Brilliant, visionary Nikola Tesla (Ethan Hawke) fights an uphill battle to bring his revolutionary electrical system to fruition, then faces thornier challenges with his new system for worldwide wireless energy. The film tracks Tesla’s uneasy interactions with his fellow inventor Thomas Edison (Kyle MacLachlan) and his patron George Westinghouse (Jim Gaffigan). Another thread traces Tesla’s sidewinding courtship of financial titan J.P. Morgan (Donnie Keshawarz), whose daughter Anne (Eve Hewson) takes a more than casual interest in the inventor.

This year’s trick-or-treating is amounting to be a mixed bag for moviegoers. The Basement and Hell Fest have been ripped apart by critics, reception for Shane Black’s entry into the Predator franchise has been lukewarm, and the most anticipated movie this Halloween is turning out to actually be Halloween, the follow-up to John Carpenter’s 1978 cult classic. But these movies are all for the adults. What do younger audiences have to enjoy and be terrified by this scary season? Enter The House with a Clock in its Walls.

Kervyn and I were fortunate enough to attend a Disney preview afternoon a few months ago. At the event we were taken through Disney’s timeline for this year and 2015. A few movies really made an impact on me. Of course Guardians of the Galaxy left me foaming at the mouth but there was another I had not heard of that …

Recently we heard that Veteran actor Kyle MacLachlan was joining Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and now another actor has been cast as Mockingbird (a character first revealed to appear in season two at ComicCon). Joining the team is actress Adrianne Palicki (Friday Night Lights, G.I. Joe: Retaliation) who will play the role of fellow no-super-powers agent Barbara “Bobbi” Morse (Mockingbird) in …

Minor spoilers for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Veteran actor Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks and mostly recently, Believe) has picked up a recurring role in the upcoming second season of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. with a character currently only known as “The Doctor”, and no, there most certainly won’t be any blue phone boxes involved. While it’s not been confirmed, rumour has …

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Four new movies open in South African cinemas today, although it’s clear from the outset who the big box office winner will be… The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2: Long-suffering boyfriends and haters can breathe a sigh of relief. Five movies later, the soap opera-styled film franchise based on Stephenie Meyer’s supernatural romance novels is finally drawing to …