Talk Hard – Quickflix – News & Reviews

Here we go! In the final Talk Hard episode of the year, critic Simon Miraudo shares his Top 10 Films of 2014, as well as 25 runners up. Enjoy this clip show featuring highlights from the year’s finest flicks!   Show Notes: Thanks for listening all year long! Tell your friends to subscribe to Talk Hard on iTunes and feel free to leave a review. Or, follow our RSS feed. You can shoot us a line at talkhard@quickflix.com.au. Find me on Twitter here: @simonmiraudo. Thanks to Blue Ducks for our theme, “Four, Floss, Five, Six.” You can find more of their music at www.recordsonribs.com

Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo reviews Angelina Jolie’s latest directorial effort, Unbroken, before chatting to one of its stars, Miyavi. Unbroken arrives in cinemas January 15, 2015.   Show Notes: Thanks for tuning in! Tell your friends to subscribe to Talk Hard on iTunes and feel free to leave a review. Or, follow our RSS feed. You can shoot us a line at talkhard@quickflix.com.au. Find me on Twitter here: @simonmiraudo. Thanks to Blue Ducks for our theme, “Four, Floss, Five, Six.” You can find more of their music at www.recordsonribs.com

Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo looks at the lives of two musical icons – Nas and Elliott Smith – in new docos Time Is Illmatic and Heaven Adores You, both playing the RTRFM Gimme Some Truth Music Documentary Festival.   Show Notes: Thanks for listening! The RTRFM Gimme Some Truth Music Documentary Festival kicks off in Perth this weekend. Tell your friends to subscribe to Talk Hard on iTunes and feel free to leave a review. Or, follow our RSS feed. You can shoot us a line at talkhard@quickflix.com.au. Find me on Twitter here: @simonmiraudo. Thanks to Blue Ducks for our theme, “Four, Floss, Five, Six.” You can find […]

If you want to win the lottery, you have to make the money to buy a ticket, and if you want to hear our chat with Dan Gilroy, director of Nightcrawler, you have to listen to the latest Talk Hard. Nightcrawler arrives in Australian cinemas November 27.   Show Notes: Thanks for listening! Apologies for the average quality of our phone line during the interview portion. Here’s a link to my review of Nightcrawler. Tell your friends to subscribe to Talk Hard on iTunes and feel free to leave a review. Or, follow our RSS feed. You can shoot us a line at talkhard@quickflix.com.au. Find me on […]

Inspect this. Simon Miraudo chats to Hugo Weaving about the Aussie drug-smuggling black comedy The Mule, also starring Angus Sampson and John Noble. A review follows. Now… cough.   Show Notes: Thanks for tuning in! The Mule will be available on Quickflix from December 3. Tell your friends to subscribe to Talk Hard on iTunes and feel free to leave a review. Or, follow our RSS feed. You can shoot us a line at talkhard@quickflix.com.au. Find me on Twitter here: @simonmiraudo. Thanks to Blue Ducks for our theme, “Four, Floss, Five, Six.” You can find more of their music at www.recordsonribs.com

Simon Miraudo chats with James Napier Robertson, the director of New Zealand’s hit drama The Dark Horse. Then, a review of Locke, in which Tom Hardy gets in a car and doesn’t get out for the entire running time. Checkmate.   Show Notes: Thanks for listening! Tell your friends to subscribe to Talk Hard on iTunes and feel free to leave a review. Or, follow our RSS feed. You can shoot us a line at talkhard@quickflix.com.au. Find me on Twitter here: @simonmiraudo. Thanks to Blue Ducks for our theme, “Four, Floss, Five, Six.” You can find more of their music at www.recordsonribs.com

Your long national nightmare is over! Our hiatus comes to an end and critic Simon Miraudo returns with reviews of 22 Jump Street, now on DVD and available to stream, and Two Days One Night, in select Australian cinemas this week.   Show Notes: Apologies for the (too long) delay! I was away from work – getting married – but am now back and accumulating interviews for upcoming episodes. Stay tuned. Tell your friends to subscribe to Talk Hard on iTunes and feel free to leave a review. Or, follow our RSS feed. You can shoot us a line at talkhard@quickflix.com.au. Find me on Twitter here: @simonmiraudo. […]

Morningside 4 life! Simon Miraudo chats to Elizabeth Mitchell, creator of hit New Zealand comedy Bro’Town, now available to stream on Quickflix.   Show Notes: Thanks for listening! Tell your friends to subscribe to Talk Hard on iTunes and feel free to leave a review. Or, follow our RSS feed. You can shoot us a line at talkhard@quickflix.com.au. Find me on Twitter here: @simonmiraudo. Thanks to Blue Ducks for our theme, “Four, Floss, Five, Six.” You can find more of their music at www.recordsonribs.com

Michael Bay’s cohorts at Platinum Dunes, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller, join Simon Miraudo to discuss making Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (and dealing with fan backlash). A review follows. Also reviewed: Nicolas Cage’s Joe!   Show Notes: Thanks for tuning in! Tell your friends to subscribe to Talk Hard on iTunes and feel free to leave a review. Or, follow our RSS feed. You can shoot us a line at talkhard@quickflix.com.au. Find me on Twitter here: @simonmiraudo. Thanks to Blue Ducks for our theme, “Four, Floss, Five, Six.” You can find more of their work at www.recordsonribs.com

Quickflix critic Simon Miraudo goes round the twist with Michael Spierig, one half of the directorial duo behind Australia’s latest time-travel thriller, Predestination, in cinemas now. A review follows.   Show Notes: Thanks for tuning in! Tell your friends to subscribe to Talk Hard on iTunes and feel free to leave a review. Or, follow our RSS feed. You can shoot us a line at talkhard@quickflix.com.au. Find me on Twitter here: @simonmiraudo. Thanks to Blue Ducks for our theme, “Four, Floss, Five, Six.” You can find more of their work at www.recordsonribs.com