As much as we love Star Wars: The Force Awakens around these parts, it’s hard to deny that there’s a huge familiarity to it all as several of it’s plot beat seem to copy those found in the Original Trilogy, particularly Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. For the most part, I felt that these homages worked well …
Just as Craig spoke about a few days ago, the movie Awards Season is officially upon us. And as usual, the Big Three got kicked off last night with the 73rd annual Golden Globes Awards (the other two being the BAFTAs and Oscars, of course). The event was held at the Beverly Hilton in Beverley Hills, California and saw British …
Welcome to our Weekly Round-Up for the The Extras! A collection of the 15 most popular movie related clips, posters, pics and just plain cool stuff posted on our Twitter profile and Facebook page using the hashtag #TheMoviesExtras in the last week. Remember, these are only the contributions that received the most likes and views since last Thursday, so if …
Have you seen the last trailer Batman v Superman: Porn of Lustiness*? Well, don’t. Now I’m not in the habit of telling people NOT to read articles I’ve written, but there’s no denying the fact that as cool and explosive as that trailer is, it also contains one massive honking spoiler that would have been one hell of a jaw-dropping …
There was a time 10 years ago when I was a huge M. Night Shyamalan fan. I loved a lot of his earlier work – Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and Signs were all great movies and I even enjoyed The Village, which although had a bland plot twist and some cringe-worthy dialogue, still offered a nice premise and was entertaining. Since …
Just who is the rather angry Stormtrooper who has no time for First Order traitors? His backstory has finally been revealed.
NOTE: This is an opinion piece and does not necessarily reflect the views of the rest of the writers at TheMovies.co.za. I’m not one for awards ceremonies, as I tend to find what critics deem a good movie is not necessarily always the most entertaining (which is the purpose of movies in the first place), so I don’t think it’s …
Everybody has different tastes, and unlike some of my writing colleagues I have honestly never been a fan of westerns, although from time to time one comes along that completely makes me forgot about my dislike for the genre. Jane Got a Gun looks like it might just be one of those. The story goes as follows: Jane Hammond (Natalie …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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