Before you get excited, Saving Mr Banks is not some kind of post-economic-crisis sequel to Saving Private Ryan. As we previously reported, it tells the tumultuous behind the scenes story to Disney’s Mary Poppins. Now The Blind Side director, John Lee Hancock, is possibly interested in taking up the director’s chair. Last Updated: February 28, 2012
If you’re a child of the 80’s, then chances are that you’ve seen at least one of the four Vacation films. And if you’re a boy of the 80’s, then chances are you watched the first film just to see Beverley D’Angelo in the shower. (…Right. And now that you’re back from your internet image search, we may continue…) The series …
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 27, 2012
Stephanie “Sparkly magpie bait vampires” may have finished up her work on completely destroying the Vampire genre, but that doesn’t mean that she’s ready to stop any time soon when it comes to other works of literature. Having recently had her other novel, the sci-fi genre book The Host optioned for a big screen treatment, director Andrew Nichol is currently filling up …
Not every film that hits the circuit is going to be a bonafide hit with everybody. While guys might be pumping their fists in the air with dangerous levels of vigour whenever the Rock appears on screen, cinema patrons looking for something more cerebral will be yawning and wishing that they had gone to go watch an indie documentary instead. …
Christian “I need a gorram lozenge” Bale is looking to have a busy 2012 so far, it seems. Between shooting commitments on the Terrence Malick films Lawless and Knight of Cups and the inevitable press tours and PR junkets for The Dark Knight Rises, the actor has also signed up now to star in the revenge-driven flick Out of the …
While everyone may be either fawning or fuming at the Oscar results, one thing is still clear, and that’s that people are still watching movies. The latest box office results are in, and if trends are anything to go by, then army dramas and predictable comedies are leading the critical adulation pack. Last Updated: February 27, 2012
As mentioned yesterday, Sacha Baron-Cohen finally won over the Zionist Satan Worshippers of the Academy when they acquiesced to him attending this morning’s Oscar ceremony in character as promotion for his latest satirical film, The Dictator. If you didn’t catch the start of the show, you would have missed it as Admiral General Aladeen made a hilarious entrance. Well, …
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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