I think we can all agree that Orson Scott Card is a really talented writer. Unfortunately, we can also agree that he is a vitriol-spewing bigot. Card has made a number of increasingly inflammatory statements over the years regarding his controversial stances against everything from Muslims to Mexicans, and recently his diatribes against same-sex marriage got him removed from a highly …
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: July 10, 2013
In martial arts movies, there’s a lot to fight for. Love, honour and revenge to name but a few things. But only one movie had a protagonist fighting for something that he clearly valued a lot more than human life. Elephants. Last Updated: July 10, 2013
Just yesterday we mentioned how Colin Firth’s portrayal of Mr Darcy in the BBC version of Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ has inspired many a lady-boner, and now today we get a trailer for a movie just about that topic (the love of Mr Darcy I mean, not lady-boners), as Keri Russell gets her Jane Austen fangirl on in Austenland. It’s …
While big budget films based on original movie premises might be costing Disney an arm and a leg, live action films based on their animated originals might actually reverse that trend for the house of mouse. Alice in Wonderland made a billion bucks for the studio, and following on that success they’ve begun to look at what else they can …
Will it? Won’t it? Worm farms! Talk of an actual, real and proper sequel to Dumb and Dumber has been circulating around the net for months now, as Jeff Daniels and Jim Carrey have been eyeing the project, distancing themselves from it and then rejoining when the wind blows in a certain direction. But it seems that the Farrelly brothers …
Even though it pales in comparison to its source material, I still kinda dug The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen film that popped up way back in 2003 when every studio was desperate to cash in on the comic book movie fad. You had Sean Connery in top billing, tons of cash to throw on lavish props and sets and some …
Yes, it’s barely been a week since we saw the first trailer for the Amanda Seyfried starring biopic of 70’s porn icon Linda Lovelace, Lovelace, but let’s be honest: for a film that focuses on a woman who became famous for getting freaky deaky in front of the cameras, that first trailer was quite tame. But that was the American …
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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