Top List Thursdays – 10 Greatest Leon Schuster pranks
So I recently watched Leon Schuster’s latest cinematic offering, Mad Buddies. I once had the horrible misfortune of having a molar extracted without any anesthetic, and I have fonder memories of that...
View ArticleTop List Thursdays – Top 15 Insults
It’s one thing to have a quotable movie, but it takes some special skill to create an insult that resonates for years to come. Few films manage that, but we’ve got a list here of the ones that did. And...
View ArticleTop List Thursdays – Seven terrible films that still made a ton 'o cash
Bad films don’t make money, amirite? WRONG! All too often, films which are clearly terrible, somehow manage to make a fat stack of cash, bucking trends and leaving other, better cinema experiences to...
View ArticleTop List Thursdays – Top ten comic book movies that nailed the look
It’s not easy filming a comic book movie. You’ve got high expectations, rabid fans and decades of history to live up to, and of course, trying to find a way to make those spandex outfits look...
View ArticleTop List Thursday – The Best and Worst of 2012
With the 2012 cinema season basically over and nursing one hell of a hangover, we thought that we’d gather the gang together for one final Thursday feature, looking back at the best, the worst and the...
View ArticleTop List Thursday – Top ten movie to TV spin-offs
Have you ever come out of a movie and thought to yourself, “Gee whizz, I wish that movie starring Mark Wahlberg as a porn star was a TV show!”? Well I can’t help you with that, I’m afraid. What I can...
View ArticleTop List Thursday – 10 Best Action Movie One-liners
Since next week this time we’ll be up to our bushy eyebrows in girly hearts, teddy bears and criminally overpriced roses, I figured it’s time for us to man it up around here while we still can. And...
View ArticleTop List Thursdays – Top ten Oscars snubs
It’s Oscar season! Next week is the big event, as someone is walking away with a naked gold man in their purse. Probably Kervyn, because he’s trying to infiltrate his way in with a different disguise...
View ArticleTop List Thursdays – Top ten actors who ate all the scenery
Every now and then, you get a film that showcases a stunning performance from an actor. Think Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight, Jennifer Lawrence in Silver Linings Playbook or Daniel Day Lewis in...
View ArticleTop List Thursday – Top ten movie sound effects
While we are often quick to applaud a movie’s musical score alongside it’s other aspects, there is more to a cinematic soundscape than just foreboding cellos and stirring anthems. Quite often it’s a...
View ArticleTop List Thursday – Top 10 Saddest Moments in Movies
WARNING: There will be tears! There are a helluva lot of mediocre movies out there; movies that you’ll probably have completely forgotten less than 24 hours after watching them because they left...
View ArticleTop List Thursday – Devil On The Big Screen
Satan has appeared in his/her/its fair share of movies over the years. This occasionally sparks a debate about which was the best. But it never reaches quite the magnitude of Best Bond arguments,...
View ArticleTop List Thursday: Top 5 Action Movie Musts
ac·tion (ak-shuhn) n. i The state or process of acting or doing. ii A movement or a series of movements, as of an actor. iii A noun used to describe a genre of movies wherein the protagonist/s beat...
View ArticleTop List Thursdays – Five great movies that almost killed the actors in it
What happens when you give a possibly mental director the budget to shoot a picture and too many disposable actors/stuntmen? Genius, that’s what. Some things in life cannot be faked or acted, no matter...
View ArticleTop List Thursdays – Buddy Cop partnerships that may or may not work
It would seem that more and more movie actors are jumping to the small screen in a bid to cement their fame in entertainment spots that last longer than the average American takes to swallow 5 gallons...
View ArticleTop List Thursday – Top Ten MacGuffins
Ever heard the term MacGuffin thrown around? That’s pretty much a plot device, only in a visual form. It’s what entire movies revolve around, as heroes chase down what could be a mystical item of...
View ArticleTop List Thursday – Top 10 Things That Movies Have Taught Us That Are...
Movies are make-believe. Even when something is “based on a true story” it’s usually embellished quite a bit (see: Possession, The ). But some embellishments have happened so frequently, in so many...
View ArticleTop List Thursday – The Nicest Bad Guys
Good guys make great villains – so goes the saying in the entertainment industry. So it would be better to meet these actors between takes… Tom Hiddleston His breakthrough onto the A-list came as a...
View ArticleTop List Thursday – Great Book To Film Adaptations
As the great Sledge Hammer once said: “I’m waiting for the movie version.” Often people will counter that the book is better than the movie, but this is not always the case. Here are a few films that...
View ArticleTop List Thursdays – Top Ten famous last words
Anyone can film a death scene. Why, with some liquidised cherry-flavoured Halls in your mouth and a bit of coaching from your local soccer team, you’ll have audiences believing that you really have...
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