I’ll confess here, and admit that I never saw the actual show that The Equalizer is based on. Damn not being born in time for a vague TV series that would have been banned in SA. Right now though, redemption comes in cinematic form, as Antoine Fuqua reunites with his Training Day buddy Denzel Washington for a new take on …
It’s not just Edgar Wright that Marvel has lost over the weekend. While it may be a smaller medium, it’s still a departure that will be felt, as Drew “Cabin In The Woods” Goddard will no longer be directly involved in any episodes of the upcoming Netflix series Daredevil. Last Updated: May 26, 2014
Well suit up in yellow spandex, smoke a cigar and call me bub, because it’s time for another round-up of the North American movie weekend. It was a Memorial Day weekend in that part of the world, which meant that various films had the potential to be real blockbusters thanks to some public holiday action. A new team of X-Men …
I’m sure that a lot of you watched the brilliant X-Men: Days of Future Past this weekend, and if you know anything about comic book movies, you knew that you had to stay behind for the traditional post-credits scene. And boy, did X-Men: Days of Future Past deliver! Well, that is if you actually knew exactly what/who it was you were looking at. …
Ever since Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Jr. kicked off Marvel’s Cinematic Universe with the armour-plated adventures of Tony Stark, the comic book movie studio has been an unstoppable juggernaut commercially and (mostly) critically. When Disney became Marvel’s paymasters though, some fans expressed concern that the House of Mouse would perhaps dull Marvel’s edge in the pursuit of mainstream commercial …
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: May 23, 2014
Ever since Disney acquired Marvel, I’ve been hoping that they’d put one of their various animation departments to good use, crafting an animated film based on one of their various comics. And my wish was granted! But it wasn’t going to be a big name property such as Iron Man or Thor. It was going to be a movie based …
In the world of movie critics, Roger Ebert was about as close to royalty as you could get (Ormond White obviously filling out the role of Court Jester). Through a career that spanned just shy of 50 years, Ebert – often with longtime partner-in-crime George Siskel – introduced millions to a deeper appreciation of the art of film. Ebert hosted …
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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