Movies out today: 21 October 2016
Tom Cruise returns in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Trolls offers colourful escapism, and Hands of Stone and Boo! A Madea Halloween round out the new movies.
HBO Rebooting THE LEFTOVERS in Season 2
HBO’s mystery-drama The Leftovers is one of those shows you need to be in just the right mood to watch – if you’re happy you soon won’t be and if you’re sad make sure to hide the razor blades – because it’s unrelentingly bleak. Primarily set in the town of Mapleton it follows a small group of inhabitants as they, …
Movies out today: Airplane action, Amazon adventures and All is Lost
This weekend South Africans can catch a free TCM screening of Do the Right Thing as well as a decidedly old all-star concert flick 12.12.12., in addition to five other flicks that cover a wide spectrum of genres. Non-Stop: Your 2014 release in the unofficial “Liam Neeson as an unwilling but badass action hero” series is this thriller about an …
New movies out today: Six different survival and sci-fi thrillers
It’s a pretty emotionally dour week at the movies. There are no cutesy kiddie films or comedies in sight; just drama, desperation to escape and heroes questioning the rightness of the status quo. Noah: The most high profile of this week’s releases is this “inspired by” take on the famous Old Testament Bible story. A man (Russell Crowe) receives visions …
Movies out today: Cap, Kermit and Corners
Five new movies open in South Africa today, with the emphasis for the most part being on secret identities, crime and action. Captain America: The Winter Soldier: Screening 2D, 3D and 3D IMAX is the latest Marvel Comics movie and the second solo Captain America flick. With its predecessor chiefly set during World War II, The Winter Soldier explores how …
Friday Fright Club: From Hell
We’ve always been fascinated with Jack the Ripper. There are countless theories regarding the identity of the butcher of Whitechapel and while we might never know his real identity he has become an iconic, terrifying villain in modern media, considering the amount of films and series he is featured in, including the Hughes brothers’ adaptation of Alan “Watchmen” Moore’s graphic …
Movies out today: magicians, morons and mad spinsters
It’s a long weekend in South Africa, with the National Women’s Day public holiday tomorrow. As a result, the week’s new movies are all releasing today, Thursday. Here’s what you catch in local cinemas now. Last Updated: August 8, 2013
The DOCTOR WHO finale – saved by the fans
If there’s one thing that the Doctor Who TV series is damn good at, it’s keeping secrets. Secrets such as who was River Song really? What is the name of the Doctor? And do Daleks ever shower (EXFOLIATE! EXFOLIATE!)? With the seventh season finally wrapping up this weekend, another big question was also answeered, while at the same time a …
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