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Posted by Jason Stringer on Jul 26th, 2010 | View Comments

Call Sheet: THE AVENGERS at Comic-Con, Brad Pitt in WORLD WAR Z, Jim Carrey, Katherine Heigl, Guillermo del Toro, Tim Burton

Call Sheet: A weekly run-down of movie casting news and rumours from around the web. Comic-Con 2010 is underway in San Diego leading the way with most headlines across the web this week. Amongst all the preview footage, panels, exhibitions and guest appearances, only a handful of casting news has trickled out of the convention. Without a doubt the biggest casting news out of Comic-Con came when the cast of The...
Posted by Robin Hare on Jul 24th, 2010 | View Comments

How to sell a 3D space thriller called GRAVITY better: put Scarlett Johansson in it

One of the few names that will get me into a cinema no matter what is Alfonso Cuarón’s. The fact that his next picture is going to be set in one of my absolute favourite genre milieus — space — is even better. Gravity sounds like a potential classic of the genre, rivalling the likes of the recent Sunshine or Moon, and even the fact that it’s going to be in 3D can’t dampen my...
Posted by Robin Hare on Jul 15th, 2010 | View Comments

First trailer for DUE DATE with Robert Downey, Jr. and Zach Galifianakis is curiously un-funny

A comedy movie that sees Downey, Jr. reunited with Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang co-star Monaghan sparks my interest, but this trailer somehow manages to throws a bucket of icy cold water over that meek enthusiasm. Maybe the finished movie will be better, but this trailer for Due Date features way too much of Galifianakis reprising his emotionally stunted man-child schtick from The Hangover, and way too little of...
Posted by Jason Stringer on Jun 26th, 2010 | View Comments

Reel Thinker Podcast #01, June 25 2010

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. You’re moments away from listening to our first ever podcast. Go ahead, click the players above or below to start streaming from the web or Download the mp3 file (19 mb). Jason Stringer, Danny Clark and Nyrie Anne share their...
Posted by Robin Hare on Jun 19th, 2010 | View Comments

Alfonso Cuaron’s GRAVITY film sounds too good to be true

(Note — this film thankfully has nothing to do with Louis Leterrier’s similarly-named Gravity project) I’m faced with a dilemma here. Alfonso Cuarón’s upcoming sci-fi thriller Gravity (starring Robert Downey, Jr.) will be shot and released in 3D. I don’t really like 3D. So do I see a slick, fresh film print of the movie and suffer the obviously video-based aesthetic, or to I see...
Posted by Jason Stringer on Jun 16th, 2010 | View Comments

Sam Raimi directing OZ: THE GREAT AND POWERFUL, starring Robert Downey Jr.

Where do you go searching for your next project after being axed from the mega-bucks Spider-Man franchise you helped create? Why, you simply follow the yellow brick road. Deadline reports that Sam Raimi has officially signed to direct the project Oz: The Great and Powerful, a prequel to The Wizard of Oz detailing how the man who becomes Wizard wound up in the land of Oz in the first place (also via rogue...
Posted by Robin Hare on Jun 16th, 2010 | View Comments

THE THING prequel gets a release date

Matthijs van Heijningen’s The Thing prequel has been slapped with a 29 April 2011 US release date. If you already forgot, Iron Man 2 opened in that slot this year and did pretty good business. But Iron Man 2 had Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr., and Scarlet Johanssen’s chest going for it. What does The Thing have going for it? Some Aussie bloke called Joel Edgerton, John McLane’s daughter from Die...
Posted by Robin Hare on May 4th, 2010 | View Comments

COWBOYS AND ALIENS assembles an impressive cast

While ol’ shell-head continues to rake in dosh from his big release last week, it’s time to turn our sights onto Jon Favreau’s next project. He’s been attached to Cowboys And Aliens for some time now, and when I first heard about the project I thought “Oh look, here comes a silly little B-movie project about cowboys and aliens that will probably be in 3D,” but now, after a...
Posted by Robin Hare on Apr 29th, 2010 | View Comments

IRON MAN 2 review: no girls allowed

Julie Andrews suggests I start the very beginning (which is apparently a very good place to start), so I’ll do that: Iron Man 2 starts off bad. There’s an awkward opening scene establishing Mickey Rourke’s “Whiplash” character that comes off hideously awkward and unnecessary, which plunges quickly into a vomit-inducingly sexist scene involving various swooping close-ups of...
Posted by Jason Stringer on Mar 31st, 2010 | View Comments

New U.S. IRON MAN 2 poster has dark and moody floating heads

Nothing says ‘the movies’ like a floating heads poster. Coverage for the highly anticipated sequel Iron Man 2 has been in top gear during 2010 as the release date (May 7 in the States, 29 April Down Under) fast approaches. I’ve enjoyed watching the abundance of trailers, teasers, posters and pics spill onto the web and following varied comments and critiques go up in response: mostly, people...
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