Director's Antoine Fuqua's Magnificent Seven remake ditches many of the western genre staples for a more modern approach, but still entertains with its action and likable characters

I’m not a huge fan of Westerns. I find the genre quite mundane and often quite pretentious. Maybe it’s the time period that doesn’t appeal to me or perhaps the predictability of the characters. I haven’t really figured it out yet, as there are some which I have greatly enjoyed, but many, many more that I would rather just skip …

Wow, it seems like only yesterday that I was posting the first images to director ‘s version of the classic 1960s western Magnificent Seven. Wait just a darn minute, it WAS just yesterday! And now there’s already a first trailer out! Two things about said trailer though: Firstly we get so see the now over-used ‘bang/change shot/bang/in time with music/this is Suicide Squad trailer …

No more remakes, dammit! I’d usually scream this from the rooftops but in this instance I am actually rather excited because CHRIS PRATT and any screenplay by Nic Pizzolatto, the brains behind the first season of True Detective, is sure to be tighter than a dolphins blowhole. I am of course talking about the Magnificent Seven, a movie that deserves its place in …

I find it quite surprising that people can still even remember what Johnny Depp really looks like. The 52-year old actor has spent the last few years lacquered in so much ludicrous makeup and affecting so many physical quirks (not to mention donning crazy headgear, including a dead bird!) that a sighting of the real Johnny Depp has become about …

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If you haven’t heard yet, Jesse Eisenberg will soon be going head to hairless head with both Batman and Superman as the villainous Lex Luthor. I am assuming that getting himself ready to play such an iconic villain, may be why Eisenberg has been drawn to lot of dark roles lately. And that preparation will continue with Night Moves, the second step …

The Movies is going on seasonal shutdown between Christmas and the first week of January. These however are the movies hitting South African cinemas over the next three Fridays. Whatever you’re in the mood for, you got it! Last Updated: December 20, 2013