When it comes to the RED movies, the “R” might stand for “retired”, but that clearly doesn’t apply to the property on a whole. After two films – 2010’s really fun, hugely successful RED and 2013’s less fun, less successful RED 2 – the movie franchise is now being brought to TV, courtesy of original movie scribes Jon Hoeber and Erich …
Nailing the right accent in a movie, ain’t always easy. Hell, ask any British actor on the big screen who happens to be portraying an American icon, and they’ll tell you that enunciating a letter here and there can be quite challenging. Most of the time though, actors manage to convincingly sound like they’re from another continent. And then sometimes, …
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After the brilliant How to Train Your Dragon 2, DreamWorks Animation is set to infiltrate the cinemas this summer with four flightless, but by no means grounded, penguins. Yes, those crazy scheming agents from the Madagascar movies and animated TV series will feature in their own spin-off film later this year. Of course Skipper, Rico, Kowalski, and Private’s first trailer was featured at …
If you, like me, watched Starz’s Michael Bay produced pirate series, Black Sails, and thought, “Man, if only this show was, you know, good,” then do I have a treat for you today. The words “John Malkovich is Blackbeard” would already have been enough to get me quite interested in Crossbones, a new pirate show from NBC, but to sweeten the pot …
Michael Peña is one of those actors. No, I’m not being racist towards Hispanics, I’m talking about actors who most general audience members could probably recognize on sight, but have no clue what his name is. This is mainly due to a string of supporting roles, that were all solid turns, but for the most part never really saw him getting the …
Five new film hit South African cinemas today, and the full spectrum of audiences is being catered for… The Conjuring: My pick of the week is this haunted house horror film based on a true story. From the director of creepy sleeper hit Insidious, The Conjuring stars Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as a couple of paranormal investigators summoned to …
Ever seen some fake-smiling, fake-tanning celebrity TV chef produce a display of culinary prestidigitation, but then when you replicate it, following the provided recipe to the letter and using the exact same ingredients, the end result is just… off? A little tougher to chew, a little harder to swallow, it’s just not quite as tasty as when you first saw …
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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