Bigger than your mom. Hungrier than an entire locker room full of sumo wrestlers. Able to make people believe that they’ve paid for a Niki Minaj album when they hear him roar. Yep, it’s Godzilla! The king of all monsters and regular upper-f***er of King Kong is back on the big screen this Friday, and the reviews have started flooding …

If there’s was one movie that I was looking forward to this year, it was The Lone Ranger. I mean, on paper the film had everything going for it. A massive budget, Gore Verbinski directing a Western and a great cast. So where did it all go wrong? By universal consensus, The Lone Ranger is a bloated film that doesn’t …

A simple question this week: Do you believe film reviewers are out of touch with the tastes of the movie-going public? Are they too jaded to appreciate lightweight fun for what it is? Are they too wrapped up in film school terminology and auteur appreciation to communicate what really matters – whether the film is good or not? Or, alternatively, …

TheMovies.co.za’s recent decision to publish Second Opinion reviews for high profile, potentially divisive movies like Prometheus (Kervyn’s review, Noelle’s review) and Mad Buddies (Gavin’s review, Kervyn’s review) has certainly led to a lot of heated debate and disagreement. So today’s question is: Should films only be reviewed by reviewers who are in the target audience, or is it open season? …

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Pardon my French for just a second, but there is an old adage that says “Opinions are like assholes. Everybody’s got one.” This was very much the case when NY Times film critic A.O. Scott decided to swim against the rather large and vocal geeky stream and give a negative review of The Avengers. While most, myself included, were scouring …