For years, Karen Gillan was known as the fiery-haired and -hearted “girl who waited”, Amy Pond, on BBC’s Doctor Who. But with her role on the long running British sci-fi show (greatest sci-fi show EVER, I might add) coming to an end in 2012, she’s moved on up to bigger things in Hollywood. She landed a major gig as the “girl who …
Unless you’re a fan of Japanese anime/manga, you would be surprised about just how many of these Asian comics/cartoons have heavily influenced some of the biggest blockbusters (and no, I’m talking about that dodgy Eastern European movie with the tentacles you saw). And if there’s one Japanese title that left a huge mark on Hollywood, in particular several high profile …
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: January 24, 2014
Video games are rarely decent. There’s a few standout examples that prove otherwise however, such as Silent Hill and…Well that’s about all I have. Assassin’s Creed however, could be the one adaptation that could actually be decent. It’s got a great cast, a story that can easily be altered and still remain faithful to the video game franchise and plenty …
Bill Murray is so cool that we even liked him as a zombie. If you told us that The Dude in Big Lebowski was about him, we’d probably believe you. And though many great people have entered the arena of the Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything), quite a few come out scarred (Woody Harrelson, anyone?). But not our man Bill. …
With the Hunger Games earning a license to print money, pretty much every studio wants a piece of that young adult book adaptation pie. It’s like comic book movies in the early 2000s all over again. The downside however, is that most of these adaptations are truly crap, on a monumental scale. There’s still some hope however. There are some …
Four new films open in South African cinemas today. And a quick scan over the reviews reveals they’re all a pretty watchable, if unexceptional, lot. Last Updated: January 24, 2014
Ah, the ol’ “don’t look in the bag” trick. Nothing will get people to look into a bag faster than telling them that. The big problem with people looking into the bag arises though when said bag belongs to an infamous mobster played by Robert De Niro, as a mopy John Cusack (what is it about him playing an all-black …
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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