Season 3 of Arrow wasn’t exactly the best. Unlike the superb second season, series 3 of the Starling City vigilante drama was one wherein the show managed to continually trip over itself whenever it picked up steam and squandering a genuinely decent antagonist as the Arrow took on the League of Assassins and Ra’s Al Ghul. Still, season 3 did …
Following on from last week’s huge shakeups over at Marvel, some further info has come to light. And it’s extremely interesting stuff! So what was the proverbial camel back breaking straw that caused Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige to finally get himself out from under the controversial thumb of Marvel Entertainment CEO Ike Perlmutter and disband the tampering Marvel Creative …
Confession time: I’m not the biggest fan of the Hellboy movies. I think the casting of Ron Perlman as the demon who eschews his heritage to become a hero is perfect, and I absolutely love how filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro managed to translate the mythology of Mike Mignola’s comic book to the screen so incredibly well with that amazing visual …
It’s amazing what a little world-rearranging betrayal does. Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. started out decent – not great, just decent – but then along came a HYDRA and everything changed. Ever since the reveal that peacekeeping agency S.H.I.E.L.D. had been covertly infiltrated by the secret villainous group, Agents has been on an absolute tear, telling some amazing superhero stories. And …
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 …
Ah studio tampering. If it weren’t for the people bankrolling the industry, movies would be non-existent. That being said, backing a film can be risky. And when you’re rolling millions of dollars into a production, you’re going to want to see where the money is going. Some studios however, want more. They want to be hands on, a decision that …
In what can only be a bid to jump onto the massively lucrative ‘Videogame to Big screen’ bandwagon… no wait. What? Video games made for the big screen bring in as much action as Trevor in a cheerleading camp? Oh, I see. We all know that games adapted into movies are creations that even Dr. Frankenstein wouldn’t want to bring to …
It’s something I’ve been curious about for a while now and it’s (almost) here: the BBC docudrama The Gamechangers. The film tells the tale of the development of the best-selling video game franchise ‘Grand Theft Auto’ by British brothers Sam and Dean Houser. It stars Daniel Radcliffe and Ian Keir Attard as the aforementioned brothers, and Bill Paxton as 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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