OK go ahead, waggle your fingers in my direction, make disapproving “tut tut” noises and call me a giant hypocrite. It’s OK, not only do I deserve it, but I can take it. Because as much as I raged on George Lucas and his even further milking of the Star Wars franchise by re-releasing Episode 1 in 3D earlier this …

For a film nominated for 6 Oscars, including Best Picture, War Horse is a surprisingly mixed bag. Admittedly the film has always been marketed simply as a good old fashioned tearjerker and war epic, but even in this regard, Steven Spielberg’s latest is hit and miss. Visually War Horse is a treat, and you get a handful of genuine sob …

It’s a weekend of serious stuff (well, for the most part) at South African moviehouses, with manly men doing stuff like picking up guns, and flaming chains, and going to war… against everyone from drug dealers to Germans to, uh, the Devil himself. Can’t you just smell the testosterone? Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance – Of today’s 4 major releases, …

After raking in a fortune at the box office and proving to be a generally favourable hit with critics, it shouldn’t be any surprise that the intrepid young explorer and his faithful canine will be returning to the big screen. Only this time, it’s not Steven Spielberg that will be directing, but rather fellow collaborator Peter Jackson instead. Last Updated: February 14, 2012

An argument can easily be made (most probably by me) that Raiders of the Lost Ark is the most perfect adventure film ever made. One of those incredible pieces of cinema that was a smash hit both commercially (highest grossing film in the year of it’s release) and critically (nominated for 8 Oscars, won 4), it has firmly taken it’s rightful …

Collider is reporting that while promoting his current war-time epic War Horse in France, director extraordinaire Steven Spielberg uncharacteristically spoke about – and frustratingly also remained mum on – some of his upcoming projects. When questioned on which of Herge’s stories will be adapted for the Peter Jackson directed followup to Tintin – which Spielberg is still producing – he gave the …

Right, we’re a week into 2012 and it’s time to look ahead at the notable new releases of the next 6 months. Please bear in mind that release dates are subject to change, and the list includes a handful of flicks that have already opened overseas but have yet to reach South Africa. And yes, upfront I’ll admit that a …

Perhaps it was foolish not to instantly realise that director Steven Spielberg and Hergé’s much beloved comic book Tintin would be a natural fit for one another. The similarities between Spielberg’s world-weary archaeologist Indiana Jones and Herge’s intrepid young reporter are obvious – both men travel the pre-1950s globe on the hunt for mystery-shrouded historical treasures. Both characters are also …