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Not everyone liked Skyfall, including me. Last Updated: November 14, 2014

I am very confused. Out of all the DC Comics movies on Warner Bros’ recently revealed slate, I would never have pegged Suicide Squad to be getting as much attention and star power as it is. While a staple at the comics publisher for decades, Suicide Squad has never really been A-list. In fact, the whole premise behind it is …

I have to admit I was completely clueless about Fifty Shades of Grey until it was too late. I had heard that it was a popular book among women, and so trying to play the part of a caring son bought it for my mother’s birthday. The way her eyes lit up were the first warning signs I had opened …

Movie to TV adaptions are a rising trend at the moment with movies like Minority Report, Big, Limitless, Hitch and 12 Monkeys, among others, all currently being adapted for the small screen. Frequency, the 2000 sci-fi time hopping thriller starring Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel, is the latest to be adapted. As per THR NBC has issued a script plus penalty …

As far as villains go, the 20th century had plenty of them. But of the few who reached real life comic book proportions, Pablo Escobar may have been one of the biggest. Practically running the small nation of Colombia with a cocaine empire that made Tony Montana look like smally fry in comparison, Escobar was a king. But like all …

Here’s a fun fact: the original Dumb and Dumber came out in 1994. Twenty years ago. Damn, now doesn’t that make you feel old? Dumb and Dumber To Two decades later, Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels have reprised their roles as lovable imbeciles Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne for Dumb and Dumber To, the sequel to Dumb and Dumber from original …

We here at TheMovies.co.za like the small things in life – like scaring people witless. So once again we are hosting an evening where you get to scream like Trevor a girl scout on 2 December at Canal Walk in Cape Town and at the Bedford Center in Johannesburg. As we are not able to be in two places at …