I love bad movies. Not watching bad movies, mind you. No, I often feel like taking to my eyeballs with a spoon-shiv while doing that. I mean that as somebody who writes about movies, there are very few muses as efficient as an absolutely terrible film. And with all these awards being handed out for the truly great films, it’s …
Four new movies open in South Africa today, and for the most part they focus on powerful interpersonal bonds… with a touch of escapist flavour. Cloud Atlas: The pick of the new releases is definitely this ambitious sci-fi epic and novel adaptation – helmed by The Matrix’s Wachowskis, and Tom Tykwer. Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent and Hugo Weaving …
“You don’t cross Alex Cross.” That’s the head-scratching tagline adorning the poster for this new cinematic version of James Patterson’s literary character made famous in the 1990’s by two separate adequately thrilling efforts from Morgan Freeman. That tagline is perfect though, because just like the movie it tries to be all serious and badass, but instead just leaves you sniggering …
Despite four new films bearing down on the box office this past weekend, it was a quiet time over at the cinemas, with most films not exactly making much of a dent overall. Blame apathy, political focus or the bad weather of Hurricane Sandy, but it’s clear that most people were content to stay at home and watch a film, …
Taken 2 has been riding high for two weeks now, as Liam Neeson continued to genocide most of the eastern part of Europe. But that bloody reign of terror has finally come to an end. Two new releases came out to take on the man with the real iron fists, in the form of Tyler Perry ditching the drag for …
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Oh lurdeee lurd! Tyler Perry may be more well known for being a cranky, heavy set African American lady, but that doesn’t mean that that’s all that he is. Perry will be taking his biggest departure from character when he becomes the second actor to portray James Patterson’s hit literary character on screen in Alex Cross. He’s only following in …
Welcome to The Extras! A daily dose of all the smaller movie related news, clips and just plain cool stuff that you might have missed! Last Updated: September 21, 2012
Film classification in the UK is designed to help audiences understand what content is …
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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