If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that entertainment is expensive, so trips to the cinema are starting to become an exercise in caution. With the price of the tickets and, of course, the snacks, plus the mental exhaustion of braving the crowds, going to watch a movie has become quite costly. So obviously, we do what …
Have you ever noticed that, despite what is no doubt your best effort, your life never seems to resemble a movie? Besides for the obvious lack of montages, that is. No matter how realistic a movie is, there are always little details that seem to only ever happen on the silver screen. It’s like they exist in a world of …
In our internal group chats, besides for divvying up who’s writing about what, we also tend to talk about movies in general, who’s seen what and the throwaway thoughts that we’re not going to publish. We’re all very different people, with different tastes, but most of the time we tend to agree with each other. Sometimes though, there comes a movie …
So the early reviews for Warcraft are in and… well… it’s not looking too good. While the movie might be pretty, it sucks pretty much everywhere else. Which is a major disappointment, after the extensive marketing campaign and all the amazing trailers, we still end up with a terribly lacklustre movie. So everyone that pinned their hopes on Warcraft to …
Since IMAX was brought back to the country, in just two and a half years Ster Kinekor have rolled out seven new theatres, which is one of the fastest IMAX rollouts ever done. On Wednesday night, I had the privilege of attending the launch of South Africa’s newest IMAX theatre, which has just opened at the brand new Mall of …
Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War has been smashing it at the box office – pushing Marvel one step closer to being the first movie of 2016 to earn over $1 billion. Cumulatively, the MCU has now earned over $10 billion across its 13 movies. That’s pretty impressive, all in all. But, I know some people weren’t too impressed with Civil …
The embargo on US reviews for X-Men: Apocalypse lifted yesterday, and like Kervyn pointed out, it’s a miXed bag (bonus points for the X joke there). So far most critics agree that it’s pretty… meh. Apocalypse is a lot of “been-there-done-that”. There are some high points, for sure, and a lot of low points, but the whole doesn’t seem to …
Happy Star Wars Day everybody! If you have no idea what I’m talking about, well, this article isn’t going to be for you! Go check out May the 4th if you need to. If you do know what I’m talking about, then you probably fall into one of two camps. Either you think it’s an irritating excuse for people to …
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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