The Hangovers’ Producer,Todd Phillips, is back, this time with another film revolving around the liberal consumption of Alcohol. Recycling several ideas from his previous film apparently, Project X doesn’t stop there, and throws in equal parts Superbad in order to mix the film up a little more. Last Updated: January 20, 2012
Watching the first Judge Dredd movie was akin to having Sylvester Stallone and Rob Schneider scoop out my eyeballs, and then each taking 90 minute long dumps in my bloody eye sockets. If I ran an S&M Club today, I would just loop this film 24/7 on giant screens erected in the establishment. Saves on the latex cost, but just …
This is the one part of my job that I really, really loathe. I hate spoilers. On my personal Hate-Scale, spoilers occupy a spot somewhere between Nazi pedophile lawyers and brussel sprouts drenched in the blood of babies. Unfortunately though, there are people out that crave these things, and so I am obligated to report them. Obviously, if you don’t want to …
Ah space, the final frontier. Humanity has done a lot to the cold, dark void of space already, from landing on the moon to filling the vacuum up with junk, but we’ve never actually made a movie in actual space. British game developer Richard Garriott did just that in 2008 though, making a short film that he called Apogee of Fear which starred him, …
It’s hard nowadays to get anyone to take your documentary seriously. That labour of love, that you spent so many years working on, will sadly struggle to see the light of day, or will most likely result in an OPEC death-squad being sent to your house for that rugged expose you made about the oil industry. The easy way however, …
Ever since watching Tron Legacy, I’ve been eagerly anticipating director Joseph Kosinski’s next project. Legacy was far from perfect, but most of it’s shortcomings were script related, while the direction was spot on. So when I first heard of Oblivion, and read the almost Alastair Reynolds-like sci-fi premise, it definitely intrigued me: In a future where the Earth’s surface has been irradiated beyond recognition, …
Four new releases bring the action, drama and trauma this week to South African cinemas. Machine Gun Preacher: My pick of today’s new movies is this action drama based on a true story. Gerard “This is Sparta” Butler plays Sam Childers, a biker and drug addict turned preacher and relief worker. Childers’s work in Uganda and the Sudan culminates with …
As a married man it’s often hard to find movies that you can watch with the wife and that you’ll both enjoy. Which is why these action / comedy / love stories work so well as you both enjoy the comedy and then I get to watch the love story while the wife enjoys the action sequences.. or the other …
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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