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: July 8, 2013
This weekend past saw just two major releases, as filmgoers were treated to the debuts of the self proclaimed “most terrifying film you will ever experience” and a couple of old dinosaurs brought back to life through the power of Jesus Christ. Did I say Jesus Christ? I meant 3D. Studios are always professing it to be the second coming, …
Movies fail at the Box Office all the time. It’s a fact of life. Now when a Dredd or a Premium Rush makes $10 million short of their budget, it’s… well, it’s bad, but it could certainly be worse. Worse being the really expensive failures, such as most recently John Carter, Battleship, Cloud Atlas and Rise of the Guardians. These movies are supposed to be “tentpoles” …
It’s March, but at the box office, it might as well be Meh-rch. The month officially began at the box office, and just like the majority of February, returns were rather disappointing overall. Jack the giant-slayer debuted to a lukewarm number one spot, alongside a coming of age flick and a final Exorcism part deux. Here’s the latest tallies, from …
Y’know, I have this idea that making movies these days might be expensive. Maybe it’s the high profile actors, the insurance forms that need to be filled out for various stuntmen or the hundreds of millions of dollars that happen to be mentioned in the film budget report, but something tells me that this business ain’t cheap. Take Man of …
Sure, it’s a day late, but you can blame Dr Martin Luther King for that! With an extra day to make some long weekend cash, the box office had several new faces around, from the return of Arnie himself, to a new horror film backed by Guillermo Del Toro himself. So who came out on top then? Guns or frights? …
Yeah, we were on break yesterday, which meant no number-based stories based on the top ten movies in the US of A. What are you going to do about it? Beat me senseless with a leftover film reel for the unreleased Hawaiian movie Ernest gets leyed? Fair enough! Numbers, away! Last Updated: December 18, 2012
It’s the end of they year, and Christmas flicks are landing hard and fast. And with good reason as well! This time of year is normally a license to print cash, and with a plethora of animated films at the cinema, a great way to dump the kids for two hours while parents get some rest. Except not all animated …
Have you ever double-checked your doors at night because something just didn’t feel secure? …
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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