I’ve always been a huge fan of animated films. They’re an under-appreciated art form,a way of telling a story while being more imaginative than a room full of Industrial Light & Magic employees that I have currently locked up an – I’m drifting. But there aren’t too many films in that category that can appeal to both kids and adults. Titan AE, …
I think we can all be in agreement that Neil Blomkamp’s District 9 was a bit of a game changer. It put South Africa – and its local talent – on the international radar better than any movie about Nelson Mandela or Steve Biko had ever done before. And it did it by fusing a really kickass story about aliens …
I simply love John Sturges’ iconic 1960 western The Magnificent Seven. A westernized remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, it featured an all-star cast of some of the biggest names in Hollywood at the time: Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, Horst Buchholz, and Eli Wallach. So for MGM’s planned remake of that remake, it’s only …
Before director Kevin Smith became an insufferable burden to film critics, by throwing his toys out of the cot every time someone gave him a scathing review, he was a hero to nerdier side of film-making. Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy and Dogma were all cult favourites of his, resulting in a film starring his Silent Bob alter-ego and foul-mouthed partner …
Three new movies open in South African cinemas today, and they’re all of the pretty serious kind. Wrath of the Titans: Screening in CONVERTED 3D is the sequel to 2010’s Clash of the Titans remake – which I had such high hopes for before it was evidently mangled during and after production. Anyway, here we are back in Ancient Greece …
Four new releases bring the action, drama and trauma this week to South African cinemas. Machine Gun Preacher: My pick of today’s new movies is this action drama based on a true story. Gerard “This is Sparta” Butler plays Sam Childers, a biker and drug addict turned preacher and relief worker. Childers’s work in Uganda and the Sudan culminates with …
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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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