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: November 27, 2013
Well, it does seem like the superhero world can’t get enough of Aaron Taylor-Johnson. If headlining the hyper-violent masked vigilante ensemble in the Kick-Ass franchise wasn’t enough, Mr. Taylor-Johnson has now officially signed on to play Quicksilver in Marvel’s next Avengers movie, the Age of Ultron. Last Updated: October 31, 2013
In all honesty, Kick-Ass 2 isn’t a film that needed to be made. The first movie, based on Mark Millar and John Romita Jr’s comic miniseries, was pretty self-contained and capped off nicely. The darkly comic real-life superhero tale did make a decent chunk of money though, so I suppose a sequel was inevitable. Last Updated: September 11, 2013
It’s a busy week in terms of new movie releases, with five new films hitting South African cinemas today. For the record, the emphasis seems to be primarily on comedy of the action-packed kind. Last Updated: September 6, 2013
Our Ginger-Haired Geek Overlord, Joss Whedon, confirmed a while back already that he would using the sibling duo of Wanda and Pietro Maximoff aka Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver (who are totally for real 100% not Magneto’s kids in this film, totally) in The Avengers: Age of Ultron. No sooner had that news broke than the rumour mills started spewing out potential …
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 10, 2013
If you’re going to name your movie Kick Ass, then really it’s pretty clear what you need to do. For those of you who haven’t consumed your wake-up bean juice yet and still find your forebrains in sleep mode, allow me to spell it out for you: K-I-C-K A-S-S. Luckily, Kick-Ass, the no holds barred tale of wanna be superheroes, …
Five new films open in South African cinemas today, including 2 that are up for multiple awards at this year’s Academy Awards. Lincoln: Leading this year’s Oscar race with 12 nominations, and a ton of other awards, is this historical drama from director Steven Spielberg. Daniel Day-Lewis plays America’s greatest president in the last 4 months of his life – …
Cloud gaming removed hardware barriers, but it replaced them with something less visible and …
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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