While Ben Affleck may be Batman now, Warner Bros. isn’t going to waste a chance to give Christian Bale’s caped crusader a chance to shine in a remaster. In fact, the entire trilogy is getting the 4K treatment.
We’ve spoken before about Amazon’s planned revival of the live-action The Tick series. It’s an exciting premise and a great opportunity for Amazon to capture the popular super-hero series market with this much loved character. One of the big questions that needed answering though, was who they would cast to play the title character, to see if they could truly …
Thanks to the power of scheduled posts, you may not have noticed that I was actually away this week on a much deserved break (you try wrangling these simians!). This would explain why I somehow totally missed out on the incredible news that Amazon has ordered a pilot episode for a reboot of cult-classic live-action TV series The Tick! Created by …
It’s a bit of a quieter week at the movies with just four new releases hitting cinemas in addition to local Marikana-centred documentary Miners Shot Down. Transcendence: This sci-fi drama is the directorial debut of Oscar-winning cinematographer – and frequent Christopher Nolan collaborator – Wally Pfister. Johnny Depp plays a controversial artificial intelligence researcher who finds his consciousness separated from …
What is the secret to immortality? Healthy living? Quickenings? Alchemy? Or maybe the secret to a life without end lies in the digital world. That’s the idea behind Transcendence, where Johnny Depp gets forced to upload his brilliant mind after a bad case of being shot in the stomach, paving the way for his own transcendence. And he’s bringing everyone …
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Going into 2014, one film that has my attention is Transcendence. The directorial debut from Wally Pfister, he’s the man who framed various Christopher Nolan films, and pretty much the visual reason for the success of the Dark Knight trilogy. Taking a page from Nolan however, his film has been shrouded in mystery for months now, with most of the …
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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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