There have been many famous filmmakers – like Michael Bay, David Fincher, Antoine Fuqua, etc – who made the transition from music videos to feature films. Usually though, they were behind the camera for those music videos, not the ones making music in front it. But that’s what Joe Hahn, mix-master DJ for Grammy Award winning rock band Linkin Park, …

There’s a lot – A LOT! – to fault the Ben Affleck starring Daredevil movie on, but casting the late Michael Clarke Duncan as the blind hero’s antagonist, Wilson Fisk aka The Kingpin, was certainly not one of them. Yes, so there’s the little matter of Duncan being black while the Kingpin has traditionally been white, but the people who complained …

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Only three new movies hit cinema today, although to cash in on their Oscar buzz, both Gravity (our review) and Captain Phillips (our review) are returning to the big screen at select Ster Kinekor cinemas. You can catch the former in 3D and, in a coup of Durban moviegoers, 3D IMAX. Last Updated: January 31, 2014

Five new films open in South Africa today, although it’s obvious who the box office champion of the new releases is going to be. Last Updated: December 13, 2013

Yes, that Fred Durst. He of the red cap and the “nookie”. The musician turned director (he previously helmed Jesse Eisenberg’s The Education of Charlie Banks) has seen 4 new actors joining the cast of his next directorial gig, Pawn Shop Chronicles. Elijah Wood, Matt Dillon, Brendan Fraser and Vincent D’Onofrio will be joining Paul Walker (who was previously cast …

I’ve got a theory about Sly Stallone. Despite being somewhat, old, the man has yet to accept this, and is doing whatever he can to avoid showing his age. Some might say that he regulalry overdoses on Human Growth Hormones, while others probably think that he pays regular visits to a plastic surgeon. Me? I think that he’s found a …