So we always knew that Jose Padilha’s Robocop was going to be different, but with the director’s great action credentials and a cast that would make a Chris Nolan production jealous, you’d be hard pressed to not be feeling some form of excitement for the remake. I mean, Gary Oldman! But now it looks like HitFix’s Drew McWeeney is not just …
There are three reasons why you should check out this NSFW trailer for The Loft, a remake of the 2008 Belgian thriller of the same name, directed by original director Erik Van Looy. There’s the interesting premise of five friends sharing a secret apartment for their adulterous liaisons, getting increasingly paranoid as they try to figure out which one of …
If there’s one 80’s remake I’m strangely excited for, it’s Red Dawn. I’ve never seen the original (I know, I know) so my excitement isn’t born out of nostalgia, but rather I’ve always been a fan of these “America got invaded” stories. And while a couple of big video games have been based on this premise recently, for the life …
Listen gaming industry, if you're going to remake old games, could you at least use these gems from the past?
Back in 2004, an attempt to bring the famed vampire hunter to life on the big screen, turned out to be less than successful for Universal pictures. And while Stephen Sommers failed to unleash the magic from his work on The Mummy into that project, it seems that the hater of Nosferatu is as hard to kill as his hated …
You can watch the cult classic that is Starship Troopers in various ways. You can accept it as a silly war film, a fantastic action flick or you can sit down and analyse the fascist overtones of the plot. The film is undeniably violent however, an aspect that unifies it brilliantly. But seeing as how that wonderful movie is getting …
Does Final Fantasy 7 need a remake? Doing so would murder the entire franchise, says developer Square Enix.
Three very different movie open in South Africa today. I can’t say any of the trio particularly appeal to me but perhaps one will be up your alley. Mad Buddies: Sure to break local box office records from today is the latest lowbrow comedy from Leon Schuster. Eschewing candid camera gags for a fictional narrative, the funnyman plays a former …
City life is a game of optimality. In the small studio apartments of Vancouver …
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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