Everybody has their List of Shame. You know, that group of movies and TV series that everybody has seen except you. On Darryn’s list you’ll find such criminal entries as Battlestar Galactica and Fight Club. Yes, he’s never seen Fight Club – I am Jack’s Sense of Utter Disbelief. I tell you about his grievous exclusions to distract you from …
The word “epic” gets thrown around a lot when it comes to science-fiction, but in the case of Dan Simmons’ “Hyperion”, there’s simply no better description. The 1989 multiple award-winning novel, the first in Simmons’ “Hyperion Cantos”, is a true masterpiece of the genre, incorporating everything from massive space opera ideas to classical English poetry to heavy ruminations on the …
I absolutely loved Neil Burger’s 2011 Limitless, because as someone who has to deal with Darryn and Trevor on a daily basis, a drug that could ‘cure’ them made a whole lot of sense. I’m not so sure that making it into a television series does though. That being said the new CBS series has managed to snag the rather awesome recent …
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: March 25, 2015
Awards season craziness is almost over! With the release of American Sniper and Whiplash, six of the eight nominees for Best Picture have now come to South African cinema. Unfortunately you’ll still have to wait a bit for The Theory of Everything and The Grand Budapest Hotel – but they will be out in the next month so I’m sure …
There is a third act climax in the six-time Oscar nominated American Sniper where an explosive firefight takes place in the midst of a raging sandstorm. The buffeting winds and blanketing sand obscure nearly all vision like a very literal fog of war until it’s almost impossible to tell friend from foe, hero from villain, as they noisily and messily inflict death …
Who would ever have thought that Bradley Cooper, the guy who starred in Kitchen Confidential and The Midnight Meat Train, would one day not only be starring in a movie from writer-director Cameron Crowe (Almost Famous, Jerry Maguire), but that he would arguably be a bigger drawcard than the Oscar-winning filmmaker. After 2005’s Elizabethtown, Crowe had seemingly fallen off the map a bit, …
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: January 29, 2015
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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