In 2012, Skyfall, the 23rd installment in the long-running James Bond franchise, was one of the year’s biggest successes. Becoming the highest-grossing film in the series (over $1 billion worldwide), director Sam Mendes also delivered one of 007′s finest critical hits, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Bond on film in grand fashion. As a result, anticipation is higher […]
M-Net and MultiChoice , revealed that two new channels – M-Net Edge and VUZU AMP – will form part of the DStv offering from October. VUZU AMP – an amplified version of the current VUZU channel – will be available on DStv channel 114 from Tuesday, 13 October at 17:00. VUZU AMP will feature local and international […]
Sylvester Stallone was the “winner” of the Falling Star title in our 2014 Summer Movie Awards – and not without fair reason, either. Fact of the matter is, Sly’s last four movies – Bullet to the Head, Escape Plan, Grudge Match, and The Expendables 3– have all performed well below expectations at the U.S. box office. Even the third Expendables and its action […]
Morgan Freeman will join the cast of Universal and MRC’s “Ted 2,” the actor’s representative told TheWrap on Wednesday. In the follow-up to the hit about a foul-mouthed stuffed bear named Ted, Freeman will play a civil rights lawyer who helps Ted resolve legal issues. The film is currently in production in Boston and is bringing […]
South Africa’s easy-to-access online streaming entertainment hub VIDI, which allows viewers to watch their favourite TV series and movies as and when they want, was unveiled today. VIDI is the first South African streaming service to offer both a monthly subscription option and/or an instant rental option across one platform. There is no programme scheduling but […]
A Tiny and mysterious cat-like creature awakes in the remains of his smouldering spaceship and finds himself on a journey through a beautiful and dangerous world, in aquest to find answers. Blending together 3 of the most popular genres of online video (animation, sci-fi and cat) into one 6-minute action-packed short, Loïc Bramoullé seems like […]
Antoine Fuqua and Denzel Washington are hitting a groove. Fuqua directed Washington to an Oscar in Training Day. Their latest team-up, The Equalizer, is gaining so much buzz work has already begun on a sequel. Now the actor is in early talks to join the director in a remake of the classic John Sturges film The Magnificent Seven. The remake has been […]
This year’s 22 Jump Street riffs numerous times on the idea of the continued franchising of the Jump Street brand, before it culminates in an end credits sequence that (as our Kofi Outlaw put it in his review of the sequel) “all but confirms the fact that the filmmakers, too, know that the Jump Street well has been drained dry after two runs.” Apparently, […]
The action Sci-Fi flick Lucy, once gain dominates the South African box office chart for a second consecutive week. The film that is distributed by United International Films made over R2.11 Million over the past weekend. Also the blockbuster hit boasts for being the only title in the top 5 to make over a million […]
Most of Kevin Costner’s most famous films wouldn’t seem to be easy sells. How would it today sound to pitch a studio on a Civil War soldier befriending Sioux Indians on the South Dakota plains? Or on an Iowa farmer who hears voices? But while Costner’s industry clout was once impervious, he’s had to fight […]
