As we heard yesterday, Disney’s legal department have already swung into action for a leaked image from the new Star Wars movie, serving a take-down notice on the image-sharing website Imageshack for hosting a still from The Force Awakens. As James mentioned, this isn’t exactly news, but it is a reminder that studios hold things close to the chest. They’ve …

The potential remake of The Crow has been suffering. With production delays, no starting date and now, the loss of its main star, its basically dead in the water again. Which of course has led most people to say “well why don’t they just leave it alone? We don’t need another remake!” Well, that’s the thing. Don’t we? You might …

Last week Friday saw the announcement of the nominees for the 87th Annual Academy Awards, known to us plebs as the Oscars. Of course there were the predictable nominations (American Sniper) and there were the surprise snubs (The Lego Movie) but what has been most controversial about this year is the complete lack of diversity amongst the nominees. Nominees for …

The Oscars are stupid and a waste of time. Here’s why…

Hey, it’s that time of year again! Hollywood’s awards season has kicked off with The Golden Globes and all the movie stars finally get to see if the decision to do that one critic-bait movie last year will pay off with accolades and praise. If you haven’t watched The Golden Globes yet, you can catch up on all the winners …

Welcome to 2015! If, unlike me, you had loads of free time over December, I hope you managed to get to the cinema to see some of the excellent films that came out in the last few weeks of 2014. As a terribly infrequent movie-goer, I only managed to get to the cinema once during the December holidays, to watch …

Kervyn posted a lengthy piece yesterday on Sony Pictures’ decision to cancel the release of The Interview following threats of terrorist action against movie theatres should screenings of the movie go ahead on Christmas Day. This was subsequent to five of the US’ largest cinema chains deciding against screening the movie because of these threats; and further motivated by additional …

Movie to TV adaptions are a rising trend at the moment with movies like Minority Report, Big, Limitless, Hitch and 12 Monkeys, among others, all currently being adapted for the small screen. Frequency, the 2000 sci-fi time hopping thriller starring Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel, is the latest to be adapted. As per THR NBC has issued a script plus penalty …

If it feels like just about everybody on the internet has been gabbing non-stop since yesterday’s reveal that Marvel plans to have Iron Man and Captain America go head to shellhead in an adaptation of their acclaimed “Civil War” storyline in Captain America 3, that’s probably because everybody has been. Including us. “Civil War” is a major story arc that …

It’s been a while since I was really able to sink my teeth into a science fiction series and with recent trends, I thought I may still have to wait a while. Everyone seems to want boobs, swearing, gratuitous violence and more boobs. Of course there are shows like Continuum, but even with all its great sci-fi gadgets it’s still set on …

Here’s your question for today: Does Godzilla still matter? With the new movie (and franchise reboot) opening in 3D and 3D IMAX on Friday, we want to know if you think the iconic monster is still a drawcard for modern mainstream cinema audiences? Do you think the new Godzilla will be a box office hit? Do you personally even care …

Highly anticipated superhero sequel The Amazing Spider-Man: Rise of Electro released in South Africa this past weekend. Today, we want to hear your thoughts on the flick. Much better than Amazing 1? Overstuffed with villains? 3D that actually delivers? Fantastic on IMAX? What did you think? Provide your mini review here now.