Jared who? It’s been less than a week since Marvel officially picked Scott Derrickson to helm their Doctor Strange movie, and actor/part-time rocker Jared Leto was tenuously linked to the eponymous role, but he may already have the type of seriously stiff competition that even negates his cred as a recent Oscar winner. Deadline are reporting that Marvel apparently have a short list …

The roller-coaster ride that was the missing Ant-Man director saga is finally over, and against all odds, it’s actually ended up at pretty decent place. After Marvel essentially chased Edgar Wright, the fan favourite director and the biggest driving force behind an Ant-Man movie for the last 8 years, out of the door due to script rewrite demands, and then having their first choice …

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With Marvel”s crazy looking space opera Guardians of the Galaxy less than two months away, you”re either already hyped up to gills to see a talking raccoon and a humanoid tree smash space stuff or you”re not. I mean, if that epic last trailer didn”t convince you yet that this is the movie for you, then nothing probably will. That doesn”t mean …

Who ya gonna call? Someone else because the city rescinded my license to catch ghosts after they realised that I’d been running a scam with a midget dude dressed as a tokoloshe! If you know me, you’ll know that I’m a massive Ghostbusters fan.. And this year marks the 30th anniversary of that cult classic 1984 movie. Time to celebrate. …

It’s been around 30 years since Mark Hammill last wielded a light saber, save for that one time he visited Springfield in The Simpsons. He’s been busy since then, but the Jedi Grandmaster will be back and swinging for the Force next year in Star Wars Episode VII. So how does the 62 year old look today wielding a more …

Just four new movies hit South African screens today, although it’s pretty easy to guess who the box office winner of the bunch will be. Maleficent: Screening in 2D, 3D and 3D IMAX is this fantasy adventure from Walt Disney Pictures, clearly trying to recapture the success of their other recent live-action fairy tale reimaginings, Oz the Great and Powerful, …

While what writer-director Joss Whedon achieved behind the camera in The Avengers is damn near miraculous, in front of it, there was really only one, undeniable star of that movie – ironically, the one character who up until that point had actually kept drawing the short straw when it came to movies. I am of course talking about the Hulk, who …