It’s a weekend of serious stuff (well, for the most part) at South African moviehouses, with manly men doing stuff like picking up guns, and flaming chains, and going to war… against everyone from drug dealers to Germans to, uh, the Devil himself. Can’t you just smell the testosterone? Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance – Of today’s 4 major releases, …
There are chiefly 2 reasons to watch Marilyn Monroe biopic My Week with Marilyn. The first is for its 2 Oscar nominated performances – Michelle Williams (Best Actress) and Kenneth Branagh (Best Supporting Actor). The second, particularly of interest to cinephiles, is the chance to briefly relive Hollywood’s Golden Age, and meet some of its greatest figures, portrayed by recognisable …
Normally, a movie centred on politics has no appeal for me whatsoever. You have only to turn on the TV news or visit a current affairs site to get your fill (very quickly) of the apparently power-hungry, pompous loudmouths who will shamelessly chop and change alliances and opinions simply to advance their careers. This, of course, when they’re not sniping …
After a few dud weeks of new releases, today is a bumper day for South African movie fans. Four high profile films open locally (2 of them 2012 Oscar nominees). Bring on the pedigree. Bring on the quality. Hugo: Shot specifically for 3D, and screening in both 2D and 3D, is this family fantasy adventure… from director Martin (Taxi Driver, …
It’s a new week and Nu Metro has just revealed its updated release schedule for the next 3 months. Two of the flicks I’m most excited to watch, Haywire and Shame still have yet to be assigned release dates unfortunately – although Ster Kinekor says the latter is out on 2 March – but these are the others we can …
Last week we discussed what’s likely to be the biggest film of 2012. This week, barely 8 days after the 2012 Academy Award nominations were announced, the question is: Do you care about the Oscars – or movie award season in general? We know how James feels. Now it’s your turn to mouth off. Do you think that the Oscars …
Well the countdown to the biggest night in the film industry’s calendar has officially begun, as actress Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone, The Hunger Games) recently announced the nominations of the 84th Annual Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards. Martin Scorsese’s Hugo and French silent film, The Artist, have surged to the front of the race with 11 and 10 …
After the planned Oscars host, Eddie Murphy, stepped down last year in the midst of the Brett Ratner homophobia scandal, the Academy was left with needing to find a replacement urgently. With all the controversy surrounding the event already, and with the general negative feedback for previous year’s pair of lifeless succubi hosts, Anne Hathaway and James Franco, the replacement needed to …
Cloud gaming removed hardware barriers, but it replaced them with something less visible and …
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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