We knew it was coming, but it’s nice to have confirmation all the same. Halle Berry will reprise the role of Storm in X-Men: Days of Future Past. Director Bryan Singer revealed her casting via Twitter, just as he has with every other actor affiliated with the film. She joins former castmates Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian […]
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Ellen Page directing Anna Faris in Miss Stevens
February 11, 2013 
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Ellen Page is set to make her directorial debut with the dramedy Miss Stevens, Deadline reports. Anna Faris will star in the picture as a school teacher with problems at home. She finds inspiration through her kids while away at a weekend drama competition. The script comes from Julia Hart. Miss Stevens will be produced by the teams […]
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 moreTrailer Debut: The East
January 23, 2013 0 Comments
How creepy you find the trailer for The East depends on whether or not Ellen Page’s voice sends shivers down your spine. The new film from director Zal Batmanglij and his co-writer Brit Marling (they previously collaborated on Sound of My Voice) just debuted at Sundance to decent reviews, and seems to concern a particularly violent ‘Occupy’ movement targeting […]
Read moreLife is bearable – To Rome With Love review
October 16, 2012 0 Comments
To Rome With Love – Starring Woody Allen, Judy Davis, and Roberto Benigni. Directed by Woody Allen. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. The release of a new Woody Allen film is a special event in the sense that each breath is a special event; we’re used to them, we assume the next one isn’t far behind, […]
Read moreTrailer Debut: To Rome With Love
April 4, 2012 1 Comment
The trailer for Woody Allen‘s recently retitled Italian adventure To Rome With Love has arrived online, displaying a stark change of direction for the famed writer-director. Kidding! Allen fans will find much to love here, from the presence of neurotic Woody himself, to the young supporting cast of Jesse Eisenberg, Greta Gerwig, Ellen Page, and […]
Read moreWoody Allen’s Nero Fiddled gets a title change
March 20, 2012 0 Comments
Woody Allen‘s follow-up to his biggest ever hit, Midnight in Paris, has undergone a title change. Bid farewell to Nero Fiddled, and say ‘Buon giorno’ to To Rome With Love. Sony Pictures Classics issued a statement (though Variety first broke the news) in which the studio explained their reasoning for ditching the previous title. “Nero Fiddled, while an appropriate and humorous phrase […]
Read moreEwan McGregor cast in Noah Baumbach’s The Corrections
November 25, 2011 0 Comments
Ewan McGregor will join Chris Cooper and Dianne Wiest in Noah Baumbach‘s HBO pilot The Corrections. It was announced in September that Baumbach and producer Scott Rudin would bring Jonathan Franzen’s acclaimed tome to the small screen as a HBO series. The book tells the story of the repressed Lambert family; parents Alfred (Cooper) and […]
Read morePoster Debut: Young Adult
September 7, 2011 0 Comments
The poster for director Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody’s latest collaboration – Young Adult - has debuted online (courtesy of THR). Their last effort – Juno – earned Cody an Academy Award, as well as Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress (Ellen Page). Hopes are high for this one, then! In […]
Read moreMelbourne International Film Festival – Day Eight
July 30, 2011 1 Comment
Melbourne International Film Festival – Day Eight. By Simon Miraudo. I’m writing this very sentence to you at 2:32am on Friday evening (or rather, Saturday morning), on this, the eighth night of the 2011 Melbourne International Film Festival. You’ll forgive me if I end my introduction here and get right on to discussing the movies, […]
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