The Stanford Prison Experiment is an upcoming movie based on the infamous 1971 psychology experiment known by the same name. A small group of college students were recruited by Stanford professor Dr Philip Zimbardo to participate in a study that aimed to investigate the reasons for conflict between prison guards and prisoners. It’s infamous because it performed, shall we say, …
Irrespective of which side of the story you believe when it comes to all the on- and off-set drama surrounding Fantastic Four director Josh Trank (and how that may have led to him losing his job on a Star Wars movie), I think it’s time people realized something: The cast may not look the way you want them to, and …
Well, clearly EVERYBODY went to see Jurassic World this weekend past. And I was one of them, checking it out for the second time on IMAX and enjoying it even more than the first time as a great big thrill ride. Similarly, Nick also thought that the flick had its problems with undeveloped characters and few script issues, but overall …
About a week ago, I finally got around to watching Hot Tub Time Machine 2. My advice to you: Don’t. Especially if, like me, you were both a fan of the original movie, as well as of franchise newcomer Adam Scott (Parks & Recreation). Luckily, Scott has a promising new R-rated comedy swinging coming out soon in The Overnight, which …
We’ve got just a little over a month until the release of Ant-Man, which means that Marvel are going full steam ahead now with the movie’s marketing campaign. Just a week since we saw new TV spot for the formic superhero flick, another has been released giving us even more looks at some of the movie’s size-changing action beats, as …
Since making a gigantic splash (in a airplane toilet) with the female-led R-rated Bridesmaids, filmmaker Paul Feig has been having a blast playing up and twisting around genre conventions, particularly when it comes to preconceived gender roles. His most recent example is the laugh-out-loud funny Spy, in which frumpy motormouth Melissa McCarthy ends up being a better action hero superspy …
People love dinosaurs. And they love Chris Pratt almost as much as dinosaurs (more even, if you’re Nick). And that combination, coupled with the fact that it’s a just plan fun an thrilling movie to watch, has meant that Jurassic World has completely stomped and chomped its way through the competition in its opening weekend, and right into the record …
Welcome to our second Weekly Round-Up for the The Extras! As you may know, we recently changed the format of our daily Extras!, instead posting the normal movie related clips, posters, pics and just plain cool stuff on our Twitter profile and Facebook page using the hashtag #TheMoviesExtras. Since we’ve been doing about 8 posts per day, gathering an entire …
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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