They’ve saved the galaxy and cleaned up at the box office, breaking a couple records on the way, so now you get to tell us just what you thought of Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel’s latest cinematic effort. If you haven’t seen my 5-star review yet, the cliff notes is that while the movie isn’t 100% perfect, it is the 100% perfect …
By now, you’ve all had a chance to go and see Godzilla. Probably. The film is magnificent according to Kervyn’s review, but that doesn’t mean that it doesn’t have a flaw or two. Whether it be Aaron Taylor Johnson being a bland everyman balanced next to the sheer awesome and destructive force of Godzilla himself, the movie sometimes teetered on …
Well, you’ve heard what I had to say – which was a lot – about Noah, auteur Darren Aronofksy’s beautifully made, powerfully acted, complex take on the Biblical story of Noah and the Ark. I mentioned a few times in my review that while Noah is highly imaginative, it’s also a bit weird in places, and gets very dark with some …
The biggest release of the weekend past was undoubtedly the star spangled Avenger’s second cinematic outing. International, critics have been abuzz with great things to say about the film, and I have to agree with them. The film is exciting, smart, gripping, brilliantly choreographed, has major stakes and payoffs and will probably create action movie superstars out of co-directors Joe …
This weekend past saw the release of Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, and much like the leader whose story it tells, the biopic rewrote the history books. The film opened on Thursday evening to a whopping R751 000 take, breaking the local record for the biggest non-holiday Thursday box office haul. Was your ticket one of those, and if so, …
Contrary to popular belief, there was actually more that happened this weekend past besides celebrating the half century birthday of a time travelling alien. Friday also saw the return to the big screen of Katniss Everdeen and her not so merry band in much anticipated sequel The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. I thought the film was one of those rare franchise …
The latest true-life thriller from director Paul Greengrass – and most recent bit of evidence that Tom Hanks is an acting god – reduced Nick and I to simpering messes – and that’s after taking a few years off our lives with insane tension. I felt that Captain Phillips brought it all to the table , from deft directing, great scripting …
This weekend past saw the latest chapter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thor: The Dark World, thunder its way into local cinemas. Despite the fact that it had some flaws, I walked out of it grinning like an idiot due to it’s invigorating action sequences, epic mythology, high fidelity visuals and constant laugh out loud humour. But did you guys agree? …
Film classification in the UK is designed to help audiences understand what content is …
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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