The home of Strange Brigade, 2000AD and various other properties has now invested $100 million on a new location that’ll be used for two of their biggest upcoming projects, a Judge Dredd TV series and an upcoming Rogue Trooper film that’ll be directed by Warcraft’s Duncan Jones.
Held at the Kyalami convention center, Comic Con Africa boasted some amazing star power and attendance figures. It wasn’t entirely perfect, but those teething problems could easily be ironed out by a sequel convention in 2019. A convention that has just been finalised, as Comic Con Africa has officially announced that the next convention will take place from September 21-24.
Five Fingers For Marseilles, the South African neo-Western film directed by Michael Matthews has gathered phenomenal critical acclaim. One particularly lovey website called it “visually arresting” and “utterly gripping.”
Comic Con Africa has come and gone, leaving one hell of an impact on the local convention scene. Was it worth all the hype though? Did it live up the expectations that fans and consumers had for the very first official Comic Con on African soil?
Comic Con Africa is on right now, so what can you absolutely not miss during the weekend? I don't really know, but here are the 10 things I would love to see this weekend, if I was in South Africa.
If you’re feeling like some nostalgia in your life and you have nothing better to do for the next couple of months, because Twitch will be showing 19 seasons and 16 movies worth of Pokemon. That’s 932 episodes and too many movies after Mewtwo Strikes Back.
I have not been to watch a movie at the cinema for a long time. It’s not that I especially dislike the experience, or that I don’t want to be part of the zeitgeist. It’s probably down to the fact that I don’t really want to spend R87 for my wife to nap for two hours. Still, there are things that annoy me about going to the movies, beyond the price of the tickets.
There's a cinematic legacy attached to us that paints most South Africans as villains. Sure, there’s the utterly detestable kind of villain as seen in the racist cabal that harrassed Mel Gibson and Danny Glover in Lethal Weapon 2. But there’s also another kind of local villain that I adore seeing on the big screen: The South African gun for hire.
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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