aspects, hence the Red Band. Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson star in the flick as ‘roided-up gym junkies who get tangled up in a blackmail scheme. It’s based on a fantastically compelling true story […]
Read morePlay It Again – Lawrence of Arabia
March 27, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo March 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 moreTalk Hard – Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master)
March 26, 2013 0 Comments
Talk Hard with Simon Miraudo is the official podcast of Quickflix.com.au Can we offer you a free personality test? Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo speaks with Paul Thomas Anderson, the writer and director of Boogie Nights, There Will Be Blood, and most recently, The Master. Simon also delivers his verdict on the Scientology-inspired picture (though you […]
Read moreTalk Hard – Julia Loktev (The Loneliest Planet)
March 26, 2013 0 Comments
Talk Hard with Simon Miraudo is the official podcast of Quickflix.com.au In this episode, we are catching that Midnight Train to Georgia. Well, the one near Russia, anyway. Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo speaks with Julia Loktev, director of The Loneliest Planet. He also delivers his verdict on what she calls a dangerous date movie. Show […]
Read moreTalk Hard – Adrianne Palicki and Jon M. Chu (G.I. Joe: Retaliation)
March 26, 2013 0 Comments
Talk Hard with Simon Miraudo is the official podcast of Quickflix.com.au How is your kung-fu grip? In this episode, Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo speaks with Adrianne Palicki and Jon M. Chu, the star and director, respectively, of G.I. Joe: Retaliation. He also delivers his verdict on the sequel to Rise of the Cobra. Show Notes: […]
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