Talk Hard – Quickflix – News & Reviews

Let’s go cruising! In this episode, Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo talks with director Travis Mathews, who collaborated with James Franco on the controversial documentary Interior. Leather Bar. It plays the Revelation Perth International Film Festival. Show Notes: Thanks for listening! Two more Revelation specials coming at you over the next few days. Interior. Leather Bar […]

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a … Snyder! Zack Snyder, that is. We chat to the director of the new Superman flick, Man of Steel. A review of that massive movie follows. This week, call Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo: ‘Sim-El.’ Show Notes: Hey, thanks for listening! You’re great. Please subscribe […]

Red wedding, shmed wedding. This is the Game of Thrones party of the year! Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo is joined by Television Revision king Andrew Williams to discuss Game of Thrones’ gargantuan third season (now available on Quickflix). First, a spoiler-free review, and then, a spoilerific discussion of the show in detail. Show Notes: Thanks for tuning […]

Cue up the Lou Reed! Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo speaks with Australian director Catriona McKenzie about her coming-of-age flick Satellite Boy (because, you know, Lou Reed sang Satellite of Love… never mind). A review of that film, opening in Australian and New Zealand cinemas June 20, follows. Enjoy! Show Notes: Have we ever said ‘cheers’ […]

Something wicked this way comes. Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo speaks to Tommy Wirkola, director of Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, before delivering his review of that new DVD/Blu-ray release. Show Notes: Thanks, as always, for listening! Please subscribe to us on iTunes and leave a review. Or, follow our RSS feed. Remember to send all thoughts, comments, feedback, […]

The testosterone levels go through the roof in this episode, thanks to our guest Ray Winstone. Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo (who, unfortunately, can provide little testosterone of his own) reviews Ray’s new film, The Sweeney, later in the ep. Show Notes: Whoops! I misspoke. In the ep, I say The Sweeney arrives on DVD and […]

“I am the very model of a reluctant fundamentalist…” Is that how that song goes? This week, Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo speaks to Mira Nair, of Monsoon Wedding fame, about her latest feature, The Reluctant Fundamentalist. Show Notes: Apologies for the audio quality this week. A combination of a bad phone line with Mira, and […]

Hear our chat with Christopher McQuarrie, the Oscar winning screenwriter of The Usual Suspects and director of Jack Reacher (out now in Australia on DVD and Blu-ray) as well as the upcoming Mission: Impossible 5. Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo gives his brief thoughts on Tom Cruise’s new vehicle later in the ep. Show Notes: Thanks […]

I am the Lore! (Geddit?) In this episode, Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo speaks with one of Australia’s finest directors, Cate Shortland, about Lore, her follow-up to the AFI-scooping Somersault. Lore is now available on DVD. Show Notes: Thanks for listening! If you like what you hear, please subscribe to us on iTunes or leave us a review. All […]

I heard he sang a good song. I heard he had a style. Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo chats with Ben Mendelsohn about Killing Them Softly before delivering a review. Ben also discusses the aftershocks of Animal Kingdom’s success, and reveals what it was like to play a Batman baddie in The Dark Knight Rises. Show […]

Bad dates. Good interview. Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo chats with John Rhys-Davies; best known as Sallah from the Indiana Jones series and Gimli from Lords of the Rings. An entirely unnecessary review of the classic Raiders of the Lost Ark follows. Wait, why does the floor move? Give me your torch. Asps. Very dangerous. You […]

Listen to our chat with musical comedian Henry Phillips, whose autobiographical comedy Punching the Clown is now available on DVD, and a must see for fans of Sleepwalk With Me and This Is Spinal Tap. Simon Miraudo reviews the film later in the ep. But first, a story. “In ancient times, hundreds of years before […]

Little hand says it’s time to rock and roll! We talk to Xavier Samuel – the star of cult horror favourite The Loved Ones and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse – about his new Aussie surf flick Drift. Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo gives his thoughts on that film later in this episode. Vaya con Dios, brah. […]

“I’m your private dancer…” Sorry, we mean Shadow Dancer! Simon Miraudo speaks with Oscar winning director James Marsh (Man on Wire, Project Nim) about his IRA thriller, now available on DVD. Keep listening to hear Simon’s review. He’ll do what you want him to do. Show Notes: Thanks once again for listening! Please subscribe to […]

Everything’s topsy turvy! The review comes first this week, and it’s of Iron Man 3. After that, an interview with Clark Gregg, who you may know best as Phil Coulson, the SHILED agent from every other Marvel movie, and, most significantly The Avengers. Stick with Simon Miraudo, your playboy, billionaire film critic. Well, one out […]