OK go ahead, waggle your fingers in my direction, make disapproving “tut tut” noises and call me a giant hypocrite. It’s OK, not only do I deserve it, but I can take it. Because as much as I raged on George Lucas and his even further milking of the Star Wars franchise by re-releasing Episode 1 in 3D earlier this …

Six new movies open in South Africa today. Whether you’re in the mood for Oscar-winning Art House fare, big budget special effects extravaganzas or just some mindless, undemanding genre fare, you’ll find it in cinemas as of right now. The Artist: Definitely my pick of the week is The Artist, which won 5 Oscars at this year’s Academy Awards… including …

Fresh off the surprisingly well received Real Steel, and with work lined up for a new Wolverine film as well as a role in Les Miserables, you’d expect aussie actor Hugh Jackman to be taking a vacation by now. Except it seems that he’s going to be flexing his crazy-vigilante muscles instead, as the actor is a lock for the …

I like Gary Ross. He is the guy that introduced the world to a child-like Tom Hanks in Big, and for that single accomplishment he’s earned himself a lifetime’s worth of free drinks at my (non-existent) bar. Now he’s been put in charge of The Hunger Games, a franchise which has tons of potential, and it appears he’s doing a …

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Almost a decade ago, Robert Rodriguez crafted a comic book movie that set a new benchmark in terms of visual story-telling, as he expertly adapted the popular Frank Miller tales into the realm of moving pictures, expertly transitioning the iconic and stark art style onto the big screen. He’s been promising us a sequel for years now, and was supposedly …

Ever wondered what it would be like to be the last man on earth? It’s a question that numerous films and television shows have pondered, and while most men would think of the scenario as heaven, most of them would not consider how radical such a societal shift would be. Brian Vaughn wrote a long-running comic, which was drawn by …

Writer-Director David Dobkin is having a hard time getting his latest project off the ground, the buddy-knight film Arthur and Lancelot, which will follow the best of friends as they form a tight friendship over the years. Until that whole Guinevere issue, but that happens way later. Warner Bros was keen on the film, until they saw what the budget …