[column size=one_half position=first ]In defense of its big flop reputation, Waterworld is not one of the worst movies ever made. It’s one of the most awesome. Last Updated: September 29, 2014

If there’s one thing that can spark endless debate amongst fans everywhere, it’s which sci-fi universe rules them all, which sci-fi universe overanalyses findings, and whose spaceships brings them together and then in the darkness blows them all to smithereens with LAZORS! PEW PEW PEW! No Captain Picard, I expect you to die! PEW! BOOM! MWUHAHA! Sorry, I got carried …

[column size=one_half position=first ]Terry Gilliam is a tricky director to appreciate, usually because he is as good at shooting his career in the foot as making immortal classics. Last Updated: September 8, 2014

[column size=one_half position=first ] Mathematics is the language of the universe. So what happens if you stumble upon the numbers that can explain everything? You don’t need a maths degree to watch Pi – in fact, if you did you’d probably get annoyed. Instead this is about obsession, power and insanity. Last Updated: July 28, 2014

If you aren’t gearing up for this year’s Durban International Film Festival – I suppose, even if you are – you have four new releases to catch at South African cinemas as of today. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Screening in 2D and 3D is this sequel to the 2011 reboot – a hit with critics and audiences …

[column size=one_half position=first ]How the hell do you explain this movie to people? If we rely on genre, it’s an extreme arthouse cyberpunk fetish music surrealist horror that might be mistaken for a crazy music video with an hour-long runtime. Last Updated: June 30, 2014

Just three new films open in South African cinemas for the long weekend. Between them they offer a combination of sci-fi action, bittersweet star-crossed romance and tonally lightweight, but star-heavy, fare for the older set. Edge of Tomorrow: Blockbuster fanatics will find their needs fulfilled by this Japanese novel adaptation, screening in 2D, 3D and 3D IMAX. Tom Cruise is …

It’s a bit of a quieter week at the movies with just four new releases hitting cinemas in addition to local Marikana-centred documentary Miners Shot Down. Transcendence: This sci-fi drama is the directorial debut of Oscar-winning cinematographer – and frequent Christopher Nolan collaborator – Wally Pfister. Johnny Depp plays a controversial artificial intelligence researcher who finds his consciousness separated from …