They always say be more afraid of the man who handles the money than the man who handles the gun, but what happens when that man handles both? Ben Affleck is about to show us in the upcoming action/thriller/drama The Accountant. The official plot synopsis is as follows: Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) is a math savant with more affinity for numbers …
The last major role has been cast for the upcoming Justice League movie and our new Commissioner Gordon is… J. Jonah Jameson? That’s right, following in the footsteps of Gary Oldman’s portrayal of the iconic Gotham police chief is none other than J.K. Simmons, who is most notable to comic book fans as The Daily Bugle’s editor-in-chief, J. Jonah Jameson, …
Walt Disney Animation studios has been doing a stellar job with their last few releases. Tangled, Wreck-It Ralph, Frozen and Big Hero 6 have all been massive successes and also hugely original. And although I still cringe when I hear the music for Frozen being played, they have certainly up their level to compete with the likes of Pixar in the animation space. …
You know I love my animated/CGI movies, you only have to read my reviews of films like How to Train Your Dragon to see that. I also love movies that use awesome CGI to tell more adult stories, like Rise of the Planet of the Apes, so I am in two minds about Disney’s upcoming Zootopia, which looks like an adult buddy-cop film …
An odd thing has been happening with Terminator Genisys. Yes, I still get brain freeze and go all cross-eyed at the horrific spelling of that title, but instead of the initial sense of trepidation and WTF-ness I originally felt for this production, the more I see and hear about the upcoming parallel-quel lately, the more excited I get to see …
Righto, ladies and gentlemen! It’s time for all the shouts of snubbery to die down, all the screams about how “everything is not awesome” to subside. As in the early hours of this morning (local time), the 87th Annual Academy Awards aka the 2015 Oscars was held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, led by host extraordinaire and …
Awards season craziness is almost over! With the release of American Sniper and Whiplash, six of the eight nominees for Best Picture have now come to South African cinema. Unfortunately you’ll still have to wait a bit for The Theory of Everything and The Grand Budapest Hotel – but they will be out in the next month so I’m sure …
2015 is a year of big, spectacular movies that will undoubtedly boast several character showdowns to shake the heavens. So it says an awful lot that all the Ultrons, Mad Maxes, Jurassic killers and Jedi Knights of this year will have their work cut out for them to even compete with much less beat the titanic edge-of-your-seat final act duel witnessed …
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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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