One gut-busting raunchy comedy stands out this week amongst lots of schmaltzy feel-good movies, with a thriller thrown in for good measure. Here’s what we have to look forward to this Mother’s Day weekend. Bad Neighbours 2: Sorority Rising Mac (Seth Rogen) and Kelly Radner (Rose Byrne) are expecting their second child and preparing to move out of their house. …
First there was Valentines Day, then there was New Year’s Eve and having directed the previous two this time around Garry Marshall brings you Mother’s Day. Following the same recipe of taking all the feel good sentiment that comes with any one of these big holidays and cramming in a whole bunch of everyone’s favorite stars. It’s a recipe that works …
Properly animated 2D movies are most likely a thing of the past now. As charming as they are, they’re expensive, time-consuming and the little bastards that you helped spawn probably scoff at them. And that’s a trend which began in the late 1990s and was pretty much set in stone by the early 2000s. But dammit, that is one genre …
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 …
There’s something particularly sad – and I’m talking poor little orphan girls in the snow with teary eyed kittens levels of sadness here – when bad movies happen to good actors. Now I’m not saying with 100% certainty that She’s Funny That Way is going to be a complete trainwreck, but judging by all the tired and played out “screwball comedy” genre …
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This is it. The big one. The grandaddy of them all. Yes, the nominations for the 87th Annual Academy Awards, aka the Oscars 2015, are finally here. Held at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills, California last night, the nominations for all 24 categories were made available altogether (a first for the event), presented by actor Chris Pine, directors …
Forbes has released its annual list of Tinseltown’s top earning female actors, confirming what we all knew: Gravity doesn’t suck… Last Updated: August 7, 2014
Have you ever double-checked your doors at night because something just didn’t feel secure? …
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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