Do you know what a “bullshot” is? It’s a term that was coined by the video game industry to describe an early screenshot released by developers that is claimed to be an in-game image, but has actually been digitally enhanced to make it look better than the actual finished product, all just to generate hype. And we may just have …
One of the most interesting things happening with Warning Bros’ upcoming DC Comics villain-centric Suicide Squad, has been the constant online documentation of actor/musician Jared Leto slowly being transformed into The Joker. After weeks of just little weird teases and half-obscured glimpses all over social media though, writer-director David Ayer has finally tweeted our first proper look at Leto as …
Ever since they announced the (initial) official cast for Suicide Squad, the upcoming DC anti-hero superhero movie directed by David Ayer, a number of other actors and characters have been rumoured to be included; as well as far too many plot rumours to count. Well guess what? MORE RUMOURS! Geek Tyrant has a summary of the latest whispers garnered from …
Despite the confusion bred by the opening line of Edwin Starr’s 1969 classic soul track, we do actually know what war is good for. War is a metal machine which in its indefatigable forward momentum chews up young men and women to leave nothing but broken corpses in its wake. That metaphor is made real by the titular M4A3E8 Sherman tank at …
What an evening! Sadly to say not a brilliant one for our readers up in Johannesburg as Ek’sdom ESKOM’s rolling blackouts decided to hit our pre-screening of the rather awesome Fury that left the cinema darker than the shelled-out remains of a Panzer. We’ll try and make it up to you, promise! However, we did manage to get the screening of Fury up and running (also after …
To quote a popular song from Adele: RUUUUUMOURS! Today’s grapevine whisperings are all about Suicide Squad, Warner Bros\DC Comics’ upcoming supervillain team-up movie that looks to have more stars in it than an issue of Scope Magazine in the 1980’s. We’ve already seen that star studded cast – which boasts Will Smith as Deadshot, Jared Leto as The Joker, Margot Robbie …
Wow! The time has flown! It’s been a week since we let you fine people know about a fantastic competition and now that the deadline has come and gone and the competition has officially closed. I’ll be emailing those who made it (some by the skin of their teeth, I say!) today and look forward to spending a fun and exciting …
Well it’s the new year and we here at Themovies.co.za like to keep our readers bought happy and what better way to do that than to offer stuff for FREE! The people over at SONY Entertainment and Timesmedia Films have very generously offered us some tickets to give away for early screenings of the highly anticipated WWII tank movie, Fury. …
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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