The old adage goes that where there’s a will there’s a way, but in recent years, a more accurate version would be that where there’s a Will (Smith) there’s a bad movie. Fortunately though, after a string of box office and critical bombs, the getting-slightly-stale Prince of Bel Air righted the ship considerably with slick con-man drama Focus. Now Smith …
It feels like we’ve been waiting on Warcraft‘s production for years now with almost nothing to show for it… Oh, wait. We really have been waiting on Warcraft‘s production for years now with almost nothing to show for it! Damn that Duncan Jones, and his super secretive filmmaking ways! But the wait is over, because following this week’s released images and …
They lied! It’s barely been two weeks since Disney rolled out what they promised to be the “final” trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but a new preview has just popped up courtesy of Disney Japan. Maybe they have a different understanding of “final” over in the East, or maybe they just didn’t get the memo from super-secretive director …
STX Entertainment bring us the exciting new thriller – Secret In Their Eyes. The movie stars Julia Roberts and Chiwetel Ejiofor as FBI partners, and Nicole Kidman as their supervisor. The trio are torn apart when they discover that Jess’s (Roberts) teenage daughter has been brutally and inexplicably murdered. Thirteen years later, Ray (Ejiofor) returns to Los Angeles after uncovering …
If you follow these things, you would know that Quentin Tarantino has been in the news quite a bit recently after he made public statements at an anti-police brutality rally calling police “murderers”. That earned him not just the enmity of various US police groups, who have now called for a boycott of his upcoming western The Hateful Eight, but also …
2013 – The year of the White House. Or more accurately, the year of movies about terrorists trying to take over the White House, as director Roland Emmerich and star Channing Tatum’s White House Down went toe to toe with director Antoine Fuqua and star Gerard Butler’s Olympus Has Fallen. Personally, while I didn’t think either film was really spectacular, …
I was not a fan of Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland. Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t hate it; but that would probably have been a more favourable response because then I would have felt something instead of the overwhelming meh-ness I actually left the cinema with. Clearly though, my opinion about movies is about as important as Alwynne’s opinions …
After a week full of leaks and spoilers, the Fallout 4 launch trailer is here to remind you that we're just days away from one of the most anticipated titles of the year.
Relumi is best understood as an AI Photo Retake app — a mobile tool …
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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