When you think of the Oscars, you usually think about movies that have dramatic performances embedded in them, movies that are less style and more substance. But in 2001, the Academy Awards actually voted for a movie that contained great acting as well as great fighting in Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. It was unheard of then for a …
It’s a super weekend at the South African box office. Four new movies open today and apparently you’re in for a treat with every single one of them. Watch away! Argo: Currently up for seven Academy Awards (including Best Picture), the multi-award winning Argo mixes thrills and comedy to tell an amazing true story. Ben Affleck – who also directs …
Move over Joss Whedon, we have a new Supreme Geek Overlord. Apparently one major fan-favourite film franchise isn’t enough for JJ Abrams; he wants all the Star‘s, Trek and Wars. According to The Wrap, despite Abrams’ very own protests to the contrary last year, the popular writer/director/producer has landed what is possibly the most sought after, yet also pants-wettinngly terrifying …
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Have you ever come out of a movie and thought to yourself, “Gee whizz, I wish that movie starring Mark Wahlberg as a porn star was a TV show!”? Well I can’t help you with that, I’m afraid. What I can do however, is point you in the direction of several other TV shows that jumped from the big screen …
What, another Robin Hood film? C’mon man, I’ve seen enough peasant villages being put to the torch in the beginning of these films to last me a lifetime! Nope, it’s not that kind of Robon Hood film that is on the horizon. Instead, we’ve got a biopic coming up about arguably the most iconic man to ever slip a pair …
In case you missed it, yesterday saw the release of the debut trailer for the real Die Hard 5. Oops, I meant Antoine “Training Day“Fuqua’s “terrorists take over the White House” action flick, Olympus Down. And if badass heroes and big explosions make you happy, then it looks like this film will have you grinning ear to blown off ear. …
Someone pick up the phone, because I so totally called this film when the federation of brightly clad bodyslammers, the WWE, picked up the rights to make a new Leprechaun film. While Warwick Davis isn’t attached to star in the latest piece of anti-Irish advertising, diminutive sports entertainer Dylan “Hornswoggle” Postl will be handling the role of running around and screaming …
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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