IT’S MOTHERF—KING DEADPOOL TIME! Cue the music… Deadpool Based upon Marvel Comics’ most unconventional anti-hero, DEADPOOL tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of …
Please note: This review was submitted by guest writer/local filmmaker Willem Grobler I went into Sicario with lofty expectations. After Denis Villeneuve’s triumphant Prisoners (2013), how could I expect any less? That film made me deal with many deep, brooding and dark emotions for a while after I’d left the cinema, and Sicario is no different. In fact, if anything, …
This week’s new releases are between a slacker-turned-super-agent, dizzyingly death defying stunts in the best use of IMAX to date, a brutally good movie about the war on drugs between the US and Mexico, a disappointing retelling/prequel of a classic movie, and four movies on limited release, all wildly different but all highly praised. The Walk The Walk is the …
Canadian filmmaker Denis Villeneuve really exploded onto the international scene with the dynamite one-two thriller combination of Prisoners and Enemy. Both those movies, as massively different in tone as they were, were led by Jake Gyllenhaal who used them to transition from “That kid who used to talk to rabbits and was stuck in a bubble” to “Holy crap, give this man …
You have to hand it to Rian “Looper” Johnson. When it comes to Star Wars, the writer/director is somehow managing to out-JJ Abrams JJ Abrams! Despite Abram’s almost-legendary secrecy with his projects, Star Wars: The Force Awakens experienced a number of high-profile leaks during its production. In contrast, Johnson’s Star Wars: Episode VIII has been so airtight that at the …
Emily Blunt showed a decided knack for action in Edge of Tomorrow and she’s putting it all on, and across, the line again in this trailer for Sicario; an upcoming crime thriller around the US’ War on Drugs also starring Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro, and directed by Denis Villeneuve (Prisoners). The official plot synopsis is as follows: In …
I love movies that are whack, movies like Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels or Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, so it is with great glee that I present to you a trailer for the upcoming Inherent Vice, a mix of cops, kidnapping plots of billionaire boyfriends, drugs, and a very different looking Joaquin Phoenix. The film’s directer Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights) also shot this trailer …
Oh, Paul Thomas Anderson, you insanely talented man (not to be confused with Paul W.S. Anderson of Resident Evil fame, who arguably meets 1/3 of that description). The five-time Oscar nominated filmmaker has been mainly been producing intense, gruelling dramas over the last few year, but based on this first trailer for his latest flick, Inherent Vice, he seems to have gotten his boogie (nights) back. …
Have you ever double-checked your doors at night because something just didn’t feel secure? …
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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