If there’s anything that greases the wheels of the movie making machine, it’s rumour. It seems not a day goes by without some wild, crazy claim being made about a popular movie. Hell, just the other day I read that Stan Lee is going to be doing a cameo in The Dark Knight Rises. See what I mean? Absurd. But …

Remember the year 1984? I don’t because I hadn’t popped into existence yet, but for a lot of people, it was the year that proved George Orwell wrong, as the world had not become an oppressive dictatorship yet. Unless you lived on the eastern side of Germany, but that’s besides the point. While I set a personal record of two …

I’m pretty sure that the Avengers marketing machine wears ripped purple pants because there’s just no stopping this behemoth. It seems like every few days something new gets thrown our way, although not always with the best results I might add. And with just a month to go before Marvel and Joss Whedon get to stream raw, undiluted awesomeness straight into …

While you can call Michael Bay many things (Military vehicle fetishist, explosion aficionado, model-turned-actress uplifter, dapper sunglasses wearer), “subtle” is probably not one of them. So it comes as no surprise that when the director responds to the public outcry from fans about his proposed idea to reboot the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as aliens, he doesn’t take the most diplomatic …

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A few years back, Oren “steady on the camera” Peli hit it big with Paranormal Activity, a small film that made big waves in the industry with his unique take on the horror genre. And now he’s back, with a much slicker, shakier-camera styled film, that takes viewers inside the abandoned Chernobyl plant and its surroundings. Did I say abandoned? …

I won’t mince words here, there’s a lot to hate about Star Wars. From Ewoks to catching Darth Sidious as he steps out of the shower, not everything in the franchise is pure gold. But one aspect that never fails to impress are lightsabers. They’re laser swords, they’re awesome and they are a class of weapon that symbolise nobility, elegance …

While that other Snow White film gets ready to enchant families across the globe with some sickeningly sweet humour and design, the other Snow White film that is coming out this year looks set to be a more thrilling, darker version of the original fairy tale. Which means that it is far more faithful, because the original print story is …