Actually, 2 of the weekend’s 3 new releases have been screening in South African cinemas since Wednesday. However, if you’ve been saving up your movie viewing for the long weekend, or, even better, the start of your Christmas holidays, here are the latest additions to the local cinema circuit. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Load up that backpack with supplies. …
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Ten years. That’s how long it has been since we saw a certain Kiddo wiggle her big toe, survive a wedding that was bloodier than the back room at a butcher, and take on several dozen Yakuza gangsters armed with swords and a cool gang name. And a decade later, the action from that iconic scene is still as visceral …
Seeing as smash hit novel adaptation The Hunger Games releases in South Africa this Friday, and seeing as the film features one tough young woman – bow-wielding braided survivalist Katniss Everdeen – it seems like the perfect time to discuss your favourite action heroines of the Silver Screen. Uma Thurman’s The Bride, Linda Hamilton’s Sarah Connor, Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley, Geena …
Just last week we brought you the teaser trailer for Savages, acclaimed director Oliver Stone’s apparent return to the high-octane crazy style of filmmaking that made him famous. Now we have the first full length trailer for the film which has somehow managed to up the crazy quota even further. UPDATE: Trailer link appeared to be broken earlier. Should be …
Just yesterday I posted the newly released poster for director Oliver Stone’s next project, Savages, and now we get greeted this morning with a teaser trailer for the crime thriller. It’s only 15 seconds long but is filled with gunmen in luchiadore masks, cars exploding, guys walking in slow motion, Salma Hayek offering etiquette lessons and Blake Lively getting freaky …
Cloud gaming removed hardware barriers, but it replaced them with something less visible and …
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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