Picture this scenario: Tom Hardy, alone in a car, talking to people on a Bluetooth headset. Sounds… fascinating? I guess? Well I’ve pretty much just summed up what I know about Locke, the new film from Stephen Knight. Now, it’s going to look like the start of the trailer is a BMW ad, but it’s more than just product placement. …
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A funny thing happened to me recently. I had just walked out of the cinema after seeing Sound of My Voice, the new drama from 28 year old writer/actress/producer Brit Marling. It was easily one of my most anticipated films of the year, simply because of Marling’s debut film, Another Earth, a gut wrenching tale of ordinary people caught in the …
This Thursday marks the start of the 33rd annual Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) – South Africa’s largest and longest-running film festival. From 19 – 29 July, festival attendees will be able to choose from nearly 300 screenings of feature-length movies, documentaries and short films from around the world. These showings take place at various venues around the city, including …
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last month, you’ll know all about how the majority of the internet savvy global population managed to derail the SOPA and PIPA bills, two anti-piracy acts which would have seen the internet as we know it effectively censored like a communist-era newspaper on democracy. MPAA Chairman Christopher Dodd, who was all …
A good loot box never feels like a coupon. It feels like a moment. …
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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