Five new films hit South African cinemas today, and they seem to be split between silly action-packed escapism and more astute examinations of dysfunctional human relationships. The LEGO Movie: The biggie release of the weekend is this animated action comedy for the whole family. Screening in 2D and 3D, the film uses a CGI-replication of stop-motion to convey the real-world …
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As excited as you may be for The LEGO Movie, as good as you may hope it to be, I’m here to tell you that it’s actually better. A for-certain future classic of a film, I cannot recall when last I had this much fun in a cinema where copious amounts of alcohol wasn’t involved. The only chink in the blocky, …
Welcome to The Extras! A daily dose of all the smaller movie related news, clips and just plain cool stuff that you might have missed! Last Updated: February 27, 2014
Four movies hit South African cinemas today, and the entertainment offer is all about escapism in its many genre forms. Pompeii: Slathering on the CGI-visuals is this shot-for-3D action-adventure from director Paul WS Anderson (he of Resident Evil and other video game adaptation fame). Set in Pompeii on the brink of Mount Vesuvius’s surprise eruption in 79CE, this disaster romance centres on …
While the genre has received a bit of jump lately with movies like Django Unchained and True Grit, I still feel that we see far too little westerns these days. Especially westerns where people constantly die in excessively violent – but utterly hilarious – ways. Luckily, this is where writer-director-actor Seth MacFarlane’s damn funny looking A Million Ways to Die in the West comes …
Funny man Seth MacFarlane has tackled a diverse set of characters in his career, from a genius, megalomaniacal baby, to a talking, anthropomorphic dog, to the most foul mouthed teddy bear the world has ever seen/heard. And for his next project, MacFarlane will be taking on the Wild West as he writes, directs and stars in action-comedy western A Million Ways …
We often joke about how Taken 3 would most likely see Liam Neeson’s sammich stolen from him, but the reality of the film project is that it will actually happen. Thanks to the film making plenty of bucks off of a small budget, the entire european continent is going to once again have to stock up on body bags when …
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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