[column size=one_half position=first ] How times have changed. Were this film made today, it would have been a huge summer tentpole – a SFX extravaganza with a big budget and big stars. But 1963 was a different time, when special effects were still in their infancy and considered more of a side-attraction than anything that could add substance to a …

It seems that while starring in David O. Russell’s American Hustle, Jeremy Renner developed a taste for portraying real-life individuals with great hair involved in covering up wrong-doings a few decades ago. Only this time, in the upcoming dramatic thriller Kill the Messenger, the hair is on his face instead of his head, and he will be the one blowing the lid …

These days, when a movie hits the big screen, it’s not long before it arrives on Blu-Ray. Or DVD, if you’re still rocking 480p video for some reason. In the case of Captain America: The Winter Soldier however, that wait is going to be a bit longer, as the Cap sequel will be busting Hydra heads on digital streaming services …

Every year, dozens of idealistic people from universities all across the world waste your time and patience by having jam festivals, concerts that are designed to brig attention to world issues and do buggerall but get your clothing smelling like hemp. Even worse, some varsity kids will then go to war-torn countries in order to make an ineffectual difference, having …

Maleficent took the box office with a wicked spell in North America, debuting over the weekend with a strong start of $70 million, easily taking the top spot. It’s the biggest ever debut for an Angelina Jolie movie, kicking the ass of similar fairy tale films such as Snow White and The Huntsman which opened on the same weekend two …

And you thought that Marvel had a hectic weekend last week? In a 48-hour period that saw me change the headline to this article about 5 times, the comic book studio appeared to have cleaned up the mess left behind when fan-favourite visionary director Edgar Wright decided to pull out of his 8-year long passion project, Ant-Man, due to not …

It’s been just a little more than 2 years since comic book geeks around the world promptly lost their minds, while all their non-comic book reading friends were frantically asking who the purple faced man was that had brought about this mass hysteria. That man was of course Thanos, the galactic powerhouse revealed to be behind the alien invasion in The …

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