Even though the shops have had their decorations up for the last two months, as they do every year, now that we’re officially in the twelfth month we can break out the fake pine trees, plastic decorations and Quality Streets, and start thinking all things Christmas! Between The Nightmare Before Christmas, Love Actually, Die Hard and Arthur Christmas, there are …

The Hulk has certainly delivered some memorable fight scenes in the last few years in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, one of the first of these was in 2012’s The Avengers movie. That scene saw The Hulk punch Thor completely out of the frame, although my favorite scene is still the “Puny God” scene between Hulk and Loki. Now Thor of …

The new Star Wars is almost here (three weeks and counting!) and the tension is almost palpable. And this is one movie that Disney has on super-serious lock-down. No leaks, no spoilers, no titbits of any kind have done the rounds without being pre-approved by the House of Mouse. Not that you can blame them, it would suck if we …

Last week we had some crazy heat here in Joburg, and thank goodness that’s broken. Now, the weather’s all about thunderstorms, hail and cold rain. I’m not complaining, we seriously needed a break from the heatwave, but that kind of weather does make it difficult to go out in the evenings. Never mind socialising, I just want to curl up on …

It looks like the “all-female reboot” is Hollywood’s next big thing. There’s the new Ghostbusters that’s well under way, and an Ocean’s Eleven remake being lead by Sandra Bullock, plus rumours of a female-centric Road House and 21 Jump Street spin-off. Personally, I’m not too hot on the idea of taking old movies and remaking them with ladies. Yes, more …

It was the night of Halloween and all was quiet… except for the raucous parties at select entertainment venues. For one magical evening slutty nurses, KISS band members and people who hired completely impractical suits converged for drunken celebrations – because that is what Halloween is all about!

It’s almost Halloween, which means we’re almost done with the scary-movie-themed Midweek Movie Mouth-Offs. I have to say, it’s been challenging thinking up new topics around a genre of movie that I try my best to avoid, and not double up on topics from last year, but we’ve had a lot of interesting discussions! I thought I’d end this year’s …

Let’s face it, horror movies aren’t very realistic. We know deep down that the monster from Cloverfield isn’t likely to bust up New York any time soon, Freddy Krueger can’t really kill you in your sleep, and the woods in America are more likely to have bears than Blair Witches. Even movies like Saw that pretend to be plausible have a …

Yay, more spooky topics for October! There’s usually a lot of focus on horror movies in general, as we tend to recommend movies as a whole. But what about single scenes? Let’s get really specific and talk about that one scene that scared the living daylights out of you. And don’t worry, next week we’ll be back to talking about horror …

Welcome the spooky month of October! Last year I was new to writing for TheMovies and, in my eagerness to prove my worth, I themed an entire month of Midweek Movie Mouth-offs around Halloween (I slightly regret that decision now). I’m going to try to do the same this year, but seeing as I’ve already done the obvious ones, the …

You may not have noticed, but I’ve been absent from TheMovies for the last few weeks, thanks to going overseas on holiday. No, I’m not trying to make you jealous (okay, maybe a little), but while I was away I did start thinking about travel-themed movies. It’s not a genre (if you can call it that) that I’ve ever been …

Thanks to looks, personality or general demeanour, actors can very easily be typecast in certain roles. Owen Wilson makes the perfect beach bum, Michael Cera is always the awkward indie teen and Christopher Lee can’t be anything but a crazy supervillain. But what about when movies get weirdly specific with their typecasting? Sean Bean is notorious for (almost) always dying …