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 16, 2013
Four new movies open in South Africa today, and the question is whether locals will continue to flock to tried and tested sequel faves like Despicable Me 2 and The Wolverine, or become enamored with the geek-bait that is my movie pick of the week. And that is… Last Updated: August 2, 2013
Five new films open in South African cinemas today. It’s also the second day of the 34th annual Durban International Film Festival so East Coasters have even more movies to choose from. No matter where you are though in the Rainbow Nation, you’re sure to find something to enjoy! Last Updated: July 19, 2013
The internet is amazing. It’s given us piano playing cats and people pretending to be planks. And when it comes to film productions, it’s allowed us to peek behind the curtain like never before. The danger of this access is that when films run into serious production problems, like World War Z did with on-set conflicts, studio mandated changes, script rewrites, budget …
Steve McQueen – that’s the young British director not the old actor with a thing for cars – has had two previous collaborations with Michael Fassbender – Hunger and Shame – both of which have arguably been the finest performances of Fassbender’s career. Besides for proving him to be the envy of anorexics and porn stars everywhere, they were the roles that also really …
Are we too obsessed with sequels? World War Z hasn’t even come out yet and already Brad Pitt and co. are talking about what they want to do in the follow-ups. Time and time again this happens in Hollywood. So today we want to know how you feel about the film studios counting their chickens before they hatch? Do you …
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 4, 2013
Besides for the title, upcoming popcorn blockbuster World War Z has about as much in common with Max Brooks’ critically acclaimed documentary-styled zombie novel that it’s based on, as I do with star Brad Pitt (ladies do not swoon when I take off my top). There are also horror stories of what happened during this film’s highly troubled production. All of …
A good loot box never feels like a coupon. It feels like a moment. …
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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