Playing off the very real US subprime mortgage crisis that hit between 2006 to 2009 that led to many people losing their homes due to foreclosure, 99 Homes is the upcoming drama starring Andrew Garfield and Michael Shannon: Around the world everyone knows that honest hard work gets you nowhere. In sunny Orlando, Florida, construction worker Dennis Nash [Andrew Garfield] …
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There’s something particularly sad – and I’m talking poor little orphan girls in the snow with teary eyed kittens levels of sadness here – when bad movies happen to good actors. Now I’m not saying with 100% certainty that She’s Funny That Way is going to be a complete trainwreck, but judging by all the tired and played out “screwball comedy” genre …
There are many things I can fault in Man of Steel, but Michael Shannon’s Zod was not one of them. He’s a villain whose not a straight-cut bad guy (in fact, it could be argued that Superman was being the dick here, as he could just have let Zod rebuild his new Krypton somewhere and everything would have been okay) and Shannon’s …
The wild west, the future and a desperate need for water. That’s basically the plot for Young Ones, all wrapped up. And with a hell of a cast attached to it, a film that looks might good. Pard’ner. Last Updated: August 22, 2014
In case you haven’t noticed, we are rather popular with Hollywood lately. And by “we”, I clearly don’t mean the sometimes cheap alcohol fueled ravings of Darryn, Nick, James and I on this site, but rather our country of South Africa being used as a prime shooting location for American movies. One of the reasons is that we have such …
“It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” This quote isn’t entirely true about Man of Steel, the highly anticipated reboot of the Superman film franchise – as well as potential launching point for a Justice League film to rival Marvel’s The Avengers. It’s just that huge explosions and mass destruction alone do …
Three new movies open in South Africa today, with one of the new releases being one of the most highly anticipated blockbusters of 2013. I think you can guess which of the following it is… Last Updated: June 28, 2013
Every year in the gaming industry, there is a familiar buzz that starts building …
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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