The border between badass and just bad is a sketchy piece of geography, and one that writer-director David Ayer unfortunately crosses so many times in Sabotage that he’s probably eligible for a greencard. This surprisingly disappointing follow-up to Ayer’s superb End of Watch may boast one of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s finest dramatic performances since he began fulfilling his promise of being back, but …
It’s a four-day Easter long weekend in South Africa starting from tomorrow. As a result, all the new movie releases are hitting cinemas from today, and there are six of them – ranging from action-packed escapism to feel-good fare and horror. The Legend of Hercules: Screening in 2D and actually-shot-for-3D is this (supposedly) mythological fantasy adventure centred on Greek hero …
I’m just going to give you a minute to stop screaming shrilly from excitement at reading that headline… …Okay, you all done now, Darryn? Good. As I was about to say, after seeing a veritable mountain of dollar bills stuffed into the box office g-string of director Steven Soderbergh and star Channing Tatum’s male stripper sorta-biographical dramedy, Magic Mike, there was …
While Arnold Schwarzenegger’s return to his big screen terminating ways hasn’t quite panned out as well I’m sure he would have hoped (though I kind of dug The Last Stand), he’s not letting a little box office jitters hold him back. And next up he’ll be teaming with David Ayer, the man behind last year’s simply brilliant End of Watch, to …
With Warner Bros currently on the hunt for a cape-wearing dance partner for Henry Cavill’s Superman – one of the most coveted gigs in Hollywood right now – you should probably get ready to hear the words “Batman” and “rumour” in the same sentence a lot. And according to the rumour mill you can also add “established” and “rugged” to …
Chances are that if you’re at the cinema at the moment, and find yourself having to elbow your way through a wall of tittering women, then you can safely assume male stripper movie Magic Mike is screening. This raunchy drama certainly doesn’t skimp on the fun – at times it feels exactly like you’re hanging out with a bunch of …
Film classification in the UK is designed to help audiences understand what content is …
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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