Movies fail at the Box Office all the time. It’s a fact of life. Now when a Dredd or a Premium Rush makes $10 million short of their budget, it’s… well, it’s bad, but it could certainly be worse. Worse being the really expensive failures, such as most recently John Carter, Battleship, Cloud Atlas and Rise of the Guardians. These movies are supposed to be “tentpoles” …
With just under 3 weeks until its release and we get to see Tom Cruise do his Wall-E with a big gun impersonation, the promo engine for writer-director Joseph Kosinski’s Oblivion has gone into overdrive. So sit back, relax and get ready for a whole lot of futuristic small man syndrome and also some cool beats from a couple of Frenchies. Last …
Yesterday we posted a story about the recently announced Comic Con SA. Now there were certain issues that were really nagging at me, namely the short notice of the event, the lack of details, etc, but I tried to keep it positive, as I’m a super comic book geek who would love nothing more than to have our very own geek …
Like a wise man (who invented the keytar tie) once said “I feel like I’m taking crazy pills here!” See remakes are, by default, not supposed to be good. If they were, we’d have a serious lack of source material for our poor excuses at humour around here. But just like Fede Alvarez’s Evil Dead, Kimberley “Boys Don’t Cry” Pierce’s …
Three films open in South Africa today. And it’s all about the escapism, baby! Last Updated: April 5, 2013
We are unfortunately greeted this morning with rather unfortunate news. Pioneering film critic Roger Ebert, has passed away at age 70. Last Updated: April 5, 2013
Welcome to The Extras! A daily dose of all the smaller movie related news, clips and just plain cool stuff that you might have missed! Last Updated: April 4, 2013
Why is that whenever Darryn leaves, it’s always on a Thursday, thus leaving me with the job of posting about the week’s Homegrown Hottie? Today’s one, courtesy of LWmag is little recycled. I’m not saying she’s made of old plastic and cardboard milk cartons – just that she’s appeared on these pages before. She’s a JHB lass with the same …
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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