It’s a super weekend at the South African box office. Four new movies open today and apparently you’re in for a treat with every single one of them. Watch away! Argo: Currently up for seven Academy Awards (including Best Picture), the multi-award winning Argo mixes thrills and comedy to tell an amazing true story. Ben Affleck – who also directs …
With the exception of Leatherheads – which was just OK – George Clooney has had a hell of a run as an actor/director thus far, with all four his other films being huge critical successes. Box office success though hasn’t been that easy to come by. Good Night, and Good Luck made a pretty profit, but that was mainly due to its ridiculously low …
If there’s one thing that The Hangover films have going for them, it’s the colourful people that the wolf pack runs into during their drunken escapades, from an Asian gangster who chews scenery like a plague of locusts on a cornfield, to Mike Tyson demanding to know the whereabouts of his tiger. And it looks they may have just pissed …
ParaNorman release tomorrow in the US of A, while we still have to wait a few months to see it released locally. It old school stop-motion animation with a touch of new school, and the final trailer for the film is not helping me stave off the urge to hop onboard a flight and go catch a midnight screening of …
While most films will release just one trailer or teaser at a time, Monsters University is doing things a bit differently. Disney/Pixar have released four different variants of the same trailer for the prequel to 2001’s Monsters Inc. Why would they do that you ask? Well, because we can never have enough Billy Crystal in our lives, that’s why! Last …
Not every film that hits the circuit is going to be a bonafide hit with everybody. While guys might be pumping their fists in the air with dangerous levels of vigour whenever the Rock appears on screen, cinema patrons looking for something more cerebral will be yawning and wishing that they had gone to go watch an indie documentary instead. …
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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