It was Labour Day in the US of A. Which should have been primetime for movies this past weekend. Except it wasn’t. Hell, it was a terrible weekend. Here’s how everyone did at that box office. Last Updated: September 1, 2014
Heroes may finally be making their way to the smaller screen, but you’d be hard pressed to find any show or character with a cult following that is almost as nigh invulnerable as it’s lead character. Back in 2001, that hero was known as the Tick, and despite a crippling lack of intelligence the big blue buffoon managed to save …
Although they were initially quite successful with MTV’s Clone High and Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, it was really 21 Jump Street that put co-writer/directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller on everybody’s radar. By all accounts, that movie shouldn’t have work, but Lord and Miller just seem to have the comedic Midas touch and turned a rather corny old TV series into a brilliantly …
Just like so many of our other favourite movies from when we’re kids, we’ve (unfortunately) been hearing about a remake of John Carpenter’s cult classic Escape From New York for some time now. Luckily for our constantly attacked nostalgia (that’s right we’re looking at you, Michael Bay), there hasn’t been much momentum from this Joel Silver produced effort. But according to a new …
Welcome to The Extras! A daily dose of all the smaller movie related news, clips and just plain cool stuff that you might have missed! Last Updated: August 29, 2014
While streaming service Netflix has been getting plenty of attention for their original programming, Amazon seems to fly a bit under the radar. Their media division, Amazon Studios, also follows a very different model when deciding what to finally produce. They release a number of pilot episodes for Amazon Original Series and allow us to vote on what we’d …
I’m not quite sure whether I should be embarrassed or secretly proud of the amount of Hugh Grant rom-coms I’ve seen. No, wait. Scratch that. Definitely embarrassed. It wasn’t through any fault of my own though, as my wife went through a very strict (and very, very long) “girly movie” phase, and me being the respectful, supportive husband that I …
Torture is always going to be a tricky issue. On the one hand, it’s wrong, immoral and dangerous. On the other hand, nothing gets information out of a prisoner quicker than some shock therapy to the abdomen. Or lower. Tirture sucks however, when you happen to be completely innocent. And that’s pretty much the plot of Rosewater. Last Updated: August …
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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