Look, let’s not be coy here: The first trailer for Alex “Dark City” Proyas’ Gods of Egypt, his upcoming fantasy-adventure based on Egyptian mythology, was already a shiny golden turd mountain. Then it was pointed out that it was a shiny golden turd mountain almost exclusively occupied by white people. It was not a good look. But while there’s no …
The last time Alex Proyas got behind the camera to dabble in the fantasy genre, we got both The Crow and Dark City, two cult classics that are still pretty damn cool today. Hell, even I, Robot was rather entertaining despite its bastardization of Isaac Aasimov’s original texts. So of course you can be damn sure that I was always …
Game of Thrones, HBO’s smash hit adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s fantasy epic, is filled with familial drama, political intrigue, engaging characters, fantastic world-building, sexual appeal and no shortage of shocking violence or jawdropping plot twists. In other words, the very opposite of anything Coldplay has ever done. Yet, for some reason, for the US debut of the Red Nose …
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Yet another public holiday in South Africa means the vast majority of the week’s new film releases are out from today – Workers’ Day. And there are seven of them. 3 Days to Kill: Kevin Costner plays a terminally ill CIA agent in this action espionage thriller, written by Luc Besson and directed by McG. Costner’s character wants to reconnect …
Valar Morghulis. All Men Must Die. This is a fairly apt statement for Game of Thrones in general, and a catch-phrase that’s become more fitting for the show than Winter is Coming. Twenty new character posters have now been revealed for season four of George R. R. Martin’s fantasy epic, where no one you love, or love to hate, is …
Season 4 of HBO’s runaway success, Game of Thrones, draws ever closer to its release date, and who can say they aren’t waiting with bated breath for its return? Unless you haven’t watched it yet, in which case I’m not sure why you’re reading this. Go watch it. Go! Last Updated: February 18, 2014
We all love a good ghost story, and if you’ve been reading The Movies for a while you know that we love anything watermarked by Guillermo Del Toro. The sight of his name on a poster converts our money directly into popcorn and soda, even in the cases when he’s not the director. Last Updated: September 6, 2013
Film classification in the UK is designed to help audiences understand what content is …
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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