After raking in a fortune at the box office and proving to be a generally favourable hit with critics, it shouldn’t be any surprise that the intrepid young explorer and his faithful canine will be returning to the big screen. Only this time, it’s not Steven Spielberg that will be directing, but rather fellow collaborator Peter Jackson instead. Last Updated: February 14, 2012
Just why exactly is everybody so obsessed with Abraham Lincoln? He may have been the great emancipator, but in fiction, he’s been everything from a cyborg fighting tyrannical robots to the best friend of a retarded child. But the latest piece of media to feature the 16th President of the United States has really thrown the stove-pipe hat into the …
I feel sorry for Brandon Routh. Out of all the things that can be blamed for Superman Returns’ flaccid-caped mediocrity, Routh was not one of them. In fact, his underwear-on-the-outside performance was probably the film’s highlight. Since that film’s crash ‘n burn though, he hasn’t exactly been prolific in Hollywood, playing just an odd super powered vegan here and unfortunately named …
If ever there was a film franchise that was sorely in need of a sequel in an age where computer graphics have advanced to ridiculous levels of realism, it would have to be Ghostbusters. The original spectre exterminators have been noticeably absent from the silver screen, while their escapades live on in toys, games, comics, cartoons and uncomfortable fan fiction. Dan Akroyd …
Considering that the trilogy of Michael Bay films of big robots smashing each other really damn hard has made hundreds of millions of dollars, it shouldn’t be surprising that movie executives want to make even more films featuring the robots in disguise. While that possibility was most likely a concrete certainty, no one knew if director Michael Bay would return …
Richard K. Morgan’s 2002 debut science-fiction novel, Altered Carbon was simply one of the best and most original stories I’ve read over the last few years. It felt like the three-way love child of Mickey Spillane, Alastair Reynolds and that homeless guy down at the local 7-eleven who screams at the fairies nesting in his skull and reeks suspiciously of turpentine. And …
Well, seeing as it’s Valentine’s Day, it seems appropriate to talk about the things we love; the things that fill our heart with joy; our precioussses. And I must confess I got a real case of the warm fuzzies while watching the trailer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (official blog here), which was unveiled in late December (just …
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 13, 2012
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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