Just three new films open in South African cinemas for the long weekend. Between them they offer a combination of sci-fi action, bittersweet star-crossed romance and tonally lightweight, but star-heavy, fare for the older set. Edge of Tomorrow: Blockbuster fanatics will find their needs fulfilled by this Japanese novel adaptation, screening in 2D, 3D and 3D IMAX. Tom Cruise is …
The Fault in Our Stars is a coming-of-age movie based on the fifth novel with the same name by John Green. The movie centres on the relationship between two teenagers that meet at a cancer support group for teens and their journey to meeting their favourite author. Owing to thyroid cancer and its treatment, Hazel Grace Lancaster’s (played beautifully by …
“Every good man has a little bit of bad,” remarks Robin Wright’s character to a German accented Philip Seymour Hoffman in this trailer for A Most Wanted Man. She’s talking about a potential terrorist, but she may as well have been talking about Hoffman himself. The insanely talented, Oscar winning thesp was found dead in his apartment earlier this year, …
It’s a pretty emotionally dour week at the movies. There are no cutesy kiddie films or comedies in sight; just drama, desperation to escape and heroes questioning the rightness of the status quo. Noah: The most high profile of this week’s releases is this “inspired by” take on the famous Old Testament Bible story. A man (Russell Crowe) receives visions …
Thanks to Human Rights Day falling on a Friday this year, it’s a 3-day weekend in South Africa. This means all the new cinema releases are out from today, not tomorrow. And this week you have a choice of 6 new movies. Need for Speed: Screening in 2D, 3D and 3D IMAX is this action film based on the Need …
The trailer for Bad Country, which you’ll see after the jump, contains many solid actors. It’s the directorial debut for Boondick Saints producer Chris Brinker, but theere’s only one thing that you need to know about this movie that stars Willem Dafoe, Matt Dillon and Neal McDonough. That they all have the most magnificent mustaches ever seen in a single …
It would be nice if, for once in a while, trailers didn’t show us the entire damn movie. Either that, or movie plots are getting way too predicable for me. And yes, I know that this movie is based on a book so there technically shouldn’t be any spoilers if the source material’s been out for two years now, but …
At its essence, acting is about becoming somebody else, becoming several somebody elses. And sorry, Steven Segal’s entire career, but just changing your on-screen name and profession isn’t good enough. Luckily there are actors who take this a lot more seriously, who disappear into their chosen roles so convincingly, that you don’t even know who they were originally. Last Updated: …
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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