So it’s the Oscars this Sunday, which to most of us probably doesn’t mean much. They don’t exactly have a solid record of always picking the best movies or performances for the year past – but nonetheless it’s still the most coveted prize in the business and fun to try and determine who will walk away with what Oscar. This …
If you follow TheMovies on Twitter and Facebook (and if you don’t… why not? All the cool kids are doing it), you’ll know that we have our Movie Poster of the Day, where we hunt down the interesting posters for movies old and new. This is a bit of a struggle sometimes, as honestly, the art of the movie poster …
When it comes to the Hollywood awards season, we’ve already had the ridiculous schadenfreude of the Razzies and the sometimes confusing accolades of the Golden Globes (The Martian is the Best Comedy? Huh?!). But now it’s time to get serious – no, more serious than that! – as the Oscars are upon us! While the world is still reeling in …
If there was ever a case of being a victim of your own success, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 is it. Being the finale of one of the most popular movie franchises of recent memory, led by Jennifer Lawrence, one of the most popular Oscar-winning actresses of recent memory, and with solid reviews all around, everybody expected Katniss …
When your opposition fails, does that really make you the winner? If you had to ask Spectre and The Peanuts Movie then answer would undoubtedly be yes, as James Bond and Charlie Brown held on to the top two spots on the US box office for the second weekend in a row thanks to a poor showing that saw new …
Over the course of his 57-year cinematic lifespan, James Bond has faced down a colourful rogues gallery comprised of despicable terrorists, violent madmen, megalomaniacal scientists, inhuman henchmen and more, all looking to either rule the world or destroy it. But this weekend past 007 came up against one of his toughest adversaries to date: A bald American boy and his …
There’s a whole lot of nothing special out this week. Besides for the cold-war drama Bridge of Spies, everything else scores less than 50% on Rotten Tomatoes. Ugh, Star Wars has never seemed so far away. Bridge of Spies Tom Hanks stars as the American attorney tasked with negotiating the release of a U-2 spy plane pilot who was shot …
Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks’ talismanic working relationship have already produced great results in the past from the sweeping Saving Private Ryan to the madcap Catch Me If You Can, and in Bridge of Spies the cinematic powerhouse duo once again reteam for a gripping period piece true story. But while their previous efforts showed off explosive drama and bubbling …
It would be naive to say climate change is not real — or that …
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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