This weekend past saw Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, one of the biggest films of the year, come swinging into theatres where it promptly became the 500-pound gorrilla in the room. After the surprising success of Rupert Wyatt’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes, new director Matt “Cloverfield” Reeves had one massive task ahead of him with the sequel. …
It’s rather unfortunate, but it’s a simple fact we just don’t get to see all the movies down here in currently not so sunny South Africa. There are several high-profile releases that simply never make it to our theatrical shores. Case in point, The Raid 2: Berandal, an eagerly awaited and greatly recommended sequel which I reviewed earlier this week, but …
This week we saw Community, one of the best shows on TV and a personal favourite of mine for years, being snatched from the very brink of cancellation death as Yahoo picked the show up for a sixth season after NBC had given it the chop earlier in the year. So here’s today’s question: Which cancelled TV show do you wish …
Earlier this morning we got a new trailer for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and this Friday sees the release of Transformers: Age of Extinction, the latest entry in a franchise can has somehow developed the technology to transform explosions into money. Both those films/franchise began life as 1980’s cartoons before being given the modern live-action reboot treatment, and while the “R” word …
We’ve just about reached the halfway mark of 2014, so today we would like to know what your year in movies has been like so far. What lived up to all the hype? What exceeded expectations? What fell short of the mark? And what was so bad that you’re not actually reading this since you’ve been stuck in therapy ever …
Easily the biggest of releases this weekend coming is the sci-fi actiion thriller Edge of Tomorrow. You may have heard that I thought that it really was damn good, a sentiment echoed by most international critics as well. And yet, despite the superb trailers, the great buzz and director Doug Liman’s established track record, I’ve heard/seen several remarking that they’re not interested …
This week, we”re keeping our minds firmly in the gutter. Or toilet, to be more precise. Last Friday saw the release of Seth MacFarlane”s latest feature film, the comedy-western A Million Ways to Die in the West, an exceptionally crass film that boasts a scene in which Doogie Howser voids his However, all major medical marketplace for health insurance (private marketplace for …
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but 150 seems to have become the new 90. No, people aren’t suddenly living longer. I’m referring to the fact that the running time of several recent Hollywood blockbusters have all been hovering around the bladder-bursting 2.5 hour mark, and sometimes even beyond. With so many of these big budget flicks being adaptations of …
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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