Four movies hit South African cinemas today, and the entertainment offer is all about escapism in its many genre forms. Pompeii: Slathering on the CGI-visuals is this shot-for-3D action-adventure from director Paul WS Anderson (he of Resident Evil and other video game adaptation fame). Set in Pompeii on the brink of Mount Vesuvius’s surprise eruption in 79CE, this disaster romance centres on …

I don’t think that there is any other director working today who has a more distinct visual flare than Terry Gilliam. There’s a certain lunacy that can be found when staring at any of his movies and his next project, Zero Theorem, looks as visually mad as ever. So how did he create this world? Last Updated: February 19, 2014

As I’m sure many of you are aware, The Avengers sequel Age of Ultron is currently filming in South Africa (Joburg and Cape Town specifically). You can even read our article on how the filmmakers are Seff Efrikenning up the sequel’s global destruction. Today we want to know if any locals out there have any Avengers behind the scenes stories? Have …

Earlier this year, we saw zombie-actioner World War Z go through it’s own zombification process, where it looked all but dead after a horrendous production period, only to lurch back to life again upon release, devouring a couple hundred million box office dollars like brains. One other film that could give WWZ a run for its money when it comes to troubled productions …

He hasn’t made a movie in over three years, but cult favourite director Kevin Smith is back behind the camera, shooting what may be his strangest project yet. Tusk deals with a man who finds himself forced into becoming a walrus for an insane maniac, with the transformation progressively getting worse as the film goes on. Smith started shooting his …

Man of Steel may not have had a ton of soul, but when it came to being a technical showcase, director Zack Snyder and his production teams knocked the ball out of the park and into orbit. A ton of green screen and all manner of special effects went into making this film. Check out some behind the scenes for …

Filming is underway right now on Guardians of the Galaxy, a film which will most likely be a special effects orgy that will leave several post production teams in suicide mode once they go into crunch time. Not everything needs to be a dazzling special effect though, as some real world locations can easily double for a sci-fi prop. And …

Come behind the scenes of Call of Duty: Ghosts and see some exclusive gameplay footage. It's worth it