Well, it had to happen some time. The might Star Wars: The Force Awakens has finally been pried off the top spot on the US box office chart. And all it took was an angry black cop, a fast talking loser and a weirdo Asian guy – all of which actually sound like the setup for a joke, although in …
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out “WHAAAAT?!!” and were suddenly silenced. I fear something surprising has happened. Leonardo DiCaprio already had a great weekend as he claimed the Golden Globe for Best Actor – Drama last night, but it seems that the universe decided to give him an even more …
Due to the break we took recently, it’s been a few weeks since we last did a box office report. But really, you didn’t miss much since there’s essentially just been one story – really the only story – dominating the headlines: Star Wars: The Force Awakens shattering every box office record in front of it as it makes a …
Well, I must say I’m glad that we’re back, but there is a lot to catch up on! For Kervyn, this meant feverishly posting about every cool trailer that came out while we didn’t have a website (Star Trek Beyond, The Legend of Tarzan and Independence Day: Resurgence to name but a few). For me, this meant having to put four …
How’s that famous quote go? “I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in joy and it doesn’t look they’re going to be silenced any time soon!”. Well, not quite, but I have a feeling that that’s what it should be as Star Wars: The Force Awakens opened last week (on Wednesday …
Comedic gal pals Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are awesome. Thanks to their incredible hosting gigs of the Golden Globes as well as their work on Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock, this is an immutable, unassailable fact. So really, when I heard that the duo were pairing up for an R-Rated feature film comedy I was already sold without …
First things first: if you’re expecting a faithful animated telling of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen, you are likely to be disappointed. Frozen is an even greater departure from its source material than Tangled (Walt Disney’s last CGI-fairy tale) was from Rapunzel. This said, despite its deviation from a rich original story – and despite not actually being as …
Humans want connection and the internet is so far the best connection machine. A …
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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