Review: Australia
Director: Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge!, Romeo + Juliet) Writer: Baz Luhrmann, Stuart Beattie, Ronald Harwood and Richard Flanagan Producers: Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Knapman, G. Mac Brown Starring: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Jack Thompson, Bryan Brown MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running time: 165 min As the credits rolled for Baz Luhrmann’s Australia, I struggled to remember whether I’d actually read an [...]

Second trailer from Australia
A second full trailer for Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming epic film Australia has debuted yesterday. Fox is releasing the movie, starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Jack Thompson, Bryan Brown and

Baz Luhrmann Talks "Australia"
“Australia” is in theaters right now, and I’ll be seeing and reviewing it in the next day or so. Until then, here’s director Baz Luhrmann talking the movie up with AMC’s Jacob Soboroff.

Our Third Annual Thanksgiving Movie Guide is Here!
Every year, Hollywood releases a handful of movies on Thanksgiving week. Whether they're movies to take the whole family to or just pure entertainment, there's always a wide variety to choose from. To help tackle this year's line-up, our writer Marco Cerritos has put together a Thanksgiving Movie Guide. He made sure to see every last movie playing in theaters this week, even the bad ones, in order to provide you with a cinematic compass of sorts. If you're struggling to figure out what to see this weekend,

‘Australia’ Delayed
The film was originally set for release on November 14th, but now they’re moving it to November 26th, five days after Harry Potter would have debuted on the 21st, had it not been moved. Without the Potter juggernaut to steal your cash, Australia doesn’t have to worry about trying to get its share before Potter hits theaters. It’ll be easier fending off Bolt and Twilight, which are now opening on the 21st instead.  Makes sense, Potter is such a huge movie, all the others need to scoop up the

New 'Australia' Trailer: A Romantic Adventure with Wolverine and The Others
If Crocodile Dundee II were a big-budget Lifetime Original Movie based loosely on Pearl Harbor, this is what it would look like. Except this is directed by Moulin Rouge's Baz Luhrmann, stars Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman, and will surely be nominated for several Oscars, whereas the Lifetime version would be called Danielle Steel's Down Under, and would be watched by only sad housewives. It looks pretty good if you're into that whole sweeping, epic romance sort of thing (no one is judging you): Co

FSR's Weekly Report Card for 11.26.08
AUSTRALIA Studio: 20th Century Fox Rated: PG-13 for some violence, a scene of sensuality, and brief strong language. Starring: Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, David Wenham, Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson, David Gulpilil, David Ngoombujarra, and Brandon Walters Directed by: Baz Luhrmann What it's about...Full Article @ FilmSchoolRejects.com Topics: Hugh JackmanNicole Kidman I like this story Share

FSR’s Weekly Report Card for 11.26.08
AUSTRALIA Studio: 20th Century Fox Rated: PG-13 for some violence, a scene of sensuality, and brief strong language. Starring: Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, David Wenham, Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson, David Gulpilil, David Ngoombujarra, and Brandon Walters Directed by: Baz Luhrmann What it’s about: A lot of things... A cattle drive across Australia. A romance between ...

Australia Poster
Latino Review uncovered a new poster for Baz Luhrmann's Australia. "Australia" is an epic and romantic action adventure, set in that country on the explosive brink of World War II. In it, an English aristocrat (Nicole Kidman) travels to the faraway continent, where she meets a rough-hewn local (Hugh Jackman) and reluctantly agrees to join forces with him to save…

New Australia Posters and Photos
20th Century Fox has provided ComingSoon.net with three new posters and more photos from the Baz Luhrmann-directed epic Australia, opening in theaters on November 14 and starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Jack Thompson and Bryan Brown. In the romantic action adventure, set during the explosive brink of World War II, an English aristocrat (Kidman) travels to the faraway continent, where she meets a rough-hewn local (Jackman) and reluctantly agrees to join forces with him to save the land

Nuova locandina per Australia
Dopo lo spettacolare trailer, ecco una nuova locandina di Australia, il nuovo kolossal di Baz Luhrmann con Nicole Kidman e...

'Australia'
"Australia" is a double feature all by itself, a film that comes with its own built-in sequel. At 2 hours, 35 minutes, it has room for both a cattle drive movie and a war movie, with a romantic drama thrown into the mix to tie both parts together. With a story this expansive, it's no wonder they named it after a continent. ¶ Yes, this is filmmaking in the old-fashioned epic style but only up to a point. When director and co-writer Baz Luhrmann says, "This film's DNA comes from the same stock as 'Gone W

Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Australia’ With Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman Gets Lost in Own Cinematic Outback
CHICAGO– Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman and newcomer Brandon Walters star in Baz Luhrmann’s “Australia”: a sweeping, grand epic in the tradition of “Gone With the Wind” that gets away from its talented director, the writers he worked with and the team he hired to film his passion project.Luhrmann and co-writers Stuart Beattie, Ronald Harwood and Richard Flanagan take an everything-and-the-kitchen-sink approach to adding elements of classic romance, historical epic, cultural statement and war movie

