You may have noticed some are calling Matt Damon the un-Sean Bean. Instead of getting killed, his career appears to be about being rescued all the time. First Saving Private Ryan, then Interstellar and now The Martian. The film industry is spending a lot of cash rescuing Damon, but audiences clearly love seeing that. Last Updated: October 5, 2015
Is it Retro-Month, and I just didn’t get the memo?! First there was the A-Team remake, then this morning we got the news that a new MacGyver series is in the works, and now comes the report from Deadline that Fox is developing a TV series adaptation of fan favourite action movie franchise Lethal Weapon! I may just be getting …
In the immortal words of Robin Williams in Jumanji, “WHAT YEAR IS IT?!”. Just the other day we were hearing about a new TV series reboot for The A-Team, and now comes word that fellow iconic 80’s TV series MacGyver is also being resurrected. Expect sales in Swiss Army knives to suddenly skyrocket. The report comes from THR who report …
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 …
It would seem that Sony certainly are keen to capitalize on the Ghostbusters franchise currently and in the words of Bill Murray’s character, Peter Venkman: “No job is too big, no fee is too big.” Or so it would seem. Having recently denied that another Ghostbusters male-centric movie is being produced, insiders at Sony have now confirmed that an animated …
Who watches the Watchmen? Well, if this latest report turns out to be true, then the answer to that question is “probably all of us”. Collider are claiming that their sources have intel that director Zack Snyder has been meeting with US cable network HBO to discuss a TV series adaptation of Alan Moore’s widely acclaimed best selling 1987 graphic …
It’s been approximately 1640 days since I finished reading “The Wise Man’s Fear”, the second book in Patrick Rothfuss bestselling epic fantasy trilogy, The Kingkiller Chronicle. 1640 days and still no third and final book in sight. In case you were wondering, no I didn’t actually keep track of the days (that’s why the internet’s there), but it sometimes feels …
The Exorcist is a cursed movie. Not only did it have a notoriously painful shoot, but a series of terrible sequels. Then there were the strange prequels, fogged in a controversy that saw one full version canned and a new – equally dull – version made from scratch. Last Updated: October 2, 2015
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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