Locally shot film NEEDLE will get released in Perth first before the rest of Australia. NEEDLE has recently been picked up by Lionsgate in the States for the US release and is directed by John V. Soto. The film stars a pretty good aussie cast including Jessica Marais, Ben Mendolsohn, John Jarratt and Jane Badler. Check out after the jump for more details including a couple of Fundraiser Screenings...
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 made cinema history yesterday when it opened on the widest number of Australian screens of all time. The movie marks the last instalment in the most successful film franchise ever. The epic finale opened on 748 screens – 138 more than Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1. Joel Pearlman, Roadshow Films Managing Dir...
The trailer for JACK AND JILL has been creating an odd kind of critical buzz – make that critical buzz – on the numerous movie websites you can find on your Internets. There is some suggestion by snooty cinema types that the upcoming Adam Sandler comedy might not be too fresh and original. Granted, Sandler hasn’t attempted to surprise his audience since FUNNY PEOPLE (2009) ...
The Harry Potter fans of WA banded together last night in their nifty Harry Potter Costumes to catch the first screening of the final chapter of the film series in 3D. Word has it though a technical glitch left hundreds of the fans dissapointed as the film would not play. A hardrive fault has been blamed for the mishap which resulted in the 3D Midnight screenings at a couple of WA Cinemas of...
Icon Films give us the latest look at the biopic of Margaret Thatcher THE IRON LADY starring Meryl Streep, about a month ago the picture in the heading was the first look and today we have a brand new photo from the upcoming film. I love a good biopic, ‘The Queen’ is still one of my favorites! Check it out after the jump THE IRON LADY tells the compelling story of Margaret Thatcher, a ...
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2,” is the final adventure in the Harry Potter film series. The much-anticipated motion picture event is the second of two full-length parts. In the epic finale, the battle between the good and evil forces of the wizarding world escalates into an all-out war. The stakes have never been higher and no one is safe. But it is Harry Potter ...
We are officially floating in the midyear section of 2011 now and I have been charged with the dubious task of relaying my thoughts on this year’s cinematic prowess, so far. I will be including my top 5 favourite movies, movies that didn’t quite hug me hard enough and movies that I really shouldn’t have to mention again. I may cry a little, laugh a little, fall asleep a little, b...
THE THREE MUSKETEERS’ second trailer is out. This new version is one of thirty English language remakes of Alexandre Dumas’ popular story. This new movie is directed by Paul WS Anderson and has his Resident Evil leading lady, Mila Jovovich, using her zombie-killer training in quite a different milieu. And no, there are no zombies in this flick, but it has everything else. O...
We are now half way through 2011 and I thought I would take a look back at my five Best and Worst films of the year so far, over the next few days you will also see Tiffany and Phil put up there report as well so it will interesting to see how or even if we match up! It’s been a great year for film with some amazing big budget movies and some even better little independent film. Check out my...
Peter Jackon has been nice enough to put together a couple of Production Diary videos since the start of shooting the epic that is THE HOBBIT, the first one was released a few months ago and the second one has just popped online in the last 24hours. All up theres 254 days worth of shooting on the two films back to back and they just hit day 54! The first Film is slated for a December 26 2012 relea...
SNOWTOWN, the debut feature film of director Justin Kurzel and producers Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw has passed the $1 million box office mark in its 7th week of release. The total cumulative figure is currently $1,001,760 making it the 3rd highest grossing Australian film of the year behind SANCTUM and ORANGES AND SUNSHINE. All three films have perfromed more strongly than many Australia films of...
There has been great success in adapting popular video games into feature films. Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, Doom and Resident Evil, although not always faithful at least had some sort of cohesive plot to build a movie from and part us from our money. Then you have the brilliant mind of Lorenzo di Boniventura, producer of Transformers and Gi Joe, who has had a hard time seeing past the dol...
