If there’s one monster more enduring than even the most relentless horror movie slashers, it’s got to be Frankenstein’s monster. From Boris Karloff to Robert DeNiro, ol’s nuts and bolts has been lurching around for almost a century now in film and television. But in the latest flick starring that icon, he’s going to be a lot more agile on …
If you’re into comics, then you know who Mark Millar is. He’s the Michael Bay of that industry, writing Hollywood blockbusters on a monthly basis for the printed medium that are pretty much massive spectacle comics. Naturally, a bunch of these comics have been made into films because they’re perfect fodder for such adaptations. Sometimes though, Millar hypes his work …
Uh Houston, we’ve got a box office smash on our hands. Apparently, Kervyn was not the only person who came out of Gravity, delirious with joy and amazement. The film debuted over the weekend at the North American box office, easily taking a first place. It wasn’t the only debut this week though. Last Updated: October 7, 2013
There’s a big divide in cultures when it comes to East and West. Our ideas of a horror film are vastly different, as we prefer our promiscuous teenagers to be murdered by hulking death machines with a machete, compared to creepy teenagers in pale flesh making life hell for their victims. But I think we can all agree that when …
If you had told me 20 years ago that goofy Woody Harrelson from Cheers would one day become a serious dramatic actor, I would probably have told you to slap my silly and call me Susan if that ever happens. Well, hi, my name is Susan and you slap like a girl, Darryn, as Harrelson seems be giving bigtime acting heavyweights like …
Last week saw the unfortunate passing away of author Tom Clancy, but like all great writers, he will live on his work. And that work is not wasting any time to get to living, as arguably Clancy’s most famous creation, CIA analyst Jack Ryan – previously played on screen by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck – is back …
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: October 4, 2013
While it might not strictly be movie news, over her at The Movies HQ we love Jack Bauer and his crazy, action-packed and intense series, ’24’, especially considering his small-screen adventures rival any espionage thriller you can name from the big screen. Well, I’ve got some good news for the rest of you 24 fans…Jack’s back! Last Updated: October 4, …
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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