Useless words! Wasteful drivel! Unnecessary letters that are just getting in the way of you seeing the new trailer Avengers: Age of Ultron, which actually needs no introduction at this point! So why are you still reading this? Click play on this really grim but really action-packed trailer already, my good man/lady, so you can see Joburg get an Extreme Hulk Makeover, …
I wish I had a time machine. That may be an odd way to start a review about a sombre true-crime drama, but my temporal fantasies has a purpose: I just wish I could see the look on the face of 2013-Me, when I tell myself that in 2015 I will watch a chilling, disturbing character study, steeped in themes …
While the word “reshoot” is sometimes a warning klaxon that something on a movie needs to be fixed (or made worse – here’s looking at you, 47 Ronin), additional shooting has become par for the course when it comes to Marvel. The comic book film studio regularly has their flicks go back in front of the camera, usually to either …
The next Avengers film already has a ridiculously massive cast. Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, James Spader and many, many more. That’s a whole heap of actors already. But it also includes one of the finest physical actors of our generation, a man used to being covered in ping pong balls, Andy Serkis. While his role in the …
When true-life wrestling drama Foxcatcher played at the Sundance Film Festival earlier in the year, film journos in attendance were suplexing each other for the chance to be the first to tell the world just how good it was, in particularly a scary good turn from Steve Carell that puts him in almost certain Oscar contention. But Foxcatcher is more than just a …
If there’s one part of my job I hate it’s this: Having to look at spoilers for movies that I’m really looking forward to. But apparently some of you want to know these things, which means I need to write about them. So I hope you’re happy with yourselves because this one is potentially a SMASH-ing spoiler. But let’s first …
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While what writer-director Joss Whedon achieved behind the camera in The Avengers is damn near miraculous, in front of it, there was really only one, undeniable star of that movie – ironically, the one character who up until that point had actually kept drawing the short straw when it came to movies. I am of course talking about the Hulk, who …
Music creators often need clean instrumentals for edits, reels, and practice sessions. However, manual …
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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