Four new films open in South Africa today… although it’s clear in advance who the big winner at the box office will be. Turns out it’s all about who has the biggest adamantium claws. Snikt! Last Updated: July 26, 2013

Despite a sterling reputation, Quentin Tarantino isn’t the most consistent writer-director. Leaping around between genres, and typically juggling large casts, his experimental work is always interesting… but not always satisfying. Django Unchained fortunately demonstrates the filmmaker on form. A tad overlong, prone to obvious fan service moments and suffering from jarring tonal shifts, this Spaghetti Western-Blaxploitation-Revenge-Actioner (phew!) is nonetheless entirely …

Catch two Oscar nominees and one… erm… Razzie candidate at the South African box office from today. Last Updated: January 18, 2013

There’s not much else that we here at The Movies still have left to say about Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming Western, Django Unchained. Or rather, there’s nothing we can say, since our jaws are still dragging around in the dirt after the sheer coolness of the last trailer. And just when we start to reclaim a semblance of control over our …