Over the course of his 57-year cinematic lifespan, James Bond has faced down a colourful rogues gallery comprised of despicable terrorists, violent madmen, megalomaniacal scientists, inhuman henchmen and more, all looking to either rule the world or destroy it. But this weekend past 007 came up against one of his toughest adversaries to date: A bald American boy and his …
Once upon a time, Sofia Coppola was set to make a live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid for Universal. And then, after a long period of uncertainty, she wasn’t. At the time, the usual “creative differences” excuses was touted as the reason for Coppola’s departure from the project, and that nearly looked as if it could be the end of …
The old adage goes that where there’s a will there’s a way, but in recent years, a more accurate version would be that where there’s a Will (Smith) there’s a bad movie. Fortunately though, after a string of box office and critical bombs, the getting-slightly-stale Prince of Bel Air righted the ship considerably with slick con-man drama Focus. Now Smith …
I was fortunate enough to have attended Disney’s Annual Showcase earlier in the year and thus received a glimpse of Benedict Cumberbatch as Marvel’s Doctor Strange. But now guys get to have your own glimpse at the upcoming Phase 3 film as the film’s first batch of set pics and video from its location shoot in Nepal has just rolled …
It feels like we’ve been waiting on Warcraft‘s production for years now with almost nothing to show for it… Oh, wait. We really have been waiting on Warcraft‘s production for years now with almost nothing to show for it! Damn that Duncan Jones, and his super secretive filmmaking ways! But the wait is over, because following this week’s released images and …
They lied! It’s barely been two weeks since Disney rolled out what they promised to be the “final” trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but a new preview has just popped up courtesy of Disney Japan. Maybe they have a different understanding of “final” over in the East, or maybe they just didn’t get the memo from super-secretive director …
Welcome to our Weekly Round-Up for the The Extras! A collection of the 15 most popular movie related clips, posters, pics and just plain cool stuff posted on our Twitter profile and Facebook page using the hashtag #TheMoviesExtras in the last week. Remember, these are only the contributions that received the most likes and views since last Thursday, so if …
We’re just short of six weeks away from the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but with the final trailer already out (and apparently watched by about a bajillion and a half people) we shouldn’t expect any major reveals any more. Not that we actually had any (damn, that JJ Abrams is secretive). But that doesn’t mean that 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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