Duplicity »
Director: Tony Gilroy Starring: Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Giamatti In Cinemas: 19 March 2009 Duplicity comes off as being your run-of-the-mill spy thriller with pretty stars, exotic scenery and a popular plotline where the corporate no-gooders get a comeuppance. At least it doesn’t try to be anything else. Ray [...]
I Love You, Man »
Director: John Hamburg Starring: Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Rashida Jones In Cinemas: 23 April 2009 The bromantic comedy is nothing new. It’s been renamed and repackaged, but has been around for decades as a means for men to express the feelings they have for each other without seeming any less macho in real life. The [...]
Monsters vs. Aliens »
Director: Rob Letterman Conrad Vernon Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Rainn Wilson, Stephen Colbert Release Date: 2 April 2009 (Australia) Rating: 2.5/5 If you’re expecting Monsters vs. Aliens to be something like DreamWorks’ Kung Fu Panda, you won’t be disappointed – or maybe you will, if you weren’t a fan of Panda. The title tells you what [...]
Knowing »
Made mostly of spare parts, Knowing won’t give any sci-fi genre fans anything awesome or new but is relatively watchable. Director Alex Proyas (I, Robot, The Crow) could have used a budget stimulus to more smoothly synthesise the elements of the film, but overall the supernatural sci-fi thriller comes off like your run-of-the-mill, race against [...]
Coen Bros to Remake Wayne’s True Grit »
The Coen brothers plan to remake True Grit, the iconic Western film that won John Wayne an Oscar in 1969. The Paramount version will be more faithful to the Charles Portis book than the original flick was, as reported in Variety. Portis’ novel tells the story of a 14-year-old girl who, with the help of [...]
Aussie Box Office Top 10 (week ending 18 March) »
Watchmen has lost its top spot for Disney’s Confessions of a Shopaholic this past week. Slumdog Millionaire has managed to stay afloat as the third most watched film at the Aussie box office, while He’s Just Not That Into You dropped from second place down to sixth. No Aussie film has cracked the Top 10 [...]
Cage’s Knowing Dominates US Box Office »
Nicholas Cage’s sci-fi thriller, Knowing, has dominated the US box office by grossing an estimated US $8.9 million from 3,332 showings last Friday. Knowing has now become the second best opening day for a Summit Entertainment pic following the colossal US $36 million opening day gross from teen vampire romance Twilight in November last year. [...]
“Love The Beast” Gets Aussie Box Office Love »
Eric Bana’s directorial debut, Love the Beast, has earned the second-highest opening week gross for a documentary filmed in Australia. The film features a number of international stars, including Top Gear star Jeremy Clarkson, US talk show host Jay Leno, TV personality Dr. Phil McGraw and many more of his lesser-known friends. Love the Beast [...]
Natasha Richardson Dies From Skiing Accident »
British actress Natasha Richardson has died from blunt impact to the head after falling on a ski slope in Canada, an autopsy has confirmed. A spokesperson from the New York City medical examiner’s office said the accidental death was “epidural hematoma due to blunt impact to the head”. The incident, which occurred on Monday, was [...]
Transformers 3 Talk »
Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen is only months from its release date, but Transformers 3 is getting all the attention. Although no deals have been made with the director or any writer, Paramount has announced that the third episode in the Transformers franchise will be coming to US cinemas on July 1, 2011. However, [...]