If you aren’t gearing up for this year’s Durban International Film Festival – I suppose, even if you are – you have four new releases to catch at South African cinemas as of today. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Screening in 2D and 3D is this sequel to the 2011 reboot – a hit with critics and audiences …
It is not often that movie critics leave a cinema so excited about a movie they have just that seen they sound like the majority of the cast. In this case, we were ape sh*t crazy about what we had just experienced. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is one of two movies I have been looking forward to …
There is a scene in this new, final trailer for next month’s Dawn of the Planet of the Apes where we see an angry, genetically modified ape storm a militia emplacement by dual-wielding assault rifles while riding a horse. That image alone would have sold me on this movie, but like the world’s most post-apocalyptic infomercial, WAIT! THERE’S MORE! We get a …
While, for most film fans, the term “reboot” is still akin to making medically inaccurate remarks about their mother’s anatomy, I have to say that I’ve had my hope for reboots slightly buoyed by the recent, surprisingly decent Robocop. There’s another major sci-fi franchise from the 80’s/90’s that’s soon also getting the reboot treatment, and based on these supposedly leaked plot …
There were very few things that surprised me as much as 2011’s Rise of the Planet Apes. It was a sort-of prequel/reboot (pre-boot?) to a decades old film franchise that had already tried and failed to reboot itself, and starred a wishy-washy James Franco. It really should not have worked. But by Caesar’s ghost, did it ever! It was excitingly directed, …
The last time we saw a search for Sarah Connor, it involved a heavily muscled Austrian man in biker leathers, going around randomly shooting blonde ladies in the face until somebody had the idea to crush him into a piece of modern art in a factory. And with the new rebooted Terminator: Genesis on the way, the search was on once …
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John Hillcoat’s The Road was the type of movie that would make you want to pour drain cleaner in your ears, it’s so depressing. But, man I loved it. Beautifully crafted and wonderfully acted, it was one of my highlights of 2009 (You know, when I wasn’t busy contemplating suicide). Which is why I’ve had my eye on his next film Lawless ever since I …
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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