Hugh Jackman unsure about his future with “X-Men.”
Hugh, who has already starred in three of the comic book adaptations, will be seen reprising his role as the superhero in the forthcoming picture which is due to hit the big screen in May. He says that if the prequel fails to match the success of the previous X-Men films, he will quit the franchise altogether. He says, “If it’s clear to us on May second or third that that’s gone, then I’ll walk away happily. I’m not going to flog something - or flog a dead horse, or try and make movi

New ‘Australia’ trailer
I’ve been hearing some good things about Hugh Jackman’s performance all along, but for some reason, he’s never cracked my Best Actor chart.  It’s a crowded field, but anyway, this is a great trailer.  I’m a Baz supporter through and through, and I’ve been told this isn’t the straight-up epic it appears to be from the materials released so far.  It isn’t Baz restraining his vision for the sake of a style of film he hasn’t tackled yet; it is very much a

New Trailer for ‘Australia’
The newest trailer courtesy of MovieWeb. Another masterpiece from Baz has Oscar written all over it. Kidman and Jackman were made for this type of epic movie. If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Tagged under | australia, Baz Luhrmann, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman Leave a Reply Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website

Be Still My Heart -- New 'Australia' Trailer!
The release date of Australia is a mere month away, yet there's been little in the way of promotion for it. A few posters, a new release date, a few interviews with Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman -- that's it. While this could spell a lack of confidence, I think it's largely due to the fact that Baz Luhrmann was still tinkering with the film as of August. But at last, there is a new trailer, courtesy of MSN, but sans embed code. It's an odd trailer. It starts off in a style that's quite contemporary, both

TECH SUPPORT: Best Costume Design — Volume I
The Academy Award for Best Costume Design recognizes, shock of shocks, the clothes and accessories worn by actors in a film.  Clothing can add to the story and express the nature and situation of the characters who wear them. If a single word could be used to describe this category, it would be “period.”  31 of the 40 nominees here this decade were period pieces.  This is not altogether surprising.  Period clothes automatically draw attention by not being the sort of fashion we see every d

TECH SUPPORT: Best Sound Mixing — Volume I
Those words from Al Jolson forever changed filmmaking in 1927, ushering in “talkies” and bringing about the beginning of the end of the silent film era. The Academy Award for sound mixing recognizes the artists who fashion a film’s audio side.  It must be distinguished from Best Sound Editing, which is the integration of artificially created sound effects into the mix.  Mixing is the blending of those effects, along with dialogue, music and any other noise captured during filming.  The Oscar a

Opening November 26: 'Australia'
Set against the scenic backdrop of pre-World War II Australia, Baz Luhrmann's romantic period adventure stars Nicole Kidman as an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch, and Hugh Jackman as... Continue Summary Pictures / Videos / More

Video: First "Australia" trailer
20th Century Fox has finally released the first theatrical trailer for Baz Luhrmann's upcoming epic, Australia. The film stars Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Jack Thompson and Bryan Brown. A romantic action-adventure set in northern Australia prior to World War II, Australia centers on an English aristocrat (Kidman) who inherits a ranch the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle driver (Jackman) to drive 2000 h

Baz Luhrmann Wants To Give The Future A Makeover [Exclusive]
newVideoPlayer("/baz_io9.flv", 506, 423,""); Moulin Rouge director Baz Luhrmann is tinkering with the idea of filming a classic futuristic tale, he told io9. We caught up with Baz at his Australia premiere, and he admitted he'd thought about switching from movies set in the past to creating stories set in the future. Baz thinks the future has gotten a bit old-fashioned, but he's got some ideas for spicing it up.Baz, you've done two movies now looking back on the past do you think that we'll ever see a new

Pass the Stuffing: Baz Luhrmann’s Australia Is One Titanic Turkey
Australia Running time 165 minutes Written by Stuart Beattie, Ronald Harwood, Richard Flanagan and Baz Luhrmann Directed by Baz Luhrmann Starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Brandon Walters, Bryan Brown, David Wenham As year-end movies go, I had high hopes for Australia. I really wanted to like this one. In a jaded epoch of pretentiousness and cookie-cutter déjà vu, a humongous, sprawling, romantic, action-packed epic (bring ’em on!) about earth’s last untamed frontier, starring Nicole Kidman and Hu

New stills from Baz Luhrmann's "Australia"
Some gorgeous stills from "Australia", starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham and Bryan Brown, directed by Baz Luhrmann. Due out November 2008. Follow the link for more, at the official site.

MOVIE REVIEW: Australia
One who is allergic to the ordinary is OK in my books. Director Baz Luhrmann, who dazzled audiences with unexplored visuals in Moulin Rouge!, continues his streak with Australia, a big budget love film that has become archaistic these days. Big epics and costly productions for the adult crowd seem to have gone obsolete in recent years. All of that is about to change as Australia channels films like Gone with the Wind, Casablanca and African Queen.” Look at Luhrmann’s work, don’t see it.