It’s a pretty emotionally dour week at the movies. There are no cutesy kiddie films or comedies in sight; just drama, desperation to escape and heroes questioning the rightness of the status quo. Noah: The most high profile of this week’s releases is this “inspired by” take on the famous Old Testament Bible story. A man (Russell Crowe) receives visions …
If you had told twenty years ago that the goofy bartender from Cheers would be playing a seriously intimidating bad guy, opposite not only the little kid from Empire of the Sun who grew up to become arguably the best Batman ever, but also the new Batman’s younger brother, I would probably have given you a serious taste of the side eye. But these are …
If you had told me 20 years ago that goofy Woody Harrelson from Cheers would one day become a serious dramatic actor, I would probably have told you to slap my silly and call me Susan if that ever happens. Well, hi, my name is Susan and you slap like a girl, Darryn, as Harrelson seems be giving bigtime acting heavyweights like …
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Love him or hate him, but Christopher Nolan has made a gigantic impact on Hollywood as a director and producer, ever since Guy Pierce first lost his memory in Memento, right up until the much debated Dark Knight Rises from 2012, and is mostly known for being able to take a very grounded approach to even the most far-fetched of …
Much like big brother Ben reinvented himself with his directorial debut in Gone Baby Gone, so too Casey Affleck went from one half of that goofy duo in Ocean’s Eleven to an actor to really keep an eye on. Rooney Mara also had one role catapult her to the big leagues, but she needed to become a metal detector’s worst nightmare …
If you had told me back in 2006, before Gone Baby Gone was released, that 6 years from then that Ben Affleck’s younger brother Casey would become one of my favourite actors, I would have reacted with shock and amusement. “Ha ha! As if the whole Affleck family wouldn’t have already been wiped out by then in a revenge killing for Gigli! …
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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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