If you follow me on social media, you would know that I was quite hyped about the recent news that Syfy have renewed freshmen sci-fi shows Dark Matter and Killjoys. While they’re both great little shows that scratch slightly different sci-fi fanboy itches of mine, I’m not here to tell you why should watch them (that’s for another post in …

Let’s get one thing straight: Aquaman is a badass. The DC Comics Atlantean king is one of the most powerful members of the Justice League and commands a kingdom that literally covers two-thirds of the planet.  And yet, thanks to some poor writing and the lasting memory of one 1970’s cartoon in which he was portrayed as a fool (with …

Some months ago I caught a special screening of Trainspotting, courtesy of Nu Metro and TCM’s short-lived (but awesome) classic movie screenings. It was a fanatical hoot. The audience were clearly divided into two groups: those who had seen this film and those who hadn’t. Last Updated: September 8, 2015

Any movie fan knows by now that there are two measures for a film’s box office success: domestic and everything else. Domestic always referred to the American box office, for good reason. It has dominated earnings and even regions such as Europe could not compare to the amount Americans spend to watch movies. Last Updated: September 8, 2015

Now since I’m just a lowly South African guy who’s used to sweating in the holiday season heat, I’m definitely no expert, but I’m pretty sure that when people talk about having a white Christmas they’re referring to snow and not cocaine. Luckily for our entertainment though, Seth Rogen didn’t get that memo in The Night Before, the upcoming hilarious …

Superhero movies are all the rage these days. You can barely shake Nick down for spare change without knocking him into a big shared universe franchise wherein all the capes and spandex folk are hanging out. While the superhero genre has been around for decades, it’s safe to say that such films got a decent jump-start with Blade in 1998, …

I don’t know about you guys, but I need a doctor. No, not a medical doctor (that suspicious rash will just have to wait), but the Doctor. The greatest Time Lord to every grace our TV screens in long-running much beloved sci-fi show Doctor Who. The show’s 8th season – which introduced us to the latest incarnation of the regenerating alien in …

Say what you like about the Daniel Craig era of James Bond, but it’s hard to refute the fact that the last decade has seen and heard some of the best 007 theme songs to date. What started with Chris Cornell’s “You Know My Name” in Casino Royale, continued with an upbeat tempo featuring Jack White and Alicia Key’s “Another …