On 22 July, I was fortunate enough to attend Disney’s Africa Content Showcase with the Kervmister at the Southern Sun Hotel in Cape Town. Upon arrival we were greeted by Deidre King who is Head of Marketing for Disney Africa, and she assured us we were in for a treat, which indeed we were! Each year Disney puts on an Annual Press …

Spider-Man definitely does whatever a spider can, but unfortunately for him one thing a spider can also do is get squashed. Due to last minute script changes in the first film and trying to put the proverbial horse before the cart (and seemingly not having learnt a single lesson from Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3), Sony trumped up The Amazing Spider-Man 2 as …

We’re more than halfway done with the year so far, and what a year it has been. A ton of films have been released so far, but after August, we hit that usual lull where the big name releases wait for the festive season in order to maximise cash potential. That’s not to say that there haven’t been some massive …

Whether you love or hate the direction that Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has taken with Doctor Who, there’s no denying that his version of the rebel Time Lord has been very different from the Russell Davies Doctors portrayed by Christoper Ecclestone and David Tennant. His show has had a darker element, with a mix of fairy tale thrown in …

Batman is generally the best at everything. He just is (even getting into the Avengers!). But if there’s one thing where ol’ Bats really excels at, it’s in having a killer rogues gallery. And quite a few faces – well, slightly younger versions of those faces – featured on that villainous lineup will be showing up in Fox’s Gotham, which follows …

Period-pieces dramas tend to often be brushed off as musty, boring affairs, and period-piece dramas based on old plays even more so. Miss Julie is a period-piece drama based on an old play. It’s also a movie in which a bossy, sexualized Jessica Chastain forces her servant Colin Farrell to kiss her shoe, and later sees Farrell having to pour cold water …

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Manimal! Part man, and part various other animal-based superpowers! Even for a decade that was known for seagull-based hair-styles, piano key neckties and trying to murder the ozone layer, Manimal was still a pretty goofy concept. It’s a show that many of you are most likely unfamiliar with. And this makes it the perfect material for a big screen revival. …