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[column size=one_half position=first ] Don’t worry, you don’t need to read subtitles for The Triplets of Belleville, which may be French but is an experience that goes beyond language. Last Updated: December 8, 2014

I may be a resident of Cape Town, but I’ll have you know that I do not own any ironic clothing, prefer my music digital instead of on vinyl, and I don’t cultivate outlandish facial hair or take a ride to Truth Coffee on my Pennyfarthing. Yes, that’s right. I am in fact a non-hipster Capetonian, and contrary to popular …

Nothing really new to report on over the North American box office. It was a quiet weekend, with Mockingjay dominating for the third weekend in a row, despite a 62% drop in revenue earned. The only real new release was The Pyramid, which debuted in ninth place. Despite a low take of just over $1.3 million, this is actually good …

While it’s still to be officially confirmed by Marvel or Netflix, Deadline is reporting that two leads for Netflix’s upcoming street-level hero series have been tapped. Krysten Ritter (Breaking Bad, Don’t Trust The Bitch In Apartment 23) has won out over Teresa Palmer (I Am Number Four) following chemistry reads with… Mike Colter (The Good Wife, Halo: Nightfall). Jessica Jones …

Guys, I’m probably going to be hated on for this, but…I dug Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The film that is. What had the potential to be an unbelievably stupid exercise in Baysplosions and remixed spitting on the source material, actually turned out to be a rather fun film. Sure, it had some completely ludicrous moments, but I was happy with …

After two tours of duty on the USS Enterprise, JJ Abrams dropped one sci-fi universe for another, departing to work on Star Wars: The Force Awakens. That left Star Trek producer/writer Roberto Orci in the captain’s chair, a film that would have been his feature film debut. That’s a risky move for Paramount to make. Perhaps too risky, as Paramount’s …

The Interview is starting to look like a very expensive movie for Sony. The film is believed to have been at the heart of a large hack attack on the studio’s servers, allegedly perpetrated by North Korean hackers to make good on their threat that if the movie is not stopped, it would go to war. Well, they forgot to …