Faster than a Hollywood agent on speed! More powerful than an el loco plot twist! Able to leap tall contracts in a single bound! It’s the Superman franchise! While movies starring the big blue boy scout are usually guaranteed money-makers (Including Superman Returns, believe it or not), it’s been a massive case of hit and miss for other comic book …
It’s another bumper weekend at South African cinemas, with 6 new movies opening to tempt film fans of all ages and tastes… Last Updated: April 12, 2013
Earlier this week, we brought you the adrenaline fueled UK trailer for Ron Howard’s Rush, the true story of one of Formula 1’s greatest rivalries between James Hunt and Niki Lauda. Of course though, whenever the British do something cool the Americans want to release their own version (e.g. Top Gear, Being Human, colonization of third world countries, etc) so …
After spending a number of years in Hollywood, practicing his Americanese, Scottish born actor James McAvoy has lately cued up a number of projects in the UK. He’ll play cops and robbers with Mark Strong in Welcome to the Punch and also play robbers and other more messed up robbers in Danny Boyle’s Trance (expect our review on Monday). But it’s …
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 11, 2013
For as long as people have existed, there have been children and reasons to make their lives hell. Heck, I flew last week and after spending 15 hours listening to a brat scream on that trip, my head was filled with dark thoughts and ideas that would make the Jigsaw killers puke. Fortunately we have movies. And within movies we …
So the big news yesterday was obviously the amazing first trailer for writer-director Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium (If you haven’t seen it yet, consider yourself shunned). A lucky few press members were given a glimpse of the trailer and more a day before already, and to sweeten the deal, they were even treated to a Q&A with the very men behind …
Little hand says that its time to rock ‘n roll! 100% pure adrenaline! Fear causes hesitation, and hesitation will cause your worst fears to come true! If none of that sounds familiar, then don’t fret. I haven’t made an EXTREME GoPro video with those pearls of wisdom. Rather, they’re quotes from that classic gem of a film Point Break. It’s a …
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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