Every time I see something for 13 Hours, I have to remind myself that this is a Michael Bay movie. Sure the Baysplosion Master is well known for his almost pornographic love of the US military in his movies, but those slow-mo shots of choppers in front of sunsets are usually either preceded or followed by exploding robots or vapid …
Wire-walking madman savant Phillipe Petit’s stomach-flipping 400 meters-high tightrope trek between New York’s fabled Twin Towers in 1974 has already received the celebrated cinematic treatment in Man On Wire, James Marsh’ 2008 Oscar-winning documentary about Petit’s near superhuman “coup”. But now it’s the turn of Robert Zemeckis’ boisterous and spritely The Walk, a digitally magicked up retelling of that historic …
Believe it or not, but PE finally has an IMAX cinema. A proper, honest-to-your-deity venue for massive movies. And that’s something that I’m interested in, because I’ve never watched an IMAX movie. And dammit, I want the IMAX experience. I want a screen so big that it looks like it belongs to a section of the Great Wall of China. …
Love him or hate him Michael Bay is one of the biggest directors out that at the moment and I have to say I am glad for him. Yes, he has offered up some rather vapid movies, like most of the Transformers, but generally he is a tight director. He offers a huge BOOM for your buck, huge BAYsplosions, and …
I never suffered from vertigo as a child. I would launch myself off anything high enough to cause my parents to flinch just, well, because. Then I went on a road trip and ended up bungee jumping 217 meters into nooooothingnesss aaaaaand faaaaallliiiiing. Sorry, my palms are wetter than a Scottish 80’s soft-rock band right now. And based on that …
It’s another long weekend in South Africa as of today, so there’s extra time to hit your local cinema. There are also six new releases to choose from, although there’s no question which of them will dominate at the local box office. The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Rise of Electro: Screening in 2D, 3D and 3D IMAX is this sequel to …
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We’ve seen lots of arty, picturesque images for Gore Verbinski’s The Lone Ranger thus far, but I don’t think any of us are living under the illusion that this film will be anything other than Pirates of the Caribbean with trains and sand. And I am completely OK with that if it turns out to be as fun as this new trailer, which …
Traci Braxton husband was Kevin Surratt Sr., a longtime partner who stood by her …
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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