RIP Richard Bonehill, STAR WARS extra extraordinaire
The world today mourns the passing of Richard Bonehill. At least, the Star Wars crazy parts of the population should be tipping their hats to this man Last Updated: February 6, 2015
Sony Pictures Chairman Amy Pascal resigns
In a move that’s come as a bit of a surprise, while at the same time not, Sony Pictures chairman Amy Pascal, one of the most powerful women in Hollywood, has resigned. As her contract was due to expire in March the resignation seems more a symbolic falling-on-the-sword in the aftermath of the now-infamous Sony hack of late last year. In …
This new trailer for PAUL BLART: MALL COP 2 still got it
The “it” in that headline up top of course being the uncanny ability to remind us of just how painfully and excruciatingly long a two and a half minute trailer can feel. See I have a confession to make: The only two reasons why I’m posting about Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 is to remind you that we live in a …
Felicity Jones cast as the lead in Gareth Edwards' STAR WARS spinoff
With the details of director Gareth “Godzilla” Edwards’ planned Star Wars standalone spinoff movie being more closely guarded than the recipe for Coca Cola flavoured KFC, we’ve had nothing but rumours to go on. Quite often, contradictory rumours in fact (at this point the movie is either a Boba Fett origin story, or a young Han Solo adventure, or a heist movie …
Movies out today: something for everyone
Today we’re running the gamut of movie types. We’ve got an Oscar worthy film, a sci-fi epic, a goofy kid’s movie, two comedies and an Afrikaans ensemble romcom. Here are your choices: Selma SELMA chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of …
There's no room for heart in this new trailer for FOCUS
It’s at least another year until we can see Will Smith and Margot Robbie pair up alongside a bunch of brightly coloured crooks to get their Suicide Squad on, but that doesn’t mean we can’t see them getting up to no good together right now. This opportunity comes courtesy of Focus, a new conman romantic drama from Glenn Ficarra & John Requa, the …
The first trailer for POLTERGEIST is heeeeeeere!
Ya know, I’m not that shaken up about a Poltergeist remake. The first film may have been a cult classic, but the numerous sequels that followed on through were anything but that. Poltergeist is also a horror film from a different school of jump scares, one where the terror isn’t exactly a gory and in your face experience. Something that …
Extras! 05 February 2015
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