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 …

Today begins the Christmas holidays for many South Africans, and considering the number of people on a festive break from today, here are all the new releases hitting local cinemas before the end of 2012. See you in the New Year. Last Updated: December 21, 2012

With Jack and Jill and That’s My Boy both releasing in South Africa this year, Hotel Transylvania could have completed the Adam Sandler trifecta of awfulness. After all the funnyman does more than lend his voice to this animated comedy – he’s executive produced it as well, with his wife and daughter providing dialogue for a few minor characters. Hotel …

Six new movies open in South Africa today… although I’m sure the geek and comic-loving crowd have eyes for one film only. Last Updated: September 28, 2012

Love them or hate them, but the gang from the Lonely Island have made a huge impact on Hollywood. They’ve proved that a bunch of nerdy white guys can make a smash hit rap album, and they have been relatively successful behind the camera as well…possibly not in the business sense of the word. Well, one of them is trying …

It seems like it took Bridesmaids – and the fact that the movie made more money than South African government tender when your name was Montezuma – for Hollywood to realize that yes, girls can indeed be funny while using rude words and performing crude acts. Now the R Rated female comedy genre is lighting farts and blowing up. And the …

Animated adventure, action, comedy and horror… Although there isn’t anything new this week for the art house crowd, everyone else should find something to suit their tastes. Brave: The biggie of the new movie releases is Pixar’s highly anticipated animated release for 2012. Screening in 2D and 3D, Brave is the first Pixar flick to A) centre on a female …

I’m getting older, so my memory is starting to fuzzy, but I vaguely recall an incident of Adam Sandler actually being funny. It’s a very distant memory though, which must have happened a hell of a long time ago, as I had to navigate pass “little scratchable stars in Scope magazine” to get there. As if Jack and Jill wasn’t torture …