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: August 23, 2013
It’s a something-for-everyone weekend at South African cinemas, with today’s new releases straddling a wide assortment of genres. Last Updated: August 16, 2013
Growing up, there’s always that one movie in your life that’ll put hair on your chest and give you a deeper voice, regardless of your gender. For Lourens, that movie was Herbie Goes Bananas. For the rest of us, that was the very first Conan movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. The riddle of steel, lamentations of ladies and fantasy action of …
The problem with movie prequels is that most of the time they feel unnecessary and forced – with events contorted to set up the relationships and major plot points of the original film. At the same time, your typical prequel will attempt to follow the same unsaid rules as your average movie sequel, sticking to the established formula that audiences …
Four new films open in South Africa today… although it’s clear in advance who the big winner at the box office will be. Turns out it’s all about who has the biggest adamantium claws. Snikt! Last Updated: July 26, 2013
But it won’t be a new flick. Instead, the original 1987 flick starring Arnold Schwarzennger, Carl Weathers and several illegal steroids will be getting the full upgrade treatment for a blu-ray 3D release. And if you happen to be at Comic Con this week, it’s going to be rather special. Last Updated: July 19, 2013
We’re less than three weeks away from the world’s favourite multi-tasking mutant snikt-snikting his away onto our screens again in The Wolverine. For director James Mangold this is more than just a chance to redeem the damage done to the character by the utterly mediocre X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but rather it’s an opportunity to tell a tale of a lost warrior. One …
Three new movies open in South Africa today and all cross paths with villainy in some form or another. Last Updated: July 5, 2013
Traci Braxton husband was Kevin Surratt Sr., a longtime partner who stood by her …
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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