Despite being told by several people, including my fellows slaves here at The Movies office, that I definitely need to watch Iron Sky, I somehow still haven’t gotten around to it yet. The 2012 Finnish film from director Timo Vuorensola and writers Johanna Sinisalo and Michael Kalesniko, may not had got much love from the critics upon release, but has …
Cry havoc and let slip the orcs of war… finally! After running a production so clandestine that that it makes JJ Abrams and Chris Nolan look like motormouth skinnerbekke, the very, very secretive veil on Duncan “Moon” Jones’ Warcraft adaptation has finally been lifted. Video game publisher Blizzard Entertainment, who developed the games on which the fantasy action-adventure is based, …
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When the road looks rough ahead, and you’re miles and miles from your nice warm stack of cash bed, you just remember what your ol’ pal said because you got a friend in me. Last Updated: November 7, 2014
Saturday morning SABC television in the 1980s was a magical place for young me, with heroes like Automan and Buck Rogers, which also introduced me to my first crush, Colonel Wilma Deering (Erin Grey). But there was a man… a man who was more than a man… a man with an eyebrow cooler than The Rock’s… a man with a …
Gentlemen, it is the end. The end of series 8 of Doctor Who and Peter Capaldi’s first jaunt in the TARDIS. Last week’s Dark Water was a slow episode that built up with a horrifying twist or two as the Cybermen returned, but that wasn’t the biggest surprise of the episode. I won’t spoil that specific moment here, so while …
The word “epic” gets thrown around a lot these days – I’ve personally done my fair share of slinging – and thus it has lost it’s efficacy a tad. But I’ll be damned if this final trailer for the last installment in Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy hasn’t just returned the word to it’s former glory. I was bit pretty tough …
From romance to drama, there’s something for everyone this week, but if you don’t watch Interstellar, Kervyn won’t be your friend any more. Last Updated: November 7, 2014
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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