In just one day, the doors will open on what has become the Mecca of the comic book geek world. And since we love in a topsy turvy world where geeks rule entertainment media, it has also become one of the biggest events on the movie calendar. I am of course speaking of San Diego’s Comic-Con International, which will be …

Yesterday, Nick and I attended Disney’s annual content showcase, where Walt Disney Company South Africa’s country manager Christine Service took us through the House of Mouse’s slate of upcoming movies, TV series and entertainment endeavours, including showing us snippets of previously unseen footage from some of the biggest upcoming films. Yes, that includes The Avengers: Age of Ultron and Ant-Man. Yes, …

There was a time in the 1990’s where heroes on TV had completely immobile mouths but couldn’t talk without moving their hands to punctuate every syllable. A time where these heroes battled men dressed in the most fake looking rubber suits you’ve ever seen and it was still awesome. A time where minority characters were dressed in the colours most …

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The romantic comedy genre has become staler than the sandwiches you can find hidden in the crevices of Darryn’s couch. This is mainly due to the fact that most of them don’t have screenplays as much as they have a list of predetermined story beats and tropes that they have to work their way through. It’s boring, frankly. Which is …

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is probably about as close as we will get to a real life superhero (he even has the super power of revitalizing flagging franchises!), so him becoming a superhero on screen is most definitely just a matter of time. And Johnson himself has admitted to this inevitability several times, most recently saying that he was in …

As the expert Batmanologist (A position that cowardly and superstitious institutions have yet to acknowledge) I know all about getting into and out of  Batsuit. Mostly that it’s more of a struggle than you’d realise, and once you’re sealed in, so are your various bodily fluids for the day. Way back in the day, Michael Keaton had experienced this fact …

Good ol’ time travel! Going the temporal route in a movie never gets old, as it allows for a film to be both tense and intelligent. We saw that a while ago with Looper, which may have reignited some time travel themes in the industry, with several movies following in its wake that took advantage of wibbly wobbly themes. Add …