If ever there was a film franchise that was sorely in need of a sequel in an age where computer graphics have advanced to ridiculous levels of realism, it would have to be Ghostbusters. The original spectre exterminators have been noticeably absent from the silver screen, while their escapades live on in toys, games, comics, cartoons and uncomfortable fan fiction. Dan Akroyd …

Considering that the trilogy of Michael Bay films of big robots smashing each other really damn hard has made hundreds of millions of dollars, it shouldn’t be surprising that movie executives want to make even more films featuring the robots in disguise. While that possibility was most likely a concrete certainty, no one knew if director Michael Bay would return …

Richard K. Morgan’s 2002 debut science-fiction novel, Altered Carbon was simply one of the best and most original stories I’ve read over the last few years. It felt like the three-way love child of Mickey Spillane, Alastair Reynolds and that homeless guy down at the local 7-eleven who screams at the fairies nesting in his skull and reeks suspiciously of turpentine. And …

  Well, seeing as it’s Valentine’s Day, it seems appropriate to talk about the things we love; the things that fill our heart with joy; our precioussses. And I must confess I got a real case of the warm fuzzies while watching the trailer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (official blog here), which was unveiled in late December (just …

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Do you like movies? Of course you do, it’s probably why you’re on the site, isn’t it? But what’s even better than movies, is getting to go watch one for free. The great guys and girls over at Nu Metro recently gave us four sets of double tickets to give away the upcoming Chronicle film, and using our very own …

You might find this hard to believe, but years ago, Vampires were actually threatening, blood-sucking monsters who didn’t sparkle or wear dubious amounts of hair gel. The forefather of all those real vampires was Vlad the Impaler, or Count Dracula himself. He’s been immortalised on film and television in every single way that a public domain character can be, and now, …

In between all the major Holly,Bolly and Nollywood productions that we cover, we sometimes forget about the local side of the film industry that has finally begun taking off in recent years. One such film is the latest Leon Schuster theatrical event, Mad Buddies. Schuster joins Kenneth Nkosi as two unwitting participants in a reality road trip film who happen …