When I think of classic fairy tales, there’s always one thing that immediately springs to mind: hard rock music. What? You mean you don’t immediately associate “Jack and the Beanstalk” with shredding guitars? Guess it’s just me and whoever is behind this latest full trailer for Bryan Singer’s Jack the Giant Slayer then. Last Updated: February 12, 2013
Nowadays, you can’t go week with one of the dreaded R’s showing up, and no I’m not talking about annoying Rihanna song’s. I’m talking reboots, remakes, recombobulations or whatever the cool kids are calling it these days. And since the 1980’s barrel has already officially been scraped clean thanks to Sony, the studio is seemingly casting gaze even further back. Like …
Zack Snyder has a Man of Steel movie hitting us in June and so far, he’s being more tight-lipped about the project than known mafioso Johnny Tightlips. Also, go suck a lemon. While we know that film reboots the last son of Krypton for a more serious approach, we haven’t seen much more than a minute and a half of …
I’ve got a confession to make, and I don’t feel ashamed about it. I’m a Seth McFarlane fan. I have been since the first time Peter Griffin fell flat on his face after licking a rum & raisin ice-cream, all the way through to when a foul-mouthed teddy bear that was hanging out with Marky Mark…and I’m pretty sure I …
The last few months has been like geek Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanza and of course Festivus (For the rest of us!) all rolled up into one, with announcement after announcement about more Star Wars movies. One of these geek slobber inducing announcements was the fact that Lucasfilm was bringing back veteran Star Wars writer Lawrence Kasdan (Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of …
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: February 11, 2013
If there’s one thing that I admire about Pixar, it’s that they’re always thinking ahead. They’ve got films in the pipelines for years to come, and with projects that take several years to be completed, it’s a wise decision to have an eye on the future. One such film was announced a couple of years back already, and would see …
Usually for me, my new year’s resolution is the same each year: 1920 x 1080. Bad geek jokes aside though, this year I made myself a movie resolution in that I would try to watch way more foreign films. With the recent closures of the more arthouse-centric cinemas like the Labia and Cinema Prive, this might have been a pretty stupid …
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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