Last year NBC brought Constantine to our screens and fans all around the world were excited to see their demon hunting hero get his very own show. Their joy was short-lived however as the show received mixed reviews – with the majority of unfavorable critics leading to the show coming to an end after its first season. This was sad …
After making his critically acclaimed directorial debut with classic submarine movie Das Boot in 1981, Wolfgang Petersen became one of the most highly sought filmmakers in the world. He made the transition from Euro-cinema to Hollywood with ease, first with a couple lesser-known but still well regarded feature films, before becoming Tinsel Town’s go-to guy for big budget blockbusters in …
For a brief while it looked like we’d see two movies set in the Alien universe being released in 2017 – Ridley Scott’s Prometheus sequel, Alien: Paradise Lost, and Neill Blomkamp’s untitled Alien 5 sequel. I’m going with Alien: Re-resurrection: I live, I die, I live again! However last night the South African-born director took to Twitter to inform his …
In the last few years, Robert De Niro has often been accused of sleep-acting his way through horrible movies just to cash a check. Whether Dirty Grandpa (not to be confused with Jackass’ Bad Grandpa) is as bad as some of the stinkers he’s put out recently or whether its actually good is still up for debate right now, but …
It’s (almost) all about Halloween this weekend! We have a surprisingly good meta-adaptation of the famously spooky R.L. Stine book series Goosebumps, a disturbing but beautiful horror love story from Guillermo del Toro, a sadly not-so-scary home invasion thriller, a movie about the dark allure of violent gangsters, and one Russian produced and Afrikaans dubbed animated movie about The Snow …
Move over Ghostbusters. Scooch to the side Road House. Just plain get out of the way 21 Jump Street spinoff. There’s a new female-led big franchise reboot on the way, and it’s turning the reboot-dial up to eleven! The Playlist is reporting that Sandra Bullock is set to lead an all-female reboot of Ocean’s Eleven, the jazzy comedy caper ensemble …
Movie adaptations of comic strips do not come along often. Outside of Garfield it’s hard to find any others – and they are usually taken from very classic strips such as Little Nemo in Slumberland, Smurfs or Dick Tracy. We very nearly had a Popeye adaptation, but that has since sailed out to sea. Last Updated: October 29, 2015
MASSIVE SPOILER WARNING!!! Seriously, turn back now if you haven’t yet seen “Thank you”, the latest episode of The Walking Dead which aired on DSTV this past Monday evening. This was a big one, and you really don’t want to spoil it for yourself! If you have though, then scroll on down past the pic. SPOILER WARNING! SPOILER WARNING! SPOILER …
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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