Is classic ninja platforming game Strider looking to make a comeback?

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

Remake news! Poltergeist has been bubbling away at MGM for a while now, as the tale of a haunted house and various other spooky phenomena has been in development limbo for a while now. Sam Raimi joined the project last year in a producing capacity, and it looks like the movie has finally found a director, in the form of Gil “City …

We’ve had a lot to say about remakes over the last while here at The Movies, especially when some of our favourite films from the last few decades get manhandled by studios looking to make a quick buck. Well, for better or for worse, another classic is being reinvented but I have a suspicion that the bar has already been …

It’s been almost a year since I whinged like a hipster in a regular music shop about the Evil Dead. Since then, the film has evolved into something that may actually be carrying the spirit of the franchise quite well. I’ll reserve final judgement for the end product, but right now, I’m cautiously optimistic about it. It’s out in just …

There’s no shortage of fine actors in Hollywood, but top of that list would have to be James McAvoy. The man has proven to be an acting heavyweight in the likes of flicks such as The Last King of Scotland and Atonement, while proving that he had action chops in movies such as Wanted and X-Men: First Class. So what’s …

It’s hard to believe, but it’s been over 12 years since Jim Carrey donned a green suit and pranced around wrecking Christmas for an entire town of Yuletide-obsessed Santaphiles. And yet, that Ron Howard film is still as good today as it was back then. Hell, it’s played on pretty much every single channel, every single Christmas. So obviously, it’s …

It’s a hard knock life, uh huh, it’s hard knock life! Remember little Orphan Annie? You don’t? Damn, I do feel old today. Anyway, the classic cartoons starred the Annie of the title, alongside her wealthy adoptive father Daddy Warbucks. Together, along with friends and allies, they took part in numerous adventures and hijinks of the wacky variety. A film …