What with it having been Phuza Thursday last night, I know this might be difficult and/or painful, but think back a few months to June, when we were just getting ready for a one-two punch of big budget space opera goodness. While the “two” portion of that sci-fi attack spectacle, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, delivered beyond reckoning, there was no …
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: September 22, 2014
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When true-life wrestling drama Foxcatcher played at the Sundance Film Festival earlier in the year, film journos in attendance were suplexing each other for the chance to be the first to tell the world just how good it was, in particularly a scary good turn from Steve Carell that puts him in almost certain Oscar contention. But Foxcatcher is more than just a …
Four new movies release in South Africa today, and it’s a combination of big name sequels and lesser known art house fare. How to Train Your Dragon 2: Screening in 2D and 3D is this fantasy adventure for the whole family, from DreamWorks Animation. Set several years after the events of the first film – and loosely based on Cressida …
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 11, 2014
We’re starting to reach a ceiling of sorts with CGI-animated films. Sure, there’s a ton of great examples of the genre out there that look fantastic, but a standard style is also beginning to emerge, which neglects the fact that animation can be equally impressive and artistic. But this trailer for the Guillermo Del Toro produced The Book of Life? …
There’s a well known rule of escalation when it comes to blockbuster sequels, and based on that chilling post-credits scene in X-Men:Days of Future Past, things are going to escalate to *ahem* apocalyptic proportions in our mutant friends’ next cinematic adventure, 2016’s X-Men: Apocalypse. Simon Kinberg, who will once again be pulling writer-producer duties, knows though that just sticking in …
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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