You ever watch Goon? It’s an easy film with an easy-enough plot. The 2011 flick starred Seann William Scott as an incredibly nice (but dimwitted) guy who somehow wound up playing ice hockey in the most fearsome position possible: The enforcer. If you don’t follow sports from Canada, then all you need to know about that position is that its usually …
Promoted to series regulars in the currently airing season 2 of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (AoS), Adrianne Palicki aka Bobby Morse aka Mockingbird and Nick Blood aka the only cool Nick aka the free-wheeling Lance Hunter have been tasked with leading a potential spin-off series on home network ABC. AoS’ executive producer Jeremy Bell and writer Paul Zbyszewski are developing the …
Welcome to The Extras! A daily dose of all the smaller movie related news, clips and just plain cool stuff that you might have missed! Last Updated: April 22, 2015
There’s something magical about Bollywood. This is a movie industry which has somehow managed to keep up with the times and churn out high-qualuty films, that somehow still happen to have enough cheese in their plot that you can host an entire fondue party with just one DVD. For reals, the visual and production quality may have gone up, but …
News doesn’t get more meta than this. Remember Galaxy Quest? It was a surprisingly fun sci-fi flick back in 1999, that starred Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shaloub and Sam Rockwell as former TV actors of a famed Star Trek-like show who got drafted by an alien race to help them fight off an evil threat after their …
It takes a lot to surprise me when it comes to movies and series. Guardians of the Galaxy positively drop-kicked my mind out of the solar system, True Detective had me so hooked I was starting to speak like Rust Cohle (time is a flat circle!) and Netflix’s smash hit Daredevil has me practicing martial arts in the dark, much to the dismay of my neighbours and …
After the recent announcement that surging independent comic publisher Valiant was also getting into the shared comic book movie universe game, I went and got myself a whole batch of their comics to familiarize myself with the main titles. Since they relaunched their entire line in 2012, the Valiant books have been picking up critical acclaim from just about everybody …
Do you hear what I hear? It’s Vin Diesel’s heavy breathing as he moves his cash from one private yacht to the next! No awards for guessing this week’s top movie… Last Updated: April 22, 2015
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.
Critical Hit is built on the idea that we are more than one thing. Are you a hardcore gamer who also enjoys a night out at the movies? Perhaps you’re a professional cosplayer who is searching for the perfect burger, or maybe you’re just interested in high-end tech and Netflix binging. Covering gaming, entertainment, tech and geek, Critical Hit offers information and critique from a staff of diverse, knowledgeable and fiercely opinionated writers.
Recent Comments