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IMAGINE THAT: THE SECRET STRUGGLE BETWEEN WALTER MITTY AND HOLLYWOOD.
For the peak 2013 Christmas holiday movie-going season, 20th Century Fox has gambled on a new adaptation of James Thurber’s short story, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Having debuted as an article in...
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WAITING FOR GADOT: WHO IS THE NEW WONDER WOMAN?
It has been the role to score amongst Hollywood’s young actress ranks. For the last three decades, it you are a starlet under 30 with a surprise hit or a model with the right dimensions, you were...
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DISMISSING THE BUTLER: THOUGHTS ON THE HFPA SNUB
Lee Daniels’ The Butler emerged as the breakout hit of 2013’s American box office season. A word-of-mouth sleeper that would bank US$116million and featuring a cast strewn with Oscar winners, it was...
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THE 10 BETTER-THAN-EXPECTED MOVIES OF 2013
We have all perused those Best Of… and Worst Of… lists over the years, and in 2013 the web is flooded with them. But what about those movies that fall in between; the films that weren’t quite good...
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THE RISE AND FALL AND RISE OF KEVIN COSTNER
In the mid 1980s, few actors had the career trajectory of Kevin Costner. The Californian native was establishing himself as Hollywood’s latest ‘Golden Boy’; a charismatic, compelling screen presence...
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OBITUARY: TOM SHERAK
Hollywood is mourning the loss of Tom Sherak, the industry executive and philanthropist whose reputation as one of the cutthroat LA industry’s nicest men was beyond reproach. Passing away on Tuesday at...
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REMEMBERING HAROLD RAMIS
Harold Ramis, the Chicago born comic who rose from the legendary stable of Second City performers to become one of his generation’s most iconic comedic figures, passed away on February 24 after a four...
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NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD: INTERNATIONAL STARDOM AND ITS CLOSE CALL WITH WENDY HUGHES
Of the many adoring obituaries that have been published to commemorate the sad passing of cherished actress Wendy Hughes, very few have detailed the troubled project that would be her American film...
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LITTLE WOMEN: IS SHAILENE WOODLEY TOO YOUNG FOR STARDOM?
At 21, Shailene Woodley was carrying a potential tentpole blockbuster. In November 2012, she was deep into production on Divergent (pictured, below) and still hot off her Oscar-nominated performance in...
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AMITABH BACHCHAN AND THE LEGEND OF DEEWAAR
On the eve of iconic Indian superstar Amitabh Bachchan’s appearance at the opening night of the 2014 Indian Film Festival Melbourne (IFFM), SCREEN-SPACE takes a retrospective glance at the late Yash...
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SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL: 'WOW MOMENTS' IN THE 2014 PROGRAM
The SOR crowd at the launch of the 2014 Sydney Film Festival (SFF) program were suitably impressed this years statistics – 183 titles from 47 countries, 15 world premieres and 122 Australian premieres...
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SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL: THE CINEMA OF CINEMA
Festival director Nashen Moodley assumed the role in 2013 and immediately set about expanding the reach and appeal of the Sydney Film Festival programme. But he also knows that the Harbour City...
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REMEMBERING PAUL MAZURSKY
Paul Mazursky carved a unique niche in the contemporary Hollywood landscape. The writer/director, who passed away on June 30 in Los Angeles at the age of 84, was born into a Ukrainian Jewish home in...
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"YOU CAN'T TAKE IT, BILLY!": CRANKY COMICS AND CAUSTIC CRITICS
Life Itself, director Steve James' moving, insightful adaptation of the late Roger Ebert’s memoirs, takes its title from perhaps his most famous quote, “The only thing I love more than movies is life...
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OBITUARY: VIRNA LISI
Virna Lisi, the Italian actress whose career was both enhanced and hindered by her photogenic assets, has passed away in Rome after a brief, determined battle against an unspecified cancer. She was 78....
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IN HINDSIGHT...: MY YEAR IN FILM
Reflecting upon the cinematic year, I recalled not so much the movies I saw (681 in total, with thanks to the awesome Letterboxd site) but the lively discussions, heated debates and vast opinions I...
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THE 10 MOST ANTICIPATED FILMS OF 2015
Just how crowded is the film marketplace in 2015? In compiling this feature, Meet the Filmmakers had to cull the latest from James Bond; new films from Michael Mann, Guillermo del Toro, Robert Zemeckis...
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THE SUNDANCE BUMP: WHICH FILM WILL BE THE 2015 BREAKOUT HIT?
In hindsight, the Sundance Film Festival timed its run very nicely. As a new wave of American independent cinema was emerging, so to was the festival that would become synonymous with the freshest film...
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WILL THE BABADOOK HAUNT ALL COMERS AT THE AUSSIE OSCARS?
Only a few short hours before the red carpet turns a muddy purple under the heels of Sydney’s sodden socialites (it has really rained this week), SCREEN-SPACE takes a last minute stab at who will take...
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THE SCREEN-SPACE TEN: OUR FAVOURITE FILMS OF 2014
At time of writing, several of the big Oscar contenders (Birdman, Foxcatcher, CitizenFour) had yet to roll-out internationally, so watch for those twelve months from now. Which is not to suggest there...
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