Pixar movies don’t just make money, they’re practically a license to print cash. So of course, whenever one comes out, you can usually find a bargain bin DVD or two with a suspiciously similair title and cover to the Disney film, floating around. The next flick from Pixar and Disney, Planes, is a spin-off from Cars that was originally meant …
One thing I love about the Marvel slate of hero films, is that they’ve cast each hero perfectly. You can’t picture Iron Man not being played by Robert Downey Jr, while Tom Hiddleston seems to genuinely relish his role as Loki. Scarlett Johansson also deserves quite a fair bit of praise as the Black Widow, secret SHIELD agent Natasha Romanoff. She’ll be …
If there’s one thing that director Neill Blomkamp knows how to do, it’s give the future a decidedly dirty and sophisticated look. The District 9 director has a new flick out soon by the name of Elysium, and even though Matt Damon is living in a township that makes Khayelitsha look like Sandton, he’s still going to be sporting some …
By now, most of you are more than aware that we’re massive fans of Dredd 3D, the international flick which was shot locally this side. It’s the kind of film that completely mind-wipes the memory of the 1995 Stallone version of the character from your mind. And it may also be the reason why myself and Kervyn have been riding …
Four new films open in South Africa today… although it’s clear in advance who the big winner at the box office will be. Turns out it’s all about who has the biggest adamantium claws. Snikt! Last Updated: July 26, 2013
There’s a moment in McG’s first Charlie’s Angels movie, where Sam Rockwell, who up until this point of the movie had been a twitchy nerd with more perspiration than social skills, transforms himself into a slick, white pants wearing sexgod. And he does it with just a couple of dance moves. That’s the chameleonic skill of Rockwell. We’ve most recently …
There are people who stood 18 hours in the queue to make it into Comic-Con’s Hall H this weekend past, only to have it culminate in nothing more than a line from a 30-year old comic book and a picture of a logo on-screen. And you know what? They loved it! And that’s because a Batman VS Superman movie is …
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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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