In the last few years, Robert De Niro has often been accused of sleep-acting his way through horrible movies just to cash a check. Whether Dirty Grandpa (not to be confused with Jackass’ Bad Grandpa) is as bad as some of the stinkers he’s put out recently or whether its actually good is still up for debate right now, but …
It’s (almost) all about Halloween this weekend! We have a surprisingly good meta-adaptation of the famously spooky R.L. Stine book series Goosebumps, a disturbing but beautiful horror love story from Guillermo del Toro, a sadly not-so-scary home invasion thriller, a movie about the dark allure of violent gangsters, and one Russian produced and Afrikaans dubbed animated movie about The Snow …
Move over Ghostbusters. Scooch to the side Road House. Just plain get out of the way 21 Jump Street spinoff. There’s a new female-led big franchise reboot on the way, and it’s turning the reboot-dial up to eleven! The Playlist is reporting that Sandra Bullock is set to lead an all-female reboot of Ocean’s Eleven, the jazzy comedy caper ensemble …
Movie adaptations of comic strips do not come along often. Outside of Garfield it’s hard to find any others – and they are usually taken from very classic strips such as Little Nemo in Slumberland, Smurfs or Dick Tracy. We very nearly had a Popeye adaptation, but that has since sailed out to sea. Last Updated: October 29, 2015
MASSIVE SPOILER WARNING!!! Seriously, turn back now if you haven’t yet seen “Thank you”, the latest episode of The Walking Dead which aired on DSTV this past Monday evening. This was a big one, and you really don’t want to spoil it for yourself! If you have though, then scroll on down past the pic. SPOILER WARNING! SPOILER WARNING! SPOILER …
I kind of feel a bit sad for the The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2. That may sound like a strange thing to say about the highly anticipated final chapter of a box-office record breaking franchise that has been a gigantic critical and commercial success for nearly 4 years now, but it just so happens to be a highly …
From Jared Hess, the director that brought us the cult comedy Napolean Dynamite and the less favorable Nacho Libre, comes a new comedy, Don Verdean. And this one is looking really funny. The story centers around Don Verdean (Sam Rockwell), an a self-proclaimed Biblical archaeologist that is hired by an ambitious small-town pastor (Danny McBride) to find sacred relics in …
HAIL TO THE KING, BABY! This weekend coming, US TV network Starz will finally release Ash vs Evil Dead, the upcoming TV series sequel to Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell’s much beloved trilogy of classic horror/comedy flicks. We’ve already seen how the one-handed Ash’s latest adventure kicks off, but Raimi sat down with ShockTillYouDrop to dish up a whole lot …
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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