Morning, folks! We’ve had much to say about Hollywood’s blood lust for remaking old classics, ruining childhood memories and worst of all, a worryingly low level of creativity. Well, another beloved childhood film is about to cash in on our childhood nostalgia and it turns out the be quite an unexpected one. Last Updated: November 28, 2012
Firstly, yes I know that heading is not 100% accurate as James McAvoy, as the younger Prof. X actually still has a full head of hair, but a little creative licence was employed. Secondly, this is probably the only time I’ve used the term “purple helmets” outside of making fun of a Mills & Boon novel. Thirdly, Holy Mutated Crap! …
Mention the movie Waterworld, and you’ll immediately think of a production that was plagued with problems, difficulties and one massive budget that was apparently squandered on pumping sanity drugs into Dennis Hopper to keep him sedated enough to shoot his scenes. What most people forget however, is that Waterworld was actually a pretty damn good film. It had a story …
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: November 27, 2012
Assassin films are a dime a dozen, almost as prevalent as balloon vendors during any scene that involves a sniper rifle on a rooftop. So what do you do to create something that stands apart from all the other contract killers out there? Why you enlist comic book geniuses Paul Jenkins and Rob Prior to come up with a novel …
Donnie Yen is a man that needs no introduction, but his fists and feet are happy to provide one nonetheless. He has been plying his trade as Kung Fu star for years, but most of those films have never really seen international theatrical release. But now with his latest film, Dragon, he’ll be hitting the foreign market with a martial arts spin …
Recently we reported that GamersXtreme wanted to bring eSports to the University of Pretoria, we’ve caught up with them to talk about their goals and thoughts on eSports.
Uh oh elementary fans. Put away the bad hats and retreat into your mind palaces, because it might be a good while before we see the modern day re-imagining of Sherlock Holmes any time soon. The hit BBC series has revolved around two series so far, with each episode being a feature length film in size and scope. But due to the …
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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