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: May 21, 2012
Hairy comedian Robin Williams hasn’t been on screen much lately, but it looks like the manic one is making another comeback. While the diminutive funny man is more well known for his roles, tickling elbows and eliciting a guffaw here and there. But the man has some serious acting chops underneath all that wookie fur, something which will probably be utilised when …
As we reported not too long ago, writer/director Jeff Wadlow was hand picked by Matthew Vaughn as his replacement to put boot to posterior in Kick-Ass 2, the sequel to Vaughn’s 2010 smash hit. Based on Mark Millar’s ultra-violent comic, the original film also helped catapult Chloe Moretz into super-stardom with her foul-mouthed turn as the 12-year old vigilante, Hit-Girl. …
Lost alum Matthew Fox hasn’t really been doing any TV or feature film work since we finally (totally didn’t) found out exactly what was happening on that pesky time travelling/dimension hopping island. While some thought that he’s probably just been lying in bed, counting all his TV syndication cheques, it would seem that he’s instead spent every waking second since 2010 …
The Bond film that almost never was, is just around the corner this year, as the weathered face of actor Daniel Craig gets ready for a third outing as the British super-serious, super-spy. Sam “American Beauty” Mendes is bringing his artistic touch to the hard hitting spy franchise, that has Bond caught up in secrets from the past, revolving around …
Yes, the Avengers are still at the top spot, before you ask. It’s redundant right now, to ask who’s at the top, because it looks like the assorted super soldiers and Asgardians will be dominating the box office, for another week at least. What is relevant, is to ask who’s in at number two, underneath that massive helicarrier-shaped shadow. And …
Face the facts true believers, as it looks like the best film of the year has already come and gone. The Avengers has been a billion dollar experience so far, and like many great films, it’s going to be raking in a ton more cash when it hits the home release circuit. So when exactly is the Disney-owned superteam going …
With the untimely death of Bruce Lee in 1973, a massive void was left in the martial arts/action film world. And monkey-flipping his way right into that void was Jackie Chan – an actor with explosive kung-fu skills like Lee, but with 1978’s Snake In The Eagle’s Shadow, also showing off the type of big-screen comic sensibilities last displayed by Buster Keaton. …
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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