Extras! 20 August 2014
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: August 20, 2014
New agent picked for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D
Recently we heard that Veteran actor Kyle MacLachlan was joining Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and now another actor has been cast as Mockingbird (a character first revealed to appear in season two at ComicCon). Joining the team is actress Adrianne Palicki (Friday Night Lights, G.I. Joe: Retaliation) who will play the role of fellow no-super-powers agent Barbara “Bobbi” Morse (Mockingbird) in …
DOOMED – the doccie about the Fantastic Four movie we never saw
Every now and then a documentary will tell the story of a movie that never came to be. Last Updated: August 20, 2014
We talk Heroes of the Storm at Gamescom
We chat to Kaeo Milker, a senior game producer at Blizzard Entertainment who is overseeing the production of Heroes of the Storm
DOCTOR WHO series 8 will not be shown locally
People assume that the progression of a new TV series is thought to be strictly cause and effect. But actually, from a non-linear and non-subjective viewpoint, it’s more like a big wibbly wobbly ball of badly scheduled repeats and cheaply produced reality shows. Also, it means that Doctor Who won’t be broadcast locally when the new series arrives. Last Updated: …
China's mad movie texting idea will keep you away from cinemas
Watching movies in a cinema is a social experience. And may your particular god help you if you happen to hate people. While going to the movies usually involves encountering at least one pet peeve (sticky floors, overpriced food, Kervyn), nothing is more irritating than being bombarded by the glow of a person next to you hammering out a text …
Welcome to the regiment in this trailer for '71
I’m of the opinion that we’ve reached a saturation point for films set in the Middle East that happen to star USA army troopers. Been there, seen that, bombed a small village of women and children who were most likely insurgents. There’s more than one army out there, who were involved in various hotspots around the world. And for the …
Midweek Mouth-Off: why do bad movies own the box office?
Sometimes you get movies that reign supreme at the box office and deserve the top spot. Sometimes, you get movies that only find a cult following after the DVD release. Sometimes you get epic flops. But sometimes, you get movies that really shouldn’t do well, no one wants them to do well, yet inexplicably they do. Michael Bay’s Teenage Mutant …
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