Ryan Reynolds has not been having a great year. As one after the other of his high profile films belly-flopped at the box office, I imagine he spent most nights getting blindly drunk on embarrassingly pink drinks with last year’s cinematic whipping boy, Taylor Kitsch. And unfortunately for Reynolds, despite the fact that his latest film, the supernatural romp R.I.P.D., is …
It’s a busy week in terms of new movie releases, with five new films hitting South African cinemas today. For the record, the emphasis seems to be primarily on comedy of the action-packed kind. Last Updated: September 6, 2013
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When it comes to playing comic book characters, Ryan Reynolds treats his career like Pokemon: He’s gotta act ’em all. He’s played Green Lantern, will soon be soon be seen in the live action adaptation of R.I.P.D, and for years was attached to the role of The Flash. But the one superhero movie he’s really struggled to bring to the screen, …
Remember Highlander, the rulesh of the game. No battling on holy fanboy ground, and you musht take the head of the franchishe if you want to win. Yesh. It looks like dark days for the upcoming reboot of the cult classic film, which spawned a sequel that could only be understood while tripping LSD, a few more unbearable films and …
I’m sure that a bunch of you checked out those Fast & Furious guys and girls over the weekend (curse my busy social life for not allowing me to see it yet!) but later in the year, another movie featuring the neon-covered need for for speed will be out, also starring another bald guy. Not that he has much choice in the …
Nobody is ever going to accuse Tarsem Singh of not having talent. The director of The Fall, Mirror Mirror and Immortals certainly has a gift for visuals like few other directors in Hollywood. His film’s just always seem to be missing… something. And maybe that something is a little Van Wilder. Last Updated: April 26, 2013
Well here’s one movie which came out of nowhere to dispense some ghostly justice and slap an afterlife sentence on offenders. RIPD has been cooking for a while now, attracting some top notch talent in the apparitions of Mary-Louise Parker, Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds. It’s MIB but with a supernatural twist and a lot more colour. Here’s that first …
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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