For most movie fans, the word “reboot” is synonymous with “lame” and “please dear god let them stop raping my childhood,” and for very good reason. Besides for a small smattering of exceptions, reboots tend to be poorly executed, studio mandated cash grabs, which – according to some – sully the original. And the next original up for some sullying …
There are few things in life I enjoy more than watching some Asian dudes punch each other in the face. No, I’m not some kind malicious xenophobe, I just have quite the love for martial arts movies. And when it comes to punching people – Asian or otherwise – in the face, there are very few people who can do …
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If you happen to suffer from arachnophobia, then I would stay off the internet if I were you. No, people aren’t going to start linkbaiting you into pics of camel spiders again, but rather it seems that now that the webcrawler is officially out of the bag, Sony is wasting no time in ramping up the Amazing Spider-Man 2 marketing campaign. …
Exciting news today, folks. Very exciting. Fan-favourite graphic novels, the Sandman series from Neil Gaiman, have been rumoured to be adapted for the big screen for a long time now but finally some good, concrete news has arrived. It’s been reported that Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who had previously been rumoured to be attached to the project, has been confirmed to be …
Big movies require big sets to film. There’s a ton of places in Hollywood of course, various studio lots in London and the far more economical and ready to be pimped out stages right ehre in Cape Town (Y U NO FILM MORE DREDD SEQUEL HERE?). And then of course, there’s the land of second place rugby winners, Hobbits and …
There wasn’t much on offer at the North American box office this past weekend, but it was quality over quantity. A return to Middle Earth once again headline the festive opening of season, while a certain other cross-dresser made a Christmas return. OH LERD! Last Updated: December 17, 2013
One of the bigger surprises of 2012 had to be 21 Jump Street. Here was a remake that wasn’t only faithful to the original source material, but in many ways, an improvement as well. Jonah Hill was a natural as always, but Channing Tatum stole the show with an otherwise unknown talent for comedy. After making over $200 million at …
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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