Man, Hollywood sure does enjoy changing movie titles lately. While I still eagerly await The Smurfs 2 to be renamed to ‘A waste of money and time in blue CGI paint’, it looks like Tom Cruise will also be experiencing a title change. The Doug Liman directed sci-fi action flick All You Need is Kill will now be known as …
It’s impossible to not know who Nelson Mandela is. The icon, the hero, the first democratically elected president of this country. Mandela may not have been alone as he worked with numerous other individuals to help end apartheid, but he was most certainly the face of that revolution. With the national saint in hospital, the country is naturally feeling apprehensive …
Generally when I use the words “predator” and “Comic Con” in a sentence, it’s to regale people with the tale about how Darryn got mistaken for a prepubescent girl (easy mistake to make) by a lecherous old man at a cosplay event. Luckily, today’s bit of news is about something other than my colleague’s sex life, as it involves a …
Among film-geek circles, the word “remake” often has the same effect as publicly sharing intimate details of somebody’s mother’s genitalia. But if there’s one (remake, that is, not set of genitals) that I’ve been looking forward to, it’s the Japanese language remake of Clint Eastwood’s classic Oscar winning western, Unforgiven. With that film (and Clint Eastwood’s entire career really) owing so much …
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For some movie trailers, you need cataclysmic visuals and robot burp noises, while others need neon-lit violence and moody beats. Occasionally, they may even resort to that most classic of visual gags: An Englishman’s penis. But sometimes, all you need to for your trailer to notch one in the win column, is just under two minutes of gorgeously realized, stunningly …
In the gory aftermath of The Lone Ranger’s great big misfire at the box office and with critics, Johnny Deep is said to be close to signing off on a double dip of the wackadoodle hatter from Wonderland. Essaying a role that wasn’t at all a stretch for him, he rode the character to a billion dollar payday for Disney …
When you are given your first gun before you were even age 1 – and you took a liking to it immediately – can say a lot about your future career prospects. It will likely involve crime, violence, drugs and a great pair of sideburns. And your friends are likely to be lunatics. The cops as well, so at least …
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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