Having 2 young kids means I get to watch more than my fair share of animated movies and one of the ones I loved the most recently was Despicable Me. The idea of 3 little kids converting the grumpy old man is nothing new but the humour in the movie and those awesome little yellow dudes really made watching this …

Russell Crowe gathering up animals, building a massive ark and sailing the seas in a zoo that will most likely smell horribly of animal faeces while the world drowns? Does that float your boat? Well it certainly does for director Darren Aronofsky, as he has just managed to lock in Russell Crowe to take the lead for his upcoming film, …

Six new films release today, which also marks the start of the Easter school holidays in KZN and the Cape provinces. So, first up for the sprogs and their parents we have… The Lorax: Screening in 3D and 2D is this animated adaptation of Dr Suess’s eco-conscious comedy adventure. Zac Efronvoices an idealistic tween who lives in a 100% artificial, …

And the great Turtlegate scandal of 2012 continues! It seems like the entire internet is ablaze with either news about Ninja Turtles or some NFL guy named Tebow. And due to the fact that around these parts, American Football concerns us about as much as the migratory patterns of the red breasted nuthatch (it’s a type of bird, you perverts), …

My vitriol for Stephanie Meyer’s emo vampire series is pretty well documented. I’m pretty sure that in the far distant future, when hi-tech archaeologists sift through the logs of this ancient Earth communication network called NTRNT, they will more than likely find occurrences of my name juxtaposed with terms such as “Twilight” and “Crap”. However, I have to admit that Meyer’s other …

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Talk about breaking out of your mold. If the only mental images you have of Robert Pattinson is either the tragic Cedric Diggory from Harry Potter or the emo vampire Edward from Twilight, then you’re about to have a rude awakening. Based on this very NSFW teaser trailer for director David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis, it looks like Mr Patterson is on …

Dark Shadows is rising from the grave soon, ready to delight cinema audiences, and somehow making me want to watch two components of film that I don’t particularly care for, vampires and Tim Burton. Of course, the hype machine is beginning to push out material in order to promote the project, and after that delightful trailer, I’m eager to see …

Quick, name something that all films based on Marvel comics have in common. No, it’s not the shameless scenes that appear after the credits to give hope for a sequel, but Stan Lee, a legendary figure in the industry that helped bring such characters to life alongside other professionals such as Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, back in the legendary …

If there’s anything that greases the wheels of the movie making machine, it’s rumour. It seems not a day goes by without some wild, crazy claim being made about a popular movie. Hell, just the other day I read that Stan Lee is going to be doing a cameo in The Dark Knight Rises. See what I mean? Absurd. But …

Remember the year 1984? I don’t because I hadn’t popped into existence yet, but for a lot of people, it was the year that proved George Orwell wrong, as the world had not become an oppressive dictatorship yet. Unless you lived on the eastern side of Germany, but that’s besides the point. While I set a personal record of two …

I’m pretty sure that the Avengers marketing machine wears ripped purple pants because there’s just no stopping this behemoth. It seems like every few days something new gets thrown our way, although not always with the best results I might add. And with just a month to go before Marvel and Joss Whedon get to stream raw, undiluted awesomeness straight into …