To avoid the ‘Oscar’ confusion we present you with all of the Academy award winners bright and early today. The big winners of the 2014 Academy Awards were ’12 Years a Slave’ taking home three Oscars (including Best Picture) and Gravity, which won seven awards.
They say he was a carpenter. Maybe slaving away, making wooden furniture is how Jesus got his chiseled good looks. The latest portrayal of Jesus on the silver screen has a lot of people questioning whether Jesus has become too sexy.
The Academy Awards have been around for quite some time, and the 2014 installment is soon approaching. Without giving you a history lesson or an extremely long list, here is an inforgraphic with all of the Oscar Best Picture Winners represented as icons, for the uninitiated.
All it takes for your dirty mind to ruin a children’s movie is by adding a couple of bleeps and pixelated censoring. Unnecessary censorship turns ‘Finding Nemo’ into an R-rated movie. Just watch and let your filthy imagination do the rest.
When David O. Russell makes a movie, people sit up, take notice and then stand up. He reportedly said he hates plots and is all about characters. Well, the critically acclaimed director has managed to get Oscar-nominated performances out of his cast in his last three films. It’s no wonder he’s developing a loyal following of […]
The only Oscar making news headlines of late has been the blade runner, but the Academy Awards are just around the corner. The people over at the Daily Beast got their hands on one of the 6,000 Oscar voters willing to spill the beans. Here are a couple of tips the anonymous voter has for us, concerning the upcoming Academy awards.
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy was Will Ferrell at his best. The comedian’s larger-than-life attitude, the character’s over-the-top ego and the chauvinistic news room of the ’70s made Anchorman an instant cult hit. Catchphrases, big hair and bigger facial hair made way for an almost inevitable sequel for the ridiculous newsman and his cohorts. Well, the day […]
Over a century ago, 600 Afrikaner Boer families left South Africa for remote Patagonia. This community survives to this day – but is on the verge of dying out. This is a teaser for the documentary feature film in production, The Boers at the End of the World. Follow the project, here. Read an extensive story […]
Two films stood out from the rest at this year’s BAFTA Awards. Surprisingly ’12 Years a Slave’ only took home two awards from it’s 10 nominations. It did however win the Best Film award. ‘Gravity’ was the big winner, with six awards in total.
Blooper reels for movies consist of the many mistakes actors made during the filming of the movie. But how does that fare with animated movies? Warner Bros. have released this blooper reel with the supposed mistakes made “on set” during the making of ‘The Lego Movie’.
We’re living in an age when being without our phone makes us feel disconnected from society. No social media, no messaging services, no Internet and no fast track to our list of contacts makes us feel insecure and out of touch. These mobile devices have become more than our personal assistants, they’ve become an integral […]
You might not recognize actor Shia LaBeouf, star of the worst Indiana Jones film ever, as he donned a dapper paper bag at the red carpet premier for ‘Nymphomaniac: Part 1’ at the Berlin Film Festival on Sunday night. With the words, “I am not famous anymore” written across the bag in black marker, The Beef claims to be “retiring from all public life.”
Wes Anderson has gained a cult following due to his whimsical humour, grand story telling of witty characters and unique stylistic films. His latest feature, ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’, is a crime caper that revolves around a concierge, with a thing for sleeping with older women, and his protégé in training. Critics are rating it his best ever.
Inside Llewyn Davis is a Coen brothers film that captures the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961 through the eyes of a fictional character, who was inspired by the memoirs and music of Dave Van Ronk. This beautifully shot music drama truly takes us there as we experience a week in the life of a struggling […]
Even a tight-lip confidentiality agreement couldn’t stop cast and crew from Neill Blomkamp’s new film, from telling City Press how much of an asshole Ninja from Die Antwoord was on set. Anonymous sources explain how Ninja made life on set hell, during the shoot of ‘Chappie’, filmed in Joburg.
We know it becomes very cumbersome to lug around your death-ray from flat to flat. Urgh – and finding property in town with two bedrooms, en-suite bathrooms, with a pool big enough to house your sharks with frickin lasers can be such a hassle.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is quickly establishing himself as a bankable actor after a series of significant roles in films like The Dark Knight Rises, Inception and Looper. He’s more than that, pushing forward with his Just Hit Record brand by writing and directing his first feature film, Don Jon.
For all you kids that have not yet had a chance to appreciate the amazing Margot Robbie in Martin Scorsese’s epic The Wolf Of Wall Street, this is for you. For those that have, and want to see her again anyways, this is also for you.
Woody Allen’s wit and nuances, coupled with his unprecedented work load, churning out one movie every year, most of them award winning, makes it hard not to like the short, spectacled filmmaker. But a dark cloud has resurfaced around Woody Allen’s past recently, due to an article published by Vanity Fair.
The Coen Brothers have made some truly remarkable films, but none have attained the cult status of ‘The Big Lebowski,’ starring Jeff Bridges as Jeff Lebowski. The misadventures of the unemployed stoner/bowler/intellectual have been rendered into 8-bit game form for our pleasure. Even though the likelihood of this becoming an actual game is not strong, this video will pique fan’s interest for about three minutes.
American Psycho has ingrained itself in pop culture, for it’s amazing performances, but more importantly it’s incredibly introspective meditation on materialism and social status, using Patrick Batemen (Christian Bale) as a vehicle to highlight how even a serial killer can get a little distracted by designer suits and meticulously created business cards.
Shia LaBeouf and Christian Slater star in ‘Nymphomaniac’, a controversial sex-odyssey about a nymphomaniac woman who cant seem to get enough, played by Charlotte Gainsbourg.
Sylvester Stallone has been making good progress on his Hollywood bucket list. After finally playing opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in Escape Plan, the next big fish was Robert De Niro, who co-stars with Stallone in Grudge Match.
Brad Pitt showed up at the Screen Actors Guild awards evening looking suspiciously like either a Nazi youth member – or a hipster.
Bill Murray fans collectively wet themselves this weekend when the man himself appeared on an Ask Me Anything session on Reddit.
‘Free Inside’ is a documentary filmed from within the confines of Pollsmoor prison.
As with any year, this year’s Academy Awards promises to be a glittering evening filled with joy, voyeurism and bitter disappointment. But before we get to the disappointments, lets have a look at this year’s nominations.
“For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.” The verse is often misquoted, but seems fitting when you consider the rise and fall of Jordan Belfort, a stock broker whose extraordinary biography became a film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
Is it a good-natured prank? Was it made by people with daddy issues? The answer is neither, really.
You’ve obviously heard by now that Leo di Caprio’s latest film, ‘Wolf Of Wall Street’ is a veritable blitzkrieg of f-bombs. There are 506 in the film, as a matter of fact. So, obviously, someone edited together a video of every one in the film. To give you a scope of how many swear words that is, consider that we’re dealing with one single syllable per word, and over four minutes of unbroken cussing.