When a mother's love for her sick child becomes toxic, things can only end badly. A consequence which this new Hulu series aims to explore in The Act.

Righto, ladies and gentlemen! It’s time for all the shouts of snubbery to die down, all the screams about how “everything is not awesome” to subside. As in the early hours of this morning (local time), the 87th Annual Academy Awards aka the 2015 Oscars was held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, led by host extraordinaire and …

This is it. The big one. The grandaddy of them all. Yes, the nominations for the 87th Annual Academy Awards, aka the Oscars 2015, are finally here. Held at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills, California last night, the nominations for all 24 categories were made available altogether (a first for the event), presented by actor Chris Pine, directors …

There are many films that are stuck in lengthy developments for ages. Director Richard Linklater’s latest film, Boyhood, is not one of them, despite taking more than a decade to make it to the screen. That’s because this is very unique in that Linklater intended for it to take this long. Starting in 2006, Linklater cast the then six-year old Ellar …

Actually, the following new cinema releases have been out since yesterday to capitalise on the Women’s Day public holiday in South Africa. And unsurprisingly, given the focus of yesterday’s holiday, most of the new movies are headlined by women and lean towards traditionally female concerns. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter: If you’re not in the mood for tough minded heroines and …