In a role written especially for the South African actor, Tony Kgoroge, along with Timbuktu star Ibrahim Ahmed, shared the Best Actor award at the Durban International Film Festival. “The best actor award is shared between an actor who is established and commanding and a newcomer who is unforgettable. Both give soulful and compelling performances and are enviable collaborators with the filmmakers they …

Straight off the bat (not that kind of bat – wrong franchise!) I have to apologize for that misleading headline. “Ra’s Al Ghul” literally means “Demon’s Head”, which makes for a snappy byline about how the next season of CW’s popular superhero TV series Arrow will see the famous comic-book villain making his live-action small screen debut (having been previously played on …

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It’s been a while since I was really able to sink my teeth into a science fiction series and with recent trends, I thought I may still have to wait a while. Everyone seems to want boobs, swearing, gratuitous violence and more boobs. Of course there are shows like Continuum, but even with all its great sci-fi gadgets it’s still set on …

Despite several challengers to the throne, when it comes to YA adaptations, there’s really only one big elephant in the room. Only this elephant is rather good looking and pretty mean with a hunting bow. It’s also about to start it’s madcap dash on the final straight.  And now, before my horribly mixed metaphors have you thinking about a sexy, …

I don’t know if you noticed, but this year’s San Diego Comic-Con was not as impressive on the movie front as last year’s showing. Sure there was some cool footage, impressive trailers and even some wonderful character reveals, but there were no real big movie announcements from the major studios. Except for Legendary, that is – they definitely had a …

We’ve come a long way with movie makeup and special effects, and we’ve finally reached the pinnacle of the art form with The November Man, a movie claiming to star Pierce Brosnan, but which anybody can see is just Liam Neeson made to look like Pierce Brosnan. Or is that Kevin Costner? Maybe Denzel Washington?! I really can’t keep track …

Luc Besson must be one hell of a happy man. Lucy conquered this past weekend’s box office with $44 million in earnings – that is  the strongest opening for a film he directed – well surpassing even The Fifth Element – and the second best opening if you include his productions. So Lucy is due to be the talk of …