Loki, Iron Monger, the Winter Soldier. These are but just a few of the villains who have been present in Marvel movies so far. But the latest big bad, Ultron, is a whole new level of bad guy. A killer robot who wants to wipe humanity off the map, he’s one of the few antagonists in comics who has actually …
Righto, ladies and gentlemen! It’s time for all the shouts of snubbery to die down, all the screams about how “everything is not awesome” to subside. As in the early hours of this morning (local time), the 87th Annual Academy Awards aka the 2015 Oscars was held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, led by host extraordinaire and …
Welcome to The Extras! A daily dose of all the smaller movie related news, clips and just plain cool stuff that you might have missed! Gore Verbinski’s big budget movies may be hit (Pirates Of The Caribbean 2! Yaaaay!) or miss (Pirates Of The Caribbean 3! Boo!), but when given the chance to make something smaller, he can turn in some …
Ever since the Lord of the Rings trilogy Viggo Mortensen has been a household name. Then he was in Australia, a movie that had most wanting to kick him out the house, down the street and into the local trailer park. So I am curious to see how he does in Jauja, a new movie by Director Lisandro Alonso (Freedom), a movie where he speaks mostly Danish as most …
There’s something gloriously insane about Mad Max and the world he lives in. Hell, being mentally unbalanced is part of his name, as the Road Warrior is forced to survive in a world that has long since kissed sanity goodbye. It’s also the kind of film franchise that is just begging for viewers to toss rational thinking and environmetally sound …
Wait wait, hang on a minute. Kill Me Three Times has Simon Pegg as an incredibly British assassin with a Tom Selleck moustache who runs around with some enormous guns and there’s general murder and chaos and humour and bloody revenge. How have I not heard about this movie before?! Directed by Kriv Stenders (Red Dog, Boxing Day) and produced …
We all know Neill Blomkamp is a talented guy, otherwise the powers that be wouldn’t have trusted him with something as earth-shatteringly important as a new Alien film. That being said, I’m worried about Chappie. It looks damn good in the trailer, don’t get me wrong, but that’s what trailers are designed to do. I think I just still have …
Awards season craziness is almost over! With the release of American Sniper and Whiplash, six of the eight nominees for Best Picture have now come to South African cinema. Unfortunately you’ll still have to wait a bit for The Theory of Everything and The Grand Budapest Hotel – but they will be out in the next month so I’m sure …
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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