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Nicole Kidman To Quit Acting

By Allan Ford | Dec 22, 2008 | Movie News (0) Comment

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Nicole Kidman has revealed that her role in Baz Luhrmann‘s new epic movie “Australia” may be her last, for she is not interested in making films any more.

She told the Telegraph:

“I have to say I’m not that interested in making films any more,” she said. “I know I’m not meant to say that, but that’s where it is for me now. I’m 41 years old and very happy being in Tennessee with my baby and with my husband.

I obviously have creative blood in me and it needs to come out in some way but I just don’t have that burning desire any more.”

She added:

“I’m not saying I’m never going to work again, but I’m at peace with whatever happens, which is a nice place to be at this stage of my life.”

The actress had previously hinted that she might quit acting, however, she admitted that she could never completely rule out a return to Hollywood.

It was her role in “Dead Calm” that proved to be her breakthrough role but it was her roles in “Moulin Rouge” and “The Hours” that brought her critical and commerical success, she recievved a Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Virginia Wolf in The Hours. Continue Reading…

“Australia” Reviews

By Fiona | Nov 20, 2008 | Movie Reviews, Red Carpet (8) Comment

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Some early reviews have criticised the length of the “Australia.” At the media conference, Baz Luhrmann said he didn’t expect everyone to like it but was hoping it would become a classic.

“It is between the film and the audience,” he said of the reviews at the press conference, describing the film as an epic in the style of ‘Out of Africa’ or ‘Gone with the Wind.’ I wanted to make a film that everyone could go and see.”

Nicole Kidman said the film’s release should be reason for the whole country to celebrate: “This is a celebration for me and hopefully for this country, she said, It’s not meant to be the second coming, but it is meant to be let’s have fun and enjoy it.”

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“Australia” First Review

By Fiona | Nov 18, 2008 | Movie Reviews (0) Comment

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Australian site Watoday has the first review of highly awaited Baz Luhrmann‘s epic adventure “Australia” which stars Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman.

“…The anxiously anticipated Australia is not a bad film. But it’s far from a great one, and certainly not one destined to be a classic.

That’s not to say it won’t be popular, possibly wildly so. The film has broad appeal, particularly to the chick-flick market, with its sweeping, overlong melodramatic saga about cattle drives, the stolen generations, the bombing of Darwin and Hugh Jackman’s abs. The story involves a prissy English woman (Nicole Kidman) who, with the help of a stockman known enigmatically as “The Drover” (Jackman), tries saving her troubled cattle station from a greedy cattleman (Bryan Brown) and his evil relative (David Wenham).

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Australia, Seven Pounds, Soul Men, Gran Torino Posters

By Fiona | Nov 8, 2008 | Movie Posters (0) Comment

Check out some new posters for Baz Luhrmann‘s “Australia” starring Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman (November 26, 2008), Will Smith‘s “Seven Pounds” (December 19, 2008), “Soul Men” and Clint Eastwood‘s “Gran Torino.”

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“Australia” International Trailer No3 And Poster

By Fiona | Nov 3, 2008 | Movie Posters, Movie Trailers (3) Comment

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The third internationa trailer for “Australia” directed by Baz Luhrmann stars Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, along with a supporting cast Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson, David Wenham, Barry Otto, Bill Hunter and John Jarrett has been released.

”Baz Luhrmann’s film is set in northern Australia prior to World War II and centers on an English aristocrat (Kidman) who inherits a cattle station the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn stock-man (Jackman) to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the country’s most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier.”

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“Australia” New International Trailer

By Fiona | Oct 23, 2008 | Movie News, Movie Trailers (2) Comment

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A new international trailer for the upcoming “Australia” directed by Baz Luhrmann, starring Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman, has appeared online.

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“Australia” Poster

By Fiona | Oct 11, 2008 | Movie Posters (0) Comment

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Check out the poster for Baz Luhrmann’s “Australia“, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman along with a supporting cast Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson, David Wenham, Barry Otto, Bill Hunter and John Jarrett.

“Australia” hits the theaters on November 26, 2008.

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First “Australia” Reader Review

By Allan Ford | Oct 7, 2008 | Movie Reviews (0) Comment

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First reader review for Baz Luhrmann’s ‘action-adventure epic, “Australia“:

Well that was interesting; I just had a rather unusual and incredibly cool screening experience here in lovely Aliso Viejo getting to see a pre-release cut of Australia by Baz Luhrmann. Unusual in that the guy handing out the invite had no idea what the film was. And cool in that I will go see this AGAIN when it’s playing for real.

This isn’t the movie you might expect from Baz Luhrmann. It isnt Moulin Rouge and certainly isn’t Romeo and Juliet, instead it’s (at least to me) an epic, dramatic story of love set against a visually stunning backdrop with a surprisingly strong performance from Kidman and a refreshing change of pace performance from Jackman. That’s quite a mouthful and fitting because this movie is quite a mouthful, actually a stomach full that I’m sure will take me a couple days to fully digest…and it’s GREAT!!

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“Australia” TV Spot

By Fiona | Sep 29, 2008 | Movie Trailers (0) Comment

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Take a look at TV Spot for Baz Luhrmann’s “Australia“, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman along with a supporting cast Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson, David Wenham, Barry Otto, Bill Hunter and John Jarrett.

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