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Beasts of the Southern Wild
First time director Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild, a surprise hit at Cannes and Sundance, explores a post-Katrina New Orleans. It’s the powerful story of survival and hardship unfolded through the eyes of a ten...
The First Six Minutes Of Maniac
Directed by Franck Khalfoun (P2, Wrong Turn At Tahoe), and written and produced by Alexandre Aja and Gregory Levasseur, the team behind Haute Tension, The Hills Have Eyes, and Piranha 3D, Maniac promises to be one of the most d...
The Dark Knight Rises Concept Art
Concept art for the look of Selina Kyle both in and out of costume has now surfaced on the internet. From different dresses for Catwoman to different masks for Bane, it’s all here.
Project S.E.R.A – Short Film
Recommended by Lyle Arends, Project S.E.R.A. is a really cool action horror short film worth checking out. A young woman wakes up in an abandoned warehouse as armed soldiers torture her father with an experimental biological we...
Top 10 Movies of 2012 – Updated
The task of selecting the top films of the 2012 has proven to be a difficult one, especially when considering the amount of big blockbuster pictures, remakes, reboots, independent films, B-grades and stinkers that needs sifting...
Pain and Gain Trailer
Based on a true story, “Pain & Gain” follows a group of bodybuilders who engaged in a campaign of kidnapping, extortion and murder in Florida. First told in an article from the “Miami New Times,” ...
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
With films like The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises and Skyfall smashing box office records, 2012 has proved to be an incredible year in cinema. We’ve witnessed the end of franchises we hate (Twilight) and ones we loved (The ...
Terrence Malick’s To The Wonder Trailer
A romantic drama centered on Neil, a man who is torn between two loves: Marina, the European woman who came to United States to be with him, and Jane, the old flame he reconnects with from his hometown. Terrence Malick explores...
Vote for Fortress of Solitude in the 2012 South African Blog Awards!
It’s that time of the year again… when we call on you, our dedicated readers and friends, to vote for us in South Africa’s Blog Awards. The Fortress of Solitude site has been running for just over a year now a...
More Dark Knight Rises Infographics
Early this month a Dark Knight Rises infographic featuring Bane was released by Warner Bros. to promote the new DVD/Blu-ray release, focusing on the creation of Bane as a character, and Tom Hardy’s choices in creating his per...
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
Alas, the sappy fifth and final chapter in the Stephenie Meyer’s unfeasibly popular vampire fantasy series, Twilight, is filled with necrophilia, pedophilia, cheese, paranormal love triangles, bloodsucking romance and a flash...
After Earth Trailer
Will Smith and M. Night Shyamalan both have a lot riding on After Earth, an upcoming sci-fi adventure film, which also features Jaden Smith. One thousand years after cataclysmic events forced humanity’s escape from Earth, Nov...
Win 1 of 5 EMI Hampers
Fortress of Solitude and EMI are giving away music hampers, containing 3 CD’s (three of South Africa’s most talent acts – Ross Jack, Gangs of Ballet and BlackByrd), to five lucky readers. Gangs of Ballet: Ross...
Bane Outtakes From The Dark Knight Rises
Check out this super funny new viral video of Bane’s “outtakes” from The Dark Knight Rises. They basically took key Bane scenes from the film and threw in some funny new dialogue.
DragonBall Z – Fanmade Trailer
DragonBall Z – Saiyan Saga is a non-profit trailer being made by two brothers who run a small video production company in the UK. Growing up watching DBZ, the two, like every other DBZ fan, were sorely disappointed with H...
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