In A Not Too Distant Future… MST3K To Return?
Between Syfy and Johnny Depp, the world is yet to run out of bad movies. Unfortunately there is a shortage of things that make fun of cinema’s bombs. Last Updated: April 25, 2014
CHEW animated feature film adaptation lands Steven Yuen and Felicia Day!
And now here’s some rather superb casting news for you to… chew (oof!) on! Way back when, I remarked that Chew, writer John Layman and artist Rob Gullory’s hilariously kooky, Eisner Award winning Image Comics series would be perfect for a feature film adaptation, and it appears that somebody was listening. Maybe not to me specifically, but to somebody, as …
New Fantastic Four: Just add grit
Grit. It all comes down to grit these days. Batman has it, Superman has it, and now it looks like Josh Tranks’ highly anticipated and at times controversial reboot of the Fantastic Four will also have it. Producer Simon Kinberg has said the movie is going to be far more real and gritty “It’s a much more grounded, gritty, realistic …
Movies out today: Spidey, assassinations and young love
It’s another long weekend in South Africa as of today, so there’s extra time to hit your local cinema. There are also six new releases to choose from, although there’s no question which of them will dominate at the local box office. The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Rise of Electro: Screening in 2D, 3D and 3D IMAX is this sequel to …
John Malkovich will haunt your dreams in this first trailer for CROSSBONES
If you, like me, watched Starz’s Michael Bay produced pirate series, Black Sails, and thought, “Man, if only this show was, you know, good,” then do I have a treat for you today. The words “John Malkovich is Blackbeard” would already have been enough to get me quite interested in Crossbones, a new pirate show from NBC, but to sweeten the pot …
Extras! 24 April 2014
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: April 24, 2014
It's Hitting The Fan In Season 2 Of Orange Is The New Black
What will happen to Piper Kerman? Fans of the Netflix series Orange Is The New Black are still stunned by the first season’s cliffhanger ending – a moment that will prove to be a real watershed moment for Kerman and her time in jail. Not as hyped as Arrested Development nor as acclaimed as House Of Cards, Orange Is The New …
There's no one left in this first trailer for TRUE BLOOD's final season
All good things must come to an end, especially when said good things go off the rails a bit. The six seasons we’ve seen thus far of True Blood – Alan Ball’s bloody, sexy, guilty pleasure vampire show all about the misadventures of Anna Paquin’s telepathic half-fairy”Soockeh” Stackhouse, her many supernatural suitors and the complete lunacy of their little corner of Louisiana …
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