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You remember 28 Days Later, don’t you? Danny Boyle’s cult-classic zombie thriller? Well, prepare to relive those nightmares, because scriptwriter Alex Garland is back! Having already re-wrote the book on zombie horror, he’s turned his attention to robots – with a twist. AVA is no ordinary tin-man. In fact,... -
Heading another busy year for comic book adaptations, Kingsman is the latest to make the transition from print to screen. Based on The Secret Service by prolific scribe Mark Millar, it also marks the third consecutive comic book movie for Matthew Vaughn. The premise involves a seasoned spy who guides a wayward... -
It’s been 36 years since renowned Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky’s film Stalker was released, and it is as relevant today as it has ever been before. The film’s screenplay was heavily influenced by Roadside Picnic, written by science fiction authors and brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. In true Tarkovsky style,... -
As the famous idiom goes, “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure”, and nowhere is this phrase is more visible than in the landfill sites on the outskirts of megacities in developing countries. Here, the dump is a hive of activity and home to thousands who working through the mountains... -
Whenever the metropolitan madness reaches its peak with traffic congestion, the words “rush hour” activate a little impulse in the back of one’s mind that forces us to reminisce about the 1998 film, Rush Hour. The worldwide appeal around the film is immense, as it launched Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker’s careers as the funniest... -
The latest comedy from James Franco, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, riffs on an assassination attempt on North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, with the CIA learning of his nuclear building programmes and hiring two talk show journalists to do the job under the facade of an interview. The Interview... -
1981. One of the most violent years in New York City’s history. The year recorded 188,178 counts of violence, 1,026,757 property damages, 350,422 burglaries, 136,849 vehicle thefts, 5,479 rapes and 2,166 murders. 1981 in New York City was truly a year to have been afraid of. Now in 2015,...
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