It really has been a crazy year for great action movies. From the fast paced madness of Mad Max: Fury Road, to the teeth of Jurassic World we have not been wanting! But we were missing a special kind of action with a special kind of mad actor, one willing to fall off an airplane doing his own stunts, yes, Tom Cruise and yes, Mission Impossible: …
IT’S CLOBBERIN’ TIME! The famous battlecry of Aunt Petunia favourite blue-eyed nephew was applied and then some to the latest big screen incarnation of The Fantastic Four. Opening up in a pitiful second place, Fantastic Four took home just $26.2 million in North American ticket sales. Compared to director Tim Story’s original duo of flicks from the mid-2000s, that was …
You ever watch Westworld? It’s a rather dated film by today’s standards, but it still had some solid ideas regarding human debauchery, free will and creating life. Also, those ideas were quickly tossed aside for some good ol’ robot havok as Isaac Asimov’s three laws of robotics were quickly pimp-slapped into submission. Westworld is the kind of film however, that …
Last week I posted up a list of the 1o Best Video Game Movies – a category that is actually pretty difficult to fill out based on the fact that watching most video game movie adaptations are like getting a root canal, only not as fun. I am however hopeful that we may soon be getting another addition to that …
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 …
Hey, Marvel and DC! You ain’t the only guys in Tinsel Town that can announce movie lineups for years to come and get fans all excited! While not as ambitious as Marvel’s 15-year in advance calendar skills, Sony has now joined the ranks of prognosticating studios by revealing their slate for the next couple of years. And it’s a pretty …
Oh Vin Diesel. I know far too many ladies would would happily throw their own husbands into an oven just for the chance of a glance from you, and for that, my life is a little sadder. On a happier note Vin Diesel does Vin Diesel better than anyone else. Because let’s face it. He is a typecast of …
I freakin’ love the Martin Scorsese formula, and by extension, his flicks. Never heard of the Scorsese theorem? It’s pretty simple actually. You basically take a slice of the iconic American attitude during a turbulent decade, find a recurring theme, and wrap it all up in an excess orgy of drugs and violence as told through the eyes of your …
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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