The apocalypse strikes Hollywood in This Is the End, a new comedy written and directed by Superbad‘s Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg that we gave a four star review. The film’s nifty premise sees Rogen play a not-so-flattering version of his real-life self, while a gang of frequent collaborators do the same – including Jay ... Read on.
Sopranos star James Gandolfini has suddenly passed away at the age of 51. The Golden Globe-winning actor died of a stroke, according to HBO, while on in Italy with his family. Gandolfini – who will be best remembered f... Read on.
Winning the affections of family audiences, Illumination Studios scored big in the Box Office with Despicable Me. Intent on not changing a thing, the sequel delivers the same brand of silly-n-sweet, with those manic minions ... Read on.
Typically you’d think labelling a film as a short expanded to feature length would be less than complimentary. That’s a positive description of This Is the End, though, as it builds on the concept of 2007’s Jay and Seth Versus the Apocalypse while managing to sustain the sort of self-parody and laugh per minute ratio usually seen in ... Read on.
Amongst all the chatter that the zombie concept is played out, consider that the closest these horror staples have come to a blockbuster depiction is the Resident Evil series – something that leaves ample scope for improv... Read on.
Script to Screen and J&A Productions are proud to announce the 2013 Big Screen Symposium to be held at the University of Auckland, August 10th-11th. The event will explore the theme “Reel vision in a digital world&#... Read on.
If you need a tonal gauge of where Michael McGowan’s Still Mine sits in the scheme of films about old couples withering away: it’s considerably sudsier than fellow Canadian Sarah Polley’s Away From Her, but a lot less grim than Michael Haneke’s Amour. Buoyed by a warmly rustic visual palette, gently lilting score and predictably feel-good ending, Still Mine basks in ... Read on.
The script for Prometheus had its equal share of lovers and haters (we say, sitting comfortably on our fence). Variety brings some potentially welcoming news to the group in the latter half: Prometheus 2 has secured a new scr... Read on.
Instead of doing something productive and meaningful on my Friday afternoon, I decided to watch The Internship. It was the second best comedy to come out that week (behind After Earth, which was hilarious) but even then, it g... Read on.
The universe has spoken: M. Night Shyamalan has – pardon my French – crapped out another shitter. Furthering his decline from any form of credibility, his latest film, the sci-fi adventure After Earth (unseen as of writing but reviewed on Flicks here) has crashed and burned, tanking miserably at the US box office while getting ... Read on.
We’re all well aware that Man of Steel (in cinemas in June 27) is going to be a departure from previous Superman movies – the forehead kiss curl, the spandex, the quips, John Williams’ score, all gone. Inst... Read on.
After an excellent showing at E3 this year (The Division blew minds!), French videogame publisher Ubisoft plans to set up three more film adaptations of its gaming franchises. According to Variety, those properties are Rabbid... Read on.