It seems that these days you can’t go anywhere without some sort of national secret being leaked, like the fact that President Jacob Zuma has built a special pleasure dome into his not-a-compound*. Thanks to the world wide web, secret-leakers are now able to post all manner of information quick and anonymously, but when it comes to finding a face …

It may not have been a ratings success, but its safe to say that Sharknado will be a cult hit, much like films Sharktopus and Snakes on a train became when word of mouth increased for the toothy project. With that being said, the SyFy channel is more than willing to pump some more cash into keeping B-grade horror flicks …

Steve McQueen is no stranger to getting inside people’s minds and hearts with such emotionally harrowing tales as Hunger and Shame, but it would appear that for his latest effort, he’s gone and scanned my brain as well. Assembling a cast of some of my favourite actors in the biz currently (Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano and more) for this …

While Hollywood constantly chews and regurgitates on its monster staple diet of vampire, werewolf and zombie, there is a world of other horrible nightmare creatures just waiting to be exploited. Any South African will immediately be able to name our main contribution: that horrid little demon that stalks around at night, hides under beds and grabs you when you are …

Okay, this is going to sound weird. According to just about everything I’ve read online from people who were fortunate enough to see I Declare War, a highly imaginative new coming of age indie flick, during its run on the festival circuit earlier in the year, I have to wholeheartedly recommend that everybody sees it. But – and here’s where it …

It’s impossible to not know who Nelson Mandela is. The icon, the hero, the first democratically elected president of this country. Mandela may not have been alone as he worked with numerous other individuals to help end apartheid, but he was most certainly the face of that revolution. With the national saint in hospital, the country is naturally feeling apprehensive …

Among film-geek circles, the word “remake” often has the same effect as publicly sharing intimate details of somebody’s mother’s genitalia. But if there’s one (remake, that is, not set of genitals) that I’ve been looking forward to, it’s the Japanese language remake of Clint Eastwood’s classic Oscar winning western, Unforgiven. With that film (and Clint Eastwood’s entire career really) owing so much …

For some movie trailers, you need cataclysmic visuals and robot burp noises, while others need neon-lit violence and moody beats. Occasionally, they may even resort to that most classic of visual gags: An Englishman’s penis. But sometimes, all you need to for your trailer to notch one in the win column, is just under two minutes of gorgeously realized, stunningly …