Taken is getting tooken to TV, Minority report is now a series and Westworld looks like a high budget revival on a smaller screen. Forget about Hollywood’s fascination with shared universes right now, as it looks like taking the big screen to the flatscreen is now the in-thing in TV land. And you can add The Island of Dr Moreau …
TV! Now, more than ever, TV is a big thing. A money-maker that is home to new series which are risky, experimental and featuring budgets that would make small movie companies cry, TV has now finally found its balls. It’s Emmy balls that is. The 67th Emmy Awards kicked off last night, with HBO walking away with some big wins: Game …
I’ve seen so many heist movies, that I’m already living the genre. Heck, I’ve even got my own crew, who’ll help break into the vault where the script for Rocky VII: Adrian’s Revenge is being kept. Kleptomaniac Kervyn the safe-cracker. Terrifying Trevor the muscle. Jammy James the demolition expert. Nick “They promised me a snappy nickname for this caper” Last …
There are certain things in life that just always belong together. Peanut butter and jam. Laurel and Hardy. Darryn’s face and an assortment of pastries. And in the DC Comics universe, there are very few pairings that work as well as Blue Beetle and Booster Gold. The superhero duo have been around the DCU for years and have always maintained …
When it comes to Star Wars, I admit that I’m a bit gullible. There’s a rumour that has constantly popped up so many times over the years, each time ending in nothing, and yet I still can’t help but get excited for it every time it does. Well it’s back and much to my rekindled excitement it states thusly: Disney …
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 …
TV adaptations of movies have a reputation for being dismal, especially when stuff like Timecop and The Transporter clutter our perceptions. But it’s actually not a bad formula – and one that has been getting better. Recent arrivals like Fargo, Bates Motel, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the admittedly short-lived Hannibal has galvanised television as a good prospect for taking your …
When I first saw the trailer for director Breck Eisner’s (The Crazies) The Last Witch Hunter I thought okay, this could be fun, but probably in the same sense that Seventh Son was fun (want to know what I thought of that… Go ahead). However, after watching this new trailer I am really damn excited about it! It looks like a mix between Inception, …
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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