Archive for the ‘Movie News’ Category
Iron Man 3 Movie Review: Good Old Fashioned Revenge
by Lily on April 26th 2013 at 11:30 am
Yesterday the third movie in the Iron man franchise was finally released across the UK. I, of course, volunteered to watch it and write a short review whilst trying not to give out any spoilers. Let's first go back and see how the previous Iron Man movies did in the past. April 14, 2008. The man in the iron suit makes his cinema appearance for the very first time in Sydney. With the budget of $140M, Robert Downey Jr. and popular Marvel characters, what more could we have wanted? Oh yes, we just wanted more of it all! April 26,… read more »
Will Luhrman's Gatsby be worth the wait?
The Great Gatsby, widely considered as the great American novel, is Baz Luhrman's first big screen offering since 2008's Australia. Following vastly mixed reviews from critics and audiences alike for the epic pre-World War II drama, Luhrman hopes to wow movie-goers in the same way he did with Moulin Rouge! Due to have been released in December 2012, Gatsby will now open this year's Cannes Film Festival on 15th May. The opening is a perfect match; the glamour of the Roaring Twenties set against the equally glamourous and exciting festival, which will no doubt draw parallels to the Moulin Rouge!… read more »
Robert Downey Jr.: The Ultimate Superhero
by Lily on April 21st 2013 at 10:23 pm
Robert Downey Jr. is a great actor. In fact he is so good he can turn any character into a hero. Yes, even Sherlock Holmes! He can be 'the funny guy' like in Due Date and Tropic Thunder; he can be serious like in Zodiac; he can star next to the biggest and the most powerful superheroes like in The Avengers and still outshine them only with his charisma! But what if Robert Downey Jr. was in a vampire movie like Brad Pitt, Colin Farrell and even Russell Crowe were? The vampire theme is still very popular with the… read more »
85th Academy Awards Results
by Josh on February 25th 2013 at 4:48 pm
The 85th annual Academy Awards took place last night and the stars flocked to the event, presented by Family Guy and American Dad creator Seth MacFarlane. Life of Pi was the biggest winner, taking home four gongs, closely followed by Argo and Les Misérables with three. Did your favorites win? Find out below. Best Picture - Winner: Argo (Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, and George Clooney) Amour (Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, and Michael Katz) Beasts of the Southern Wild (Dan Janvey, Josh Penn, and Michael Gottwald) Django Unchained (Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin, and Pilar Savone) Les Misérables(Tim Bevan,… read more »
Avengers Assemble!
by Josh on April 27th 2012 at 11:58 am
It's taken over four years and five films in order for us to get here but at long last the Avengers have assembled! In what is perhaps the most audacious gambit in cinematic history, Marvel Studios have taken four different film series with four different continuities and brought them all into one shared universe, the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Returning to their previous roles are Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Chris Evans as Captain America, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, Tom Hiddleston as Loki, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and reintroducing… read more »
