I can almost guarantee that there are people who are going to hate Noah, the latest film from auteur Darren Aronofsky. And no, I’m not just talking about the easily offended religious – of which I’m certain there will be plenty. The suspected hatred will probably come from the fact that what Aronofksy has created here, is a challenging, idiosyncratic, contradictory …
This Friday Noah opens in South Africa with a blockbuster 3D (and 3D IMAX) treatment… and surprisingly little fanfare and/or controversy despite it being a Hollywood reinterpretation of a Bible story – giving it an unusual “timeless” spin. More importantly for cinephiles, Noah is the latest from writer-director Darren Aronofsky, who never fails to wow with his striking, frequently surreal …
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This year’s Oscars take place on Sunday night (early Monday morning, South African time). So, naturally, local film distributors are getting in on the action, with the release of two of the biggest names of the 2013 awards season. It’s also, incidentally, a notable week for true stories hitting the silver screen. Last Updated: February 28, 2014
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As far as action heroes go, biblical characters are hardly John McClane or even Turner and Hooch. Sure, you’ve got King David and Solomon, but all those other heroes are all about the parables and stuff. With Russell Crowe taking on the role of Noah though, we’re getting a different version of the character, that takes advantage of all that …
Colin Farrell and Russell Crowe have both played a wide variety of characters in a kaleidoscopic assortment of films between them, from walking computer programs to vampires to singing French policemen to futuristic triple-agents to Roman gladiators. But there’s always time to take on something new, which in this case is an adaptation of Mark Helprin’s critically acclaimed novel, Winter’s …
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Cloud gaming removed hardware barriers, but it replaced them with something less visible and …
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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