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Ben and Bane consider their anonymity in The Dark Knight Rises trailer.

Ben Mendelsohn Pops Up In The Dark Knight Rises Trailer

May 2, 2012 By Andrew Tijs

The Dark Knight Rises. Nolan, Bale, Caine, Freeman, Gordon-Levitt, Hathaway, Neeson, Oldman, Hardy… Mendelsohn? Looks like it.

Nostalgia Triumphs At The Oscars

February 28, 2012 By Andrew Tijs

Movies about the redemptive power of movies win all the movie awards. Not to get nostalgic, but this year’s Academy Awards could’ve learnt a lesson from Woody Allen.

Review: POM Wonderful Presents the Greatest Movie Ever Sold

February 8, 2012 By Andrew Tijs

Morgan Spurlock sells out so we don’t have to in this meta-doc about Hollywood branding, product placement and endorsement. And the DVD finally completes the story.

The gang in their car, chauffeured by '80s Robot.

Review: The Muppets

January 16, 2012 By Mel Campbell

Lovingly revived by Jason Segel and members of Flight of the Conchords, Jim Henson’s beloved vaudevillians make a triumphant big-screen return.

It's rare that a casting call requires maximum hideousness. But lead actor Laurence R. Harvey seems happy enough.

Human Centipede 2 Gets Essentially Banned In Oz

November 29, 2011 By Andrew Tijs

The OFLC has refused classification to the sequel to gross-out landmark The Human Centipede. Tom Six isn’t happy. But he’s determined to make the finale to the trilogy will be even more revolting.

Just hanging out, practising their Israeli accents.

The Promised Accent: Hollywood’s Israeli Impressions

November 15, 2011 By Mel Campbell

Crackpots like to say the Jews run Hollywood… but decent onscreen Israeli accents are hard to find. As Mossad drama The Debt hits cinemas, we examine some of the best… and the worst.

Review: Drive

November 7, 2011 By Andrew Tijs

Excise the ’80s gags, leaving Ryan Gosling’s silent but deadly stunt driver character and the excruciating tension, and Drive becomes a cult smash in the making.