While Shailene Woodley may have seen her role of Mary Jane Watson puff-puff-passed out of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and into the third movie yesterday, that doesn’t mean that the young up and coming actress doesn’t still have a whole lot of other movies on her plate. One such film, the coming of age drama The Spectacular Now, was the toast of the …
Out of all the cartoons that I watched growing up, The Smurfs was the one show that I hated almost as much Scooby Doo. Now of course, the little blue bastards have already had a crack at a big Hollywood film that coincidentally also debuted at a period in time when suicide rates spiked, and it made some mad cash. …
In 2004, something magical happened. Set right at the start of the new wave of zombie popularity, a then-unknown director named Zack Snyder burst onto the scene with a remake of Romero’s 1974 film of the same name…and he nailed it. Last Updated: June 21, 2013
You can’t keep a good terminator down! Death to all humans! The next installment in the popular franchise may be a ways off, but development is taking place at a brisk pace. The original hunter-killer himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger has confirmed that he’ll return for when the film starts shooting in January 2014, but not as a Terminator model with advanced …
You’ve got to envy Robert Downey Jr. Out of all the actors who have appeared in their own movies based on characters in capes and tights, he’s become the true face of the Avengers franchise with his portrayal of Tony “Iron Man” Stark. But after a trilogy of Iron Man films and an Avengers appearance that left him huffing a …
Three films open in South Africa today, and two of the three are sequels/prequels set in academic environments. Time to head back to school at the cinema… Last Updated: June 21, 2013
There are very few movies I love as unequivocally as Raiders of the Lost Ark. I have not only watched the movie more times than I can count, but I’ve also devoured all the extra tidbits surrounding it with manic glee. One of the best of these extras was undoubtedly Jamie Benning’s unofficial documentary on the film, Raiding the Lost Ark, which …
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: June 20, 2013
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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