It’s (almost) all about Halloween this weekend! We have a surprisingly good meta-adaptation of the famously spooky R.L. Stine book series Goosebumps, a disturbing but beautiful horror love story from Guillermo del Toro, a sadly not-so-scary home invasion thriller, a movie about the dark allure of violent gangsters, and one Russian produced and Afrikaans dubbed animated movie about The Snow …
This week, we get an early start on Halloween with Not Another Paranormal Activity Movie, Bradley Cooper’s career takes a bit of a scary nosedive, old Disney classics come back to haunt us, and two local movies have nothing to do with Halloween but they still look pretty good. Plus we have a highly-praised coming-of-age drama and a properly awful …
This week sees a return to form for both Johnny Depp (yay!) and Ryan Reynolds (double yay!), a quirky indie teen movie about friendships and cancer, a terrible teen movie about making it big on Youtube, a likewise terrible independent animated feature and another South African movie I know nothing about. Black Mass In 1970s South Boston, FBI Agent John …
This week, Matt Damon gets lost in space, N.W.A. teach us the history of rap, the kids get an early Halloween treat, two local films generate some buzz and Nicholas Cage does what Nicholas Cage does best… star in a terrible movie. The Martian During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is presumed dead after a fierce …
This week climb a mountain with some friends, they may not be perfect but at least you have your best friend – and everyone remember to watch out for bees! Everest Inspired by the incredible events surrounding an attempt to reach the summit of the world’s highest mountain, Everest documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their …
This week we’re taking a trip across across America via the highways of Nostalgia and Gross-ness, M. Night Shyamalan returns with – PLOT TWIST! – a good movie, Charlize goes dark, and a couple of musos have a very long chat. Vacation The next generation of Griswolds is at it again. Ed Helms stars as Rusty Griswold, the son of …
In between the action of bald super-agents and unnecessary franchise continuations, we also have some drama from aging rock stars, two comedies from New Yorkers and Joburg, and Jake Gyllenhaal getting punched in the face. A lot. Agent 47 HITMAN: AGENT 47 centers on an elite assassin who was genetically engineered from conception to be the perfect killing machine, and …
This week is all about 60’s spies (with Superman!), teenage literary drama and some predictable cheese (any of the last three movies will fit that description, so that’s handy). The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Set against the backdrop of the early 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” centers on CIA agent Solo and KGB agent …
Every archive has that one photograph that stops you mid-scroll: a crowded market square …
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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