It’s a bit of a quieter week at the movies with just four new releases hitting cinemas in addition to local Marikana-centred documentary Miners Shot Down. Transcendence: This sci-fi drama is the directorial debut of Oscar-winning cinematographer – and frequent Christopher Nolan collaborator – Wally Pfister. Johnny Depp plays a controversial artificial intelligence researcher who finds his consciousness separated from …
There are those movies out there that cross lines for certain reasons. Tarantino crosses the blood line in an effort to recapture gore of days past, Bay enjoys recapturing the first few instances of the universe in most of his movies. With A Million Ways to Die in the West Seth MacFarlane seems to want to recapture the elements that make …
Back in 1998, Dougray Scott was busy playing the baddie in Mission: Impossible 2, when the production ran behind schedule, forcing Scott to pull out of this other little project he was working on and giving up his role to a relatively unknown Australian stage actor and soap star. The movie was X-Men, the actor was Hugh Jackman, and the rest is history. …
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This weekend South Africans can catch a free TCM screening of Do the Right Thing as well as a decidedly old all-star concert flick 12.12.12., in addition to five other flicks that cover a wide spectrum of genres. Non-Stop: Your 2014 release in the unofficial “Liam Neeson as an unwilling but badass action hero” series is this thriller about an …
The “Liam Neeson Punching People” genre has become a fan favourite since its inception in 2008, with such genre entrants as Liam Neeson Punches Kidnappers in Europe, Liam Neeson Forgets Who He Is and Punches Assassins in Berlin, Liam Neeson Punches Wolves in Antarctica and Liam Neeson Punches Kidnappers in Europe Again. Spanish born Jaume Collet-Serra directed the second entry on that …
Listen closely. One of the greatest genres is about to be taken over by a pair of talentless hacks known only as Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. What they have, is a particular lack of skills that make their movies a nightmare for people wanting a good laugh. But if they let the genre go, that will be the end …
Traci Braxton husband was Kevin Surratt Sr., a longtime partner who stood by her …
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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