Tom Hanks returned to the role of Woody in 2010’s ‘Toy Story 3’ which turned out to be a critical and financial success after a long period of time had passed since the previous instalment for the franchise, in 2010 Hanks also worked on the TV series ‘The Pacific’, and in 2011 has appeared alongside Julia Roberts in ‘Larry Crowne’, a film which he also dir...
I sit down with Director Jonathan Teplitzky to chat about his upcoming Australian Film BURNING MAN starring Matthew Goode, Bojana Novakovic, Essie Davis and Kerry Fox. BURNING MAN recently premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and has been extremely well received. Teplitzky was also behind the camera for films such as Better Than Sex (00) and Gettin’ Square (03) plus can also be credited for dire...
With the silly season about to descend upon us, we’re due to get hit with a flurry of Christmas-themed films over the next couple of months, with one of the more interesting being the animated feature Santa’s Apprentice. A French/Australian co-production, the film’s plot is all in the title: Santa shows orphan boy Nicholas the ropes. However, what sets it apart from the usual hol...
The story of Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane’s attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget. It’s 2002 and he has to rebuild a formerly powerful team without sufficient financial resources to do so. He employs computer-generated analysis to draft his players. The story of MONEYBALL is known to American baseball fans, but for the rest of the world this tale might se...
Eons after the Gods won their mythic struggle against the Titans, a new evil threatens the land. Mad with power, King Hyperion has declared war against humanity. Amassing a bloodthirsty army of soldiers disfigured by his own hand, Hyperion has scorched Greece in search of the legendary Epirus Bow, a weapon of unimaginable power forged in the heavens by Ares. Only he who possesses this bow can unle...
Universal has released the trailer to the highly anticipated film SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN starring Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron who plays the Evil Queen. The trailer has a bit of everything but it will be good to see a bit more dialog and maybe even some dwarves but at the moment for a first trailer it looks pretty damn impressive. Kristen Stewart who we all know from t...
Gearing up to the release of Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol on the 15th December Paramount Pictures have released a Behind the Scenes Video of the shoot at Burj Khalifa the tallest building in the world in Dubai. Burj Khalifa is 2,723 ft tall and took 5 years to build and a little bit more trivia theres also 24,348 windows! Last week Paramount Pictures was nice enough to show some ...
The espionage thriller begins in 1997, as shocking news reaches retired Mossad secret agents Rachel (Helen Mirren) and Stefan (Tom Wilkinson) about their former colleague David (Ciarán Hinds). All three have been venerated for decades by their country because of the mission that they undertook back in 1966, when the trio (portrayed, respectively, by Jessica Chastain, Marton Csokas, and Sam ...
The rumour mill has been churning for a while amongst genre fans with the news that they will be remaking the 1980 William Lustig shocker Maniac…. And Elijah Wood will be the lead. There has been much debate over the veracity of this claim but according to Deadline New York it’s dead set. If you have seen the original film you will know that it is viscous and uncompromising, dis...
MGM has picked up the feature film rights to adapt the Where’s Waldo? children’s books for the big screen. The books are a publishing phenomenon with more than 55 million being sold worldwide. UK illustrator Martin Handford crated the character of Wally in 1987. The name of the character changes according to territory the book is sold. In the Great Britain and Australia he’s Wall...
‘X-Men: First Class’, released as part of the recent summer blockbusters in the US this year was a surprise hit amongst other superhero films including ‘Thor’ and ‘Captain America’. The film was directed by fan favourite Matthew Vaughn following up his ever popular film ‘Kick-Ass’ released in 2010. ‘X-Men: First Class’ didn’t direct...
Get ready Perth people!It’s nearly time to don your sombrero and celebrate the launch of the Hola Mexico Film Festival when SOL presents the Opening Night Fiesta! The festival will open with Acarazado on Thursday November 24 followed by the official after party at The Bakery. Opening Night Film – ACORAZADO, (THE RAFT) &ndash...
