Making a movie isn’t easy. You’ve got to find backers, cash, distributors and actors, even before you start filming. And from there, you’ve still got make the movie, chop it up for a cinema and finish any lingering effects before you rev up the marketing engine. That’s usually a two to three year process for any film. But some films, took way …
Five new movies open in South Africa today. Whether you’re in the mood for offbeat comedy, escapist action, slapstick nonsense, a touch of horror or more highbrow fare, today you’ve got it. Last Updated: March 15, 2013
I love bad movies. Not watching bad movies, mind you. No, I often feel like taking to my eyeballs with a spoon-shiv while doing that. I mean that as somebody who writes about movies, there are very few muses as efficient as an absolutely terrible film. And with all these awards being handed out for the truly great films, it’s …
Yeah, we were on break yesterday, which meant no number-based stories based on the top ten movies in the US of A. What are you going to do about it? Beat me senseless with a leftover film reel for the unreleased Hawaiian movie Ernest gets leyed? Fair enough! Numbers, away! Last Updated: December 18, 2012
It wasn’t a particularly memorable weekend for the box office, as the past couple of days saw returns that were underwhelming at best. Clocking in with a total of $73 million, the box office experienced the third lowest grossing weekend of the year. But with The Hobbit right around the corner, business should be picking up again soon. Here’s a …
With the North American box office feeling the sleepy-eyed results of a Thanksgiving weekend from last week, the takings on offer were pretty much just leftovers. Twilight, Skyfall and Lincoln held onto their top three spots for the third week in a row, while new releases Killing them softly and The Collection made less of a splash than a hastily …
With a Thanksgiving weekend to get stuffed…on turkey, the north American box office was bustling over the last couple of days. A few new releases rocked up, but they couldn’t dethrone the current king and queen, in the form of Twilight and Skyfall. Yes, I just called James Bond a queen. This might be my last post ever typed. Last …
…and a partridge in a pear tree! (And by “partridge” I mean resistance sniper in a gillie suit!) After sitting on the shelf for years, Dan Bradley’s Red Dawn remake is now finally entering the home straight before its release and FilmDistrict want to make sure that there’s no chance in hell that you won’t know about it. They’ve released so …
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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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