Video Review: SWISS ARMY MAN farts big!
Swiss Army Man has got to be the strangest movie that I have ever seen. It's so full of metaphors that you are not quite sure of what is real, and what isn't.
Daniel Radclife is a farting corpse in the trailer for SWISS ARMY MAN… seriously!
Usually when the words “farting” appears frequently on all the major movie news publications, it’s because Adam Sandler has released a new movie and everybody’s wondering who they cheesed off in a previous life to deserve this fate. But when flatulence became the talk of the town during the Sundance Film Festival this year, it actually came from a much …
This trailer for LOVE & MERCY will have you picking up good vibrations
I do love biopics, from movies like the recent The meaning of Everything, which garnered the lead actor an Oscar, to the brilliant Ray, I enjoy seeing what it takes to make remarkable people. So when I heard that there was a story about the Beach Boys, a group I have always thought could have taken on the Beatles, I was delighted. …
Movies out today: Slaves, spies and delivery men
Four new movies hit South African cinemas today, and audiences get to choose from a mix of heavy drama, light comedy and slick action. Last Updated: January 17, 2014
Movies out today: Thrillers, musicians and apocalypse comedies
With eight new movies opening in South Africa today, there must surely be something to tempt everyone to the cinema. Last Updated: October 11, 2013
Movies releasing today: Hobbits, Anti-heroes and Man-hoes
Actually, 2 of the weekend’s 3 new releases have been screening in South African cinemas since Wednesday. However, if you’ve been saving up your movie viewing for the long weekend, or, even better, the start of your Christmas holidays, here are the latest additions to the local cinema circuit. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Load up that backpack with supplies. …
Maria Bello will be romancing the wolverine in PRISONERS
There’s a lot of films out there with great casts attached that always seems to slip under the radar, and Prisoners looks like such a film. The upcoming movie has actors such as Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhall and Melissa Leo attached, and now, it’s adding Maria Bello to that list as well. Last Updated: November 12, 2012
We review Ruby Sparks – An intelligent, insightful and accessible romance
There’s that moment in every relationship where the honeymoon phase ends; where the idealist shell you’ve constructed around your partner cracks and suddenly you see the messy reality underneath. Suddenly that nice guy gentleman demonstrates a terrifying surge of temper in front of you, or the manic pixie dream girl reveals she’s not perkiness, sunshine and unpredictable sex all the …
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