Talk Hard – Quickflix – News & Reviews

Hold onto your precious bodily fluids! We’re celebrating the 50th birthday of Stanley Kubrick’s comic masterpiece Dr. Strangelove. We think you’ll find this episode to be of a highly stimulating nature. Show Notes: February 12! February 12! Write it in your diary. Tattoo it on your forehead. That is the date Talk Hard Season 2 […]

Talk Hard is still on hiatus, but if you just can’t do without the show, listen to Simon Miraudo’s recent reviews of Perth International Arts Festival flicks Much Ado About Nothing, 20 Feet from Stardom, Stories We Tell, 12 Years a Slave, and The Past. Show Notes: Much Ado About Nothing and Stories We Tell […]

Pull out the jazz flute and comb your moustaches: we’re chatting to Anchorman 2 director Adam McKay. A review of that long-awaited Will Ferrell comedy follows. It arrives in Australian and New Zealand cinemas December 19, 2013. Show Notes: Well, that was the last episode of Talk Hard for 2013. (Saying that, should another interview […]

We say a little prayer and speak to Father Bob Maguire, rabble-rousing priest and subject of the new documentary In Bob We Trust. It’s now showing in select Australian cinemas. Show Notes: Please subscribe to us on iTunes and leave a review. Or, follow our RSS feed. Remember to send all thoughts, comments, feedback, and general well-wishes to talkhard@quickflix.com.au […]

We hop off the grid to speak with Aussie thesp Eric Bana about conspiracy thriller Closed Circuit, as well as his super-serious reputation in the States, and the late Chopper Read. A review follows. It hits cinemas December 5. Show Notes: Apologies for the audio quality of the interview. If you listen closely, you can […]

Happy birthday to us! Quickflix critics Simon Miraudo, Andrew Williams, Jess Lomas, and Richard Haridy celebrate the tenth anniversary of Quickflix – as well as the 50th episode of Talk Hard - by sharing their favourite films of the past decade. Show Notes: Thanks to everyone who has listened to the past 50 episodes. Sincerely, your company has been […]

Pump up the volume and hear our chat with the directors of Radio Unnameable: Paul Lovelace and Jessica Wolfson. A review of their doco – playing RTRFM’s Gimme Some Truth festival this month, and getting a wider release in 2014 – follows. Turn on, tune in, drop out. Show Notes: Thanks for tuning in! Please subscribe […]

We see if there truly is life after Death by speaking to the directors of music doco A Band Called Death: Mark Covino and Jeff Howlett. It plays the RTRFM Gimme Some Truth festival before receiving a wider release in 2014. Hey ho, let’s go! Show Notes: Thanks again for listening! Please subscribe to us on iTunes and leave […]

Choose life. Choose a job. Choose this podcast. We speak to James McAvoy about his debauched performance in the adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s Filth as well as the upcoming X-Men: Days of Future Past. A review of Filth follows. Show Notes: Thanks for listening in, you filthy, gorgeous people. Apologies for the average quality of […]

Class is in session. We chat to Andrew Adamson, director of Shrek, The Chronicles of Narnia, and now Mr. Pip, which hits Australian cinemas November 7, and is already showing in New Zealand. A review follows. Show Notes: Thanks, as always, for listening in. Please subscribe to us on iTunes and leave a review. Or, follow our RSS […]

Legendary ‘That Guy’ David Morse gets to be ‘The Guy’ in McCanick, a crooked cop thriller also featuring the late Cory Monteith. We spoke to David about his impressive career, as well as his leading role in McCanick, available on Quickflix from October 23. Show Notes: Thanks, as always, for listening in. Please subscribe to […]

Take a left on Intrigue Avenue, go past Enigma Lane, and you’ll arrive at Mystery Road. That’s where we find ourselves this week, asking Aaron Pedersen what it’s like to play a cowboy detective for director Ivan Sen. Mystery Road hits Australian cinemas October 17. Show Notes: Thanks for listening! Please subscribe to us on iTunes and […]

Thanks for Sharing concerns a bunch of sex addicts trying to get by in New York. It’s a tough life for some. We speak to Oscar-nominated writer-director Stuart Blumberg. A review follows. It hits Australian cinemas October 3, and NZ cinemas November 7. Show Notes: Thanks for sharing? Thanks for listening! Please subscribe to us on iTunes and […]

We feel the need. The need … to Rush! (Is that how the quote goes?) We speak to Daniel Brühl, star of Ron Howard’s F1 thriller, Rush. A review follows. Shut up and drive! (Rush arrives in Australian cinemas October 3. It is already screening in New Zealand.) Show Notes: Hey, thanks again for tuning in! […]

Sharknado’s a’coming! We speak to former 90210 star Ian Ziering about his leading role in the awesomely-terrible Sharknado (available to stream now, and on DVD October 9). Our chat is followed by a review. We’re gonna need a bigger podcast. Show Notes: Thanks for listening! Please subscribe to us on iTunes and leave a review. Or, follow […]