Most people can’t do more than one thing at a time. This genetic drawback is something that benefits No Escape greatly as it’s kind of hard to give too much serious thought to the film’s flimsy characterisation, and bare bones plotting when you’re too busy biting your nails to the quick. And you will be chomping down on your nails all …
It’s been 14 years since Owen Wilson decided to break from his comedy mold and do the whole action-man thing in the middling Behind Enemy Lines, and he’s spent the years since essentially going back to his Owen Wilson-ness and just saying “Wow” a lot. But now Derek Zoolander’s male modelling nemesis is back in new action thriller No Escape …
It’s been a while since I saw Owen Wilson in a movie that I didn’t get irritated at, so No Escape – a new action thriller set in Southeast Asia – really appeals to me for its serious tone. This is also the first time Wilson has tried his luck with being an action man again since 2001’s middling Behind …
The Movies is going on seasonal shutdown between Christmas and the first week of January. These however are the movies hitting South African cinemas over the next three Fridays. Whatever you’re in the mood for, you got it! Last Updated: December 20, 2013
TRAILERCEPTION! BWAAAAAARRRHHHHP! That was my obligatory trailer fog horn, by the way, a sound that seems to be included in every single trailer released today. Before then though, the one thing just about trailer possessed was the phrase “In a world…”, the signature of legendary trailer voice-over artist Don LaFontaine (RIP). But can you imagine what that phrase would have …
Cloud gaming removed hardware barriers, but it replaced them with something less visible and …
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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