I’ve got a love/hate relationship with Seth MacFarlane and his various animated shows. They can be forumlaic, drawn out and filled with ridiculously obscure jokes, resulting in quite a few misses, but when the man does nail that one joke perfectly, it’s like taking a chair-shot to the funny bone. Ted just might be one of those films which prove …
So who reigned supreme at the Box Office this weekend? Could the fugitive mammals from Dreamworks Animation secure a second week at the top, or would the prequel-busting horror of Prometheus finall stage a dramatic comeback? For all that, and more results, hit the jump below. Last Updated: June 18, 2012
Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block was the very definition of a surprise hit. With no big name stars, no real crazy premise to hang a non-existent ad campaign off of, and a budget less than what I spent on Doritos this weekend, nobody would have predicted the crazy good film that we actually ended up getting. Featuring villains who are …
Things aren’t looking too good right now for the most cowabunga of heroes right now. A few months after the class ten crap-storm over the double-whammy decision to drop the Teenage Mutant part of the equation and swop mutagenic ooze for the easier-to-explain aliens theory, and now, the film is being pushed back by six months. And the reason why? The …
A week later and Ridley Scott’s Prometheus is easily still the most talked about thing in the moviesphere. Whether you love it or hate, you can’t deny that it certainly has people’s attention, which is why any snippets of new info – even post-release – are still being gobbled up voraciously. Especially when those snippets are like these new behind …
Some films in life, don’t need a sequel. Movies such as Citizen Kane, Casablanca, Tropic Thunder and Police Academy 3. Then you get those films who happen to be on the receiving end of the sequilitus stick, such as The Mask, Sex & the City and The Fast and the Furious 2-5. It might be too soon to lump Raging Bull into …
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 15, 2012
There aren’t too many horror films out there that an boast a successful remake. Very, very few indeed. But so far, the reboot of the Stephen King classic, Carrie, seems to be shaping up nicely. It’s got a solid cast lined up, new additions, and a plot that the lead actress herself says will blow your mind like a psychokinetic rage-bender. Last …
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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