Sylvester Stallone makes a return as Rocky, the character that made him a worldwide star, in the 2015 boxing drama Creed. The movie however will focus not so much on Rocky as the main character this time but instead we will see Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan), the son of his former friend and rival Apollo Creed taking over as …
To paraphrase little orphan Annie: instead of treated, the US box office got tricked this weekend past! With this year’s Halloween falling on Saturday, usually the busiest day for American cinemas, it meant that total revenue for the weekend was way down at just above $70 million – the lowest weekend take for the year thus far. And with cineamgoers …
There’s a whole lot of spying going on at the movies this year. We got Kingsman: The Secret Service, Spy and of course Spectre (and you could probably even throw Steven Spielberg’s Cold War drama Bridge of Spies on that same list) and it appears all the espionage shenanigans isn’t stopping next year. It may get much sillier though. The …
If you had asked me about it a few years ago, I would have told you that an adaptation of Preacher would never happen. And an adaptation of Preacher by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg? Lunacy! And yet, here we are as a couple of guys best known for stoner comedies, bring to the TV screen a highly controversial comic …
Welcome to our Weekly Round-Up for the The Extras! A collection of the 15 most popular movie related clips, posters, pics and just plain cool stuff posted on our Twitter profile and Facebook page using the hashtag #TheMoviesExtras in the last week. Remember, these are only the contributions that received the most likes and views since last Thursday, so if …
Last year NBC brought Constantine to our screens and fans all around the world were excited to see their demon hunting hero get his very own show. Their joy was short-lived however as the show received mixed reviews – with the majority of unfavorable critics leading to the show coming to an end after its first season. This was sad …
After making his critically acclaimed directorial debut with classic submarine movie Das Boot in 1981, Wolfgang Petersen became one of the most highly sought filmmakers in the world. He made the transition from Euro-cinema to Hollywood with ease, first with a couple lesser-known but still well regarded feature films, before becoming Tinsel Town’s go-to guy for big budget blockbusters in …
For a brief while it looked like we’d see two movies set in the Alien universe being released in 2017 – Ridley Scott’s Prometheus sequel, Alien: Paradise Lost, and Neill Blomkamp’s untitled Alien 5 sequel. I’m going with Alien: Re-resurrection: I live, I die, I live again! However last night the South African-born director took to Twitter to inform his …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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