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We review Pompeii – A mindless missed opportunity, as expected
You know what actually gave Titanic its emotional heft? It wasn’t the star-crossed romance between pretty young lovers. It was the band playing on. It was the elderly couple spooning on the bed as their cabin filled with water. It was the mother telling bedtime stories to her children to keep them calm despite the hopelessness of their situation. Sadly, …
Movies out today: Roman catastrophe, cops and Walt Disney
Four movies hit South African cinemas today, and the entertainment offer is all about escapism in its many genre forms. Pompeii: Slathering on the CGI-visuals is this shot-for-3D action-adventure from director Paul WS Anderson (he of Resident Evil and other video game adaptation fame). Set in Pompeii on the brink of Mount Vesuvius’s surprise eruption in 79CE, this disaster romance centres on …
Many people wish for death in this first trailer for Paul WS Anderson's POMPEII
Are you still drooling over Kit Harrington’s newfound ripped physique that was shown off in that first pic from Resident Evil franchise helmer Paul WS Anderson’s Pompeii the other day? Well you’ll be happy to know that you can now you get to see all six of those packs in action in this first trailer for the disaster/love story. It’s not all just …
Extras! Olivia Wilde hands out advice, The Kingslayer upsets the other woman, Tom Hooper's mercury may be rising, Jai Courtney gets divergent and exactly what happened to Knights of Badassdom?! Plus much more!
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Movies out today: Undead action, animation and magic realism
From hyper-stylised zombie slaying to quirky arthouse fare, there’s a trio of new movies releasing at South African cinemas from today. Resident Evil: Retribution: Shot for, and screening in, 3D is this fifth Resident Evil film, moving further and further away from the video game franchise that kicked off the movie series. Under the direction of Paul W. S. Anderson, …
This RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION trailer is all a dream!
I enjoyed the first Resident Evil movie. It was a decent adaptation of the videogame with enough nods to its source to please fans, and good amounts of horror and action to appease the newcomers. Since then though, it would be safe to say I haven’t been much of a fan; my “appreciation” of the subsequent sequels inversely proportional to …
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