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.
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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.
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’.
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 […]
We’ve seen him play everything from a loveable rogue pirate to a man with scissors for hands, but Johnny Depp’s latest role looks lit could be one of his best yet.
You wouldn’t expect a film covering the life and times of one of our generation’s most tortured geniuses to be anything other than hard-hitting. It looks like this one will be no different.
“You are your own worst enemy.” While we sometimes hurt ourselves or behave unlike ourselves, it’s quite a feat for anyone to believe it was our “evil twin”. Greek mythology suggests we were all originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing our power, Zeus separated the beings to […]
The latest trailer for ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ has fans the world over guessing exactly what will go down. One rather important character is set to play a leading role.
Run All Night… while it sounds like a Lionel Richie song, this mobster man-on-the-run thriller deserves to be taken Harvey Keitel seriously. It definitely would’ve got more street cred with a movie title like “Sins of our Fathers”, but it does have a Die Hard affinity, which makes it a bit of an in-betweener.
Ballade vir ‘n Enkeling is an Afrikaans mystery drama based on the ’80s television series of the same name. After acclaimed author, Jacques Rynhard, goes missing, an aspiring journalist attempts to find out what became of him. As our intrepid journalist sets out on a mission to get dirt on the talented man, she uncovers […]
Fast and Furious is a film series that seems to be improving with time. You wouldn’t imagine a franchise about sexy women, fast cars and machismo would last seven outings, but Fast and Furious has aged well and keeps reinventing itself! This time, it’s personal… as Deckard Shaw seeks revenge against Dominic Toretto and his […]
Here’s your first glimpse at what the latest James Bond instalment Spectre has in store for us. Looks like it might be somewhat dark and mysterious.
Danny Collins stars Al Pacino in the titular role as an aging rock star, who decides to change his life when he discovers a 40-year old letter written to him by John Lennon. The film is written and directed by Dan Fogelman, best known as the screenwriter behind Last Vegas, The Guilt Trip and Crazy, […]
They just keep them coming, don’t they? The fifth instalment in the Mission Impossible movie franchise is set to hit our screens later this year and here’s your first glimpse.
Ever since Seven Pounds, it feels as though Will Smith has lost his mojo. Once known for his natural charisma and happy-go-lucky attitude, it’s now difficult to see that x-factor and twinkle in his eye. Perhaps being contrasted with Tom Cruise changed his game plan as the exuberant Oscar-nominated actor found himself in what seems like […]
Gone are the days when a horror movie was some poorly put together shots of a giant beast attacking a city. Enter ‘It Follows’, a movie that is sure to get inside your head.
If this trailer is anything to go by Nirvana fans the world over are in for one helluva treat when the documentary ‘Montage of Heck’ airs on HBO. Check the trailer here.
Chappie is Neill Blomkamp’s latest thought-provoking sci-fi actioner, following in the wake of Elysium and the revered District 9. Die Antwoord were blown away by District 9 and felt an immediate synergy with Blomkamp, leading the zef rappers and director to join forces. Adamant that they be themselves in the film, Chappie was born out of the idea that Ninja and Yo-landi raise a robot.
The world of Scientology has long been steeped in mystery (being generous here) but a new documentary is said to be lifting the veil and it’s not pretty viewing for believers.
We love a good giveaway, so here is something else for you to win with 2ov – double tickets to the first screening of Neill Blomkamp’s new flick, “Chappie”.
Nightcrawler is a dark and deviant crime drama thriller from Dan Gilroy that skewers news services with a compelling story about a sociopath, whose dead eye acumen and entrepreneurial spirit see him accumulate more and more power within the local news scene in Los Angeles. By covering the graveyard shift and some of the most grisly […]
Theory of Everything is a “star-crossed” romance drama and biopic about the relationship between famous physicist, Stephen Hawking, and his wife, Jane. This is a film from James Marsh, the Oscar-winning Man on Wire documentary-maker who also directed IRA thriller, Shadow Dancer. His latest film, Theory of Everything, put him in touch with the Academy […]
It is horrible when a TV series comes to an end. The loss of Breaking Bad almost killed me, and let us not even start describing how I felt when the front door closed in the final episode of Friends.