Extras! 23 June 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: June 23, 2014
Cinophile: Six String Samurai
[column size=one_half position=first ]Don McClean’s song Miss American Pie is said to be about the death of Buddy Holly. This movie is also about Buddy Holly, sort of, except he has a samurai sword and fights Slash. Last Updated: June 23, 2014
The Capitol salutes you in these new THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY posters!
Confession: I’ve yet to see a single Hunger Games movie. I don’t have a problem with Jennifer Lawrence mind you, or the whole Young Adult phase that Hollywood is currently milking like an anorexic cow. I just can’t find myself interested enough to bother renting those movies. Still, this artwork for the upcoming two-parter third film might finally change my …
Kevin Feige talks GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, DR STRANGE and ANT-MAN
It’s going to be busy at the ol’ Marvel studios for the next couple of years. Guardians of the Galaxy is out soon, Avengers 2 is busy filming and there are a ton more films in the pipeline. You can thank studio head honcho for steering that massive ship into calmer waters, as he took the time to talk to …
Monday Box Office Report – Think like a man part deux beats dragon-training
Men, boys and some fellas from Jersey with seasonal vibrations all hit the box office. And you’d have to think like a dude to be the winner over that weekend. Last Updated: June 23, 2014
The Wachowski's Netflix sci-fi series, SENSE8, gets a cast and plot description
With the news that Jupiter Ascending is being pushed back about 6 months to February 2015, fanboys such as myself might feel like they’re lacking their regular dose of Wachowski Siblings sci-fi wackiness. We could get out fix from Sense8, a new Netflix original series that Andy and Lana Wachowski is putting together with Babylon 5 creator and regular comic book scribe J. …
This trailer for THE JUDGE did what it thought was right
Robert Downey Jr. is more than just a guy in a robot suit who fires off lasers from his hands as quickly as he does snarky remarks, but except for one kind of forgettable road trip with Zach Galafianakis he hasn’t really got the chance to show off all those other sides in a long time. That looks set to …
LOOPER's Rian Johnson writing/directing STAR WARS: EPISODES VIII and IX
The term “nice guys finish last” is usually said in derision, but writer-director Rian Johnson may just be about to turn that sentiment on its head, as his next gig will have him taking over and finishing off a major franchise trilogy. The franchise? Why, just Star Wars, that’s all. According to breaking reports from Deadline on Friday night, Johnson is currently …
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