Superhero movies are all the rage these days. You can barely shake Nick down for spare change without knocking him into a big shared universe franchise wherein all the capes and spandex folk are hanging out. While the superhero genre has been around for decades, it’s safe to say that such films got a decent jump-start with Blade in 1998, …
I don’t know about you guys, but I need a doctor. No, not a medical doctor (that suspicious rash will just have to wait), but the Doctor. The greatest Time Lord to every grace our TV screens in long-running much beloved sci-fi show Doctor Who. The show’s 8th season – which introduced us to the latest incarnation of the regenerating alien in …
Say what you like about the Daniel Craig era of James Bond, but it’s hard to refute the fact that the last decade has seen and heard some of the best 007 theme songs to date. What started with Chris Cornell’s “You Know My Name” in Casino Royale, continued with an upbeat tempo featuring Jack White and Alicia Key’s “Another …
“Ladies and gentlemen, we have our first Oscar frontrunners… Steve Jobs and Michael Fassbender.” Those aren’t my prognosticating words, but that rather of David Poland, one of the film critics who was in attendance at Telluride Film Festival for the premiere of Steve Jobs, the upcoming biopic starring Fassbender as the controversial late Apple boss, directed by Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, …
[column size=one_half position=first ] Let’s talk the worst movie you have ever seen, as in the best worst. Not some dreary drama or utterly jokeless comedy. No, those films that stand alone for their exceptional brand of ridiculous awfulawesomeness. Last Updated: September 7, 2015
Right now, the box office is in a bit of slump. And that’s because even with a late Labour Day weekend, movies aren’t exactly selling out. Take the debut of The Transporter: Refueled, which came in fifth place with an opening North American haul of just over $7 million. That’s way behind the previous flicks in the series, with the …
Here at Themovies we’ve been steadily increasing our output to keep all our readers in the loop of all things movies. Of course that has meant no time for sleep, no time to eat and a tyrannical Editor who doesn’t understand the concept of Human Rights. So now we are looking for a few writers who are in love with …
Season 3 of Arrow wasn’t exactly the best. Unlike the superb second season, series 3 of the Starling City vigilante drama was one wherein the show managed to continually trip over itself whenever it picked up steam and squandering a genuinely decent antagonist as the Arrow took on the League of Assassins and Ra’s Al Ghul. Still, season 3 did …
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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