From action to saccharine drama, horror to animated comedy, there’s something for the whole family at South African cinemas this weekend. Last Updated: March 2, 2012

If there’s one thing that films have taught me, it’s that when it comes to all things that go bump in the night, children are always correct. If I should have a child one day and he tells me that there is a monster in his room trying to steal his face, I won’t try to calm him down and …

  Many a long running film franchise has hobbled the careers of its stars… particularly when that series made them household names in the first place. Certainly the big question since the credits rolled on the 8th and final Harry Potter film was whether its young leads would continue to find work post-Potter. Or would they forever just be bright-eyed …

Horror fans had a field day last year with the horror film Insidious, and much like any good fright film, it’s coming back for a sequel. A profitable venture for director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannel, the ambiguous ending left plenty of room for just such a film to be made, although the people involved claimed that they would only be …

It’s all about choice this weekend at South African cinemas. You want it, you got it – whether it be a Christian values drama, sci-fi horror, a cheerfully nostalgic musical (with puppets) for the whole family, a pedigreed biopic about a controversial statesman, a vigilante thriller or even an award-winning psychological drama based on an award-winning novel. Courageous: Wholesome indie …

Four new releases bring the action, drama and trauma this week to South African cinemas. Machine Gun Preacher: My pick of today’s new movies is this action drama based on a true story. Gerard “This is Sparta” Butler plays Sam Childers, a biker and drug addict turned preacher and relief worker. Childers’s work in Uganda and the Sudan culminates with …

Remember The Ring? It was a horror-thriller film, with an easy plot. You watch a certain video tape, a raspy voice contacts you, and you wind up dead within a week, thanks to one demonic girl with water issues crawling out of your TV. Easy enough to understand for even the dullest of movie-watchers. Christian Slater is back with a …

The developers behind horror title Amy have come out claiming that reviewers are just playing the game on the wrong level