Whilst cinema ticket prices around the world aren’t exactly getting cheaper it’s still a pretty big deal to gross half a billion dollars on opening weekend. Meet your record holder.
There have been some good super-beast villains in movies over the years, and we couldn’t help but do a bit of reminiscing in the office today. Here are a few of ours…
I clearly had zero imagination as a kid compared to this guy. There is no way one can compare the Barbie houses I built with this kids records of working at Jurassic Park. Seriously.
Jurassic World is one of those movie sequel throwbacks that channels ’90s nostalgia and theme park curiosity into a weird tribute to dinosaurs. We’re living in an age where films like Sharknado have an audience, which helps explain the theme park roller-coaster ride meets Jurassic Park tribute tone of Jurassic World.
A new documentary has lifted the lid on the lucrative business of camming. So what exactly is this money spinner and how does it work?
A local film-maker has taken the story of a township boy with a difference and introduced it to an international audience with fantastic results. Watch the short film here.
If you watch Entourage you would be inclined to believe that being a movie star looks like a whole lot of fun. But just how accurate a portrayal is it?
The Riot Club is an adaptation of the stage play Posh, which follows two first-year students at Oxford University, who are recruited by the infamous Riot Club, where reputations can be made or destroyed overnight.
Treurgrond is a South African film about farm murders, directed by Darryl Roodt and starring controversial pop star and actor, Steve Hofmeyr. According to the film’s website, the most frequently asked questions address its political agenda, entertainment value for non-extremists and whether it features racial discrimination. While it answers these questions as you’d expect, it’s interesting […]
No, early 1990’s stoners, Bodhi hasn’t risen from the ashes and returned to the beach to catch more big waves. This remake, however, does has a few plot twists that look pretty epic.
He might have gained worldwide fame following 2001’s ‘A Beautiful Mind’, but for those in the know John Nash had already been a superstar for years.
When the paparazzi are trailing you constantly I’m sure the pressure can become almost unbearable. Drinking vodka in the streets may not be the best response.
A Most Violent Year is another film from J.C. Chandor, whose previous efforts Margin Call and All Is Lost have already earned him a spot as an ambitious writer-director with a melancholic disposition. It stars Oscar Isaac from the equally melancholic Inside Llewyn Davis, who finds himself similarly poised in Hollywood. Both director and star are about mood and subtlety, which […]
Following the Cannes screening of the Amy Winehouse documentary her father has come under fire for his treatment of his daughter. He isn’t very pleased.
Much like Apple products it seems Steve Jobs movies need a complete overhaul every two years. Move over Ashton Kutcher, there’s a new dog in town.
The hype around the fourth instalment of the ‘Mad Max’ series is growing by the day and critics are gushing over director George Miller. Here’s the scoop.
The clock is ticking and Australia, along with the rest of the world who have nothing better to do, wait to see how Johnny Depp will respond to the threats on his dogs’ lives.
Mad Max: Fury Road is a piston-pumping action extravaganza from George Miller, who has reinvigorated the Mad Max franchise. To find some humourous context, the director’s previous films include Babe: Pig in the City, Happy Feet and Happy Feet Two. Mad Max: Fury Road is the antithesis… burning with rage and fuming with eye-popping visuals […]
The lads responsible for the ‘Stop the Knot’ viral sensation have just released their latest video offering and it is racking up the views. Looks like they’ve put together another hit.
If you thought Owen Wilson often plays a similar type of character you wouldn’t be wrong. But have you ever noticed how often he says ‘wow’?
Hold up, no one is saying you’re going to make a million dollars a day and develop a raging Quaalude habit, but a new app is making it easier to play the stock market.
Will Ferrell is a comedy kingpin. His over-the-top, loud, brash, incredibly manly, irreverently funny trademark comedy has become his empire, racking up a series of memorable performances and characters in the process.
It’s been a long and storied career for the man dubbed ‘the muscles from Brussels’, so to condense it all into six minutes is quite a feat. Watch the big man in action.
The long-awaited Kurt Cobain documentary ‘Montage of Heck’ finally hit US screens this week and brought some new information to light. Here’s a summary of the juiciest bits.
It’s not every day you see a five-year-old laaitie dedicate his spare time to perfecting the art of being a mini-ninja. This kid nails his Bruce Lee impersonation like a boss.
If Hollywood can do it so can we – here’s the trailer for South Africa’s first zombie movie.
There is plenty of buzz around the new Woody Allen movie, set to be released in the US towards the end of July. Here’s the trailer for ‘Irrational Man’.
It looks like Robert Downey Junior’s tongue loosened up considerably from the last time we saw him. Here he is unleashing about THAT awkward interview.
Avengers: Age of Ultron follows some typical sequel procedure. There’s much more conflict. The Avengers team is put to the test by various personal demons, making them self-doubt and re-examine their priorities. The characters have grown – we get more back story to several of the characters, especially Hawkeye and Black Widow, and discover greater depth. Joss Whedon […]
It looks like Brad Pitt is getting a little clumsy in his old age after the actor arrived at a social event sporting a facial wound. Fight Club anyone?