Last week we had some crazy heat here in Joburg, and thank goodness that’s broken. Now, the weather’s all about thunderstorms, hail and cold rain. I’m not complaining, we seriously needed a break from the heatwave, but that kind of weather does make it difficult to go out in the evenings. Never mind socialising, I just want to curl up on …
The epic tale of boy wizard Harry Potter may be over (well at least on the big screen), but that doesn’t mean that we need to say goodbye entirely to the magical world created by author JK Rowling. At least not if Warner Bros’ accountants have anything to say about it. The studio is revitalizing their once top selling franchise …
It’s almost Halloween, which means we’re almost done with the scary-movie-themed Midweek Movie Mouth-Offs. I have to say, it’s been challenging thinking up new topics around a genre of movie that I try my best to avoid, and not double up on topics from last year, but we’ve had a lot of interesting discussions! I thought I’d end this year’s …
Remember how emphatically creator JK Rowling denied that Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the mysterious upcoming London stage play, is not a prequel? As it turns out, she was right (who woulda thunk it?). Just hours after the first bit of official artwork for the play was revealed on Friday, a whole lot of details were released including the …
Welcome to our Weekly Round-Up for the The Extras! A collection of the 15 most popular movie related clips, posters, pics and just plain cool stuff posted on our Twitter profile and Facebook page using the hashtag #TheMoviesExtras in the last week. Remember, these are only the contributions that received the most likes and views since last Thursday, so if …
Welcome to our Weekly Round-Up for the The Extras! A collection of the 15 most popular movie related clips, posters, pics and just plain cool stuff posted on our Twitter profile and Facebook page using the hashtag #TheMoviesExtras in the last week. Remember, these are only the contributions that received the most likes and views since last Thursday, so if …
I’ve never seen the original Troll, only its awfully good and utterly unrelated sequel. Troll 2 is better known these days, mainly because it is one of the worst films ever made. Bashed together by a bunch of Italians with no capacity for English and in record time, it’s quite something. By the way, Troll 2 was an english-language movie, so …
The main Harry Potter story may have wrapped up years ago in the books and a few years later in the box-office record setting movies, but author JK Rowling created such an incredible vibrant world that there are still lots of stories that could be told in it. We’ll be seeing one of those new stories playing out on the …
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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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