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Midweek Mouth-off: The Man who would be Bat

By Noelle Adams
August 28, 2013
in :  Opinion
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We’re sure by this point everyone has got over their knee-jerk reaction to the surprising news that Ben Affleck will be playing an older, established Dark Knight alongside Henry Cavill’s freshman Supes in Zack Snyder’s upcoming Superman-Batman movie. Now that you’d had a chance to digest the casting news for almost a week, we want to hear your thoughts. Are you …

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Midweek Mouth-off: The best buddy cop pairings

By Noelle Adams
August 21, 2013
in :  Opinion
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With action comedy The Heat opening this Friday in South Africa – which stars Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy as mismatched law enforcement officers – today we want to know who your favourite buddy cop pairings are in the long American cinematic tradition? Riggs and Murtaugh? Burnett and Lowrey? Angel and Butterman? Let us know below. Last Updated: August 21, …

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Midweek Mouth-off: On the casting couch

By Noelle Adams
August 14, 2013
in :  Opinion
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No, we’re not talking about “that” typical casting couch activity… Given the apparently great lengths Fox is going to in order to keep Hugh Jackman all clawed and mutton-chopped for several more movies, today we want to know if there are any film characters you wish were recast? If you had the power to replace any actor or actress in …

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Midweek Mouth-off: Dumbing down and declawed

By Noelle Adams
August 7, 2013
in :  Opinion
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We’ve just seen it with The Wolverine, it’s happened notably before with Daredevil and now the highly anticipated Snow Piercer is getting a similar treatment. In short, these movies are being heavily edited,  dumbed down and declawed for Western audiences – typically going from R-rated to a much more “accessible” PG-13. Although we’re sure we can predict your reaction, today …

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Midweek Mouth-off: South African movie censorship

By Noelle Adams
July 24, 2013
in :  Opinion
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Here’s your chance to weigh in on the Durban Film Festival controversy that saw the opening night movie banned at the last minute by the Film and Publication Board – on the grounds that Of Good Report depicts “child pornography.” Here is The Movies’ post on the matter. Meanwhile, more recently an actual porn industry-focused film, Look of Love has also been …

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Midweek Mouth-off: Release date delays and piracy

By Noelle Adams
July 17, 2013
in :  Opinion
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The World’s End is the highly anticipated final chapter in Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s Cornetto Trilogy. The film opens in the UK this Friday. Us South Africans, well, we have to wait until 15 November to watch it. Similarly, The Evil Dead remake finally opens here on 16 August, despite releasing in the States back in April. And …

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Midweek Mouth-off: Disney's franchise failure

By Noelle Adams
July 10, 2013
in :  Opinion
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Today’s topic of debate is the failure – the second in two years – on Disney’s part to relaunch two once highly popular franchises – 2012’s John Carter and 2013’s The Lone Ranger. Although John Carter fared better critically, both of these movies were massive commercial failures. We want to know what you think went wrong? Was it a case …

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Midweek Mouth-off: Sucker for canon

By Noelle Adams
July 3, 2013
in :  Opinion
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Warning: There are likely to be spoilers in the discussion comments below, so read with caution. Anyway, enough of you will have seen Man of Steel by now to be able to comment on the film’s flaunting of comic book canon in a few crucial areas – particularly Superman’s handling of one particular foe! Consider also how Iron Man 3 …

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