Welcome to October, the month of scary movies! I’ve decided that, seeing as I’ve been given free reign over the Midweek Movie Mouth-Off (muahahaha!), we’re going to have a month of discussing all things Halloween. To start off, let’s talk about the first scary movie you ever saw. Now, depending on how old you were, the first scary movie you …
Video-on-demand and streaming services for TV and movies is the way of the future. The old way of being told what you can watch and when you can watch it is going the way of the dinosaur, with streaming services giving flexibility, accessibility, and badly needed affordability. To fill this gap in South African TV we now have VIDI, South …
Life’s not fair, we know this. Sometimes, really awesome movies deserve a sequel and it just never happens. As Kervyn wrote yesterday, we know this happened with Karl Urban’s Dredd 3D, a damn fine movie with great reviews that failed at the box office, so the chance of getting more out of the franchise was scuppered. Even though it was …
Sometimes, there comes a certain point in some movies when you just can’t carry on. It might be that the movie was not at all what you expected, it might have been too scary, or maybe it just induces narcolepsy. I know this has happened with a friend of mine, who has watched the start of Frozen about three times, …
The 66th Annual Primetime Emmys were held on Monday night, in case you missed the full list of winners you can catch up here. While there were some surprises, like the fact that The Big Bang Theory still manages to get nominated, let alone win anything, it was no surprise that Breaking Bad managed to scoop almost everything in the …
Sometimes you get movies that reign supreme at the box office and deserve the top spot. Sometimes, you get movies that only find a cult following after the DVD release. Sometimes you get epic flops. But sometimes, you get movies that really shouldn’t do well, no one wants them to do well, yet inexplicably they do. Michael Bay’s Teenage Mutant …
With Monday’s news that Paul Feig has plans to reboot the Ghostbusters franchise with a female team, the first question on everyone’s minds is obviously about the actresses that would take on the mantle. Lots of names have been bandied about, from Sandra Bullock (who worked with Feig on The Heat) to Melissa McCarthy (who has worked with Feig on …
In just one day, the doors will open on what has become the Mecca of the comic book geek world. And since we love in a topsy turvy world where geeks rule entertainment media, it has also become one of the biggest events on the movie calendar. I am of course speaking of San Diego’s Comic-Con International, which will be …
A good loot box never feels like a coupon. It feels like a moment. …
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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