January is usually a month where films make modest returns. But occasionally, you get a movie that exceeds such lukewarm expectations and goes above and beyond when it comes to putting asses in seats. American Sniper is one such film, as the Clint Eastwood directed movie set a new January record with an opening take of over $90 million. Sitting …
This is it. The big one. The grandaddy of them all. Yes, the nominations for the 87th Annual Academy Awards, aka the Oscars 2015, are finally here. Held at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills, California last night, the nominations for all 24 categories were made available altogether (a first for the event), presented by actor Chris Pine, directors …
It’s a well known fact that trailers are not a fair indicator of a movie’s final quality. As Exhibit A in this argument, I would like you to please go check out the trailer for Transformers: Dark of the Moon again and then go watch the actual movie. And then gouge out your brains with a melon-baller. But with that being said, …
As both the erstwhile Man With No Name and Dirty Harry, Clint Eastwood certainly knows a thing or two about shooting. But the movie veteran is doing some shooting of a different kind as he once again moves behind the camera to direct American Sniper, a movie about – what else? – shooting. The true story stars Bradley Cooper as …
A few days ago we told you about Shane Salerno (co-writer for Avatar 4) picking up the movie rights to Don Pendleton’s ‘The Executioner’ series of books, featuring former anti-Mafia vigilante/guilty pleasure/now elite counter-terrorist agent Mack Bolan. Now Deadline is reporting that a deal has been struck with Warner Bros to launch the character in a potential trilogy of movies, with …
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 22, 2013
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 6, 2013
Bradley Cooper is turning into a very busy man lately. He’s just gotten all plagiaristic in The Words, is currently busy plotting murder with Jennifer Lawrence in Serena, is flirting with joining Woody Allen’s next film and is also looking to get all drunk and amnesiac again for The Hangover 3 later in the year. And now he’s also looking to produce …
Use a game soundtrack to build a coherent music video campaign, with vertical launch clips, lore videos and reusable artwork while gameplay footage is still in development.
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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