Category: Film
All things film.
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The Reel Bits Presents The League – Exclusive Morgan Spurlock Interview
INTERVIEW: David McVay of the Film Actually podcast, representing a dynamic group of bloggers known collectively as The League, had a telephone chat with Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) about his new film POM Wonderful Presents The Greatest Movie Ever Sold.
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Bits Watch: Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Twixt’ Trailer
TRAILER: Last seen in these parts with Tetro at last year’s Melbourne International Film Festival, Francis Ford Coppola’s eagerly anticipated trailer for Twixt has debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it is having its premiere. It’s full of spooky goodness.
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The Beaver
REVIEW: Jodie foster directs and stars in an exploration of depression and puppet fetishes with Hollywood pariah Mel Gibson in The Beaver. Is this a case of art imitating life, or an actor who has hit rock-bottom using his experience to craft a fine performance?
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Melbourne International Film Festival: 31 July 2011
FILM FESTIVAL: An intriguing day of world enders, teenage angst and Japanese post-war cartooning at the 60th Melbourne International Film Festival as we take a look at Eric Khoo’s Tatsumi, Azazel Jacobs Terri and the audience-splitting End of Animal from South Korea.
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Melbourne International Film Festival: 30 July 2011
FILM FESTIVAL: The 60th Melbourne International Film Festival enters its second weekend with a fine selection of films.
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Review: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
REVIEW: The reboot to the series that blew it up and damned us all to hell is here, as director Rupert Wyatt’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes hits cinemas around the world next week. With state-of-the-art special effects from New Zealand’s WETA Digital, this is a achievement unlike any other.
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Marvel teases ‘The Avengers’ teaser trailer
TEASER TEASER: Marvel has released a teaser spot for the teaser trailer to 2012’s The Avengers. Of course, if you have already seen Captain America: The First Avenger in cinemas, and stayed until after the credits, you will have already seen the full teaser.
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Melbourne International Film Festival: 28 July 2011
FILM FESTIVAL: The first week draws to a close at the 60th Melbourne International Film Festival, with a stack of goodies yet to come. We take a look at Lena Dunham’s mumblecore film Tiny Furniture, Sion Sono’s brutal masterpiece Cold Fish and Richard Ayoade’s sublime Submarine.
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Tucker & Dale Vs Evil
REVIEW: Director Eli Craig creates a clever twist on the splatter genre as he turns the tables on the unwitting hillbillies in this wonderful horror comedy starring Tyler Labine and Alan Tudyk as the titular pair of rednecks who are at the centre of a genuine ‘spam in a cabin’ scenario.
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Bits Watch: ‘Battleship’ gets a trailer and poster
TRAILER & POSTER: We were as baffled as everybody else at the announcement of the adaptation of the Milton Bradley board game Battleship into a major motion picture from Peter Berg. Now Universal has released a trailer and poster for the film, and we are as surprised as anybody at the direction it has taken.
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