Four new movies open in South Africa today, and for the most part they focus on powerful interpersonal bonds… with a touch of escapist flavour. Cloud Atlas: The pick of the new releases is definitely this ambitious sci-fi epic and novel adaptation – helmed by The Matrix’s Wachowskis, and Tom Tykwer. Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent and Hugo Weaving …

It’s been four months since audiences worldwide got a chance to not go see the GI Joe sequel. Retaliation was delayed at the final hour, being moved back nine months so that director John Chu could shoot some extra Channing Tatum in order to take advantage of his sudden popularity, as well as some other new footage, which would then …

Congratulations Marc Webb and all the guys over at Sony. Just when I thought this week couldn’t get any more… shocking, shall we say, you guys go and pull this one. Nice. Late last night, news broke that Django Unchained star Jamie Foxx will play the lead villain in the upcoming The Amazing Spider-Man 2. As to exactly which villain he’s …

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As if there was ever a chance of today’s theme being anything other than Star Wars! So with talk of a new trilogy currently sending the geekisphere into pandemonium, lets have a look back at the previous 6 films to see their finest moments. Yes, I said 6 films, because no matter how many times you tell yourself otherwise, not …

If there’s one thing that we don’t give enough props to over here, it’s props. Those items and weapons, background images and extra macguffins, those are just a part of the process that makes movies great. Time to change that then, with a look at the very foul book that is responsible for all the chaos and tree molestation present in the …

Believe it or not, there was indeed a fifth member of the rock band that took the world by storm in the 1960s, the Beatles. And no, we’re not talking about Stuart Sutcliffe, he doesn’t count. I’m talking about the man that managed the band instead, Brian Epstein. Without his guidance and behind the scenes skills, its safe to say …

I really enjoyed Despicable Me when it came out, and evidently so did the rest of the world, making a sequel an inevitability. The film was funny, quirky, warm and well casted, but you’d have to be soulless to have not loved the little yellow minions that ran around in the background. And while Gru and his adopted family are …