For a guy who started off his career as a singing eunuch (how else could he hit those high notes?), Justin Timberlake has made a reasonably successful transformation into an actor as well. And while his last starring movie, In Time, is best quickly forgotten, that hasn’t stopped him from trying his hand at this movie star business once again. …
When Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, the anti-Bourne of the espionage genre, arrived to much acclaim last year, it seemed to herald in a new phase of slow burn spy thrillers that was all brains with very little brawn. But while Tomas Alfredsson’s take on John Le Carré’s tale was brilliant, Anton Corbijn’s The American was already burning slow a few …
Welcome to Step 2 of Selena Gomez’s plans to leave her cutesy Disney past behind, and while playing the gun toting owner of a souped up Mustang that Ethan Hawke needs to save his wife, is definitely not as dramatic as her previous role in Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers (I’ll save you the google search: yes, she does get naked), who in …
While his older brother, Chris, is busy tossing around godly hammers over in the Marvel universe, younger sibling Liam Hemsworth is dealing with gods of a different ilk. Paranoia pits him against the movie deities of both Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman. Yes, he’s taking on the collective awesomeness of Han Solo, Indiana Jones, President James Marshall, Commissioner Gordon, Dracula, George …
The official FIFA 14 gameplay trailer has just been released
If there’s one man that has single handedly contributed the most to the boom in the brown pants industry over the last couple of years, it’s James Wan. Although it can be said that he kickstarted the current trend of torture porn with Saw, he has employed a low on gore, high on creeping me the hell out style that has …
I will admit that my tertiary education days were not wild, well that is you don’t count that one time we suspended a nerd from a balcony by his ankles. I’d love to say that I’m just referencing a Revenge of the Nerds movie here, but no, we really did that. Now nerd-hanging is a very time consuming endeavour, but luckily …
It’s good to be bad. Especially when you’re the bad guy like Gru who’s also really good at being good. Not that he’s bad at being bad, it’s just funnier when he’s good. Got that? Good. And everybody’s favourite good bad guy will soon be back to saving the world from El Macho, a flying shark riding maniac, and also …
Cooking for your family is one of the most important responsibilities in daily life, …
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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