Despite the confusion bred by the opening line of Edwin Starr’s 1969 classic soul track, we do actually know what war is good for. War is a metal machine which in its indefatigable forward momentum chews up young men and women to leave nothing but broken corpses in its wake. That metaphor is made real by the titular M4A3E8 Sherman tank at …
What an evening! Sadly to say not a brilliant one for our readers up in Johannesburg as Ek’sdom ESKOM’s rolling blackouts decided to hit our pre-screening of the rather awesome Fury that left the cinema darker than the shelled-out remains of a Panzer. We’ll try and make it up to you, promise! However, we did manage to get the screening of Fury up and running (also after …
Wow! The time has flown! It’s been a week since we let you fine people know about a fantastic competition and now that the deadline has come and gone and the competition has officially closed. I’ll be emailing those who made it (some by the skin of their teeth, I say!) today and look forward to spending a fun and exciting …
Though he had a great solid run culminating in the Oscar winning Training Day and superb 2012 standout End of Watch, writer/director David Ayer had real misstep with his last outing, Sabotage. Did I say “misstep”? I meant drunkenly falling face first into cow dung. But Ayer appears to be back in winning form with Fury, a WWII tank movie that sees Brad Pitt leading a …
Everybody has bad days. Just ask the guys at COPE and Agang. Oh, you don’t know who that is? Exactly. But bad days are not just reserved for lame duck political parties though, they happen to all of us. And sometimes, as this trailer for Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day shows, they happen to your entire family …
I can almost guarantee that there are people who are going to hate Noah, the latest film from auteur Darren Aronofsky. And no, I’m not just talking about the easily offended religious – of which I’m certain there will be plenty. The suspected hatred will probably come from the fact that what Aronofksy has created here, is a challenging, idiosyncratic, contradictory …
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Three new films open in South Africa today, offering a mix of escapism and special effects. Last Updated: August 30, 2013
Video games reach a huge audience, yet not every player enjoys the same kind …
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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