Since making a gigantic splash (in a airplane toilet) with the female-led R-rated Bridesmaids, filmmaker Paul Feig has been having a blast playing up and twisting around genre conventions, particularly when it comes to preconceived gender roles. His most recent example is the laugh-out-loud funny Spy, in which frumpy motormouth Melissa McCarthy ends up being a better action hero superspy …

People love dinosaurs. And they love Chris Pratt almost as much as dinosaurs (more even, if you’re Nick). And that combination, coupled with the fact that it’s a just plan fun an thrilling movie to watch, has meant that Jurassic World has completely stomped and chomped its way through the competition in its opening weekend, and right into the record …

Welcome to our second Weekly Round-Up for the The Extras! As you may know, we recently changed the format of our daily Extras!, instead posting the normal movie related clips, posters, pics and just plain cool stuff on our Twitter profile and Facebook page using the hashtag #TheMoviesExtras. Since we’ve been doing about 8 posts per day, gathering an entire …

Jean Barker hopes to make a name for herself in Hollywood. After signing a contract for scriptwriting duties in February, she relocated to Los Angeles. Channel24 had an interesting interview with her – well worth reading if you have any movie-making ambitions – or if you are just curious about the experience. Last Updated: June 12, 2015

By the hoary Eye of Agomotto! Back when there were only whispers that Marvel were thinking of bringing Black Panther to the big screen, I was heavily banging the drum to get Oscar winning 12 Years a Slave star Chiwetel Ejiofor cast as the titular Prince T’Challa. I had been a fan of his since I first saw him on …

In an age where rinse and repeat seems to be the phrase for most plot lines in films I was expecting to be jaded by the upcoming Man from U.N.C.L.E, a film based on the rather camp (at least looking back now) series of the 60s. Then I heard Guy Ritchie would be directing it and was instantly already a fan. …

In this trailer for Rock the Kasbah Bill Murray is coming to Afghanistan with a little being lost in translation. And after that torturous twisting of movie titles (blame Darryn, because.) it’s probably best I let the synopsis, and trailer, explain: A down-on-his-luck music manager [Richie Lanz – Bill Murray] discovers a teenage girl [Salima – Leem Lubany] with an …

The year of 2015 is the worst performer in recent memory for box office releases – and we’re only in JUNE. Or we are ONLY in June. This is a strange business… Last Updated: June 12, 2015