Oh, to be young again. You have all the fun, you have the stamina, you have the, oh who am I kidding? Plenty of us oldies have a damn good time and no truer words could be said than those in The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Now don’t get confused with the The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, even though it …
Five new films hit South African cinemas today, and they seem to be split between silly action-packed escapism and more astute examinations of dysfunctional human relationships. The LEGO Movie: The biggie release of the weekend is this animated action comedy for the whole family. Screening in 2D and 3D, the film uses a CGI-replication of stop-motion to convey the real-world …
There’s a trick to making a good ridiculous movie, and it’s not even a particularly clever one: Just accept that your movie is ridiculous and lean into it. So when the story you’re telling is about gargoyles battling demons over a 200-year old patchwork monster, I expect some sense of kooky fun, not a film as listless as a corpse, …
As long as there’s a universe, there’ll always be a Doctor to save it. It’s no secret here that at The Movies, we have mad love for Doctor Who. Fifty years of history starring the madman in a blue box has made fans of us all. And throughout the history of that show, each actor that has played a different …
Five new films open in South Africa today, offering something for everyone, from R-rated action junkies to families with young children. Last Updated: October 25, 2013
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Could it be that we’re seeing a new trend in British romantic-comedies: the gimmicky rom-com? I Give It a Year was like the “anti-rom-com rom-com”, and now Richard “Love Actually” Curtis is bringing us the “time-travelling rom-com” with About Time. Ok yes, we already had The Time Traveller’s Wife, but that was more rom-drama than rom-com. It also didn’t feature Bill Nighy dropping …
Time travel is usually a topic reserved either for heavily muscled androids with thick Austrian accents, or bowtied aliens with funny screwdrivers and even funnier shaped heads. But clearly nobody told writer-director Richard Curtis (Love Actually, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Bridget Jones) of this restriction, which is why he’s applied his special brand of whimsy and charm to the …
Cash once ruled Colorado commerce. From Denver’s neighborhood diners to mountain-town gift shops, physical …
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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