by Speedinet | Mar 29, 2026 | Column, Entertainment, Film, movie review
Juliette Gariépy’s Kelly-Anne is an uncomfortable mystery. | Image: Nemesis Films Productions It’s rare for a movie to get technology right. And it’s even rarer for that movie to be a thriller or horror, where realism takes a backseat to scares and... by admin | Apr 27, 2025 | adaptations, Film, Jack Black, Minecraft, movies, News, The Conversation, The Last of Us, TV News
Video game adaptations are having a moment. On television, shows like HBO’s The Last of Us and Amazon Prime’s Fallout — each based on popular game franchises — have been gigantic hits. On the big screen, 2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie broke box office records, and... by admin | Nov 22, 2024 | AI, artificial intelligence, Film, News, Other Tech News, The Conversaton
Type text into AI image and video generators, and you’ll often see outputs of unusual, sometimes creepy, pictures. In a way, this is a feature, not a bug, of generative AI. And artists are wielding this aesthetic to create a new storytelling art form. The tools, such... by admin | Oct 27, 2024 | AI, artifical intelligence, Film, James Cameron, News, Other Tech News, The Conversation, The Terminator, TV News
October 26, 2024 marks the 40th anniversary of director James Cameron’s science fiction classic, The Terminator – a film that popularised society’s fear of machines that can’t be reasoned with, and that “absolutely will not stop … until you are dead”, as one character... by admin | Apr 2, 2024 | Die Nibelungen, Dune, epic fantasy cinema, Film, News, Other Tech News, The Conversation
The second instalment of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune has dominated most conversations about cinema in the first few months of 2024. Adapted from Frank Herbert’s classic novel, the two-part epic has been credited with reviving the science fiction genre, and the blockbuster... by admin | Feb 14, 2023 | director, Film, funding, News, Other Tech News, Showmax, TV News
Do you think you have what it takes to create the next great African (or South African) film production? Showmax wants to hear from you. And not in the whole ‘do it for exposure’ way you might expect, either. The streaming platform has funding to hand out for ten...