Posts Tagged ‘Hugh Jackman’
Australia (2008)
Written by James on December 18, 2008 – 10:31 pm -
Nothing wizard here
Always a worrying sign, when a studio places an embargo on critics at the world’s first screening of a film – the inevitable question is: ‘So, does 20th Century Fox know something really bad that we don’t?’
Tags: Australia (2008), Baz Luhrmann, Brandon Walters, Gone With the Wind (1939), Hugh Jackman, Michael Bay, Moulin Rouge (2001), Nicole Kidman, Pearl Harbor (2001), Richard Flanagan, Romeo and Juliet (1996), Ronald Harwood, Strictly Ballroom (1992), Strictly Come Dancing, Stuart Beattie, The Wizard of Oz (1939), Victor Fleming
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The Prestige (2006)
Written by James on June 1, 2008 – 10:38 am -
Magic circle
Don’t you just love movies that play games? Joseph L Mankiewicz’s Sleuth (1972) obviously springs to mind, as does the more recent Memento (2002), directed by the same wunderkind, Christopher Nolan, who here takes us on a playful but dark journey into the disappearances and deception of turn-of-the-20th century magicians.
Tags: christian bale, Christopher Nolan, David Bowie, film, Hugh Jackman, Michael Caine, movie, Nikolas Tesla, Piper Perabo, review, The Prestige (2006), undefined
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